Search for: sexual
1961 Thayer's Greek Lexicon, p. σάρξ.7
… , of sexual desire, John 1:13; the animal nature with cravings which incite to sin : Matthew 26:41; Mark 14:38; Romans 7:18 (for which τά μέλη is used in Romans 7:22 ); Romans …
1962 Thayer's Greek Lexicon, p. φιλέω.5
… of sexual love (but it is so used occasionally by the later writers; cf. Plutarch, Pericl. 24, 12, p. 165 e.; symp. 7, p. 180 b. ὁ ἐρώμενος τόν ἐραστην ἀγαπᾷ; cf. Stephanus Thesaurus …
1963 Thayer's Greek Lexicon, p. χρῆσις.2
… the sexual use of a woman, Romans 1:26 ( παιδικη, Lucian, amor. 25; ὀρεξεις παρά τάς χρησεις, Plutarch, placit. philos. 5, 5; (cf. Isocrates, p. 386 c.; Plato, legg. 8, p. 841 a.; Aristotle …
1964 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Bow, Bend.3
… for sexual intercourse ( Job 31:10 ). A woman in process of giving birth was said to “bow down” ( 1 Samuel 4:19 ). Tottering or feeble knees are those that “bend” from weakness …
1965 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Canaan; Canaanite.4
… of sexual perversions that were forbidden to Israel prefaced by the statement: “… and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not …
1966 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Come Near, Approach.2
… of sexual intercourse ( Exodus 19:15 ). More frequently, it is used to speak of the priests “coming into the presence of” God ( Ezekiel 44:13 ) or of the priests’ “approach …
1967 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Deliver.7
… of sexual activity, too, emphasizing the act of intercourse or “one’s lying down” with an animal ( Leviticus 18:23 ).
1968 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Go Away, Leave.7
… to sexual relations (cf. Exodus 20:26 ). Another phrase, “to uncover someone’s skirts,” means to have sexual relations with a person ( Deuteronomy 22:30 ).
1969 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Humbled, to Be; Afflicted.4
… woman sexually by force may be “to humble” her ( Genesis 34:2, KJV, RSV), but the word is more appropriately translated “dishonor” (JB, NEB). In the Day of Atonement observance …
1970 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Know.9
… a sexual relationship. In Genesis 18:19 God says He “knows” Abraham; He cared for him in the sense that He chose him from among other men and saw to it that certain …
1971 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Lie.3
… , have sexual intercourse with.” This word also occurs in Ugaritic, Akkadian, Ethiopic, post-biblical Aramaic, and post-biblical Hebrew. Biblical Hebrew attests …
1972 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Lie.12
… have sexual relations with.” The first occurrence of this use is in Genesis 19:32, where Lot’s daughters say: “Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will …
1973 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Loose Conduct.3
… illicit sexual conduct: “Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, … or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are …
1974 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Love.4
… in sexual desire, although as a rule it is desire within the bounds of lawful relationships: “And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah …
1975 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Love.10
… a sexual activity. 'Ahăbâh means “love” between friends in 1 Samuel 18:3 : “Then Jonathan and David made a covenant because he loved him as his own soul.” The word refers …
1976 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Nakedness.4
… female sexual organs. In its first biblical appearance ‛ervâh implies shameful exposure: “And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father.… And …
1977 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Nakedness.5
… of sexual abstinence—nocturnal emission not properly cleansed, sexual cohabitation and other laws of purity (for example, excrement buried in the camp …
1978 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Nakedness.7
… to “sexual nakedness,” appears in a figurative sense in Nahum 3:5. ‘Erom appears as a noun abstract in several instances. This word represents the more general …
1979 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Offer.6
Qârab is used technically of having sexual relations. In Genesis 20:4 before Abimelech states his innocence with regard to Sarah we read he “had not come near her” (cf. Deuteronomy 22:14; Isaiah 8:3 ).
1980 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Pollute.3
… illicit sexual acts, such as harlotry ( Leviticus 21:9 ) or violation of one’s father’s bed ( Genesis 49:4 —the first occurrence).