land

1. the field, the country

2. a piece of land, bit of tillage

3. the farms, country seats, neighbouring hamlets

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

but, moreover, and, etc.

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

are, be, were, 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.

a kind of darnel, resembling wheat except the grains are black

beautiful, handsome, excellent, eminent, choice, surpassing, precious, useful, suitable, commendable, admirable

1. beautiful to look at, shapely, magnificent

2. good, excellent in its nature and characteristics, and therefore well adapted to its ends

   1. genuine, approved

   2. precious

   3. joined to names of men designated by their office, competent, able, such as one ought to be

   4. praiseworthy, noble

3. beautiful by reason of purity of heart and life, and hence praiseworthy

   1. morally good, noble

4. honourable, conferring honour

5. affecting the mind agreeably, comforting and confirming

an apt and harmonious arrangement or constitution, order, government

ornament, decoration, adornment, i.e. the arrangement of the stars, 'the heavenly hosts', as the ornament of the heavens. 1 Pet. 3:3

the world, the universe

the circle of the earth, the earth

the inhabitants of the earth, men, the human family

the ungodly multitude; the whole mass of men alienated from God, and therefore hostile to the cause of Christ

world affairs, the aggregate of things earthly

1. the whole circle of earthly goods, endowments riches, advantages, pleasures, etc, which although hollow and frail and fleeting, stir desire, seduce from God and are obstacles to the cause of Christ

any aggregate or general collection of particulars of any sort

1. the Gentiles as contrasted to the Jews (Rom. 11:12 etc)

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

this, these, etc.

full of labours, annoyances, hardships

1. pressed and harassed by labours

2. bringing toils, annoyances, perils; of a time full of peril to Christian faith and steadfastness; causing pain and trouble

bad, of a bad nature or condition

1. in a physical sense: diseased or blind

2. in an ethical sense: evil wicked, bad

   Referring to Mat 6:13: "Although the KJV renders this 'deliver us from evil,' the presence of the article indicates not evil in general, but the evil one himself. In the context of Matthew's Gospel, such deliverance from the devil seems to be linked to Jesus' temptation in 4:1-10: Because the Spirit led him into temptation by the evil one, believers now participate in his victory" (Daniel B. Wallace, Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics, p. 233).

from which a plant germinates

1. the seed i.e. the grain or kernel which contains within itself the germ of the future plants

   1. of the grains or kernels sown

2. metaph. a seed i.e. a residue, or a few survivors reserved as the germ of the next generation (just as seed is kept from the harvest for the sowing)

the semen virile

1. the product of this semen, seed, children, offspring, progeny

2. family, tribe, posterity

3. whatever possesses vital force or life giving power

   1. of divine energy of the Holy Spirit operating within the soul by which we are regenerated

a son

1. rarely used for the young of animals

2. generally used of the offspring of men

3. in a restricted sense, the male offspring (one born by a father and of a mother)

4. in a wider sense, a descendant, one of the posterity of any one,

   1. the children of Israel

   2. sons of Abraham

5. used to describe one who depends on another or is his follower

   1. a pupil

son of man

1. term describing man, carrying the connotation of weakness and mortality

2. son of man, symbolically denotes the fifth kingdom in Daniel 7:13 and by this term its humanity is indicated in contrast with the barbarity and ferocity of the four preceding kingdoms (the Babylonian, the Median and the Persian, the Macedonian, and the Roman) typified by the four beasts. In the book of Enoch (2nd Century) it is used of Christ.

3. used by Christ himself, doubtless in order that he might intimate his Messiahship and also that he might designate himself as the head of the human family, the man, the one who both furnished the pattern of the perfect man and acted on behalf of all mankind. Christ seems to have preferred this to the other Messianic titles, because by its lowliness it was least suited to foster the expectation of an earthly Messiah in royal splendour.

son of God

1. used to describe Adam (Lk. 3:38)

2. used to describe those who are born again (Lk. 20:36) and of angels and of Jesus Christ

3. of those whom God esteems as sons, whom he loves, protects and benefits above others

   1. in the OT used of the Jews

   2. in the NT of Christians

   3. those whose character God, as a loving father, shapes by chastisements (Heb. 12:5-8)

4. those who revere God as their father, the pious worshippers of God, those who in character and life resemble God, those who are governed by the Spirit of God, repose the same calm and joyful trust in God which children do in their parents (Rom. 8:14, Gal. 3:26), and hereafter in the blessedness and glory of the life eternal will openly wear this dignity of the sons of God. Term used preeminently of Jesus Christ, as enjoying the supreme love of God, united to him in affectionate intimacy, privy to his saving councils, obedient to the Father's will in all his acts