firm

1. metaph. faithful

verily, amen

1. at the beginning of a discourse - surely, truly, of a truth

2. at the end - so it is, so be it, may it be fulfilled. It was a custom, which passed over from the synagogues to the Christian assemblies, that when he who had read or discoursed, had offered up solemn prayer to God, the others responded Amen, and thus made the substance of what was uttered their own.

   The word "amen" is a most remarkable word. It was transliterated directly from the Hebrew into the Greek of the New Testament, then into Latin and into English and many other languages, so that it is practically a universal word. It has been called the best known word in human speech. The word is directly related — in fact, almost identical — to the Hebrew word for "believe" (amam), or faithful. Thus, it came to mean "sure" or "truly", an expression of absolute trust and confidence. — HMM

of separation

1. of local separation, after verbs of motion from a place i.e. of departing, of fleeing,...

2. of separation of a part from the whole

   1. where of a whole some part is taken

3. of any kind of separation of one thing from another by which the union or fellowship of the two is destroyed

4. of a state of separation, that is of distance

   1. physical, of distance of place

   2. temporal, of distance of time

of origin

1. of the place whence anything is, comes, befalls, is taken

2. of origin of a cause

to write, with reference to the form of the letters

1. to delineate (or form) letters on a tablet, parchment, paper, or other material

to write, with reference to the contents of the writing

1. to express in written characters

2. to commit to writing (things not to be forgotten), write down, record

3. used of those things which stand written in the sacred books (of the OT)

4. to write to one, i.e. by writing (in a written epistle) to give information, directions

to fill with writing

to draw up in writing, compose

the second, the other of two

out of, from, by, away from

a gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place, an assembly

1. an assembly of the people convened at the public place of the council for the purpose of deliberating

2. the assembly of the Israelites

3. any gathering or throng of men assembled by chance, tumultuously

4. in a Christian sense

   1. an assembly of Christians gathered for worship in a religious meeting

   2. a company of Christian, or of those who, hoping for eternal salvation through Jesus Christ, observe their own religious rites, hold their own religious meetings, and manage their own affairs, according to regulations prescribed for the body for order's sake

   3. those who anywhere, in a city, village, constitute such a company and are united into one body

   4. the whole body of Christians scattered throughout the earth

   5. the assembly of faithful Christians already dead and received into heaven

an overseer

1. a man charged with the duty of seeing that things to be done by others are done rightly, any curator, guardian or superintendent

2. the superintendent, elder, or overseer of a Christian church

a native or inhabitant of Ephesus

Jesus = "Jehovah is salvation"

1. Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind, God incarnate

2. Jesus Barabbas was the captive robber whom the Jews begged Pilate to release instead of Christ

3. Joshua was the famous captain of the Israelites, Moses' successor (Ac. 7:45, Heb. 4:8)

4. Jesus, son of Eliezer, one of the ancestors of Christ (Lu. 3:29)

5. Jesus, surnamed Justus, a Jewish Christian, an associate with Paul in the preaching of the gospel (Col. 4:11)

Caesar = "severed"

1. the surname of Julius Caesar, which adopted by Octavius Augustus and his successors afterwards became a title, and was appropriated by the Roman emperors as part of their title

he to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding; master, lord

1. the possessor and disposer of a thing

   1. the owner; one who has control of the person, the master

   2. in the state: the sovereign, prince, chief, the Roman emperor

2. is a title of honour expressive of respect and reverence, with which servants greet their master

3. this title is given to: God, the Messiah

with, after, behind

Nero = "brave"

1. a famous but cruel emperor or Rome from 54 to 68 A.D.

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

when whenever, while, as long as

to place beside or near

1. to set at hand

   1. to present

   2. to proffer

   3. to provide

   4. to place a person or thing at one's disposal

   5. to present a person for another to see and question

   6. to present or show

   7. to bring to, bring near

   8. metaph. i.e to bring into one's fellowship or intimacy

2. to present (show) by argument, to prove

to stand beside, stand by or near, to be at hand, be present

1. to stand by

   1. to stand beside one, a bystander

2. to appear

3. to be at hand, stand ready

4. to stand by to help, to succour

5. to be present

   1. to have come

   2. of time

Paul or Paulus = "small or little"

1. Paul was the most famous of the apostles and wrote a good part of the NT, the 14 Pauline epistles

2. Paulus was a deputy or pro-consul of Cyprus and is said to be a prudent man, in the management of affairs, as a governor

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

to the advantage of

at, near, by

to, towards, with, with regard to

first in time or place

1. in any succession of things or persons

first in rank

1. influence, honour

2. chief

3. principal

first, at the first

Rome = "strength"

1. the famous capital of the ancient world

thy, thee

you

Timothy = "honouring God"

1. a resident of Lystra, apparently, whose father was a Greek and mother a Jewess; he was Paul's travelling companion and fellow labourer

of yours

grace

1. that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm, loveliness: grace of speech

good will, loving-kindness, favour

1. of the merciful kindness by which God, exerting his holy influence upon souls, turns them to Christ, keeps, strengthens, increases them in Christian faith, knowledge, affection, and kindles them to the exercise of the Christian virtues

what is due to grace

1. the spiritual condition of one governed by the power of divine grace

2. the token or proof of grace, benefit

   1. a gift of grace

   2. benefit, bounty

thanks, (for benefits, services, favours), recompense, reward

to vote by stretching out the hand

to create or appoint by vote: one to have charge of some office or duty

to elect, create, appoint

Christ = "anointed"

1. Christ was [and is] the Messiah, the Son of God

2. anointed