רַע (ra) (Hebrew Lexicon • H7451 • evil, bad, calamity, harmful): evil, bad, calamity, harmful. Bad, injurious, evil, adversity; spans moral wickedness and physical calamity, contrasted with good (tov) in the knowledge of good and evil. It is closely linked with Zur (Generation 28 • Child of Jeiel ): Zur is a biblical figure in Generation 28, child of Jeiel . ( 1 Chronicles 9:36 )
Bad, injurious, evil, adversity; spans moral wickedness and physical calamity, contrasted with good (tov) in the knowledge of good and evil.
Primary meaning: to empty, to empty, make empty, vain. Strong's: to make empty, i.e. (figuratively) to abase, neutralize, falsify. Lexical nuances: to empty . Metaph., to empty , make empty , vain or of no effect : καύχημα , I Co 9:15 ; ἑαυτόν , of Christ, Phl 2:7 (v Lft.; ICC , in l, and esp. Gifford, Incarn. , 54 ff.); pass., πίστις , Ro 4:14 ; ὁ σταυρός , I Co 1:17 ; καύχημα , II Co 9:3 .†
To pull off, draw out, rescue from distress; used of God delivering righteous from affliction ('He delivers the afflicted', Job 36:15).
To be left over, survive judgment; origin of doctrine of the Remnant preserved by mercy through exile and catastrophe.
To slip away safely, bring through disaster, preserve alive (Piel: to save/deliver).
Wonder, miraculous display of power, portent of future redemption; paired with ot ('signs and wonders', otot u-mofetim).
Primary meaning: one who stands beside, the warrior who stands by the charioteer, a transgressor. Strong's: a violator. Lexical nuances: one who stands beside , the warrior who stands by the charioteer (cf. παραβαίνω , 1).
Primary meaning: usage, custom, law. Strong's: law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle). Lexical nuances: that which is assigned, hence, usage , custom , then law ; in NT (only in Mt, Jo, Ja, and the Lucan and Pauline bks.); of law in general: Ro 3:27 5:13b ; pl., of divine laws, He 8:10 10:16 ; ὁ ν. τ. Χριστοῦ , Ga 6:2 ; (τ.) ἐλευθερίας , Ja 1:25 2:12 ; βασιλικιός (Hort., in l.; Deiss., LAE , 367 3 ), Ja 2:8 . Of a force or influence impelling to action: Ro 7:21 , 23a , 25 8:2 . Of the Mosaic law:...
To bring into wide open space, rescue from distress, deliver in battle; divine prerogative ('salvation belongs to the LORD', Psalm 3:8). Root of Yeshua/Jesus.
Primary meaning: to give, hand over, to commit, commend. Strong's: to surrender, i.e yield up, intrust, transmit. Lexical nuances: to give or hand over to another: c. acc. et dat., Mt 11:27 25:14 , Lk 4:6 , al.; of being delivered up to a course of teaching, pass. seq. εἰς , Ro 6:17 . to commit , commend : Ac 14:26 15:40 , I Pe 2:23 . to give or deliver up to prison or judgment: c. acc. pers., Mt 4:12 , Mk 1:14 , Ro 4:25 , II Pe 2:4 ; id. seq. ὑπέρ , Ro 8:32 ; c. dat., Mt 5:25 , Mk 15:1 , Lk 12:58 , Jo 19:11 , al.; id. seq...
Primary meaning: Moses. Strong's: Moseus, Moses, or Mouses (i.e. Mosheh), the Hebrew lawgiver. Lexical nuances: Moses : Mt 8:4 17:3 , 4 , al.; νόμος Μωυσέως , Lk 2:22 24:44 , Jo 7:23 , Ac 13:39 15:5 28:23 , I Co 9:9 , He 10:28 ; by meton., of the books of Moses, Lk 16:29 24:27 , Ac 15:21 , II Co 3:15 .
Primary meaning: a being present, presence, a coming, arrival. Strong's: a being near, i.e. advent (often, return; specially, of Christ to punish Jerusalem, or finally the wicked); (by implication) physically, aspect. Lexical nuances: usually in cl., a being present , presence : I Co 16:17 , II Co 10:10 ; opp. to ἀπουσία , Phl 2:12 (cf. II Mac 15:21 ).
Primary meaning: to make unseen, hide from sight, to destroy, to disfigure. Strong's: to render unapparent, i.e. (actively) consume (becloud), or (passively) disappear (be destroyed). Lexical nuances: to make unseen , hide from sight (Xen., al.).
Valued property, royal treasure; used of Israel as Yahweh's treasured people set apart from all nations through grace (Exodus 19:5).
Primary meaning: exchange, reconciliation. Strong's: exchange (figuratively, adjustment), i.e. restoration to (the divine) favor. Lexical nuances: exchange .
Blessing, gift, invoked divine favor; foundational promise to Abraham ('in you all families of the earth shall be blessed', Genesis 12:3).
Primary meaning: darkness. Strong's: dimness, obscurity (literally or figuratively). Lexical nuances: in late writers = σκότος ,
Emptiness, void, vacancy; occurs in hendiadys with tohu to express uninhabited desolation awaiting divine creative fullness.
Primary meaning: outside, without, he who is without, forth, out, out of. Strong's: out(-side, of doors), literally or figuratively. Lexical nuances: outside, without ;
To flee for protection, take shelter under shadow of God's wings; vivid psalmic image of absolute spiritual safety.
Primary meaning: to change, exchange, to change, to reconcile. Strong's: to change mutually, i.e. (figuratively) to compound a difference. Lexical nuances: prop., to change , exchange (esp. of money); hence, of persons, to change from emnity to friendship, to reconcile (for exx. in cl., v. Thayer, LS): of the reconciliation of man to God (Lft., Notes , 288; ICC on Ro 5:10 ; DCG , ii, 474, 797), II Co 5:18 , 19 ; pass., Ro 5:10 , II Co 5:20 ; of a woman returning to her husband, I Co 7:11 (cf. ἀπο-καταλλάσσω ).†
Primary meaning: liberty, power to act, right, authority, jurisdiction. Strong's: privilege, i.e. (subjectively) force, capacity, competency, freedom, or (objectively) mastery (concretely, magistrate, superhuman, potentate, token of control), delegated influence. Lexical nuances: prop., liberty or power to act , freedom to exercise the inward force or faculty expressed by δύναμις (q.v.): I Co 9:12 ; ἐ. ἔχειν , II Th 3:9 ; id. seq. inf., Jo 10:18 , I Co 9:4 , 5 ; c. gen. obj., Ro 9:21 ; seq. ἐπί , c. acc., Re 22:14 ; περί , I Co 7:37 . Later (cf. Milligan, Th. , 114; MM, Exp. , xiv), of the power of right, authority : Mt 21:33 , Mk 11:28 , Lk 20:2 ; of Messianic authorit...
Shelter from storm, fortress of security; God as ultimate hiding place for the vulnerable righteous.
Holiness, separateness, sacred place, consecrated thing; intrinsic quality of divine majesty and that which belongs strictly to God's realm.
Primary meaning: substance, property. Strong's: substance, i.e. property (possessions). Lexical nuances: substance , property : Lk 15:12 , 13 .†
Primary meaning: a sister. Strong's: a sister (naturally or ecclesiastically). Lexical nuances: a sister : Mt 19:29 , al.; metaph. (MM, VGT , s.v.), of a member of the Christian community: Ro 16:1 , I Co 7:15 Ja 21:15 , al.
Unleavened bread eaten during Passover week, signifying hasty departure from Egypt and moral sincerity free from corrupting leaven.
Primary meaning: a missing the mark, guilt, sin, a fault, failure. Strong's: a sin (properly abstract). Lexical nuances: prop. a missing the mark ; in cl. (v. reff. to CR in MM, VGT , s.v.); guilt , sin (Plat., Arist., al.); more freq., from Æsch. down, a fault, failure . In NT (as LXX) always in ethical sense; as a principle and quality of action, = τὸ ἁμαρτάνειν , a sinning, sin : Ro 5:12 , 13 20 ; ὑφ’ ἁμαρτίαν εἶναι , Ro 3:9 ; ἐπιμένειν , Ro 6:1 ; ἀποθνήσκειν, νεκρὸν εἶναι τῇ ἁ. , Ro 6:2 , 11 ; τὴν ἀ. γινώσκει...
Primary meaning: release, solution, interpretation. Strong's: explanation, i.e. application. Lexical nuances: release .
Primary meaning: light. Strong's: compare G5316 (φαίνω), G5346 (φημί)); luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative). Lexical nuances: light (opp. to τὸ σκότος, ἡ σκοτία ): Mt 17:2 , 5 , Jo 11:9 , 10 , II Co 4:6 ; ἡλίου , Re 22:5 ; of a lamp, Lk 8:16 11:33 , Jo 5:35 , Re 18:23 ; of a supernatural heavenly light, Ac 9:3 12:7 22:6 , 9 , 11 26:13 ; hence, ἄγγελος φωτός , II Co 11:14 ; ὁ κλήρος τ. ἁγίων ἐν τ. φ. , Col 1:12 ; of the divine glory, Re 21:24 ; by meton., of that which gives light: of fire, Mk 14:54 , Lk 22:56 (cl.; I ...
Primary meaning: to suffer, be acted on. Strong's: to experience a sensation or impression (usually painful). Lexical nuances: to suffer , be acted on , as opp. to acting, often limited by a word expressive of good or evil; of misfortunes (most freq. without any limiting word): absol., Lk 22:15 24:46 , Ac 1:3 3:18 17:3 , I Co 12:26 , He 2:18 9:26 13:12 , I Pe 2:19 , 20 , 23 3:17 4:15 , 19 ; seq. ὑπό , c. gen., Mt 17:12 ; ὑπέρ , Ac 9:16 , Phl 1:20 , II Th 1:5 , I Pe 2:21 ; c. dat. ref., I Pe 4:1 ; περί , c. gen. (seq. ὑ...
Primary meaning: Immanuel. Strong's: God with us; Emmanuel, a name of Christ. Lexical nuances: Immanuel : Mt 1:23 (LXX) .†
Consolations, comfort offered to grieving exiles through promise of redemption and peace (Isaiah 57:18, Zechariah 1:13).
Primary meaning: to, within, into, within. Strong's: inside (as preposition or adjective). Lexical nuances: prop., after verbs of motion ( to ) within, into : Mt 26:58 , Mk 14:54 ; c. gen., Mk 15:16 .
Deliverance, military victory wrought by God, spiritual salvation from judgment (Judges 15:18, Psalm 51:14).
Serpent, deceptive animal adversary in Eden through whom Satan deceived humanity, destined to have head crushed by woman's seed (Genesis 3:15).