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 · H3956
la.shon — tongue
: tongue/words 1) tongue 1a) tongue (of men) 1a1) tongue (literal) 1a2) tongue (organ of speech) 1b) language 1c) tongue (of animals) 1d) tongue (of fire) 1e) wedge, bay of sea (tongue-shaped)
111 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2905
kraugazō — to shout
κραυγάζω (κραυγή) [in LXX: Est.3:13 (רוּעַ hi.)* ;] = κράζω 1. of animals, to bay, to croak, etc. 2. Of men, to cry out, shout: Mat.12:19, Jhn.12:13 19:15 Act.22:23; before λέγων, Jhn.18:40 19:6, 12; καὶ λέγων, Luk.4:41 (WH, κράζ -); φωνῇ μεγάλῃ, Jhn.11:43 (cf. Abbott, JV, 269 f.).† (AS)
9 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2859
kolpos — bosom
κόλπος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for חֵיק ;] 1. prop., the bosom: Jhn.13:23; fig., of close association, ἐν (εἰς τὸν) τοῖς κ. Ἀβραάμ, Luk.16:22-23 (cf. 4Ma.13:16); ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κ. τ. πατρός, Jhn.1:18 2. The bosom or fold of a loose garment falling over a girdle, used as a pocket, hence figuratively, εἰς τὸν κ. Isa.65:6, Jer.32:18 : Luk.6:38 3. A bosom-like hollow, as a bay or gulf: Act.27:39.† (AS)
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2062
ze.ev — Zeeb
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.7.25 § Zeeb = "wolf" one of the two princes of Midian mentioned in the conquest; brought to bay in a winepress
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H554
a.mots — strong
1) strong 2) bay, dappled, piebald (of colour)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4223
Potioloi — Puteoli
Ποτίολοι, -ων, οἱ Puteoli (mod. Pozzuoli), a city on the Bay of Naples: Act.28:13.† (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 · 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 · H229
ez.bay — Ezbai
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.11.37; father of: Naarai (H5293) § Ezbai = "my humblings" father of one of David's mighty men
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H308
a.chas.bay — Ahasbai
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Sa.23.34; father of: Eliphelet (H0467H) § Ahasbai = "brother of my encompassers" father of Eliphelet, one of David's heroes
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8320
sa.ruq — sorrel
sorrel, reddish, tawny, bay
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6118
agkōn — an angle
1. the bend of the arm, the elbow , (Homer) 2. generally the arm , like ἀγκάλη, (Pindar) 3. any bend , as the jutting angle of a wall, (Iliad by Homer): the bend or reach of a river, (Herdotus Historicus); ἕσπεροι ἄγκωνες, in (Sophocles Tragicus), seem to be the angle of the bay of Rhoeteium. (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8040
koilos — hollow
1. hollow, hollowed , epithet of ships, which in early times were hollowed out of trees, (Homer); later, κοίλη ναῦς was the hold of the ship, (Herdotus Historicus); so, ἡ κοίλη alone, (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus):—;of the Trojan horse, κ. λόχος, κ. δόρυ (Odyssey by Homer); κ. κάπετος, of a grave, (Iliad by Homer); κ. δέμνια, of the bed when no one is in it , (Sophocles Tragicus) 2. of Places, lying in a hollow or forming a hollow , κοίλη Λακεδαίμων the vale of L., (Odyssey by Homer); κ. Θεσσαλία (Herdotus Historicus); κ. Ἄργος (Sophocles Tragicus); τὰ Κοῖλα τῆς Εὐβοίας (Herdotus Historicus); ἡ Κοιλή the valley of the Ilissus, (Herdotus Historicus):—; κ. λιμήν of a harbour lying between high cliffs , (Odyssey by Homer); κ. αἰγιαλός an embayed beach, (Odyssey by Homer):—; κ. ὁδός a hollow way, (Iliad by Homer):—; κ. ποταμός a river nearly empty of water, (Thucydides) (so Virgil, cava flumina) : metaphorically of the voice, hollow , μυκάσατο κοῖλον (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus); φθέγγεσθαι κοῖλον (Lucian) 3. as Substantive κοῖλον, ου, τό, a hollow, cavity, ravine , (Plato Philosophus); like κοιλία, of the cavities in the body, τὰ κ. γαστρός (Euripides); also, ἐν τῷ κοίλῳ καὶ μυχῷ τοῦ λιμένος (Thucydides) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8810
pleuron — a side
1. a rib : mostly in plural the ribs, the side , (Iliad by Homer), etc.;—;also in singular, (Sophocles Tragicus) 2. of places, πλευρὸν νεῶν the side of the bay where the ships lay, (Sophocles Tragicus); τὸ δεξιὸν πλ. the right flank (of an army), (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9533
hulakteō — to bark
1. to bark, bay, howl , of dogs, (Iliad by Homer); of hounds, to give tongue , (Xenophon Historicus) 2. metaphorically, κραδίη ὑλακτεῖ howls for rage , (Odyssey by Homer); with accusative cognate to yell forth bold and shameless words , (Sophocles Tragicus); ἄμους᾽ ὑλακτῶν howling his uncouth songs, (Euripides) 3. transitive to bark at , τινά (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Denotes the estuary of the Dead Sea at the mouth of the Jordan (Josh. 15:5; 18:19), also the southern extremity of the same sea (15:2). The same Hebrew word is rendered “tongue” in Isa. 11:15, where it is used with reference to the forked mouths of the Nile. Bay in Zech. 6:3, 7 denotes the colour of horses, but the original Hebrew means strong, and is here used rather to describe the horses as fleet or spirited.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
