BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H784
esh — fire
1) fire 1a) fire, flames 1b) supernatural fire (accompanying theophany) 1c) fire (for cooking, roasting, parching) 1d) altar-fire 1e) God's anger (fig.) Aramaic equivalent: esh (אֶשָּׁא "fire" H0785)
305 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G749
archiereus — high-priest
ἀρχιερεύς, -έως, ὁ, [in LXX for כּ'' הָרֹאשׁ,כּ'' הַגָּדוֹל ,כּהֵן ;] 1. high-priest: Mrk.2:26 14:47, al.; of Christ: Heb.2:17 3:1, al. 2. In pl., chief priests, including ex-high-priests and members of high-priestly families: Mat.2:4, Mrk.8:31, al. (Cremer, 294; DCG, i, 297f.; MM, see word). (AS)
119 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2438
chi.ram — Hiram
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.5.11 Also named: chu.ram (חוּרָם "Hiram" H2361) § Hiram, Huram = "noble" 1) the king of Tyre who sent workmen and materials to Jerusalem to build both the palace for David and the temple for Solomon 2) the chief architect and engineer of Solomon's temple sent by King Hiram to Solomon
18 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2721
cho.rev — drought
1) dryness, drought, heat 1a) dryness 1b) drought 1c) parching heat
14 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2365
chu.shay — Hushai
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.15.32; father of: Baana (H1195H) § Hushai = "hasting" 1) an Archite, a friend of David 2) the father of Baana, an officer of Solomon; probably the same as 1
13 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2361
chu.ram — Hiram
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.5.11 Another name of chi.ram (חִירָם "Hiram" H2438G) § Huram = "noble born" 1) son of Bela and grandson of Benjamin 2) king of Tyre allied with David and Solomon; alternate spelling for 'Hiram' 3) a chief architect of Solomon's temple; alternate spelling for 'Hiram'
12 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2714
che.qer — search
a search, investigation, searching, enquiry, thing to be searched out
12 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G752
archisunagōgos — synagogue leader
ἀρχισυνάγωγος, -ου, ὁ (συναγωγή), ruler of a synagogue, an administrative officer, supervising the worship (הַכְּנֵםֶת רֹאשׁ): Mrk.5:22, 35-36 5:38 Luk.8:49 13:14, Act.13:15 18:8, 17 (Inscr., see MM, see word; cf. also DB, ext., 101).† (AS)
9 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1212
be.tsal.el — Bezalel
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.31.2; son of: Uri (H0221) § Bezaleel = "in the shadow (i.e. protection) of God" 1) son of Uri and grandson of Hur; a skilled Judahite artisan in all works of metal, wood, and stone and one of the architects of the tabernacle 2) an Israelite, one of the sons of Pahath-moab, in the time of Ezra who had taken a strange wife
9 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H757
ar.ki — Archite
Someone from Arach(?), first mentioned at Jos.16.2 § Archite or Archi = "lengthy" referring to the home city of Hushai
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4748
stoicheō — to follow
στοιχέω, -ῶ (στοῖχος, a row), [in LXX: Ecc.11:6 (כָּשֵׁר) * ;] to be in rows (of waves, plants, etc., as well as of men), to walk in line (esp. of marching in file to battle; Xen., Cyr., vi, 3, 34, al.). Metaphorical, in late writers, to walk by rule: Act.21:24; with dative, to walk by or in (as a rule of life), Rom.4:12 (cf. MM, xxiii), Gal.5:25 6:16, Php.3:16 (cf. συν-στοιχέω).† (AS)
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1979
ha.li.khah — walk
1) going, doing, travelling company, way 1a) going, walk, marching, doings 1b) travelling company, caravan
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2947
te.phach — handbreadth
1) span, width of the hand, hand breadth 1a) a unit of measurement, measurement of length 2) coping (an architectural term)
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G327
anazēteō — to search
ἀνα-ζητέω, -ῶ [in LXX: Job.3:4 (דָּרַשׁ), Job.10:6 (בָּקַשׁ pi.), 2Ma.13:21 * ;] to look for or seek carefully ("specially of searching for human beings, with an implication of difficulty": MM, VGT, see word): Luk.2:44-45 Act.11:25.† (AS)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6807
tse.a.dah — marching
marching
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1885
eparchia — province
ἐπαρχεία (Rec. -χία, see Bl., § 3, 5), -ας, ἡ (ἔπαρχος, a prefect), [in LXX: Est.4:11 (מְדִינָה), Jdth.3:6 A* ;] the jurisdiction of a prefect, a province: Act.23:3, 34 25:1.† *†ἐπάρχεισς, -ον, of a prefect: ἡ ἐ. (sc. ἐξουσία) = ἐπαρχεια, which see, Act.25:1 (WH, mg.).† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G751
Archippos — Archippus
Ἄρχιππος, -ου, ὁ Archippus: Col.4:17, Phm 2.† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G755
architriklinos — head waiter
ἀρχι-τρίκλινος, -ου, ὁ (τρί-κλινος or -ον, a room with three couches) the superintendent of a banquet, whose duty it was to arrange the tables and food (DB, ii, 253): Jhn.2:8-9.† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H525
a.mon — artisan
artificer, architect, master workman, skilled workman
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4498
Rhodē — Rhoda
a rose-tree, rose-bush , (Archilochus Lyricus) (ML)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6065
oikodomos — builder
a builder, an architect , (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G748
archieratikos — high-priestly
ἀρχ-ιερατικός, -ή, -όν (ἀρχιερύς), high-priestly: Act.4:6 (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G750
archipoimēn — chief shepherd
ἀρχι-ποίμην, -ενος, ὁ [in Sm.: 4Ki.3:4 * ;] found on an Egyptian mummy label (Deiss., LAE, 97 ff.; cf. MM, see word); used by modem Greeks of tribal chiefs; chief shepherd. of Christ, 1Pe.5:4.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G753
architektōn — master-builder
ἀρχι-τέκτων, -ονος, ὁ (τέκτων), [in LXX: Isa.3:3 (חָרָשׁ) Sir.38:27. 2Ma.2:29 * ;] a master-builder, architect: 1Co.3:10 (in π. of building contractors, MM, see word).† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →A city on the boundary of Ephraim and Benjamin (Josh. 16:2), between Bethel and Beth-horon the nether.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
