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Lice

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GREEK · G1163

δεῖ

dei — be necessary

δεῖ impersonal (δέω), [in LXX chiefly for infin. with לְ ;] one must, it is necessary: with inf., Mat.26:54, Mrk.13:7, Act.5:29, al.; with accusative and inf., Mat.16:21, Mrk.8:31, Jhn.3:7, Act.25:10, al.; with ellipse of accusative, Mat.23:23; of accusative, and inf., Mrk.13:14, Rom.1:27 8:26; οὐ (μὴ) δεῖ (non licet), ought not, must not: Act.25:24, 2Ti.2:24; impf., ἔδει, of necessity or obligation in past time regarding a past event (Bl., § 63, 4), Mat.18:33, Luk.15:32, Jhn.4:4, Act.27:21, al.; periphr., δέον ἐστίν (as in Attic, χρεών ἐστι = χρή, see: δέον), Act.19:36; id., with ellipse of ἐστίν, 1Pe.1:6 τὰ μὴ δέοντα (= ἃ οὐ δεῖ 1Ti.5:13. SYN.: ὀφείλει, expressing moral obligation, as distinct from δεῖ, denoting logical necessity and χρή, a need which results from the fitness of things (see Tr., Syn., § cvii, 10; Westc. on Heb.2:1, 1Jn.2:6; Hort on Jas.3:10). (AS)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H191

אֱוִיל

e.vil — fool(ish)

1) be foolish, foolish 1a) (subst) 1a1) of one who despises wisdom 1a2) of one who mocks when guilty 1a3) of one who is quarrelsome 1a4) of one who is licentious

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2154

זִמָּה

zim.mah — wickedness

1) plan, device, wickedness, evil plan, mischievous purpose 1a) plan, purpose 1b) evil device, wickedness 1c) not chaste, incest, licentiousness, adultery, idolatry, harlotry

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GREEK · G766

ἀσέλγεια

aselgeia — debauchery

ἀσέλγεια, -ας, ἡ (ἀσελγής, licentious; see MM, see word), [in LXX: Wis.14:26, 3Ma.2:26 * ;] licentiousness, wantonness, excess: Mrk.7:22, Rom.13:13, 2Co.12:21, Gal.5:19 (Lft., in l), Eph.4:19, 1Pe.4:3, 2Pe.2:2 2:7 2:18, Ju 4.† SYN.: ἀσωτία, profligacy, prodigality (see Tr., Syn., § xvi; DB, iii, 46). (AS)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6400

פֶּ֫לַח

pe.lach — millstone

1) cleavage, mill-stone, cut, slice, part cut off 1a) mill-stone 1b) cleavage, slice

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1187

בַּ֫עַל פְּעוֹר

ba.al pe.or — Baal of Peor

Baal-peor = "lord of the gap" the deity worshipped at Peor with probable licentious rites Another name of ba.al (בַּעַל "Baal" H1168A)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6398

פָּלַח

pa.lach — to cleave

1) to cleave, slice 1a) (Qal) to cleave, plow 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to cleave open or through 1b2) to cause to cleave open 1b3) to slice, pierce

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GREEK · G4465

ῥαβδοῦχος

rhabdouchos — police

ῥαβδοῦχος, -ου, ό (ῥαβδος, ἔχω), one who carries a rod or staff of office; (a) an umpire or judge (Plat.); (b) in late writers, a Roman lictor: Act.16:38.† (AS)

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GREEK · G2550

κακοήθεια

kakoētheia — malice

κακοήθεια (WH, -θία), -ας, ἡ (κακός, ἦθος), [in LXX: Est.8:13, 3Ma.3:22 3Mac 7:3 A, 4Ma.1:4 4Mac 3:4 * ;] malignity, malevolence: Rom.1:29 (Cremer, 329).† (AS)

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GREEK · G3470

μῶμος

mōmos — blemish

μῶμος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX, of physical blemishes : Lev.21:17 ff., Deu.15:21, Sng.4:7, al. (מאוּם); of mental defect, Sir.20:24, al. ;] 1. in cl. poets and late prose, blame, disgrace. 2. In LXX, perb. because of resemblance to a physical blemish (cf. ἄμωμος, 1Pe.1:19, and see Hort., in l); metaphorically, of licentious persons, 2Pe.2:13.† (AS)

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GREEK · G2772

κέρμα

kerma — coin

κέρμα, -τος, τό (κείρω), 1. a slice, hence, 2. a small coin: pl., Jhn.2:15.† (AS)

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GREEK · G6192

ἀκόλαστος

akolastos — unrestrained

1. Lat. non castigatus, unchastised, undisciplined, unbridled, (Herdotus Historicus), attic, etc. 2. licentious, intemperate , opposite to σώφρων, (Sophocles Tragicus), etc.:—; so in adverb, ἀκολάστως ἔχειν (Plato Philosophus); comparative, ἀκολαστοτέρως ἔχειν πρός τι to be too intemperate in a thing, (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)

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GREEK · G6500

ἀποτέμνω

apotemnō — to shred

1. to cut off, sever , (Iliad by Homer), attic:—;Pass., τὴν γλῶτταν ἀποτμηθείς having his tongue cut out , (Aeschines Orator) 2. to sever, divide , in a geographical sense, (Herdotus Historicus):—;Pass., of troops, to be cut off from the main body, (Xenophon Historicus) 3. Mid. to cut off for oneself , (Iliad by Homer); with genitive to cut off a bit of a thing, (Herdotus Historicus) 4. to cut off , so as to appropriate , βοῦς (Homeric Hymns); Φοινίκης ἀπ. to have a slice or portion of Phoenicia, (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus); ἀπ. τῶν Ἀθηναίων to cut off power from the Athenians, (Thucydides) (ML)

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GREEK · G7772

κακουργία

kakourgia — evil actions

1. the character and conduct of a κακοῦργος, ill-doing, wickedness, villany, malice , (Odyssey by Homer), etc.; of a horse, viciousness , (Xenophon Historicus) 2. in plural malpractices , (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)

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GREEK · G8321

μηρία

mēria — the thigh

1. slices cut from the thighs , (Homer) It was the custom to cut out the μηρία ἐκ μηρία τάμνον); wrap them in two folds of fat κνίσῃ ἐκάλυψαν, δίπτυχα ποιήσαντες); and burn them upon the altar. 2. = μηροί, the thighs , (Bion Bucolicus) (ML)

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GREEK · G8335

μνησικακέω

mnēsikakeō — to resent

1. to remember wrongs done one, remember past injuries , (Herdotus Historicus); οὐ μν. to bear no malice, pass an act of amnesty , (Aristophanes Comicus), etc.: with dative pers. et genitive rei, μ. τινί τινος to bear one a grudge for a thing, (Xenophon Historicus) 2. with accusative rei, τὴν ἡλικίαν μν. to remind one of the ills of age, (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)

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GREEK · G9259

σύμβολον

sumbolon — a symbol

1. a sign or token by which one infers a thing, [variant datesTragica Adespota; λαμπάδος τὸ σύμβολον the token of the beacon-fire, (Aeschulus Tragicus):—;often in plural, of marks on the body, (Euripides); of omens , (Aeschulus Tragicus) 2. a pledge or pawn , on which money was advanced, (Lysias Orator) 3. in plural tallies , Lat. tesserae hospitales, i.e. the halves of a bone or coin, which two persons broke between them, each keeping one piece, (Herdotus Historicus), etc. 4. at Athens, a ticket, counter , Lat. tessera, such as were given to the dicasts, on presenting which they received their fee, (Demosthenes Orator) 5. a permit or licence to reside, given to aliens , (Aristophanes Comicus); a ticket given by each person who joined in a picnic, to be presented for payment at the end (compare συμβολή IV), (Aristophanes Comicus) 6. in Eccl. the distinctive mark of Christians, a confession of faith, a creed , Lat. symbolum. 7. in legal phrase, σύμβολα were covenants between two states for protection of commerce , (Demosthenes Orator), etc.; σύμβολα ποιεῖσθαι πρὸς πόλιν to make a commercial treaty with a state, τὰ ς. συγχέειν to violate such treaty , (Demosthenes Orator) (ML)

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Historical dictionary entry

(Heb. kinnim), the creatures employed in the third plague sent upon Egypt (Ex. 8:16-18). They were miraculously produced from the dust of the land. “The entomologists Kirby and Spence place these minute but disgusting insects in the very front rank of those which inflict injury upon man. A terrible list of examples they have collected of the ravages of this and closely allied parasitic pests.” The plague of lice is referred to in Ps. 105:31. Some have supposed that the word denotes not lice properly, but gnats. Others, with greater probability, take it to mean the “tick” which is much larger than lice.

Scripture references

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

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