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Two — the cardinal numeral for a pair, used attributively and substantively throughout the New Testament

Wise, prudent; substantively: sages, royal counselors; also skilled craftsman; feminine: wise women.

open, loose, release — verb of opening doors, gates, containers, bonds; Piel = untie/liberate; Nifal = be opened; includes drawing a sword

Life — biological existence and, distinctively in the NT, the eternal quality of life that comes from God through Christ

John — Hellenized form of Hebrew Yohanan ('YHWH is gracious'), designating several key NT figures including the Baptist and the Apostle

Forty — cardinal numeral signifying a generation, a period of testing, or a complete span of judgment throughout Scripture

A seat of honor or throne; the royal or divine seat of authority, and by extension any seat of dignity or judgment.

turn, turn toward, face, orient; prepare or clear a way; turn of time (evening); look, regard; decline, pass away

Also, indeed, even, yea; an emphatic conjunction adding force, marking inclusion, or introducing a fortiori arguments.

Gilead — proper noun for a trans-Jordanian highland region and the ancestral figure (grandson of Manasseh) after whom it is named

to slaughter for sacrifice; to offer cultic sacrifice

Piel: to profane, defile, desecrate; Hifil: to begin; Nifal/Pual: be profaned; also to treat fruit as common

Number, count, tally; the quantitative total of persons or things, sometimes idiomatically 'fewness,' and once 'a telling or account.'

Evening, the period from late afternoon through sunset; in dual form, the ritual 'two evenings' or twilight interval.

The sun as celestial body, timekeeper, and symbol of glory; rarely, sun-shaped architectural ornaments (battlements).

To send forth on a mission or commission; to dispatch an authorized representative, messenger, or agent; passive, to be sent.

To see, look at, perceive visually; also to beware, watch out for, or direct one's gaze with attention.

Aram — proper noun for a Semitic people and their territory in upper Mesopotamia and Syria, also a personal name in genealogies

Wall — a defensive wall surrounding a city, serving as the primary fortification and symbol of urban security in ancient Israel

Lest — conjunction introducing a negative purpose or apprehension clause, expressing fear that something undesirable may occur

A young bull or bullock, predominantly a sacrificial animal; figuratively, a symbol of fierce strength or aggression.

To bury a dead person in a grave or tomb; in passive stems, to be buried; by extension, one who buries.

To remain, be left over, survive; as participle, the remnant or survivors; in Hifil, to leave remaining or spare.

Dead — as a substantive, the dead (deceased persons collectively); as an adjective, lifeless, whether literally or figuratively.

Hezekiah — personal name meaning 'YHWH has strengthened,' chiefly the righteous king of Judah (c. 715-686 BC)

A chief, prince, or tribal leader; one raised up to authority over a clan, tribe, or nation.

With — preposition expressing accompaniment, association, joint action, or combined presence

To settle down, dwell, inhabit; of God's presence: to tabernacle; causative: to cause to dwell, place, settle

Something prescribed: a statute, ordinance, or decree; an allotted portion or due; a fixed boundary or limit.

An age, era, or epoch; eternity or perpetuity; in doxologies, 'forever and ever'; rarely, the material world.

Firmness, faithfulness, truth; what is reliable, trustworthy, and real; often paired with chesed as a covenant attribute of God.

To gather, collect, assemble; Piel: reassemble the dispersed; Nifal: come together; Qal: collect.

Slave, bondservant — one bound in service to a master, used literally of slaves and figuratively of devoted service to God or Christ

Strength, power, might; physical force, vigor, or the capacity to act; also wealth or resources derived from one's strength.

Bone, skeletal part; in construct with 'day,' selfsame or that very; figuratively, substance, body, or essential nature.

draw near, approach, bring near; (Qal) come near; (Niphal) approach; (Hifil) cause to approach, present; (Hofal) be brought near

To throw, cast, hurl, or fling (Hifil); to be thrown or cast (Hofal); figuratively, to cast away or reject.

To throw, cast, hurl; to put or place into; passive: to be thrown, cast out; also to lie prostrate, pour out, or strike upon

Heat, rage, wrath, fury; intense anger especially of God; also venom or poison of serpents.

To think, reckon, plan, or devise; encompasses cognitive activity from arithmetic calculation to purposeful scheming to artistic design.

High priest, chief priest — the principal priestly officer of the Jerusalem temple, or collectively the senior priestly leadership

Whenever, when — temporal conjunction introducing indefinite or anticipated future events and recurring conditions

Half, one of two equal parts; also the middle or midpoint of a spatial or temporal span.

Assembly, congregation, or gathered company; the convoked community of Israel or any large assembled group.

Then — temporal adverb marking a point in past or future time, often signaling the onset of a new action or condition

Light: daylight, dawn, sunlight; metaphorically life, divine favor, salvation; also lightning; the luminaries.

We — first person common plural independent pronoun, used for emphasis, contrast, or as explicit subject

To capture, seize, or take — by military conquest, by lot, by snare, or by freezing together; covering active seizure, passive capture, entrapment, and cohesion

Power, might, miraculous deed, cosmic force, ability, or meaning — from God's inherent strength to specific miracles, spiritual beings, and the force of an utterance

Death — the cessation of life, whether physical, judicial, or spiritual; the ultimate enemy overcome in Christ's resurrection