HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4253
מַחֲלָפָה
mach.la.phah — lock
1) braid, lock, plait 1a) of hair
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Lock
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6977
קְוֻצּוֹת
qe.vuts.tsah — lock
lock, locks of hair
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6545
פֶּ֫רַע
pe.ra — lock
1) hair, long hair (of head), locks 2) leader
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8534
תַּלְתַּלִּים
tal.tal — lock
1) wavy, branchy (used of woman's hair-fig) 1a) meaning uncertain
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6629
צֹאן
tson — flock
1) small cattle, sheep, sheep and goats, flock, flocks 1a) small cattle (usually of sheep and goats) 1b) of multitude (simile) 1c) of multitude (metaphor)
227 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6499
פַּר
par — bullock
young bull, steer, bullock
106 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G622
ἀπολλύω
apolluō — to destroy
ἀπ-όλλυμι and ἀπολλύω [in LXX for אָבַד, etc. (38 words in all)]. 1. Act., 1 to destroy utterly, destroy, kill: Mk 124, 922, al.; τ. ψνχήν, Mat.10:28, al.; 2 to lose utterly: Mat.10:42, al.; metaphorically, of failing to save, Jhn.6:39 18:9. 2. Mid., 1 to perish; (a) of things: Mat.5:29, Jhn.6:12, Heb.1:11 (LXX, al.; (b) of persons: Mat.8:26, al. Metaphorical, of loss of eternal life, Jhn.3:15-16 10:28 17:12, Rom.2:12, 1Co.8:11 15:18, 2Pe.3:9. In οἱ ἀπολλὺμενοι, the perishing, contrasted in 1Co.1:18, al., with οἱ σωζόμενοι, the "perfective" force of the verb, WH. " implies the completion of the process of destruction," is illustrated (see M, Pr., 114 f.; M, Th., ii, 2:10); 2 to be lost: Luk.15:4 21:18. Metaphorical, on the basis of the relation between shepherd and flock, of spiritual destitution and alienation from God: Mat.10:6 15:24, Luk.19:10 (MM, see word; DCG, i, 191 f., ii, 76, 554; Cremer, 451) (AS)
84 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7794
שׁוֹר
shor — cattle
1) ox, bull, a head of cattle 1a) for plowing, for food, as sacrifice Aramaic equivalent: tor (תּוֹר "bullock" H8450)
68 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4735
מִקְנֶה
miq.neh — livestock
1) cattle, livestock 1a) cattle, livestock 1a1) in general of a purchasable domestic animal 1b) cows, sheep, goats (in herds and flocks)
62 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5341
נָצַר
na.tsar — to watch
1) to guard, watch, watch over, keep 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to watch, guard, keep 1a2) to preserve, guard from dangers 1a3) to keep, observe, guard with fidelity 1a4) to guard, keep secret 1a5) to be kept close, be blockaded 1a6) watchman (participle)
61 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7716
שֶׂה
seh — sheep
1) one of a flock, lamb, sheep, goat, young sheep, young goat 1a) sheep, goat 1b) flock (collective) Also means: zeh (זֶה "lamb" H2089)
35 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5116
נָוֶה
na.veh — pasture
1) abode, habitation, abode of shepherds or flocks, pasture 1a) abode (of sheep) 1b) abode (of shepherds) 1c) meadow 1d) habitation
32 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5739
עֵ֫דֶר
e.der — flock
1) flock, herd 1a) flock 1b) herds, flocks and herds
31 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4624
σκανδαλίζω
skandalizō — to cause to stumble
σκανδαλίζω (σκάνδαλον), [in LXX: Dan LXX 11:41 (כָּשַׁל ni.), Sir.9:5 (Sir.35:15 32:15) (יָקֹשׁ ho.) Sir.23:8 (also in Aq., Sm., Th., and in Psa Sol Psa.16:7; not elsewhere, except NT and eccl.)* ;] prop., to put a snare or stumbling-block in the way; in NT always metaphorically of that which hinders right conduct or thought, to cause to stumble: with accusative of person(s), Mat.5:29-30 17:27 18:6, 8-9 Mrk.9:42-43, 45 9:47 Luk.17:2, Jhn.6:61, 1Co.8:13. Pass., to be made to stumble, to stumble: Mat.11:6 13:21, 57 15:12 24:10 26:31, 33, Mrk.4:17 6:3 14:27, 29, Luk.7:23, Jhn.16:1, Rom.14:21 (WH, R, txt., om.), 2Co.11:29,† (AS)
28 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2856
חָתַם
cha.tam — to seal
1) to seal, seal up, affix a seal 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to seal, affix one's seal 1a2) to seal up, fasten up by sealing 1b) (Niphal) to seal 1c) (Piel) to lock up 1d) (Hiphil) to be stopped Aramaic equivalent: cha.tam (חֲתַם "to seal" H2857)
23 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4625
σκάνδαλον
skandalon — stumbling block
σκάνδαλον, -ου, τό (late form of the rare word σκανδάληθρον, see LS, see word) [in LXX chiefly for מוֹקֵשׁ, מִכְשׁוֹל ;] prop., the bait-stick of a trap, a snare, stumbling-block (Lev.19:14, Jdth.5:1): figuratively, Rom.9:33, 1Pe.2:8 (Isa.8:14; aliter in LXX; στερεὸν σκανδάλου in Aq.). Metaphorical, of that which causes error or sin; (a) of persons: Mat.13:41 16:23; Χριστὸς ἐσταυρωμένος, 1Co.1:23; (b) of things: Mat.18:7, Rom.11:9" (LXX) Rom.14:13, 1Jn.2:10 Rev.2:14; τὸ σ. τοῦ σταυροῦ, Gal.5:11; pl., Mat.18:7, Luk.17:1, Rom.16:17.† SYN.: πρόσκομμα (AS)
13 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4165
ποιμαίνω
poimainō — to shepherd
ποιμαίνω (ποιμήν), [in LXX chiefly for רָעָה ;] to act as shepherd, tend flocks: Luk.17:7; with accusative, ποιμνην, 1Co.9:7. Metaphorical, to tend, shepherd, govern: with accusative, Mat.2:6 (LXX), Jhn.21:16, Act.20:28, 1Pe.5:2, Ju 12, Rev.2:27 7:17 12:5 19:15.† SYN.: βόσκω, q.v (AS)
11 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1766
ἔννατος
ennatos — ninth (hour)
ἐνατος, (Rec. ἔνν-), -η, -ον ninth: Rev.21:20; of the ninth hour (3 o'clock, p.m.), Mat.20:5 27:45-46, Mrk.15:33-34, Luk.23:44, Act.3:1 10:3, 30.† (AS)
10 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4830
מַרְעִית
mir.it — pasturing
1) pasturing, pasturage, shepherding 1a) pasturing, shepherding 1b) pasturage 1c) flock (meton)
9 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4525
מַסְגֵּר
mas.ger — locksmith
1) a shutting up, locksmith, smith, dungeon, enclosure, builder of bulwarks 1a) locksmith, smith 1b) dungeon
7 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8450
תּוֹר
tor — bullock
bull, young bull, ox (for sacrifice) Aramaic of shor (שׁוֹר "cattle" H7794)
7 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2135
εὐνοῦχος
eunouchos — eunuch
εὐνοῦχος, -ου, ὁ (i.e. ὁ τὴν εὐνὴν(bed) ἔχων), [in LXX for סָרִיס (perhaps not of necessity an actual eunuch; DB, see word), Gen.39:1, al., Wis.3:14, Sir.20:4 30:20 ;] an emasculated man, a eunuch: Mat.19:12; one such holding, as was common, high office, as of chamberlain, at court, Act.8:27, 34-39; metaphorically, of one naturally incapacitated for or voluntarily abstaining from wedlock, Mat.19:12.† (AS)
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3448
μόσχος
moschos — calf
μόσχος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for פַּר, also for שׁוֹר, עֵגֶל. etc. ;] 1. a young shoot or twig. 2. ὁ, ἡ, μ., offspring; (a) of men; (b) of animals; most frequently (as always in LXX), a calf, bullock, heifer: Luk.15:23, 27 15:30, Heb.9:12, 19 Rev.4:7.† (AS)
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4348
πρόσκομμα
proskomma — stumbling block
πρόσ-κομμα, -τος, τό (προσκόπτω), [in LXX: Exo.23:33 34:12 (מוֹקֵשׁ), Isa.8:14 (נֶגֶף), Jdth.8:22, Sir.17:25, al. ;] (a) a stumble, stumbling: λίθος προσκόμματος (= נֶגֶף אֶבֶן, Isa, l.with), figuratively, Rom.9:32-33, 1Pe.2:8" (LXX) ; (b) = προσκοπή, an occasion of stumbling, a stumbling-block: metaphorically, Rom.14:13, 20, 1Co.8:9 (Plut.).† SYN.: σκάνδαλον (cf. Cremer, 752 f.) (AS)
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
The Hebrews usually secured their doors by bars of wood or iron (Isa. 45:2; 1 Kings 4:3). These were the locks originally used, and were opened and shut by large keys applied through an opening in the outside (Judg. 3:24). (See KEY.) Lock of hair (Judg. 16:13, 19; Ezek. 8:3; Num. 6:5, etc.).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.