firm

1. metaph. faithful

verily, amen

1. at the beginning of a discourse - surely, truly, of a truth

2. at the end - so it is, so be it, may it be fulfilled. It was a custom, which passed over from the synagogues to the Christian assemblies, that when he who had read or discoursed, had offered up solemn prayer to God, the others responded Amen, and thus made the substance of what was uttered their own.

   The word "amen" is a most remarkable word. It was transliterated directly from the Hebrew into the Greek of the New Testament, then into Latin and into English and many other languages, so that it is practically a universal word. It has been called the best known word in human speech. The word is directly related — in fact, almost identical — to the Hebrew word for "believe" (amam), or faithful. Thus, it came to mean "sure" or "truly", an expression of absolute trust and confidence. — HMM

himself, herself, themselves, itself

he, she, it

the same

a baptiser

one who administers the rite of baptism

the surname of John, the forerunner of Christ

royal power, kingship, dominion, rule

1. not to be confused with an actual kingdom but rather the right or authority to rule over a kingdom

2. of the royal power of Jesus as the triumphant Messiah

3. of the royal power and dignity conferred on Christians in the Messiah's kingdom

a kingdom, the territory subject to the rule of a king

used in the N.T. to refer to the reign of the Messiah

begotten, born

a woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a widow

a wife

1. of a betrothed woman

but, moreover, and, etc.

to arouse, cause to rise

1. to arouse from sleep, to awake

2. to arouse from the sleep of death, to recall the dead to life

3. to cause to rise from a seat or bed etc.

4. to raise up, produce, cause to appear

   1. to cause to appear, bring before the public

   2. to raise up, stir up, against one

   3. to raise up i.e. cause to be born

   4. of buildings, to raise up, construct, erect

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

in, by, with etc.

"he/she/it is" (third person singular of 'to be'). Used with 3739 in the following verses: Mar 3:17; 7:11, 34; 12:42; 15:15; Eph 6:17; Col 1:24; Hbr 7:2; Rev 21:8, 17. These are listed under number 3603.

John = "Jehovah is a gracious giver"

1. John the Baptist was the son of Zacharias and Elisabeth, the forerunner of Christ. By order of Herod Antipas he was cast into prison and afterwards beheaded.

2. John the apostle, the writer of the Fourth Gospel, son of Zebedee and Salome, brother of James the elder. He is that disciple who (without mention by name) is spoken of in the Fourth Gospel as especially dear to Jesus and according to the traditional opinion is the author of the book of Revelation.

3. John surnamed Mark, the companion of Barnabas and Paul. #Acts 12:12

4. John a certain man, a member of the Sanhedrin. # Ac 4:6

to say, to speak

1. affirm over, maintain

2. to teach

3. to exhort, advise, to command, direct

4. to point out with words, intend, mean, mean to say

5. to call by name, to call, name

6. to speak out, speak of, mention

great

1. of the external form or sensible appearance of things (or of persons)

   1. in particular, of space and its dimensions, as respects

      1. mass and weight: great

      2. compass and extent: large, spacious

      3. measure and height: long

      4. stature and age: great, old

2. of number and quantity: numerous, large, abundant

3. of age: the elder

4. used of intensity and its degrees: with great effort, of the affections and emotions of the mind, of natural events powerfully affecting the senses: violent, mighty, strong

predicated of rank, as belonging to

1. persons, eminent for ability, virtue, authority, power

2. things esteemed highly for their importance: of great moment, of great weight, importance

3. a thing to be highly esteemed for its excellence: excellent

splendid, prepared on a grand scale, stately

great things

1. of God's preeminent blessings

2. of things which overstep the province of a created being, proud (presumptuous) things, full of arrogance, derogatory to the majesty of God

greater, larger, elder, stronger

small, little

1. of size: hence of stature, of length

2. of space

3. of age: less by birth, younger

4. of time: short, brief, a little while, how little!

5. of quantity: i.e. number, amount

6. of rank or influence

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

no, not; in direct questions expecting an affirmative answer

the vaulted expanse of the sky with all things visible in it

1. the universe, the world

2. the aerial heavens or sky, the region where the clouds and the tempests gather, and where thunder and lightning are produced

3. the sidereal or starry heavens

the region above the sidereal heavens, the seat of order of things eternal and consummately perfect where God dwells and other heavenly beings

you

you