most holy thing, a saint

a human being, whether male or female

1. generically, to include all human individuals

2. to distinguish man from beings of a different order

   1. of animals and plants

   2. of from God and Christ

   3. of the angels

3. with the added notion of weakness, by which man is led into a mistake or prompted to sin

4. with the adjunct notion of contempt or disdainful pity

5. with reference to two fold nature of man, body and soul

6. with reference to the two fold nature of man, the corrupt and the truly Christian man, conformed to the nature of God

7. with reference to sex, a male

indefinitely, someone, a man, one

in the plural, people

joined with other words, merchantman

to uncover, lay open what has been veiled or covered up

1. disclose, make bare

to make known, make manifest, disclose what before was unknown

a delegate, messenger, one sent forth with orders

1. specifically applied to the twelve apostles of Christ

2. in a broader sense applied to other eminent Christian teachers

   1. of Barnabas

   2. of Timothy and Silvanus

himself, herself, themselves, itself

he, she, it

the same

fathered, birth, nativity

that which has been begotten, men of the same stock, a family

1. the several ranks of natural descent, the successive members of a genealogy

2. metaph. a group of men very like each other in endowments, pursuits, character

   1. esp. in a bad sense, a perverse nation

the whole multitude of men living at the same time

an age (i.e. the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation), a space of 30 - 33 years

to make known

1. to become known, be recognised

to know, to gain knowledge of, have thorough knowledge of

1. in earlier Greek it means "to gain a knowledge of" or "have thorough knowledge of"

in, by, with etc.

the other, another, other

1. to number

   1. to number as opposed to some former person or thing

   2. the other of two

2. to quality

   1. another: i.e. one not of the same nature, form, class, kind, different

and, also, even, indeed, but

at this time, the present, now

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

who, which, what, that

no, not; in direct questions expecting an affirmative answer

the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son

1. sometimes referred to in a way which emphasises his personality and character (the "Holy" Spirit)

2. sometimes referred to in a way which emphasises his work and power (the Spirit of "Truth")

3. never referred to as a depersonalised force

the spirit, i.e. the vital principal by which the body is animated

1. the rational spirit, the power by which the human being feels, thinks, decides

2. the soul

a spirit, i.e. a simple essence, devoid of all or at least all grosser matter, and possessed of the power of knowing, desiring, deciding, and acting

1. a life giving spirit

2. a human soul that has left the body

3. a spirit higher than man but lower than God, i.e. an angel

   1. used of demons, or evil spirits, who were conceived as inhabiting the bodies of men

   2. the spiritual nature of Christ, higher than the highest angels and equal to God, the divine nature of Christ

the disposition or influence which fills and governs the soul of any one

1. the efficient source of any power, affection, emotion, desire, etc.

a movement of air (a gentle blast)

1. of the wind, hence the wind itself

2. breath of nostrils or mouth

in Greek writings, an interpreter of oracles or of other hidden things

one who, moved by the Spirit of God and hence his organ or spokesman, solemnly declares to men what he has received by inspiration, especially concerning future events, and in particular such as relate to the cause and kingdom of God and to human salvation

1. the OT prophets, having foretold the kingdom, deeds and death, of Jesus the Messiah.

2. of John the Baptist, the herald of Jesus the Messiah

3. of the illustrious prophet, the Jews expected before the advent of the Messiah

4. the Messiah

5. of men filled with the Spirit of God, who by God's authority and command in words of weight pleads the cause of God and urges salvation of men

6. of prophets that appeared in the apostolic age among Christians

   1. they are associated with the apostles

   2. they discerned and did what is best for the Christian cause, foretelling certain future events. (Acts 11:27)

   3. in the religious assemblies of the Christians, they were moved by the Holy Spirit to speak, having power to instruct, comfort, encourage, rebuke, convict, and stimulate, their hearers

a poet (because poets were believed to sing under divine inspiration)

1. of Epimenides (Tit. 1:12)

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

as, like, even as, etc.