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 · H4755
ma.ra — Mara
A woman living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Rut.1.2; married to Elimelech (H0458); mother of: Mahlon (H4248) and Chilion (H3630); also called Mara at Rut.1.20; Another name of no.o.mi (נׇעֳמִי "Naomi" H5281) § Mara = "bitterness" a name that Naomi called herself due to her calamities
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1416
ge.dud — band
1) a band, troop, marauding band 1a) marauding band, raiding band 1b) troop, band (of divisions of army) 1c) foray, raid
29 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5281
no.o.mi — Naomi
A woman living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Rut.1.2; married to Elimelech (H0458); mother of: Mahlon (H4248) and Chilion (H3630); also called Mara at Rut.1.20; Also named: ma.ra (מָרָא "Mara" H4755) § Naomi = "my delight" wife of Elimelech, mother of Mahlon and Chilion, and mother-in-law of Ruth and Orpah
20 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H858
a.tah — to come
1) to come, arrive 1a) (P'al) to come 1b) (Aphel) to bring 1c) (Hophal) to be brought 2) used in the NT in the phrase "maranatha" -"Lord come" Aramaic of a.tah (אָתָה "to come" H0857)
15 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4785
ma.rah — Marah
§ Marah = "bitter" the spring with bitter water which was 3 days travel from the crossing place of the Red Sea in the peninsula of Sinai
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4848
me.ra.ri — Merari
Someone descended from Merari who was a man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.11; son of: Levi (H3878); brother of: Gershon (H1648), Kohath (H6955) and Jochebed (H3115); father of: Mahli (H4249), Mushi (H4187) and Jaaziah (H3269) Another name of me.ra.ri (מְרָרִי "Merari" H4847) § Merarites, of Marari "bitter" descendants of Merari, the son of Levi, and members of a Levitical family
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6787
tse.ma.ra.yim — (Mount) Zemaraim
§ Zemaraim = "double fleece of wool" a hill in Ephraim
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G262
amarantinos — unfading
ἀμαράντινος, -ον (ἀμάραντος), of amaranth (Inscr.); hence unfading: 1Pe.5:4.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G263
amarantos — unfading
ἀμάραντος, -ον (μαραίνομαι), [in LXX: Wis.6:12 (σοφία)* ;] unfading (whence ὁ ἀ., the amaranth, an unfading flower): 1Pe.1:4 (cf. MM, VGT, see word).† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3133
marainō — to fade
μαραίνω [in LXX: Job.15:30 (יָבֵשׁ pi.), Job.24:24, Wis.2:8 19:21 * ;] in cl., 1. prop., to quench fire; pass., of fire, to die away, go out. 2. In various relations, to quench, waste, wear out (cf. Wis.19:21); pass., to waste away; in later writers (Plut., Luc., al.), of the withering of flowers and herbage (act., Job.15:30; pass., Job.24:24, Wis.2:8): Jas.1:11 (cf. ἀμάραντον).† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3134
maran atha — Come, Lord!
μαρὰν ἀθά (Rec. μαραναθά; Aram.: on the original form see Dalman, Gr., § 41, 1; 74, 3; Words, 328), Maranatha, i.e. the Lord cometh (but see Dalman, ll. with; Field, Notes, 180; ICC, in l): 1Co.16:22.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4664
smaragdinos — emerald
σμαράγδινος (σμάραγδος, which see), 1. of emerald (Luc., V.H., ii, 11). 2. As in π. (Deiss., BS, 267), emerald-green: Rev.4:3 (for the construction, see Swete, in l; Zorell, see word).† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4665
smaragdos — emerald
σμάραγδος, -ου, ἡ (and in late writers also ὁ), [in LXX: Exo.28:9 (שֹׁהַם) Exo.36:17 (Exo.39:10) (בָּרֶקֶת), Eze.28:13 (יַהֲלֹם), etc. ;] emerald or other trans parent green stone (LS, see word; DB, iv, 620; Swete, Ap., 67, 288): Rev.21:19.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4831
mar.a.lah — Mareal
§ Maralah = "trembling" a town or landmark on the border of Zebulun
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7788
kamara — a vault
Lat. camera, anything with an arched cover, a covered carriage, (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8345
monomacheō — to fight one on one
to fight in single combat , (Euripides); τινι with one, (Herdotus Historicus); of the Athenians at Marathon, μοῦνοι μουνομαχήσαντες τῷ Πέρσῃ having fought single-handed with the Persians, (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8678
peirateuō — to maraud
to maraud
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8679
peiratērion — a band of marauders
1. φόνια πειρατήρια the murderous ordeal , (Euripides) 2. a pirate's nest , (Strabo Geographus) from πειρα_τής (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8680
peiratēs — a marauder
a pirate , Lat. pirata, i. e. one who attacks ships, (Polybius Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9124
smaragditēs — an emerald
an emerald
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Bitter; sad, a symbolical name which Naomi gave to herself because of her misfortunes (Ruth 1:20).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
