royal power, kingship, dominion, rule

1. not to be confused with an actual kingdom but rather the right or authority to rule over a kingdom

2. of the royal power of Jesus as the triumphant Messiah

3. of the royal power and dignity conferred on Christians in the Messiah's kingdom

a kingdom, the territory subject to the rule of a king

used in the N.T. to refer to the reign of the Messiah

for

a clerk, scribe, esp.a public servant, secretary, recorder, whose office and influence differed in different states

in the Bible, a man learned in the Mosaic law and in the sacred writings, an interpreter, teacher. Scribes examined the more difficult and subtle questions of the law; added to the Mosaic law decisions of various kinds thought to elucidate its meaning and scope, and did this to the detriment of religion. Since the advice of men skilled in the law was needed in the examination in the causes and the solution of the difficult questions, they were enrolled in the Sanhedrin; and are mentioned in connection with the priests and elders of the people. See a Bible Dictionary for more information on the scribes.

a religious teacher: so instructed that from his learning and ability to teach advantage may redound to the kingdom of heaven

in a broad sense: state of him who is as he ought to be, righteousness, the condition acceptable to God

1. the doctrine concerning the way in which man may attain a state approved of God

2. integrity, virtue, purity of life, rightness, correctness of thinking feeling, and acting

in a narrower sense, justice or the virtue which gives each his due

if, in case

into, unto, to, towards, for, among

to go out or come in: to enter

1. of men or animals, as into a house or a city

2. of Satan taking possession of the body of a person

3. of things: as food, that enters into the eater's mouth

metaph.

1. of entrance into any condition, state of things, society, employment

   1. to arise, come into existence, begin to be

   2. of men, to come before the public

   3. to come into life

2. of thoughts that come into the mind

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

no, not lest

if not, unless, whoever... not

never, certainly not, not at all, by no means

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

that, because, since

no, not; in direct questions expecting an affirmative answer

the vaulted expanse of the sky with all things visible in it

1. the universe, the world

2. the aerial heavens or sky, the region where the clouds and the tempests gather, and where thunder and lightning are produced

3. the sidereal or starry heavens

the region above the sidereal heavens, the seat of order of things eternal and consummately perfect where God dwells and other heavenly beings

to exceed a fixed number of measure, to be left over and above a certain number or measure

1. to be over, to remain

2. to exist or be at hand in abundance

   1. to be great (abundant)

   2. a thing which comes in abundance, or overflows unto one, something falls to the lot of one in large measure

   3. to redound unto, turn out abundantly for, a thing

3. to abound, overflow

   1. to be abundantly furnished with, to have in abundance, abound in (a thing), to be in affluence

   2. to be pre-eminent, to excel

   3. to excel more than, exceed

to make to abound

1. to furnish one richly so that he has abundance

2. to make abundant or excellent

   "Abounding" is used of a flower going from a bud to full bloom.

greater in quantity

1. the more part, very many

greater in quality, superior, more excellent

you

you

of yours

A sect that seems to have started after the Jewish exile. In addition to OT books the Pharisees recognised in oral tradition a standard of belief and life. They sought for distinction and praise by outward observance of external rites and by outward forms of piety, and such as ceremonial washings, fastings, prayers, and alms giving; and, comparatively negligent of genuine piety, they prided themselves on their fancied good works. They held strenuously to a belief in the existence of good and evil angels, and to the expectation of a Messiah; and they cherished the hope that the dead, after a preliminary experience either of reward or of penalty in Hades, would be recalled to life by him, and be requited each according to his individual deeds. In opposition to the usurped dominion of the Herods and the rule of the Romans, they stoutly upheld the theocracy and their country's cause, and possessed great influence with the common people. According to Josephus they numbered more than 6000. They were bitter enemies of Jesus and his cause; and were in turn severely rebuked by him for their avarice, ambition, hollow reliance on outward works, and affection of piety in order to gain popularity.