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21601 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Deliver.9
… ( Genesis 38:28 ). This word can also signify an act of friendship as when Jehonadab “gave his hand” (instead of a sword) to Jehu to help him into the chariot ( 2 Kings …
21602 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Doorway.4
… Genesis 38:14, pethach may be translated “gateway”: Tamar “sat in the gateway [KJV, “open place”].” Thus a pethach was both a place to sit (a location) and an opening for …
21603 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Dwell.4
… …” ( Genesis 38:11 ), and it is used of God in a similar sense: “Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation …” ( Lamentations 5:19 ). The promise …
21604 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Earth.8
… 4:38 ). Moses promised that God would make its soil productive, for “He will give rain for your land” so that it would be “a fruitful land,” “a land flowing with milk and …
21605 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Eat.7
… :37 - 38 )God “eats” no food ( Psalms 50:13 ); although as a “consuming” fire ( Deuteronomy 4:24 ), He is ready to defend His own honor and glory. He “consumes” evil and the sinner …
21606 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Enemy.3
… ” ( Psalms 38:19 ).
21607 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Faithfulness.10
… ., Isaiah 38:18 ), and ’emunah (“faithfulness”).
21608 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Family.7
… 24:38 ). The law of redemption applied to the “close relatives in a family”: “After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him: Either …
21609 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Favor.4
… 28:38 ). Being “accepted” means that God subjectively feels well disposed toward the petitioner.
21610 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Flock.3
… 36:38 ). God is viewed as the shepherd of His “flock,” God’s people: “Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and …
21611 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Foolishness.2
… ” ( Psalms 38:5 ). The word also describes the activities and life-style of the man who ignores the instructions of wisdom ( Proverbs 5:23 ). In another nuance, the noun …
21612 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Friend.4
Other related nouns that appear less frequently are rêa‛, which means “friend” about 5 times (e.g., 1 Kings 4:5 ); and rêa‛, which means “companion or attendant” ( Judges 11:38; Psalms 45:14 ).
21613 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Garment.3
… ( Genesis 38:14 ). Certainly mourners’ “garments” must have been very plain, if not torn ( 2 Samuel 14:2 ).
21614 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Gate.4
… ( Job 38:17 ) and heaven, the domain of God ( Genesis 28:17 ), are pictured as cities with “gates.”
21615 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Go Down.5
… …” ( Isaiah 38:18 - 19 ). On the other hand, “going down to the dust” implies a return to the soil—i.e., a return of the body to the soil from which it came ( Genesis 3:19 ). “All they …
21616 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Great, to Be; Heavy.7
… ” ( Genesis 38:12 ), and with special subjects the word may imply “extension of space” ( Deuteronomy 14:24 ).
21617 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Heart.5
… …” ( Psalms 38:10 ). Lêb may also refer to the inner part or middle of a thing: “… and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea” ( Exodus 15:8 ); “… and the mountain burned …
21618 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Heart.10
… ” ( Isaiah 38:3 ) before God. Only the man with “clean hands, and a pure heart” ( Psalms 24:4 ) can stand in God’s presence.
21619 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Heaven.4
… ( Job 38:29 ), snow ( Isaiah 55:10 ), fire ( Genesis 19:24 ), dust ( Deuteronomy 28:24 ), hail ( Joshua 10:11 ), and rain: “The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were …
21620 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. High.12
… occurs 38 times in the Bible, has cognates in Akkadian, Aramaic, and Arabic. Its meanings parallel those of the adjective. It may mean “to be high, lofty.” In this …