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 · H7549
ra.qi.a — expanse
1) extended surface (solid), expanse, firmament 1a) expanse (flat as base, support) 1b) firmament (of vault of heaven supporting waters above) 1b1) considered by Hebrews as solid and supporting 'waters' above
10 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3751
osphus — loins
ὀσφύς, -ύος, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for מֹתֶן;, also for חָלַץ, etc. ;] the loin: Mat.3:4, Mrk.1:6; metaphorically, περιζώννυσθαι (ἀναζ-) τ. ὀσφύας, Luk.12:35, Eph.6:14, 1Pe.1:13; regarded, as by the Hebrews, as the seat of generative power, Heb.7:5, 10; metaphorically, καρπὸς τ. ὀσφύος, Act.2:30 (AS)
8 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6326
pu.ah — Puah
A woman living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Exo.1.15 § Puah = "splendid" one of the 2 midwives of the Hebrews ordered by Pharaoh to kill all the male children born to Israel; time of Moses
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8236
shiph.rah — Shiphrah
A woman living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Exo.1.15 § Shiphrah = "fair" one of the two Hebrew midwives who were ordered by Pharaoh to kill all the male children born to the Hebrews but who disobeyed
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →(Acts 6:1) were the Hebrew-speaking Jews, as distinguished from those who spoke Greek. (See GREEKS.)
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
