arnion · ar-nee'-on · G721

a lamb — the Lamb of God, the sacrifice

diminutive from 704; a lambkin:--lamb.

“And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.” — Revelation 5:13

huios · hwee-os' · G5207

a son — the Son of God; a child, offspring

apparently a primary word; a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship:--child, foal, son.

“And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” — Matthew 3:17

diatheke · dee-ath-ay'-kay · G1242

a covenant — a testament, God’s appointed agreement

from 1303; properly, a disposition, i.e. (specially) a contract (especially a devisory will):--covenant, testament.

“For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.” — Matthew 26:28

dikaios · dik'-ah-yos · G1342

righteous — just, upright, innocent before God

from 1349; equitable (in character or act); by implication, innocent, holy (absolutely or relatively):--just, meet, right(-eous).

“For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.” — Romans 1:17

dikaiosune · dik-ah-yos-oo'-nay · G1343

righteousness — God’s own rightness, justice and uprightness

from 1342; equity (of character or act); specially (Christian) justification:--righteousness.

“For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.” — Romans 1:17

From the decks: Dikaiosyne is the righteousness of God Himself — the phrase Luther wrestled with in the tower, and hated, thinking it meant God's righteous punishment of sinners.

dikaioo · dik-ah-yo'-o · G1344

to justify — to declare righteous, to acquit

from 1342; to render (i.e. show or regard as) just or innocent:--free, justify(-ier), be righteous.

“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:” — Romans 5:1

eleos · el'-eh-os · G1656

mercy — compassion, pity shown to the miserable

of uncertain affinity; compassion (human or divine, especially active):--(+ tender) mercy.

“But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” — Matthew 9:13

euaggelizo · yoo-ang-ghel-id'-zo · G2097

to preach the gospel — to announce the good news

from 2095 and 32; to announce good news ("evangelize") especially the gospel:--declare, bring (declare, show) glad (good) tidings, preach (the gospel).

“So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.” — Romans 1:15

soter · so-tare' · G4990

a Saviour — a deliverer, one who rescues and preserves

from 4982; a deliverer, i.e. God or Christ:--saviour.

“For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.” — Luke 2:11

entole · en-tol-ay' · G1785

a commandment — an order, a charge, a precept

from 1781; injunction, i.e. an authoritative prescription:--commandment, precept.

“A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.” — John 13:34

epithumia · ep-ee-thoo-mee'-ah · G1939

lust — a strong craving, an over-desire

from 1937; a longing (especially for what is forbidden):--concupiscence, desire, lust (after).

“But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.” — James 1:14

From the decks: Epithumia sounds through the chapter's opening: your lusts that war in your members (v. 1), consumed upon your lusts (v. 3), the spirit lusteth to envy (v. 5). Strong's marks its bent: a longing, especially for what is forbidden.

thanatos · than'-at-os · G2288

death — the end of life, the wages of sin

from 2348; (properly, an adjective used as a noun) death (literally or figuratively):--X deadly, (be...) death.

“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” — Romans 6:23

nomos · nom'-os · G3551

the law — God’s revealed rule of life

from a primary nemo (to parcel out, especially food or grazing to animals); law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle):--law.

“Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?” — Romans 7:1

From the decks: Law is this chapter's signature word: it has dominion while a man liveth (v. 1), bound the wife (vv. 2–3), and is what we are become dead to by the body of Christ (v. 4) — and it is holy, and just, and good (v. 12).

sarx · sarx · G4561

the flesh — the body; man’s fallen, sinful nature

probably from the base of 4563; flesh (as stripped of the skin), i.e. (strictly) the meat of an animal (as food), or (by extension) the body (as opposed to the soul (or spirit), or as the symbol of what is external, or as the means of kindred), or (by implication) human nature (with its frailties (physically or morally) and passions), or (specially), a human being (as such):--carnal(-ly, + -ly minded), flesh(-ly).

“For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.” — Galatians 5:17

agapao · ag-ap-ah'-o · G25

to love — to love with God’s self-giving love (the verb)

perhaps from agan (much) (or compare 5689); to love (in a social or moral sense):--(be-)love(-ed). Compare 5368.

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” — John 3:16

hagios · hag'-ee-os · G40

holy — set apart, sacred, pure

from hagos (an awful thing) (compare 53, 2282); sacred (physically, pure, morally blameless or religious, ceremonially, consecrated):--(most) holy (one, thing), saint.

“Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.” — 1 Peter 1:16

From the decks: Hagios is the word on the seraphim's lips — “Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts” (Isaiah 6:3): holiness is God's absolute separateness from all sin — the one attribute Scripture cries out three times.

anthropos · anth'-ro-pos · G444

man — a human being, mankind

from 435 and ops (the countenance; from 3700); man-faced, i.e. a human being:--certain, man.

“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:” — Romans 5:12

kosmos · kos'-mos · G2889

the world — the ordered world, the mankind in it

probably from the base of 2865; orderly arrangement, i.e. decoration; by implication, the world (in a wide or narrow sense, including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally)):--adorning, world.

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” — John 3:16

makarios · mak-ar'-ee-os · G3107

blessed — happy, favoured and approved by God

a prolonged form of the poetical makar (meaning the same); supremely blest; by extension, fortunate, well off:-- blessed, happy(X -ier).

“Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” — Matthew 5:3

peirasmos · pi-ras-mos' · G3986

temptation; a trial — a testing that proves

from 3985; a putting to proof (by experiment (of good), experience (of evil), solicitation, discipline or provocation); by implication, adversity:--temptation, X try.

“My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;” — James 1:2

From the decks: One word, two faces: the same peirasmos that tries faith (v. 2) can solicit to evil (vv. 13–14). God proves His saints — He never lures them; the lure is man's own lust.

pisteuo · pist-yoo'-o · G4100

to believe — to trust in, to put faith in

from 4102; to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e. credit; by implication, to entrust (especially one's spiritual well-being to Christ):--believe(-r), commit (to trust), put in trust with.

“And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.” — Acts 16:31

soma · so'-mah · G4983

the body — the physical frame of a man

from 4982; the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively:--bodily, body, slave.

“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.” — Romans 12:1

chara · khar-ah' · G5479

joy — gladness, deep delight

from 5463; cheerfulness, i.e. calm delight:--gladness, X greatly, (X be exceeding) joy(-ful, -fully, -fulness, -ous).

“These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.” — John 15:11

apostolos · ap-os'-tol-os · G652

an apostle — a messenger sent forth with orders

from 649; a delegate; specially, an ambassador of the Gospel; officially a commissioner of Christ ("apostle") (with miraculous powers):--apostle, messenger, he that is sent.

“Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,” — Romans 1:1

From the decks: Apostolos is this lesson in one word: an apostle is one sent forth — a delegate who does not choose his own field, but is sent to it with another's message.

baptisma · bap'-tis-mah · G908

baptism — immersion, the ordinance itself

from 907; baptism (technically or figuratively):--baptism.

“Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.” — Romans 6:4

diakonos · dee-ak'-on-os · G1249

a servant, a minister — one who serves (a deacon)

probably from an obsolete diako (to run on errands; compare 1377); an attendant, i.e. (genitive case) a waiter (at table or in other menial duties); specially, a Christian teacher and pastor (technically, a deacon or deaconess):--deacon, minister, servant.

“But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;” — Matthew 20:26

doulos · doo'-los · G1401

a slave, a bond-servant — one wholly owned by his master

from 1210; a slave (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary; frequently, therefore in a qualified sense of subjection or subserviency):--bond(-man), servant.

“Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,” — Romans 1:1

kerusso · kay-roos'-so · G2784

to preach — to herald, to proclaim aloud as a crier

of uncertain affinity; to herald (as a public crier), especially divine truth (the gospel):--preacher(-er), proclaim, publish.

“And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” — Mark 16:15

martureo · mar-too-reh'-o · G3140

to bear witness — to testify, to give evidence

from 3144; to be a witness, i.e. testify (literally or figuratively):--charge, give (evidence), bear record, have (obtain, of) good (honest) report, be well reported of, testify, give (have) testimony, (be, bear, give, obtain) witness.

“Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.” — John 5:39

martus · mar'-toos · G3144

a witness — one who testifies what he has seen (a martyr)

of uncertain affinity; a witness (literally (judicially) or figuratively (genitive case)); by analogy, a "martyr":-- martyr, record, witness.

“But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.” — Acts 1:8

From the decks: In the New Testament martys means a WITNESS — one who testifies to what he has seen. Because so many witnesses sealed their testimony with their blood, the word itself came to mean a martyr.

pentekoste · pen-tay-kos-tay' · G4005

Pentecost — the fiftieth day, the feast of weeks

feminine of the ordinal of 4004; fiftieth (2250 being implied) from Passover, i.e. the festival of "Pentecost":--Pentecost.

“And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.” — Acts 2:1

From the decks: Pentekoste sounds at Acts 2:1 — 'when the day of Pentecost was fully come' — the fiftieth day after the Passover, one of the great feast days of Israel.

presbuteros · pres-boo'-ter-os · G4245

an elder — an older man; an elder of the church

comparative of presbus (elderly); older; as noun, a senior; specially, an Israelite Sanhedrist (also figuratively, member of the celestial council) or Christian "presbyter":-- elder(-est), old.

“Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.” — 1 Peter 5:5

proseuche · pros-yoo-khay' · G4335

prayer — earnest address and supplication to God

from 4336; prayer (worship); by implication, an oratory (chapel):--X pray earnestly, prayer.

“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.” — Philippians 4:6

proskuneo · pros-koo-neh'-o · G4352

to worship — to bow down in reverence, to prostrate

from 4314 and a probable derivative of 2965 (meaning to kiss, like a dog licking his master's hand); to fawn or crouch to, i.e. (literally or figuratively) prostrate oneself in homage (do reverence to, adore):--worship.

“God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” — John 4:24

ginosko · ghin-oce'-ko · G1097

to know — to know by experience, to perceive

a prolonged form of a primary verb; to "know" (absolutely) in a great variety of applications and with many implications (as follow, with others not thus clearly expressed):--allow, be aware (of), feel, (have) know(-ledge), perceived, be resolved, can speak, be sure, understand.

“And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” — John 17:3

glossa · gloce-sah' · G1100

the tongue — language, speech, the member that speaks

of uncertain affinity; the tongue; by implication, a language (specially, one naturally unacquired):--tongue.

“Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!” — James 3:5

From the decks: Glossa names both the member in the mouth and the language it speaks. James takes the member itself: small, central, and never off duty — boasting, burning, blessing, cursing (vv. 5–10).

didasko · did-as'-ko · G1321

to teach — to instruct, to explain, to impart

a prolonged (causative) form of a primary verb dao (to learn); to teach (in the same broad application):--teach.

“Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.” — Matthew 28:20

propheteia · prof-ay-ti'-ah · G4394

prophecy — the speaking forth of God’s word

from 4396 ("prophecy"); prediction (scriptural or other):--prophecy, prophesying.

“Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.” — 2 Peter 1:20

From the decks: Propheteia is the New Testament's word for God's foretelling — and Peter binds it to the last lesson: 'no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation,' for it came as holy men of God were moved by the Holy Ghost (2 Peter 1:20–21).

prophetes · prof-ay'-tace · G4396

a prophet — one who speaks forth God’s message

from a compound of 4253 and 5346; a foreteller ("prophet"); by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet:--prophet.

“But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.” — Matthew 11:9

sophia · sof-ee'-ah · G4678

wisdom — deep knowledge rightly applied

from 4680; wisdom (higher or lower, worldly or spiritual):--wisdom.

“In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.” — Colossians 2:3

From the decks: Sophia is wisdom — higher or lower, worldly or spiritual — and Paul tells us where its treasures lie: “In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.” The schoolmen searched the treasuries of learning; the apostle locates them in a Person.

aion · ahee-ohn' · G165

an age — a period of time; the world as an age

from the same as 104; properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity (also past); by implication, the world; specially (Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future):--age, course, eternal, (for) ever(-more), (n-)ever, (beginning of the , while the) world (began, without end). Compare 5550.

“The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.” — Matthew 13:39

apokalupsis · ap-ok-al'-oop-sis · G602

revelation — an unveiling, an uncovering

from 601; disclosure:--appearing, coming, lighten, manifestation, be revealed, revelation.

“The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:” — Revelation 1:1

From the decks: An apokalupsis is an unveiling, not a hiding: God gave this book to shew His servants 'things which must shortly come to pass' (1:1) — the future is opened to the church, not sealed against her.

thronos · thron'-os · G2362

a throne — the seat of royal power

from thrao (to sit); a stately seat ("throne"); by implication, power or (concretely) a potentate:--seat, throne.

“And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.” — Revelation 4:4

From the decks: The word sounds first at verse 2 — 'a throne was set in heaven' — and rules the chapter: the throne stands at the centre of verses 2–6, and the worship of verses 9–11 is given 'to him that sat on the throne.' One seat is heaven's centre, and it is occupied.

nekros · nek-ros' · G3498

dead — lifeless, a corpse, one that has died

from an apparently primary nekus (a corpse); dead (literally or figuratively; also as noun):--dead.

“And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;” — Ephesians 2:1