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

but, moreover, and, etc.

and, also, even, indeed, but

to utter a voice or emit a sound

to speak

1. to use the tongue or the faculty of speech

2. to utter articulate sounds

to talk

to utter, tell

to use words in order to declare one's mind and disclose one's thoughts

1. to speak

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

(the act of) building, building up

metaph. edifying, edification

1. the act of one who promotes another's growth in Christian wisdom, piety, happiness, holiness

a building (i.e. the thing built, edifice)

a calling near, summons, (esp. for help)

importation, supplication, entreaty

exhortation, admonition, encouragement

consolation, comfort, solace; that which affords comfort or refreshment

1. thus of the Messianic salvation (so the Rabbis call the Messiah the consoler, the comforter)

persuasive discourse, stirring address

1. instructive, admonitory, conciliatory, powerful hortatory discourse

any address, whether made for the purpose of persuading, or of arousing and stimulating, or of calming and consoling

1. consolation, comfort

to prophesy, to be a prophet, speak forth by divine inspirations, to predict

1. to prophesy

2. with the idea of foretelling future events pertaining esp. to the kingdom of God

3. to utter forth, declare, a thing which can only be known by divine revelation

4. to break forth under sudden impulse in lofty discourse or praise of the divine counsels

   1. under like prompting, to teach, refute, reprove, admonish, comfort others

5. to act as a prophet, discharge the prophetic office