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GREEK · G5
abba — Abba
Ἀββά (T, -ᾶ), indecl. (Aram, אַבָּא, emphatic form of אַב = Heb. אָב, father), used in the phrase Ἀ. ὁ παήρ, Abba, Father (see Swete on Mk, I.with): Mrk.14:36, Rom.8:15, Gal.4:6.† (AS)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1519
eis — toward
εἰς, prep. with accusative, expressing entrance, direction, limit, into, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among (Lat. in, with accusative). I. Of place. 1. After verbs of motion; (a) of entrance into: Mat.8:23, 9:7, Mrk.1:45, Luk.2:15, 8:31, al.; (b) of approach, to or towards: Mrk.11:1, Luk.6:8, 19:28, Jhn.11:31, 21:6, al.; (with) before pl. and collective nouns, among: Mrk.4:7, 8:19, 20, Luk.11:49, Jhn.21:23, al.; (d) Of a limit reached, unto, on, upon: Mat.8:18, 21:1, Mrk.11:1, 13:16, Luk.14:10, Jhn.6:3, 11:32, al.; with accusative of person(s) (as in Ep. and Ion.), Act.23:15, Rom.5:12, 16:19, 2Co.10:14; (e) elliptical: ἐπιστολαὶ εἰς Δαμασκόν, Act.9:2; ἡ διακονία μου ἡ εἰς Ἱ., Rom.15:31; metaphorically, of entrance into a certain state or condition, or of approach or direction towards some end (Thayer, B, i, 1; ii, 1), εἰς τ. ὄνομα, M, Pr., 200. 2. Of direction; (a) after verbs of seeing: Mat.6:26, Mrk.6:41, Luk.9:16, 62, Jhn.13:22, al.; metaphorically, of the mind, Heb.11:26, 12:2, al.; (b) after verbs of speaking: Mat.13:10, 14:9, 1Th.2:9, al. 3. After verbs of rest; (a) in "pregnant" construction, implying previous motion (cl.; see WM, 516; Bl., §39, 3; M, Pr., 234f.): Mat.2:23, 4:13, 2Th.2:4, 2Ti.1:11, Heb.11:9, al.; (b) by an assimilation general in late Gk (see Bl., M, Pr., ll. with) = ἐν: Luk.1:44, 4:23, Act.20:16, 21:17, Jhn.1:18 (but see Westc, in l.), al. II. Of time, for, unto; 1. accentuating the duration expressed by the accusative: εἰς τ. αἰῶνα, Mat.21:19; εἰς γενεὰς καὶ γ., Luk.1:50; εἰς τ. διηνεκές, Heb.7:3, al. 2. Of a point or limit of time, unto, up to, until: Mat.6:34, Act.4:3, 25:21, Php.1:10, 2:16, 1Th.4:15, 2Ti.1:12; of entrance into a future period, σεις τὸ μέλλον (see: μέλλω), next (year), Luk.13:9 (but with ICC, in l.); εἰς τ. μεταξὺ σάββατον, on the next Sabbath, Act.13:42; εἰς τὸ πάλιν (see: πάλιν, 2Co.13:2. III. Of result, after verbs of changing, joining, dividing, etc.: στρέφειν εἰς, Rev.11:6; μετας-, Act.2:20, Jas.4:9; μεταλλάσσειν, Rom.1:26; σχίζειν εἰς δύο, Mat.27:51, al.; predicatively with εἴναι, Act.8:23. IV. Of relation, to, towards, for, in regard to (so in cl., but more frequently in late Gk., εἰς encroaching on the simple dative, which it has wholly displaced in MGr.; Jannaris, Gr., §1541; Robertson, Gr., 594; Deiss., BS, 117f.): Luk.7:30, Rom.4:20, 15:2, 26, 1Co.16:1, Eph.3:16, al.; ἀγάπη εἰς, Rom.5:8, al.; χρηστός, Eph.4:32; φρονεῖν εἰς, Rom.12:16; θαρρεῖν, 2Co.10:1. V. Of the end or object: εὔθετος εἰς, Luk.14:34; σόφος, Rom.16:19; ἰσχύειν, Mat.5:13; εἰς τοῦτο, Mrk.1:38, al.; ἀφορίζειν εἰς, Rom.1:1; indicating purpose, εἰς φόβον, Rom.8:15; εἰς ἔνδειξιν, Rom.3:25; εἰς τό, with inf. (= ἵνα or ὥστε; Bl., §71, 5; M, Pr., 218ff.): Mat.20:19, Rom.1:11, 1Co.9:18, al. VI. Adverbial phrases: εἰς τέλος, εἰς τὸ πάλιν, etc (see: τέλος, πάλιν, etc.). (AS)
1497 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8104
sha.mar — to keep: obey
: obey/observe 1) to keep, guard, observe, give heed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to keep, have charge of 1a2) to keep, guard, keep watch and ward, protect, save life 1a2a) watch, watchman (participle) 1a3) to watch for, wait for 1a4) to watch, observe 1a5) to keep, retain, treasure up (in memory) 1a6) to keep (within bounds), restrain 1a7) to observe, celebrate, keep (sabbath or covenant or commands), perform (vow) 1a8) to keep, preserve, protect 1a9) to keep, reserve 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be on one's guard, take heed, take care, beware 1b2) to keep oneself, refrain, abstain 1b3) to be kept, be guarded 1c) (Piel) to keep, pay heed 1d) (Hithpael) to keep oneself from
420 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7676
shab.bat — Sabbath
Sabbath 1a) sabbath 1b) day of atonement 1c) sabbath year 1d) week 1e) produce (in sabbath year)
73 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4521
sabbaton — Sabbath
σάββατον, -ου, τό (Aram. שַׁבָּתָא, transliterated σάββατα, and this being mistaken for a pl., the sing. σάββατον was formed from it), and σάββατα, -ων, τά [in LXX for שַׁבָּת, שַׁבָּתוֹן ;] 1. the seventh day of the week, the sabbath (a) the sing. form -ον, τὸ σ.: Mat.12:8, Mrk.2:27, Luk.6:5, al.; ἡ ἡμέρα τοῦ σ. (in LXX, Exo.20:8, al., usually τῶν σ., see infr.), Luk.13:16 14:5; ὁδὸς σαββάτου, Act.1:12 (cf. Mat.24:29); dative, of time (τῷ) σ., Luk.6:9 14:1; ἐν (τῷ) σ., Mat.12:2, Luk.6:7, Jhn.5:16, al.; accusative, of duration, τὸ σ., Luk.23:56; κατὰ πᾶν σ., Act.13:27 15:21 18:4; pl., σ. τρία, Act.17:2 R, txt. (but see infr.); (b) as most frequently in LXX (see Swete, Mk., 17; Thackeray, Gr., 35) the pl. form, τὰ σ. (see supr. on the Aram. form. There is also an analogy in the names of other festivals, τ. ἐγκαίνια, ἄζυμα, etc.): Mat.28:1, Col.2:16; ἡ ἡμέρα τῶν σ. (Exo.20:8, al.), Luk.4:16, Act.13:14 16:13; dative pl. (in LXX -τοις, but 1Ma.2:38 as in NT) by metaplasmus (El., § 9, 3), σάββασι, Mat.12:1, 5 12:10-12 Mrk.1:21 2:23 3:2, 4, Luk.4:31 6:2. 2. seven days, a week; (a) the sing. form: πρώτη σαββάτσυ, Mrk.16:9; δὶς τοῦ σ. (Bl., § 35, 4; 36, 13), Luk.18:12; κατὰ μίαν σαββάτου, 1Co.16:2; pl., σ. τρία, Act.17:2 R, mg. (but see supr.); (b) the pl. form: ἡ μία τῶν σ. (where the genitive = μετὰ τά; Soph., Lex., 43a), Mat.28:1, Mrk.16:2, Luk.24:1, Jhn.20:1, 19, Act.20:7 (AS)
61 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1263
ba.rukh — Baruch
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.3.20; son of: Zabbai (H2079H) § Baruch = "blessed" 1) friend, amanuensis, and faithful attendant of Jeremiah 2) a priest, the son of Zabbai who assisted Nehemiah in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem 3) a priest, or family of priests, who signed the covenant with Nehemiah 4) son of Col-hozeh, a descendant of Perez or Pharez, the son of Judah
24 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1763
eniautos — year
ἐνιαυτός, -oῦ, ὁ [in LXX for שָׁנֶה ;] 1. prop., a cycle of time. 2. = ἔτος, a year: Jhn.11:49, 51 18:13, Act.11:26 18:11, Jas.5:17, Rev.9:15; pl., of sabbatical years, Gal.4:10; ποιεῖν ἐ., to spend a year, Jas.4:13;ἅπαξ τοῦ ἐ., Heb.9:7; κατ᾽ ἐ., Heb.9:25 10:1, 3; ἐ. δεκτόν, Luk.4:19 (LXX).† (AS)
14 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7237
rab.bah — Rabbah
Rabbath = "great" the capital city of the Ammonites located east of the Jordan Another name of am.mon (עַמּוֹן "Ammon" H5983)
12 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2895
krabbatos — bed
κράβαττος (Rec. κράββατος), ου, ὁ (a Macedonian word, = Lat. grabatus, cl. σκίμπους), [in Aquila.: Amo.3:12 * ;] a camp bed, pallet: Mrk.2:4, 9 2:11-12 6:55, Jhn.5:8-11, Act.5:15 9:33 (see Swete, Mk., 24, and cf. κλίνη).† (AS)
11 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G912
Barabbas — Barabbas
Βαραββᾶς, -ᾶ, ὁ (Aram. בַּר־אַבָּא, lit., son of a father, i.e. accusative to Jerome, filius magistri), Barabbas: Mat.27:16, 17 20, 21, 26, Mrk.15:7, 11 15, Luk.23:18, Jhn.18:40. (In Mat.27:16, some MSS. read Ἰησοῦν Β.; see WH, App., 19f.).† (AS)
10 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7677
shab.ba.ton — sabbath observance
1) Sabbath observance, sabbatism 1a) of weekly sabbath 1b) day of atonement 1c) sabbatical year 1d) of Feast of Trumpets 1e) of the 1st and last days of the Feast of Tabernacles
10 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3904
paraskeuē — Preparation
παρα-σκευή, -ῆς, ἡ [in LXX: Exo.35:24 39:42 (עֲבֹדָה, with seel., ἀποσκ-, κατασκ-), Jdth.2:17 4:5, 1Ma.9:35 א, 2Ma.15:21 * ;] 1. preparation. 2. equipment (Jth, ll with). 3. In Jewish usage, the day of preparation for a Sabbath or a feast (= προσάββατον, which see) : Mat.27:62, Mrk.15:42, Luk.23:54, Jhn.19:31; with genitive, τοῦ πάσχα, Jhn.19:14; τ. Ἰoυδαίων, Jhn.19:42 (it is the name for Friday in MGr.).† (AS)
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2459
Ioustos — Justus
Ἰοῦστος, -ου, ὁ Justus, the surname of, 1. Joseph Barsabbas: Act.1:23. 2. Titus, of Corinth: Act.18:7. 3. Jesus, a Christian of Rome: Col.4:11.† (AS)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7678
shab.b.tay — Shabbethai
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.15 § Shabbethai = "sabbatical" a Levite in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G923
Barsabas — Barsabbas
Βαρσαββᾶς (Rec. -αβᾶς), -ᾶ (Aram., son of Sabba), Barsabbas: 1. the surname of one Joseph: Act.1:23. 2. The surname of one Judas: Act.15:22. † (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2884
tab.ba.ot — Tabbaoth
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.43 § Tabbaoth = "rings" a family of temple slaves who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1042
gabbatha — Gabbatha
Γαββαθα (Rec. -θᾶ), ἡ, indecl., Gabbatha, the Greek transliteration of an uncertain Aramaic word (DB, see word; Dalman, Words, 7), used as the equivalent of λιθόστρωτον, stone pavement: Jhn.19:13.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4520
sabbatismos — Sabbath rest
σαββατισμός, -οῦ, ὁ (σαββατίζω, to keep the sabbath, Exo.16:30, al.), a keeping sabbath, a sabbath rest: metaphorically, as in Mishna (Zorell, see word), Heb.4:9.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1373
gab.bay — `men`
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.11.8; also translated "men"; § Gabbai = "my back" the head of an important Benjamite family living in Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1708
dab.be.shet — Dabbesheth
§ Dabbasheth = "a hill-place" a town on the border of Zebulun
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2079
zab.bay — Zabbai
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.28 § Zabbai = "pure" 1) a descendant of Bebai who took a foreign wife in the days of Ezra 2) father of Baruch, who assisted Nehemiah in rebuilding the city wall
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2579
cha.mat rab.bah — Hamath the great
Hamath-Rabbah = "enclosure of wrath-populous" a town ; maybe same as 'Hammath' Another name of cha.mat (חֲמָת "Hamath" H2574G)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2888
tab.bat — Tabbath
§ Tabbath = "celebrated" site near which Gideon's pursuit of the Midianites stopped
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7629
sho.vi — Shobi
A man of the Ammonites living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Sa.17.27; son of: Nahash (H5176J) § Shobi = "glorious" son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon; supported David during Absalom's rebellion
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →This Syriac or Chaldee word is found three times in the New Testament (Mark 14:36; Rom. 8:15; Gal. 4:6), and in each case is followed by its Greek equivalent, which is translated “father.” It is a term expressing warm affection and filial confidence. It has no perfect equivalent in our language. It has passed into European languages as an ecclesiastical term, “abbot.”
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
