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37801 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Return.8
… of spiritually returning (metaphorically) to the Lord, shûb can mean “turning away from” following Him ( Numbers 14:43 ), “turning from” pursuing evil ( 1 Kings 8:35 …
37802 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Sanctify.3
… ethicalmoral (spiritual) holiness here since the atoning blood was applied to the people involved. The state appears to be emphasized when the word is used …
37803 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Save.7
… the spiritual aspect of God’s eternal covenant. This is clear in passages such as Psalms 86, where David confesses that, although the ruler of Israel, he is …
37804 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Separate.15
… as spiritual leaders, but that the people “gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not” ( Amos 2:11 - 12 ).
37805 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Sow.11
… the spiritual being who used the snake (evil men). The second appearance of the word refers to all the descendants of the woman and ultimately to a particular …
37806 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Stretch Out.9
… symbolizes spiritual power, such as Moses’ rod ( Exodus 4:2 ), Aaron’s rod ( Exodus 7:9 ), and the sorcerers’ rods ( Exodus 7:12 ), and rods symbolizing authority ( Numbers …
37807 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Sun.3
… of spiritual decline ( Deuteronomy 4:19 ). In 2 Kings 23:5 perhaps one could translate: “Those who burned incense to Shamshu” (cf. v. 11). Perhaps passages like Psalms …
37808 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Turn Towards, Turn Back.7
… and spiritual turning, this verb signifies attaching oneself to something. God commanded Israel: “Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods …
37809 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Vow.13
… 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 sacrifice absolutely …
37810 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Walk.6
… ” Him spiritually. Some scholars suggest that “walking behind” pagan gods (or even the true God) arose from the pagan worship where the god was carried before …
37811 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. War.5
… necessitated spiritual and ritualistic cleanliness ( Deuteronomy 23:9 - 14 ). Before and during “battle,” trumpets were blown placing the cause before God in …
37812 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Whoring, to Go; Harlot, to Be.3
… describe “spiritual prostitution” in which Israel turned from God to strange gods. Deuteronomy 31:16 illustrates this meaning: “And the Lord said unto Moses …
37813 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Whoring, to Go; Harlot, to Be.4
… for spiritual backsliding. The act of harloting after strange gods was more than changing gods, however. This was especially true when Israel went after …
37814 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Abundance, Abundant, Abundantly, Abound.18
… of spiritual truth, Matthew 13:12; the right use of what God has entrusted to us, 25:29; the power of God in conferring grace, 2 Corinthians 9:8; Ephesians 1:8; to "make …
37815 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Abundance, Abundant, Abundantly, Abound.24
… ; of spiritual fruit, Philippians 4:17; of love, 2 Thessalonians 1:3; of various fruits, 2 Peter 1:8; of the gathering of the manna, 2 Corinthians 8:15, "had ... over;" (b) transitively …
37816 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Adoption.4
… by spiritual birth, but a putting into the position of sons. In Romans 8:23 the "adoption" of the believer is set forth as still future, as it there includes the …
37817 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Adulterer, Adulterous, Adultery.5
… their spiritual union with Christ, are spiritual "adulteresses," having been spiritually united to Him as wife to husband, Romans 7:4. It is used adjectivally …
37818 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Advance.3
… world’s spiritual darkness; in 2 Timothy 2:16, "will proceed further," of profane babblings; in 2 Timothy 3:9, "shall proceed no further," of the limit Divinely to …
37819 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Age.3
… by spiritual or moral characteristics. This is illustrated in the use of the adjective [see Note (1) below] in the phrase "life eternal," in John 17:3, in respect of …
37820 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Allegory.3
… embody spiritual principles, and these are ascertained, not by the play of the imagination, but by the rightful application of the doctrines of Scripture …