a washing, purification effected by means of water

1. of washing prescribed by the Mosaic law (Heb 9:10) which seems to mean an exposition of the difference between the washings prescribed by the Mosaic law and Christian baptism

that which is eaten, food

different, varying in kind

excellent, surpassing

that which has been deemed right so as to have force of law

1. what has been established, and ordained by law, an ordinance

2. a judicial decision, sentence

   1. of God

      1. either the favourable judgment by which he acquits man and declares them acceptable to Him

      2. unfavourable: sentence of condemnation

a righteous act or deed

in a physical sense, a making straight, restoring to its natural and normal condition something which in some way protrudes or has got out of line, as broken or misshapen limbs

of acts and institutions, reformation

upon, on, at, by, before

of position, on, at, by, over, against

to, over, on, at, across, against

to lie upon or over, rest upon, be laid or placed upon

1. on the burning coals

metaph.

1. of things, of the pressure of a violent tempest

2. of men, to press upon, to be urgent

and, also, even, indeed, but

due measure

a measure of time, a larger or smaller portion of time, hence:

1. a fixed and definite time, the time when things are brought to crisis, the decisive epoch waited for

2. opportune or seasonable time

3. the right time

4. a limited period of time

5. to what time brings, the state of the times, the things and events of time

as far as, until

only, alone, but

drink

flesh (the soft substance of the living body, which covers the bones and is permeated with blood) of both man and beasts

the body

1. the body of a man

2. used of natural or physical origin, generation or relationship

   1. born of natural generation

3. the sensuous nature of man, "the animal nature"

   1. without any suggestion of depravity

   2. the animal nature with cravings which incite to sin

   3. the physical nature of man as subject to suffering

a living creature (because possessed of a body of flesh) whether man or beast

the flesh, denotes mere human nature, the earthly nature of man apart from divine influence, and therefore prone to sin and opposed to God