Definitions and Explanations of Words Found in
the
King James Version of the Bible
Definitions Taken Mainly From Webster's 1828
Dictionary, Kings James Dictionary
and Vine's Dictionary of
New Testament Words
A
Asswage (in Bible)
To settle down; subside; hold back.
Assuage(Webster)
ASSUA'GE, v.t.
To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease or lessen,
as pain or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult. In
strictness, it signifies rather to moderate, than to quiet, tranquilize
or reduce to perfect peace or ease.
ASSUA'GE, v.i.
To abate or subside. Atonement
A covering (for sin).
Atonement
Translated "atonement" in the AV
of Rom_5:11, signifies, not "atonement," but "reconciliation,"
as in the RV. See also Rom_11:15; 2Co_5:18-19. So with the corresponding
verb katallasso, see under RECONCILE. "Atonement" (the
explanation of this English word as being "at-one-ment"
is entirely fanciful) is frequently found in the OT. See, for instance,
Leviticus, chapters 16 and 17. The corresponding NT words are hilasmos,
"propitiation," 1Jo_2:2; 1Jo_4:10, and hilasterion, Rom_3:25;
Heb_9:5, "mercy-seat," the covering of the ark of the
covenant. These describe the means (in and through the person and
work of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His death on the cross by the
shedding of His blood in His vicarious sacrifice for sin) by which
God shows mercy to sinners. See PROPITIATION. (Vine)
B
Backbite, v.t.
[back and bite] To censure, slander, reproach,or
speak evil of the absent. Prov 25.
Behove
To
be necessary; needful.
Bewray
To make manifest,
clear, evident; betray
C
Chambering
Sexual immorality; lewdness.
Comeliness,
Comely
"elegance of figure, gracefulness, comeliness"
(eu, "well," schema, "a form"), is found in
this sense in 1Co_12:23
Comeliness
That which
is becoming, fit or suitable, in form or manner. Comeliness of person
implies symmetry or due proportion of parts; comeliness of manner
implies decorum and propriety. It signifies something less forcible
than beauty, less elegant than grace, and less light than prettiness.
A careless comeliness with comely care.
He hath no form
nor comeliness. Isa 53:2.
Compass
To surround;
encircle.
Concupiscence
Strong desire; passion.
n. [L., to covet or lust after, to desire or covet.] Lust; unlawful
or irregular desire of sexual pleasure. In a more general sense,
the coveting of carnal things, or an irregular appetite for worldly
good; inclination for unlawful enjoyments.
We know even
secret concupiscence to be sin.
Sin, taking occasion by the
commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. Rom 7.
Confectionaries
Ointment makers; perfumers.
Convenient
Proper; appropriate
Cubit
denotes the forearm, i.e., the part between the hand and the elbow-joint;
hence, "a measure of length," not from the wrist to the
elbow, but from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow joint,
i.e., about a foot and a half, or a little less than two feet, Mat_6:27;
Luk_12:25; Joh_21:8; Rev_21:17. (Vine)
In mensuration,
the length of a man's arm from the elbow to the extremity of the
middle finger. The cubit among the ancients was of a different length
among different nations. Dr. Arbuthnot states the Roman cubit at
seventeen inches and four tenths; the cubit of the scriptures at
a little less than 22 inches; and the English cubit at 18 inches. (Webster)
D
Dayspring
An "up-rising",
hence sunrising.
Daub
To
cover or plaster.
E
Evil
Eye (fig. meaning)
envy,
jealousy
Emulations
rivalry
at the expense of others
Eschew
To avoid;
turn aside from.
F
Fast Specific meaning here:
Literally, set, stopped,
fixed, or pressed close. Hence, close; tight; as, make fast
the door; take fast hold.
Gen 20:18 For the LORD had fast closed up all the
wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
Fetched
A Compass
Made
a circuit; wandered up and down.
Firkin
is
a liquid measure (akin to metreo, "to measure"), equivalent
to one and a half Roman amphoroe, or about nine gallons (Vine)
Fornication
porneuo&hibar;
(porn-yoo'-o)
to act
the harlot, that is, (literally) indulge unlawful lust (of either
sex), or (figuratively) practise idolatry: - commit (fornication).
porneia
(por-ni'-ah)
harlotry
(including adultery and incest); figuratively idolatry: - fornication.
(from : Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries)
from Webster:
1. The
incontinence or lewdness of unmarried persons, male or female;
also, the criminal conversation of a married man with an unmarried
woman.
2. Adultery.
Mat 5.
3. Incest.
1 Cor 5.
4. Idolatry;
a forsaking of the true God, and worshipping of idols. 2 Chr 21.
Rev 19.
Froward
Perverse;
deceitful; false.
G
Goad
A
pointed stick.
H
Hoary
White
colored.
Husbandman
A farmer;
one who tills the ground.
I
Implacable , a. [L. implacabilis; in and placabilis, from
placo, to appease.]
1. Not to be appeased; that can not be pacified and rendered peaceable;
inexorable; stubborn or constant in enmity; as an implacable prince.
2. Not to be appeased or subdued; as implacable anger; implacable
enmity, malice or revenge.
Incontinence (Biblical meaning)
1. Want
of restraint of the passions or appetites; free or uncontrolled
indulgence of the passions or appetites, as of anger.
2. Want
of restraint of the sexual appetite; free or illegal indulgence
of lust; lewdness; used of either sex, but appropriately of the
male sex. Incontinence in men is the same as unchastity in women.
Instant
Insistent;
steadfast; urgent.
Instant. In the Authorized Version, means
urgent, urgently or fervently, as will be seen from the following
passages: Luk_7:4; Luk_23:23; Act_26:7; Rom_12:12.
J
Justification
1.
The act of justifying; a showing to be just or conformable to law,
rectitude or propriety; vindication; defense. The court listened
to the evidence and arguments in justification of the prisoner's
conduct. Our disobedience to God's commands admits no justification.
2.
Absolution.
I
hope, for my brother's justification, he wrote this but as an essay
of my virtue.
3.
In law, the showing of a sufficient reason in court why a defendant
did what he is called to answer. Pleas in justification must set
forth some special matter.
4.
In theology, remission of sin and absolution from guilt and punishment;
or an act of free grace by which God pardons the sinner and accepts
him as righteous, on account of the atonement of Christ.
(Webster)
Justification,
Justifier, Justify
denotes
"the act of pronouncing righteous, justification, acquittal;"
its precise meaning is determined by that of the verb dikaioo, "to
justify"; it is used twice in the Ep. to the Romans, and there
alone in the NT, signifying the establisment of a person as just
by acquittal from guilt. In Rom_4:25 the phrase "for our justification,"
is, lit., "because of our justification" (parallel to
the preceding clause "for our trespasses," i.e., because
of trespasses committed), and means, not with a view to our "justification,"
but because all that was necessary on God's part for our "justification"
had been effected in the death of Christ. On this account He was
raised from the dead.
The
propitiation being perfect and complete, His resurrection was the
confirmatory counterpart. In Rom_5:18, "justification of life"
means "justification which results in life" (cp. Rom_5:21).
That God "justifies" the believing sinner on the ground
of Christ's death, involves His free gift of life. On the distinction
between dikaiosis and dikaioma, see below. In the Sept., Lev_24:22.
(Vine)
K
Kine
Cows;
cattle.
L
Lasciviousness
Unbridled
sensuality; excess.
Lucre
Gain.
M
Mammon
Earthly
goods; property; riches.
Mirth
Gladness;
rejoicing.
N
Necromancer
One
who inquires of the dead.
No
Little Kindness
Exceptional
kindness.
O
On
This Wise
In this
manner.
Ouches
Settings
for gems; sockets.
P
Peculiar
(nb: GOOD connotation!)
With
regard to people: especially possessed by God and particularly prized
by Him. A chosen people. eg:
1Peter
2:9
Penury
Poverty;
need.
PEN'URY,
n. [L. penuria, from Gr. needy.]
Want
of property; indigence; extreme poverty.
(Webster)
Prevent
(OLD English)
to come
before, go before; Eg: Psalm 88:13 :"...shall my prayer prevent
thee. "
In other
words: "...shall my prayer come before thee."
Privily
Secretly
Prognosticator
Foreteller
of the future.
Pottage
Any
boiled dish or food.
Propitiation
Covering;
atoning sacrifice.
PROPITIATION,
n. propisia'shon.
1.
The act of appeasing wrath and conciliating the favor of an offended
person; the act of making propitious.
2.
In theology, the atonement or atoning sacrifice offered to God to
assuage his wrath and render him propitious to sinners. Christ is
the propitiation for the sins of men. Rom 3. 1 John 2.
(Webster)
Propitiation
was used amongst the Greeks with the significance "to make
the gods propitious, to appease, propitiate," inasmuch as their
good will was not conceived as their natural attitude, but something
to be earned first. This use of the word is foreign to the Greek
Bible, with respect to God, whether in the Sept. or in the NT. It
is never used of any act whereby man brings God into a favorable
attude or gracious disposition. It is God who is "propitiated"
by the vindication of His holy and righteous character, whereby,
through the provision He has made in the vicarious and expiatory
sacrifice of Christ, He has so dealt with sin that He can show mercy
to the believing sinner in the removal of his guilt and the remission
of his sins.
(Vine)
Q
Quick
alive
(as in the quick and the dead)
R
Replenish
REPLEN'ISH,
v.t. [L. re and plenus, full.]
To
fill; to stock with numbers or abundance. The magazines are replenished
with corn. The springs are replenished with water.
Multiply and replenish the earth. Gen 1.
NB : replenish
is OLD ENGLISH - it meant "to fill" NOT
REFILL : (So that wipes out one argument for my non 6-day
friends!!)
Revellings
To
feast with loose and clamorous (loud) merriment; to carouse;
Rioting
Reveling; indulging in excessive feasting.
S
Sanctification
The
act of making a thing pure and holy.
Sanctification
1.
The act of making holy. In an evangelical sense, the act of God's
grace by which the affections of men are purified or alienated from
sin
and the world, and exalted to a supreme love to God.
God
hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctification
of the Spirit and belief of the truth. 2 Th 2. 1 Pet 1.
2.
The act of consecrating or of setting apart for a sacred purpose;
consecration.
(Webster)
Seditions
inciting
rebellions, creating disorder
Slow
Bellies
Idle
gluttons.
Sod
To
cook; boil.
Son
of
Quite
often, besides the obvious meaning (literal child of someone), the
phrase "son of" can mean "characteristic of"
or "characterised by". Eg : son of perdition, son of light,
etc.
Strait
Narrow;
close; not broad.
Straitened
Hindered;
impeded.
T
Thee,
ye etc
If
it begins with a "y" (ye, you, your) it is plural !!
If
it begins with a "t" (thou, thee, thine, thy) it is singular
!!
Even though these words were becoming "outdated"
in the 17th century, the translators of the KJV 1611 had to find
some way to retain the distinction between singular and plural,
which in many cases is crucial to the understanding of the passage.
Translators who translated the Majority Text
into other languages often did not have this problem, since the
grammar dictates singular and plural forms of words.
Twain
Two
U
Unction
An anointing.
Usurp
To seize
and take hold of.
V
Variance
Contention;
strife.
Victuals
Food;
sustenance
W
Wantonness
Extreme indulgence in sensual pleasures.
Wert
Were;
was.
without natural affection (Rom 1:31)
This expression
denotes the lack of affectionate regard toward their children. The
attachment of parents to children is one of the strongest in nature,
and nothing can overcome it but the most confirmed and established
wickedness. And yet the apostle charges on the pagan generally the
lack of this affection. He doubtless refers here to the practice
so common among pagans of exposing their children, or putting them
to death. This crime, so abhorrent to all the feelings of humanity,
was common among the pagan, and is still. The Canaanites, we are
told Psa_106:37-38, “sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto
devils, and shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and
their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan.”
(Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible)
(Note from me: I would expand this to not having affection
(love, caring etc.) for one's parents and other family as well.
Many other commentators I read hold this view.)
Wist
Knew;
to have known.
Wit
To know;
to become aware of.
Woe
An expression of grief or indignation;
Grief;
sorrow; misery; a heavy calamity.
Wot
To know
Wroth
To be
provoked; angered.
X
Y
Yea
Yes; certainly.
Z
Any
other words? Let me know! |
