Dictionaries :: Glory, GloriousVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1NounStrong's Number: g1391Greek: doxaGlory, Glorious:"glory" (from dokeo, "to seem"), primarily signifies an opinion, estimate, and hence, the honor resulting from a good opinion. It is used (I) (a) of the nature and acts of God in self-manifestation, i.e., w

Dictionaries :: GnatEaston's Bible DictionaryGnat: only in Mat 23:24, a small two-winged stinging fly of the genus Culex, which includes mosquitoes. Our Lord alludes here to the gnat in a proverbial expression probably in common use, "who strain out the gnat;" the words in the Authorized Version, "strain at a gnat," being a mere typographical er

Dictionaries :: Gentiles, Isles of TheInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaGentiles, Isles of The:  ← Gentiles, Court of The

Dictionaries :: GimzoEaston's Bible DictionaryGimzo: a place fertile in sycamores, a city in the plain of Judah, the villages of which were seized by the Philistines (2Ch 28:18). It is now called Jimzu, about 3 miles south-east of Ludd, i.e., Lydda.Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryGimzo:that bulrushInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaGimz

Dictionaries :: GerreniansInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaGerrenians: ge-re'-ni-anz (heos ton Gerrenon): The name indicates the southern limit of the territory assigned by Antiochus Eupator to the government of Judas Maccabeus when he "left Hegemonides governor from Ptolemais even unto the Gerrenians" (2 Macc 13:24, the King James Vers

Dictionaries :: GephyrunInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaGephyrun: ge-fi'-run (Gephuroun): In 2 Macc 12:13, referring to the capture by Judas of a stronghold East of Jordan, the Revised Version (British and American) reads, "And he also fell upon a certain city Gephyrun,.... it was named Gaspin." There appears to be some confusion in th

Dictionaries :: FurtheranceVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Furtherance:Notes: (1) In Phl 1:12, 25, AV, prokope, "a striking forward" (pro, "forward," kopto, "to cut"), is translated "furtherance;" "progress" in RV, as in 1Ti 4:15. Originally the word was used of a pioneer cutting his way through brushwood. See PROGRESS.

Dictionaries :: Great; GreatnessInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaGreat; Greatness: grat, grat'-nes: "Great" occurs very often in Scripture. The chief words so translated are gadhol, rabh; megas, polus. (1) In the Old Testament many other terms are employed: (a) gadhol is used to express greatness in various senses, chiefly of magn

Dictionaries :: Gibeath (1)International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaGibeath (1): gib'e-ath (gibh`ath): This is the status constructus of the foregoing (Gibeah). It is found in several compound place-names. (1) Gibeath-ha-araloth (gibh`ath ha`araloth). English Versions of the Bible tanslations literally, "hill of the foreskins"; but the margi

Dictionaries :: GezerEaston's Bible DictionaryGezer: a precipice, an ancient royal Canaanitish city (Jos 10:33; 12:12). It was allotted with its suburbs to the Kohathite Levites (21:21; 1Ch 6:67). It stood between the lower Beth-horon and the sea (Jos 16:3; 1Ki 9:17). It was the last point to which David pursued the Philistines (2Sa 5:25; 1Ch 14

Dictionaries :: GeraEaston's Bible DictionaryGera: grain. (1.) The son of Bela and grandson of Benjamin (1Ch 8:3,5,7). (2.) The father of Ehud the judge (Jdg 3:15). (3.) The father of Shimei, who so grossly abused David (2Sa 16:5; 19:16,18).Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryGera:pilgrimage, combat; disputeInternational Standard Bible Encyc

Dictionaries :: Glitter; GlitteringInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaGlitter; Glittering: glit'-er, glit'-er-ing (baraq, "lightning"): The word is used in sense of "glittering" in the Old Testament with "sword," "spear" (De 32:41; Job 20:25; Eze 21:10,28; Na 3:3; Hab 3:11). In Eze 21:10 the Revised Version (British and American) changes

Dictionaries :: Gibeath (2)International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaGibeath (2): (Jos 18:28). ← Gibeath (1)

Dictionaries :: GuiltlessInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaGuiltless: gilt'-les: The primary meaning of the Hebrew word is "to be clean." Sometimes the meaning is "freedom from blame," at other times to be "free from punishment," these two ideas running over into each other as with the word "guilt." The latter meaning seems to predominat

Dictionaries :: GoodsInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaGoods: goodz (rekhush, Tubh; ta huparchonta): In the Old Testament rekhush ("substance") is most frequently translated "goods," as in Ge 14:11,12,16,21, etc.; Tubh is also 3 times so translated in the King James Version (Ge 24:10, the Revised Version (British and American) "goodly th

Dictionaries :: Gilead, MountInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaGilead, Mount:  ← Gilead, Balm OfGileadites →

Dictionaries :: Grecians; GreeksInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaGrecians; Greeks: gre'-shanz, greks: In the Old Testament the word "Grecians" occurs but once (Joe 3 (4):6). For references to Greece in the Old Testament see JAVAN. In the King James Version of the Old Testament Apocrypha "Grecians" and "Greeks" are used without distincti

Dictionaries :: Grave (Noun)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g3419Greek: mnemeionGrave (Noun):primarily denotes "a memorial" (akin to mnaomai, "to remember"), then, "a monument" (the significance of the word rendered "tombs," AV, "sepulchres," in Luk 11:47), anything done to preserve the memory of things and pers

Dictionaries :: Headlong (To Cast to Fall)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g2630Greek: katakremnizoHeadlong (To Cast to Fall):signifies "to throw over a precipice" (kata, "down," kremnos, "a steep bank," etc.), said of the purpose of the people of Nazareth to destroy Christ, Luk 4:29.2Strong's Number: g4248Greek:

Dictionaries :: HeadstoneInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaHeadstone: hed'-ston.