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

most holy thing, a saint

to be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf

to hear

1. to attend to, consider what is or has been said

2. to understand, perceive the sense of what is said

to hear something

1. to perceive by the ear what is announced in one's presence

2. to get by hearing learn

3. a thing comes to one's ears, to find out, learn

4. to give ear to a teaching or a teacher

5. to comprehend, to understand

with reference to sex

1. of a male

2. of a husband

3. of a betrothed or future husband

with reference to age, and to distinguish an adult man from a boy

any male

used generically of a group of both men and women

himself, herself, themselves, itself

he, she, it

the same

but, moreover, and, etc.

righteous, observing divine laws

1. in a wide sense, upright, righteous, virtuous, keeping the commands of God

   1. of those who seem to themselves to be righteous, who pride themselves to be righteous, who pride themselves in their virtues, whether real or imagined

   2. innocent, faultless, guiltless

   3. used of him whose way of thinking, feeling, and acting is wholly conformed to the will of God, and who therefore needs no rectification in the heart or life

      1. only Christ truly

   4. approved of or acceptable of God

2. in a narrower sense, rendering to each his due and that in a judicial sense, passing just judgment on others, whether expressed in words or shown by the manner of dealing with them

a multitude (whether of men or of beasts) associated or living together

1. a company, troop, swarm

a multitude of individuals of the same nature or genus

1. the human family

a tribe, nation, people group

in the OT, foreign nations not worshipping the true God, pagans, Gentiles

Paul uses the term for Gentile Christians

into, unto, to, towards, for, among

an officer in the Roman army

to speak, say

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

Jewish, belonging to the Jewish nation

Jewish as respects to birth, origin, religion

and, also, even, indeed, but

Cornelius = "of a horn"

1. a Roman centurion of the Italian cohort stationed in Caesarea who converted to Christianity

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

to be a witness, to bear witness, i.e. to affirm that one has seen or heard or experienced something, or that he knows it because taught by divine revelation or inspiration

1. to give (not to keep back) testimony

2. to utter honourable testimony, give a good report

3. conjure, implore

to send one after another

like our send after i.e. to send for

to send after for one's self, cause to be sent

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

a house

1. an inhabited house, home

2. any building whatever

   1. of a palace

   2. the house of God, the tabernacle

3. any dwelling place

   1. of the human body as the abode of demons that possess it

   2. of tents, and huts, and later, of the nests, stalls, lairs, of animals

   3. the place where one has fixed his residence, one's settled abode, domicile

the inmates of a house, all the persons forming one family, a household

1. the family of God, of the Christian Church, of the church of the Old and New Testaments

stock, family, descendants of one

all, whole, completely

from, of at, by, besides, near

that which is or has been uttered by the living voice, thing spoken, word

1. any sound produced by the voice and having definite meaning

2. speech, discourse

   1. what one has said

3. a series of words joined together into a sentence (a declaration of one's mind made in words)

   1. an utterance

   2. a saying of any sort as a message, a narrative

      1. concerning some occurrence

subject matter of speech, thing spoken of

1. so far forth as it is a matter of narration

2. so far as it is a matter of command

3. a matter of dispute, case at law

thou, thee

thy, thee

you

not only... but also

both... and

as... so

by, under

to put to flight by terrifying (to scare away)

1. to put to flight, to flee

2. to fear, be afraid

   1. to be struck with fear, to be seized with alarm

      1. of those startled by strange sights or occurrences

      2. of those struck with amazement

   2. to fear, be afraid of one

   3. to fear (i.e. hesitate) to do something (for fear of harm)

3. to reverence, venerate, to treat with deference or reverential obedience

to transact business, esp. to manage public affairs

1. to advise or consult with one about public affairs

2. to make answer to those who ask for advice, present enquiries or requests, etc.

   1. of judges, magistrates, rulers, kings

to give a response to those consulting an oracle, to give a divine command or admonition, to teach from heaven

1. to be divinely commanded, admonished, instructed

2. to be the mouthpiece of divine revelations, to promulgate the commands of God

to assume or take to one's self a name from one's public business

1. to receive a name or title, be called