Hebrew Lexicon.

confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league. - a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh) 1) covenant, alliance, pledge 1a) between men 1a1) treaty, alliance, league (man to man) 1a2) constitution, ordinance (monarch to subjects) 1a3) agreement, pledge (man to man) 1a4) alliance (of friendship) 1a5) alliance (of marriage) 1b) between God and man 1b1) alliance (of friendship) 1b2) covenant (divine ordinance with signs or pledges) 2) (phrases) 2a) covenant making 2b) covenant keeping 2c) covenant violation

Berith. - § Berith = "covenant" - Berith, a Shechemitish deity 1) in the name of Baal-berith, a foreign deity worshipped in Shechem

sope. - vegetable alkali 1) lye, potash, soap, alkali (used in washing)

[idiom] abundantly, [idiom] altogether, [idiom] at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, [idiom] greatly, [idiom] indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, [idiom] still, thank. - to kneel - by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit) - also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason) 1) to bless, kneel 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to kneel 1a2) to bless 1b) (Niphal) to be blessed, bless oneself 1c) (Piel) to bless 1d) (Pual) to be blessed, be adored 1e) (Hiphil) to cause to kneel 1f) (Hithpael) to bless oneself 2) (TWOT) to praise, salute, curse

Adami. - § Adami = "man of Adar" - Adami, a place in Palestine 1) a pass or fortified place in Naphtali

knee. - a knee 1) knee 2) weak from fear (fig.)

Barachel. - § Barachel = "God blesses" - Barakel, the father of one of Job's friends 1) father of Elihu

blessing, liberal, pool, present. - benediction - by implication prosperity 1) blessing 2) (source of) blessing 3) blessing, prosperity 4) blessing, praise of God 5) a gift, present 6) treaty of peace

Berachah. - § Berachah = "blessing" - Berakah, the name of an Israelite, and also of a valley in Palestine n pr m 1) a Benjamite, one of David's warriors n pr loc 2) a valley in the wilderness near Tekoa where Jehoshaphat and his people assembled to bless Jehovah after the overthrow of the hosts of the Moabites

(fish-) pool. - a reservoir (at which camels kneel as a resting-place) 1) pool, pond

Berachiah, Berechiah. - § Berachiah or Berechiah = "Jehovah blesses" - Berekjah, the name of six Israelites 1) a son of Zerubbabel 2) a Levite who returned for the exile 3) father of Meshullam, one of Nehemiah's chiefs who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem 4) father of Zechariah 5) a Gershonite Levite, the father of Asaph, the singer, doorkeeper of the ark 6) an Ephraimite chief in the time of Ahaz

Bera. - § Bera = "son of evil" - Bera, a Sodomitish king 1) a king of Sodom

cast forth. - to lighten (lightning) 1) (Qal) to flash lightning, cast forth (lightning)

destruction. - a perishing 1) destruction

Edomite. - an Edomite, or descendants from (or inhabitants of) Edom 1) Edomite

bright, glitter(-ing sword), lightning. - lightning - by analogy, a gleam - concretely, a flashing sword 1) lightning 1a) lightnings, lightning flashes 1b) of flashing arrow-head (fig.)

Barak. - § Barak = "lightning" or "lightning flash" - Barak, an Israelite 1) son of Abinoam of Kedesh who, incited by Deborah, a prophetess of Ephraim, delivered the Israelites from the yoke of Jabin by routing the Canaanites in the plain of Jezreel

Barkos. - § Barkos = "the son cut off" - Barkos, one of the Nethimim 1) head of a family of temple-slaves who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

brier. - a thorn (perhaps as burning brightly) 1) briers, briars

carbuncle. - a gem (as flashing), perhaps the emerald 1) a gem, precious stone, emerald (Josephus)

make bright, choice, chosen, cleanse (be clean), clearly, polished, (shew self) pure(-ify), purge (out). - to clarify (i.e. brighten), examine, select 1) to purify, select, polish, choose, purge, cleanse or make bright, test or prove 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to purge, purge out, purify 1a2) to choose, select 1a3) to cleanse, make shining, polish 1a4) to test, prove 1b) (Niphal) to purify oneself 1c) (Piel) to purify 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to purify 1d2) to polish arrows 1e) (Hithpael) 1e1) to purify oneself 1e2) to show oneself pure, just, kind

Birsha. - § Birsha = "with iniquity" - Birsha, a king of Gomorrah 1) a king of Gomorrah

Berothite. - § Berothite = "my wells" - a Berothite, or inhabitant of Berothai 1) an inhabitant of Berothah

Besor. - § Besor = "cheerful" - Besor, a stream of Palestine 1) a stream, torrent-bed, or wadi in extreme south of Judah in Philistia

reward for tidings. - glad tidings - by implication, reward forgood news 1) news, good news, tidings, reward for good news 1a) good tidings 1b) tidings, news 1c) reward for good tidings

Adummim. - § Adummim = "ruddy one: quieted ones?" - Adummim, a pass in Palestine 1) pass or ridge of hills, west of Gilgal

bake, boil, bring forth, roast, seethe, sod (be sodden). - properly, to boil up - hence, to be done in cooking - figuratively to ripen 1) to boil, cook, bake, roast, ripen, grow ripe 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to boil, cook 1a2) to grow ripe, ripen 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to boil 1b2) to cook 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to be boiled 1c2) to be sodden 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to ripen 1d2) ripen, brought to ripeness

[idiom] at all, sodden. - boiled 1) cooked, boiled

Bishlam. - § Bishlam = "in peace" - Bishlam, a Persian 1) a Persian officer in Palestine in the time of Ezra

spice. - the balsam plant 1) spice, balsam 2) (TWOT) sweet, sweet smell, sweet odour

smell, spice, sweet (odour). - fragrance - by implication, spicery - also the balsam plant 1) spice, balsam, balsam tree, perfume 2) (TWOT) sweet, sweet smell, sweet odour

Bashemath, Basmath. - § Bashemath or Basmath = "spice" - Bosmath, the name of a wife of Esau, and of a daughter of Solomon 1) Hittite wife of Esau, daughter of Ishmael, sister of Nebaioth 2) daughter of Solomon, wife of Ahimaaz, one of Solomon's commissariat officers

Bashan. - § Bashan = "fruitful" - Bashan (often with the article), a region East of the Jordan 1) a district east of the Jordan known for its fertility which was given to the half-tribe of Manasseh

shame. - shamefulness 1) shame 1a) shame 1b) shameful thing

tread. - to trample down 1) to tread down, trample 1a) (Poel) trampling

messenger, preach, publish, shew forth, (bear, bring, carry, preach, good, tell good) tidings. - properly, to be fresh, i.e. full (rosy, (figuratively) cheerful) - to announce (glad news) 1) to bear news, bear tidings, publish, preach, show forth 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to gladden with good news 1a2) to bear news 1a3) to announce (salvation) as good news, preach 1b) (Hithpael) to receive good news

red, ruddy. - reddish (of the hair or the complexion) 1) red, ruddy (of Esau as infant)

body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin. - flesh (from its freshness) - by extension, body, person - also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman 1) flesh 1a) of the body 1a1) of humans 1a2) of animals 1b) the body itself 1c) male organ of generation (euphemism) 1d) kindred, blood-relations 1e) flesh as frail or erring (man against God) 1f) all living things 1g) animals 1h) mankind

ashamed, confusion, [phrase] greatly, (put to) shame(-ful thing). - shame (the feeling and the condition, as well as its cause) - by implication (specifically) an idol 1) shame 1a) shame 1b) shameful thing

apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village. - a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively) n f 1) daughter 1a) daughter, girl, adopted daughter, daughter-in-law, sister, granddaughters, female child, cousin 1a1) as polite address n pr f 1a2) as designation of women of a particular place 2) young women, women 1a3) as personification 1a4) daughter-villages 1a5) description of character

bath. - a bath or Hebrew measure (as a means of division) of liquids 1) bath, a unit of liquid measure, equal to dry measure ephah (about 9 imperial gallons or 40 litres, rabbinical writings give sizes of one-half this amount)

waste. - desolation 1) end, destruction

desolate. - desolation 1) cliff, precipice, steep

Bethuel. Compare בְּתוּל. - § Bethuel = "God destroys" or "man of God" or "dweller in God" - Bethuel, the name of a nephew of Abraham, and of a place in Palestine n pr m 1) nephew of Abraham, son of Nahor by Milcah, father of Rebekah n pr loc 2) a town of Simeon in the south

Bethuel. - § Bethul = "God destroys" or "man of God" or "dweller in God" - Bethul (i.e. Bethuel), a place in Palestine 1) a town of Simeon in the south (also spelled 'Bethuel')

Admatha. - § Admatha = "a testimony to them" - Admatha, a Persian nobleman 1) prince of Persia in reign of Ahasuerus (Xerxes)

maid, virgin. - a virgin (from her privacy) - sometimes (by continuation) a bride - also (figuratively) a city or state 1) virgin

[idiom] maid, virginity. - (collectively and abstractly) virginity - by implication and concretely, the tokens of it 1) virginity

Bithiah. - § Bithiah = "daughter of Jehovah" - Bithjah, an Egyptian woman 1) a daughter of a Pharaoh and wife of Mered of Judah

thrust through. - to cut in pieces 1) (Piel) to cut, cut up, cut off, cut down

divide. - to chop up 1) to cut in two 1a) (Qal) to cut in two 1b) (Piel) to cut in two

part, piece. - a section 1) part, piece 1a) of the parts of an animal cut in half for a sacrifice

Bether. - § Bether = "cleft" - Bether, a (craggy) place in Palestine 1) a mountainous region in Palestine, site unknown

Bath-rabbim. - § Bath-rabbim = "daughter of multitudes" - the daughter (i.e. city) of Rabbah 1) the city of Heshbon or one of its gates

Bithron. - § Bithron = "division" or "cleft" or "ravine" - Bithron, a place East of the Jordan 1) a territory or district in the Jordan valley east of the Jordan

Bath-sheba. - § Bath-sheba = "daughter of an oath" - Bath-Sheba, the mother of Solomon 1) the wife of Uriah whom David had murdered, having had adulterous relations with her

foundation, socket. - a basis (of a building, a column, etc.) 1) base, pedestal, socket (strong, firm) 1a) pedestals of gold on which marble pillars were set 1b) pedestals of the earth, foundation of the earth 1c) pedestals, bases, or sockets on which tabernacle stood

Bath-shua. - § Bath-shua = "daughter of wealth" - Bath-shua, 1) the wife of Uriah whom David had murdered, having had adulterous relations with her

proud. - haughty 1) proud

gloriously, grow up, increase, be risen, triumph. - to mount up - hence, in general, to rise, (figuratively) be majestic 1) to rise up, grow up, be exalted in triumph 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to rise up 1a2) to grow up 1a3) to be lifted up, be raised up, be exalted

proud. - lofty - figuratively, arrogant 1) proud

pride. - arrogance 1) pride

Geuel. - § Geuel = "majesty of God" - Geuel, an Israelite 1) the Gadite chosen to spy out the land, son of Machi

excellency, haughtiness, highness, pride, proudly, swelling. - arrogance or majesty - by implication, (concretely) ornament 1) pride, majesty, a rising up 1a) a rising up, swelling (of the sea) 1b) majesty (of Israel) 1c) pride, haughtiness

arrogancy, excellency(-lent), majesty, pomp, pride, proud, swelling. - {arrogance or majesty - by implication, (concretely) ornament} 1) exaltation, majesty, pride 1a) majesty, exaltation, excellence 1a1) of nations 1a2) of God 1a3) of the Jordan 1b) pride, arrogance (bad sense)

excellent things, lifting up, majesty, pride, proudly, raging. - {arrogance or majesty - by implication, (concretely) ornament} 1) majesty 1a) a rising up (of column of smoke) 1b) a swelling (of sea) 1c) majesty (of God) 1d) pride

proud. - haughty 1) proud

Addan. - § Addan = "strong, firm" - Addan, an Israelite 1) place in Babylon, from which exiles returned

[idiom] in any wise, [idiom] at all, avenger, deliver, (do, perform the part of near, next) kinsfolk(-man), purchase, ransom, redeem(-er), revenger. - to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.) 1) to redeem, act as kinsman-redeemer, avenge, revenge, ransom, do the part of a kinsman 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to act as kinsman, do the part of next of kin, act as kinsman-redeemer 1a1a) by marrying brother's widow to beget a child for him, to redeem from slavery, to redeem land, to exact vengeance 1a2) to redeem (by payment) 1a3) to redeem (with God as subject) 1a3a) individuals from death 1a3b) Israel from Egyptian bondage 1a3c) Israel from exile 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to redeem oneself 1b2) to be redeemed

defile, pollute, stain. - to soil or (figuratively) desecrate 1) to defile, pollute, desecrate 1a) (Niphal) to be defiled, be polluted 1b) (Piel) to pollute, desecrate 1c)(Pual) to be desecrated (of removal from priesthood) 1d) (Hiphil) to pollute, stain 1e) (Hithpael) to defile oneself

defile. - profanation 1) defilement, defiling

kindred, redeem, redemption, right. - redemption (including the right and the object) - by implication, relationship 1) kindred, redemption, right of redemption, price of redemption 1a) kin, kindred 1b) redemption 1c) right of redemption 1d) price of redemption, redemption price

back, body, boss, eminent (higher) place, (eye) brows, nave, ring. - the back (as rounded) - by analogy, the top or rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks, etc. 1) convex surface, back 1a) back (of man) 1b) mound (for illicit worship) 1c) boss (convex projection of shield) 1d) bulwarks, breastworks (of arguments-fig.) 1e) brow, eyebrow 1f) rim (of wheel)

beam, ditch, pit. - a log (as cut out) - also well or cistern (as dug) 1) pit, trench, ditch, beam, rafter 1a) pit, trench 1b) beam, rafter

locust. - a locust (from its cutting) 1) locust

Gob. - § Gob = "cistern" - Gob, a place in Palestine 1) a place which was the scene of two encounters between David's warriors and the Philistines (also '"Gezer')

(my) Lord. - the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) 1) my lord, lord 1a) of men 1b) of God 2) Lord-title, spoken in place of Yahweh in Jewish display of reverence

marish, pit. - a reservoir - by analogy, a marsh 1) cistern, pool 1a) cistern 1b) pool, marsh

exalt, be haughty, be (make) high(-er), lift up, mount up, be proud, raise up great height, upward. - to soar, i.e. be lofty - figuratively, to be haughty 1) to be high, be exalted 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be high, lofty, tall 1a2) to be exalted 1a3) to be lofty 1a3a) to be lofty (of Jehovah's ways-good sense) 1a3b) to be haughty, be arrogant (bad sense) 1b) (Hiphil) to make high, exalt

high, proud. - lofty (literally or figuratively) 1) high, proud 1a) high, lofty, tall 1b) exalted in station 1c) haughty, proud

excellency, haughty, height, high, loftiness, pride. - elation, grandeur, arrogance 1) height, exaltation 1a) height 1b) exaltation, grandeur 1c) haughtiness

haughty, height, high(-er), lofty, proud, [idiom] exceeding proudly. - elevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant adj 1) high, exalted 1a) high, tall 1b) high (in position) 1c) proud, haughty n m 2) loftiness

loftiness, lofty. - pride 1) haughtiness

border, bound, coast, [idiom] great, landmark, limit, quarter, space. - properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary - by extension the territory inclosed 1) border, territory 1a) border 1b) territory (enclosed within boundary) 1c) region, territory (of darkness) (fig.)

border, bound, coast, landmark. place. - a boundary, region 1) border, boundary

champion, chief, [idiom] excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man. - powerful - by implication, warrior, tyrant adj 1) strong, mighty n m 2) strong man, brave man, mighty man

force, mastery, might, mighty (act, power), power, strength. - force (literally or figuratively) - by implication, valor, victory 1) strength, might 1a) strength 1b) might, valour, bravery 1c) might, mighty deeds (of God)

Adonibezek. - § Adoni-Bezek = "my lord is Besek" - Adoni-Bezek - a Canaanitish king 1) king of the Canaanite city of Bezek, killed by Israelites

forehead bald. - bald in the forehead 1) to be high, bald (in the forehead), having a bald forehead

bald forehead, [idiom] without. - baldness in the forehead - by analogy, a bare spot on the right side of cloth 1) bald forehead, bald, a bare spot

Gabbai. - § Gabbai = "my back" - Gabbai, an Israelite 1) the head of an important Benjamite family living in Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

Gebim. - § Gebim = "cisterns" - Gebim, a place in Palestine 1) a village north of Jerusalem apparently between Anathoth (modern Anata) and the ridge on which Nob was situated

house, cup, pot. - a goblet - by analogy, the calyx of aflower 1) cup, bowl

lord. - a master 1) lord, ruler

queen. - a mistress 1) queen, lady 2) queen-mother

pearl. - crystal (from its resemblance to ice) 1) crystal

be border, set (bounds about). - properly, to twist as arope - to bound (as by a line) 1) to bound, border 1a) (Qal) to bound, border 1b) (Hiphil) to set bounds, set bounds for

Adonijah. - § Adonijah = "my lord is Jehovah" - Adonijah, the name of three Israelites 1) fourth son of David and Solomon's rival for the throne 2) Levite sent by Jehoshaphat to teach the Law 3) a chief of the people who co-operated with Nehemiah

Gebal. - § Gebal = "mountain" - Gebal, a place in Phoenicia 1) a maritime town of Phoenicia near Tyre (modern 'Jebeil') known to the Greeks as 'Byblus'

Gebal. - § Gebal = "a boundary" - Gebal, a region in Idumaea 1) a mountainous area south of the Dead Sea