HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4836
מַרְצֵעַ
mar.tse.a — awl
awl, boring-instrument
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Awl
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G458
ἀνομία
anomia — lawlessness
ἀνομία, -ας, ἡ (ἄνομος), [in LXX for עָוֺן, פָּשַׁע, פֶּשַׁע, תּוֹעֵבַה, רֶשַׁע, etc. ;] lawlessness, iniquity: Mat.7:23 13:41 23:28 24:12, Rom.6:19, 2Co.6:14, 2Th.2:3 2:7, Tit.2:14, Heb.1:9, 1Jn.3:4; in pl. (as LXX, Psa.31:1, al.; see 131., § 32, 6; Swete, Mk., 153), of acts or manifestations of lawlessness: Rom.4:7 (LXX), Heb.10:17.† SYN.: see: ἁμάρτημα, ἄνομος (AS)
13 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G459
ἄνομος
anomos — lawless
ἄ-νομος, -ον (ἀ. neg., νόμος), [in LXX for עָוֺן, פָּשַׁע, רֶשַׁע, etc. ;] 1. lawless, wicked: Mrk.15:28, Luk.22:37, Act.2:23, 1Ti.1:9, 2Pe.2:8; ὁ ἄ., 2Th.2:8 (= ὁ ἄνθρωπος τῆς ἀνομίας, 2Th.2:3). 2. without law (= οἱ μὴ ὑπὸ νόμον, Rom.2:14): 1Co.9:21 (MM, VGT, see word). † SYN.: see: ἄθεσμος (AS)
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5628
סָרַח
sa.rach — to overrun
1) to go free, be unrestrained, be overrun, exceed, overhang, grow luxuriously 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go free, be unrestrained, sprawl 1a1a) overrunning, spreading (participle) 1a2) to overhang 1b) (Niphal) to be let loose or dismissed or gone
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2062
ἑρπετόν
herpeton — reptile
ἑρπετόν, -οῦ, τό (ἕρπω, to crawl), [in LXX chiefly for רֶמֶשׂ, שֶׁרֶץ ;] a creeping thing, reptile: Act.10:12 11:6, Rom.1:23, Jas.3:7.† (AS)
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2119
זָחַל
za.chal — to crawl
1) to shrink back, crawl away 1a) (Qal) crawling, creeping (participle) (meton)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6809
צָעִיף
tsa.iph — shawl
wrapper, shawl, veil
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G111
ἀθέμιτος
athemitos — unlawful
ἀ-θέμιτος (late form of ἀθέμιστος, LS, MM, VGT, see word), -ον (θέμις, custom, right), [in LXX: 2Ma.6:5 7:1 10:34, 3Ma.5:20 * ;] (a) of persons, lawless (III Mac, l.with); (b) of things, lawless, unlawful: Act.10:28, 1Pe.4:3.† SYN.: see: ἄθεσμος. (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G113
ἄθεσμος
athesmos — lawless
ἄθεσμος, -ον (θεσμός, law, custom), [in LXX: 3Ma.5:12 6:26 * ;] lawless, esp. of those who violate the law of nature and conscience (cf. MM, VGT, see word): 2Pe.2:7 3:17.† SYN.: ἀθέμιτος, ἄνομος, κακός, πονηρός, φαῦλος (see Tr., Syn., §lxxiv; DCG, ii, 821b). (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4131
πλήκτης
plēktēs — bully
πλήκτης, -ου, ὁ (πλήσσω), [in Sm.: Psa.35:15 * ;] a striker, brawler: 1Ti.3:3, Tit.1:7 (Arist., Plut., al.).† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3892
παρανομία
paranomia — lawlessness
παρανομία, -ας, ἡ [in LXX: Psa.37:7 (מְזִמָּה), etc. ;] law-breaking, transgression: 2Pe.2:16.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G460
ἀνόμως
anomōs — without law
ἀνόμως, adv. [in LXX: 2Mac 817* ;] 1. lawlessly (2Mac, l.with). 2. = χωρὶς νόμου, without law: Rom.2:12.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6349
ἀνομέω
anomeō — to act lawlessly
to act lawlessly , περί τι (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7282
ἐξαίσιος
exaisios — extraordinary
1. beyond what is ordained or fated: hence, 2. lawless , (Odyssey by Homer) 3. extraordinary, violent , (Herdotus Historicus); ἐξ. φυγή headlong flight, (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7508
ἕρπω
herpō — to crawl
1. to creep, crawl , Lat. serpo, repo, and generally to move slowly, walk , (Homer); of reports, to creep on, spread , like Lat. serpit rumor, (Sophocles Tragicus); ὁ πόλεμος ἑρπέτω let it take its course , (Aristophanes Comicus); of calamities, (Sophocles Tragicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7823
καταβοάω
kataboaō — to yell out against
to cry down, cry out against , with genitive, (Herdotus Historicus); κ. τινῶν ὅτι τὰς σπονδὰς λελυκότες εἶεν (Thucydides); with accusative to bawl down, outcry , (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8530
ὀπήτιον
opētion — a shoemaker's awl
a shoemaker's awl
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8572
ὀφιομάχης
ophiomachēs — a crawling locust
a crawling locust
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8627
παράνομος
paranomos — lawbreaker
1. acting contrary to law, lawless , (Euripides) 2. of things, contrary to law, unlawful , (Aristophanes Comicus), etc.:—;adverb, παρανόμως, illegally , (Thucydides) 3. in attic law, παράνομα γράφειν, εἰπεῖν to propose an illegal measure , (Demosthenes Orator); παρανόμων γράφεσθαί τινα to indict one for proposing such a measure , (Demosthenes Orator): the indictment itself was παρανόμων γραφή (Aeschines Orator):—;in superlative, παρανομώτατα γεγραφότα (Aeschines Orator) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
An instrument only referred to in connection with the custom of boring the ear of a slave (Ex. 21:6; Deut. 15:17), in token of his volunteering perpetual service when he might be free. (Comp. Ps. 40:6; Isa. 50:5).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.