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Simeon — a Hebrew proper name (from Shim'on) borne by several NT figures including the devout elder and the apostle Peter.

To recline at table together with someone; to share a meal as a table companion in the ancient Near Eastern posture.

Understanding, insight, mental acuity; the faculty of grasping meaning quickly and discerning what is essential.

A tomb, grave, or burial place; a sepulchre cut from rock where the dead are interred.

The neck or throat; the front and sides of the neck, used both literally and in figurative expressions of burden or affection.

To remind someone or bring something to remembrance; in the passive, to be reminded or to recall.

A footstool; a low stool or platform on which feet are rested, used chiefly as a metaphor for divine sovereignty.

To arrive at, come upon, or reach a destination or state; in classical usage, to precede or anticipate.

A kiss; an act of pressing lips to another person, used as greeting, sign of love, or liturgical expression of fellowship.

A flame or blaze of fire; visible burning used of theophanies, eschatological judgment, and the torment of the afterlife.

A murderer, killer, or slayer; one who unlawfully takes human life, used both of literal killers and of those who persecute the righteous.

A well, pit, or shaft; an artificially dug opening in the earth for water or as a deep cavity.

To puff up with pride or conceit; in the passive, to be inflated with arrogance. A distinctly Pauline term for spiritual pride.

To let down, lower by rope or mechanism; to slacken or release downward.

Lip; by extension, the edge or shore of a body of water — reflecting the ancient metaphor of land's 'lip' meeting the sea.

Money, wealth, riches — goods measured in monetary value, from property and possessions to currency itself.

Kind, benevolent, gracious; good, pleasant, wholesome in quality; easy or well-fitting (of a yoke).

A psalm; a sacred song originally sung to stringed accompaniment, used for OT Psalms and Christian worship songs.

A song, ode, or hymn of praise; a lyrical composition meant to be sung, especially in worship.

To perish or destroy — Aramaic verb meaning to be lost or ruined (intransitive) or to cause destruction (Hiphil causative).

Abaddon; the place of destruction or ruin in Sheol, the realm of the dead personified as a cosmic power.

Abiezer (lit. 'my father is help'); a personal name borne by a Manassite clan ancestor and a Benjamite warrior.

Bands, hordes, or military troops accompanying a leader; armed forces in an army's retinue.

Red, ruddy; a color adjective describing reddish hue in skin, animals, water, or garments.

Desire, longing, craving; an intense want or appetite, whether natural, royal, or divine.

Urim; the sacred lot-casting objects kept in the high priest's breastpiece for obtaining divine guidance.

Memorial portion of a grain offering burned on the altar as a token reminder before YHWH.

Aramaic verb meaning to go, walk, or travel to a place; used in Ezra and Daniel.

Ahinoam ('my brother is delight'), name of two women: Saul's wife and David's wife from Jezreel.

Adverb meaning backward, in reverse direction; used of physical retreat or reversal of motion.

Elon, a proper name borne by a Hittite, a Zebulunite clan ancestor, a judge of Israel, and a Danite town.

To eat or devour; idiomatically, to slander — Aramaic verb for consuming food, devouring prey, or 'eating someone's pieces' (accusing).

Farmer, plowman, agricultural worker who tills the soil; often paired with vinedressers.

Elyoenai ('my eyes are toward God'), a proper name borne by several men in Chronicles and Ezra-Nehemiah.

Elnathan ('God has given'), a proper name for Jehoiakim's grandfather and Levites in Ezra's time.

Enosh, son of Seth and grandson of Adam; his birth marks when people began to call on YHWH's name.

Ship or fleet of ships; a feminine noun for seagoing vessels, especially Solomon's commercial fleet.

Thoroughly, with all diligence; an Aramaic adverb denoting completeness and careful execution of official decrees.

An interdict or binding decree; an Aramaic legal term for an irrevocable royal prohibition, used exclusively in Daniel 6.

To restrain oneself, hold back, exercise self-control; Hitpael of אפק, describing forcible containment of powerful emotion.

Artaxerxes; the Aramaic form of the Persian king's name appearing in Ezra's correspondence sections.

A watch of the night; a division of the nighttime hours used for military guard duty and poetic time-reckoning.

Ash heap, refuse pile, dunghill; a place of waste symbolizing extreme poverty and degradation.

Step, footstep, going; a poetic term for one's walk or course of life, always with possessive suffixes.

Eshtaol; a town in the Shephelah allotted to Dan, closely associated with Zorah and the story of Samson.

Beth Aven; a place name meaning 'house of wickedness,' located east of Bethel and possibly used as a derogatory alias for Bethel.

Belshazzar; the last king of Babylon in the book of Daniel, who saw the handwriting on the wall at his final feast.

Binnui — post-exilic proper name borne by Levites, returned exiles, and men who divorced foreign wives in Ezra-Nehemiah

A building or constructed structure, used exclusively in Ezekiel's temple vision for walls and edifices of the eschatological sanctuary

Beasts, cattle, or livestock — a collective noun for domesticated animals, especially beasts of burden