1: ταπεινόω(Strong’s #5013 — Verb — tapeinoo — tap-i-no’-o ) signifies “to make low, bring low,” (a) of bringing to the ground, making level, reducing to a plain, as in Luke 3:5; (b) metaphorically in the Active Voice, to bring to a humble condition, “to abase,” 2 Corinthians 11:7 , and in the Passive, “to […]
Vines Expository Dictionary
Abba
1: ἀββά(Strong’s #5 — Noun — abba — ab-bah’ ) is an Aramaic word, found in Mark 14:36; Romans 8:15 and Galatians 4:6 . In the Gemara (a Rabbinical commentary on the Mishna, the traditional teaching of the Jews) it is stated that slaves were forbidden to address the head of the family by this […]
Abhor
1: ἀποστυγέω(Strong’s #655 — Verb — apostugeo — ap-os-toog-eh’-o ) denotes “to shudder” (apo, “from,” here used intensively, stugeo, “to hate”) hence, “to abhor,” Romans 12:9 .2: βδελύσσομαι(Strong’s #948 — Verb — bdelusso — bdel-oos’-so ) “to render foul” (from bdeo, “to stink”), “to cause to be abhorred” (in the Sept. in Exodus 5:21; Leviticus […]
Abide Abode
A — 1: μένω(Strong’s #3306 — Verb — meno — men’-o ) used (a) of place, e.g., Matthew 10:11 , metaphorically 1 John 2:19 , is said of God, 1 John 4:15; Christ, John 6:56; 15:4 , etc.; the Holy Spirit, John 1:32,33; 14:17; believers, John 6:56; 15:4; 1 John 4:15 , etc.; the Word […]
Ability Able
A — 1: δύναμις(Strong’s #1411 — Noun Feminine — dunamis — doo’-nam-is ) is (a) “power, ability,” physical or moral, as residing in a person or thing; (b) “power in action,” as, e.g., when put forth in performing miracles. It occurs 118 times in the NT. It is sometimes used of the miracle or sign […]