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Judgments, acts of divine justice — punitive acts executed by God against nations or the wicked

To bear with, tolerate, or endure; in the middle voice, to put up with someone or hold up patiently under hardship.

Lawlessness, wickedness; the state of acting in defiance of divine or moral law; iniquity.

To depart or withdraw from a place; to fall away in apostasy from the faith; to draw others away or incite revolt.

To taste; literally of eating or drinking, figuratively of experiencing something firsthand, especially death or divine grace.

Known, notable, recognized; as a substantive, an acquaintance or familiar associate.

A letter of the alphabet, a written document, the Scriptures, the written Law (vs. Spirit), learning, or correspondence.

Naked, unclothed, bare; ranging from complete nudity to being poorly or insufficiently dressed.

Damascus; the ancient Syrian capital, prominent in Paul's conversion narrative.

To beat, strike, or flog; to inflict blows upon someone, whether in violence or judicial punishment.

To testify solemnly, bear earnest witness; also to charge or warn with solemn urgency.

Then, next; a temporal adverb marking sequence in a series of events or arguments.

Olive tree: as a toponym in 'Mount of Olives'; the living plant used in Paul's allegory; the olive fruit itself.

To command, enjoin, give authoritative orders; used in the middle voice for issuing directives.

To promise (especially of God's solemn, covenantal pledges); secondarily, to profess or lay claim to something.

Godliness, piety, devout reverence; faithful living rooted in proper devotion to God.

Thanksgiving, gratitude; the act of giving thanks to God, central to Christian worship and prayer.

Hair; primarily human head-hair, also animal hair (camel's hair) used as clothing material.

The Jordan; the principal river of Palestine, site of John's baptism and key biblical events.

To seize, overtake, or comprehend; of grasping physically, mentally, or spiritually—catching someone in the act or attaining a goal.

To come down, go down, descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.

To devour, consume entirely; used of literal eating, figurative exploitation, and destruction by fire or divine judgment.

Heir; one who receives an inheritance, whether by legal right or divine promise.

Better, superior, more excellent; comparative indicating higher worth or greater strength.

To create, found, or bring into being; as a substantive participle, the Creator — the one who originates all things.

Lazarus; proper name borne by the brother of Mary and Martha, and by the beggar in Jesus' parable.

Robber, bandit, brigand; one who seizes property through violence, distinct from a mere thief.

To commit adultery; in the causative sense, to bring about or cause adultery to occur.

Infant, young child; figuratively, one who is spiritually immature or, rarely, gentle and tender.

To think, suppose, or assume; in the passive, to be commonly thought or regarded as something.

To wither, dry up, or become desiccated; in the active, to cause something to dry up or parch.

From where, whence (of spatial origin); by extension, therefore, for which reason (inferential connective).

The inhabited world; the civilized, populated earth, often denoting the Roman Empire or all humanity.

Such as, of what sort, of which kind; a qualitative relative pronoun introducing comparisons.

To liken, compare, or make similar; in the passive, to be compared or to become like something.

Virgin, maiden; a person, usually a young woman, who has not had sexual relations.

To cease, stop, leave off (middle voice); in the active, to restrain or cause someone to stop.

Rock, bedrock, cliff; a large solid mass of stone, used literally and as a metaphor for firm foundation.

To give someone a drink; by extension, to water or irrigate plants and fields

Rabbi; a Hebrew honorific meaning 'my master/teacher,' used as a respectful address for religious instructors.

To shake, agitate, or cause to totter; used of earthquakes, cosmic upheaval, stirring up crowds, and inner disturbance of mind.

Saul (Saulos); the Jewish name of the apostle Paul before and during his early ministry.

Wheat or grain; the primary cereal crop of the ancient Near East, used literally and figuratively

stumbling block, snare — anything that causes spiritual downfall, offense, or entrapment

To seal — either to authenticate by setting a mark of ownership, or to seal shut for security or concealment

A table — primarily for dining and fellowship, but also a money-changer's counter or bank

obedience — the act or disposition of submitting to authority, especially to God or the gospel

To feed, fill, or satisfy with food; passively, to eat one's fill and be satiated

Grass, green herbage, or vegetation; also hay or dried grass as a building metaphor

To profit, benefit, or be of advantage; used transitively of helping others and intransitively of being useful.