but, moreover, and, etc.

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

a god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities

the Godhead, trinity

1. God the Father, the first person in the trinity

2. Christ, the second person of the trinity

3. Holy Spirit, the third person in the trinity

spoken of the only and true God

1. refers to the things of God

2. his counsels, interests, things due to him

whatever can in any respect be likened unto God, or resemble him in any way

1. God's representative or viceregent

   1. of magistrates and judges

and, also, even, indeed, but

to be a witness, to bear witness, i.e. to affirm that one has seen or heard or experienced something, or that he knows it because taught by divine revelation or inspiration

1. to give (not to keep back) testimony

2. to utter honourable testimony, give a good report

3. conjure, implore

anything established, anything received by usage, a custom, a law, a command

1. of any law whatsoever

   1. a law or rule producing a state approved of God

      1. by the observance of which is approved of God

   2. a precept or injunction

   3. the rule of action prescribed by reason

2. of the Mosaic law, and referring, acc. to the context. either to the volume of the law or to its contents

3. the Christian religion: the law demanding faith, the moral instruction given by Christ, esp. the precept concerning love

4. the name of the more important part (the Pentateuch), is put for the entire collection of the sacred books of the OT

now, at this very moment

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

in Greek writings, an interpreter of oracles or of other hidden things

one who, moved by the Spirit of God and hence his organ or spokesman, solemnly declares to men what he has received by inspiration, especially concerning future events, and in particular such as relate to the cause and kingdom of God and to human salvation

1. the OT prophets, having foretold the kingdom, deeds and death, of Jesus the Messiah.

2. of John the Baptist, the herald of Jesus the Messiah

3. of the illustrious prophet, the Jews expected before the advent of the Messiah

4. the Messiah

5. of men filled with the Spirit of God, who by God's authority and command in words of weight pleads the cause of God and urges salvation of men

6. of prophets that appeared in the apostolic age among Christians

   1. they are associated with the apostles

   2. they discerned and did what is best for the Christian cause, foretelling certain future events. (Acts 11:27)

   3. in the religious assemblies of the Christians, they were moved by the Holy Spirit to speak, having power to instruct, comfort, encourage, rebuke, convict, and stimulate, their hearers

a poet (because poets were believed to sing under divine inspiration)

1. of Epimenides (Tit. 1:12)

by, under

to make manifest or visible or known what has been hidden or unknown, to manifest, whether by words, or deeds, or in any other way

1. make actual and visible, realised

2. to make known by teaching

3. to become manifest, be made known

4. of a person

   1. expose to view, make manifest, to show one's self, appear

5. to become known, to be plainly recognised, thoroughly understood

   1. who and what one is

separate, apart

1. without any

2. besides