beginning, origin

the person or thing that commences, the first person or thing in a series, the leader

that by which anything begins to be, the origin, the active cause

the extremity of a thing

1. of the corners of a sail

the first place, principality, rule, magistracy

1. of angels and demons

milk

a metaph. for the less difficult Christian truths

for

to become, i.e. to come into existence, begin to be, receive being

to become, i.e. to come to pass, happen

1. of events

to arise, appear in history, come upon the stage

1. of men appearing in public

to be made, finished

1. of miracles, to be performed, wrought

to become, be made

through

1. of place

   1. with

   2. in

2. of time

   1. throughout

   2. during

3. of means

   1. by

   2. by the means of

through

1. the ground or reason by which something is or is not done

   1. by reason of

   2. on account of

   3. because of for this reason

   4. therefore

   5. on this account

a teacher

in the NT one who teaches concerning the things of God, and the duties of man

1. one who is fitted to teach, or thinks himself so

2. the teachers of the Jewish religion

3. of those who by their great power as teachers draw crowds around them i.e. John the Baptist, Jesus

4. by preeminence used of Jesus by himself, as one who showed men the way of salvation

5. of the apostles, and of Paul

6. of those who in the religious assemblies of the Christians, undertook the work of teaching, with the special assistance of the Holy Spirit

7. of false teachers among Christians

to teach

1. to hold discourse with others in order to instruct them, deliver didactic discourses

2. to be a teacher

3. to discharge the office of a teacher, conduct one's self as a teacher

to teach one

1. to impart instruction

2. instill doctrine into one

3. the thing taught or enjoined

4. to explain or expound a thing

5. to teach one something

to be, to exist, to happen, to be present

to be, to exist, to happen, to be present

to have, i.e. to hold

1. to have (hold) in the hand, in the sense of wearing, to have (hold) possession of the mind (refers to alarm, agitating emotions, etc.), to hold fast keep, to have or comprise or involve, to regard or consider or hold as

to have i.e. own, possess

1. external things such as pertain to property or riches or furniture or utensils or goods or food etc.

2. used of those joined to any one by the bonds of natural blood or marriage or friendship or duty or law etc, of attendance or companionship

to hold one's self or find one's self so and so, to be in such or such a condition

to hold one's self to a thing, to lay hold of a thing, to adhere or cling to

1. to be closely joined to a person or a thing

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

a brief utterance, a divine oracle (doubtless because oracles were generally brief)

1. in the NT, the words or utterances of God

2. of the contents of the Mosaic law

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

no, not; in direct questions expecting an affirmative answer

to owe

1. to owe money, be in debt for

   1. that which is due, the debt

metaph. the goodwill due

anew, again

1. renewal or repetition of the action

2. again, anew

again, i.e. further, moreover

in turn, on the other hand

strong, firm, immovable, solid, hard, rigid

1. in a bad sense, cruel, stiff, stubborn, hard

2. in a good sense, firm, steadfast

any first thing, from which the others belonging to some series or composite whole take their rise, an element, first principal

1. the letters of the alphabet as the elements of speech, not however the written characters, but the spoken sounds

2. the elements from which all things have come, the material causes of the universe

3. the heavenly bodies, either as parts of the heavens or (as others think) because in them the elements of man, life and destiny were supposed to reside

4. the elements, rudiments, primary and fundamental principles of any art, science, or discipline

   1. i.e. of mathematics, Euclid's geometry

you

who, which, what

food, nourishment

you

necessity, need

duty, business

time either long or short