the farthest bounds, uttermost parts, end, highest, extreme

1. of the earth

2. of heaven

to die

1. of the natural death of man

2. of the violent death of man or animals

3. to perish by means of something

4. of trees which dry up, of seeds which rot when planted

5. of eternal death, to be subject to eternal misery in hell

himself, herself, themselves, itself

he, she, it

the same

each, every

upon, on, at, by, before

of position, on, at, by, over, against

to, over, on, at, across, against

to praise, celebrate with praises

to invoke blessings

to consecrate a thing with solemn prayers

1. to ask God's blessing on a thing

2. pray God to bless it to one's use

3. pronounce a consecratory blessing on

of God

1. to cause to prosper, to make happy, to bestow blessings on

2. favoured of God, blessed

Jacob = "heel-catcher or supplanter"

1. was the second son of Isaac

2. the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary

Joseph = "let him add"

1. the patriarch, the eleventh son of Jacob

2. the son of Jonan or Jonam, one of the ancestors of Christ, Lk 3:30

3. the son of Judah [or Judas; better Joda] another ancestor of Jesus, Lk 3:26

4. the son of Mattathias, another ancestor of Christ, Lk 3:24

5. the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus

6. a half-brother of Jesus Mat. 13:55

7. Joseph of Arimathaea, a member of the Sanhedrin, who favoured Jesus. Mt. 27:57,59; Mk 15:43,45

8. Joseph surnamed Barnabas Acts 4:36

9. Joseph call Barsabas and surnamed Justus, Acts 1:23

and, also, even, indeed, but

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

conviction of the truth of anything, belief; in the NT of a conviction or belief respecting man's relationship to God and divine things, generally with the included idea of trust and holy fervour born of faith and joined with it

1. relating to God

   1. the conviction that God exists and is the creator and ruler of all things, the provider and bestower of eternal salvation through Christ

2. relating to Christ

   1. a strong and welcome conviction or belief that Jesus is the Messiah, through whom we obtain eternal salvation in the kingdom of God

3. the religious beliefs of Christians

4. belief with the predominate idea of trust (or confidence) whether in God or in Christ, springing from faith in the same

fidelity, faithfulness

1. the character of one who can be relied on

to kiss the hand to (towards) one, in token of reverence

among the Orientals, esp. the Persians, to fall upon the knees and touch the ground with the forehead as an expression of profound reverence

in the NT by kneeling or prostration to do homage (to one) or make obeisance, whether in order to express respect or to make supplication

1. used of homage shown to men and beings of superior rank

   1. to the Jewish high priests

   2. to God

   3. to Christ

   4. to heavenly beings

   5. to demons

a staff, a walking stick, a twig, rod, branch

a rod with which one is beaten

a staff

1. as used on a journey, or to lean upon, or by shepherds

2. when applied to kings

   1. with a rod of iron, indicates the severest, most rigorous rule

   2. a royal sceptre

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