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

but, moreover, and, etc.

to testify

1. earnestly, religiously to charge

to attest, testify to, solemnly affirm

1. to give solemn testimony to one

2. to confirm a thing by testimony, to testify, cause it to be believed

Jesus = "Jehovah is salvation"

1. Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind, God incarnate

2. Jesus Barabbas was the captive robber whom the Jews begged Pilate to release instead of Christ

3. Joshua was the famous captain of the Israelites, Moses' successor (Ac. 7:45, Heb. 4:8)

4. Jesus, son of Eliezer, one of the ancestors of Christ (Lu. 3:29)

5. Jesus, surnamed Justus, a Jewish Christian, an associate with Paul in the preaching of the gospel (Col. 4:11)

Jewish, belonging to the Jewish nation

Jewish as respects to birth, origin, religion

and, also, even, indeed, but

to come down, go down

1. of one who goes from a higher to a lower locality

2. of those who come to a place by a ship

Macedonia = "extended land"

1. a country bounded on the south by Thessaly and Epirus, on the east by Thrace and the Aegean Sea, on the west by Illyria, and on the North by Dardania and Moesia

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

Paul or Paulus = "small or little"

1. Paul was the most famous of the apostles and wrote a good part of the NT, the 14 Pauline epistles

2. Paulus was a deputy or pro-consul of Cyprus and is said to be a prudent man, in the management of affairs, as a governor

the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son

1. sometimes referred to in a way which emphasises his personality and character (the "Holy" Spirit)

2. sometimes referred to in a way which emphasises his work and power (the Spirit of "Truth")

3. never referred to as a depersonalised force

the spirit, i.e. the vital principal by which the body is animated

1. the rational spirit, the power by which the human being feels, thinks, decides

2. the soul

a spirit, i.e. a simple essence, devoid of all or at least all grosser matter, and possessed of the power of knowing, desiring, deciding, and acting

1. a life giving spirit

2. a human soul that has left the body

3. a spirit higher than man but lower than God, i.e. an angel

   1. used of demons, or evil spirits, who were conceived as inhabiting the bodies of men

   2. the spiritual nature of Christ, higher than the highest angels and equal to God, the divine nature of Christ

the disposition or influence which fills and governs the soul of any one

1. the efficient source of any power, affection, emotion, desire, etc.

a movement of air (a gentle blast)

1. of the wind, hence the wind itself

2. breath of nostrils or mouth

Silas = "woody"

1. a Roman citizen, the companion of the apostle Paul on several of his missionary journeys

to hold together

1. any whole, lest it fall to pieces or something fall away from it

to hold together with constraint, to compress

1. to press together with the hand

   1. to hold one's ears, to shut the heavens that it may not rain

2. to press on every side

   1. of a besieged city

   2. of a strait, that forces a ship into a narrow channel

   3. of a cattle squeeze, that pushing in on each side, forcing the beast into a position where it cannot move so the farmer can administer medication

to hold completely

1. to hold fast

   1. of a prisoner

2. metaph.

   1. to be held by, closely occupied with any business

   2. in teaching the word

   3. to constrain, oppress, of ills laying hold of one and distressing him

   4. to be held with, afflicted with, suffering from

   5. to urge, impel

      1. of the soul

not only... but also

both... and

as... so

Timothy = "honouring God"

1. a resident of Lystra, apparently, whose father was a Greek and mother a Jewess; he was Paul's travelling companion and fellow labourer

Christ = "anointed"

1. Christ was [and is] the Messiah, the Son of God

2. anointed

as, like, even as, etc.