a messenger, envoy, one who is sent, an angel, a messenger from God

but

1. nevertheless, notwithstanding

2. an objection

3. an exception

4. a restriction

5. nay, rather, yea, moreover

6. forms a transition to the cardinal matter

a slave, bondman, man of servile condition

1. a slave

2. metaph., one who gives himself up to another's will those whose service is used by Christ in extending and advancing his cause among men

3. devoted to another to the disregard of one's own interests

a servant, attendant

himself, herself, itself, themselves

seventh

in, by, with etc.

to bring good news, to announce glad tidings

1. used in the OT of any kind of good news

   1. of the joyful tidings of God's kindness, in particular, of the Messianic blessings

2. in the NT used especially of the glad tidings of the coming kingdom of God, and of the salvation to be obtained in it through Christ, and of what relates to this salvation

3. glad tidings are brought to one, one has glad tidings proclaimed to him

4. to proclaim glad tidings

   1. instruct (men) concerning the things that pertain to Christian salvation

the day, used of the natural day, or the interval between sunrise and sunset, as distinguished from and contrasted with the night

1. in the daytime

2. metaph., "the day" is regarded as the time for abstaining from indulgence, vice, crime, because acts of the sort are perpetrated at night and in darkness

of the civil day, or the space of twenty four hours (thus including the night)

1. Eastern usage of this term differs from our western usage. Any part of a day is counted as a whole day, hence the expression "three days and three nights" does not mean literally three whole days, but at least one whole day plus part of two other days.

of the last day of this present age, the day Christ will return from heaven, raise the dead, hold the final judgment, and perfect his kingdom

used of time in general, i.e. the days of his life.

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 about

1. to be on the point of doing or suffering something

2. to intend, have in mind, think to

hidden thing, secret, mystery

1. generally mysteries, religious secrets, confided only to the initiated and not to ordinary mortals

2. a hidden or secret thing, not obvious to the understanding

3. a hidden purpose or counsel

   1. secret will

      1. of men

      2. of God: the secret counsels which govern God in dealing with the righteous, which are hidden from ungodly and wicked men but plain to the godly

in rabbinic writings, it denotes the mystic or hidden sense

1. of an OT saying

2. of an image or form seen in a vision

3. of a dream

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

when, whenever, as long as, as soon as

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)

to sound a trumpet

to bring to a close, to finish, to end

1. passed, finished

to perform, execute, complete, fulfil, (so that the thing done corresponds to what has been said, the order, command etc.)

1. with special reference to the subject matter, to carry out the contents of a command

2. with reference also to the form, to do just as commanded, and generally involving the notion of time, to perform the last act which completes a process, to accomplish, fulfil

to pay

1. of tribute

   In Jhn 19:30 the word means, "It is finished." Christ satisfied God's justice by dying for all to pay for the sins of the elect. These sins can never be punished again since that would violate God's justice. Sins can only be punished once, either by a substitute or by yourself.

a sound, a tone

1. of inanimate things, as musical instruments

a voice

1. of the sound of uttered words

speech

1. of a language, tongue

as, like, even as, etc.