Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

Q

Quake — Quit

Quake

1: ἔντρομος
(Strong's #1790 — Adjective — entromos — en'-trom-os )

an adjective signifying "trembling with fear" (en, "in," tremo, "to tremble"), is used with eimi, "to be," in Hebrews 12:21 (some mss. have ektromos, with the same meaning), "I quake," lit., "I am trembling." It is used with ginomai, "to become," in Acts 7:32 , "trembled," lit., "became trembling," and Acts 16:29 , RV, "trembling for fear" (AV, "came trembling"). See TREMBLE.

2: σείω
(Strong's #4579 — Verb — seio — si'-o )

"did quake," Matthew 27:51 ; Matthew 28:4 , RV (AV, "did shake"). See MOVE , No. 3, SHAKE, TREMBLE.

Quarrel

* For QUARREL See COMPLAINT , No. 2, and SET, No. 15, Mark 6:19 , RV

Quarter

1: πάντοθεν
(Strong's #3840 — Adverb — pantothen — pan-toth'-en )

"from all sides," is translated "from every quarter" in Mark 1:45 . See EVERY SIDE , ROUND ABOUT.

Notes: (1) In Revelation 20:8 , AV, gonia, "an angle, corner," is rendered "quarter" (RV, "corner"). (2) In Acts 16:3 , AV, topois, "parts" (RV) is translated "quarters." (3) In Acts 9:32 the phrase dia panton, lit., "throughout all," is rendered "throughout all parts," RV (meros, "a part," being understood), AV, "throughout all quarters." (4) For "quarters" in Acts 28:7 , AV, see NEIGHBORHOOD.

Quaternion

1: τετράδιον
(Strong's #5069 — Noun Neuter — tetradion — tet-rad'-ee-on )

"a group of four" (tetra---, "four"), occurs in Acts 12:4 . A "quaternion" was a set of four men occupied in the work of a guard, two soldiers being chained to the prisoner and two keeping watch; alternatively one of the four watched while the other three slept. The night was divided into four watches of three hours each; there would be one "quaternion" for each watch by day and by night. Cp. the "guard" in Matthew 27:65 ; Matthew 28:11 .

Queen

1: βασίλισσα
(Strong's #938 — Noun Feminine — basilissa — bas-il'-is-sah )

the feminine of basileus, "a king," is used (a) of the "Queen of Sheba," Matthew 12:42 ; Luke 11:31 ; of "Candace," Acts 8:27 ; (b) metaphorically, of "Babylon," Revelation 18:7 .

Quench, Unquenchable

A — 1: σβέννυμι
(Strong's #4570 — Verb — sbennumi — sben'-noo-mee )

is used (a) of "quenching" fire or things on fire, Matthew 12:20 , quoted from Isaiah 42:3 , figurative of the condition of the feeble; Hebrews 11:34 ; in the Passive Voice, Matthew 25:8 , of torches (see LAMP), RV , "are going out," lit., "are being quenched;" of the retributive doom hereafter of sin unrepented of and unremitted in this life, Mark 9:48 (in some mss. in Mark 9:44, 46 ); (b) metaphorically, of "quenching" the fire-tipped darts of the evil one, Ephesians 6:16 ; of "quenching" the Spirit, by hindering His operations in oral testimony in the church gatherings of believers, 1 Thessalonians 5:19 . "The peace, order, and edification of the saints were evidence of the ministry of the Spirit among them, 1 Corinthians 14:26, 32, 33, 40 , but if, through ignorance of His ways, or through failure to recognize, or refusal to submit to, them, or through impatience with the ignorance or self-will of others, the Spirit were quenched, these happy results would be absent. For there was always the danger that the impulses of the flesh might usurp the place of the energy of the Spirit in the assembly, and the endeavor to restrain this evil by natural means would have the effect of hindering His ministry also. Apparently then, this injunction was intended to warn believers against the substitution of a mechanical order for the restraints of the Spirit." * [* From Notes on Thessalonians, by Hogg and Vine, p. 196.] Cp. Song of Song of Solomon 8:7 .

B — 1: ἄσβεστος
(Strong's #762 — Adjective — asbestos — as'-bes-tos )

"not quenched" (a, negative, and A), is used of the doom of persons described figuratively as "chaff," Matthew 3:12 ; Luke 3:17 , "unquenchable;" of the fire of Gehenna (see HELL), Mark 9:43 , RV , "unquenchable fire" (in some mss. ver. 45). In the Sept., Job 20:26 .

Question, Questioning

A — 1: ζήτησις
(Strong's #2214 — Noun Feminine — zetesis — dzay'-tay-sis )

primarily "a seeking, search" (zeteo, "to seek"), for which see DISPUTATION , is used in John 3:25 ; Acts 25:20 , RV , "(being perplexed) how to inquire (concerning these things)," AV "(because I doubted of such manner) of questions," lit., "being perplexed as to the inquiry (or discussion) concerning these things;" in 1 Timothy 1:4 (in some mss.); 6:4; 2 Timothy 2:23 ; Titus 3:9 . See INQUIRY.

A — 2: ζήτημα
(Strong's #2213 — Noun Neuter — zetema — dzay'-tay-mah )

synonymous with No. 1, but, generally speaking, suggesting in a more concrete form the subject of an inquiry, occurs in Acts 15:2 ; Acts 18:15 ; Acts 23:29 ; Acts 25:19 ; Acts 26:3 .

A — 3: λόγος
(Strong's #3056 — Noun Masculine — logos — log'-os )

"a word," is translated "question" in Matthew 21:24 (AV, "thing"); in Mark 11:29 (RV, marg., "word") and Luke 20:3 , AV, "one thing:" there is no word in the original for "one," hence the RV, "a question."

A — 4: ἐΞ
(Strong's #1537 2214 — Preposition — ekzetesis — ek, ex )

"a questioning," is found in the best texts in 1 Timothy 1:4 (see RV); cp. No. 1.

Notes: (1) In Matthew 22:41 , there is no word in the original for "question." (2) For suzetesis or sunzetesis, "a questioning together" (sun, "with"), see DISPUTATION. (3) In Acts 19:40 , AV, enkaleo, "to bring a charge against," is translated "to be called in question" (RV, "to be accused").

B — 1: συζητέω
(Strong's #4802 — Verb — suzeteo — sood-zay-teh'-o )

or sunzeteo, "to search together" (cp. Note, above), "to discuss, dispute," is translated "to question" (or "question with or together") in Mark 1:27 ; Mark 8:11 ; Mark 9:10, 14, 16 ; Mark 12:28 , RV (AV, "reasoning together"); Luke 22:23 , RV (AV, "inquire"); 24:15, RV (AV, "reasoned"). See DISPUTE , B, No. 3, INQUIRE, REASON.

B — 2: ἐπερωτάω
(Strong's #1905 — Verb — eperotao — ep-er-o-tah'-o )

"to ask," is translated "asked ... a question," in Matthew 22:35, 41 ; in Luke 2:46 , "asking ... questions;" "questioned" in Luke 23:9 . See ASK , A, No. 3.

Quick

* For QUICK, see DISCERN , C, LIVE , No. 3, Note

Quicken

1: ζῳοποιέω
(Strong's #2227 — Verb — zoopoieo — dzo-op-oy-eh'-o )

"to make alive:" see LIFE , C.

2: ζῳογονέω
(Strong's #2225 — Verb — zoogoneo — dzo-og-on-eh'-o )

"to endue with life, produce alive, preserve alive:" see LIVE , No. 6.

3: συζωοποιέω
(Strong's #4806 — Verb — suzoopoieo | sunzoopoieo — sood-zo-op-oy-eh'-o )

"to quicken together with, make alive with" (sun, "with" and No. 1), is used in Ephesians 2:5 ; Colossians 2:13 , of the spiritual life with Christ, imparted to believers at their conversion.

Quickly

1: ταχύ
(Strong's #5035 — Adverb — tachu — takh-oo' )

the neuter of tachus, "swift, quick," signifies "quickly," Matthew 5:25 ; Matthew 28:7, 8 ; Mark 9:39 , RV (AV, "lightly"); Luke 15:22 ; John 11:29 ; Revelation 2:16 (ver. 5 in some mss.); 3:11; 11:14; 22:7,12,20. See LIGHTLY.

2: τάχιον
(Strong's #5032 — Adverb — tacheion — takh'-ee-on )

the comparative degree of No. 1, is translated "quickly" in John 13:27 ; "out(ran)" in John 20:4 , RV, lit., "(ran before) more quickly (than Peter);" "shortly" in 1 Timothy 3:14 ; Hebrews 13:23 ; in Hebrews 13:19 , "(the) sooner." See SHORTLY.

3: ταχέως
(Strong's #5030 — Adverb — tacheos — takh-eh'-oce )

akin to No. 1, is translated "quickly" in Luke 14:21 ; Luke 16:6 ; John 11:31 , RV; "shortly" in 1 Corinthians 4:19 ; Philippians 2:19, 24 ; 2 Timothy 4:9 ; with a suggestion of rashness in the following, Galatians 1:6 , RV, "quickly" (AV, "soon"); 2 Thessalonians 2:2 ; and 1 Timothy 5:22 , "hastily," (AV, "suddenly"). See HASTILY , C.

4: ἐν
(Strong's #1722 5034 — Preposition — en tachei — en )

lit., "in, or with, swiftness, with speed" (en, "in," and the dative case of tachos, "speed"), is translated "quickly" in Acts 12:7 ; Acts 22:18 ; "speedily" in Luke 18:8 ; "shortly" in Acts 25:4 ; Romans 16:20 ; 1 Timothy 3:14 in some texts; Revelation 1:1 ; Revelation 22:6 . In the last two places, "with speed" is probably the meaning. See SHORTLY , SPEEDILY.

Quicksands

* Note: This is the AV rendering in Acts 27:17 of Surtis, "Syrtis" (RV). The Syrtes, Major and Minor, lie on the north coast of Africa, between the headlands of Tunis and Barca. They have been regarded as dangerous to mariners from very early times, both from the character of the sands and from the crosscurrents of the adjoining waters. In the voyage described in this chapter the vessel had left the shelter of the island of Cauda and was drifting before the N.E. wind Euraquilo. The mariners might well fear that they would be driven on the Syrtes on the leeward of their course. The changing character of the tempest, however, drove them into the sea of Adria.

Quiet, Quietness

A — 1: ἤρεμος
(Strong's #2263 — Adjective — eremos — ay'-rem-os )

"quiet, tranquil," occurs in 1 Timothy 2:2 , RV, "tranquil" (AV, "quiet"); it indicates tranquillity arising from without.

A — 2: ἡσύχιος
(Strong's #2272 — Adjective — hesuchios — hay-soo'-khee-os )

has much the same meaning as No. 1, but indicates "tranquillity arising from within," causing no distrubance to others. It is translated "quiet" in 1 Timothy 2:2 , RV (AV, "peaceable"); "quiet" in 1 Peter 3:4 , where it is associated with "meek," and is to characterize the spirit or disposition. See PEACEABLE.

B — 1: ἡσυχάζω
(Strong's #2270 — Verb — hesuchazo — hay-soo-khad'-zo )

akin to A, No, 2, "to be still, to live quietly:" see CEASE , A, No. 3.

B — 2: καταστέλλω
(Strong's #2687 — Verb — katastello — kat-as-tel'-lo )

denotes "to quiet:" see APPEASE.

B — 3: ἡσυχάζω
(Strong's #2270 — Verb — hesuchazo — hay-soo-khad'-zo )

akin to A, No, 2, "to be still, to live quietly:" see CEASE , A, No. 3.

C — 1: εἰρήνη
(Strong's #1515 — Noun Feminine — eirene — i-rah'-nay )

"peace," is translated "quietness" in Acts 24:2 , AV (RV, "peace"). See PEACE (e).

C — 2: ἡσυχία
(Strong's #2271 — Noun Feminine — hesuchia — hay-soo-khee'-ah )

akin to A, No. 2, and B. No. 1, denotes "quietness," 2 Thessalonians 3:12 ; it is so translated in the RV of 1 Timothy 2:11, 12 (AV, "silence"); in Acts 22:2 , RV, "(they were the more) quiet," AV, "(they kept the more) silence," lit., "they kept quietness the more."

Quit

1: ἀπαλλάσσω
(Strong's #525 — Verb — apallasso — ap-al-las'-so )

"to free from," is used in the Passive Voice in Luke 12:58 , RV, "to be quit" (AV, "to be delivered"). See DELIVER , A, No. 6.

2: ἀνδρίζω
(Strong's #407 — Verb — andrizo — an-drid'-zom-ahee )

signifies "to make a man of" (aner, "a man"); in the Middle Voice, in 1 Corinthians 16:13 , "to play the man," "quit you like men."