Explain (30 Occurrences)

... 2. (v.) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to expound; to unfold and illustrate the meaning of; as, to explain a chapter of the ... biblethesaurus.org/e/explain.htm - 15k

Explained (25 Occurrences)

... (imp. & pp) of Explain. ... 1 Kings 10:3 And Solomon explained to her all she spoke of: there was not a thing hidden from the king that he did not explain to her. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/explained.htm - 13k

Gabriel (5 Occurrences)

... Champion of God, used as a proper name to designate the angel who was sent to Daniel (8:16) to explain the vision of the ram and the he-goat, and to ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gabriel.htm - 9k

Figurative (20 Occurrences)

... Matthew 15:15 "Explain to us this figurative language," said Peter. (WEY). Matthew 22:1 Again Jesus spoke to them in figurative language. (WEY). ... biblethesaurus.org/f/figurative.htm - 12k

Expound (7 Occurrences)

... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To explain in detail; to examine closely; as to expound on the meaning of a word. 2. (vt) To lay ... biblethesaurus.org/e/expound.htm - 8k

Barsabbas (2 Occurrences)

... apostles and the elders, with the whole church" regarding the attitude to be taken by GentileChristians toward the Mosaic law, and also to explain "the same ... biblethesaurus.org/b/barsabbas.htm - 11k

Simile (61 Occurrences)

... Matthew 13:36 Then having let away the multitudes, Jesus came to the house, and his disciples came near to him, saying, 'Explain to us the simile of the darnel ... biblethesaurus.org/s/simile.htm - 22k

Table (125 Occurrences)

... It has become the fashion of the newer criticism to deny the existence of the altar of incense in preexilic times, and to explain the allusion to it in 1 Kings ... biblethesaurus.org/t/table.htm - 62k

Partridge (2 Occurrences)

... It would require the proverbial "Philadelphia lawyer" to explain this reference to a "partridge sitting on eggs she had not laid." No ornithologist ever could ... biblethesaurus.org/p/partridge.htm - 13k

Nightmonster

... In passages of this tenor, mythology may explain the word itself and justify its appropriateness, it does not explain the use of the term or disclose the ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nightmonster.htm - 17k

Night-monster

... In passages of this tenor, mythology may explain the word itself and justify its appropriateness, it does not explain the use of the term or disclose the ... biblethesaurus.org/n/night-monster.htm - 17k

Levitical (19 Occurrences)

... The tents of the tribe of Levi ranged around the tabernacle explain themselves in the Priestly Code; we may doubt whether the Levites, deprived of territory ... biblethesaurus.org/l/levitical.htm - 20k

Gezer (14 Occurrences)

... of the city; in one of them occurred the expression "the boundary of Gezer." The natural features and the position of Tell Jezer abundantly explain the extreme ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gezer.htm - 27k

Burial (25 Occurrences)

... of decomposition, the excessive violence of grief, the reluctance of Orientals to allow the dead to remain long in the houses of the living, explain what seems ... biblethesaurus.org/b/burial.htm - 42k

Judas (42 Occurrences)

... apostles and the elders, with the whole church" regarding the attitude to be taken by GentileChristians toward the Mosaic law, and also to explain "the same ... biblethesaurus.org/j/judas.htm - 45k

Magi (4 Occurrences)

... 2. The Magi at Bethlehem: These latter studies explain why a star was used to lead them to Christ at Bethlehem, when our Lord was less than two years old ... biblethesaurus.org/m/magi.htm - 26k

Tongues (67 Occurrences)

... depended on His divine influence-they spake "as the Spirit gave them utterance." Many attempts have been made by writers on the Acts to explain the phenomenon ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tongues.htm - 61k

Evolution

... It is also applied to explain the existence and growth of institutions, manners, language, civilization, and every product of human activity. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/evolution.htm - 39k

Prophets (270 Occurrences)

... 5. Supernatural Visions of the Future: The attempt has often been made to explain prophecy as a natural product of purely human factors. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/prophets.htm - 69k

Passover (81 Occurrences)

... 6. Non-traditional Theories: Many writers, however, eager to explain the entire festival as originally an agricultural feast (presumably a Canaanitic one ... biblethesaurus.org/p/passover.htm - 58k

Meal-time (1 Occurrence)

... stew, was set before the household, the member of the household who had prepared it had no further work to do, a fact which helps to explain Jesus' words to ... biblethesaurus.org/m/meal-time.htm - 24k

Mealtime (1 Occurrence)

... stew, was set before the household, the member of the household who had prepared it had no further work to do, a fact which helps to explain Jesus' words to ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mealtime.htm - 24k

Gift (148 Occurrences)

... spoke, and as there was to be only one interpreter for the "two or three" speakers (14:28), any interpreter must have been competent to explain any tongue. ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gift.htm - 59k

Meals (8 Occurrences)

... stew, was set before the household, the member of the household who had prepared it had no further work to do, a fact which helps to explain Jesus' words to ... biblethesaurus.org/m/meals.htm - 27k

Zadok (50 Occurrences)

... (3) Neither should it prove an insoluble problem to explain how, soon after David's accession to the throne of Judah and Israel, Zodak should be found engaged ... biblethesaurus.org/z/zadok.htm - 40k

Prophecy (37 Occurrences)

... 5. Supernatural Visions of the Future: The attempt has often been made to explain prophecy as a natural product of purely human factors. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/prophecy.htm - 55k

James (40 Occurrences)

... If this be the same as Simon Zelotes, it would explain why he and James (ie as being brothers) were coupled together in the apostolic lists of Luke and Acts. ... biblethesaurus.org/j/james.htm - 78k

Apocalyptic

... This would explain how the Books of Enoch and Noah, and the account of the Assumption of Moses could appear upon the scene at proper times and yet not be known ... biblethesaurus.org/a/apocalyptic.htm - 42k

Star (16 Occurrences)

... 8. The Legend of the Well: Yet there is a legend still current in Palestine which may possibly explain how an actual star may have fulfilled this part, and ... biblethesaurus.org/s/star.htm - 29k

Matthew (5 Occurrences)

... Attempts like those of Zahn, in his Kommentar on Matthew, to explain readings of the Greek text through an inaccurate understanding of the imaginary Hebrew ... biblethesaurus.org/m/matthew.htm - 38k

Fire (602 Occurrences)

... depended on His divine influence-they spake "as the Spirit gave them utterance." Many attempts have been made by writers on the Acts to explain the phenomenon ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fire.htm - 78k

Jude (4 Occurrences)

... All this serves to explain its refusal by some and the absence of reference to it by others. II. The Occasion of Its Composition. ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jude.htm - 40k

Parable (52 Occurrences)

... His disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field." (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). ... biblethesaurus.org/p/parable.htm - 38k

According (7613 Occurrences)

... Blass' theory of two recensions of the Acts and of Luke's Gospel to explain the textual peculiarities of these books in Codex Bezae (D). This theory has ... biblethesaurus.org/a/according.htm - 62k

Daniel (74 Occurrences)

... 3. Interpreter of Signs: Daniel's third great appearance in the book is in chapter 5, where he is called upon to explain the extraordinary writing upon the ... biblethesaurus.org/d/daniel.htm - 79k

Logos

... were occupied with the world of Nature, and the first attempts at philosophy take the shape of a search for some unitary principle to explain the diversity of ... biblethesaurus.org/l/logos.htm - 38k

Zaphnathpaaneah (1 Occurrence)

... interprets it as "governor of the district of the place of life", ie, of Goshen, the chief city of which was Pithom, "the place of life." Others explain it as ... biblethesaurus.org/z/zaphnathpaaneah.htm - 8k

Zaphnath-paaneah (1 Occurrence)

... interprets it as "governor of the district of the place of life", ie, of Goshen, the chief city of which was Pithom, "the place of life." Others explain it as ... biblethesaurus.org/z/zaphnath-paaneah.htm - 8k

Kittim (8 Occurrences)

... This would explain its application to the Roman fleet in Daniel 11:30 (so the Vulgate), and the Macedonians in 1 Maccabees 1:1 (Chettieim) and 8:5 (Kitians). ... biblethesaurus.org/k/kittim.htm - 15k

Keepers (78 Occurrences)

... The object of these notices, evidently, is to explain how a non-Israelitish class of sanctuary servants had taken their origin. ... biblethesaurus.org/k/keepers.htm - 33k

Nahash (9 Occurrences)

... Others explain the passage by making Nahash the first husband of Jesse's wife, so that Abigail and Zeruiah were half-sisters to King David. ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nahash.htm - 14k

Nabal (18 Occurrences)

... On her return she found her husband incapable from drunkenness of understanding the state of matters, and not till the following day did she explain to him ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nabal.htm - 16k

Understand (208 Occurrences)

... passed the bill. 3. (vt) To recognize or hold as being or signifying; to suppose to mean; to interpret; to explain. 4. (vt) To mean ... biblethesaurus.org/u/understand.htm - 36k

Unfold (1 Occurrence)

... to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to display; to disclose; to reveal; to elucidate; to explain; as, to ... biblethesaurus.org/u/unfold.htm - 7k

Obed-edom (16 Occurrences)

... 15:25), but elsewhere without hyphen, "servant of (god) Edom"; so WR Smith, Religion of Semites (2), 42, and HP Smith, Samuel, 294, though others explain it as ... biblethesaurus.org/o/obed-edom.htm - 15k

Open (586 Occurrences)

... letter. 16. (vt) To spread; to expand; as, to open the hand. 17. (vt) To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain. 18. (vt) To ... biblethesaurus.org/o/open.htm - 41k

Obededom (15 Occurrences)

... 15:25), but elsewhere without hyphen, "servant of (god) Edom"; so WR Smith, Religion of Semites (2), 42, and HP Smith, Samuel, 294, though others explain it as ... biblethesaurus.org/o/obededom.htm - 14k

Zerah (22 Occurrences)

... This view, however, is forced to explain the geographical and racial terms in the narrative differently from the ordinary Biblical usage (see Cheyne, EB). ... biblethesaurus.org/z/zerah.htm - 19k

Jehoahaz (22 Occurrences)

... unmolested. They coincide with the years of Jehoahaz, and explain the freedom which Hazael had to harass the dominions of that king. ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jehoahaz.htm - 23k

Jashar (2 Occurrences)

... A similar confusion ("song" for "righteous") may explain the fact that the Peshitta Syriac of Joshua has for a title "the book of praises or hymns." The book ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jashar.htm - 9k

Jeshurun (4 Occurrences)

... be explained as a diminutive form, a pet name, and some, eg Cornill, Schultz (Old Testament Theology, English translation, II, 29, note 12) still explain it so ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jeshurun.htm - 10k

Laban (52 Occurrences)

... sources, but from the Bible itself; see eg Songs 8:8. In Genesis 24, however, Laban is perhaps more prominent than even such custom can explain (compare 24:31 ... biblethesaurus.org/l/laban.htm - 28k

Lack (86 Occurrences)

... lacking" for "that which is behind"; James 2:15 "lack" for "destitute." It will readily be seen that sometimes the slight variation helps to explain the meaning ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lack.htm - 33k

Lysias (3 Occurrences)

... narration of these campaigns there are considerable differences between the writers of 1 Maccabees and 2 Maccabees which scholars have not found easy to explain... biblethesaurus.org/l/lysias.htm - 12k

Lasea (1 Occurrence)

... be necessary to purchase stores from Lasea; and this in addition to the inconvenience of the roadstead (see FAIR HAVENS) would probably explain the captain's ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lasea.htm - 7k

Weaned (9 Occurrences)

... Isaiah 28:9 Whom will he teach knowledge? To whom will he explain the message? Those who are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts? ... biblethesaurus.org/w/weaned.htm - 9k

Weeds (14 Occurrences)

... the house. His disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field." (WEB RSV NIV). Matthew ... biblethesaurus.org/w/weeds.htm - 10k

Illuminate (1 Occurrence)

... 4. (vt) To make plain or clear; to dispel the obscurity to by knowledge or reason; to explain; to elucidate; as, to illuminate a text, a problem, or a duty. ... biblethesaurus.org/i/illuminate.htm - 7k

Irrigation

... In Ecclesiastes 2:6, Solomon is made to say, "I made me pools of water, to water therefrom the forest." This passage helps to explain the uses of the so-called ... biblethesaurus.org/i/irrigation.htm - 9k

Iniquity (299 Occurrences)

... Etymologically, it is customary to explain it as meaning literally "crookedness," "perverseness," ie evil regarded as that which is not straight or upright ... biblethesaurus.org/i/iniquity.htm - 43k

Illustrate (1 Occurrence)

... 3. (vt) To make clear, intelligible, or apprehensible; to elucidate, explain, or exemplify, as by means of figures, comparisons, and examples. ... biblethesaurus.org/i/illustrate.htm - 7k

Inspiration (4 Occurrences)

... There are no errors in the Bible as it came from God, none have been proved to exist. Difficulties and phenomena we cannot explain are not errors. ... biblethesaurus.org/i/inspiration.htm - 57k

Interpret (27 Occurrences)

... 1. (vt) To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; -- applied ... biblethesaurus.org/i/interpret.htm - 15k

Ten-horned (1 Occurrence)

... I will explain to you the secret meaning of the woman and of the seven-headed, ten-horned Wild Beast which carries her. (WEY). << Tends, Ten-horned. Tenon >>. ... biblethesaurus.org/t/ten-horned.htm - 6k

Thin (39 Occurrences)

... grain. I told it to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ... biblethesaurus.org/t/thin.htm - 19k

Targum

... an interpreter," and our modern "dragoman." Whatever the original meaning of the root, the word came to mean "to translate," "to explain." 2. Origin of the ... biblethesaurus.org/t/targum.htm - 38k

Transform (3 Occurrences)

... James Version 2 Corinthians 11:13, 14, 15 for metaschematizo, the Revised Version (British and American) "fashion"): The commentaries often explain the former ... biblethesaurus.org/t/transform.htm - 8k

Temples (17 Occurrences)

... TEMPLES, ROBBERS OF. (hierosuloi; the King James Version "robbers of churches," Acts 19:37): To explain this as "sacrilegious persons" is irreconcilable with ... biblethesaurus.org/t/temples.htm - 13k

Thief (41 Occurrences)

... at such a time and under such circumstances, and that his case has little in common with certain sentimental "death-bed repentances." To explain the repentance ... biblethesaurus.org/t/thief.htm - 22k

Translate (3 Occurrences)

... 5. (vt) To render into another language; to express the sense of in the words of another language; to interpret; hence, to explain or recapitulate in other ... biblethesaurus.org/t/translate.htm - 8k

Tabeel (2 Occurrences)

... The name is vocalized so as to read Tebeal (Tabhe'al), which might be translated "good for nothing," though some explain it as a pausal form, with the ordinary ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tabeel.htm - 101k

Reads (5 Occurrences)

... Habakkuk 2:2 And Jehovah answereth me and saith: 'Write a vision, and explain on the tables, That he may run who is reading it. (See NAS RSV). ... biblethesaurus.org/r/reads.htm - 8k

Romans (8 Occurrences)

... 14, 15). The object of the apostle in writing to this church was to explain to them the great doctrines of the gospel. His epistle ... biblethesaurus.org/r/romans.htm - 44k

Riddle (11 Occurrences)

... 6. (vt) To explain; to solve; to unriddle. 7. (vi) To speak ambiguously or enigmatically. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. RIDDLE. rid'-'-l (chidhah; ainigma). ... biblethesaurus.org/r/riddle.htm - 11k

Requested (29 Occurrences)

... Requested (29 Occurrences). Mark 4:10 When He was alone, the Twelve and the others who were about Him requested Him to explain His figurative language. (WEY). ... biblethesaurus.org/r/requested.htm - 15k

Robbers (21 Occurrences)

... TEMPLES, ROBBERS OF. (hierosuloi; the King James Version "robbers of churches," Acts 19:37): To explain this as "sacrilegious persons" is irreconcilable with ... biblethesaurus.org/r/robbers.htm - 14k

Resolve (3 Occurrences)

... notions; -- said of complex ideas or obscure questions; to make clear or certain; to free from doubt; to disentangle; to unravel; to explain; hence, to clear up ... biblethesaurus.org/r/resolve.htm - 9k

Reason (438 Occurrences)

... vt) To find by logical processes; to explain or justify by reason or argument; -- usually with out; as, to reason out the causes of the librations of the moon. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/reason.htm - 39k

Request (248 Occurrences)

... Matthew 13:36 When He had dismissed the people and had returned to the house, His disciples came to Him with the request, "Explain to us the parable of the ... biblethesaurus.org/r/request.htm - 34k