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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5674

עָבַר

a.var — to pass

1) to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to pass over, cross, cross over, pass over, march over, overflow, go over 1a2) to pass beyond 1a3) to pass through, traverse 1a3a) passers-through (participle) 1a3b) to pass through (the parts of victim in covenant) 1a4) to pass along, pass by, overtake and pass, sweep by 1a4a) passer-by (participle) 1a4b) to be past, be over 1a5) to pass on, go on, pass on before, go in advance of, pass along, travel, advance 1a6) to pass away 1a6a) to emigrate, leave (one's territory) 1a6b) to vanish 1a6c) to perish, cease to exist 1a6d) to become invalid, become obsolete (of law, decree) 1a6e) to be alienated, pass into other hands 1b) (Niphal) to be crossed 1c) (Piel) to impregnate, cause to cross 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to pass over, cause to bring over, cause to cross over, make over to, dedicate, devote 1d2) to cause to pass through 1d3) to cause to pass by or beyond or under, let pass by 1d4) to cause to pass away, cause to take away 1e) (Hithpael) to pass over

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6430

פְּלִשְׁתִּי

pe.lish.ti — Philistine

Philistine = "immigrants" an inhabitant of Philistia; descendants of Mizraim who immigrated from Caphtor (Crete?) to the western seacoast of Canaan Another spelling of pe.le.shet (פְּלֶ֫שֶׁת "Philistia" H6429)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2771

חָרָן

cha.ran — Haran

Haran = "mountaineer" the city to which Abraham migrated when he left Ur of the Chaldees and where he stayed until his father died before leaving for the promised land; located in Mesopotamia in Padan-aram at the foot of Mount Masius between the Khabour and the Euphrates Also named: Charran (Χαρράν "Haran" G5488)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2039

הָרָן

ha.ran — Haran

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.26; son of: Terah (H8646); brother of: Abraham (H0085), Nahor (H5152H) and Sarah (H8283); father of: Lot (H3876), Milcah (H4435) and Iscah (H3252) § Haran = "mountaineer" 1) youngest son of Terah, brother of Abraham, father of Lot, Milcah, and Iscah; born and died in Ur of the Chaldees 2) a Gershonite Levite in the time of David, one of the family of Shimei 3) a son of Caleb by the concubine Ephah 4) name of the place to which Abraham migrated from Ur of the Chaldees and where the descendants of his brother Nahor established themselves; probably located in Mesopotamia, in Padanaram, the cultivated district at the foot of the hills between the Khabour and the Euphrates below Mount Masius

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GREEK · G3351

μετοικίζω

metoikizō — to deport

μετ-οικίζω (μέτοικος, an emigrant), [in LXX chiefly for גָּלָה hi. ;] to remove to a new abode, cause to migrate: Act.7:4, 43" (LXX) .† (AS)

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GREEK · G884

ἀχάριστος

acharistos — ungrateful

ἀχάριστος, -ον (χαρίζομαι), [in LXX: Wis.16:29, Sir.29:17, 25, 4Ma.9:10 * ;] (a) ungracious, unpleasing; (b) ungrateful, thankless: Luk.6:35, 2Ti.3:2.† (AS)

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GREEK · G2170

εὐχάριστος

eucharistos — thankful

εὐχάριστος, -ον (εὖ, χαρίζομαι), [in LXX for חֵן, Pro.11:16 * ;] 1. = εὔχαρις, winning, gracious, agreeable (Pr, l.with). 2. grateful, thankful: Col.3:15.† (AS)

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GREEK · G6442

ἀποικίζω

apoikizō — to exile

1. to send away from home , (Odyssey by Homer), etc.:—;Pass. to be settled in a far land, to emigrate , (Plato Philosophus) 2. to colonise a place, send a colony to it, with accusative, (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)

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GREEK · G7516

ἐσχάρα

eschara — a grate

1. the hearth, fire-place , (Homer); the sanctuary of suppliants, καθέζετο ἐπ᾽ ἐσχάρῃ ἐν κονίῃσιν (Odyssey by Homer):—; a pan of coals, a brasier , (Aristophanes Comicus) 2. πυρὸς ἐσχάραι the watch-fires of the camp, (Iliad by Homer) 3. an altar for burnt-offerings , (Odyssey by Homer) (ML)

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GREEK · G8037

κνίζω

knizō — to pick

1. to scrape or grate: to tickle : metaphorically, of love, to nettle, chafe, irritate , (Herdotus Historicus); of satiety, (Pindar); of anxiety, (Herdotus Historicus), etc.; οὐ κνίσω τὸ ῥῆμ᾽ ἕκαστον will not attack every word, (Aristophanes Comicus):—;Pass., κνίζεσθαί τινος to be stung (with love) for one, (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus) 2. κν. ὀργάν to provoke anger, (Pindar) (ML)

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GREEK · G8160

λαμπτήρ

lamptēr — a torch

1. a stand or grate for pine and other wood used for lighting rooms , (Odyssey by Homer); ὧ χαῖρε, λ. νυκτός thou that lightest up the night, of the beacon-fire, (Aeschulus Tragicus); ἕσπεροι λαμπτῆρες the evening watch-fires , (Sophocles Tragicus) 2. generally, = λαμπάς 1 (Euripides) (ML)

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GREEK · G8301

μετανίστημι

metanistēmi — to change residence

1. to remove one from his country , (Polybius Historicus) 2. Pass. with aorist2 et perfect active to move off and go elsewhere, to migrate , (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)

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GREEK · G8556

ὀρτυγομήτρα

ortugomētra — a mother-quail

a bird which migrates with the quails , perhaps the land-rail , ludicrously applied to Latona, the Ortygian mother (compare Ὀρτυγία)), (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)

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Historical dictionary entry

A network of brass for the bottom of the great altar of sacrifice (Ex. 27:4; 35:16; 38:4, 5, 30).

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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