BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7505
ra.phu — Raphu
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Num.13.9; father of: Palti (H6406) § Raphu = "healed" father of Palti, the spy from the tribe of Benjamin
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6406
pal.ti — Palti
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Num.13.9; son of: Raphu (H7505) § Palti or Phalti = "my deliverance" 1) son of Raphu, the spy chosen from the tribe of Benjamin 2) son of Laish, the man to whom king Saul gave his daughter Michal in marriage even though she was already married to David
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20873
panethnei — with the whole nation
with the whole nation , (Strabo Geographus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20995
proalēs — rather rashly
1. springing forward , i. e. overhanging, abrupt , (Iliad by Homer) 2. metaphorically = προπετής:—; comparative adverb, προαλέστερον more eagerly , (Strabo Geographus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G21279
hupertēkō — to melt exceedingly
to melt exceedingly , (Strabo Geographus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6434
apokathairō — to clear away
1. to cleanse or clean quite , ἀπ. τὴν χεῖρα εἰς τὰ χειρόμακτρα upon the towels, (Xenophon Historicus) 2. to refine from dross, (Strabo Geographus): metaphorically in Pass., ἀποκεκαθάρθαι τὴν φωνήν to be pure in dialect, (Lucian) 3. to clear away , τὰς τραπέζας (Aristophanes Comicus):—;Mid., ἀποκαθήρασθαί τινος to rid oneself of a thing, (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7909
katarraktēs — a dungeon
1. as adjective down-rushing , τὸν καταρράκτην ὀδόν (attic for οὐδόν); to the downward entrance [of Hades, Refs 5th c.BC] 2. as Substantive broken water, a waterfall , Lat. cataracta, (Strabo Geographus) 3. a kind of portcullis , (Plutarch) 4. a sea-bird, so called from rushing down upon its prey, a gull , (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8190
lēstērion — a band of robbers
1. a band of robbers , (Xenophon Historicus):—; a retreat or nest of robbers , (Strabo Geographus) 2. robbery , in plural, (Lucian) from λῃστής (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8516
onagros — a wild donkey
the wild ass , (Strabo Geographus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8629
paraxiphis — a dagger
a knife worn beside the sword, a dirk , (Strabo Geographus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8644
paraphuas — a shoot
a shoot
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 · G8941
prosrainō — to sprinkle on
to sprinkle on one, τινί τι (Strabo Geographus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9046
sagma — a packsaddle
1. mostly in plural covering: the covering of a shield , (Euripides): a large cloak , (Aristophanes Comicus) 2. a pack-saddle , (Strabo Geographus) 3. a pile , ὅπλων (Plutarch) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9112
skoliotēs — deformity
crookedness , (Plutarch): in plural the windings of a stream, etc., (Strabo Geographus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9180
stibizomai — to tinge with antimony
Mid. or Pass. to paint one's eyelids and eyebrows with black paint στίβι); (Strabo Geographus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9217
sturakinos — of a green poplar
made of the wood of the tree στύραξ, (Strabo Geographus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9267
summiktos — consolidation
commingled, promiscuous , (Hesiod): especially of troops, irregular , (Herdotus Historicus) adverb -τως, (Strabo Geographus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Healed, a Benjamite, whose son Palti was one of the twelve spies (Num. 13:9).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
