unmixed, pure as in wines or metals

of the mind, without a mixture of evil, free from guile, innocent, simple

blameless, deserving no censure, free from fault or defect

that cannot be censured, blameless

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 become, i.e. to come into existence, begin to be, receive being

to become, i.e. to come to pass, happen

1. of events

to arise, appear in history, come upon the stage

1. of men appearing in public

to be made, finished

1. of miracles, to be performed, wrought

to become, be made

to distort, turn aside

1. to oppose, plot against the saving purposes and plans of God

to turn aside from the right path, to pervert, corrupt

in, by, with etc.

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

that, in order that, so that

and, also, even, indeed, but

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)

middle

the midst

in the midst of, amongst

who, which, what, that

crooked, curved

metaph.

1. perverse, wicked

2. unfair, surly, froward

offspring, children

1. child

   1. a male child, a son

2. metaph.

   1. the name transferred to that intimate and reciprocal relationship formed between men by the bonds of love, friendship, trust, just as between parents and children

   2. in affectionate address, such as patrons, helpers, teachers and the like employ: my child

   3. in the NT, pupils or disciples are called children of their teachers, because the latter by their instruction nourish the minds of their pupils and mould their characters

   4. children of God: in the OT of "the people of Israel" as especially dear to God, in the NT, in Paul's writings, all who are led by the Spirit of God and thus closely related to God

   5. children of the devil: those who in thought and action are prompted by the devil, and so reflect his character

3. metaph.

   1. of anything who depends upon it, is possessed by a desire or affection for it, is addicted to it

   2. one who is liable to any fate

      1. thus children of a city: it citizens and inhabitants

   3. the votaries of wisdom, those souls who have, as it were, been nurtured and moulded by wisdom

   4. cursed children, exposed to a curse and doomed to God's wrath or penalty

to bring forth into the light, cause to shine, shed light

shine

1. to shine, be bright or resplendent

2. to become evident, to be brought forth into the light, come to view, appear

   1. of growing vegetation, to come to light

   2. to appear, be seen

   3. exposed to view

3. to meet the eyes, strike the sight, become clear or manifest

   1. to be seen, appear

4. to appear to the mind, seem to one's judgment or opinion

that which gives light, an illuminator

1. of the stars, sun and moon

light, brightness

as, like, even as, etc.