Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

Dignity, Dignities — Dysentery

Dignity, Dignities

1: δόξα
(Strong's #1391 — Noun Feminine — doxa — dox'-ah )

primarily denotes "an opinion, estimation, repute;" in the NT, always "good opinion, praise, honor, glory, an appearance commanding respect, magnificience, excellence, manifestation of glory;" hence, of angelic powers, in respect of their state as commanding recognition, "dignities," 2 Peter 2:10 ; Jude 1:8 . See GLORY , HONOR , PRAISE , WORSHIP.

Diligence, Diligent, Diligently

A — 1: ἐργασία
(Strong's #2039 — Noun Feminine — ergasia — er-gas-ee'-ah )

lit., "a working" (akin to ergon, "work"), is indicative of a process, in contrast to the concrete, ergon, e.g., Ephesians 4:19 , lit., "unto a working" (RV marg., "to make a trade of"); contrast ergon in ver. 12; (b) "business," Acts 19:25 , RV (for AV, "craft"); or gain got by "work," Acts 16:16, 19 ; Acts 19:24 ; (c) endeavor, pains, "diligence," Luke 12:58 . See CRAFT , GAIN , WORK.

A — 2: σπουδή
(Strong's #4710 — Noun Feminine — spoude — spoo-day' )

"earnestness, zeal," or sometimes "the haste accompanying this," Mark 6:25 ; Luke 1:39 , is translated "diligence" in Romans 12:8 ; in ver. 11, AV, "business" (RV, "diligence"); in 2 Corinthians 8:7 , AV, "diligence," RV, "earnestness;" both have "diligence" in Hebrews 6:11 ; 2 Peter 1:5 ; Jude 1:3 ; in 2 Corinthians 7:11, 12 , RV, "earnest care," AV, "carefulness," and "care." See CARE.

B — 1: σπουδάζω
(Strong's #4704 — Verb — spoudazo — spoo-dad'-zo )

has meanings corresponding to A, No. 2; it signifies "to hasten to do a thing, to exert oneself, endeavor, give diligence;" in Galatians 2:10 , of remembering the poor, AV, "was forward," RV, "was zealous;" in Ephesians 4:3 , of keeping the unity of the Spirit, AV "endeavoring," RV, "giving diligence;" in 1 Thessalonians 2:17 , of going to see friends, "endeavored;" in 2 Timothy 4:9 ; 2 Timothy 4:21 , "do thy diligence;" in the following the RV uses the verb "to give diligence:" 2 Timothy 2:15 , AV, "study;" Titus 3:12 , AV, "be diligent;" Hebrews 4:11 , of keeping continuous Sabbath rest, AV, "let us labor;" in 2 Peter 1:10 , of making our calling and election sure; in 2 Peter 1:15 , of enabling believers to call Scripture truth to remembrance, AV, "endeavour;" in 2 Peter 3:14 , of being found in peace without fault and blameless, when the Lord comes, AV, "be diligent." See ENDEAVOR , FORWARD , LABOR , STUDY , ZEALOUS.

B — 2: μελετάω
(Strong's #3191 — Verb — meletao — mel-et-ah'-o )

signifies "to care for, attend carefully" (from melete, "care"); in 1 Timothy 4:15 , AV, "meditate," RV, "be diligent in;" in Acts 4:25 , "imagine" (marg., "meditate"); in Mark 13:11 , the most authentic mss. have promerimnao. See IMAGINE , MEDITATE.

C — 1: σπουδαῖος
(Strong's #4705 — Adjective — spoudaios — spoo-dah'-yos )

akin to A, No. 2 and B, No. 1, primarily signifies "in haste;" hence, diligent, earnest, zealous, 2 Corinthians 8:22 , AV, "diligent," RV, "earnest." See EARNEST , FORWARD. In the Sept., Ezekiel 41:25 , "stout (planks)."

C — 2: σπουδαιότερος
(Strong's #4707 — Adjective — spoudaioteros — spoo-dah-yot'-er-os )

the comparative degree of No. 1,2 Corinthians 8:22 , AV, "more diligent," RV, "more "earnest;" in ver. 17, AV, "more forward," RV, "very earnest." See EARNEST; cp. FORWARD.

D — 1: ἐπιμελῶς
(Strong's #1960 — Adverb — epimelos — ep-ee-mel-oce' )

from epi, intensive, and an adverbial form of the impersonal verb melei, "it is a care" (cp. B, No. 2), signifies "carefully, diligently," Luke 15:8 .

D — 2: πυγμή
(Strong's #4435 — Noun Feminine — pugme — poog-may' )

the dative case of pugme, "a fist," lit. means "with the fist" (one hand being rubbed with the clenched fist of the other), a metaphorical expression for "thoroughly," in contrast to what is superficial; Mark 7:3 , RV and AV marg., "diligently" (AV, text, "oft"). It also signified "boxing" (not in the NT); cp. puktes and pugmachos, "a boxer" (Lat., pugnus and pugno; Eng., "pugilist"). In the Sept., Exodus 21:18 ; Isaiah 58:4 .

D — 3: σπουδαίως
(Strong's #4709 — Adverb — spoudaios — spoo-dah'-yoce )

"speedily, earnestly, diligently" (cp. the corresponding noun, verb and adjective above), is translated "earnestly" in the RV of Luke 7:4 (AV, "instantly"); "diligently" in Titus 3:13 . See INSTANTLY.

D — 4: σπουδαιοτέρως
(Strong's #4708 — Adverb — spoudaioteros — spoo-dah-yot-er'-oce )

the comparative degree of No. 3, "more diligently," is used in Philippians 2:28 , RV, "the more diligently" (AV, "the more carefully"). See CAREFULLY.

Notes: (1) Some mss. have the neuter of the comparative adjective spoudaioteron in 2 Timothy 1:17 . The most authentic texts have the adverb, No. 4.

D — 5: ἀκριβῶς
(Strong's #199 — Adverb — Akribos — ak-ree-boce' )

means "accurately, exactly." The AV translates it "diligently" in Matthew 2:8 ; Acts 18:25 ; "perfectly" in 1 Thessalonians 5:2 (cp. Luke 1:3 ). See ACCURATELY , CAREFUL , CIRCUMSPECTLY , PERFECTLY.

Diminishing

1: ἥττημα
(Strong's #2275 — Noun Neuter — hettema — hayt'-tay-mah )

see DEFECT.

Dine, Dinner

A — 1: ἀριστάω
(Strong's #709 — Verb — aristao — ar-is-tah'-o )

primarily, "to breakfast" (see B), was later used also with the meaning "to dine," e.g., Luke 11:37 ; in John 21:12, 15 , RV, "break your fast," and "had broken their fast," for AV, "dine;" obviously there it was the first meal in the day. In the Sept., Genesis 43:25 ; 1 Samuel 14:24 ; 1 Chronicles 13:7 .

B — 1: ἄριστον
(Strong's #712 — Noun Neuter — ariston — ar'-is-ton )

primarily, "the first food," taken early in the morning before work; the meal in the Pharisee's house, in Luke 11:37 , was a breakfast or early meal (see RV , marg.); the dinner was called deipnon. Later the breakfast was called akratisma (not in NT), and dinner, ariston, as in Matthew 22:4 ; Luke 11:38 ; Luke 14:12 .

Dip, Dipped, Dippeth

1: βάπτω
(Strong's #911 — Verb — bapto — bap'-to )

"to immerse, dip" (derived from a root signifying "deep"), also signified "to dye," which is suggested in Revelation 19:13 , of the Lord's garment "dipped (i.e., dyed) in blood" (RV, "sprinkled" translates the verb rhantizo: see SPRINKLED. It is elsewhere translated "to dip," Luke 16:24 ; John 13:26 . Cp. the longer form baptizo (primarily a frequentative form). See BAPTIZE.

2: ἐμβάπτω
(Strong's #1686 — Verb — embapto — em-bap'-to )

en, "in," and No. 1, "to dip into," is used of the act of Judas in "dipping" his hand with that of Christ in the dish, Matthew 26:23 ; Mark 14:20 .

Direct

1: κατευθύνω
(Strong's #2720 — Verb — kateuthuno — kat-yoo-thoo'-no )

"to make straight" (kata, "down," intensive, euthus, "straight," euthuno, "to straighten"), is translated "guide" in Luke 1:79 , of the Lord's "guidance" of the feet of His people; "direct," in 1 Thessalonians 3:11 , of His "directing" the way of His servants; in 2 Thessalonians 3:5 , of His "directing" the hearts of His saints into the love of God. See GUIDE.

Disallow

1: ἀποδοκιμάζω
(Strong's #593 — Verb — apodokimazo — ap-od-ok-ee-mad'-zo )

"to reject as the result of disapproval" (apo, "away from," dokimazo, "to approve"), is always translated "to reject," except in the AV of 1 Peter 2:4, 7 . See REJECT.

Disannul, Disannulling

A — 1: ἀθετέω
(Strong's #114 — Verb — atheteo — ath-et-eh'-o )

signifies "to put as of no value" (a, negative, theton, "what is placed," from tithemi, "to put, place"); hence, (a) "to act towards anything as though it were annulled;" e.g., to deprive a law of its force by opinions or acts contrary to it, Galatians 3:15 , AV, "disannulleth," RV, "maketh void;" (b) "to thwart the efficacy of anything, to nullify, to frustrate it," Luke 7:30 , "rejected;" 1 Corinthians 1:19 , "will I reject;" to make void, Galatians 2:21 ; to set at nought, Jude 1:8 , RV (AV, "despised"); the parallel passage, in 2 Peter 2:10 , has kataphroneo. In Mark 6:26 , the thought is that of breaking faith with. See DESPISE , A, Note (1).

A — 2: ἀκυρόω
(Strong's #208 — Verb — akuroo — ak-oo-ro'-o )

"to deprive of authority" (a, negative, kuros, "force, authority;" cp. kurios, "a lord," kuroo, "to strengthen"), hence, "to make of none effect," Matthew 15:6 ; Mark 7:13 , with reference to the commandment or word of God, RV, "to make void," is translated "disannul" in Galatians 3:17 , of the inability of the Law to deprive of force God's covenant with Abraham. This verb stresses the effect of the act, while No. 1 stresses the attitude of the rejector. See VOID.

B — 1: ἀθέτησις
(Strong's #115 — Noun Feminine — athetesis — ath-et'-ay-sis )

akin to A, No. 1, "a setting aside, abolition," is translated "disannulling" Hebrews 7:18 , with reference to a commandment; in Hebrews 9:26 "to put away," with reference to sin, lit., "for a putting away." See PUTTING , Note.

Disbelieve

1: ἀπιστέω
(Strong's #569 — Verb — apisteo — ap-is-teh'-o )

"to be unbelieving" (a, negative, pistis, "faith;" cp. apistos, "unbelieving"), is translated "believed not," etc., in the AV (except in 1 Peter 2:7 , "be disobedient"); "disbelieve" (or "disbelieved") in the RV, in Mark 16:11, 16 ; Luke 24:11, 41 ; Acts 28:24 ; "disbelieve" is the best rendering, implying that the unbeliever has had a full opportunity of believing and has rejected it; some mss. have apeitheo, "to be disobedient," in 1 Peter 2:7 ; Romans 3:3 , RV, "were without faith;" 2 Timothy 2:13 , RV, "are faithless. Cp. DISOBEDIENT, C. SEE BELIEVE.

Discern, Discerner, Discernment

A — 1: ἀνακρίνω
(Strong's #350 — Verb — anakrino — an-ak-ree'-no )

"to distinguish, or separate out so as to investigate (krino) by looking throughout (ana, intensive) objects or particulars," hence signifies "to examine, scrutinize, question, to hold a preliminary judicial examination preceding the trial proper" (this first examination, implying more to follow, is often present in the nonlegal uses of the word), e.g., Luke 23:14 ; figuratively, in 1 Corinthians 4:3 ; it is said of searching the Scriptures in Acts 17:11 ; of "discerning" or determining the excellence or defects of a person or thing, e.g., 1 Corinthians 2:14 , AV, "discerned;" RV, "judged;" in 1 Corinthians 10:27 , "asking (no) question" (i.e., not raising the question as to whether the meat is the residue from an idolatrous sacrifice). Except in Luke 23:14 , this word is found only in Acts and 1Cor. See EXAMINE , JUDGE.

A — 2: διακρίνω
(Strong's #1252 — Verb — diakrino — dee-ak-ree'-no )

signifies "to separate, discriminate;" then, "to learn by discriminating, to determine, decide." It is translated "discern" in Matthew 16:3 , of discriminating between the varying conditions of the sky (see dokimazo, No. 3, below, in Luke 12:56 ), and in 1 Corinthians 11:29 , with reference to partaking of the bread and the cup of the Lord's Supper unworthily, by not "discerning" or discriminating what they represent; in ver. 31, the RV has "discerned," for the AV, "would judge," of trying oneself, "discerning" one's condition, and so judging any evil before the Lord; in 1 Corinthians 14:29 , regarding oral testimony in a gathering of believers, it is used of "discerning" what is of the Holy Spirit, RV, "discern" (AV, "judge"). See CONTEND , DECIDE , DIFFER , etc.

A — 3: δοκιμάζω
(Strong's #1381 — Verb — dokimazo — dok-im-ad'-zo )

signifies "to test, prove, scrutinize," so as "to decide." It is translated "discern" in the AV of Luke 12:56 ; RV, "interpret" (marg., "prove"). See APPROVE.

B — 1: διάκρισις
(Strong's #1253 — Noun Feminine — diakrisis — dee-ak'-ree-sis )

cp. A, No. 2, "a distinguishing, a clear discrimination, discerning, judging," is translated "discernings" in 1 Corinthians 12:10 , of "discerning" spirits, judging by evidence whether they are evil or of God. In Hebrews 5:14 the phrase consisting of pros, with this noun, lit., "towards a discerning," is translated "to discern," said of those who are capable of discriminating between good and evil. In Romans 14:1 the word has its other sense of decision or judgment, and the phrase "doubtful disputations" is, lit., "judgments of reasonings" (marg., "not for decisions of doubts," i.e., not to act as a judge of the weak brother's scruples).

C — 1: κριτικός
(Strong's #2924 — Adjective — kritikos — krit-ee-kos' )

signifies "that which relates to judging (krino, "to judge"), fit for, or skilled in, judging" (Eng., "critical"), found in Hebrews 4:12 , of the Word of God as "quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart," (lit., "critical of, etc."), i.e., discriminating and passing judgment on the thoughts and feelings.

Discharged

1: καταργέω
(Strong's #2673 — Verb — katargeo — kat-arg-eh'-o )

means "to reduce to inactivity." "Discharged" is the RV translation of the word in Romans 7:2, 6 (AV, "is loosed," and "are delivered"). In ver. 2 the meaning is that the death of a woman's first husband makes void her status as a wife in the eyes of the Law; she is therefore "discharged" from the prohibition against remarrying; the prohibition is rendered ineffective in her case. So, in ver. 6, with the believer in relation to the Law, he has been made dead to the Law as a means of justification and life. It is not the Law that has died (AV), but the believer (see the RV), who has been "discharged," through being put to death, as to the old nature, in identification with the death of Christ, that he might have life in Christ. See ABOLISH.

Disciple

A — 1: μαθητής
(Strong's #3101 — Noun Masculine — mathetes — math-ay-tes' )

lit., "a learner" (from manthano, "to learn," from a root math---, indicating thought accompanied by endeavor), in contrast to didaskalos, "a teacher;" hence it denotes "one who follows one's teaching," as the "disciples" of John, Matthew 9:14 ; of the Pharisees, Matthew 22:16 ; of Moses, John 9:28 ; it is used of the "disciples" of Jesus (a) in a wide sense, of Jews who became His adherents, John 6:66 ; Luke 6:17 , some being secretly so, John 19:38 ; (b) especially of the twelve Apostles, Matthew 10:1 ; Luke 22:11 , e.g.; (c) of all who manifest that they are His "disciples" by abiding in His Word, John 8:31 ; cp. John 13:35 ; John 15:8 ; (d) in the Acts, of those who believed upon Him and confessed Him, John 6:1, 2, 7 ; John 14:20, 22, 28 ; John 15:10 ; John 19:1 , etc.

A "disciple" was not only a pupil, but an adherent; hence they are spoken of as imitators of their teacher; cp. John 8:31 ; John 15:8 .

A — 2: μαθήτρια
(Strong's #3102 — Noun Feminine — mathetria — math-ay'-tree-ah )

"a female disciple," is said of Tabitha, Acts 9:36 .

A — 3: συμμαθητής
(Strong's #4827 — Noun Masculine — summathetes — soom-math-ay-tace' )

means "a fellow disciple" (sun, with, and No. 1), John 11:16 .

Note: In Acts 1:15 , the RV translates the mss. which have adelphon, "brethren;" in 20:7, RV, "we," for AV, "disciples."

B — 1: μαθητεύω
(Strong's #3100 — Verb — matheteuo — math-ayt-yoo'-o )

is used in the Active Voice, intransitively, in some mss., in Matthew 27:57 , in the sense of being the "disciple" of a person; here, however, the best mss. have the Passive Voice, lit., "had been made a disciple," as in Matthew 13:52 , RV, "who hath been made a disciple." It is used in this transitive sense in the Active Voice in Matthew 28:19 ; Acts 14:21 .

Discipline

1: σωφρονισμός
(Strong's #4995 — Noun Masculine — sophronismos — so-fron-is-mos' )

from sophron, lit., "saving the mind," from saos, "contracted to" sos, "safe" (cp. sozo, "to save"), phren, "the mind," primarily, "an admonishing or calling to soundness of mind, or to self-control," is used in 2 Timothy 1:7 , AV, "a sound mind;" RV, "discipline." Cp. sophroneo ("to be of sound mind"), sophronizo ("to admonish"), sophronos ("soberly"), and sophron, "of sound mind." See MIND. Cp. CHASTISEMENT.

Discourage

1: ἀθυμέω
(Strong's #120 — Verb — athumeo — ath-oo-meh'-o )

"to be disheartened, dispirited, discouraged" (a, negative, thumos, "spirit, courage," from the root thu---, found in thuo, "to rush," denoting "feeling, passion;" hence Eng., "fume"), is found in Colossians 3:21 .

Discourse

1: διαλέγομαι
(Strong's #1256 — Verb — dialegomai — dee-al-eg'-om-ahee )

primarily denotes "to ponder, resolve in one's mind" (dia, "through," lego, "to say"); then, "to converse, dispute, discuss, discourse with;" most frequently, "to reason or dispute with." In Hebrews 12:5 the RV, "reasoneth with" is to be preferred to the AV, "speaketh unto." The AV translates it "preached," in Acts 20:7, 9 ; this the RV corrects to "discoursed," lit., "dialogue," i.e., not by way of a sermon, but by a "discourse" of a more conversational character. See DISPUTE , PREACH , REASON , SPEAK. In the Sept., Exodus 6:27 ; Judges 8:1 ; Isaiah 63:1

Discover

1: ἀναφαίνω
(Strong's #398 — Verb — anaphaino — an-af-ah'ee-no )

see APPEAR , A, No. 3.

2: κατανοέω
(Strong's #2657 — Verb — katanoeo — kat-an-o-eh'-o )

"to perceive distinctly, discern clearly, descry," is translated "discovered" in Acts 27:39 , AV, of finding a bay with a creek (RV, "perceived"). See BEHOLD.

Discreet, Discreetly

A — 1: σώφρων
(Strong's #4998 — Adjective — sophron — so'-frone )

"of sound mind, self-controlled" (for the derivation, see DISCIPLINE), is translated "sober-minded," in its four occurrences in the RV, 1 Timothy 3:2 (AV, "sober"); Titus 1:8 (AV, "ditto"); Titus 2:2 (AV, "temperate"); Titus 2:5 (AV, "discreet"). See SOBER , TEMPERATE.

B — 1: νουνεχῶς
(Strong's #3562 — Adverb — nounechos — noon-ekh-oce' )

lit., "mind-possessing" (nous, "mind, understanding," echo, "to have"), hence denotes "discreetly, sensibly, prudently." Mark 12:34 .

Disease, Diseased

A — 1: ἀσθένεια
(Strong's #769 — Noun Feminine — astheneia — as-then'-i-ah )

lit., "lacking strength" (a negative, sthenos, "strength"), "weakness, infirmity," is translated "diseases" in Matthew 8:17 , RV, for AV, "sicknesses," and in Acts 28:9 . Its usual rendering is "infirmity" or "infirmities;" "sickness," in John 11:4 . Cp. B, No. 1. See INFIRMITY , SICKNESS , WEAKNESS.

A — 2: μαλακία
(Strong's #3119 — Noun Feminine — malakia — mal-ak-ee'-ah )

primarily denotes "softness" (cp. malakos, "soft," Matthew 11:8 , etc.); hence, "debility, disease." It is found in Matthew only, Matthew 4:23 ; Matthew 9:35 ; Matthew 10:1 . It is frequent in the Sept., e.g., Genesis 42:4 ; Genesis 44:29 ; Deuteronomy 7:15 ; Deuteronomy 28:61 ; Isaiah 38:9 ; Isaiah 53:3 .

A — 3: νόσος
(Strong's #3554 — Noun Feminine — nosos — nos'-os )

akin to Lat. nocere, "to injure" (Eng., "nosology"), is the regular word for "disease, sickness," Matthew 4:23 ; Matthew 8:17 ; Matthew 9:35 ; Matthew 10:1 , RV, "disease," AV, "sickness;" in Matthew 4:24 ; Mark 1:34 ; Luke 4:40 ; Luke 6:17 ; Luke 9:1 ; Acts 19:12 , AV and RV render it "diseases." In Luke 7:21 , AV has "infirmities." The most authentic mss. omit the word in Mark 3:15 . See SICKNESS.

A — 4: νόσημα
(Strong's #3553 — Noun Neuter — nosema — nos'-ah-ma )

an alternative form of No. 3, is found in some mss. in John 5:4 . Cp. noseo, "to dote about, have a diseased craving for," 1 Timothy 6:4 .

B — 1: ἀσθενέω
(Strong's #770 — Verb — astheneo — as-then-eh'-o )

akin to A, No. 1, "to lack strength, to be weak, sick," is translated "were diseased" in John 6:2 , AV (RV, "were sick"). See IMPOTENT , SICK , WEAK.

B — 2: ἔχω
(Strong's #2192 2560 — Verb — echo kakos — ekh'-o )

lit., "to have badly," i.e, "to be ill or in an evil case," is used in Matthew 14:35 (AV, "were diseased," RV, "were sick"); so in Mark 1:32 ; Luke 7:2 . See SICK.

Disfigure

1: ἀφανίζω
(Strong's #853 — Verb — aphanizo — af-an-id'-zo )

primarily means "to cause to disappear," hence (a) "to make unsightly, to disfigure," as of the face, Matthew 6:16 ; (b) "to cause to vanish away, consume," Matthew 6:19, 20 ; (c) in the Passive Voice, "to perish," Acts 13:41 , or "to vanish away," James 4:14 . See CONSUME.

Dish

1: τρύβλιον
(Strong's #5165 — Noun Neuter — trublion — troob'-lee-on )

denotes "a bowl," somewhat deep, Matthew 26:23 ; Mark 14:20 ; among the Greeks it was a measure in medical prescriptions.

Dishonesty

1: αἰσχύνη
(Strong's #152 — Noun Feminine — aischune — ahee-skhoo'-nay )

"shame," so the RV in 2 Corinthians 4:2 (for AV, "dishonesty"), is elsewhere rendered "shame," Luke 14:9 ; Philippians 3:19 ; Hebrews 12:2 ; Jude 1:13 ; Revelation 3:18 . See SHAME.

Dishonor

A — 1: ἀτιμία
(Strong's #819 — Noun Feminine — atimia — at-ee-mee'-ah )

from a, negative, time, "honor," denotes "dishonor, igominy, disgrace," in Romans 1:26 , "vile passions" (RV), lit., "passions of dishonor," in Romans 9:21 , "dishonor," of vessels designed for meaner household purposes (in contrast to time, "honor," as in 2 Timothy 2:20 ); in 1 Corinthians 11:14 , said of long hair, if worn by men, RV, "dishonor," for AV, "shame," in contrast to doxa, glory, ver. 15; so in 1 Corinthians 15:43 , of the "sowing" of the natural body, and in 2 Corinthians 6:8 , of the Apostle Paul's ministry. In 2 Corinthians 11:21 he uses it in self-disparagement, AV, "reproach," RV, "disparagement." See DISPARAGEMENT , REPROACH , SHAME , VILE.

B — 1: ἄτιμος
(Strong's #820 — Adjective — atimos — at'-ee-mos )

akin to A: see DESPISE , B.

C — 1: ἀτιμάζω
(Strong's #818 — Verb — atimazo — at-im-ad'-zo )

akin to A, signifies "to dishonour, treat shamefully, insult," whether in word, John 8:49 , or deed, Mark 12:4 ; Luke 20:11 , RV "handled (him) shamefully," (RV "entreated entreated ... shamefully"); Romans 1:24 ; Romans 2:23 , "dishonorest;" James 2:6 , RV, "ye have dishonored (the poor)," (AV, "despised"); in the Passive Voice, to suffer dishonor, Acts 5:41 (AV, "suffer shame"). See DESPISE , A, Note (2).

Note: Atimao is found in some mss. in Mark 12:4 .

C — 2: καταισχύνω
(Strong's #2617 — Verb — kataischuno — kat-ahee-skhoo'-no )

see ASHAMED , No. 3.

Dismiss

1: ἀπολύω
(Strong's #630 — Verb — apoluo — ap-ol-oo'-o )

lit., "to loose from" (apo, "from," luo, "to loose"), is translated "dismiss" in Acts 15:30, 33 , RV (AV, "let go") and Acts 19:41 . See DEPART , DIVORCE , FORGIVE , GO , LIBERTY , LOOSE , PUT , No. 16, RELEASE, SEND.

Disobedience, Disobedient

1: ἀπείθεια
(Strong's #543 — Noun Feminine — apeitheia — ap-i'-thi-ah )

lit., "the condition of being unpersuadable" (a, negative, peitho, "to persuade"), denotes "obstinacy, obstinate rejection of the will of God;" hence, "disobedience;" Ephesians 2:2 ; Ephesians 5:6 ; Colossians 3:6 , and in the RV of Romans 11:30, 32 and Hebrews 4:6, 11 (for AV, "unbelief"), speaking of Israel, past and present. See UNBELIEF.

2: παρακοή
(Strong's #3876 — Noun Feminine — parakoe — par-ak-o-ay' )

primarily, "hearing amiss" (para, "aside," akouo, "to hear"), hence signifies "a refusal to hear;" hence, "an act of disobedience," Romans 5:19 ; 2 Corinthians 10:6 ; Hebrews 2:2 . It is broadly to be distinguished from No. 1, as an act from a condition, though parakoe itself is the effect, in transgression, of the condition of failing or refusing to hear. Carelessness in attitude is the precursor of actual "disobedience." In the OT "disobedience" is frequently described as "a refusing to hear," e.g., Jeremiah 11:10 ; Jeremiah 35:17 ; cp. Acts 7:57 . See Trench, Syn. xvi.

A — 1: ἀπειθής
(Strong's #545 — Adjective — apeithes — ap-i-thace' )

akin to A, No. 1, signifies "unwilling to be persuaded, spurning belief, disobedient," Luke 1:17 ; Acts 26:19 ; Romans 1:30 ; 2 Timothy 3:2 ; Titus 1:16 ; Titus 3:3 .

Note: In 1 Timothy 1:9 anupotaktos, "insubordinate, unsubjected" (a, negative, n, euphonic, hupo, "under," tasso, "to order"), is translated "disobedient" in the AV; the RV has "unruly," as in Titus 1:6, 10 ; in Hebrews 2:8 , "not subject" (RV), "not put under" (AV). See PUT , UNRULY.

B — 1: ἀπειθέω
(Strong's #544 — Verb — apeitheo — ap-i-theh'-o )

akin to A, No. 1, and B, "to refuse to be persuaded, to refuse belief, to be disobedient," is translated "disobedient," or by the verb "to be disobedient," in the RV of Acts 14:2 (AV, "unbelieving"), and Acts 19:9 (AV, "believed not"); it is absent from the most authentic mss. in Acts 17:5 ; in John 3:36 "obeyeth not," RV (AV, "believeth not"); in Romans 2:8 "obey not;" in Romans 10:21 , "disobedient;" in Romans 11:30, 31 , "were disobedient" (AV, "have not believed"); so in Romans 15:31 ; Hebrews 3:18 ; Hebrews 11:31 ; in 1 Peter 2:8 , "disobedient;" so in 1 Peter 3:20 ; in 1 Peter 3:1 ; 1 Peter 4:17 , "obey not." In 1 Peter 2:7 the best mss. have apisteo, "to disbelieve." See OBEY , B, No. 4, UNBELIEVING.

Disorderly

A — 1: ἄτακτος
(Strong's #813 — Adjective — ataktos — at'-ak-tos )

signifies "not keeping order" (a, negative, tasso, "to put in order, arrange"); it was especially a military term, denoting "not keeping rank, insubordinate;" it is used in 1 Thessalonians 5:14 , describing certain church members who manifested an insubordinate spirit, whether by excitability or officiousness or idleness. See UNRULY.

B — 1: ἀτάκτως
(Strong's #814 — Adverb — ataktos — at-ak'-toce )

signifies "disorderly, with slackness" (like soldiers not keeping rank), 2 Thessalonians 3:6 ; in ver. 11 it is said of those in the church who refused to work, and became busy-bodies (cp. 1 Timothy 5:13 ).

C — 1: ἀτακτέω
(Strong's #812 — Verb — atakteo — at-ak-teh'-o )

signifies "to be out of rank, out of one's place, undisciplined, to behave disorderly:" in the military sense, "to break rank;" negatively in 2 Thessalonians 3:7 , of the example set by the Apostle and his fellow missionaries, in working for their bread while they were at Thessalonica so as not to burden the saints. See BEHAVE.

Disparagement

* For this RV translation of atimia in 2 Corinthians 11:21 , see DISHONOR , A.

Dispensation

1: οἰκονομία
(Strong's #3622 — Noun Feminine — oikonomia — oy-kon-om-ee'-ah )

primarily signifies "the management of a household or of household affairs" (oikos, "a house," nomos, "a law"); then the management or administration of the property of others, and so "a stewardship," Luke 16:2-4 ; elsewhere only in the Epistles of Paul, who applies it (a) to the responsibility entrusted to him of preaching the Gospel, 1 Corinthians 9:17 (RV, "stewardship," AV, "dispensation"); (b) to the stewardship commited to him "to fulfill the Word of God," the fulfillment being the unfolding of the completion of the Divinely arranged and imparted cycle of truths which are consummated in the truth relating to the Church as the Body of Christ, Colossians 1:25 (RV and AV, "dispensation"); so in Ephesians 3:2 , of the grace of God given him as a stewardship ("dispensation") in regard to the same "mystery;" (c) in Ephesians 1:10 ; Ephesians 3:9 , it is used of the arrangement or administration by God, by which in "the fullness of the times" (or seasons) God will sum up all things in the heavens and on earth in Christ. In Ephesians 3:9 some mss. have koinonia, "fellowship," for oikonomia, "dispensation." In 1 Timothy 1:4 oikonomia may mean either a stewardship in the sense of (a) above, or a "dispensation" in the sense of (c). The reading oikodomia, "edifying," in some mss., is not to be accepted. See STEWARDSHIP.

Note: A "dispensation" is not a period or epoch (a common, but erroneous, use of the word), but a mode of dealing, an arrangement, or administration of affairs. Cp. oikonomos, "a steward," and oikonomeo, "to be a steward."

Disperse, Dispersion

A — 1: διαλύω
(Strong's #1262 — Verb — dialuo — dee-al-oo'-o )

"to dissolve," is used in Acts 5:36 of the breaking up and dispersion of a company of men, RV, "dispersed," AV, "scattered." See SCATTER.

A — 2: σκορπίζω
(Strong's #4650 — Verb — skorpizo — skor-pid'-zo )

"to scatter" (probably from a root, skarp---, signifying "to cut asunder," akin to skorpios, "a scorpion"), is used in Matthew 12:30 ; Luke 11:23 ; John 10:12 ; John 16:32 ; in the RV of 2 Corinthians 9:9 , "scattered abroad" (AV, "he hath dispersed abroad"), of one who liberally dispenses benefits. See SCATTER.

A — 3: διασκορπίζω
(Strong's #1287 — Verb — diaskorpizo — dee-as-kor-pid'-zo )

dia, "through," and No. 2, signifies "to scatter abroad," in Matthew 26:31 ; Mark 14:27 , metaphorically of sheep; in Luke 1:51 , of the proud; in John 11:52 , of the "scattering" of the children of God; in Acts 5:37 , of the followers of Judas of Galilee (AV, "were dispersed"); cp. No. 1, re ver. 36; of "scattering" grain by winnowing, Matthew 25:24, 26 ; in Luke 15:13 ; Luke 16:1 , it signifies "to waste." See SCATTER , STRAWED , WASTE.

A — 4: διασπείρω
(Strong's #1289 — Verb — diasperio — dee-as-pi'-ro )

"to scatter abroad" (dia, "through," speiro, "to sow"), is used in Acts 8:1, 4 ; Acts 11:19 .

B — 1: διασπορά
(Strong's #1290 — Noun Feminine — diaspora — dee-as-por-ah' )

akin to A, No. 4, "a scattering, a dispersion," was used of the Jews who from time to time had been scattered among the Gentiles, John 7:35 ; later with reference to Jews, so "scattered," who had professed, or actually embraced, the Christian faith, "the Dispersion," James 1:1 , RV; especially of believers who were converts from Judaism and "scattered" throughout certain districts, "sojourners of the Dispersion," 1 Peter 1:1 , RV. In the Sept., of Israelites, "scattered" and exiled, e.g., Deuteronomy 28:25 ; Deuteronomy 30:4 ; Nehemiah 1:9 .

Displeased

1: ἀγανακτέω
(Strong's #23 — Verb — aganakteo — ag-an-ak-teh'-o )

from agan, "much," and achomai, "to grieve," primarily meant "to feel a violent irritation, physically;" it was used, too, of the fermenting of wine; hence, metaphorically, "to show signs of grief, to be displeased, to be grieved, vexed;" it is translated "sore displeased" in Matthew 21:15 , AV; "much displeased," in Mark 10:14 ; the RV always renders it "to be moved with, or to have indignation," as the AV elsewhere, Matthew 20:24 ; Matthew 26:8 ; Mark 14:4 ; Luke 13:14 . See INDIGNATION.

2: προσοχθίζω
(Strong's #4360 — Verb — prosochthizo — pros-okh-thid'-zo )

"to be wroth or displeased with" (pros, "toward," or "with," ochtheo, "to be sorely vexed"), is used in Hebrews 3:10, 17 (AV, "grieved;" RV, "displeased"). "Grieved" does not adequately express the righteous anger of God intimated in the passage. See GRIEVE.

3: θυμομαχέω
(Strong's #2371 — Verb — thumomacheo — thoo-mom-akh-eh'-o )

lit., "to fight with great animosity" (thumos, "passion," machomai, "to fight"), hence, "to be very angry, to be highly displeased," is said of Herod's "displeasure" with the Tyrians and Sidonians, Acts 12:20 .

Disposed

1: βούλομαι
(Strong's #1014 — Verb — boulomia — boo'-lom-ahee )

"to wish, to purpose, to will deliberately," indicating a predisposition acting through the deliberate will, is translated "was disposed" in Acts 18:27 , AV (RV, "was minded"). It expresses more strongly than thelo (No. 2) the deliberate exercise of the will. See DESIRE , B, No. 7.

2: θέλω
(Strong's #2309 — Verb — thelo — )

means "to will;" it signifies more especially the natural impulse or volition, and indicates a less formal or deliberate purpose than No. 1. It is translated "are disposed" in 1 Corinthians 10:27 . See DESIRE , B, No. 6.

Disposition

1: διαταγή
(Strong's #1296 — Noun Feminine — diatage — dee-at-ag-ay' )

an ordinance, e.g., Romans 13:2 (cp. diatasso, "to appoint, ordain"), is rendered "disposition" in Acts 7:53 ; RV, "as it (the law) was ordained by angels" (marg., "as the ordinance of angels;" lit., "unto ordinances of angels"). Angels are mentioned in connection with the giving of the Law of Moses in Deuteronomy 33:2 . In Galatians 3:19 ; Hebrews 2:2 the purpose of the reference to them is to show the superiority of the Gospel to the Law. In Acts 7:53 Stephen mentions the angels to stress the majesty of the Law. See ORDAIN , ORDINANCE.

Disputation

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

denotes, firstly, "a seeking" (zeteo, "to seek"), then, "a debate, dispute, questioning," Acts 15:2, 7 (some texts have suzetesis, "reasoning," in both verses), RV, "questioning," for AV, "disputation" and "disputing;" for John 3:25 ; Acts 25:20 ; 1 Timothy 1:4 ; 1 Timothy 6:4 ; 2 Timothy 2:23 ; Titus 3:9 , see QUESTION , QUESTIONING.

2: διαλογισμός
(Strong's #1261 — Noun Masculine — dialogismos — dee-al-og-is-mos' )

is translated "disputations" in Romans 14:1 . See below.

Dispute, Disputer, Disputing

A — 1: διαλογισμός
(Strong's #1261 — Noun Masculine — dialogimos — dee-al-og-is-mos' )

denotes, primarily, "an inward reasoning, an opinion" (dia, "through," suggesting separation, logismos, "a reasoning"), e.g., Luke 2:35 ; Luke 5:22 ; Luke 6:8 ; then, "a deliberating, questioning," Luke 24:38 ; (more strongly) "a disputing," Philippians 2:14 ; 1 Timothy 2:8 (AV, "doubtings"); in Romans 14:1 , "disputations;" marg., "(not for decisions) of doubts" (lit., "not unto discussions or doubts," which is perhaps a suitable rendering). Cp. dialogizomai, "to reason." See DOUBTING , IMAGINATION , REASONING , THOUGHT.

A — 2: λογομαχία
(Strong's #3055 — Noun Feminine — logomachia — log-om-akh-ee'-ah )

denotes "a dispute about words" (logos, "a word," mache, "a fight"), or about trivial things, 1 Timothy 6:4 , RV, "disputes," AV, "strifes," See STRIFE.

A — 3: παραδιατριβή
(Strong's #3859 — Noun Feminine — diaparatribe — par-ad-ee-at-ree-bay' )

denotes "a constant or incessant wrangling" (dia, "through," para, "beside," tribo, "to wear out," suggesting the attrition or wearing effect of contention), 1 Timothy 6:5 , RV, "wranglings," AV, "perverse disputings." Some mss. have the word paradiatribe, in the opposite order of the prefixed prepositions. See WRANGLING.

A — 4: ἀντιλογία
(Strong's #485 — Noun Feminine — antilogia — an-tee-log-ee'-ah )

denotes "a gainsaying, contradiction" (anti, "against," lego, "to speak"), Hebrews 6:16 (AV, "strife," RV, "dispute"); Hebrews 7:7 , "a gainsaying" (RV, "dispute;" AV, "contradiction"); Hebrews 12:3 (RV, "gainsaying;" AV, "contradiction"); Jude 1:11 ("gainsaying"). See CONTRADICTION , B.

A — 5: συζητητής
(Strong's #4804 — Noun Masculine — suzetetes — sood-zay-tay-tace' )

from sun, "with," zeteo, "to seek," denotes "a disputer," 1 Corinthians 1:20 , where the reference is especially to a learned "disputant," a sophist.

B — 1: διαλέγομαι
(Strong's #1256 — Verb — dialegomai — dee-al-eg'-om-ahee )

akin to A, No. 1, primarily signifies "to think different things with oneself, to ponder;" then, with other persons, "to converse, argue, dispute;" it is translated "to dispute" in Mark 9:34 (for ver. 33, see No. 2), the RV and AV "had disputed" is somewhat unsuitable here, for the delinquency was not that they had wrangled, but that they had reasoned upon the subject at all; in Acts 17:17 , AV (RV, "reasoned," as in the AV of 18:4,19); in 19:8,9 (RV, "reasoning"); in 24:12, "disputing;" in Jude 1:9 , "disputed." See DISCOURSE.

B — 2: διαλογίζομαι
(Strong's #1260 — Verb — dialogizomai — dee-al-og-id'-zom-ahee )

akin to A, No. 1, "to bring together different reasons, to reckon them up, to reason, discuss," in Mark 9:33 is translated "ye disputed among yourselves," AV; RV, "were reasoning." See CAST , No. 15, REASON.

B — 3: συζητέω
(Strong's #4802 — Verb — suzeteo — sood-zay-teh'-o )

akin to A, No. 5, lit., "to seek or examine together," signifies "to discuss," but is translated "to dispute" in Acts 6:9 ; Acts 9:29 ; elsewhere only in Mark and Luke. See INQUIRE , QUESTION , REASON.

Disrepute

1: ἀπελεγμός
(Strong's #557 — Noun Masculine — apelegmos — ap-el-eg-mos' )

from apo, "from," and elencho, "to refute," denotes "censure, repudiation" (of something shown to be worthless), hence, "contempt," "disrepute," Acts 19:27 , RV, "(come into) disrepute," for AV, "(to be) set at nought." It is akin to apelencho, "to convict, refute" (not in the NT), elencho, "to convict," elenxis, "rebuke," and elegmos, "reproof." See NOUGHT.

Dissemble

* For DISSEMBLE see DISSIMULATION

Dissension

1: στάσις
(Strong's #4714 — Noun Feminine — stasis — stas'-is )

akin to histemi, "to stand," denotes (a) "a standing, stability," Hebrews 9:8 , "(while as the first tabernacle) is yet standing;" (b) "an insurrection, uproar," Mark 15:7 ; Luke 23:19, 25 ; Acts 19:40 ; Acts 24:5 ; (c) "a dissension," Acts 15:2 ; Acts 23:7, 10 . See INSURRECTION , SEDITION , STANDING , UPROAR.

Dissimulation, Dissemble

A — 1: ὑπόκρισις
(Strong's #5272 — Noun Feminine — hupokrisis — hoop-ok'-ree-sis )

primarily, "a reply," came to mean "the acting of a stage-player," because such answered one another in dialogue; hence the meaning "dissembling or pretense." It is translated "dissimulation" in Galatians 2:13 (see B). See HYPOCRISY.

B — 1: συνυποκρίνομαι
(Strong's #4942 — Verb — sunupokrinomai — soon-oo-pok-rin'-om-ahee )

sun, "with," hupokrinomai, akin to A, "to join in acting the hypocrite," in pretending to act from one motive, whereas another motive really inspires the act. So in Galatians 2:13 , Peter with other believing Jews, in separating from believing Gentiles at Antioch, pretended that the motive was loyalty to the Law of Moses, whereas really it was fear of the Judaizers.

C — 1: ἀνυπόκριτος
(Strong's #505 — Adjective — anupokritos — an-oo-pok'-ree-tos )

from a, negative, n, euphonic, and an adjectival form corresponding to A, signifies "unfeigned;" it is said of love, 2 Corinthians 6:6 ; 1 Peter 1:22 ; Romans 12:9 , AV, "without dissimulation," RV, "without hypocrisy;" of faith, 1 Timothy 1:5 ; 2 Timothy 1:5 , "unfeigned;" of the wisdom that is from above, James 3:17 , "without hypocrisy." See HYPOCRISY.

Dissolve

1: λύω
(Strong's #3089 — Verb — luo — loo'-o )

"to loose," is used of the future demolition of the elements or heavenly bodies, 2 Peter 3:10-12 ; in ver. 10, AV, "shall melt," RV, "shall be dissolved;" in verses 11,12, AV and RV, "dissolved." See BREAK.

2: καταλύω
(Strong's #2647 — Verb — kataluo — kat-al-oo'-o )

see DESTROY , A, No. 5.

Distinction

* For DISTINCTION (diastole) see DIFFERENCE

Distraction

1: ἀπερισπάστως
(Strong's #563 — Adverb — aperispastos — ap-er-is-pas'-toce )

from a, negative, perispao, "to draw around, draw away, distract" (see CUMBER), is found in 1 Corinthians 7:35 .

Distress, Distressed

A — 1: ἀνάγκη
(Strong's #318 — Noun Feminine — ananke — an-ang-kay' )

denotes (a) "a necessity," imposed whether by external circumstances, e.g., Luke 23:17 , or inward pressure, e.g., 1 Corinthians 9:16 ; (b) "straits, distress," Luke 21:23 (in ver. 25 "distress" translates No. 3); 1 Corinthians 7:26 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:7 ; the last two refer to the lack of material things. See NECESSARY , NECESSITY , NEEDS.

A — 2: στενοχωρία
(Strong's #4730 — Noun Feminine — stenochoria — sten-okh-o-ree'-ah )

see ANGUISH.

A — 3: συνοχή
(Strong's #4928 — Noun Feminine — sunoche — soon-okh'-ay )

see ANGUISH.

A — 4: θλῖψις
(Strong's #2347 — Noun Feminine — thlipsis — thlip'-sis )

see AFFLICTION , B, No. 5.

B — 1: βασανίζω
(Strong's #928 — Verb — basanizo — bas-an-id'-zo )

properly signifies "to test by rubbing on the touchstone" (basanos, "a touchstone"), then, "to question by applying torture;" hence "to vex, torment;" in the Passive Voice, "to be harassed, distressed;" it is said of men struggling in a boat against wind and waves, Matthew 14:24 , RV, "distressed" (AV, "tossed"); Mark 6:48 , RV, "distressed" (AV, "toiling"). See PAIN , TOIL , TORMENT , VEX.

B — 2: σκύλλω
(Strong's #4660 — Verb — skullo — skool'-lo )

primarily signifies "to skin, to fly;" then "to rend, mangle;" hence, "to vex, trouble, annoy;" it is found in the most authentic mss. in Matthew 9:36 , RV, "distressed" (of the multitudes who applied to the Lord for healing); AV, "fainted," translating the alternative reading, ekluo, lit., "to loosen out." It is also used in Mark 5:35 ; Luke 7:6 ; Luke 8:49 . See TROUBLE.

B — 3: στενοχωρέω
(Strong's #4729 — Verb — stenochoreo — sten-okh-o-reh'-o )

see ANGUISH.

B — 4: καταπονέω
(Strong's #2669 — Verb — kataponeo — kat-ap-on-eh'-o )

primarily, "to tire down with toil, exhaust with labor" (kata, "down," ponos, "labor"), hence signifies "to afflict, oppress;" in the Passive Voice, "to be oppressed, much distressed;" it is translated "oppressed" in Acts 7:24 , and "sore distressed" in 2 Peter 2:7 , RV, (AV, "vexed"). See OPPRESS , VEX.

Distribute, Distribution

A — 1: διαδίδωμι
(Strong's #1239 — Verb — diadidomi — dee-ad-id'-o-mee )

lit., "to give through," (dia, "through," didomi, "to give"), as from one to another, "to deal out," is said of "distributing" to the poor, Luke 18:22 ; Acts 4:35 , "distribution was made," or to a company of people, John 6:11 . It is translated "divideth" in Luke 11:22 . In Revelation 17:13 the most authentic mss. have the verb didomi, to give, instead of the longer form.

A — 2: μερίζω
(Strong's #3307 — Verb — merizo — mer-id'-zo )

is translated "hath distributed" in 1 Corinthians 7:17 , and in the AV of 2 Corinthians 10:13 , where, however, this rendering is unsuitable, as it is not a case of distributing among a number, but apportioning a measure to the Apostle and his co-workers; hence the RV, "apportioned." See DIFFER , A, No. 2.

Note: Koinoneo, "to share in common with," is translated "distributing" in Romans 12:13 , AV. The verb does not mean "to distribute;" hence RV, "communicating." Similarly koinonia, "fellowship, communion," is translated "distribution" in 2 Corinthians 9:13 , AV; RV, "contribution."

B — 1: εὐμετάδοτος
(Strong's #2130 — Adjective — eumetadotos — yoo-met-ad'-ot-os )

"ready to impart" (eu, "well," meta, "with," didomi, "to give:" see A, No. 1), is used in 1 Timothy 6:18 , "ready to distribute."

District

1: μερίς
(Strong's #3310 — Noun Feminine — meris — mer-ece' )

denotes "a part" (akin to merizo, DISTRIBUTE, A, No. 2), Luke 10:42 ; Acts 8:21 ; 2 Corinthians 6:15 ; Colossians 1:12 (lit., "unto the part," or share, of the inheritance). In Acts 16:12 the RV translates it "district," with reference to Macedonia. See PART.

Ditch

1: βόθυνος
(Strong's #999 — Noun Masculine — bothunos — both'-oo-nos )

any kind of "deep hole or pit" (probably connected with bathos, "deep"), is translated "ditch" in the AV of Matthew 15:14 ; Luke 6:39 , RV, "pit" in each place, as in both versions of Matthew 12:11 . See PIT.

Divers

A — 1: διάφορος
(Strong's #1313 — Adjective — disphoros — dee-af'-or-os )

is rendered "divers" in Hebrews 9:10 . See DIFFER , C.

A — 2: ποικίλος
(Strong's #4164 — Adjective — poikilos — poy-kee'-los )

denotes "parti-colored, variegated" (poikillo means "to make gay:" the root of the first syllable is pik---, found in Eng., "picture"), hence "divers," Matthew 4:24 ; Mark 1:34 ; Luke 4:40 ; 2 Timothy 3:6 ; Titus 3:3 ; Hebrews 2:4 (RV, "manifold"); 13:9; James 1:2 (RV, "manifold"); in 1 Peter 1:6 ; 1 Peter 4:10 , "manifold," both AV and RV. See MANIFOLD.

Notes: (1) Cp. polupoikilos, Ephesians 3:10 , "manifold" (lit., "much varied").

(2) The pronoun tines, "some" (the plural of tis, "someone"), is translated "divers" in the AV of Mark 8:3 ; Acts 19:9 ; RV, "some."

(3) In 1 Corinthians 12:28 , genos, in the plural, is rendered "divers kinds." See DIVERSITIES.

B — 1: πολυτρόπως
(Strong's #4187 — Adverb — polutropos — pol-oot-rop'-oce )

means "in many ways" (polus, "much," tropos, "a manner, way;" Eng., "trope"), "in divers manners," Hebrews 1:1 .

Note: The phrase kata topous, lit., "throughout places" (kata, "down, or throughout," in a distributive sense, topos, "a place"), is translated "in divers places," in Matthew 24:7 ; Mark 13:8 ; Luke 21:11 .

Diversity, Diversities

1: διαίρεσις
(Strong's #1243 — Noun Feminine — diairesis — dee-ah'ee-res-is )

See DIFFER , B, No. 1.

Note: Genos, "a kind, class, sort" (Eng., "genus"), is translated "diversities" in the AV of 1 Corinthians 12:28 (marg., "kinds"); RV, "divers kinds."

Divide, Divider, Dividing

A — 1: ἀφορίζω
(Strong's #873 — Verb — aphorizo — af-or-id'-zo )

lit., "to mark off by boundaries or limits" (apo, "from," horizo, "to determine, mark out"), denotes "to separate;" "divideth," Matthew 25:32 , AV; RV, "separateth," as in the preceding part of the verse. See SEPARATE , SEVER.

A — 2: διαιρέω
(Strong's #1244 — Verb — diaireo — dee-ahee-reh'-o )

lit., "to take asunder" (see DIFFER , B, No. 1), "to divide into parts, to distribute," is found in Luke 15:12 ; 1 Corinthians 12:11 .

A — 3: διαδίδωμι
(Strong's #1239 — Verb — diadidomi — dee-ad-id'-o-mee )

see DISTRIBUTE , A, No. 1.

A — 4: διακρίνω
(Strong's #1252 — Verb — diakrino — dee-ak-ree'-no )

"to separate," discriminate, hence, "to be at variance with oneself, to be divided in one's mind," is rendered "divided" in James 2:4 , RV; AV, "partial." See DISCERN.

A — 5: γίνομαι
(Strong's #1096 — Verb — ginomai — ghin'-om-ahee )

"to become," is translated "was divided" in Revelation 16:19 (of "the great city"), lit., "became into three parts."

A — 6: μερίζω
(Strong's #3307 — Verb — merizo — mer-id'-zo )

akin to meros, "a part, to part, divide into," in the Middle Voice means "to divide anything with another, to share with." The usual meaning is "to divide," Matthew 12:25, 26 ; Mark 3:24-26 ; Mark 6:41 ; Luke 12:13 (Middle Voice); Romans 12:3 , "hath dealt" 1 Corinthians 1:13 ; Hebrews 7:2 , RV (AV, "gave a part"). Elsewhere with other meanings, 1 Corinthians 7:17, 34 ; 2 Corinthians 10:13 . See DEAL , DIFFER , A, No. 2, DISTRIBUTE, A, No. 2, GIVE.

A — 7: διαμερίζω
(Strong's #1266 — Verb — diamerizo — dee-am-er-id'-zo )

dia, "through," and No. 6, "to divide through," i.e., "completely, to divide up," is translated "to divide" in Luke 11:17, 18 ; Luke 12:52, 53 ; Luke 22:17 ; "parted" in Matthew 27:35 ; Mark 15:24 ; Luke 23:34 ; John 19:24 ; Acts 2:45 ; in Acts 2:3 , AV, "cloven," RV, "parting asunder." See CLOVEN.

A — 8: ὀρθοτομέω
(Strong's #3718 — Verb — orthotomeo — or-thot-om-eh'-o )

lit., "to cut straight" (orthos, "straight," temno, "to cut"), is found in 2 Timothy 2:15 , AV, "rightly dividing," RV, "handling aright" (the word of truth); the meaning passed from the idea of cutting or "dividing," to the more general sense of "rightly dealing with a thing." What is intended here is not "dividing" Scripture from Scripture, but teaching Scripture accurately. In the Sept., of directing one's paths, Proverbs 3:6 ; Proverbs 11:5 ("righteousness traces out blameless paths").

Note: In Acts 13:19 , the AV, "He divided their land ... by lot," represents the verb kataklerodoteo, from kata, suggesting "distribution," kleros, "a lot," didomi, "to give." The most authentic mss. have katakleronomeo, "to distribute," as an inheritance, from kleronomia, "an inheritance;" hence RV, "He gave them their land for an inheritance." For schizo, Acts 14:4 ; Acts 23:7 , see BREAK , No. 12.

B — 1: μεριστής
(Strong's #3312 — Noun Masculine — meristes — mer-is-tace' )

"a divider," is found in Luke 12:14 .

B — 2: μερισμός
(Strong's #3311 — Noun Masculine — merismos — mer-is-mos' )

akin to No. 1, primarily denotes "a division, partition" (meros, "a part"); hence, (a) "a distribution," Hebrews 2:4 , "gifts" (marg. of RV, "distributions"); (b) "a dividing or separation," Hebrews 4:12 , "dividing" (AV, "dividing asunder"). Some take this in the Active sense, "as far as the cleaving asunder or separation of soul and spirit;" others in the Passive sense, "as far as the division (i.e., the dividing line) between soul and spirit," i.e., where one differs from the other. The former seems more in keeping with the meaning of the word. See GIFT.

Divination

1: πύθων
(Strong's #4436 — Noun Masculine — puthon — poo'-thone )

(Eng., "python"), in Greek mythology was the name of the Pythian serpent or dragon, dwelling in Pytho, at the foot of mount Parnassus, guarding the oracle of Delphi, and slain by Apollo. Thence the name was transferred to Apollo himself. Later the word was applied to diviners or soothsayers, regarded as inspired by Apollo. Since demons are the agents inspiring idolatry, 1 Corinthians 10:20 , the young woman in Acts 16:16 was possessed by a demon instigating the cult of Apollo, and thus had "a spirit of divination."

Divine

A — 1: θεῖος
(Strong's #2304 — Adjective — theios — thi'-os )

"Divine" (from theos, "God"), is used of the power of God, 2 Peter 1:3 , and of His nature, ver. 4, in each place, as that which proceeds from Himself. In Acts 17:29 it is used as a noun with the definite article, to denote "the Godhead," the Deity (i.e., the one true God). This word, instead of theos, was purposely used by the Apostle in speaking to Greeks on Mars Hill, as in accordance with Greek usage. Cp. DIVINITY. In the Sept., Exodus 31:3 ; Exodus 35:31 ; Job 27:3 ; Job 33:4 ; Proverbs 2:17 .

B — 1: λατρεία
(Strong's #2999 — Noun Feminine — latreia — lat-ri'-ah )

akin to latreuo, "to serve," primarily, any service for hire, denotes in Scripture the service of God according to the requirements of the Levitical Law, Romans 9:4 ; Hebrews 9:1, 6 , "Divine service." It is used in the more general sense of service to God, in John 16:2 ; Romans 12:1 . See SERVICE.

Divinity

1: θειότης
(Strong's #2305 — Noun Feminine — theiotes — thi-ot'-ace )

"divinity," the RV rendering in Romans 1:20 (AV, "Godhead"), is derived from theios (see DIVINE , A), and is to be distinguished from theotes, in Colossians 2:9 , "Godhead." In Romans 1:20 the Apostle "is declaring how much of God may be known from the revelation of Himself which He has made in nature, from those vestiges of Himself which men may everywhere trace in the world around them. Yet it is not the personal God whom any man may learn to know by these aids; He can be known only by the revelation of Himself in His Son; ... But in the second passage (Colossians 2:9 ), Paul is declaring that in the Son there dwells all the fullness of absolute Godhead; they were no mere rays of Divine glory which gilded Him, lighting up His Person for a season and with a splendor not His own; but He was, and is, absolute and perfect God; and the Apostle uses theotes to express this essential and personal Godhead of the Son" (Trench, Syn. ii). Theotes indicates the "Divine" essence of Godhood, the personality of God; theiotes, the attributes of God, His "Divine" nature and properties. See GODHEAD.

Division

1: διαμερισμός
(Strong's #1267 — Noun Masculine — diamerismos — dee-am-er-is-mos' )

primarily, "a parting, distribution," denotes "a discussion, dissension, division or discord, breaking up as of family ties" (dia, "asunder," meros, "a part"), it is found in Luke 12:51 , where it is contrasted with eirene, "peace." Cp. DIVIDE, A, No. 7.

2: διαφανής
(Strong's #1307 — Adjective — dichostasia — dee-af-an-ace' )

lit., "a standing apart" (diche, "asunder, apart," stasis, "a standing;" the root di--- indicating "division," is found in many words in various languages), is used in Romans 16:17 , where believers are enjoined to mark those who cause "division" and to turn away from them; and in Galatians 5:20 , RV (AV, "seditions"), where "divisions" are spoken of as "works of the flesh." Some mss. have this noun in 1 Corinthians 3:3 .

3: σχίσμα
(Strong's #4978 — Noun Neuter — schisma — skhis'-mah )

(Eng., "schism"), denotes "a cleft, a rent," Matthew 9:16 ; Mark 2:21 ; then, metaphorically, "a division, dissension," John 7:43 ; John 9:16 ; John 10:19 ; 1 Corinthians 1:10 ; 1 Corinthians 11:18 ; in 1 Corinthians 12:25 it is translated "schism" (marg., "division"). The root is skid---, seen in the corresponding verb schizo, "to cleave" (Lat. scindo). See SCHISM. Cp. hairesis, a sect.

Divorce, Divorcement

A — 1: ἀπολύω
(Strong's #630 — Verb — apoluo — ap-ol-oo'-o )

"to let loose from, let go free" (apo, "from," luo, "to loose"), is translated "is divorced" in the AV of Matthew 5:32 (RV, "is put away"); it is further used of "divorce" in Matthew 1:19 ; Matthew 19:3, 7-9 ; Mark 10:2, 4, 11 ; Luke 16:18 . The Lord also used it of the case of a wife putting away her husband, Mark 10:12 , a usage among Greeks and Romans, not among Jews. See DISMISS.

B — 1: ἀποστάσιον
(Strong's #647 — Noun Neuter — apostasion — ap-os-tas'-ee-on )

primarily, "a defection," lit., "a standing off" (apo, "from," stasis, "a standing;" cp. aphistemi, "to cause to withdraw"), denotes, in the NT, "a writing or bill of divorcement," Matthew 5:31 ; Matthew 19:7 ; Mark 10:4 . In Sept., Deuteronomy 24:3 ; Isaiah 50:1 ; Jeremiah 3:8 .

Do, Done

1: ποιέω
(Strong's #4160 — Verb — poieo — poy-eh'-o )

signifies (a) "to make," (b) "to do," i.e., to adopt a way of expressing by act the thoughts and feelings. It stands for a number of such acts, chiefly "to make, produce, create, cause," e.g., Matthew 17:4 . See ABIDE , APPOINT , BEAR , BRING , CAUSE , COMMIT , CONTINUE , DEAL , EXECUTE, EXERCISE , FULFILL , GAIN , GIVE , HOLD , KEEP , MAKE , MEAN , OBSERVE , ORDAIN , PERFORM , PROVIDE , PURPOSE , PUT , SHOW , SHOOT FORTH , SPEND , TAKE , TARRY , WORK , YIELD.

2: πράσσω
(Strong's #4238 — Verb — prasso — pras'-so )

signifies "to practice," though this is not always to be pressed. The Apostle John, in his Epistles, uses the continuous tenses of poieo, to indicate a practice, the habit of doing something, e.g., 1 John 3:4 (the AV, "committeth" and "commit" in 1 John 3:8, 9 , e.g., is wrong; "doeth," RV, in the sense of "practicing", is the meaning). He uses prasso twice in the Gospel, 3:20; 5:29. The Apostle Paul uses prasso in the sense of practicing, and the RV so renders the word in Romans 1:32 ; Romans 2:2 , instead of AV, "commit," though, strangely enough, the RV translates it "committed," instead of "practiced," in 2 Corinthians 12:21 .

Generally speaking, in Paul's Epistles poieo denotes "an action complete in itself," while prasso denotes "a habit." The difference is seen in Romans 1:32 , RV. Again, poieo stresses the accomplishment, e.g., "perform," in Romans 4:21 ; prasso stresses the process leading to the accomplishment, e.g., "doer," in 2:25. In Romans 2:3 he who does, poieo, the things mentioned, is warned against judging those who practice them, prasso.

The distinction in John 3:20, 21 is noticeable: "Every one that doeth (prasso, practiceth) ill ... he that doeth (poieo) the truth." While we cannot draw the regular distinction, that prasso speaks of doing evil things, and poieo of doing good things, yet very often "where the words assume an ethical tinge, there is a tendency to use the verbs with this distinction" (Trench, Syn., xcvi). See COMMIT , EXACT , KEEP , REQUIRE , USE.

3: γίνομαι
(Strong's #1096 — Verb — ginomai — ghin'-om-ahee )

"to become," is sometimes translated "do" or "done," e.g., Luke 4:23 , "done (at Capernaum)," followed by poieo in the next clause. In Matthew 21:42 ; Mark 12:11 , this verb is translated, in the AV, "(the Lord's) doing;" RV, "this was from the Lord." See BECOME.

4: ἐργάζομαι
(Strong's #2038 — Verb — ergazomai — er-gad'-zom-ahee )

denotes "to work" (ergon, "work"). In Galatians 6:10 the RV renders it "let us work," for AV, "let us do;" in 3 John 5 , "thou doest." See COMMIT , LABOR , MINISTER , TRADE , WORK.

5: κατεργάζομαι
(Strong's #2716 — Verb — katergazomai — kat-er-gad'-zom-ahee )

kata (intensive), is a more emphatic verb than No. 4. In Romans 2:9 the RV has "worketh" for AV, "doeth." In Romans 7:15, 17 , both translate it "I do" (RV marg., "work"); so in ver. 20, "I that do." In 1 Corinthians 5:3 the RV has "wrought," for AV, "done." In Ephesians 6:13 both render it "having done (all); more suitably, "having wrought" (all); the AV marg. "having overcome" does not give the correct meaning. See CAUSE , B, Note (2), PERFORM , WORK , WROUGHT.

6: ἰσχύω
(Strong's #2480 — Verb — ischuo — is-khoo'-o )

signifies "to be strong, to prevail." It is translated "I can do," in Philippians 4:13 . See ABLE , etc.

7: παρέχω
(Strong's #3930 — Verb — parecho — par-ekh'-o )

lit. means "to hold near" (para, "beside," and echo, "to have"), i.e., "to present, offer, supply." It is translated "do for" in Luke 7:4 . See BRING , No. 21.

Notes: (1) In Philippians 2:13 energeo, "to work," is translated "to do," AV; RV, "to work." (2) In Luke 13:32 apoteleo, "to complete, perform," is translated "I ... do," AV; RV, "I perform" (some mss. have epiteleo here). (3) In Acts 15:36 , echo, "to have, to hold," sometimes used to express the condition in which a person is, how he is faring, is translated "(how) they do," AV; RV, "how they fare." It is often used of a physical condition, e.g., Matthew 4:24 (see SICK). (4) In Acts 25:9 katatithemi, "to deposit, or lay up, for future use, to lay up favor for oneself with a person," is translated "to do (the Jews a pleasure)," AV: RV, "to gain (favor with the Jews)," (5) In John 16:2 prosphero, "to bring near, offer, present," is translated "doeth (service)," AV; RV, "offereth (service)." (6) In Hebrews 4:13 the phrase hemin ho logos, rendered "(with whom) we have to do," is, lit., "(with whom is) the account to us." (7) In 1 Corinthians 13:10 , katargeo, "to render inactive, abolish," so is translated "shall be done away;" 2 Corinthians 3:7 , AV, "was to be done away," RV, "was passing away;" ver. 11. See ABOLISH , DESTROY. (8) For "done aforetime," Romans 3:25 , RV, see PAST. For "did," 2 Timothy 4:14 , AV, see SHOW , No. 3. For "do good" see GOOD.

Doctor

1: διδάσκαλος
(Strong's #1320 — Noun Masculine — didaskalos — did-as'-kal-os )

a teacher (from didasko, "to teach"), cp. didaskalia, "teaching, doctrine, instruction," is translated "doctors," with reference to the teachers of the Jewish religion, Luke 2:46 . Cp. paideutes, "a teacher." See MASTER , TEACHER.

2: νομοδιδάσκαλος
(Strong's #3547 — Noun Masculine — nomodidaskalos — nom-od-id-as'-kal-os )

"a teacher of the Law" (nomos, "a law," and No. 1), with reference to the teachers of the Mosaic Law, is used in the same sense as No. 1, Luke 5:17 ; Acts 5:34 ; also of those who went about among Christians, professing to be instructors of the Law, 1 Timothy 1:7 . See TEACHER. See under LAW.

Doctrine

1: διδαχή
(Strong's #1322 — Noun Feminine — didache — did-akh-ay' )

akin to No. 1, under DOCTOR, denotes "teaching," either (a) that which is taught, e.g., Matthew 7:28 , AV, "doctrine," RV, "teaching;" Titus 1:9 , RV; Revelation 2:14, 15, 24 , or (b) the act of teaching, instruction, e.g., Mark 4:2 , AV, "doctrine," RV, "teaching;" the RV has "the doctrine" in Romans 16:17 . See NOTE (1) below.

2: διδασκαλία
(Strong's #1319 — Noun Feminine — didaskalia — did-as-kal-ee'-ah )

denotes, as No. 1 (from which, however, it is to be distinguished), (a) "that which is taught, doctrine," Matthew 15:9 ; Mark 7:7 ; Ephesians 4:14 ; Colossians 2:22 ; 1 Timothy 1:10 ; 1 Timothy 4:1, 6 ; 1 Timothy 6:1, 3 ; 2 Timothy 4:3 ; Titus 1:9 ("doctrine," in last part of verse: see also No. 1); Titus 2:1, 10 ; (b) "teaching, instruction," Romans 12:7 , "teaching;" Romans 15:4 , "learning;" 1 Timothy 4:13 , AV, "doctrine," RV, "teaching;" ver. 16, AV, "the doctrine," RV, (correctly) "thy teaching; 1 Timothy 5:17 , AV, "doctrine," RV "teaching;" 2 Timothy 3:10, 16 (ditto); Titus 2:7 , "thy doctrine." Cp. No. 1, under DOCTOR. See LEARNING.

Notes: (1) Whereas didache is used only twice in the Pastoral Epistles, 2 Timothy 4:2 ; Titus 1:9 , didaskalia occurs fifteen times. Both are used in the Active and Passive senses (i.e., the act of teaching and what is taught), the Passive is predominant in didache, the Active in didaskalia; the former stresses the authority, the latter the act (Cremer). Apart from the Apostle Paul, other writers make use of didache only, save in Matthew 15:9 ; Mark 7:7 (didaskalia).

(2) In Hebrews 6:1 , logos, "a word," is translated "doctrine," AV; the RV margin gives the lit. rendering, "the word (of the beginning of Christ)," and, in the text, "the (first) principles (of Christ)."

Doer

1: ποιητής
(Strong's #4163 — Noun Masculine — poietes — poy-ay-tace' )

akin to poieo, see DO , No. 1, signifies "a doer," Romans 2:13 ; James 1:22, 23, 25 ; James 4:11 . Its meaning "poet" is found in Acts 17:28 .

Notes: (1) For prasso, rendered "doer" in Romans 2:25 , see DO , No. 2.

(2) In 2 Timothy 2:9 , kakourgos is rendered "evil doer" (RV, "malefactor").

Dog

1: κύων
(Strong's #2965 — Noun Masculine — kuon — koo'-ohn )

is used in two senses, (a) natural, Matthew 7:6 ; Luke 16:21 ; 2 Peter 2:22 ; (b) metaphorical, Philippians 3:2 ; Revelation 22:15 , of those whose moral impurity will exclude them from the New Jerusalem. The Jews used the term of Gentiles, under the idea of ceremonial impurity. Among the Greeks it was an epithet of impudence. Lat., canis, and Eng., "hound" are etymologically akin to it.

2: κυνάριον
(Strong's #2952 — Noun Neuter — kunarion — koo-nar'-ee-on )

a diminutive of No. 1, "a little dog, a puppy," is used in Matthew 15:26, 27 ; Mark 7:27, 28 .

Doing

* For DOING see DEED , No. 3, DO, No. 3

Dominion

A — 1: κράτος
(Strong's #2904 — Noun Neuter — kratos — krat'-os )

"force, strength, might," more especially "manifested power," is derived from a root kra---, "to perfect, to complete:" "creator" is probably connected. It also signifies "dominion," and is so rendered frequently in doxologies, 1 Peter 4:11 ; 1 Peter 5:11 ; Jude 1:25 ; Revelation 1:6 ; Revelation 5:13 (RV); in 1 Timothy 6:16 , and Hebrews 2:14 it is translated "power." See MIGHT , POWER , STRENGTH.

Note: Synonymous words are bia, "force," often oppressive, dunamis, "power," especially "inherent power;" energeia, "power" especially in exercise, operative power; exousia, primarily "liberty of action," then "authority" either delegated or arbitrary; ischus, "strength," especially physical, power as an endowment.

A — 2: κυριότης
(Strong's #2963 — Noun Feminine — kuriotes — koo-ree-ot'-ace )

denotes "lordship" (kurios, "a lord"), "power, dominion," whether angelic or human, Ephesians 1:21 ; Colossians 1:16 ; 2 Peter 2:10 (RV, for AV, "government"); Jude 1:8 . In Eph. and Col. it indicates a grade in the angelic orders, in which it stands second.

B — 1: κυριεύω
(Strong's #2961 — Verb — kurieuo — koo-ree-yoo'-o )

"to be lord over, rule over, have dominion over" (akin to A, No. 2), is used of (a) Divine authority over men, Romans 14:9 , "might be Lord;" (b) human authority over men, Luke 22:25 , "lordship," 1 Timothy 6:15 , "lords" (RV, marg., "them that rule as lords"); (c) the permanent immunity of Christ from the "dominion" of death, Romans 6:9 ; (d) the deliverance of the believer from the "dominion" of sin, Romans 6:14 ; (e) the "dominion" of law over men, Romans 7:1 ; (f) the "dominion" of a person over the faith of other believers, 2 Corinthians 1:24 (RV, "lordship"). See LORD.

B — 2: κατακυριεύω
(Strong's #2634 — Verb — katakurieuo — kat-ak-oo-ree-yoo'-o )

kata, "down" (intensive), and No. 1, "to exercise, or gain, dominion over, to lord it over," is used of (a) the "lordship" of gentile rulers, Matthew 20:25 , AV, "exercise dominion," RV, "lord it;" Mark 10:42 , AV, "exercise lordship," RV, "lord it;" (b) the power of demons over men, Acts 19:16 , AV, "overcame," RV, "mastered;" (c) of the evil of elders in "lording" it over the saints under their spiritual care, 1 Peter 5:3 . See LORDSHIP , OVERCOME.

Note: For authenteo, "to have dominion," 1 Timothy 2:12 , RV, see AUTHORITY , No. 3.

Doomed

* For RV in 1 Corinthians 4:9 , see APPOINT (Note at end), DEATH , B.

Door

1: θύρα
(Strong's #2374 — Noun Feminine — thura — thoo'-rah )

"a door, gate" (Eng., "door" is connected), is used (a) literally, e.g., Matthew 6:6 ; Matthew 27:60 ; (b) metaphorically, of Christ, John 10:7, 9 ; of faith, by acceptance of the Gospel, Acts 14:27 ; of "openings" for preaching and teaching the Word of God, 1 Corinthians 16:9 ; 2 Corinthians 2:12 ; Colossians 4:3 ; Revelation 3:8 ; of "entrance" into the Kingdom of God, Matthew 25:10 ; Luke 13:24, 25 ; of Christ's "entrance" into a repentant believer's heart, Revelation 3:20 ; of the nearness of Christ's second advent, Matthew 24:33 ; Mark 13:29 ; cp. James 5:9 ; of "access" to behold visions relative to the purposes of God, Revelation 4:1 .

Note: For the phrase "that kept the door," thuroros, John 18:16, 17 ("porter" in Mark 13:34 ; John 10:3 ), see PORTER.

Dote

1: νοσέω
(Strong's #3552 — Verb — noseo — nos-eh'-o )

signifies "to be ill, to be ailing," whether in body or mind; hence, "to be taken with such a morbid interest in a thing as is tantamount to a disease, to dote," 1 Timothy 6:4 (marg., "sick"). The primary meaning of "dote" is to be foolish (cp. Jeremiah 50:36 , the evident meaning of noseo, in this respect, is "to be unsound."

Double

A — 1: διπλοῦς
(Strong's #1362 — Adjective — diplous — dip-looce' )

denotes "twofold, double," 1 Timothy 5:17 ; Revelation 18:6 (twice). The comparative degree diploteron (neuter) is used adverbially in Matthew 23:15 , "twofold more."

B — 1: διπλόω
(Strong's #1363 — Verb — diploo — dip-lo'-o )

signifies "to double, to repay or render twofold," Revelation 18:6 .

Double-Minded

1: δίψυχος
(Strong's #1374 — Adjective — dipsuchos — dip'-soo-khos )

lit. means "two-souled" (dis, "twice," psuche, "a soul"), hence, "double-minded," James 1:8 ; James 4:8 .

Double-Tongued

1: δίλογος
(Strong's #1351 — Verb — dilogos — dil'-og-os )

primarily means "saying the same thing twice, or given to repetition" (dis, "twice," logos, "a word, or speech"); hence, "saying a thing to one person and giving a different view of it to another, double-tongued," 1 Timothy 3:8 .

Doubt, Doubtful, Doubting

A — 1: ἀπορέω
(Strong's #639 — Verb — aporeo — ap-or-eh'-o )

always used in the Middle Voice, lit. means "to be without a way" (a, negative, poros, "a way, transit"), "to be without resources, embarrassed, in doubt, perplexity, at a loss," as was Herod regarding John the Baptist, Mark 6:20 (RV, following the most authentic mss., "was much perplexed"); as the disciples were, regarding the Lord's betrayal, John 13:22 , "doubting;" and regarding the absence of His body from the tomb, Luke 24:4 , "were perplexed;" as was Festus, about the nature of the accusations brought against Paul, Acts 25:20 , AV "doubted," RV, "being perplexed;" as Paul was, in his experiences of trial, 2 Corinthians 4:8 , "perplexed," and, as to the attitude of the believers of the churches in Galatia towards Judaistic errors, Galatians 4:20 , AV, "I stand in doubt," RV, "I am perplexed." Perplexity is the main idea. See PERPLEX. Cp. the noun aporia, "distress," Luke 21:25 .

A — 2: διαπορέω
(Strong's #1280 — Verb — diaporeo — dee-ap-or-eh'-o )

dia, "asunder" (intensive), and No. 1, signifies "to be thoroughly perplexed," with a perplexity amounting to despair, Acts 2:12 ; Acts 5:24 ; Acts 10:17 , AV, "were in doubt," "doubted," RV, "were (was) perplexed." See also Luke 9:7 (some mss. have it in Luke 24:4 , where the most authentic have No. 1). See PERPLEX.

A — 3: διακρίνω
(Strong's #1252 — Verb — diakrino — dee-ak-ree'-no )

see CONTEND and DIFFER, A, No. 2; in Acts 11:12 , AV, "nothing doubting," RV, "making no distinction;" in Jude 1:22 , RV, "who are in doubt" (AV, "making a difference," RV, marg., "while they dispute"); in James 1:6 , AV, "wavereth," RV, "doubteth." This verb suggests, not so much weakness of faith, as lack of it (contrast, Nos. 4 and 5).

A — 4: διστάζω
(Strong's #1365 — Verb — distazo — dis-tad'-zo )

"to stand in two ways" (dis, "double," stasis, "a standing"), implying "uncertainty which way to take," is used in Matthew 14:31 ; Matthew 28:17 ; said of believers whose faith is small. Cp. No. 5.

A — 5: μετεωρίζομαι
(Strong's #3349 — Verb — meterizo — met-eh-o-rid'-zo )

from meteoros (Eng., "meteor"), signifying "in mid air, raised on high," was primarily used of putting a ship out to sea, or of "raising" fortifications, or of the "rising" of the wind. In the Sept., it is used, e.g., in Micah 4:1 , of the "exaltation" of the Lord's house; in Ezekiel 10:16 , of the "lifting" up of the wings of the cherubim; in Obadiah 1:4 , of the "mounting" up of the eagle; in the NT metaphorically, of "being anxious," through a "distracted" state of mind, of "wavering" between hope and fear, Luke 12:29 , "neither be ye of doubtful mind" (AV, marg., "live not in careful suspense"), addressed to those who have little faith. Cp. No. 4. The interpretation "do not exalt yourselves" is not in keeping with the context.

A — 6: ψυχή
(Strong's #5590 142 — Noun Feminine — psuchen airo — psoo-khay' )

lit., "to raise the breath, or to lift the soul," signifies "to hold in suspense," RV of John 10:24 (AV, "make us to doubt"), suggestive of "an objective suspense due to lack of light" (Warfield), through a failure of their expectations, rather than, subjectively, through unbelief. The meaning may thus be, "How long dost Thou raise our expectations without satisfying them?"

B — 1: διαλογισμός
(Strong's #1261 — Noun Masculine — dialogismos — dee-al-og-is-mos' )

expresses reasoning or questioning hesitation, 1 Timothy 2:8 . See DISPUTE , A, No. 1.

Note: For AV, "doubtful" in Romans 14:1 see DECISION , B, No. 2.

Doubt, Doubtless

1: πάντως
(Strong's #3843 — Adverb — pantos — pan'-toce )

see ALTOGETHER , B.

Notes: (1) In 2 Corinthians 12:1 the best texts have no word representing "doubtless." (2) In Luke 11:20 , the particle ara, AV, "no doubt," means "then" (RV). (3) In 1 Corinthians 9:10 the conjunction gar, AV, "no doubt," here means "assuredly," or "yea" (RV). (4) In Philippians 3:8 , the opening phrase means "yea, verily," as RV. (5) In 1 Corinthians 9:2 , the RV, "at least," gives the right sense (not "doubtless").

Dove, Turtle-Dove

1: περιστερά
(Strong's #4058 — Noun Feminine — peristera — per-is-ter-ah' )

denotes "a dove or pigeon," Matthew 3:16 ; Matthew 10:16 (indicating its proverbial harmlessness); 21:12; Mark 1:10 ; Mark 11:15 ; Luke 2:24 ("pigeons"); 3:22; John 1:32 ; John 2:14, 16 .

2: τρυγών
(Strong's #5167 — — trugon — troo-gone' )

denotes "a turtle-dove" (from truzo, "to murmur, to coo"), Luke 2:24 .

Down

* For DOWN (preposition, conjunction, or participle not dealt with in this resource)

Drag

1: σύρω
(Strong's #4951 — verb — suro — soo'-ro )

"to draw, drag, haul," is used of a net, John 21:8 ; of violently "draging" persons along, Acts 8:3 , "haling;" Acts 14:19 , RV, "dragged," AV, "drew;" Acts 17:6 (ditto); Revelation 12:4 , AV, "drew," RV, "draweth." See DRAW , HALE.

Note: Cp. the strengthened form katasuro, "to hale," used in Luke 12:58 .

2: ἑλκύω
(Strong's #1670 — Verb — helkuo — hel-koo'-o, hel'-ko )

"to draw," differs from suro, as "drawing" does from violent "dragging." It is used of "drawing" a net, John 21:6, 11 (cp. No. 1, in ver. 8); Trench remarks, "At vv. 6 and 11 helko (or helkuo) is used; for there a drawing of the net to a certain point is intended; by the disciples to themselves in the ship, by Peter to himself upon the shore. But at ver. 8 helko gives place to suro: for nothing is there intended but the dragging of the net, which had been fastened to the ship, after it through the water" (Syn., xxi).

This less violent significance, usually present in helko, but always absent from suro, is seen in the metaphorical use of helko, to signify "drawing" by inward power, by Divine impulse, John 6:44 ; John 12:32 . So in the Sept., e.g., Song of Song of Solomon 1:4 ; Jeremiah 31:3 , "with lovingkindness have I drawn thee." It is used of a more vigorous action, in John 18:10 , of "drawing" a sword; in Acts 16:19 ; Acts 21:30 , of forcibly "drawing" men to or from a place; so in James 2:6 , AV, "draw," RV, "drag." See DRAW.

Dragon

1: δράκων
(Strong's #1404 — Noun Masculine — drakon — drak'-own )

denoted "a mythical monster, a dragon;" also a large serpent, so called because of its keen power of sight (from a root derk, signifying "to see"). Twelve times in the Apocalypse it is used of the Devil, 12:3,4,7,9,13,16,17; 13:2,4,11; 16:13; 20:2.

Drank

* For DRANK see DRINK

Draught

1: ἄγρα
(Strong's #61 — Noun Feminine — agra — ag'-rah )

"a hunting, catching" (from ago, "to lead"), is used only in connection with fishing. In Luke 5:4 it signifies the act of catching fish; in ver. 9 it stands for the catch itself.

2: ἀφεδρών
(Strong's #856 — Noun Masculine — aphedron — af-ed-rone' )

"a latrine, a sink, drain," is found in Matthew 15:17 ; Mark 7:19 .

Drave and Drove

* For DRAVE and DROVE see DRIVE

Draw

1: ἀναβιβάζω
(Strong's #307 — Verb — anabibazo — an-ab-ee-bad'-zo )

a causal form of anabaino, "to go up," denotes, lit., "to make go up, cause to ascend" (ana, "up," bibazo, "to cause to mount"), hence, "to draw a boat up on land," Matthew 13:48 .

2: ἑλκύω
(Strong's #1670 — Verb — helko — hel-koo'-o, hel'-ko )

is translated "to draw" in the AV, of Acts 21:30 ; James 2:6 ; see DRAG , No. 2.

3: σύρω
(Strong's #4951 — verb — suro — soo'-ro )

see DRAG , No. 1.

4: σπάω
(Strong's #4685 — Verb — spao — spah'-o )

"to draw or pull," is used, in the Middle Voice, of "drawing" a sword from its sheath, Mark 14:47 ; Acts 16:27 .

5: ἀνασπάω
(Strong's #385 — Verb — anaspao — an-as-pah'-o )

ana, "up," and No. 4, "to draw up," is used of "drawing" up an animal out of a pit, Luke 14:5 (RV, "draw up;" AV, "pull out"), and of the "drawing" up of the sheet into heaven, in the vision in Acts 11:10 .

6: ἀποσπάω
(Strong's #645 — Verb — apospao — ap-os-pah'-o )

apo, "from," and No. 4, "to draw away," lit., "to wrench away from," is used of a sword, Matthew 26:51 ; of "drawing" away disciples into error, Acts 20:30 ; of Christ's "withdrawal" from the disciples, in Gethsemane, Luke 22:41 , AV, "was withdrawn," RV, "was parted" (or "was reft away from them"); of "parting" from a company, Acts 21:1 (AV, "were gotten," RV, "were parted"). See GET , PART.

7: ἀντλέω
(Strong's #501 — Verb — antleo — ant-leh'-o )

signified, primarily, "to draw out a ship's bilgewater, to bale or pump out" (from antlos, "bilge-water"), hence, "to draw water" in any way (ana, "up," and a root, tel---, "to lift, bear"), John 2:8, 9 ; John 4:7, 15 .

Note: In John 4:11 , "to draw with" translates the corresponding noun antlema, "a bucket for drawing water by a rope."

8: ἐξέλκω
(Strong's #1828 — Verb — exelko — ex-el'-ko )

ek, "out of," and No. 2, "to draw away, or lure forth," is used metaphorically in James 1:14 , of being "drawn away" by lust. As in hunting or fishing the game is "lured" from its haunt, so man's lust "allures" him from the safety of his self-restraint.

9: ἀνατάσσομαι
(Strong's #392 — Verb — anatassomai — an-at-as'-som-ahee )

"to arrange in order," is used in Luke 1:1 ; RV, "to draw up" (some interpret the word to mean to "bring together" from memory assisted by the Holy Spirit).

* (B) In the sense of "approaching or withdrawing:"

10: ἐγγίζω
(Strong's #1448 — Verb — engizo — eng-id'-zo )

"to come near, draw nigh" (akin to engus, "near"), is translated by the verb "draw near or nigh," in the RV, Luke 12:33 , AV, "approacheth;" Hebrews 10:25 , AV, "approaching;" Luke 18:35 ; Luke 19:29, 37 ; Acts 22:6 , AV, "was come nigh;" Luke 7:12 , "came nigh;" Acts 9:3 , "came near." See APPROACH.

11: προσέρχομαι
(Strong's #4334 — Verb — proserchomai — pros-er'-khom-ahee )

is translated "draw near" in Hebrews 4:16 ; Hebrews 7:25 , RV, Hebrews 10:22 , AV and RV; in Acts 7:31 , "drew near." See COME , GO.

12: προσάγω
(Strong's #4317 — Verb — prosago — pros-ag'-o )

used transitively, "to bring to;" intransitively, "to draw near," is so rendered in Acts 27:27 . See BRING.

13: ὑποστέλλω
(Strong's #5288 — Verb — hupostello — hoop-os-tel'-lo )

"to draw back, withdraw," perhaps a metaphor from lowering a sail and so slackening the course, and hence of being remiss in holding the truth; in the Active Voice, rendered "drew back" in Galatians 2:12 , RV (AV, "withdrew"); in the Middle, in Hebrews 10:38 , "shrink back" RV (AV, "draw back"); the prefix hupo, "underneath," is here suggestive of stealth. In ver. 39 the corresponding noun, hupostole, is translated "of them that shrinking back"). In Acts 20:20, 27 , "shrank," RV. See KEEP , Note (6), SHRINK, SHUN , WITHDRAW.

14: ἀφίστημι
(Strong's #868 — Verb — aphistemi — af-is'-tay-mee )

see DEPART , A, No. 20.

15: γίνομαι
(Strong's #1096 — Verb — ginomai — ghin'-om-ahee )

"to become, begin to be," is translated "drawing nigh," in John 6:19 . See BECOME.

16: ἐπιφώσκω
(Strong's #2020 — Verb — epihosko — ep-ee-foce'-ko )

"to dawn" (lit., "to make to shine upon"), is said of the approach of the Sabbath, Luke 23:54 (marg., "began to dawn"); cp. Matthew 28:1 . See DAWN , A, No. 3.

Notes: (1) In Mark 6:53 , prosormizo, "to bring a ship (or boat) to anchor, cast anchor, land at a place" (pros, "to," hormizo, "to moor, bring to anchorage"), is translated "moored to the shore," in the RV, for AV, "drew."

(2) In Acts 19:33 , where the most authentic mss. have sumbibazo, the RV translates it "brought" (marg., "instructed"), AV, "draw out." Some mss. have probibazo, "to bring or drag forward." See BRING , No. 24.

Dream, Dreamer

A — 1: ὄναρ
(Strong's #3677 — Noun Neuter — onar — on'-ar )

is "a vision in sleep," in distinction from a waking vision, Matthew 1:20 ; Matthew 2:12, 13, 19, 22 ; Matthew 27:19 .

A — 2: ἐνύπνιον
(Strong's #1798 — Noun Neuter — enupnion — en-oop'-nee-on )

is, lit., "what appears in sleep" (en, "in," hupnos, "sleep"), an ordinary "dream," Acts 2:17 . For synonymous nouns, see VISION.

B — 1: ἐνυπνιάζομαι
(Strong's #1797 — Verb — enupniazo — en-oop-nee-ad'-zom-ahee )

akin to A, No. 2, is used in Acts 2:17 , in the Passive Voice, in a phrase (according to the most authentic mss.) which means "shall be given up to dream by dreams," translated "shall dream dreams;" metaphorically in Jude 1:8 , of being given over to sensuous "dreamings," RV, AV, "dreamers," and so defiling the flesh.

Dressed

* Note: This is the AV translation of the Passive of georgeo, Hebrews 6:7 , "to till the ground, to practice as a farmer;" RV, "is tilled." See TILL.

Dresser

* Note: For ampelourgos, "dresser," Luke 13:7 , AV (RV, "vine-dresser"), see VINEDRESSER.

Dried

* For DRIED see DRY, B

Drift

1: παραρρέω
(Strong's #3901 — Verb — pararheo — par-ar-hroo-eh'-o )

lit., "to flow past, glide by" (para, "by," rheo, "to flow"), is used in Hebrews 2:1 , where the significance is to find oneself "flowing" or "passing by," without giving due heed to a thing, here "the things that were heard," or perhaps the salvation of which they spoke; hence the RV, "lest haply we drift away from them," for AV, "let them slip." The AV marg. "run out as leaking vessels," does not give the meaning. In the Sept., Proverbs 3:21 ; Isaiah 44:4 .

Drink, Drank

A — 1: πόμα
(Strong's #4188 — Noun Neuter — poma — pom'-ah )

akin to B, No. 1, denotes "the thing drunk" (from a root po---, found in the Eng., "portion;" it is connected with the root pi---; see B, No. 3), 1 Corinthians 10:4 ; Hebrews 9:10 .

A — 2: πόσις
(Strong's #4213 — Noun Feminine — posis — pos'-is )

akin to B, No. 1, suggests "the act of drinking," John 6:55 (where it is practically equivalent to No. 1); Romans 14:17 , "drinking," RV; Colossians 2:16 .

A — 3: σίκερα
(Strong's #4608 — Noun Neuter — sikera — sik'-er-ah )

is "a strong, intoxicating drink," made from any sweet ingredients, whether grain, vegetables, or the juice of fruits, or a decoction of honey; "strong drink," Luke 1:15 . In the Sept., Leviticus 10:9 ; Numbers 6:3 ; Numbers 28:7 ; Deuteronomy 14:26 ; Deuteronomy 29:6 ; Isaiah 5:11, 22 ; Isaiah 24:9 ; Isaiah 28:7 ; Isaiah 29:9 .

B — 1: πίνω
(Strong's #4095 — which (together with another form poo {po'-o}, occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses — pino — pee'-no, pee'-o, po'-o )

"to drink," is used chiefly in the Gospels and in 1Cor., whether literally (most frequently), or figuratively, (a) of "drinking" of the blood of Christ, in the sense of receiving eternal life, through His death, John 6:53, 54, 56 ; (b) of "receiving" spiritually that which refreshes, strengthens and nourishes the soul, John 7:37 ; (c) of "deriving" spiritual life from Christ, John 4:14 , as Israel did typically, 1 Corinthians 10:4 ; (d) of "sharing" in the sufferings of Christ humanly inflicted, Matthew 20:22, 23 ; Mark 10:38, 39 ; (e) of "participating" in the abominations imparted by the corrupt religious and commercial systems emanating from Babylon, Revelation 18:3 ; (f) of "receiving" Divine judgment, through partaking unworthily of the Lord's Supper, 1 Corinthians 11:29 ; (g) of "experiencing" the wrath of God, Revelation 14:10 ; Revelation 16:6 ; (h) of the earth's "receiving" the benefits of rain, Hebrews 6:7 .

B — 2: μεθύω
(Strong's #3184 — Verb — methuo — meth-oo'-o )

from methu, "wine, to be drunk," is used in John 2:10 in the Passive Voice, and is translated in the RV, "have drunk freely;" AV, "have well drunk." See DRUNK.

B — 3: ποτίζω
(Strong's #4222 — Verb — potizo — pot-id'-zo )

"to give to drink, to make to drink," is used (a) in the material sense, in Matthew 10:42 ; Matthew 25:35, 37, 42 (here of "ministering" to those who belong to Christ and thus doing so virtually to Him); 27:48; Mark 9:41 ; Mark 15:36 ; Luke 13:15 ("to watering"); Romans 12:20 ; 1 Corinthians 3:7, 8 ; (b) figuratively, with reference to "teaching" of an elementary character, 1 Corinthians 3:2 , "I fed (you with milk);" of "spiritual watering by teaching" the Word of God, 1 Corinthians 3:6 ; of being "provided" and "satisfied" by the power and blessing of the Spirit of God, 1 Corinthians 12:13 ; of the effect upon the nations of "partaking" of the abominable mixture, provided by Babylon, of paganism with details of the Christian faith, Revelation 14:8 . See FEED , WATER.

B — 4: συμπίνω
(Strong's #4844 — Verb — sumpino — soom-pee'-no )

"to drink together" (sun, "with," and B, No. 1), is found in Acts 10:41 .

B — 5: ὑδροποτέω
(Strong's #5202 — Verb — hudropoteo — hoo-drop-ot-eh'-o )

"to drink water" (hudor, "water," poteo, "to drink"), is found in 1 Timothy 5:23 , RV, "be (no longer) a drinker of water."

Drive, Driven, Drave, Drove

1: ἐκβάλλω
(Strong's #1544 — Verb — ekballo — ek-bal'-lo )

denotes, lit., "to cast forth," with the suggestion of force (ek, "out," ballo, "to cast"); hence "to drive out or forth." It is translated "driveth" in Mark 1:12 , RV, "driveth forth." In John 2:15 for the AV, "drove," the RV has "cast," the more usual translation. See CAST , No. 5.

2: ἐκδιώκω
(Strong's #1559 — Verb — ekdioko — ek-dee-o'-ko )

"to chase away, drive out" (ek, "out," dioko, "to pursue"), is used in 1 Thessalonians 2:15 , RV, "drave out," AV, "have persecuted." Some mss. have this verb for dioko, in Luke 11:49 .

3: ἐλαύνω
(Strong's #1643 — Verb — elauno — el-ow'-no )

signifies "to drive, impel, urge on." It is used of "rowing," Mark 6:48 ; John 6:19 ; of the act of a demon upon a man, Luke 8:29 ; of the power of winds upon ships, James 3:4 ; and of storms upon mists, 2 Peter 2:17 , AV, "carried," RV, "driven." See also CARRY , Note (2), ROW.

4: ἀπελαύνω
(Strong's #556 — Verb — apelauno — ap-el-ow'-no )

apo, "from," and No. 3, "to drive from," is used in Acts 18:16 .

5: ἐξωθέω
(Strong's #1856 — Verb — exotheo — ex-o-theh'-o, ex-o'-tho )

"to thrust out" (ek, "out," otheo, "to push, thrust"), is translated "thrust" in Acts 7:45 , RV (AV, "drave"); in Acts 27:39 , of "driving" a storm-tossed ship ashore (RV, "drive," AV, "thrust"). Cp. No. 6. See THRUST.

6: φέρω
(Strong's #5342 — verb — phero — fer'-o )

"to bear," is translated "driven" in Acts 27:15, 17 , of "being borne" in a storm-tossed ship. See BEAR , etc.

7: διαφέρω
(Strong's #1308 — — diaphero — dee-af-er'-o )

lit., "to bear through" (dia, "through," and No. 6), in Acts 27:27 signifies "to be borne hither and thither" (RV, "were driven to and fro;" AV, "up and down"). See BETTER (be), No. 1.

8: ἀνεμίζω
(Strong's #416 — Verb — anemizo — an-em-id'-zo )

"to drive by the wind" (anemos, "wind"), is used in James 1:6 .

Note: For "let ... drive," Acts 27:15 , see GIVE , No. 3.

Drop

1: θρόμβος
(Strong's #2361 — Noun Masculine — thrombos — throm'-bos )

"a large, thick drop of clotted blood" (etymologically akin to trepho, "to curdle"), is used in Luke 22:44 , in the plural, in the narrative of the Lord's agony in Gethsemane.

Dropsy

1: ὑδρωπικός
(Strong's #5203 — Adjective — hudropikos — hoo-dro-pik-os' )

"dropsical, suffering from dropsy" (hudrops, "dropsy"), is found in Luke 14:2 , the only instance recorded of the healing of this disease by the Lord.

Drown

1: βυθίζω
(Strong's #1036 — Verb — buthizo — boo-thid'-zo )

"to plunge into the deep, to sink" (buthos, "bottom, the deep, the sea"), akin to bathos, "depth," and abussos, "bottomless," and Eng., "bath," is used in Luke 5:7 of the "sinking" of a boat; metaphorically in 1 Timothy 6:9 , of the effect of foolish and hurtful lusts, which "drown men in destruction and perdition." See SINK.

2: καταπίνω
(Strong's #2666 — Verb — katapino — kat-ap-ee'-no )

lit., "to drink down" (pino, "to drink," prefixed by kata, "down"), signifies "to swallow up" (RV, in Hebrews 11:29 , for AV, "were drowned"). It is elsewhere translated by the verb "to swallow, or swallow up," except in 1 Peter 5:8 , "devour." See DEVOUR , No. 3, SWALLOW.

3: καταποντίζω
(Strong's #2670 — Verb — katapontizo — kat-ap-on-tid'-zo )

"to throw into the sea" (kata, "down," pontos, "the open sea"), in the Passive Voice, "to be sunk in, to be drowned," is translated "were drowned," in Matthew 18:6 , AV (RV, "should be sunk"); elsewhere in Matthew 14:30 , "(beginning) to sink." See SINK.

Drunk,, Drunkard, Drunkenness

A — 1: μεθύω
(Strong's #3184 — Verb — methuo — meth-oo'-o )

signifies "to be drunk with wine" (from methu, "mulled wine;" hence Eng., "mead, honey-wine"); originally it denoted simply "a pleasant drink." For John 2:10 see under DRINK. The verb is used of "being intoxicated" in Matthew 24:49 ; Acts 2:15 ; 1 Corinthians 11:21 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:7 b; metaphorically, of the effect upon men of partaking of the abominations of the Babylonish system, Revelation 17:2 ; of being in a state of mental "intoxication," through the shedding of men's blood profusely, ver. 6.

A — 2: μεθύσκω
(Strong's #3182 — Verb — methusko — meth-oos'-ko )

signifies "to make drunk, or to grow drunk" (an inceptive verb, marking the process or the state expressed in No. 1), "to become intoxicated," Luke 12:45 ; Ephesians 5:18 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:7 .

B — 1: μέθυσος
(Strong's #3183 — Noun Masculine — methusos — meth'-oo-sos )

"drunken" (cp. No. 2), is used as noun, in the singular, in 1 Corinthians 5:11 , and in the plural, in 1 Corinthians 6:10 , "drunkard," "drunkards."

C — 1: μέθη
(Strong's #3178 — Noun Feminine — methe — meth'-ay )

"strong drink" (akin to methu, "wine," see under A. 1, above), denotes "drunkenness, habitual intoxication," Luke 21:34 ; Romans 13:13 ; Galatians 5:21 .

Dry

A — 1: ξηρός
(Strong's #3584 — Adjective — xeros — xay-ros' )

is used (a) naturally, of "dry" land, Hebrews 11:29 ; or of land in general, Matthew 23:15 , "land;" or of physical infirmity, "withered," Matthew 12:10 ; Mark 3:3 ; Luke 6:6, 8 ; John 5:3 ; (b) figuratively, in Luke 23:31 , with reference to the spiritual "barrenness" of the Jews, in contrast to the character of the Lord. Cp. Psalms 1:3 ; Isaiah 56:3 ; Ezekiel 17:24 ; Ezekiel 20:47 . See LAND , WITHERED.

A — 2: ἄνυδρος
(Strong's #504 — Adjective — anudros — an'-oo-dros )

"waterless" (a, negative, n, euphonic, hudor, "water"), is rendered "dry" in Matthew 12:43 , AV, and Luke 11:24 (RV, "waterless"); "without water" in 2 Peter 2:17 ; Jude 1:12 . See WATER.

B — 1: ξηραίνω
(Strong's #3583 — Verb — xeraino — xay-rah'ee-no )

akin to A. 1, "to dry, dry up, make dry, wither," is translated "dried" (of physical infirmity), in Mark 5:29 ; of a tree, in the AV of Mark 11:20 (RV, "withered away"); of water, in Revelation 16:12 . It is translated "ripe" (RV, "overripe") in Revelation 14:15 , of a harvest (used figuratively of the gathered nations against Jerusalem at the end of this age); "pineth away," in Mark 9:18 . See OVERRIPE, PINE AWAY , RIPE , WITHER.

Due

A — 1: ἴδιος
(Strong's #2398 — Adjective — idios — id'-ee-os )

"one's own," is applied to kairos, "a season," in Galatians 6:9 , "in due season," i.e., in the season Divinely appointed for the reaping. So in 1 Timothy 2:6 , "the testimony to be borne in its own (AV, 'due') times (seasons);" 1 Timothy 6:15 , "in its own (idios) times (seasons);" similarly in Titus 1:3 . See BUSINESS , B.

Note: For axios, "the due reward," see REWARD , Note (1).

B — 1: ὀφείλω
(Strong's #3784 — — opheilo — of-i'-lo, of-i-leh'-o )

signifies "to owe, to be indebted," especially financially, Matthew 18:30 , RV, "that which was due;" Matthew 18:34 , "all that was due." See BEHOVE , BOUND (to be).

B — 2: δεῖ
(Strong's #1163 — Verb — dei — die, deh-on' )

an impersonal verb signifying "it is necessary," is translated "was due" in Romans 1:27 , RV (AV, "was meet"). See BEHOVE.

C — 1: ὀφειλή
(Strong's #3782 — Noun Feminine — opheile — of-i-lay' )

akin to B, No. 1, is rendered "dues" in Romans 13:7 . In 1 Corinthians 7:3 , RV, it is translated "her due" (the AV, "due benevolence" follows another reading).

Notes: (1) In the phrases "in due season" in Matthew 24:45 ; Luke 12:42 ; Romans 5:6 (lit., "according to time"), and "in due time," 1 Peter 5:6 , there is no word representing "due" in the original, and the phrases are, lit., "in season," "in time."

(2) For the phrase "born out of due time," in 1 Corinthians 15:8 , see BEGET , B, No. 2.

Dull

A — 1: νωθρός
(Strong's #3576 — Adjective — nothros — no-thros' )

"slow, sluggish, indolent, dull" (the etymology is uncertain), is translated "dull" in Hebrews 5:11 (in connection with akoe, "hearing;" lit., "in hearings"); "sluggish," in 6:12. See SLOTHFUL , SLUGGISH. In the Sept., Proverbs 22:29 . Cp. nothrokardios, "slow of heart" (kardia, "the heart"), Proverbs 12:8 .

Note: In Luke 24:25 "slow (of heart)" translates the synonymous word bradus. Of these Trench says (Syn. civ), "Bradus differs from the words with which it is here brought into comparison, in that no moral fault or blame is necessarily involved in it; so far indeed is it from this, that of the three occasions on which it is used in the NT two are in honor; for to be 'slow' to evil things, to rash speaking, or to anger (James 1:19 , twice), is a grace, and not the contrary. ... There is a deeper, more inborn sluggishness implied in nothros, and this bound up as it were in the very life, more than in either of the other words of this group." Trench compares and contrasts argos, "idle," but this word is not strictly synonymous with the other two.

B — 1: βαρέως
(Strong's #917 — Adverb — bareos — bar-eh'-oce )

"heavily, with difficulty" (barus, "heavy"), is used with akouo, "to hear," in Matthew 13:15 ; Acts 28:27 (from Isaiah 6:10 ), lit., "to hear heavily, to be dull of hearing." In the Sept., Genesis 31:35 (lit., "bear it not heavily"); Isaiah 6:10 .

Dumb

A — 1: ἄλαλος
(Strong's #216 — Adjective — alalos — al'-al-os )

lit., "speechless" (a, negative, and laleo, "to speak"), is found in Mark 7:37 ; Mark 9:17, 25 . In the Sept., Psalms 38:13 .

A — 2: ἄφωνος
(Strong's #880 — Adjective — aphonos — af'-o-nos )

lit., "voiceless, or soundless" (a, negative, and phone, "a sound"), has reference to voice, Acts 8:32 ; 1 Corinthians 12:2 ; 2 Peter 2:16 , while alalos has reference to words. In 1 Corinthians 14:10 it is used metaphorically of the significance of voices or sounds, "without signification." In the Sept. Isaiah 53:7 .

A — 3: κωφός
(Strong's #2974 — Adjective — kophos — ko-fos' )

denotes "blunted or dulled;" see DEAF.

B — 1: σιωπάω
(Strong's #4623 — Verb — siopao — see-o-pah'-o )

from siope, "silence, to be silent," is used of Zacharias' "dumbness," Luke 1:20 . See PEACE (hold one's).

Dung

1: σκύβαλον
(Strong's #4657 — Noun Neuter — skubalon — skoo'-bal-on )

denotes "refuse," whether (a) "excrement," that which is cast out from the body, or (b) "the leavings of a feast," that which is thrown away from the table. Some have derived it from kusibalon (with metathesis of k and s), "thrown to dogs;" others connect it with a root meaning "shred." Judaizers counted gentile Christians as dogs, while they themselves were seated at God's banquet. The Apostle, reversing the image, counts the Judaistic ordinances as refuse upon which their advocates feed, Philippians 3:8 .

2: κοπρία
(Strong's #2874 — Noun Feminine — koprion — kop-ree'-ah )

"manure," Luke 13:8 , used in the plural with ballo, "to throw," is translated by the verb "to dung." Some mss. have the accusative case of the noun kopria, "a dunghill." See below.

Dunghill

1: κοπρία
(Strong's #2874 — Noun Feminine — kopria — kop-ree'-ah )

"a dunghill," is found in Luke 14:35 .

Dure

* For DURE see under WHILE , Note 1

During

* For DURING see Note p. 1

Durst

* For DURST see DARE

Dust

A — 1: χόος
(Strong's #5522 — Noun Masculine — chous, or choos — kho'-os )

from cheo, "to pour," primarily, "earth dug out, an earth heap," then, "loose earth or dust," is used in Mark 6:11 ; Revelation 18:19 .

A — 2: κονιορτός
(Strong's #2868 — Noun Masculine — koniortos — kon-ee-or-tos' )

"raised or flying dust" (konia, "dust," ornumi, "to stir up"), is found in Matthew 10:14 ; Luke 9:5 ; Luke 10:11 ; Acts 13:51 ; Acts 22:23 .

B — 1: λικμάω
(Strong's #3039 — Verb — likmao — lik-mah'-o )

primarily, "to winnow" (from likmos, "a winnowing-fan"), hence, "to scatter" as chaff or dust, is used in Matthew 21:44 ; Luke 20:18 , RV, "scatter as dust," AV, "grind to powder." There are indications in the papyri writings that the word came to denote "to ruin, to destroy."

Duty

1: ὀφείλω
(Strong's #3784 — — opheilo — of-i'-lo, of-i-leh'-o )

"to owe, to be indebted," is translated "it was our duty," in Luke 17:10 , lit., "we owe (ought) to do;" so in Romans 15:27 , AV, "their duty is:" RV, "they owe it." See BEHOVE , BOUND.

Dwell, Dwellers, Dwelling

A — 1: οἰκέω
(Strong's #3611 — Verb — oikeo — oy-key'-o )

"to dwell" (from oikos, "a house"), "to inhabit as one's abode," is derived from the Sanskrit, vic, "a dwelling place" (the Eng. termination "wick" is connected). It is used (a) of God as "dwelling" in light, 1 Timothy 6:16 ; (b) of the "indwelling" of the Spirit of God in the believer, Romans 8:9, 11 , or in a church, 1 Corinthians 3:16 ; (c) of the "indwelling" of sin, Romans 7:20 ; (d) of the absence of any good thing in the flesh of the believer, Romans 7:18 ; (e) of the "dwelling" together of those who are married, 1 Corinthians 7:12, 13 .

A — 2: κατοικέω
(Strong's #2730 — Verb — katoikeo — kat-oy-keh'-o )

kata, "down," and No. 1, the most frequent verb with this meaning, properly signifies "to settle down in a dwelling, to dwell fixedly in a place." Besides its literal sense, it is used of (a) the "indwelling" of the totality of the attributes and powers of the Godhead in Christ, Colossians 1:19 ; Colossians 2:9 ; (b) the "indwelling" of Christ in the hearts of believers ("may make a home in your hearts"), Ephesians 3:17 ; (c) the "dwelling" of Satan in a locality, Revelation 2:13 ; (d) the future "indwelling" of righteousness in the new heavens and earth, 2 Peter 3:13 . It is translated "dwellers" in Acts 1:19 ; Acts 2:9 ; "inhabitants" in Revelation 17:2 , AV (RV, "they that dwell"), "inhabiters" in Revelation 8:13 ; Revelation 12:12 , AV (RV, "them that dwell").

Cp. the nouns katoikesis (below), katoikia, "habitation," Acts 17:26 ; katoiketerion, "a habitation," Ephesians 2:22 ; Revelation 18:2 . Contrast paroikeo, "to sojourn," the latter being temporary, the former permanent. See HABITATION , INHABITANT.

A — 3: κατοικέω
(Strong's #2730 — Verb — katoikizo — kat-oy-keh'-o )

"to cause to dwell," is said of the act of God concerning the Holy Spirit in James 4:5 , RV (some mss. have No. 2).

A — 4: ἐνοικέω
(Strong's #1774 — Verb — enoikeo — en-oy-keh'-o )

lit., "to dwell in" (en, "in," and No. 1), is used, with a spiritual significance only, of (a) the "indwelling" of God in believers, 2 Corinthians 6:16 ; (b) the "indwelling" of the Holy Spirit, Romans 8:11 ; 2 Timothy 1:14 ; (c) the "indwelling" of the Word of Christ, Colossians 3:16 ; (d) the "indwelling" of faith, 2 Timothy 1:5 ; (e) the "indwelling" of sin in the believer, Romans 7:17 .

A — 5: περιοικέω
(Strong's #4039 — Verb — perioikeo — per-ee-oy-keh'-o )

peri, "around," and No. 1, "to dwell around, be a neighbor," is used in Luke 1:65 . Cp. perioikos, "a neighbor," Luke 1:58 .

A — 6: συνοικέω
(Strong's #4924 — Verb — sunoikeo — soon-oy-key'-o )

sun, "with," and No. 1, "to dwell with," is used in 1 Peter 3:7 .

A — 7: ἐγκατοικέω
(Strong's #1460 — Verb — enkatoikeo — eng-kat-oy-keh'-o )

en, "in," and No. 2, "to dwell among," is used in 2 Peter 2:8 .

A — 8: μένω
(Strong's #3306 — Verb — meno — men'-o )

"to abide, remain," is translated "to dwell," in the AV of John 1:38, 39 ; John 6:56 ; John 14:10, 17 ; Acts 28:16 . The RV adheres throughout to the verb "to abide." See ABIDE.

A — 9: σκηνόω
(Strong's #4637 — Verb — skenoo — skay-no'-o )

"to pitch a tent" (skene), "to tabernacle," is translated "dwelt," in John 1:14 , AV, RV marg., "tabernacled;" in Revelation 7:15 , AV, "shall dwell," RV, "shall spread (His) tabernacle;" in Revelation 12:12 ; Revelation 13:6 ; Revelation 21:3 , "dwell." See TABERNACLE.

A — 10: κατασκηνόω
(Strong's #2681 — Verb — kataskenoo — kat-as-kay-no'-o )

"to pitch one's tent" (kata, "down," skene, "a tent"), is translated "lodge" in Matthew 13:32 ; Mark 4:32 ; Luke 13:19 ; in Acts 2:26 , RV, "dwell," AV, "rest."

A — 11: ἐμβατεύω
(Strong's #1687 — Verb — embateuo — em-bat-yoo'-o )

primarily, "to step in, or on" (from embaino, "to enter"), hence (a) "to frequent, dwell in," is used metaphorically in Colossians 2:18 , RV, "dwelling in" (marg., "taking his stand upon"); (b) with reference to the same passage, alternatively, "to invade, to enter on;" perhaps used in this passage as a technical term of the mystery religions, denoting the entrance of the initiated into the new life (AV, "intruding into"). A suggested alternative reading involves the rendering "treading on air," i.e., indulging in vain speculations, but evidences in the papyri writings make the emendation unnecessary.

A — 12: κάθημαι
(Strong's #2521 — Verb — kathemai — kath'-ay-mahee )

"to sit down," is translated "dwell," in Luke 21:35 . See SET , SIT.

A — 13: καθίζω
(Strong's #2523 — Verb — kathizo — kath-id'-zo )

"to sit down," denotes "to dwell," in Acts 18:11 (RV, "dwelt," for AV, "continued").

A — 14: ἀστατέω
(Strong's #790 — Verb — astateo — as-tat-eh'-o )

"to wander about" (a, negative, histemi, "to stand"), "to have no fixed dwelling-place," is used in 1 Corinthians 4:11 . Cp. akatastatos, "unstable," James 1:8 ; James 3:8 ; akatastasia, "revolution, confusion," e.g., 1 Corinthians 14:33 .

B — 1: παροικία
(Strong's #3940 — Noun Feminine — paroikia — par-oy-kee'-ah )

denotes "a sojourning," Acts 13:17 , lit., "in the sojourning," translated "when they sojourned," RV (AV, "dwelt as strangers"); in 1 Peter 1:17 , "sojourning."

B — 2: κατοίκησις
(Strong's #2731 — Noun Feminine — katoikesis — kat-oy'-kay-sis )

akin to A, No. 2, "a dwelling, a habitation," is used in Mark 5:3 .

Note: Cp. oikia, and oikos, "a house," oikema, "a prison," katoikia, "a habitation" (see A, No. 2).

B — 3: μίσθωμα
(Strong's #3410 — Noun Neuter — misthoma — mis'-tho-mah )

primarily, "a price, a hire" (akin to misthos, "wages, hire," and misthoo, "to let out for hire"), is used in Acts 28:30 to denote "a hired dwelling."

Dying

* For DYING see DEADNESS

Dysentery

1: δυσεντέριον
(Strong's #1420 — Noun Neuter — dusenterion — doos-en-ter-ee'-ah )

whence Eng., "dysentery," is so translated in Acts 28:8 , RV, for AV "bloody flux" (enteron denotes an "intestine").