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Sulfur (brimstone); a combustible substance associated with divine judgment, purification, and apocalyptic fire.

Uproar, tumult, or commotion — the confused noise and agitation of a crowd, often with political or hostile overtones.

Physician, doctor; a healer of the body, used literally and in Jesus's proverbial sayings about spiritual healing.

Jericho; the ancient fortified city near the Jordan River, prominent in both OT conquest and NT Gospel narratives.

Purification, cleansing; the ritual or ceremonial act of making clean, especially in Jewish religious practice.

To sit down, be seated, remain sitting; physical posture of rest or sustained presence in a place.

To swallow up, devour, overwhelm; to engulf completely, used literally of consumption and figuratively of destruction or grief.

Accuser; one who brings formal charges against another, especially in a legal or judicial proceeding.

To incline, bow, or lay down; of daylight declining; of armies being put to flight.

A grain or seed; the small kernel of a plant, used literally of mustard and wheat and figuratively of faith's tiny beginnings.

To hang, suspend physically (especially in execution); figuratively, to depend upon

To acquire, procure for oneself, gain possession of; used of purchasing property, obtaining a right, or gaining mastery over something.

To exercise lordship or dominion, rule over, be master of; used of political rulers, death's power, sin's reign, and Christ's sovereignty.

To shine, gleam, radiate light; used of lamps, the sun, lightning, the transfigured Christ, and the righteous in glory.

To stone, pelt with stones as judicial execution or mob violence; the standard biblical term for death by stoning.

To flog, scourge, or whip; a judicial or punitive beating with a lash, applied to Jesus in his passion and to persecuted disciples.

To partake of, receive a share of; to take food, eat

Remembrance, mention; the act of calling someone to mind, especially in prayer; prayerful recollection of a person or community.

An adulteress; figuratively, spiritually unfaithful to God — adulterous (of a generation)

The south wind or the south as a cardinal direction; used of weather, geography, and the eschatological gathering from all compass points.

Behind, from behind, at the back; a spatial adverb/preposition indicating position or approach from the rear.

A debtor, one who owes; used literally of financial obligation and figuratively of moral or spiritual indebtedness.

Long ago, of old; denoting a time far in the past, often contrasting former conditions with the present.

Transgression, violation; the deliberate overstepping of a divine command or established law.

Fifty; the cardinal number used both literally (counting people, coins) and in round-number estimates.

To look around, gaze about; a deliberate sweeping glance at one's surroundings or companions.

To blow (of wind); describes the movement of air or wind, sometimes with symbolic overtones.

To wage war, fight, do battle; used of both apocalyptic cosmic conflict and human strife.

Wickedness, evil, malice; moral depravity whether as an inner disposition or in its outward expressions.

What sort of? What kind of? An interrogative adjective expressing wonder or inquiry about the nature of something.

Somewhere, in some place; also 'where' (interrogative sense) and 'about, approximately' (with numbers).

To be fitting, proper, or suitable; expressing moral or situational propriety and what is becoming.

To remain with, stay, continue; persisting in a place, with a person, or in an activity or commitment.

To command, order authoritatively; to appoint or designate in advance

To call out to someone, address directly; to summon or speak to a person, whether in greeting, instruction, or public proclamation.

A plea or excuse offered to justify or conceal one's true motives; a pretext, pretense, or ostensible reason.

A dead body, corpse, or carcass; a fallen body left lifeless on the ground.

To burst or break open; to throw violently to the ground; to tear or rend to pieces.

To throw, cast, or hurl forcefully; to fling down, toss aside, or throw overboard.

A large, broad sword; a heavy weapon used both literally of military combat and figuratively of piercing anguish or divine judgment.

Fleshly, carnal; pertaining to human nature apart from the Spirit, or made of flesh as opposed to stone or spirit.

Zion; the holy mountain and city of Jerusalem, used literally of the geographic site and symbolically of God's dwelling, his people, and the heavenly city.

Shadow; the dark area cast by an object blocking light, used literally of physical shade and figuratively of spiritual darkness, death, or a foreshadowing of greater realities.

A Roman military cohort; a detachment of soldiers, typically about 600 men, stationed as a garrison unit.

A stadion: a unit of distance (~185m / 607ft), or the racecourse/arena where athletic contests were held.

Stephen; the first Christian martyr, one of seven deacons, known for his Spirit-filled witness and death by stoning in Jerusalem.

Elements; the basic components of the world, whether elemental physical substances, rudimentary principles of learning, or cosmic spiritual powers.

To serve as a soldier or wage war; used both literally of military service and metaphorically of spiritual and moral conflict.

To rejoice together with someone; to share in another's joy or congratulate them on a happy occasion.

To knit together, unite; instruct; bring forward; prove; conclude — from 'bringing together' physically to intellectually