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GREEK · G3428

μοιχαλίς

moichalis — adulterous

1. an adulteress , (New Testament):as adjective adulterous , (New Testament) 2. as Substantive = μοιχεία, (New Testament) (ML)

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GREEK · G6077

Πύρρος

Purros — Pyrrhus

A man living at the time of the New Testament, only mentioned at Act.20.4; father of: Sopater (G4986) § Pyrrhus (the name of Sopater of Boroeas's father) See also πυρρός (G4450)

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GREEK · G20433

ἐπιλήθω

epilēthō — to forget

1. to cause to forget a thing, with genitive, (Odyssey by Homer): —;Pass. to be forgotten , perfect participle ἐπιλελησμένος (New Testament) 2. Mid. ἐπι-λήθομαι and -λανθάνομαι, future -λήσομαι: aorist2 -ελᾶθόμην: with perfect active -λέληθα and passive -λέλησμαι: pluperfect -ελελήσμην:—; to let a thing escape one, to forget, lose thought of , with genitive, ὅπως Ἰθάκης ἐπιλήσεται (epic for -ηται); (Odyssey by Homer); so (Herdotus Historicus), attic:—;also with accusative, (Herdotus Historicus), etc.:—;with infinitive, (Aristophanes Comicus) 3. to forget wilfully , ἑκὼν ἐπιλήθομαι (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)

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GREEK · G20545

καθεῖς

katheis — one by one, one after anther

for καθ᾽ εἷς one by one , εἷς καθεῖς, for εἷς καθ᾽ ἕνα, (New Testament) (ML)

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GREEK · G4566

Σατάν

Satan — Satan

Satan , i. e. an adversary, enemy : name for the Devil , (New Testament) Hebr. word. (ML)

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GREEK · G7276

ἐνώπιος

enōpios — face to face

1. face to face , (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus) 2. neuter ἐνώπιον, preposition with genitive, like Lat. coram, (New Testament) (ML)

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GREEK · G8708

πεντηκοστός

pentēkostos — fiftieth

1. fiftieth , (Plato Philosophus) 2. as Substantive, ἡ πεντηκοστή, 3. (i.e. μερίς); at Athens the duty of one-fiftieth , or two per century , on all exports and imports, (Isaeus Orator); εὕρηκε καινὴν ἱππικῆς τινὰ πεντηκοστήν he invented a new two per century duty , in lieu of his cavalry service, i. e. paid this instead of it, (Demosthenes Orator) 4. (i.e. ἡμέρα); the fiftieth day (after the Passover), Pentecost , (New Testament) (ML)

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GREEK · G8881

πρέσβυς

presbus — an ambassador

1. an old man , Lat. senex, (the prose form is πρεσβύτης); (Sophocles Tragicus):—; ὁ πρέσβυς is used much like ὁ πρεσβύτερος, the elder , (Aeschulus Tragicus):—;plural πρέσβεις, elders , always implying dignity, chiefs, princes , (Aeschulus Tragicus); epic πρέσβηες (Hesiod) 2. (Homer) uses only the comparative and Sup., comparative πρεσβύτερος, α, ον, elder, older , (Iliad by Homer), attic; ἐνιαυτῷ by a year, (Aristophanes Comicus); βουλαὶ πρεσβύτεραι the wise councils of age , (Pindar);—;Sup. πρεσβύτατος, η, ον, eldest , (Iliad by Homer), etc.: —;the comparative and Sup. were used of things, πρεσβύτερόν τι (or οὐδὲν); ἔχειν = Lat. aliquid (or nihil) antiquius habere, to deem higher, more important , τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ πρεσβύτερα ποιεῖσθαι ἢ τὰ τῶν ἀνδρῶν (Herdotus Historicus); πρεσβύτατον κρίνειν τι (Thucydides); πρεσβυτέρως γυμναστικὴν μουσικῆς τετιμηκέναι more highly than . . , (Plato Philosophus): —;hence, merely of magnitude, πρεσβύτερον κακὸν κακοῦ one evil greater than another, (Sophocles Tragicus) 3. like πρεσβευτής, an ambassador , (Aeschulus Tragicus);—;plural πρέσβεις is more used than πρεσβευταί, (Aristophanes Comicus), etc. 4. a chief, president : comparative πρεσβύτερος, an elder of the Jewish Council , (New Testament), etc.: an elder of the Church, presbyter , (New Testament) (ML)

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GREEK · G9024

ῥητός

rhētos — especially

1. stated, specified , (Iliad by Homer); ἐς χρόνον ῥητόν at a set or stated time, (Herdotus Historicus); ἡμέραι ῥ. (Thucydides); ἐπὶ ῥητοῖς γέρασι with fixed prerogatives, (Thucydides); ῥ. ἀργύριον a stated sum, (Thucydides); ἐπὶ ῥητοῖς on stated terms, on certain conditions , (Herdotus Historicus):—;adverb ῥητῶς, expressly, distinctly , (New Testament) 2. spoken of, known, famous , (Hesiod) 3. that may be spoken or told , (Aeschulus Tragicus); ῥητὸν ἄρρητόν τ᾽ ἔπος, Lat. fas nefasque, (Sophocles Tragicus) 4. in Mathem., ῥητά are rational quantities , opposite to surds ἄλογα); (Plato Philosophus) (ML)

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GREEK · G9446

τηλαυγής

tēlaugēs — radiant

1. far-shining, far-beaming , (Homeric Hymns) 2. of distant objects, far-seen, conspicuous , (Theognis Elegiacus) 3. adverb -γῶς, clearly, distinctly , (New Testament) (ML)

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Historical dictionary entry

(Luke 22:20), rather “New Covenant,” in contrast to the old covenant of works, which is superseded. “The covenant of grace is called new; it succeeds to the old broken covenant of works. It is ever fresh, flourishing, and excellent; and under the gospel it is dispensed in a more clear, spiritual, extensive, and powerful manner than of old” (Brown of Haddington). Hence is derived the name given to the latter portion of the Bible. (See TESTAMENT.)

Scripture references

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

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