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Our, ours; first person plural possessive pronoun indicating communal belonging or shared identity.

To store up, lay aside, or treasure; used of accumulating wealth, provisions, or divine consequences.

Judah; a personal or tribal name (genitive form) referring to the patriarch, the tribe, or the territory of Judah

Equal, same, or equivalent in measure, quality, or status; denoting parity or correspondence.

To cover, hide, or veil; to place something over so as to conceal, protect, or envelop from sight.

To bear fruit; to produce yield, whether literal agricultural produce or figurative spiritual productivity.

Opposite, in front of, before; a spatial preposition meaning 'directly facing' that extends to the sense of 'in the sight of'

To instruct orally, catechize; to inform or report — the root behind English 'catechism'

Cilicia; a Roman province on the southeastern coast of Asia Minor, homeland of the apostle Paul.

To move, set in motion; to shake or wag (in mockery); to stir up, agitate; to remove or displace from position

To share in, participate, contribute; to have fellowship or communion with another in something.

To cut, strike; in the middle voice, to mourn by beating the breast in lamentation

A young girl, maiden; a diminutive term for a female child or adolescent.

Around, round about, in a circle; a preposition/adverb indicating circular spatial orientation.

Mark (Markos); the Latin-derived personal name of John Mark, companion of Paul, Barnabas, and Peter.

To magnify, glorify, praise; to make large or enlarge — declaring greatness or increasing extent

To translate, interpret; to render a word or phrase from one language into another.

Melchizedek; the ancient priest-king of Salem who blessed Abraham, a type of Christ's eternal priesthood.

A conjunction expressing concession or affirmation: however, indeed, nevertheless — marking contrast or emphasis.

To share in, partake of; to have a portion or part in something held in common.

The forehead, the front part of the head above the eyes; in the NT used exclusively for the site of divine or beastly marks.

A tomb, sepulchre, or burial monument; a place prepared for interring the dead, especially a rock-hewn chamber.

To admonish, warn, or instruct with corrective intent; literally, to place something in the mind so as to redirect behavior.

Bride; daughter-in-law — a young woman in relation to her marriage or her husband's family

Noah, the righteous patriarch who built the ark and survived the great flood; a key figure of faith and divine judgment.

Dry, dried up, withered — of a body part paralyzed or shriveled, or of land as opposed to sea

Sharp, keen-edged; swift, quick — of a blade's cutting edge or of feet that move rapidly

To become angry, be enraged, or be provoked to wrath; used in the NT exclusively in the passive voice for the onset or state of anger.

To determine, appoint, or declare; to fix boundaries, ordain events, or designate persons according to divine or human decision.

Holy, devout, pious; consecrated or sanctioned by divine law; holy things or sacred promises

The loins or waist region; denoting both the physical lower torso (often girded for action) and, by metonymy, procreative power.

Everywhere, in every place; an adverb of universal spatial extent, sometimes used with verbs of motion to mean 'to every place.'

One's homeland, fatherland, or hometown; the place of origin or ancestral connection, used both of earthly towns and a heavenly country.

To place around, put on, or set upon; used of clothing someone, enclosing something, or metaphorically bestowing honor or dishonor.

To commit sexual immorality or fornication; to engage in illicit sexual conduct, also used metaphorically for spiritual unfaithfulness.

The Praetorium: the Roman governor's official residence, military headquarters, or by extension the imperial guard.

To lead, manage, or preside over; to direct affairs with care and diligence.

To stumble, strike against; literally of physical collision, figuratively of spiritual offense or failure

To fall down before, prostrate oneself in supplication or worship; to fall upon or strike against

Firstborn: the first child born, or figuratively, one holding supreme rank and preeminence.

Rome: the capital city of the Roman Empire, center of imperial power and early Christian community.

Rotten, bad, worthless: describing something decayed in quality or unfit for use.

To quench, extinguish: put out fire or light, or figuratively suppress the Spirit's work.

An army, military force, body of troops deployed for campaign or enforcement.

To call together, summon, convene an assembly or gathering of people.

To gather, collect, or pick: bringing things together, especially in harvest contexts.

To happen, occur, come about: events befalling a person or coming to pass.

Counsel, consultation, plot; a council of advisors

To break, crush, shatter; to bruise — of physical objects destroyed or persons oppressed and broken

Syria; the Roman province north of Palestine, encompassing Antioch and Damascus, a major hub of early Christianity.