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4201 Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, p. רָדַף.2
… give choice of Qal or Pi, Ki JHMich Bae al.; Ges § 63 n expl. as developed from יִרֲדֹף, cf. Ol § 236 e, and, further, Kö i. 160 ), sf. יִרְדָּפֶ֑ךָ Ez 35:6 (×2), etc.; Imv. ms. רְדֹף Gn 44:4 …
4202 Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, p. רָחַק.2
… رَحِيقٌ choice wine (i.e. from a distance) Frä 158; Ethiopic ርሕቀ: be far, Sab. רחק CIS iv, nos. 95, 98; Aramaic רְחֵיק, רְחַק, and (often in der. spec. and deriv.) ܪܚܶܩ ) ;— Qal Pf. 3 …
4203 Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, p. שֹׂרֵק.2
† I. שֹׂרֵק n. [ m. ] choice species of vine ;—abs. שׂ׳ Is 5:2, שׂוֹ׳ Je 2:21 (both in fig.).
4204 Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, p. שֹׂרֵק².2
† II. שֹׂרֵק (van d. H. שׂוֹ׳ ) n.pr.loc. in נַ֫חַל שׂ׳ Ju 16:4 ( proposes Wady of choice vines ) ;—𝔊 Σωρηχ[κ]; prob. Wady Ṣurâr (GASm Geogr. 218 ff. ), on N. side of which is ruin Sûrîk, 3/4 h. W. of Ṣur‘ah (Ẓor‘ah), Survey iii. 53 GFM ad loc.
4205 Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, p. שֹׂרֵקָה.2
† שֹׂרֵקָה n.f. choice vine ;— Gn 49:11 .
4206 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Abraham.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
… his choice of the pasture-ground. (Comp. 1 Corinthians 6:7 .) He chose the well-watered plain in which Sodom was situated, and removed thither; and thus the uncle …
4207 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Heresy.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… ) a choice, (2) the opinion chosen, and (3) the sect holding the opinion. In the Acts of the Apostles ( Acts 5:17; Acts 15:5; Acts 24:5, Acts 24:14; Acts 26:5 ) it denotes a sect, without …
4208 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Love.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… deliberate choice; philein has more of attachment and peculiar personal affection. Thus the ‘Lovest thou’ (Gr. agapas) on the lips of the Lord seems to Peter at …
4209 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Mibhar.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
Mibhar — choice, a Hagarene, one of David’s warriors ( 1 Chronicles 11:38 ); called also Bani the Gadite ( 2 Samuel 23:36 ).
4210 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Moses.8 (Matthew G. Easton)
… his choice accordingly ( Hebrews 11:25-27 ), assured that God would bless his resolution for the welfare of his people. He now left the palace of the king and took …
4211 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Passover.4 (Matthew G. Easton)
… a choice from huge stacks of clay dishes and ovens for roasting and eating the Passover lamb. Booths for wine, oil, salt, and all else needed for sacrifices invited …
4212 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Samaria.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… the choice of Omri alone. He, indeed, gave to the city which he had built the name of its former owner, but its especial connection with himself as its founder …
4213 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Samson.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
… , Their choice nobility and flower.” Milton’s Samson Agonistes.
4214 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Sect.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… “a choice,” then “a chosen manner of life,” and then “a religious party,” as the “sect” of the Sadducees ( Acts 5:17 ), of the Pharisees ( Acts 15:5 ), the Nazarenes, i.e., Christians …
4215 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Sorek.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
Sorek — choice vine, the name of a valley, i.e., a torrent-bed, now the Wady Surar, “valley of the fertile spot,” which drains the western Judean hills, and flowing by …
4216 Etymology dictionary, p. adopt (v.).2
… by choice, select, adopt," especially "to take into a family, adopt as a child," from ad "to" (see ad- ) + optare "choose, wish, desire" (see option (n.)).
4217 Etymology dictionary, p. adoption (n.).2
… by choice, select, adopt," especially "to take into a family, adopt as a child," from ad "to" (see ad- ) + optare "choose, wish, desire" (from PIE root *op- (2) "to choose;" see option (n …
4218 Etymology dictionary, p. alternative (adj.).2
… superior choice to what is in general use" was current by 1970 (earliest reference is to the media); in popular music, by 1984 in reference to pirate radio. Alternative …
4219 Etymology dictionary, p. alternate (adj.).3
… a choice." Both imply two kinds or things. Alternation is the process of two things following one another regularly by turns (as night and day); an alternative …
4220 Etymology dictionary, p. although (conj.).2
… ]. The choice between although and though often is determined by metrics.