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10101 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Earth.4
… Lord run to and fro throughout the earth,” He sees that “there is not a just man on earth” ( Ecclesiastes 7:20 ). At an early stage, God endeavored to “blot out man … from …
10102 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Faithfulness.6
… God: “Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth …
10103 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Flesh.9
Bâśâr sometimes represents the “male sex organ”: “Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh [NASB, “body”], because of his issue he is unclean” ( Leviticus 15:2 ).
10104 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Live.16
… means “running”; it is used metaphorically describing something that moves: “And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing …
10105 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Pride.7
… hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied …
10106 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. River; Wadi.4
… water runs during the rainy season: “And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there” ( Genesis 26:17 — the first biblical …
10108 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Run.3
… hasten, run.” This verb also appears in Ethiopic, Aramaic (where it is spelled rehats ), and Akkadian (where it means “hasten to one’s aid”). It appears about 80 times …
10109 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Run.4
… than running. This appears to be the emphasis in its first occurrence, where we are told that “when [Abraham] saw them [the three men], he ran to meet them from the …
10110 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Run.5
… sons “run” before his chariots, or “run” headlong into battle ( 1 Samuel 8:11 ). It was not having a king that was evil, for God had provided for a king in the Mosaic law …
10111 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Run.6
… “to run away from” may be used in non-military contexts. In 1 Samuel 20:36 the verb signifies running away from someone in search of something, in the sense of not …
10112 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Run.7
… of “running” may be unspecified while the direction or path is emphasized. So used, rûts means to pursue a particular course of action: “I will run the way of thy …
10113 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Run.8
… now run, and bear the king [David] tidings, how that the Lord hath avenged him of his enemies [Absalom]” ( 2 Samuel 18:19 ).
10114 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Run.9
… us run together” (NASB) is probably misleading. Perhaps one might translate: “Draw me after you and let us hasten [to make love]; the king has brought me into his bed …
10115 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Run.11
Meruts means “running; course.” This noun, which occurs only 4 times in biblical Hebrew, represents both the mode of running ( 2 Samuel 18:27 ) and the course one runs ( Jeremiah 23:10 ).
10116 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Street.4
… man: “Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth …
10117 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Strong, to Be.7
… Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth to show himself strong in the behalf of them [NASB, “to strongly support them”] whose heart is perfect toward him …
10118 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Turn.9
… is “running away or turning away” (cf. 1 Samuel 22:17 ). Sâbab may also refer to a change of direction, as in Numbers 34:4 : “And your border shall turn.…”
10119 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Water.8
… , and running waters out of thine own well” ( Proverbs 5:15 ). Outpoured “water” represents bloodshed ( Deuteronomy 12:16 ), wrath ( Hosea 5:10 ), justice ( Amos 5:24; KJV, “judgment …
10120 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Way.11
… “to run a race” ( Psalms 19:5 ), ’ôrach represents a race course rather than a highway or a primitive, snake-laden path. The man who makes his path straight goes directly …