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3301 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Violence.4
… this legal sphere. The expression “a witness in the case of violent wrongdoing” means someone who bears witness in a case having to do with such an offense (cf …
3302 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Vow.4
… (narrative, legal, poetic, but more rarely in the prophetic books). Beyond the Old Testament the verb occurs in the Dead Sea Scrolls, rabbinic Hebrew, medieval …
3303 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Vow.13
… pure legalism; it was spiritual devotion. God’s Messiah was pledged to offer Himself as a sacrifice for sin ( Psalms 22:25; cf. Leviticus 27 7:2ff.). This was the only …
3304 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Wicked.4
… a legal term. The person who has sinned against the law is guilty: “They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them” ( Proverbs …
3305 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Witness.4
… the legal or judicial sphere. First, in the area of civil affairs the word can mean someone who is present at a legal transaction and can confirm it if necessary …
3306 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Woman.5
… a legal and social entity: “And Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered …” ( Genesis 12:5 ).
3307 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Adversary.3
… to legal affairs, and this is perhaps its meaning in 1 Peter 5:8, where it is used of the Devil. Some would regard the word as there used in a legal sense, since the …
3308 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Adversary.5
… its legal sense it signifies "to withstand;" the present participle of the verb with the article, which is equivalent to a noun, signifies "an adversary," e.g., Luke …
3309 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Answer.10
Note: Eperotema, 1 Peter 3:21, is not, as in the AV, an "answer." It was used by the Greeks in a legal sense, as a "demand or appeal." Baptism is therefore the ground of an "appeal" by a good conscience against wrong doing.
3310 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Appeal.3
… strictly legal sense the word is used only of Paul's "appeal" to Caesar, Acts 25:11, 12, 21, 25; Acts 26:32; Acts 28:19. See CALL (upon), SURNAME. See also eperotema, under …
3311 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Busybody.7
… a legal term for a charge brought against Christians as being hostile to civilized society, their purpose being to make Gentiles conform to Christian standards …
3312 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Clothing, Cloths, Clothes, Cloke, Coat.7
… a legal process, so the claimant is supposed to claim the inner garment, the less costly. The defendant is to be willing to let him have the more valuable one …
3313 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Comfort, Comforter, Comfortless.11
… a legal assistant, counsel for the defense, an advocate; then, generally, one who pleads another's cause, an intercessor, advocate, as in 1 John 2:1, of the Lord Jesus …
3314 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Debt.5
a longer form of No. 1, expressing a "debt" more concretely, is used (a) literally, of that which is legally due, Romans 4:4; (b) metaphorically, of sin as a "debt," because it demands expiation, and thus payment by way of punishment, Matthew 6:12 .
3315 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Deliver, Deliverance, Deliverer.14
… a legal sense of being quit of a person, i.e., the opponent being appeased and withdrawing his suit. For its other meaning, "to depart," in Acts 19:12, see DEPART.
3316 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Depart.48
… a legal sense, "to be quit of." See DELIVER.
3317 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Examination, Examine.3
from ana, "up or through," and krino, "to distinguish," was a legal term among the Greeks, denoting the preliminary investigation for gathering evidence for the information of the judges, Acts 25:26 .
3318 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Fault, Faultless.3
properly the neuter of aitios, causative of, responsible for, is used as a noun, "a crime, a legal ground for punishment," translated "fault" in Luke 23:4, 14; in Luke 23:22, "cause." See AUTHOR, CAUSE.
3319 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Forbid, Forbade.7
… in legal documents (Moulton and Milligan, Vocab., who draw attention to the triumphant note on which the word brings the Acts to a close).
3320 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Free, Freedom, Freely, Freeman, Freedman, Freewoman.7
… the legal sense; death annuls all obligations. The death penalty which Christ endured holds good for the believer, through his identification with Christ …