father of an individual

of God as father of his people

head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan

ancestor

1. grandfather, forefathers — of person

2. of people

originator or patron of a class, profession, or art

of producer, generator (fig.)

of benevolence and protection (fig.)

term of respect and honour

ruler or chief (spec.)

ground, land

1. ground (as general, tilled, yielding sustenance)

2. piece of ground, a specific plot of land

3. earth substance (for building or constructing)

4. ground as earth's visible surface

5. land, territory, country

6. whole inhabited earth

7. city in Naphtali

(relative part.)

1. which, who

2. that which

(conj)

1. that (in obj clause)

2. when

3. since

4. as

5. conditional if

Ashera(h) = "groves (for idol worship)"

1. a Babylonian (Astarte)-Canaanite goddess (of fortune and happiness), the supposed consort of Baal, her images

   1. the goddess, goddesses

   2. her images

   3. sacred trees or poles set up near an altar

sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

this, this one, here, which, this...that, the one...the other, such

1. (alone)

   1. this one

   2. this...that, the one...the other, another

2. (appos to subst)

   1. this

3. (as predicate)

   1. this, such

4. (enclitically)

   1. then

   2. who, whom

   3. how now, what now

   4. what now

   5. wherefore now

   6. behold here

   7. just now

   8. now, now already

5. (poetry)

   1. wherein, which, those who

6. (with prefixes)

   1. in this (place) here, then

   2. on these conditions, herewith, thus provided, by, through this, for this cause, in this matter

   3. thus and thus

   4. as follows, things such as these, accordingly, to that effect, in like manner, thus and thus

   5. from here, hence, on one side...on the other side

   6. on this account

   7. in spite of this, which, whence, how

to scatter, fan, cast away, winnow, disperse, compass, spread, be scattered, be dispersed

1. (Qal)

   1. to scatter

   2. to fan, winnow

2. (Niphal) to be scattered, be dispersed

3. (Piel)

   1. to scatter, disperse (intensive of Qal)

   2. to winnow, sift

4. (Pual) to be scattered, be spread out

good, pleasant, agreeable

1. pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)

2. pleasant (to the higher nature)

3. good, excellent (of its kind)

4. good, rich, valuable in estimation

5. good, appropriate, becoming

6. better (comparative)

7. glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)

8. good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)

9. good, kind, benign

10. good, right (ethical)

    masculine noun

a good thing, benefit, welfare

1. welfare, prosperity, happiness

2. good things (collective)

3. good, benefit

4. moral good

   feminine noun

welfare, benefit, good things

1. welfare, prosperity, happiness

2. good things (collective)

3. bounty

Jehovah = "the existing One"

1. the proper name of the one true God

   1. unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H136

because, therefore, because that, on account of

because of, on account of

why (with interrogative pron)

Israel = "God prevails"

1. the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel

2. the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob

   1. the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split

   2. the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah

   3. the name of the nation after the return from exile

to be angry, be vexed, be indignant, be wroth, be grieved, provoke to anger and wrath

1. (Qal)

   1. to be vexed, be indignant

   2. to be angry

2. (Piel) to provoke to anger

3. (Hiphil)

   1. to vex

   2. to vex, provoke to anger

water, waters

1. water

2. water of the feet, urine

3. of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (fig.)

stream, river

1. stream, river

2. (underground) streams

to shake, waver, wander, move to and fro, flutter, show grief, have compassion on

1. (Qal)

   1. to move to and fro, wander (aimlessly), take flight

   2. to flutter

   3. to waver, wave, shake

   4. to show grief

      1. to lament, condole, show sympathy

2. (Hiphil)

   1. to cause to wander (aimlessly)

   2. to make a wagging, wag (with the head)

3. (Hithpolel)

   1. to move oneself to and fro, sway, totter

   2. to shake oneself

   3. to bemoan oneself

to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill

1. (Niphal) to be stricken or smitten

2. (Pual) to be stricken or smitten

3. (Hiphil)

   1. to smite, strike, beat, scourge, clap, applaud, give a thrust

   2. to smite, kill, slay (man or beast)

   3. to smite, attack, attack and destroy, conquer, subjugate, ravage

   4. to smite, chastise, send judgment upon, punish, destroy

4. (Hophal) to be smitten

   1. to receive a blow

   2. to be wounded

   3. to be beaten

   4. to be (fatally) smitten, be killed, be slain

   5. to be attacked and captured

   6. to be smitten (with disease)

   7. to be blighted (of plants)

to give, put, set

1. (Qal)

   1. to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend

   2. to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate

   3. to make, constitute

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned

   2. to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted

3. (Hophal)

   1. to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up

   2. to be put upon

to pull up, expel, root out, pluck up

1. (Qal) to pull or pluck up

2. (Niphal) to be plucked up

3. (Hophal) to be plucked up

region beyond or across, side

1. region across or beyond

2. side, opposite side

upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against

1. upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards

2. above, beyond, over (of excess)

3. above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)

4. upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)

5. over (of suspension or extension)

6. by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)

7. down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to,, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)

8. to (as a dative)

   conjunction

because that, because, notwithstanding, although

to do, fashion, accomplish, make

1. (Qal)

   1. to do, work, make, produce

      1. to do

      2. to work

      3. to deal (with)

      4. to act, act with effect, effect

   2. to make

      1. to make

      2. to produce

      3. to prepare

      4. to make (an offering)

      5. to attend to, put in order

      6. to observe, celebrate

      7. to acquire (property)

      8. to appoint, ordain, institute

      9. to bring about

      10. to use

      11. to spend, pass

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be done

   2. to be made

   3. to be produced

   4. to be offered

   5. to be observed

   6. to be used

3. (Pual) to be made

(Piel) to press, squeeze

reed, stalk, bone, balances

1. stalk

2. water-plant, reed

3. calamus (aromatic reed)

4. derived meanings

   1. measuring-rod

   2. reed (as unit of measure - 6 cubits)

   3. beam (of scales - for scales themselves)

   4. shaft (of lampstand)

   5. branches (of lampstand)

   6. shoulder-joint