HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1749
דּוֹנַג
do.nag — wax
wax (always figurative 'of melting')
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Wax
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G5195
ὑβρίζω
hubrizō — to mistreat
ὑβρίζω (ὕβρις), [in LXX for גֵּאֶה, etc. ;] 1. intrans., to wax wanton, run riot. 2. Trans., to outrage, insult, treat insolently: with accusative of person(s), Mat.22:6, Luk.11:45 18:32, Act.14:5, 1Th.2:2.† (AS)
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2901
κραταιόω
krataioō — to strengthen
κραταιόω, -ῶ (late form of κρατύνω; κράτος) [in LXX chiefly for חָזַק ;] to strengthen; pass., to wax strong: Luk.2:40, 1Co.16:13; πνεύματι, Luk.1:80; δυνάμει κ. διὰ τ. πνεύματος, Eph.3:16.† (AS)
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3975
παχύνω
pachunō — to thicken
παχύνω (παχύς, thick) [in LXX: Deu.32:15, Isa.6:10 (שָׁמֵן), al. ;] to thicken, fatten; pass., to grow fat. Metaphorical, to make dull or stupid (τ. ψυχάς, Rut.); pass., to wax gross: ἡ καρδία„ Mat.13:15, Act.28:27" (LXX) .† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4763
στρηνιάω
strēniaō — to revel
στρηνιάω, ῶ (στρῆνος, which see), [in Sm.: Isa.61:6 (אָכַל) * ;] a word which first appears in the middle comedy (Rutherford, NPhr., 475 f.), to run riot, wax wanton: Rev.18:7-9 (cf. κατα-στρηνιάω).† SYN.: σπαταλάω (which see), τρυφάω (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2691
καταστρηνιάω
katastrēniaō — to desire
κατα-στρηνιάω, -ῶ to wax wanton against: with genitive, 1Ti.5:11 (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1088
בָּלָה
ba.lah — Balah
§ Balah = "waxed old" a place in Simeon
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2781
κηρίον
kērion — honeycomb
κηρίον, -ου, τό (κηρός, wax), [in LXX for נֹפֶת, צוּף, Psa.19:10 118:12, Pro.16:24, al. ;] honeycomb: κ. μελίσσιον, Luk.24:42 (Rec.; WH, txt., R, txt., omit).† (AS)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6768
γραφίς
graphis — a pen
1. a stile for writing on waxen tablets, (Plato Philosophus), etc.: a needle for embroidering , [variant datesAnthology Palantina 2. embroidery , [variant datesAnthology Palantina (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7354
ἐξυβρίζω
exubrizō — to overflow
to break out into insolence, to run riot, wax wanton , (Herdotus Historicus), etc.; ἐξ. ἐς τόδε to come to this pitch of insolence , (Thucydides): with an adjective neuter, παντοῖα ἐξ. to commit all kinds of violence , (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7764
καθυβρίζω
kathubrizō — to insult
to treat despitefully, to insult or affront wantontly , τινά (Sophocles Tragicus), etc.; also τινός (Sophocles Tragicus):—;Pass., absolute, to wax wanton , (Sophocles Tragicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7782
κάλλος
kallos — beauty
1. beauty , (Homer), etc.:—; ἐς κάλλος with an eye to beauty , so as to set off her beauty, (Euripides); but, εἰς κ. ζῆν for pleasure , (Xenophon Historicus) 2. of persons, a beauty , (Xenophon Historicus) 3. in plural also rich garments and stuffs , (Aeschulus Tragicus); κάλλεα κηροῦ beautiful works of wax, i. e. honeycombs, [variant datesAnthology Palantina (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8008
κηρός
kēros — beeswax
bees-wax , Lat. cera, (Odyssey by Homer) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8790
πιαίνω
piainō — to fatten
1. to make fat, fatten , (Euripides); π. χθόνα to fatten the soil, of a dead man, (Aeschulus Tragicus):—;Pass. to be or become fat , (Plato Philosophus), etc. 2. metaphorically, 3. to increase, enlarge , πλοῦτον (Pindar) 4. to make wanton, excite , (Aeschulus Tragicus): —;Pass. to wax fat and wanton , (Aeschulus Tragicus); ἔχθεσιν πιαίνεσθαι to batten on quarrels, (Pindar) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
Made by melting the combs of bees. Mentioned (Ps. 22:14; 68:2; 97:5; Micah 1:4) in illustration.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.