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 · H2102
zud — to boil
1) to boil, boil up, seethe, act proudly, act presumptuously, act rebelliously, be presumptuous, be arrogant, be rebelliously proud 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to act presumptuously 1a2) to deal arrogantly (with 'al') 1a3) to defy proudly (with 'el') 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to boil, seethe, act proudly 1b2) to act presumptuously, act insolently Aramaic equivalent: zud (זוּד "be proud" H2103)
10 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5301
na.phach — to breathe
1) to breathe, blow, sniff at, seethe, give up or lose (life) 1a) (Qal) to breathe, blow 1b) (Pual) to be blown 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to breathe out
9 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6277
anabrassō — to stir up
to boil well, seethe , with accusative, (Aristophanes Comicus); absolute, ἀναβράττετ᾽, ἐξοπτᾶτε (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7594
hepsō — to bake
1. to boil, seethe , (Herdotus Historicus), attic: proverbial of useless labour, λίθον ἕψεις (Aristophanes Comicus); with genitive partitive, ἥψομεν τοῦ κορκόρου we boiled some pimpernel, (Aristophanes Comicus):—;Pass. to be boiled , (Herdotus Historicus) 2. of metals, to smelt, refine , (Pindar) 3. metaphorically, γῆρας ἀνώνυμον ἕψειν to cherish an inglorious age, (Pindar) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8121
kumainō — to swell up
1. to rise in waves or billows, to swell , (Homer) 2. metaphorically of passion, to swell, seethe , (Pindar) 3. transitive to agitate , (Lucian) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →To boil (Ex. 16:23).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
