Greek Lexicon G1001–G1100 (Strong's)

G1001

βολίζω (bolízō)

(bol-id'-zo | voh-LEE-zoh | voh-LEE-zoh)

Definition

from G1002; to heave the lead; sound.

• to heave the lead, take a sounding
  • a line an plummet with which mariners sound the depth of the sea

See also

G1002

G1002

βολίς (bolís)

(bol-ece' | voh-LEES | voh-LEES)

Definition

from G906; a missile, i.e., javelin; dart.

• a missile, dart, javelin

See also

G906

For the Septuagint (ABP) words at this number, see G1002.1–G1002.2 below.

G1002.1

βόλος (bolos)

(VO-los)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — a cast, a casting — in Ezekiel's vine parable, the cast plot where the vine was set (the ABP's parsing; the standard Septuagint text reads the near-twin βῶλος, the clod of her planting). The bed the great eagle gave the vine — and the withering promised upon it.

• casting
• plot of planting (βῶλος, clod)

Septuagint usage

2 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Ezekiel 17:7 (this vine wound itself about him, and her roots were toward him — and she sent out to him her branches, to water her with the casting of her planting); Ezekiel 17:10 (behold, it is nourished — shall it prosper? shall it not be dried up together with the casting of her sprouting? — it shall be dried up by the drying wind).

G1002.2

βομβέω (bombeō)

(vom-VEH-o)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Verb — to boom, resound, roar (onomatopoeic). The deep sound of the sea in its fullness, and of a mourning heart droning like flutes.

• to boom, resound
• to roar (of the sea)

Septuagint usage

4 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: 1 Chronicles 16:32 (David's psalm before the ark — "let the sea roar, and the fullness of it"); Jeremiah 31:35 (the LORD of Hosts, "who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar" — the guarantee of Israel's new-covenant permanence); Jeremiah 48:36 ("therefore my heart shall resonate for Moab like flutes" — the dirge over Moab).

G1003

Βοόζ (Boóz)

(bo-oz' | voh-OZE | voh-OZE)

Definition

in him is strength; of Hebrew origin (H1162); Booz, (i.e., Boaz), an Israelite; Booz.

• a kinsman of Ruth, afterwards her second husband

See also

H1162

For the Septuagint (ABP) word at this number, see G1003.1 below.

G1003.1

βορά (bora)

(vo-RAH)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — food of wild creatures: prey, carrion. The whirlwind's word for the wild economy God feeds — and Job's figure for his fleeting days.

• prey
• food of wild beasts

Septuagint usage

3 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Job 9:26 (my days pass like swift ships — like an eagle darting upon its prey); Job 38:39 ("will you hunt prey for the lion, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions?"); Job 38:41 (who has prepared food for the raven, when its young cry out to God, wandering in search of food?).

G1004

βόρβορος (bórboros)

(bor'-bor-os | VORE-voh-rose | VORE-voh-rose)

Definition

of uncertain derivation; mud; mire.

• dung, mire

G1005

βοῤῥᾶς (borrhâs)

(bor-hras' | vore-RAHS | vore-RAHS)

Definition

of uncertain derivation; the north (properly, wind); north.

• Boreas, the north-north-east wind
• the north

For the Septuagint (ABP) word at this number, see G1005.1 below.

G1005.1

βόσκημα (boskēma)

(VOS-kee-mah)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun from βόσκω (G1006, to feed, graze — "feed My lambs," John 21:15) — a grazed thing: a pastured beast or fatling; by extension the grazing-place itself. In Isaiah it marks desolation: the proud citadel become a pasture.

• pastured beast, fatling
• pasture, grazing-place

Septuagint usage

6 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: 2 Chronicles 7:5 (Solomon's dedication sacrifice of pastured beasts); Isaiah 27:10 (the fortified city left desolate as a pasture); Isaiah 32:14 (the forsaken citadel become pasture for flocks); Jeremiah 25:36 (the shepherds' cry — the LORD laying waste their pasture).

See also

G1006

G1006

βόσκω (bóskō)

(bos'-ko | VOH-skoh | VOH-skoh)

Definition

a prolonged form of a primary verb (compare G977, G1016); to pasture; by extension to, fodder; reflexively, to graze; feed, keep.

• to feed
  • portraying the duty of a Christian teacher to promote in every way the spiritual welfare of the members of the church

See also

G977, G1016

G1007

Βοσόρ (Bosór)

(bos-or' | voh-SORE | voh-SORE)

Definition

burning, torch; of Hebrew origin (H1160); Bosor (i.e., Beor), a Moabite; Bosor.

• the father of Balaam

See also

H1160

For the Septuagint (ABP) word at this number, see G1007.1 below.

G1007.1

βόστρυχος (bostrychos)

(VO-stree-khos)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — a curl, a lock of hair. Samson's seven locks shorn on Delilah's knees — and the Song's night-wet curls of the bridegroom, black as a raven.

• curl
• lock of hair

Septuagint usage

3 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Judges 16:19 (she made him sleep on her knees, called a man, and had the seven locks of his head shaved off — and his strength departed); Song of Solomon 5:2 ("open to me, my sister, my love — my head is drenched with dew, my curls with the drops of the night"); Song of Solomon 5:11 (his head is finest gold; his curls are flowing, black as a raven).

G1008

βοτάνη (botánē)

(bot-an'-ay | voh-TA-nay | voh-TA-nay)

Definition

from G1006; herbage (as if for grazing); herb.

• an herb fit for fodder, green herb, growing plant

See also

G1006

For the Septuagint (ABP) word at this number, see G1008.1 below.

G1008.1

βοτρύδιον (botrydion)

(vo-TREE-dee-on)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — a small grape-cluster (diminutive of βότρυς, cluster). The watching-God oracle over Cush: 'before the harvest, when the flower is complete and the sour grape blossoms, he shall remove the small clusters with pruning sickles.' The LORD who said 'I will be still and look on in My dwelling place' (Isaiah 18:4) proves anything but idle — His timing is a vinedresser's, exact to the ripening day.

• small grape-cluster

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Isaiah 18:5 (before the harvest, whenever the flower should be completely formed and the unripe grape should blossom a sour flower, he shall remove the small grape-clusters with the pruning sickles — and the small vine branches he shall remove and cut off).

G1009

βότρυς (bótrys)

(bot'-rooce | VOH-troos | VOH-tryoos)

Definition

of uncertain derivation; a bunch (of grapes); (vine) cluster (of the vine).

• a bunch or cluster of grapes

For the Septuagint (ABP) words at this number, see G1009.1–G1009.3 below.

G1009.1

βούβαλος (boubalos)

(VOO-vah-los)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — an antelope or wild ox, roebuck. In the clean-game list of the food laws: 'the stag, and doe, and roebuck, and antelope, and white-tailed hart, and gazelle, and cameleopard' — the table's freedom itemized as carefully as its restrictions (Deuteronomy 14:4-6).

• roebuck
• antelope

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Deuteronomy 14:5 (the stag, and doe, and roebuck, and antelope, and white-tailed hart, and gazelle, and cameleopard).

G1009.2

βούκεντρον (boukentron)

(voo-KEN-tron)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — an ox-goad (βοῦς, ox + κέντρον, spur — the 'goads' of the Damascus road word, Acts 26:14). Qoheleth's epilogue on the words of the wise: 'as the ox-goads, and as nails firmly planted — given from one Shepherd.' Words that prod and words that hold, and one Giver behind every true one of them (Ecclesiastes 12:11).

• ox-goad

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Ecclesiastes 12:11 (the words of the wise are as the oxgoads, and as nails firmly planted — which were given by agreement from one shepherd).

G1009.3

βουκόλιον (boukolion)

(voo-KO-lee-on)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Neuter noun from βοῦς (G1016, ox); a herd of cattle — in the covenant blessings and curses, "the herds of your oxen" (Deuteronomy 28:4, 18).

• a herd (of cattle, oxen)

Septuagint usage

23 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Exodus 13:12 (the firstborn of the herds belong to the LORD); Leviticus 22:19 (offerings from the herds); Deuteronomy 7:13; Deuteronomy 28:4 (the blessing on "the herds of your oxen"); Joel 1:18.

See also

G1016

G1010

βουλευτής (bouleutḗs)

(bool-yoo-tace' | voo-lev-TASE | voo-layf-TASE)

Definition

from G1011; an adviser, i.e., (specially) a councillor or member of the Jewish Sanhedrin; counsellor.

• a councillor, senator
• a member of the Sanhedrin

See also

G1011

For the Septuagint (ABP) word at this number, see G1010.1 below.

G1010.1

βουλευτικός (bouleutikos)

(voo-lef-tee-KOS)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Adjective — of a counselor, deliberative (from βουλευτής, council-member — the title of Joseph of Arimathea, Mark 15:43). Proverbs' war-cabinet maxim: 'war takes place with guidance — but help comes with the heart of a counselor.' Victory located not in the war-room's charts but in the character of the man consulted (Proverbs 24:5-6).

• of a counselor
• deliberative

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Proverbs 24:6 (war takes place with guidance — but help comes with the heart of a counselor).

G1011

βουλεύω (bouleúō)

(bool-yoo'-o | voo-LEV-oh | voo-LAVE-oh)

Definition

from G1012; to advise, i.e., (reflexively) deliberate, or (by implication) resolve; consult, take counsel, determine, be minded, purpose.

• to deliberate with one's self, consider
• to take counsel, resolve

See also

G1012

G1012

βουλή (boulḗ)

(boo-lay' | voo-LAY | voo-LAY)

Definition

from G1014; volition, i.e., (objectively) advice, or (by implication) purpose; + advise, counsel, will.

• counsel, purpose

See also

G1014

G1013

βούλημα (boúlēma)

(boo'-lay-mah | VOO-lay-ma | VOO-lay-ma)

Definition

from G1014; a resolve; purpose, will.

• will, counsel, purpose

See also

G1014

G1014

βούλομαι (boúlomai)

(boo'-lom-ahee | VOO-loh-meh | VOO-loh-may)

Definition

middle voice of a primary verb; to "will," i.e., (reflexively) be willing; be disposed, minded, intend, list, (be, of own) will(-ing).

• to will deliberately, have a purpose, be minded
• of willing as an affection, to desire

Note

Compare G2309.

See also

G2309

For the Septuagint (ABP) word at this number, see G1014.1 below.

G1014.1

βουνίζω (bounizō)

(voo-NEE-zo)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Verb — to heap up, pile into mounds (from βουνός, hill). Boaz's kindness-verb at the meal and in the field: the parched grain heaped up for Ruth until she was satisfied — and the sheaves deliberately heaped and let fall for her gleaning.

• to heap up
• to pile in mounds

Septuagint usage

2 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Ruth 2:14 (Boaz heaped up toasted grain for her — and she ate and was filled up, and left some behind); Ruth 2:16 ("and in carrying, heap it up for her — and cast it forth from the things being heaped up, and leave it for her to collect").

G1015

βουνός (bounós)

(boo-nos' | voo-NOSE | voo-NOSE)

Definition

probably of foreign origin; a hillock; hill.

• a hill, eminence, mound

G1016

βοῦς (boûs)

(booce | voos | voos)

Definition

probably from the base of G1006; an ox (as grazing), i.e., an animal of that species ("beef"); ox.

• an ox, a cow

See also

G1006

For the Septuagint (ABP) words at this number, see G1016.1–G1016.2 below.

G1016.1

βούτομον (boutomon)

(VOO-to-mon)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — the flowering rush, sedge of the marshes. Bildad's parable-question — does the rush flourish without water? — and the covert of Behemoth among papyrus and reed.

• flowering rush
• sedge

Septuagint usage

2 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Job 8:11 (does the papyrus flourish without water — or the flowering rush grow tall without drink?); Job 40:21 (he lies down under trees of every kind — by the papyrus and reed and flowering rush).

G1016.2

βούτυρον (boutyron)

(VOO-tee-ron)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun from βοῦς (G1016, ox, cow); butter, curds — rendering the Hebrew חֶמְאָה (chemah). Abraham's table-fare for his three visitors, and the food of Immanuel in Isaiah's sign: "butter and honey shall he eat."

• butter, curds
• the churned richness of the herd

Septuagint usage

9 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Genesis 18:8 (Abraham sets butter and milk before the three visitors at Mamre); Deuteronomy 32:14 (butter of cows and milk of sheep among the LORD's gifts to Jacob); Judges 5:25 (Jael brought butter in a lordly bowl); Isaiah 7:15 (butter and honey shall He eat — the Immanuel sign); Isaiah 7:22.

See also

G1016

G1017

βραβεῖον (brabeîon)

(brab-i'-on | vra-VEE-one | vra-VEE-one)

Definition

from βραβεύς (an umpire of uncertain derivation); an award (of arbitration), i.e., (specially) a prize in the public games; prize.

• the award to the victor in the games, a prize
• metaphorically of the heavenly reward for Christian character

G1018

βραβεύω (brabeúō)

(brab-yoo'-o | vra-VEV-oh | vra-VAVE-oh)

Definition

from the same as G1017; to arbitrate, i.e., (genitive case) to govern (figuratively, prevail); rule.

• to be an umpire
• to decide, determine
• to direct, control, rule

See also

G1017

For the Septuagint (ABP) words at this number, see G1018.1–G1018.2 below.

G1018.1

βραγχιάω (branchiaō)

(vran-khee-AH-o)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Verb — to grow hoarse. From the great passion-psalm: 'I tired crying out — my throat grew hoarse; my eyes failed from my hoping upon my God.' The psalm of zeal for the house (Psalm 69:9), the reproach-bearer, the vinegar (Psalm 69:21) opens with a voice worn through by unanswered prayer — a hoarseness the Gospels let us hear at its fulfillment (John 19:28-29).

• to grow hoarse

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Psalms 69:3 (I tired crying out, my throat is hoarse — my eyes failed from my hoping upon my God).

G1018.2

βραδύγλωσσος (bradyglōssos)

(vrah-dee-GLOS-sos)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Adjective — slow of tongue (βραδύς, slow + γλῶσσα, tongue). Moses' fourth objection at the bush: 'I am not fit... weak-voiced and slow-tongued am I' — met not with speech therapy but theology: 'Who gave man a mouth?... I will open your mouth' (Exodus 4:10-12). The call runs on the Caller's sufficiency, and even the concession of Aaron cannot derail it.

• slow of tongue

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Exodus 4:10 (and Moses said to the Lord, I beseech, O Lord, I am not fit — not before yesterday nor the third day, nor from the time You began to speak to Your attendant; for I am weak-voiced and slow of tongue).

G1019

βραδύνω (bradýnō)

(brad-oo'-no | vra-THOO-noh | vra-THYOO-noh)

Definition

from G1021; to delay; be slack, tarry.

• to delay, be slow
  • to render slowly, retard
  • to be long, to tarry, loiter

See also

G1021

G1020

βραδυπλοέω (bradyploéō)

(brad-oo-plo-eh'-o | vra-thoo-ploh-EH-oh | vra-thyoo-ploh-A-oh)

Definition

from G1021 and a prolonged form of G4126; to sail slowly; sail slowly.

• to sail slowly

See also

G1021, G4126

G1021

βραδύς (bradýs)

(brad-ooce' | vra-THOOS | vra-THYOOS)

Definition

of uncertain affinity; slow; figuratively, dull; slow.

• slow
• metaphorically dull, inactive, in mind
  • stupid, slow to apprehend or believe

G1022

βραδύτης (bradýtēs)

(brad-oo'-tace | vra-THOO-tase | vra-THYOO-tase)

Definition

from G1021; tardiness; slackness.

• slowness, delay

See also

G1021

G1023

βραχίων (brachíōn)

(brakh-ee'-own | vra-HEE-one | vra-HEE-one)

Definition

properly, comparative of G1024, but apparently in the sense of βράσσω (to wield); the arm, i.e., (figuratively) strength; arm.

• the arm
  • the arm of God is a Hebrew idiom for the might and the power of God

See also

G1024

G1024

βραχύς (brachýs)

(brakh-ooce' | vra-HOOS | vra-HYOOS)

Definition

of uncertain affinity; short (of time, place, quantity, or number); few words, little (space, while).

• short, small, little
  • of place, a short distance, a little
  • of time, a short time, for a little while

G1025

βρέφος (bréphos)

(bref'-os | VREH-fose | VRAY-fose)

Definition

of uncertain affinity; an infant (properly, unborn) literally or figuratively; babe, (young) child, infant.

• an unborn child, embryo, a foetus
• a new-born child, an infant, a babe

G1026

βρέχω (bréchō)

(brekh'-o | VREH-hoh | VRAY-hoh)

Definition

a primary verb; to moisten (especially by a shower); (send) rain, wash.

• to moisten, wet, water
• to water with rain, to cause to rain, to pour the rain, to send down like rain

For the Septuagint (ABP) words at this number, see G1026.1–G1026.2 below.

G1026.1

βρόμος (bromos)

(VRO-mos)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — a groaning, a deep rumbling roar. Job's bread turned to groaning, his days passed in it — and the rising groan of the northern invader driven into desolation.

• groaning
• deep rumbling

Septuagint usage

3 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Job 6:7 ("my appetite refuses to touch them — my food has become groaning to me"); Job 17:11 (my days have passed in groaning, and the cords of my heart are broken); Joel 2:20 (the northerner driven into a parched and desolate land — his stench shall ascend, and his groaning shall rise up).

G1026.2

βροντάω (brontaō)

(vron-DAH-oh)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Verb from βροντή (G1027, thunder — the "sons of thunder" word, Mark 3:17); to thunder. In the LXX only God thunders: Hannah sings it as the LORD's answer to the proud, Mizpah hears it break the Philistines, and Job's challenge stands — "can you thunder with a voice like His?"

• to thunder
• (of God) to give forth His voice in thunder

Septuagint usage

8 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: 1 Samuel 2:10 (the LORD ascended to the heavens and thundered — Hannah's song); 1 Samuel 7:10 (the LORD thundered with a great voice upon the Philistines at Mizpah); Job 40:9 (or can you thunder with a voice like His?); Psalm 29:3 (the God of glory thundered — the LORD upon many waters).

See also

G1027

G1027

βροντή (brontḗ)

(bron-tay' | vrone-TAY | vrone-TAY)

Definition

akin to βρέμω (to roar); thunder; thunder(-ing).

• thunder

For the Septuagint (ABP) words at this number, see G1027.1–G1027.2 below.

G1027.1

βροτός (brotos)

(vro-TOSS)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Masculine noun (the old poetic word for man as mortal); a mortal — in the LXX almost exclusively the vocabulary of Job, where it renders אֱנוֹשׁ and גֶּבֶר in the great questions about man's standing before God.

• a mortal, mortal man

Septuagint usage

17 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Job 4:17 (shall a mortal be blameless before the Lord?); Job 9:2 (how shall a mortal be just with God?); Job 14:1 (a mortal born of woman, short-lived and full of trouble); Job 25:4.

G1027.2

βροῦχος (brouchos)

(VROO-hos)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Masculine noun; a locust in its wingless (crawling) stage, a grasshopper — one of the locust-swarm words of Joel's plague sequence and of Solomon's temple prayer.

• locust (wingless stage), grasshopper

Septuagint usage

10 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Leviticus 11:22 (among the clean leaping insects); Joel 1:4; Joel 2:25 (I will repay you for the years the locust has eaten); Nahum 3:15.

G1028

βροχή (brochḗ)

(brokh-ay' | vroh-HAY | vroh-HAY)

Definition

from G1026; rain; rain.

• a besprinkling, watering, rain
  • used of a heavy shower or violent rainstorm

See also

G1026

G1029

βρόχος (bróchos)

(brokh'-os | VROH-hose | VROH-hose)

Definition

of uncertain derivation; a noose; snare.

• a noose, slip-knot, by which any person or thing is caught, or fastened, or suspended
• to throw a noose upon one, a figure borrowed from war or the chase so that by craft or by force one is bound to some necessity, to constrain him to obey some command

G1030

βρυγμός (brygmós)

(broog-mos' | vroog-MOSE | vryoog-MOSE)

Definition

from G1031; a grating (of the teeth); gnashing.

• a gnashing of teeth
  • used to denote extreme anguish and utter despair of men consigned to eternal punishment in hell
• snarling, growling: in the sense of biting

See also

G1031

For the Septuagint (ABP) word at this number, see G1030.1 below.

G1030.1

βρύχημα (brychēma)

(VREE-khee-mah)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — a roaring (from βρυχάομαι, to roar). Job's grief given hydrology: 'my moaning comes before my food — and is poured out as roaring waters.' Sorrow arriving ahead of bread and breaking banks like a flood: the lament tradition's permission to be loud (Job 3:24; cf. Psalm 22:1's 'words of my roaring').

• roaring

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Job 3:24 (for my moaning comes to me before my grain — and it is poured out as roaring waters).

G1031

βρύχω (brýchō)

(broo'-kho | VROO-hoh | VRYOO-hoh)

Definition

a primary verb; to grate the teeth (in pain or rage); gnash.

• to grind, gnash with the teeth
• to bite, to chew

G1032

βρύω (brýō)

(broo'-o | VROO-oh | VRYOO-oh)

Definition

a primary verb; to swell out, i.e., (by implication) to gush; send forth.

• to abound, gush forth, teem with juices
• to send forth abundantly, to teem

G1033

βρῶμα (brōma)

(bro'-mah | VROH-ma | VROH-ma)

Definition

from the base of G977; food (literally or figuratively), especially (ceremonially) articles allowed or forbidden by the Jewish law; meat, victuals.

• that which is eaten, food

See also

G977

G1034

βρώσιμος (brṓsimos)

(bro'-sim-os | VROH-see-mose | VROH-see-mose)

Definition

from G1035; eatable; meat.

• eatable

See also

G1035

G1035

βρῶσις (brōsis)

(bro'-sis | VROH-sees | VROH-sees)

Definition

from the base of G977; (abstractly) eating (literally or figuratively); by extension (concretely) food (literally or figuratively); eating, food, meat.

• act of eating
  • in a wider sense, corrosion
• that which is eaten, food, ailment
  • of the soul's food, either which refreshes the soul, or nourishes and supports it

See also

G977

For the Septuagint (ABP) word at this number, see G1035.1 below.

G1035.1

βρωτός (brōtos)

(vro-TOS)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Adjective — eatable; as a noun, food (from βιβρώσκω, to eat). Elihu's sickbed pedagogy: the man chastened on his bed 'shall not be able to receive any eatable grain, though his soul desires food' — appetite itself suspended so that a deeper hunger can be treated; the passage runs straight to 'deliver him... I have found a ransom' (Job 33:19-24).

• eatable
• food

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Job 33:20 (and any eatable grain in no way shall he be able to favorably receive — even though his soul desires food).

G1036

βυθίζω (bythízō)

(boo-thid'-zo | voo-THEE-zoh | vyoo-THEE-zoh)

Definition

from G1037; to sink; by implication, to drown; begin to sink, drown.

• to plunge into the deep, to sink

See also

G1037

G1037

βυθός (bythós)

(boo-thos' | voo-THOSE | vyoo-THOSE)

Definition

a variation of G899; depth, i.e., (by implication) the sea; deep.

• the bottom or depth of the sea
• the sea itself, the deep sea

See also

G899

For the Septuagint (ABP) word at this number, see G1037.1 below.

G1037.1

βύρσα (byrsa)

(VEER-sah)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — a hide, an animal's skin. The sin offering's hide burned outside the camp; Job's word for his own afflicted skin and Leviathan's impenetrable hide.

• hide
• skin (of an animal)

Septuagint usage

4 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Leviticus 8:17 (at the priests' consecration the bull of the sin offering — its hide, flesh, and dung — is burned outside the camp); Leviticus 9:11 (the eighth-day sin offering's flesh and hide burned outside the camp); Job 16:15 ("I sewed sackcloth over my hide, and thrust my horn into the dust"); Job 41:7 (of Leviathan — "can you fill his hide with harpoons?").

G1038

βυρσεύς (byrseús)

(boorce-yooce' | voor-SEVS | vyoor-SAYFS)

Definition

from βύρσα (a hide); a tanner; tanner.

• a tanner

G1039

βύσσινος (býssinos)

(boos'-see-nos | VOOS-see-nose | VYOOS-see-nose)

Definition

from G1040; made of linen (neuter a linen cloth); fine linen.

• a fine linen (garment)
• made of fine linen

See also

G1040

G1040

βύσσος (býssos)

(boos'-sos | VOOS-sose | VYOOS-sose)

Definition

of Hebrew origin (H948); white linen; fine linen.

• byssus, a species of Egyptian flax
• linen made from byssus, very costly, delicate, soft, white and also of a yellow color

See also

H948

For the Septuagint (ABP) words at this number, see G1040.1–G1040.3 below.

G1040.1

βύω (byō)

(VEE-o)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Verb — to stop up, plug. The psalm of the unjust judges: 'their rage is according to the likeness of the serpent — as a deaf asp even plugging her ears,' refusing the charmer's voice however wise (Psalm 58:4-5). Deafness by choice: the ear stopped from inside, the figure Stephen's hearers reenact (Acts 7:57).

• to stop up
• to plug

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Psalms 58:4 (their rage is according to the likeness of the serpent — as a mute asp even plugging her ears).

G1040.2

βῶλαξ (bōlax)

(VO-lax)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — a clod of earth. Job's disease-report without cosmetics: 'my body is befouled in the rottenness of worms, and I melt clods of earth, scraping off pus.' The man of the ash-heap (Job 2:8) describing himself as ground already half-returned to ground — and still refusing to curse God (Job 2:10).

• clod of earth

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Job 7:5 (and my body is befouled in rottenness of worms — and I melt away with clods of earth, scraping off pus).

G1040.3

βῶλος (bōlos)

(VO-los)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — a lump, globule; here the beaded drop of dew. From the whirlwind's paternity-questions: 'who is the rain's father? — and who is the one who has begotten the droplets of dew?' Even the smallest water in creation has a birth-record, and Job's name is not on it (Job 38:28-30).

• droplet
• globule

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Job 38:28 (who is the rain's father — and who is the one giving birth to droplets of dew?).

G1041

βωμός (bōmós)

(bo'-mos | voh-MOSE | voh-MOSE)

Definition

from the base of G939; properly, a stand, i.e., (specially) an altar; altar.

• an elevated place
  • very often a raised place on which to offer a sacrifice, an altar

See also

G939

For the Septuagint (ABP) word at this number, see G1041.2 below.

G1041.2

γαβίς (gabis)

(gah-VEES)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Transliterated Hebrew noun (gabish — rock-crystal). In wisdom's price-catalogue: 'corals and crystal shall not be mentioned — but draw on wisdom above the innermost things.' The market's rarest stock names itself only to be waved off the exchange; the chapter's real question stands: 'where shall wisdom be found?' — answered, 'the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom' (Job 28:12, 18, 28).

• crystal (gabish)

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Job 28:18 (meteorites and crystal shall not be mentioned — but draw on wisdom above the innermost things).

G1042

γαββαθά (gabbathá)

(gab-bath-ah' | gahv-va-THA | gahv-va-THA)

Definition

elevated, a platform; of Chaldee origin (compare H1355); the knoll; gabbatha, a vernacular term for the Roman tribunal in Jerusalem; Gabbatha.

• a raised place, elevation

See also

H1355

G1043

Γαβριήλ (Gabriḗl)

(gab-ree-ale' | ga-vree-ALE | ga-vree-ALE)

Definition

man of God; of Hebrew origin (H1403); Gabriel, an archangel; Gabriel.

• one of the angel princes or chiefs of the angels

See also

H1403

G1044

γάγγραινα (gángraina)

(gang'-grahee-nah | GAHNG-greh-na | GAHNG-gray-na)

Definition

from γραίνω (to gnaw); an ulcer ("gangrene"); canker.

• a gangrene, a disease by which any part of the body suffering from inflammation becomes so corrupted that, unless a remedy be seasonably applied, the evil continually spreads, attacks other parts, and at last eats away the bones

G1045

Γάδ (Gád)

(gad | gahth | gahth)

Definition

a troop; of Hebrew origin (H1410); Gad, a tribe of Israelites; Gad.

• the seventh son of the patriarch Jacob, by Zilpah, Leah's maid

See also

H1410

G1046

Γαδαρηνός (Gadarēnós)

(gad-ar-ay-nos' | ga-tha-ray-NOSE | ga-tha-ray-NOSE)

Definition

reward at the end; from Γαδαρά (a town east of the Jordan); a Gadarene or inhabitant of Gadara; Gadarene.

• also called Gergesenes, was the capital of Peraea, situated opposite the south extremity of the Lake of Gennesaret to the south-east, but at some distance from the lake on the banks of the river Hieromax

G1047

γάζα (gáza)

(gad'-zah | GA-za | GA-za)

Definition

of foreign origin; a treasure; treasure.

• the royal treasury, treasure, riches

G1048

Γάζα (Gáza)

(gad'-zah | GA-za | GA-za)

Definition

the fortified; the strong; of Hebrew origin (H5804); Gazah (i.e., Azzah), a place in Palestine; Gaza.

• one of the five chief cities of the Philistines in Palestine

See also

H5804

For the Septuagint (ABP) word at this number, see G1048.1 below.

G1048.1

γαζαρηνός (gazarēnos)

(gah-zah-ree-NOSS)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — an adapted Aramaic loanword (גָּזְרִין, "determiners," fate-cutters): the astrologers of the Babylonian court. Daniel's foils — summoned before Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar, and always unable: "but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries."

• astrologer
• (Aramaic loanword) determiner of fates

Septuagint usage

5 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Daniel 2:27 ("the mystery which the king asks — not by wise men or astrologers is it told"); Daniel 4:7 (the enchanters and astrologers enter, and cannot interpret the dream); Daniel 5:7 (Belshazzar cries aloud for the astrologers before the writing on the wall); Daniel 5:15 ("they could not report the interpretation of the word to me").

G1049

γαζοφυλάκιον (gazophylákion)

(gad-zof-oo-lak'-ee-on | ga-zoh-foo-LA-kee-one | ga-zoh-fyoo-LA-kee-one)

Definition

from G1047 and G5438; a treasure-house, i.e., a court in the temple for the collection-boxes; treasury.

• a repository of treasure, especially of public treasure, a treasury

Note

It is used to describe the apartments constructed in the courts of the temple, in which the not only the sacred offerings and things needful for the service were kept, but in which the priests and others dwelt (see Nehemiah 13:7); of the sacred treasury in which not only treasure but also public records were stored, and the property of widows and orphans was deposited. Josephus speaks of treasuries in the women's court of Herod's temple. In the New Testament near the treasury seems to used of that receptacle mentioned by the rabbis to which were fitted thirteen chests or boxes (i.e., trumpets) so called from their shape, and into which were put the contributions made voluntarily or paid yearly by the Jews for the service of the temple and the support of the poor.

See also

G1047, G5438

For the Septuagint (ABP) words at this number, see G1049.1–G1049.2 below.

G1049.1

γαζοφύλαξ (gazophylax)

(gah-zo-FEE-lax)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — a keeper of the treasury (γάζα, treasure + φύλαξ, guard — the officer of the γαζοφυλάκιον, the treasury where a widow's two coins would one day outweigh the rich, Mark 12:41-44). Mustered in David's great assembly: rulers of tribes, divisions, thousands, hundreds, 'and the keepers of the treasury' — the full apparatus gathered to hear that the temple's plan came 'in writing from the hand of the LORD' (1 Chronicles 28:1, 19).

• treasury-keeper

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: 1 Chronicles 28:1 (and David assembled all the rulers of Israel — rulers of the tribes, rulers of the divisions of the daily rotations ministering to the king, rulers of the thousands and of the hundreds, and the keepers of the treasury, and those over his possessions — with the eunuchs, the mighty ones, and the warriors of the military in Jerusalem).

G1049.2

γαῖα (gaia)

(GHEH-ah)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun, the poetic form of γῆ (G1093, earth, land); land, country — in the LXX Reference interlinear always plural, "the lands," the Gentile countries surrounding and scattering Israel.

• land, country
• (plural) the lands, the nations' countries

Septuagint usage

9 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: 2 Kings 18:35 ("who among all the gods of the lands delivered their land from my hand?" — Rabshakeh's taunt); Ezra 9:1 (the people not separated from the peoples of the lands); Ezra 9:11; Ezekiel 36:24 ("I will take you from all the lands and gather you into your own land").

See also

G1093

G1050

Γάϊος (Gáïos)

(gah'-ee-os | GA-ee-ose | GA-ee-ose)

Definition

lord; of Latin origin; Gaius (i.e., Caius), a Christian; Gaius.

• a Macedonian who accompanied Paul in his travels
• a man from Derbe who went with Paul from Corinth in his last journey to Jerusalem
• a man of Corinth who was his host in his second sojourn in that city
• an unknown Christian to whom John's third epistle is addressed

For the Septuagint (ABP) word at this number, see G1050.1 below.

G1050.1

γαῖσος (gaisos)

(GHEH-sos)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — a javelin, a light spear. The outstretched weapon of the Ai narrative — held out at the LORD's command, and not drawn back until the city was devoted to destruction.

• javelin
• light spear

Septuagint usage

3 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Joshua 8:18 (the LORD to Joshua — "stretch out the javelin in your hand toward Ai, for into your hand I will give it"); Joshua 8:19 (the ambush rose quickly from its place as soon as he stretched out his hand, and entered the city and set it on fire); Joshua 8:26 (Joshua did not draw back his hand with the outstretched javelin until he had devoted all the inhabitants of Ai).

G1051

γάλα (gála)

(gal'-ah | GA-la | GA-la)

Definition

of uncertain affinity; milk (figuratively); milk.

• milk
• a metaphorically for the less difficult Christian truths

For the Septuagint (ABP) word at this number, see G1051.1 below.

G1051.1

γαλαθηνός (galathēnos)

(ghah-lah-thee-NOS)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Adjective — suckling, still at the milk (from γάλα above, milk). Samuel's whole burnt offering at Mizpah as the Philistines advanced — a suckling lamb — beside the fatted calf at Endor and the luxuriant calves of Amos's men at ease.

• suckling
• milk-fed

Septuagint usage

3 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: 1 Samuel 7:9 (Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering, and cried out to the LORD for Israel — and the LORD answered with thunder at Ebenezer); 1 Samuel 28:24 (the woman at Endor had a suckling calf in the house — she hastened, slaughtered it, and baked unleavened bread for Saul's last night meal); Amos 6:4 (those lying on beds of ivory — eating lambs from the flock and suckling calves from the midst of the stalls).

G1052

Γαλάτης (Galátēs)

(gal-at'-ace | ga-LA-tase | ga-LA-tase)

Definition

from G1053; a Galatian or inhabitant of Galatia; Galatian.

• a Galatians

See also

G1053

G1053

Γαλατία (Galatía)

(gal-at-ee'-ah | ga-la-TEE-ah | ga-la-TEE-ah)

Definition

land of the Galli, Gauls; of foreign origin; Galatia, a region of Asia; Galatia.

• the Roman province of Galatia my be roughly described as the central region of the peninsula of Asia Minor, bounded on the north by Bithynia and Paphlagonia; on the east by Pontus; on the south by Cappadocia and Lycaonia; on the west by Phrygia

G1054

Γαλατικός (Galatikós)

(gal-at-ee-kos' | ga-la-tee-KOSE | ga-la-tee-KOSE)

Definition

from G1053; Galatic or relating to Galatia; of Galatia.

• a citizen of Galatia

See also

G1053

For the Septuagint (ABP) words at this number, see G1054.1–G1054.2 below.

G1054.1

γαλεάγρα (galeagra)

(gah-leh-AH-grah)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — a cage (literally a weasel-trap; γαλῆ + ἄγρα, a catch). The lament for Judah's last lions: the young lion taken with hooks, 'and they put him in a cage — and led him to the king of Babylon... so that his voice should not be heard any more upon the mountains of Israel.' Jehoiachin's kingship reduced to zoo-freight (Ezekiel 19:8-9; 2 Kings 24:15) — yet the caged line is the very line the genealogy of the Messiah runs through (Matthew 1:11-12).

• cage

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Ezekiel 19:9 (and they put him in a cage, even in a wicker cage, and led him to the king of Babylon — and brought him into prison, so that his voice should not be heard any more upon the mountains of Israel).

G1054.2

γαλῆ (galē)

(gah-LEE)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — a weasel. Opening the list of unclean creepers: 'these are unclean to you of the crawling things — the weasel, and the mouse, and the land crocodile, and their kinds' — carcass-touch defiling till evening (Leviticus 11:29-31): holiness practiced at floor level.

• weasel

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Leviticus 11:29 (and these are unclean to you of the crawling things that crawl upon the earth — the weasel, and the mouse, and the dry-land crocodile, and the ones likened to it).

G1055

γαλήνη (galḗnē)

(gal-ay'-nay | ga-LAY-nay | ga-LAY-nay)

Definition

of uncertain derivation; tranquillity; calm.

• calmness, stillness of the sea, a calm

G1056

Γαλιλαία (Galilaía)

(gal-il-ah'-yah | ga-lee-LEH-ah | ga-lee-LAY-ah)

Definition

circuit; of Hebrew origin (H1551); Galilaea (i.e., the heathen circle), a region of Palestine; Galilee.

• the name of a region of northern Palestine

Note

Galilee is bounded on the north by Syria, on the west by Sidon, Tyre, Ptolemais (and their territories), and the promontory of Carmel, on the south by Samaria and on the east by the Jordan. It was divided into Upper Galilee and Lower Galilee.

See also

H1551

G1057

Γαλιλαῖος (Galilaîos)

(gal-ee-lah'-yos | ga-lee-LEH-ose | ga-lee-LAY-ose)

Definition

from G1056; Galilean or belonging to Galilea; Galilean, of Galilee.

• a native of Galilee

See also

G1056

G1058

Γαλλίων (Gallíōn)

(gal-lee'-own | gahl-LEE-one | gahl-LEE-one)

Definition

one who lives on milk; of Latin origin; Gallion (i.e., Gallio), a Roman officer; Gallio.

• Junius Annaeus Gallio, the Roman proconsul of Achaia when Paul was at Corinth, AD 53, under the emperor Claudius

Note

He was brother to Jucius Annaeus Seneca, the philosopher. Jerome in the Chronicle of Eusebius says that he committed suicide in the of AD 65. Winer believes he was put to death by Nero.

G1059

Γαμαλιήλ (Gamaliḗl)

(gam-al-ee-ale' | ga-ma-lee-ALE | ga-ma-lee-ALE)

Definition

my recompenser is God; of Hebrew origin (H1583); Gamaliel (i.e., Gamliel), an Israelite; Gamaliel.

• a Pharisee and celebrated doctor of the law, who gave prudent worldly advice in the Sanhedrin respecting the treatment of the followers of Jesus of Nazareth

Note

We learn from Acts 22:3 that he was the preceptor of Paul (AD 29). He is generally identified with the very celebrated Jewish doctor Gamaliel (grandson of Hillel), who is referred to as authority in the Jewish Mishna.

See also

H1583

For the Septuagint (ABP) words at this number, see G1059.1–G1059.2 below.

G1059.1

γαμβρεύω (gambreuō)

(gahm-VREV-o)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Verb — to make a marriage-alliance, intermarry (from γαμβρός, an in-law). The covenant prohibition and its royal breach set side by side by the LXX's one verb: you shall not contract marriage with the nations — and Solomon contracted marriage with Pharaoh.

• to contract marriage
• to make a marriage-alliance

Septuagint usage

2 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Deuteronomy 7:3 ("neither shall you contract a marriage with them — your daughter you shall not give to his son, and his daughter you shall not take for your son"); 1 Kings 3:1 (Solomon contracted a marriage with Pharaoh king of Egypt — and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David).

G1059.2

γαμβρός (gambros)

(gam-VROSS)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Masculine noun related to γάμος (G1062, marriage); a relative by marriage — father-in-law or son-in-law as context requires. In Exodus 18 it is Jethro's standing title, "the father-in-law of Moses."

• father-in-law
• son-in-law, relative by marriage

Septuagint usage

26 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Genesis 19:12 (Lot's sons-in-law); Genesis 19:14; Exodus 18:1 ("Jethro the priest of Midian, the father-in-law of Moses"); Exodus 18:5-12; Judges 19:4.

See also

G1062, G3565

G1060

γαμέω (gaméō)

(gam-eh'-o | ga-MEH-oh | ga-MAY-oh)

Definition

from G1062; to wed (of either sex); marry (a wife).

• to lead in marriage, take to wife
  • to get married, to marry
  • to give one's self in marriage
• to give a daughter in marriage

See also

G1062

G1061

γαμίσκω (gamískō)

(gam-is'-ko | ga-MEE-skoh | ga-MEE-skoh)

Definition

from G1062; to espouse (a daughter to a husband); give in marriage.

• give in marriage

See also

G1062

G1062

γάμος (gámos)

(gam'-os | GA-mose | GA-mose)

Definition

of uncertain affinity; nuptials; marriage, wedding.

• a wedding or marriage festival, a wedding banquet, a wedding feast
• marriage, matrimony

G1063

γάρ (gár)

(gar | gahr | gahr)

Definition

a primary particle; properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles); and, as, because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet.

• for

For the Septuagint (ABP) words at this number, see G1063.1–G1063.2 below.

G1063.1

γαρέμ (garem)

(gah-REM)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Transliterated Hebrew noun (gerem — 'bone'; here the bare frame or step itself). Jehu's flash-coronation: 'they hastened and took each his cloak, and put them under him upon the bare frame of the stairs — and they trumpeted with the horn and said, Jehu reigns.' A king proclaimed on stripped steps with garments for a carpet — the gesture Jerusalem's crowds repeat for a greater Anointed (2 Kings 9:13; Mark 11:7-10).

• bare step
• frame (gerem)

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: 2 Kings 9:13 (and hearing, they hastened and each took his cloak, and put them under him upon the frame of the stairs — and they trumpeted with the horn, and said, Jehu reigns).

G1063.2

γασβαρήνου (gasbarēnou)

(gas-vah-REE-noo)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Transliterated Persian-Hebrew title (gizbar — treasurer). The vessels' first homecoming: 'Cyrus king of the Persians brought them out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and he counted them out to Sheshbazzar the ruler of Judah.' What Nebuzaradan once took by weight is now returned by count (Ezra 1:8-11) — plunder-lists running in reverse, exactly as the LORD stirred the king's spirit (Ezra 1:1).

• treasurer (gizbar)

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Ezra 1:8 (and Cyrus the king of the Persians brought them out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer — and he counted them out to Sheshbazzar the ruler of Judah).

See also

G682.2

G1064

γαστήρ (gastḗr)

(gas-tare' | ga-STARE | ga-STARE)

Definition

of uncertain derivation; the stomach; by analogy, the matrix; figuratively, a gourmand; belly, + with child, womb.

• the belly
• the womb
• the stomach
  • a glutton, gormandiser, a man who is as it were all stomach

For the Septuagint (ABP) words at this number, see G1064.1–G1064.3 below.

G1064.1

γαυρίαμα (gauriama)

(ghav-REE-ah-mah)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — prancing exultation, proud boasting. The strut of the strong — broken in the lion and in Moab, yet promised to Jerusalem when the LORD makes her a boast in the earth.

• exultation, boasting
• prancing pride

Septuagint usage

4 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Job 4:10 (Eliphaz — the prancing pride of the lion is broken and the voice of the lioness quenched); Job 13:12 ("your boasting shall prove like ashes, your body a body of clay"); Isaiah 62:7 (give Him no rest until He establishes Jerusalem and makes her an exultation in the earth); Jeremiah 48:2 ("there is no longer any boasting for Moab" — the judgment oracle).

G1064.2

γαυριάω (gauriaō)

(ghav-ree-AH-o)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Verb — to prance, exult proudly, glory in oneself. The exultation of dead kings in their swords — and the war-horse of the whirlwind speech, prancing in his strength at the rattle of the quiver.

• to prance
• to exult proudly

Septuagint usage

3 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Job 3:14 (Job longs for the grave — with kings and counselors of the earth, who exulted in their swords); Job 39:21 (the war-horse paws in the valley and prances in his strength — he goes out to meet the weapons); Job 39:23 (upon him the quiver rattles, the flashing spear and javelin — and he prances).

G1064.3

γαυρόω (gauroō)

(gav-RO-o)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Verb — to bear oneself proudly, exult, prance. In Balaam's second oracle — the blessing that could not be reversed: 'behold, the people shall rise up as a lion-cub, and as a lion it shall prance; it shall not sleep until it eats the prey.' The hired curse comes out as Genesis 49:9 read back over the camp: Judah's lion-shape already visible from a Moabite ridge (Numbers 23:20, 24).

• to prance
• to exult

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Numbers 23:24 (behold, the people shall rise up as a cub, and as a lion it shall prance — it shall not go to sleep until it shall eat game, and the blood of the slain it shall drink).

G1065

γέ (gé)

(gheh | geh | gay)

Definition

a primary particle of emphasis or qualification (often used with other particles prefixed); doubtless, since; and besides, doubtless, at least, yet.

• indeed, truly, at least
• even
• if indeed, seeing that

For the Septuagint (ABP) word at this number, see G1065.1 below.

G1065.1

γεδδούρ (geddour)

(ghed-DOOR)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Transliterated Hebrew noun גְּדוּד (gedud, raiding band), left untranslated by the Apostolic Bible Polyglot; indeclinable. The Ziklag word: "Shall I pursue after this troop? Pursue — for overtaking you shall overtake, and rescuing you shall rescue."

• raiding band, troop

Septuagint usage

5 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: 1 Samuel 30:8 (David inquires of the LORD — pursue, overtake, rescue); 1 Samuel 30:15 ("will you bring me down to this troop?" — the abandoned Egyptian); 1 Samuel 30:23 ("the LORD gave the troop that came against us into our hands"); 1 Chronicles 12:21 (the men of Manasseh help David against the troop).

G1066

Γεδεών (Gedeṓn)

(ghed-eh-own' | geh-theh-ONE | gay-thay-ONE)

Definition

the cutter down; of Hebrew origin (H1439); Gedeon (i.e., Gid(e)on), an Israelite; Gedeon (in the King James Version).

• a of the judge of Israel who delivered them from the Midianites

See also

H1439

G1067

γέεννα (géenna)

(gheh'-en-nah | GEH-en-na | GAY-ane-na)

Definition

of Hebrew origin (H1516 and H2011); valley of (the son of) Hinnom; ge-henna (or Ge-Hinnom), a valley of Jerusalem, used (figuratively) as a name for the place (or state) of everlasting punishment; hell.

• hell, the place of punishment

Note

This word literally refers to the valley of Hinnom, south of Jerusalem, where the filth and dead animals of the city were cast out and burned, which is a fit symbol of the wicked and their future destruction. This word is transliterated as "Gehenna."

See also

H1516, H2011

G1068

Γεθσημανῆ (Gethsēmanē)

(gheth-say-man-ay' | geth-say-ma-NAY | gayth-say-ma-NAY)

Definition

an oil press; of Chaldee origin (compare H1660 and H8081); oil-press; Gethsemane, a garden near Jerusalem; Gethsemane.

• the name of a place at the foot of the Mount of Olives, beyond the torrent Kidron

See also

H1660, H8081

For the Septuagint (ABP) word at this number, see G1068.1 below.

G1068.1

γεῖσος (geisos)

(GHEE-soss)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — a projecting edge: cornice, coping, ledge. In Ezekiel it is the rim of the great altar of the visionary temple.

• cornice, coping
• ledge, rim (of Ezekiel's altar)

Septuagint usage

6 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: 1 Kings 7:9 (Solomon's buildings — costly stones from the foundation to the coping); Jeremiah 52:22 (the molding on the bronze capitals of the temple pillars); Ezekiel 43:13 (the measures of the altar and its rim); Ezekiel 43:17 (the ledge of the altar-hearth round about).

G1069

γείτων (geítōn)

(ghi'-tone | GEE-tone | GEE-tone)

Definition

from G1093; a neighbour (as adjoining one's ground); by implication, a friend; neighbour.

• a neighbour

See also

G1093

For the Septuagint (ABP) word at this number, see G1069.1 below.

G1069.1

γειώρας (geiōras)

(ghee-O-rahs)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun (Aramaic loanword) — a sojourner-convert, proselyte (Aramaic גִּיּוֹרָא, giyora — transliterated where the LXX elsewhere says προσήλυτος). Bound into Passover's leaven-law with the native-born — and joined, in Isaiah's promise, to the house of Jacob in the day of the LORD's mercy.

• sojourner-convert (loanword)
• proselyte

Septuagint usage

2 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Exodus 12:19 ("seven days leaven shall not be found in your houses — whoever shall eat leavened things, that soul shall be utterly destroyed from the congregation of Israel, among both the converts and the natives of the land"); Isaiah 14:1 (the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel — and the convert shall be added to them, and shall be added to the house of Jacob).

G1070

γελάω (geláō)

(ghel-ah'-o | geh-LA-oh | gay-LA-oh)

Definition

of uncertain affinity; to laugh (as a sign of joy or satisfaction); laugh.

• to laugh

For the Septuagint (ABP) words at this number, see G1070.1–G1070.3 below.

G1070.1

γελοιάζω (geloiazō)

(gheh-lee-AH-zo)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Verb — to jest, joke (from γελάω, to laugh). The warning that could not get itself believed: Lot to his sons-in-law, 'Rise up and come forth, for the Lord is obliterating the city — but he seemed to be joking before his sons-in-law.' A compromised witness plus an unwelcome word equals laughter at the door of judgment (Genesis 19:14) — the Sodom-scenario Jesus reads onto His own day (Luke 17:28-30).

• to jest
• to seem to joke

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Genesis 19:14 (and Lot went forth and spoke to his sons-in-law who were taking his daughters, and said, Rise up and come forth from out of this place, for the Lord is obliterating the city — but he seemed to be joking before his sons-in-law).

G1070.2

γελοιασμός (geloiasmos)

(gheh-lee-as-MOS)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — mockery, a laughingstock (from γελάω, to laugh). The measure-for-measure question to Moab: 'was not Israel a joke to you — and was he found among your thefts, that you waged war along with him?' Moab laughed at the exiled neighbor; the oracle files the laughter as evidence, and Moab ends the chapter a derision itself (Jeremiah 48:26-27, 39).

• mockery
• laughingstock

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Jeremiah 48:27 (and was not Israel a joke to you — and was he found among your thefts, that you waged war along with him?).

G1070.3

γελοιαστής (geloiastēs)

(gheh-lee-as-TEES)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — a jester, mocker (from γελάω, to laugh). Opening Job's oath of clearance: 'if I have walked with mockers, or my foot hurried to treachery — let Him weigh me in just scales' (Job 31:5-6). Company kept is the first exhibit in the trial of a life: the Psalm 1 doctrine ('nor sat in the seat of scoffers') sworn in the first person.

• mocker
• jester

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Job 31:5 (but if I have gone with jokesters — or even my foot hurried for treachery).

G1071

γέλως (gélōs)

(ghel'-os | GEH-lose | GAY-lose)

Definition

from G1070; laughter (as a mark of gratification); laughter.

• laughter

See also

G1070

G1072

γεμίζω (gemízō)

(ghem-id'-zo | geh-MEE-zoh | gay-MEE-zoh)

Definition

transitive from G1073; to fill entirely; fill (be) full.

• to fill, fill full

See also

G1073

G1073

γέμω (gémō)

(ghem'-o | GEH-moh | GAY-moh)

Definition

a primary verb; to swell out, i.e., be full; be full.

• to be full, filled, full

G1074

γενεά (geneá)

(ghen-eh-ah' | geh-neh-AH | gay-nay-AH)

Definition

from (a presumed derivative of) G1085; a generation; by implication, an age (the period or the persons); age, generation, nation, time.

• fathered, birth, nativity
• that which has been begotten, men of the same stock, a family
  • the several ranks of natural descent, the successive members of a genealogy
  • metaphorically a race of men very like each other in endowments, pursuits, character
    • especially in a bad sense, a perverse race
• the whole multitude of men living at the same time
• an age (i.e., the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation), a space of 30–33 years

See also

G1085

G1075

γενεαλογέω (genealogéō)

(ghen-eh-al-og-eh'-o | geh-neh-ah-loh-GEH-oh | gay-nay-ah-loh-GAY-oh)

Definition

from G1074 and G3056; to reckon by generations, i.e., trace in genealogy; count by descent.

• to recount a family's origin and lineage, trace ancestry
• to draw one's origin, derive one's pedigree

See also

G1074, G3056

G1076

γενεαλογία (genealogía)

(ghen-eh-al-og-ee'-ah | geh-neh-ah-loh-GEE-ah | gay-nay-ah-loh-GEE-ah)

Definition

from the same as G1075; tracing by generations, i.e., "genealogy"; genealogy.

• a genealogy, a record of descent or lineage

See also

G1075

G1077

γενέσια (genésia)

(ghen-es'-ee-ah | geh-NEH-see-ah | gay-NAY-see-ah)

Definition

neuter plural of a derivative of G1078; birthday ceremonies; birthday.

• a birthday celebration, a birthday feast
  • the earlier Greeks used this word of funeral commemorations, a festival commemorative of a deceased friend

See also

G1078

G1078

γένεσις (génesis)

(ghen'-es-is | GEH-neh-sees | GAY-nay-sees)

Definition

from the same as G1074; nativity; figuratively, nature; generation, nature(-ral).

• source, origin
  • a book of one's lineage, i.e., in which his ancestry or progeny are enumerated
• used of birth, nativity
• of that which follows origin (namely, existence, life)
  • the wheel (or machinery) of life (James 3:6), the wheel of human origin which as soon as men are born begins to run (i.e., its course of life)

See also

G1074

G1079

γενετή (genetḗ)

(ghen-et-ay | geh-neh-TAY | gay-nay-TAY)

Definition

feminine of a presumed derivative of the base of G1074; birth; birth.

• birth, from birth

See also

G1074

G1080

γεννάω (gennáō)

(ghen-nah'-o | gen-NA-oh | gane-NA-oh)

Definition

from a variation of G1085; to procreate (properly, of the father, but by extension of the mother); figuratively, to regenerate; bear, beget, be born, bring forth, conceive, be delivered of, gender, make, spring.

• of men who fathered children
  • to be born
  • to be begotten
    • of women giving birth to children
• metaphorically
  • to engender, cause to arise, excite
  • in a Jewish sense, of one who brings others over to his way of life, to convert someone
  • of God making Christ his son
  • of God making men his sons through faith in Christ's work

See also

G1085

G1081

γέννημα (génnēma)

(ghen'-nay-mah | GEN-nay-ma | GANE-nay-ma)

Definition

from G1080; offspring; by analogy, produce (literally or figuratively); fruit, generation.

• that which has been born or begotten
  • the offspring or progeny of men or animals
  • the fruits of the earth, the produce of agriculture

See also

G1080

G1082

Γεννησαρέτ (Gennēsarét)

(ghen-nay-sar-et' | gen-nay-sa-RET | gane-nay-sa-RATE)

Definition

a harp; of Hebrew origin (compare H3672); Gennesaret (i.e., Kinnereth), a lake and plain in Palestine; Gennesaret.

• a lake also called the sea of Galilee or the sea of Tiberias
• a very lovely and fertile region on the Sea of Galilee

Note

The lake is 12 by 7 miles (20 by 11 km) and 700 feet (210 m) below the Mediterranean Sea.

See also

H3672

G1083

γέννησις (génnēsis)

(ghen'-nay-sis | GEN-nay-sees | GANE-nay-sees)

Definition

from G1080; nativity; birth.

• begat, engendering
• nativity, birth

See also

G1080

G1084

γεννητός (gennētós)

(ghen-nay-tos' | gen-nay-TOSE | gane-nay-TOSE)

Definition

from G1080; born; they that are born.

• begotten, born

See also

G1080

G1085

γένος (génos)

(ghen'-os | GEH-nose | GAY-nose)

Definition

from G1096; "kin" (abstract or concrete, literal or figurative, individual or collective); born, country(-man), diversity, generation, kind(-red), nation, offspring, stock.

• race
  • offspring
  • family
  • stock, race, nation
    • i.e., nationality or descent from a particular people
  • the aggregate of many individuals of the same nature, kind, sort

See also

G1096

For the Septuagint (ABP) word at this number, see G1085.1 below.

G1085.1

γέρας (geras)

(GHEH-ras)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — a prize of honor, privilege-portion. The priesthood's compensation-charter: 'behold, I give to you the keeping of My first-fruits... to you I have given them as an honor, and to your sons — an eternal law.' What Aaron receives is framed not as salary but as γέρας, a victor's honor-portion — and beneath it the deeper wage: 'I am your portion and your inheritance' (Numbers 18:8, 20).

• honor-portion
• privilege

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Numbers 18:8 (and the LORD spoke to Aaron: behold, I give to you the preservation of My first-fruits of all the things sanctified by the sons of Israel — to you I have given them as an honor, and to your sons, an eternal law).

G1086

Γεργεσηνός (Gergesēnós)

(gher-ghes-ay-nos' | ger-geh-say-NOSE | gare-gay-say-NOSE)

Definition

a stranger drawing near(?); of Hebrew origin (H1622); a Gergesene (i.e., Girgashite) or one of the people from Palestine; Gergesene.

• also called Gadarenes, is assumed to have been located on the eastern shore of Lake Gennesaret

See also

H1622

G1087

γερουσία (gerousía)

(gher-oo-see'-ah | geh-roo-SEE-ah | gay-roo-SEE-ah)

Definition

from G1088; the eldership, i.e., (collectively) the Jewish Sanhedrin; senate.

• a senate, council of elders
  • to denote the chief council of nations or cities
  • the Sanhedrin

See also

G1088

G1088

γέρων (gérōn)

(gher'-own | GEH-rone | GAY-rone)

Definition

of uncertain affinity (compare G1094); aged; old.

• an old man

See also

G1094

For the Septuagint (ABP) words at this number, see G1088.1–G1088.2 below.

G1088.1

γεύμα (geuma)

(YEV-mah)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — taste, flavor (from γεύομαι, to taste). The word for the taste of the manna — and for Moab's unchanged taste, settled on his lees.

• taste
• flavor

Septuagint usage

4 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Exodus 16:31 (the manna — white like coriander seed, its taste like wafers made with honey); Numbers 11:8 (its taste was like the taste of cakes baked with oil); Job 6:6 ("is there any taste in the white of an egg?" — Job on insipid counsel); Jeremiah 48:11 (Moab at ease from his youth — "therefore his taste remains in him, and his aroma is not changed").

G1088.2

γεῦσις (geusis)

(GHEV-sis)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — a tasting (from γεύομαι, to taste). The feast that summoned the hand: 'drinking, Belshazzar spoke in the tasting of the wine to bring the vessels of gold and silver which Nebuchadnezzar his father brought from the temple in Jerusalem.' One tasting's bravado — holy vessels for a toast to gods of gold — and the fingers write the audit on the plaster the same hour (Daniel 5:2-5, 30).

• tasting

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Daniel 5:2 (and drinking, Belshazzar spoke in the tasting of the wine to bring the vessels of gold and of silver which Nebuchadnezzar his father brought from the temple in Jerusalem — and the king and his great men, his concubines and his mistresses, drank with them).

G1089

γεύομαι (geúomai)

(ghyoo'-om-ahee | GEV-oh-meh | GAVE-oh-may)

Definition

a primary verb; to taste; by implication, to eat; figuratively, to experience (good or ill); eat, taste.

• to taste, to try the flavor of
• to taste
  • i.e., perceive the flavor of, partake of, enjoy
  • to feel, make trial of, experience
• to take food, eat, to take nourishment, eat

For the Septuagint (ABP) words at this number, see G1089.1–G1089.3 below.

G1089.1

γέφυρα (gephyra)

(GHEH-fee-rah)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — a bridge; a dam or causeway. From Sennacherib's boast as the LORD quotes it back: 'I made a dam and made desolate the waters and every gathering of water' — engineering claimed as omnipotence. The reply follows: 'I formed it from ancient days... and I will put My hook into your nose' (Isaiah 37:25-29): the braggart's résumé re-filed under God's prior authorship.

• dam
• bridge

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Isaiah 37:25 (and I made a dam, and made desolate the waters and every gathering of water).

G1089.2

γεωμετρία (geōmetria)

(gheh-o-meh-TREE-ah)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — land-measuring, surveying (γῆ, earth + μέτρον, measure — the word that became 'geometry'). Over Edom: birds and hedgehogs dwelling, 'and there shall be put upon her a surveyor's cord of desolation.' Judgment executed with a construction instrument — un-creation measured as precisely as creation was (the Hebrew reads the tohu-line of Genesis 1:2): even His desolations are exact (Isaiah 34:11).

• surveying
• measuring-line

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Isaiah 34:11 (birds, and hedgehogs, and ibises, and crows shall dwell in her — and there shall be put upon her a cord of surveying of desolation, and satyrs shall live in her).

G1089.3

γεωμετρικός (geōmetrikos)

(gheh-o-meh-tree-KOS)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Adjective — of a surveyor, for land-measuring. Zechariah's third vision: 'I lifted my eyes and beheld, and behold, a man — and in his hand a surveyor's measuring line,' going to measure Jerusalem. The survey is lovingly overruled: the city will be unwalled for the multitude in her, 'and I will be to her a wall of fire round about, and I will be for glory in her midst' (Zechariah 2:1-5).

• of a surveyor
• measuring

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Zechariah 2:1 (and I lifted my eyes and I beheld, and behold, a man — and in his hand was a measuring line of a surveyor).

See also

G1089.2

G1090

γεωργέω (geōrgéō)

(gheh-or-gheh'-o | geh-ore-GEH-oh | gay-ore-GAY-oh)

Definition

from G1092; to till (the soil); dress.

• to practise agriculture, to till the ground

See also

G1092

G1091

γεώργιον (geṓrgion)

(gheh-ore'-ghee-on | geh-ORE-gee-one | gay-ORE-gee-one)

Definition

neuter of a (presumed) derivative of G1092; cultivable, i.e., a farm; husbandry.

• a cultivated field, husbandry, tillage

See also

G1092

G1092

γεωργός (geōrgós)

(gheh-ore-gos' | geh-ore-GOSE | gay-ore-GOSE)

Definition

from G1093 and the base of G2041; a land-worker, i.e., farmer; husbandman.

• a husbandman, tiller of the soil, a vine dresser

See also

G1093, G2041

G1093

γῆ (gē)

(ghay | gay | gay)

Definition

contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application); country, earth(-ly), ground, land, world.

• arable land
• the ground, the earth as a standing place
• the main land as opposed to the sea or water
• the earth as a whole
  • the earth as opposed to the heavens
  • the inhabited earth, the abode of men and animals
• a country, land enclosed within fixed boundaries, a tract of land, territory, region

For the Septuagint (ABP) word at this number, see G1093.1 below.

G1093.1

γηγενής (gēgenēs)

(yee-yeh-NEES)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Adjective (used as noun) — earth-born (from γῆ above, earth + γίνομαι, to be born). The LXX's word both for mankind as sons of earth and for the Rephaim, the shades in the depths of Sheol.

• earth-born
• the shades (Rephaim)

Septuagint usage

4 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Psalms 49:2 (the summons to hear wisdom — "both earth-born and sons of men, rich and poor together"); Proverbs 2:18 (the forbidden woman's house sinks down to death, and her paths to the earth-born shades); Proverbs 9:18 (he does not know that the earth-born are there — her guests are in the depths of Hades); Jeremiah 32:20 (signs and wonders in Egypt and to this day — "among the earth-born" — attending Jeremiah's prayer at the field-purchase).

G1094

γῆρας (gēras)

(ghay'-ras | GAY-rahs | GAY-rahs)

Definition

akin to G1088; senility; old age.

• old age

See also

G1088

G1095

γηράσκω (gēráskō)

(ghay-ras'-ko | gay-RA-skoh | gay-RA-skoh)

Definition

from G1094; to be senescent; be (wax) old.

• to grow old
• of things and institutions: to fail from age, be obsolescent

See also

G1094

For the Septuagint (ABP) words at this number, see G1095.1–G1095.2 below.

G1095.1

γίγαρτον (gigarton)

(GHEE-gar-ton)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — a grape-stone, pip. The Nazirite vow's totality-clause: 'all the days of his vow, from all that comes from the grapevine — wine, from dregs unto grape-stone — he shall not eat.' Consecration drawn down to the seed in the skin: a devotion with no negotiable margins (Numbers 6:2-4).

• grape-stone
• pip

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Numbers 6:4 (all the days of his vow, from all things that come from the grapevine — wine, from dregs unto grape-stone — he shall not eat).

G1095.2

γίγας (gigas)

(YEE-gas)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Masculine noun (whence English "giant"); a giant, mighty one — the LXX's rendering of the נְפִלִים (nephilim, Genesis 6:4), the רְפָאִים (rephaim), and the גִּבֹּרִים (gibborim, mighty men), including Nimrod the "giant hunter before the LORD."

• giant (the nephilim, rephaim, Anakim)
• mighty man, mighty hunter (Nimrod)

Septuagint usage

34 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Genesis 6:4 ("the giants were on the earth in those days"); Genesis 10:8-9 (Nimrod); Numbers 13:33 (the sons of Anak, before whom the spies were as grasshoppers); Joshua 12:4 (Og, of the remnant of the giants); 2 Samuel 21:18-22 (the sons of the giant in Gath).

See also

G1413

G1096

γίνομαι (gínomai)

(ghin'-om-ahee | GEE-noh-meh | GEE-noh-may)

Definition

a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.); arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.

• to become, i.e., to come into existence, begin to be, receive being
• to become, i.e., to come to pass, happen
  • of events
• to arise, appear in history, come upon the stage
  • of men appearing in public
• to be made, finished
  • of miracles, to be performed, wrought
• to become, be made

G1097

γινώσκω (ginṓskō)

(ghin-oce'-ko | gee-NOH-skoh | gee-NOH-skoh)

Definition

a prolonged form of a primary verb; to "know" (absolutely) in a great variety of applications and with many implications (as follow, with others not thus clearly expressed); allow, be aware (of), feel, (have) know(-ledge), perceived, be resolved, can speak, be sure, understand.

• to learn to know, come to know, get a knowledge of perceive, feel
  • to become known
• to know, understand, perceive, have knowledge of
  • to understand
  • to know
• Jewish idiom for sexual intercourse between a man and a woman
• to become acquainted with, to know

For the Septuagint (ABP) word at this number, see G1097.1 below.

G1097.1

γλαύξ (glaux)

(GLAHFX)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — the owl, little owl. Named in the unclean-bird catalogues of the dietary law, between raven-kind and hawk-kind.

• owl
• little owl

Septuagint usage

2 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Leviticus 11:15 (and every raven and the ones like it — and the owl); Deuteronomy 14:15 (and the owl, and the seagull, and the ones like it).

G1098

γλεῦκος (gleûkos)

(glyoo'-kos | GLEV-kose | GLAYF-kose)

Definition

akin to G1099; sweet wine, i.e., (properly) must (fresh juice), but used of the more saccharine (and therefore highly inebriating) fermented wine; new wine.

• the sweet juice pressed the grape, sweet wine

See also

G1099

For the Septuagint (ABP) words at this number, see G1098.1–G1098.5 below.

G1098.1

γλυκάζω (glykazō)

(glee-KAD-zo)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Verb — to be sweet, taste sweet (from γλυκύς, sweet). The scroll-meal at Ezekiel's commissioning: 'your mouth shall eat and your belly shall be filled with this roll... and I ate it, and it became in my mouth as honey being sweet' — a scroll written with lamentation (Ezekiel 2:10), sweet in the eating because it is His word (Psalm 119:103); the same taste-and-bitterness John relives with his little scroll (Revelation 10:9-10).

• to taste sweet
• to be sweet

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Ezekiel 3:3 (and he said to me, O son of man, your mouth shall eat and your belly shall be filled with this roll being given to you — and I ate it, and it became in my mouth as honey, sweet).

G1098.2

γλυκαίνω (glykainō)

(glee-KEH-noh)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Verb — to sweeten (γλυκύς, G1099, sweet). The Marah verb: the tree shown to Moses, cast into the bitter waters, "and the water was sweetened." Psalm 55 uses it of fellowship made bitter by betrayal: "you who sweetened food together with me."

• to sweeten
• to be sweet

Septuagint usage

5 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Exodus 15:25 (the tree cast into Marah, and the waters were sweetened); Job 20:12 (evil sweet in the wicked man's mouth, hidden under his tongue); Psalm 55:14 (the familiar friend who sweetened meals together — walking to the house of God in company); Proverbs 24:13 (eat honey, my son, that your palate may be sweetened).

See also

G1099

G1098.3

γλύκασμα (glykasma)

(GLEE-kahs-mah)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — a sweet thing, sweetness (from γλυκύς, sweet). Nehemiah's festival command — eat the fat and drink the sweet, for the joy of the LORD is your strength — and the honeycomb of good words, whose sweetness is healing of soul.

• sweet thing
• sweetness

Septuagint usage

2 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Nehemiah 8:10 ("go, eat fat things and drink sweet things, and send portions to the ones having nothing — for the day is holy to our Lord; and do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is our strength"); Proverbs 16:24 (good words are honeycombs — and their sweetness is healing of the soul).

G1098.4

γλυκασμός (glykasmos)

(ghlee-kaz-MOS)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — sweetness, sweet new wine (from γλυκύς, sweet). The Beloved's mouth in the Song — "his mouth is sweetness" — and the prophets' twin visions of mountains dripping sweet wine in the day of restoration.

• sweetness
• sweet wine

Septuagint usage

3 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Song of Solomon 5:16 ("his mouth is sweetness, and he is altogether desirable — this is my beloved, and this is my friend"); Joel 3:18 (in that day the mountains shall drip sweetness, the hills flow with milk, and a fountain shall go out from the house of the LORD); Amos 9:13 (the days are coming — the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the mountains shall drip sweet wine, and all the hills shall flow with it).

G1098.5

γλυκερός (glykeros)

(glee-keh-ROS)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Adjective — sweet. Lady Folly's whole menu: 'touch secret bread loaves with pleasure — and drink sweet water of theft.' Sweetness as marketing for the stolen; the host's guest-list is the correction: 'he does not know that earth-born ones perish by her, and he meets with a snare of Hades' (Proverbs 9:17-18).

• sweet

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Proverbs 9:17 (touch bread loaves of secrets with pleasure — and drink sweet water of fraud).

G1099

γλυκύς (glykýs)

(gloo-koos' | gloo-KOOS | glyoo-KYOOS)

Definition

of uncertain affinity; sweet (i.e., not bitter nor salt); sweet, fresh.

• sweet

For the Septuagint (ABP) words at this number, see G1099.1–G1099.5 below.

G1099.1

γλυκύτης (glykytēs)

(glee-KEE-tees)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — sweetness (from γλυκύς, sweet). The fig tree's answer in Jotham's fable: 'leaving my sweetness and my good produce, should I go to rule over the trees?' Every fruitful candidate declines the throne over Shechem; only the bramble accepts — and offers shade it does not have, with fire in the fine print (Judges 9:8-15).

• sweetness

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Judges 9:11 (and the fig-tree said to them, Leaving my sweetness and my good produce — should I go to rule over the trees?).

G1099.2

γλύμμα (glymma)

(GHLEEM-mah)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — a carved thing, an engraving (from γλύφω, to carve). The seal-engraver's art on the onyx stones bearing Israel's names — the powerless carving the idol-bearers lift in Isaiah — and the LXX's surprising name for Zion's gates (where the Hebrew calls them Praise, the Greek hears carved-work): "your walls Salvation and your gates Carving."

• carving
• engraved work

Septuagint usage

3 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Exodus 28:11 (the work of a stone-engraver, like the carving of a seal — the two onyx stones engraved with the names of the sons of Israel); Isaiah 45:20 ("they have no knowledge who lift up the wood of their carving, and pray to a god that cannot save"); Isaiah 60:18 (violence no more in your land — "your walls shall be called Salvation, and your gates Carving").

G1099.3

γλυπτός (glyptos)

(glip-TOSS)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Verbal adjective of γλύφω (to carve, engrave), used substantively; a carved image, graven idol — the LXX's standing rendering of the Hebrew פֶּסֶל (pesel), the word of the second commandment (Deuteronomy 5:8).

• carved image, graven image, idol

Septuagint usage

55 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Exodus 34:13; Leviticus 26:1; Deuteronomy 4:16; Deuteronomy 5:8 ("you shall not make for yourself a carved image"); Deuteronomy 7:5 ("burn their carved images with fire"); Isaiah 42:8 ("My glory I will not give... to the carved images").

See also

G1497

G1099.4

γλυφή (glyphē)

(ghlee-FEE)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun from γλύφω (to carve, engrave); carving, engraving — rendering the Hebrew פִּתּוּחַ (pittuach). The craft-word of the sanctuary: the twelve tribes' names cut into the breastpiece stones "like the engraving of a seal," and the carved work of Solomon's and Ezekiel's temples.

• carving, engraved work
• seal-engraving

Septuagint usage

9 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Exodus 25:7 (stones for the carving for the shoulder-piece); Exodus 28:21 (the twelve stones engraved like a seal with the names of the sons of Israel); 2 Chronicles 2:14 (Huram-abi, skilled to make every carving); Ezekiel 41:25 (carvings of cherubim and palm trees on the temple doors).

G1099.5

γλύφω (glyphō)

(GLEE-fo)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Verb; to carve, engrave — the engraving of the two onyx stones with the names of the sons of Israel for the ephod, the carved work of Solomon's temple walls, and the carving of idols in Isaiah's polemic.

• to carve, engrave

Septuagint usage

12 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Exodus 28:9 (engrave on the two stones the names of the sons of Israel); 1 Kings 6:18; 2 Chronicles 3:7 (cherubim carved on the walls); Isaiah 44:9 (those who carve gods will be shamed).

G1100

γλῶσσα (glōssa)

(gloce-sah' | GLOSE-sa | GLOSE-sa)

Definition

of uncertain affinity; the tongue; by implication, a language (specially, one naturally unacquired); tongue.

• the tongue, a member of the body, an organ of speech
  • the language or dialect used by a particular people distinct from that of other nations