blood

1. of man or animals

2. refers to the seat of life

3. of those things that resemble blood, grape juice

blood shed, to be shed by violence, slay, murder

himself, herself, themselves, itself

he, she, it

the same

but, moreover, and, etc.

I, me, my

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

if, whether

sacrificed to idols, the flesh left over from the heathen sacrifices

1. it was either eaten at the feasts or sold (by the poor and the miserly) in the market

if not, except, but

to send one a message, command

to write a letter

to enjoin by letter, to write instructions

us, we etc.

and, also, even, indeed, but

to separate, put asunder, to pick out, select, choose

to approve, esteem, to prefer

to be of opinion, deem, think, to be of opinion

to determine, resolve, decree

to judge

1. to pronounce an opinion concerning right and wrong

   1. to be judged, i.e. summoned to trial that one's case may be examined and judgment passed upon it

2. to pronounce judgment, to subject to censure

   1. of those who act the part of judges or arbiters in matters of common life, or pass judgment on the deeds and words of others

to rule, govern

1. to preside over with the power of giving judicial decisions, because it was the prerogative of kings and rulers to pass judgment

to contend together, of warriors and combatants

1. to dispute

2. in a forensic sense

   1. to go to law, have suit at law

no, not lest

nobody, no one, nothing

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

about, concerning, on account of, because of, around, near

to think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in

1. of the thing believed

   1. to credit, have confidence

2. in a moral or religious reference

   1. used in the NT of the conviction and trust to which a man is impelled by a certain inner and higher prerogative and law of soul

   2. to trust in Jesus or God as able to aid either in obtaining or in doing something: saving faith

   3. mere acknowledgment of some fact or event: intellectual faith

to entrust a thing to one, i.e. his fidelity

1. to be intrusted with a thing

suffocate, strangled

1. what is strangled, i.e. an animal deprived of life without the shedding of blood

2. of cooking: our "smothered" as a culinary term

illicit sexual intercourse

1. adultery, fornication, homosexuality, lesbianism, intercourse with animals etc.

2. sexual intercourse with close relatives; Lev. 18

3. sexual intercourse with a divorced man or woman; Mk. 10:11-12

metaph. the worship of idols

1. of the defilement of idolatry, as incurred by eating the sacrifices offered to idols

not only... but also

both... and

as... so

to attend to carefully, take care of

1. to guard

2. metaph. to keep, one in the state in which he is

3. to observe

4. to reserve: to undergo something

such as this, of this kind or sort

to guard

1. to watch, keep watch

2. to guard or watch, have an eye upon: lest he escape

3. to guard a person (or thing) that he may remain safe

   1. lest he suffer violence, be despoiled, etc. to protect

   2. to protect one from a person or thing

   3. to keep from being snatched away, preserve safe and unimpaired

   4. to guard from being lost or perishing

   5. to guard one's self from a thing

4. to guard i.e. care for, take care not to violate

   1. to observe

to observe for one's self something to escape

1. to avoid, shun flee from

2. to guard for one's self (i.e. for one's safety's sake) so as not to violate, i.e. to keep, observe (the precepts of the Mosaic law)