devoted to sin, a sinner

1. not free from sin

2. pre-eminently sinful, especially wicked

   1. all wicked men

   2. specifically of men stained with certain definite vices or crimes

      1. tax collectors, heathen

a human being, whether male or female

1. generically, to include all human individuals

2. to distinguish man from beings of a different order

   1. of animals and plants

   2. of from God and Christ

   3. of the angels

3. with the added notion of weakness, by which man is led into a mistake or prompted to sin

4. with the adjunct notion of contempt or disdainful pity

5. with reference to two fold nature of man, body and soul

6. with reference to the two fold nature of man, the corrupt and the truly Christian man, conformed to the nature of God

7. with reference to sex, a male

indefinitely, someone, a man, one

in the plural, people

joined with other words, merchantman

of separation

1. of local separation, after verbs of motion from a place i.e. of departing, of fleeing,...

2. of separation of a part from the whole

   1. where of a whole some part is taken

3. of any kind of separation of one thing from another by which the union or fellowship of the two is destroyed

4. of a state of separation, that is of distance

   1. physical, of distance of place

   2. temporal, of distance of time

of origin

1. of the place whence anything is, comes, befalls, is taken

2. of origin of a cause

himself, herself, themselves, itself

he, she, it

the same

to render righteous or such he ought to be

to show, exhibit, evince, one to be righteous, such as he is and wishes himself to be considered

to declare, pronounce, one to be just, righteous, or such as he ought to be

to come

1. of persons

   1. to come from one place to another, and used both of persons arriving and of those returning

   2. to appear, make one's appearance, come before the public

metaph.

1. to come into being, arise, come forth, show itself, find place or influence

2. be established, become known, to come (fall) into or unto

to go, to follow one

to eat

to eat (consume) a thing

1. to take food, eat a meal

metaph. to devour, consume

behold, see, lo

and, also, even, indeed, but

to say, to speak

1. affirm over, maintain

2. to teach

3. to exhort, advise, to command, direct

4. to point out with words, intend, mean, mean to say

5. to call by name, to call, name

6. to speak out, speak of, mention

this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than "the" counted

a winebibber, given to wine, a wino

to see with the eyes

to see with the mind, to perceive, know

to see, i.e. become acquainted with by experience, to experience

to see, to look to

1. to take heed, beware

2. to care for, pay heed to

I was seen, showed myself, appeared

to drink

figuratively, to receive into the soul what serves to refresh strengthen, nourish it unto life eternal

wisdom, broad and full of intelligence; used of the knowledge of very diverse matters

1. the wisdom which belongs to men

   1. spec. the varied knowledge of things human and divine, acquired by acuteness and experience, and summed up in maxims and proverbs

   2. the science and learning

   3. the act of interpreting dreams and always giving the sagest advice

   4. the intelligence evinced in discovering the meaning of some mysterious number or vision

   5. skill in the management of affairs

   6. devout and proper prudence in intercourse with men not disciples of Christ, skill and discretion in imparting Christian truth

   7. the knowledge and practice of the requisites for godly and upright living

2. supreme intelligence, such as belongs to God

   1. to Christ

   2. the wisdom of God as evinced in forming and executing counsels in the formation and government of the world and the scriptures

offspring, children

1. child

   1. a male child, a son

2. metaph.

   1. the name transferred to that intimate and reciprocal relationship formed between men by the bonds of love, friendship, trust, just as between parents and children

   2. in affectionate address, such as patrons, helpers, teachers and the like employ: my child

   3. in the NT, pupils or disciples are called children of their teachers, because the latter by their instruction nourish the minds of their pupils and mould their characters

   4. children of God: in the OT of "the people of Israel" as especially dear to God, in the NT, in Paul's writings, all who are led by the Spirit of God and thus closely related to God

   5. children of the devil: those who in thought and action are prompted by the devil, and so reflect his character

3. metaph.

   1. of anything who depends upon it, is possessed by a desire or affection for it, is addicted to it

   2. one who is liable to any fate

      1. thus children of a city: it citizens and inhabitants

   3. the votaries of wisdom, those souls who have, as it were, been nurtured and moulded by wisdom

   4. cursed children, exposed to a curse and doomed to God's wrath or penalty

a renter or farmer of taxes

1. among the Romans, usually a man of equestrian rank

a tax gatherer, collector of taxes or tolls, one employed by a publican or farmer general in the collection of taxes. The tax collectors were as a class, detested not only by the Jews, but by other nations also, both on account of their employment and of the harshness, greed, and deception, with which they did their job.

a son

1. rarely used for the young of animals

2. generally used of the offspring of men

3. in a restricted sense, the male offspring (one born by a father and of a mother)

4. in a wider sense, a descendant, one of the posterity of any one,

   1. the children of Israel

   2. sons of Abraham

5. used to describe one who depends on another or is his follower

   1. a pupil

son of man

1. term describing man, carrying the connotation of weakness and mortality

2. son of man, symbolically denotes the fifth kingdom in Daniel 7:13 and by this term its humanity is indicated in contrast with the barbarity and ferocity of the four preceding kingdoms (the Babylonian, the Median and the Persian, the Macedonian, and the Roman) typified by the four beasts. In the book of Enoch (2nd Century) it is used of Christ.

3. used by Christ himself, doubtless in order that he might intimate his Messiahship and also that he might designate himself as the head of the human family, the man, the one who both furnished the pattern of the perfect man and acted on behalf of all mankind. Christ seems to have preferred this to the other Messianic titles, because by its lowliness it was least suited to foster the expectation of an earthly Messiah in royal splendour.

son of God

1. used to describe Adam (Lk. 3:38)

2. used to describe those who are born again (Lk. 20:36) and of angels and of Jesus Christ

3. of those whom God esteems as sons, whom he loves, protects and benefits above others

   1. in the OT used of the Jews

   2. in the NT of Christians

   3. those whose character God, as a loving father, shapes by chastisements (Heb. 12:5-8)

4. those who revere God as their father, the pious worshippers of God, those who in character and life resemble God, those who are governed by the Spirit of God, repose the same calm and joyful trust in God which children do in their parents (Rom. 8:14, Gal. 3:26), and hereafter in the blessedness and glory of the life eternal will openly wear this dignity of the sons of God. Term used preeminently of Jesus Christ, as enjoying the supreme love of God, united to him in affectionate intimacy, privy to his saving councils, obedient to the Father's will in all his acts

a voracious man, a glutton

friend, to be friendly to one, wish him well

1. a friend

2. an associate

3. he who associates familiarly with one, a companion

4. one of the bridegroom's friends who on his behalf asked the hand of the bride and rendered him various services in closing the marriage and celebrating the nuptials