to support, confirm, be faithful

1. (Qal)

   1. to support, confirm, be faithful, uphold, nourish

      1. foster-father (subst.)

      2. foster-mother, nurse

      3. pillars, supporters of the door

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be established, be faithful, be carried, make firm

      1. to be carried by a nurse

      2. made firm, sure, lasting

      3. confirmed, established, sure

      4. verified, confirmed

      5. reliable, faithful, trusty

3. (Hiphil)

   1. to stand firm, to trust, to be certain, to believe in

      1. stand firm

      2. trust, believe

Ephraim = "double ash-heap: I shall be doubly fruitful"

1. second son of Joseph, blessed by him and given preference over first son, Manasseh

2. the tribe, Ephraim

3. the mountain country of Ephraim

4. sometimes used name for the northern kingdom (Hosea or Isaiah)

5. a city near Baal-hazor

6. a chief gate of Jerusalem

to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out

1. (Qal)

   1. —

      1. to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass

      2. to come about, come to pass

   2. to come into being, become

      1. to arise, appear, come

      2. to become

         1. to become

         2. to become like

         3. to be instituted, be established

   3. to be

      1. to exist, be in existence

      2. to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)

      3. to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)

      4. to accompany, be with

2. (Niphal)

   1. to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about

   2. to be done, be finished, be gone

to know

1. (Qal)

   1. to know

      1. to know, learn to know

      2. to perceive

      3. to perceive and see, find out and discern

      4. to discriminate, distinguish

      5. to know by experience

      6. to recognise, admit, acknowledge, confess

      7. to consider

   2. to know, be acquainted with

   3. to know (a person carnally)

   4. to know how, be skilful in

   5. to have knowledge, be wise

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be made known, be or become known, be revealed

   2. to make oneself known

   3. to be perceived

   4. to be instructed

3. (Piel) to cause to know

4. (Poal) to cause to know

5. (Pual)

   1. to be known

   2. known, one known, acquaintance (participle)

6. (Hiphil) to make known, declare

7. (Hophal) to be made known

8. (Hithpael) to make oneself known, reveal oneself

day, time, year

1. day (as opposed to night)

2. day (24 hour period)

   1. as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1

   2. as a division of time

      1. a working day, a day's journey

3. days, lifetime (pl.)

4. time, period (general)

5. year

6. temporal references

   1. today

   2. yesterday

   3. tomorrow

Israel = "God prevails"

1. the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel

2. the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob

   1. the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split

   2. the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah

   3. the name of the nation after the return from exile

rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe

1. rod, staff

2. shaft (of spear, dart)

3. club (of shepherd's implement)

4. truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority)

5. clan, tribe

waste, horror, appalment

1. a waste (of land, city, etc)

2. appalment, horror

rebuke, correction, reproof, punishment, chastisement

argument, reproof

1. argument, impeachment

2. reproof, chiding

3. correction, rebuke