Crown. [N] [B] [E]This ornament, which is both ancient and universal, probably originated from the fillets used to prevent the hair from being dishev...
Yoke [N] [S] Fitted on the neck of oxen for the purpose of binding to them the traces by which they might draw the plough, etc. ( Numbers 19:2 ; Deut...
Howbeit (alla). Clearly adversative here. This man (touton). Possibly contemptuous use of outo as may be true in Luke 25 26 . Whence he is (poqen e...
CLEAR; CLEARNESS kler, kler'-nes (bar; diablepo): Equivalent of several Hebrew and Greek words for bright, unclouded, shining without obstruction, di...
Job 5:5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up This is to be understood of the foolish rich man before described, as taking root and flourishing; though h...
Job 31:40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley This is an imprecation of Job's, in which he wishes that if what he had sai...
Job 13:28 And he as a rotten thing consumeth This by some Jewish writers F26 is referred to and connected with the driven leaf and dry stubble Job com...
Job 20:24 He shall flee from the iron weapon The sword, for fear of being thrust through with it; the flaming sword of justice God sometimes threatens...
Acts 11:2 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem From Caesarea, after he had stayed some certain days in Cornelius's house; so a journey from Caesare...
Baruch [N] [E] [H](blessed ). Son of Neriah, the friend, ( Jeremiah 32:12 ) amanuensis, ( Jeremiah 26:4-32 ) and faithful attendant of Jeremiah. ( Je...
Overview - Nehemiah 7 1?Nehemiah commits the charge of Jerusalem to Hanani and Hananiah. 5?A register of the genealogy of them which came at the firs...
Deuteronomy 32:16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange [gods] Or with others F8; the word gods is not in the text, nor were the Jews guilty of w...
CUPBEARER kup'-bar-er (mashqeh, one giving drink; oinochoos): An officer of high rank at ancient oriental courts, whose duty it was to serve the wine...
BEAR bar (dobh; compare Arabic dubb): In 1?Samuel 17:34-37, David tells Saul how as a shepherd boy he had overcome a lion and a bear. In 2?Kings 2:2...
FORBEAR for-bar' (chadhal; anechomai): In the Old Testament chadhal, to leave off, is the word most frequently translated forbear (Exodus 23:5, etc.)...
The NAS Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Number: 1696 Browse Lexicon Original WordWord Originrbda primitive rootTransliterated WordTDNT EntryDa...
The NAS Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Number: 7665 Browse Lexicon Original WordWord OriginrbXa primitive rootTransliterated WordTDNT EntrySh...
Beard. [N] [E]Western Asiatics have always cherished the beard as the badge of the dignity of manhood, and attached to it the importance of a feature...
Reproof [T]General scriptures concerning Leviticus 19:17 ; Psalms 141:5 ; Proverbs 9:7 Proverbs 9:8 ; 10:17 ; 12:1 ; 13:18 ; Proverbs 15:5 P...
BALANCE bal'-ans The English word balance is from the Latin bilanx = having two scales (bi = two and lanx = plate, or scale). It is used to render thr...