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Greek Word Studies
Inheritance (lot) (2819) kleros
Allotted to (your) charge (2819) (kleros from kláo = to break) was first a specially marked small object, pebble or a piece of wood used in casting lots as in Acts 1:17, 26. The object was thrown down in order to aid the making decisions a practice based on pagan views of chance (Greeks and Romans),... Read More
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Iniquity (93) adikia
Unrighteousness (93) (adikia from a = not + dikê = right) is a condition of not being right, whether with God, according to the standard of His holiness and righteousness or with man, according to the standard of what man knows to be right by his conscience. In secular Greek adikia referred to unjus... Read More
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Innocent (185) akeraios
Innocent (185) (akeraios from "a" = without + keránnumi = mix) refers literally to that which is without mixture and thus is pure. The basic meaning is being unmixed or unadulterated. Figuratively it refers to that which is without admixture of evil, which is free from guile and is translated as inn... Read More
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Innocent (unsuspecting) (172) akakos
Unsuspecting (172) (akakos from a = without + kakos = constitutionally bad, morally evil -- see study of related word kakia) literally refers to who are not constitutionally bad. One needs to examine the context of the usage to determine whether this trait is good or bad, as explained below. Akakos ... Read More
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Inquiry (1830) exereunao
Inquiry (1830) (exereunao from ek = an intensifier and ereunao = to search into, investigate, explore) means to search diligently for something, especially for something hidden like miners engaged in digging for precious metals in the bowels of the earth. This word was first used to tell of a dog sn... Read More
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Insight (5428) phronesis
Insight (5428) (phronesis from phroneo = to have understanding, to think <> from phren = midriff, heart, mind, thought) describes practical understanding discernment of the needs, problems principles of everyday life which leads to right action. Thoughtful planning. From the uses in the Lxx we disce... Read More
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Insolent (5197) hubristes
Insolent (5197) (hubristes from hubrizo = act with insolence + hubris = arrogance, primarily denotes wantonness, insolence; then, an act of wanton violence, an outrage, injury) refers to an insolent persecutor of others. It is the man who is violent, insolent (insultingly contemptuous in speech or c... Read More
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Inspired by God (2315) theopneustos
Inspired by God (2315) (theopneustos from Theos = God + pneo = to breathe or blow) means divinely breathed or given by inspiration of God and it nicely sums up Peter's parallel teaching in 2Pe 1:21-note. (See J C Ryle Inspiration; A W Pink's Divine Inspiration of the Scriptures) The Latin Vulgate re... Read More
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Instruct, instructed (2727) katecheo
Being Instructed (2727) (katecheo from katá = down or intensive + echeo = sound, our English "echo") (see related word sounded forth = execheo) means to literally to sound down on or into the ears. From this the derived meaning is “to inform” or “to instruct orally.” The idea is to re-sound, to re-e... Read More
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Instructed (3453) mueo
Learned the secret (one word in Greek) (3453) (mueo = root word for mustes meaning "one initiated" which in turn is the source of "mystery" or musterion) means to be initiated. It was used by the pagan religions with reference to their “inner secrets.” Paul is saying in essence “I have been initiat... Read More
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Instruction (admonition, warning) (3559) nouthesia
Warning (3559) (nouthesia from noutheteo [see word study] = literally "put in mind" from noús = mind + títhemi = to place or put -- it describes exertion of influence upon nous implying resistance) is any word of encouragement or reproof which leads to correct behavior. It conveys the idea of giving... Read More
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Instruments (3696) hoplon
Instruments (3696) (hoplon) originally described any tool or implement for preparing a thing and then became specialized to refer to items such as a ship's tackling, a cable, a rope or a tool of any kind (blacksmith tools, sickle, staff) and then in the plural was used for "weapons of warfare. And s... Read More
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Insult (5196) hubris
Insults (5196) (hubris) describes injurious treatment or insulting injury - wanton insolence, the basic problem being the pride which erects itself against God and man alike. It refers to treatment which is deliberately calculated publicly to insult and openly humiliate the person who suffers from i... Read More
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Insult (cast insults, revile, reproach) (3679) oneidizo
Insult (3679) (oneidizo [word study] from óneidos = disgrace, abuse, or object of disgrace or shame) means to assail with abusive words, upbraid (), slander, revile, falsely accuse or to speak disparagingly of a person in manner not justified, to find fault in a way that demeans the other, to mock, ... Read More
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Intense heat (2741) kausoo
Intense heat (2741)(kausoo [word study] from kausos = burning heat, fever) (2Pe 3:12-note = only other Biblical use) means to be consumed by heat, to be intensely hot, to suffer from feverish burning, to be parched with fever and thus denotes a violent consuming heat. Kausoo was medical term Greek p... Read More
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Intentions (purpose) (1771) ennoia
Intentions (1771) (ennoia from en = in + noús = mind) means literally that which takes place in the mind. Ennoia describes a mental conception that follows consideration or deliberation. It is closely allied to enthumesis for both refer to the act of consideration or reflection. Like phroneo, ennoia... Read More
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Intercede (appeal, plead) (1793) entugchano
Intercedes (1793) (entugchano from en = in + tugcháno = to reach a mark, to get, to obtain) according to Vine means "primarily “to fall in with, meet with in order to converse”; then, “to make petition,” especially “to make intercession, plead with a person,” either for or against others". Entugchan... Read More
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Introduction (4318) prosagoge
Introduction (4318) (prosagoge from pros = toward + ago = bring, lead) literally means a bringing near, a leading or bringing into the presence of. The act of bringing to, a moving to. It means providing admission or access (freedom, permission and/or the ability to enter) with the associated though... Read More
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Inventors (2182) epheuretes
Inventors (2182) (epheuretes from epí = intensifies meaning + heurísko = to find) is found only here in the NT and describes the man who, so to speak, is not content with the usual, ordinary ways of sinning, but who seeks out new vices because he has grown blasé and seeks a new thrill in some new si... Read More
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Invisible (517) aoratos
Invisible (517) (aoratos from a = without + horáo = see) is that which cannot be seen with physical eyes. That which cannot be seen or is imperceptible by the sight. Hodge explains that... By the invisible things of God Theodoret says we are to understand creation, providence, and the divine judgmen... Read More
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Read freely Greek Word Studies from the Austin Precept text commentary of the Bible in text and pdf format. Precept Austin is an online free dynamic bible commentary similar to wikipedia with updated content and many links to excellent biblical resources around the world. You can browse the entire collection of Commentaries by Verse on the Precept Austin website.We have been "bought with a price" to be "ambassadors for Christ" and our "salvation is nearer to us than when we believed" so let us "cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God" "so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming." (1Cor 6:20, 2Cor 5:20, Ro 13:11, 2Cor 7:1, 1Jn 2:28)