father of an individual

of God as father of his people

head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan

ancestor

1. grandfather, forefathers — of person

2. of people

originator or patron of a class, profession, or art

of producer, generator (fig.)

of benevolence and protection (fig.)

term of respect and honour

ruler or chief (spec.)

perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed

1. (Qal)

   1. perish, die, be exterminated

   2. perish, vanish (fig.)

   3. be lost, strayed

2. (Piel)

   1. to destroy, kill, cause to perish, to give up (as lost), exterminate

   2. to blot out, do away with, cause to vanish, (fig.)

   3. cause to stray, lose

3. (Hiphil)

   1. to destroy, put to death

      1. of divine judgment

   2. object name of kings (fig.)

Ahab = "father's brother"

1. king of Israel, son of Omri, husband of Jezebel

2. false prophet executed by Nebuchadrezzar, time of Jeremiah

(relative part.)

1. which, who

2. that which

(conj)

1. that (in obj clause)

2. when

3. since

4. as

5. conditional if

Ashera(h) = "groves (for idol worship)"

1. a Babylonian (Astarte)-Canaanite goddess (of fortune and happiness), the supposed consort of Baal, her images

   1. the goddess, goddesses

   2. her images

   3. sacred trees or poles set up near an altar

sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

high place, ridge, height, bamah (technical name for cultic platform)

1. high place, mountain

2. high places, battlefields

3. high places (as places of worship)

4. funeral mound?

to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue

1. (Qal)

   1. to build, rebuild

   2. to build a house (ie, establish a family)

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be built

   2. to be rebuilt

   3. established (of restored exiles) (fig.)

   4. established (made permanent)

   5. to be built up (of childless wife becoming the mother of a family through the children of a concubine)

Baal = "lord"

1. supreme male divinity of the Phoenicians or Canaanites

2. a Reubenite

3. the son of Jehiel and grandfather of Saul

   proper locative noun

4. a town of Simeon, probably identical to Baalath-beer

Hezekiah or Hizkiah or Hizkijah = "Jehovah is my strength"

1. 12th king of Judah, son of Ahaz and Abijah; a good king in that he served Jehovah and did away with idolatrous practices

2. great-great-grandfather of Zephaniah the prophet

3. son of Neariah, a descendant of David

4. head of a family of returning exiles in the time of Nehemiah

Israel = "God prevails"

1. the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel

2. the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob

   1. the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split

   2. the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah

   3. the name of the nation after the return from exile

all, the whole

1. all, the whole of

2. any, each, every, anything

3. totality, everything

altar

king

to work, serve

1. (Qal)

   1. to labour, work, do work

   2. to work for another, serve another by labour

   3. to serve as subjects

   4. to serve (God)

   5. to serve (with Levitical service)

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be worked, be tilled (of land)

   2. to make oneself a servant

3. (Pual) to be worked

4. (Hiphil)

   1. to compel to labour or work, cause to labour, cause to serve

   2. to cause to serve as subjects

5. (Hophal) to be led or enticed to serve

to do, fashion, accomplish, make

1. (Qal)

   1. to do, work, make, produce

      1. to do

      2. to work

      3. to deal (with)

      4. to act, act with effect, effect

   2. to make

      1. to make

      2. to produce

      3. to prepare

      4. to make (an offering)

      5. to attend to, put in order

      6. to observe, celebrate

      7. to acquire (property)

      8. to appoint, ordain, institute

      9. to bring about

      10. to use

      11. to spend, pass

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be done

   2. to be made

   3. to be produced

   4. to be offered

   5. to be observed

   6. to be used

3. (Pual) to be made

(Piel) to press, squeeze

that which goes forth, army, war, warfare, host

1. army, host

   1. host (of organised army)

   2. host (of angels)

   3. of sun, moon, and stars

   4. of whole creation

2. war, warfare, service, go out to war

3. service

to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up

1. (Qal)

   1. to arise

   2. to arise (hostile sense)

   3. to arise, become powerful

   4. to arise, come on the scene

   5. to stand

      1. to maintain oneself

      2. to be established, be confirmed

      3. to stand, endure

      4. to be fixed

      5. to be valid

      6. to be proven

      7. to be fulfilled

      8. to persist

      9. to be set, be fixed

2. (Piel)

   1. to fulfil

   2. to confirm, ratify, establish, impose

3. (Polel) to raise up

4. (Hithpael) to raise oneself, rise up

5. (Hiphil)

   1. to cause to arise, raise

   2. to raise, set up, erect, build

   3. to raise up, bring on the scene

   4. to raise up, rouse, stir up, investigate

   5. to raise up, constitute

   6. to cause to stand, set, station, establish

   7. to make binding

   8. to carry out, give effect to

6. (Hophal) to be raised up

to return, turn back

1. (Qal)

   1. to turn back, return

      1. to turn back

      2. to return, come or go back

      3. to return unto, go back, come back

      4. of dying

      5. of human relations (fig)

      6. of spiritual relations (fig)

         1. to turn back (from God), apostatise

         2. to turn away (of God)

         3. to turn back (to God), repent

         4. turn back (from evil)

      7. of inanimate things

      8. in repetition

2. (Polel)

   1. to bring back

   2. to restore, refresh, repair (fig)

   3. to lead away (enticingly)

   4. to show turning, apostatise

3. (Pual) restored (participle)

4. (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back

   1. to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment

   2. to bring back, refresh, restore

   3. to bring back, report to, answer

   4. to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense)

   5. to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse

   6. to turn away (face), turn toward

   7. to turn against

   8. to bring back to mind

   9. to show a turning away

   10. to reverse, revoke

5. (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back

6. (Pulal) brought back

to bow down

1. (Qal) to bow down

2. (Hiphil) to depress (fig)

3. (Hithpael)

   1. to bow down, prostrate oneself

      1. before superior in homage

      2. before God in worship

      3. before false gods

      4. before angel

heaven, heavens, sky

1. visible heavens, sky

   1. as abode of the stars

   2. as the visible universe, the sky, atmosphere, etc

2. Heaven (as the abode of God)