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To say farewell or take leave of someone; by extension, to renounce or give up possessions. A verb of parting — from persons or from things.

To carry away, transport, or lead off from one place to another; used of physical removal and visionary transport.

To push away, thrust aside, or reject; used metaphorically for repudiating God's word, covenant, or people.

Ungodliness, impiety; a disposition of irreverence toward God and disregard for divine standards.

A foreigner, non-Greek speaker; anyone outside Greco-Roman linguistic and cultural identity.

To weigh down, burden, or oppress; used in the passive for being heavy with sleep, grief, or hardship.

A burden, weight, or load; used literally of heavy labor and figuratively of moral gravity, authority, or spiritual obligation.

Heavy, burdensome, weighty; describing physical weight, oppressive demands, moral gravity, or fierce severity.

Torment, torture, anguish; the infliction or experience of severe pain as punishment.

Abomination, detestable thing; something utterly repulsive to God, especially idolatrous objects or moral corruption.

To deliberate, take counsel, plan; to resolve upon a course of action after careful thought.

Indeed, surely, now then; an emphatic particle adding urgency, affirmation, or inferential force to a statement.

Language, dialect, tongue; the distinct speech or vernacular of a particular region or people.

To cross over, pass through; to travel across a body of water or through a region.

To destroy, corrupt, ruin; to cause utter destruction or moral/physical decay.

Corruption, decay, decomposition; the physical rotting of a body, especially in the context of resurrection theology.

To wake someone from sleep; figuratively, to stir up, arouse, or agitate — whether a person's mind or the surface of the sea.

To interpret or explain the meaning of speech, prophecy, or Scripture; also to translate a word or name from one language to another.

Beam, log, plank; a large piece of timber, used figuratively for a major fault in oneself.

West, the setting (of the sun); the direction of sunset, used geographically and symbolically.

To graft a branch into a tree; used metaphorically for incorporating believers into God's covenant people.

In vain; without purpose or result; to no effect.

If indeed; since indeed; an emphatic conditional conjunction strengthening a supposition.

To avenge or exact retributive justice on behalf of the wronged; also to vindicate or grant justice to the oppressed. Covers both punitive action and the securing of rights.

To lose heart, grow weary, become discouraged in the face of difficulty or prolonged effort.

To spit upon someone, expressing contempt, mockery, or abuse.

Eleven; the cardinal number, used in the NT for the apostolic group after Judas's departure.

To be in; there is/are (often as an emphatic existential marker: 'there is neither... nor').

To deceive thoroughly, beguile utterly; an intensified form of 'apatao' indicating complete deception.

Immediately, at once, right away; a temporal adverb marking sudden or prompt action.

To relate in detail, explain, narrate, make known; to give a full account of events or truths.

To praise, commend, or express approval; used of both sincere commendation and rhetorical or ironic praise.

To go upon, set foot on, board (a ship), or step onto a place; physical movement of mounting or arriving.

Appearing, manifestation; a visible display of divine presence, used of Christ's first and second advent.

Work, business, trade, profit; productive labor or effort directed toward gain or a practical end.

To search, examine, or investigate thoroughly; probing inquiry into hidden or profound matters.

Well; an adverb of commendation or competence, indicating something done rightly, thoroughly, or with moral excellence.

Enmity, hostility, or deep-seated antagonism between parties, whether personal, cosmic, or spiritual.

To suffer loss, forfeit, or be damaged; experiencing the penalty of losing something valuable.

Yoke -- a wooden crossbar for draft animals, extended to burdens of obligation, servitude, or a pair of balance scales.

Herodias; granddaughter of Herod the Great, wife of Herod Antipas, who engineered the execution of John the Baptist.

To be courageous, confident, or bold; ranges from quiet assurance to outspoken daring.

Marvelous, wonderful, astonishing; describes what evokes awe, whether God's works, his ways, or surprising events.

To warm oneself or be warmed; used for physical warming by a fire and for the basic need for bodily warmth.

Mortal, subject to death; describing the human body as inherently liable to die, contrasted with imperishable life.

Incense; aromatic substance burned as a sacred offering, producing fragrant smoke that ascends before God.

Iconium; an ancient city in the province of Galatia, an important stop on Paul's missionary journeys.

Clothing, apparel; a collective term for garments worn, especially in contexts of outward appearance and wealth.

Because, inasmuch as, according as; a causal or proportional conjunction linking reason or manner to an outcome.

To mistreat, harm, or oppress someone; to afflict with suffering or injustice.