a brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother

having the same national ancestor, belonging to the same people, or countryman

any fellow or man

a fellow believer, united to another by the bond of affection

an associate in employment or office

brethren in Christ

1. his brothers by blood

2. all men

3. apostles

4. Christians, as those who are exalted to the same heavenly place

I, me, my

and, also, even, indeed, but

the suffering of evil, i.e. trouble, distress, afflicted

he to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding; master, lord

1. the possessor and disposer of a thing

   1. the owner; one who has control of the person, the master

   2. in the state: the sovereign, prince, chief, the Roman emperor

2. is a title of honour expressive of respect and reverence, with which servants greet their master

3. this title is given to: God, the Messiah

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

to take

1. to take with the hand, lay hold of, any person or thing in order to use it

   1. to take up a thing to be carried

   2. to take upon one's self

2. to take in order to carry away

   1. without the notion of violence, i,e to remove, take away

3. to take what is one's own, to take to one's self, to make one's own

   1. to claim, procure, for one's self

      1. to associate with one's self as companion, attendant

   2. of that which when taken is not let go, to seize, to lay hold of, apprehend

   3. to take by craft (our catch, used of hunters, fisherman, etc.), to circumvent one by fraud

   4. to take to one's self, lay hold upon, take possession of, i.e. to appropriate to one's self

   5. catch at, reach after, strive to obtain

   6. to take a thing due, to collect, gather (tribute)

4. to take

   1. to admit, receive

   2. to receive what is offered

   3. not to refuse or reject

   4. to receive a person, give him access to one's self,

      1. to regard any one's power, rank, external circumstances, and on that account to do some injustice or neglect something

5. to take, to choose, select

6. to take beginning, to prove anything, to make a trial of, to experience

to receive (what is given), to gain, get, obtain, to get back

patience, endurance, constancy, steadfastness, perseverance

patience, forbearance, longsuffering, slowness in avenging wrongs

I, me, my, of me

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

name: univ. of proper names

the name is used for everything which the name covers, everything the thought or feeling of which is aroused in the mind by mentioning, hearing, remembering, the name, i.e. for one's rank, authority, interests, pleasure, command, excellences, deeds etc.

persons reckoned up by name

the cause or reason named: on this account, because he suffers as a Christian, for this reason

who, which, what, that

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)

a sign suggestive of anything, delineation of a thing, representation, figure, copy

an example: for imitation

1. of the thing to be imitated

2. for a warning, of a thing to be shunned