Ellen G. White Writings

36921 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Apprehend.3

… , of spiritual darkness in coming upon people, John 12:35; of the Day of the Lord, in suddenly coming upon unbelievers as a thief, 1 Thessalonians 5:4; (b), "to lay hold …

36922 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Approach.3

… world’s spiritual darkness, Romans 13:12; Hebrews 10:25; the coming of the Lord, James 5:8; the end of all things, 1 Peter 4:7. It is also said of one who was drawing near …

36923 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Arise, Arose, Arouse, Raise, Rise, Rouse.3

… a spiritual awakening from lethargy, Ephesians 5:14; (e) of resurrection from the dead: (1) of the resurrection of Christ, Matthew 17:9; Matthew 20:19; Mark 8:31; Mark …

36924 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Arms, Armor, to Arm.5

… the spiritual helps supplied by God for overcoming the temptations of the Devil, Ephesians 6:11, 13. Among the Greeks the panoplia was the complete equipment …

36925 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Arrive.3

… the spiritual revenues (cp. Matthew 17:25, revenues derived from taxes, and Romans 13:7, where the singular, telos, "custom," is used); the inheritance metaphor is …

36926 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Asleep, Sleep.3

… to spiritual things on the part of believers, Ephesians 5:14; 1 Thessalonians 5:6, 10 (as in Mark 13:36 ), a condition of insensibility to Divine things involving …

36927 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Asleep, Sleep.7

… the spiritual part of man; moreover, when the body returns whence it came, Genesis 3:19, the spirit returns to God who gave it, Ecclesiastes 12:7 .

36928 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Asleep, Sleep.8

… , the spiritual part of his highly complex being, the seat of personality, departs to be with Christ, Philippians 1:23. And since that state in which the believer …

36929 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Asleep, Sleep.17

is never used of death. In five places in the NT it is used of physical "sleep;" in Romans 13:11, metaphorically, of a slumbering state of soul, i.e., of spiritual conformity to the world, out of which believers are warned to awake.

36930 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Authority.3

… "a spiritual potentate," e.g., Ephesians 3:10; Ephesians 6:12; Colossians 1:16; Colossians 2:10, 15; 1 Peter 3:22. The RV usually translates it "authority."

36931 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Avail.3

… of spiritual enemies, Revelation 12:8; of an evil spirit against exorcists, Acts 19:16; (c) "to be of force, to be effective, capable of producing results," Matthew …

36932 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Babe.5

… , in spiritual understanding and power, the spiritually immature, 1 Corinthians 3:1, those who are so to speak partakers of milk, and "without experience of the …

36933 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Baptism, Baptist, Baptize.11

… of spiritual death, burial, and resurrection, Christian "baptism" being an antitupon, "a corresponding type," a "like figure," 1 Peter 3:21. Likewise the nation of …

36934 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Barren.3

… a spiritual significance in Galatians 4:27, in a quotation from Isaiah 54:1. The circumstances of Sarah and Hagar, which Isaiah no doubt had in mind, are applied …

36935 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Bear.3

… ; of spiritual truths not able to be "borne," John 16:12; of the refusal to endure evil men, Revelation 2:2; of religious regulations imposed on others, Acts 15:10; of …

36936 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Bear.15

… the spiritual body of the believer hereafter, "the image of the heavenly," 1 Corinthians 15:49, the word "image" denoting the actual form and not a mere similitude …

36937 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Bear (2).3