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To defile or make ritually unclean; to declare profane or call common what God has cleansed.

Mute (unable to speak) or deaf (unable to hear); describing sensory impairment, often in the context of miraculous healing.

lamp — a portable oil lamp used for domestic light, often a metaphor for spiritual illumination or witness

from afar, at a distance — adverb indicating spatial remoteness of an observer or traveler

patience, long-suffering, forbearance — the steadfast endurance that restrains anger and waits through adversity

To divide into parts or factions, or to apportion and distribute shares; splitting either destructively or generously.

measure — a standard of quantity, extent, or proportion; both the instrument and the act of measuring

Ointment, perfumed oil, aromatic unguent — a costly fragrant preparation used for anointing and burial.

to understand, perceive, consider — grasping something through mental reflection rather than sensory experience

Stranger, foreigner, alien; strange or unfamiliar (adjectival); host, one who receives strangers.

serpent, snake — a reptile used literally and as a symbol of cunning, evil, and satanic deception

evening — the latter part of the day, from late afternoon through nightfall

Bird, fowl — winged creatures of the air, used collectively for wild birds in nature and parable imagery

To say or tell beforehand, whether as prior declaration, prediction, or solemn forewarning with admonitory force.

To wait for or expect something anticipated, or to receive and welcome someone or something with favor and acceptance.

Sadducee — a member of the Jewish priestly-aristocratic sect that denied resurrection and angelic spirits

An earthquake or violent shaking; used of seismic events and, by extension, a fierce storm at sea.

Talent — a large unit of weight and monetary value, used in Jesus' parables for immense sums

To humble, bring low, abase; to be humbled (passive); to humble oneself in voluntary self-abasement before God.

Titus — a proper name referring primarily to Paul's Gentile co-worker and, in one textual variant, to Titius Justus.

To strike or beat; to hit someone with the hand, fist, or instrument, either actively or as a passive victim.

Wise, prudent, or shrewd; possessing practical discernment for sound decisions, sometimes with connotations of cunning.

Nature — the inherent character or constitution of a person or thing; also used adverbially as 'by nature' to denote what is innate.

Lame, crippled — physically disabled in the legs or feet, unable to walk normally

Waistcloth, belt, loincloth — a garment worn around the loins, made of leather or linen

Eliezer — proper name meaning 'my God is help,' borne by several OT figures including Abraham's steward

These, those — an Aramaic demonstrative pronoun (plural) used in Daniel and Ezra

To be angry or become enraged; a denominative verb from 'ap (nose/anger), used almost exclusively of divine wrath.

Beth-horon — a pair of cities (Upper and Lower) in Ephraim on a strategic mountain pass

Birthright or firstborn status; also firstlings of livestock offered to God

Redemption, right of redemption — the legal act or right of buying back land, persons, or property

Cup, bowl — a cup-shaped vessel, whether Joseph's divination goblet or the lampstand's calyx ornaments

To rebuke sharply, reprove with authority; used of human correction and divine censure of nations, the sea, and evil.

Gershom — personal name meaning 'sojourner there,' borne by Moses' firstborn and several Levites.

A tribal banner or military standard marking Israelite camp divisions and marching order in the wilderness.

To thresh grain; by extension, to trample or tread upon people or nations in judgment

Thin, fine, small; of gaunt cattle, powdery manna, a stunted person, or a gentle whisper

Law, legal code; royal decree or edict; judicial sentence or verdict (Aramaic, Persian loan-word)

Zimri — a Hebrew personal name borne by a Simeonite prince, a king of Israel, and Judahite and Benjamite figures.

Aramaic numeral 'one'; rarely adverbial 'together, as one'

Aramaic verb: to show or make visible; also to declare or announce verbally

Hushai — personal name of David's trusted counselor, 'the Archite,' who thwarted Absalom's revolt.

A seal or signet-ring used for authenticating documents, marking ownership, and as a figure of preciousness.

To wait expectantly, often with hope; rarely, to lie in wait with hostile intent

Wise men, sages — Aramaic term for the learned class at the Babylonian court possessing esoteric knowledge.

A perforated cake or ring-shaped bread used in Israelite grain offerings and ritual meals.

Heth — eponymous ancestor of the Hittites, listed as a son of Canaan in the Table of Nations.

To hurl, cast, throw forcefully; (passive) to be hurled or cast down; to be overthrown

Dry land or dry ground, especially as a path through parted waters or as earth distinct from sea.

Sorrow, grief, anguish; deep emotional pain and persistent sadness, often paired with mourning or distress.