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Atereth, crown, wreath, 169.
Avah, to desire, 54, 142.
Bahsar (or vahsar), flesh, 135, 147,

212.

Bakhurim, young men, 246.

Bar, fine corn, 227.
Bari, fat, 212.

Bashal, to ripen, 17.

Bath, a measure equal to 71⁄2 gallons
English, 98, 102, 159.

Beer (or baar), a well, 48, 87, 130.
Belen, belly, 115.

Berakhah (or verakhah), blessing, 182.
Bethuloth, maidens, 240.

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Beushim, wild or vile (grapes), 158.
Bikurim, firsts first-ripe, 45.
Bitam, taste, counsel, decree, 214.
Borek, pit, cistern, I, 130.
Dahgan, corn, 15, 52, 53, 56, 93, 100,
104, 106, 107, 114, 117, 132, 189, 202,
217, 218, 222, 227, 244, 246.
Dahm, blood, 22, 33, 61, 64, 65, 118,
176, 198, 206, 209.

Debash (or devash), honey, whether of
bees or made from grape-juice, 20, 26,
34, 46, 52, 94, 100, 140, 141, 152.
Dema, a tear, liquor, 31, 161.
Devalah, a cake of figs, 83, 96.
Din, judgment, 142.

Dodim, loves, 131, 150, 152.
Gan, a garden, 178.
Gavath, pride, 169.

Geber, a strong man, 124, 160.
Goren, the corn-floor, 223.
Gur, to carry, to assemble, 222.
Hahlam, to smite, 169.
Hahrim, mountains, 228, 232.
Haidad, exaltation, vintage-shouting, 162.
Hillulim, songs at vintage-time, 71.
Hin, a measure equal to 12 pints English,
32, 46, 49.

Kabod, glory, 141.

Karmel, Carmel, garden, 94, 99, 162.
Keli, vessel, 108, 165.
Keseph, silver, 161.

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Khag, a sacred dance a feast, xviii,
56, 76, 98, 99, 100, 101.
Khak, the palate, 153.

Khaklili, red, livid, or purple, 22, 136.
Khakmah, wisdom, 127, 131, 147.

Khalab (or khahlahv), milk, 21, 26, 46,
61, 68, 152, 177, 203.

Khamas, violence, 130

Lekhem, bread, 11, 14, 76, 81, 82, 83,
86, 88, 94, 96, 102, 104, 114, 126, 130,
148, 149, 164, 174, 214, 244.
Lua, to swallow down, 233.
Maasar, tithe, 107.

Mahal, to cut off, to dilute, 156.
Mahshak, to draw, to continue, 147.
Maim, water, 14, 26, 29, 48, 51, 52, 74,
82, 83, 87, 88, 89, 94, 102, 114, 119,
140, 141, 156, 157, 164, 234.
Maishahrim, in straight lines, straightly,
137, 154

| Masqeh,one who offers drink to another=
a cup-bearer, 'butler,' 16, 103.
Matzah, to suck up, 123, 176, 207.
Mekhaqqaq, decree, 142

Melaah, fulness, firstfruits, 31, 47, 58.
Melek, king, 89, 103, 108, 109, 110, 111,
112, 142, 221, 234.
Meni, fortune, 182.

Merorim, bitter herbs, 45.
Migdol, watch-tower, 158.
Mishroth, maceration, liquor,' 40.
Mishteh, time or place of drinking, a
feast, drink, 12, 82, 101, 110, 111,
112, 113, 160, 167, 186.
Misraq, vessel, bowl, 231, 245.
Moud, appointed time, season, 217.
Nahshak, to bite, 137.

Nahta, to plant, 8, 51, 59, 67, 124, 232,

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127.

Nasak and Nesek, drink poured out as
an act of worship (translated in A. V.
'drink-offering'), 16, 32, 43, 49, 64,
92, 97, 99, 101, 118, 182, 186, 190,
210, 223, 226, 227

Nather, nitre, ie potash, 140.
Nebel (or nevel), bottle, skin-bag, 80,
81, 82, 86, 165, 185

Nod, bottle, skin-bag, 66, 68, 82.
Noslim, streams, 130.

Nub (or nuv), to cause to grow, to thrive,
206.

Ob (or ov), bottle, 115.

Oni, affliction, 142.

Ovad, perishing one, 143.

Khameth, a bottle, 14. [In Genesis Pahthaakh, vent, 115.

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Khinnahm, for nothing, 136.

Khisvomoth, inventions, devices, 148.
Khoakh, a thorn, 142.

Kohin, priest, 170, 209.
Kopher, cypress shrub, 150.

Kos, a cup, 17, 118, 119, 122, 137, 176,
186, 188, 207, 241.

Paqquoth, gourds, cucumbers, 91.
Pathbag, meat, dainties, 211.
Pennanim, corals, 'rubies'? 203.
Peri, fruit, 51, 60, 95, 106, 183, 245,

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Regakh, spice, 154,

-princes, 142.

Rimmon, the pomegranate, 52, 81, 154.
Rish, poverty, 143.
Rozenim, weighty men =)
Ran, to overcome, 124.
Sahbah, to soak, to tope, 178.
Sahdeh, a plain, field, 62, 140, 146, 173,
247.

Sahkar, wages, reward, 145 (foot-note),
163.

Sahr (sour), leaven, 220.

Samaakh, to be joyful, to make glad, to
cheer, 69, 125, 149, 247.
Saph, a bowl, 247.
Sarim, princes, 221.

Shahkol, to bereave, to be sterile, 248.
Shahqat, to rest, to settle, 199.
Shahihah, to drink, 9, 15, 21, 41, 43, 59,
60, 61, 64, 68, 70, 71, 74, 77, 78, 79,
80, 83, 85, 87, 88, 89, 94, 104, 106,
III, 113, 114, 120, 122, 127, 131, 140,
142, 143, 148, 152, 160, 164, 165, 179,
188, 191, 192, 207, 211, 228, 229, 231,
232, 236, 240, 241, 242, 243, 245. 248.
Shemen, oil, 96, 98, 101, 102, 106, 125,
244.

Shenath, sleep, 200.

Shethiah, the drinking, 100.

Shinnaim, teeth, 132.
Shiqqui, drinking, 217.
Shir, a song, 165.

Shuahlim, foxes, jackals, 152.
Shuq, abound [not to overflow], 227.
Simkhah, gladness, pleasure, 96, 117,
134, 148, 164.

Sukkoth, booths, xvii, 156.
Tahmar, palm tree, 153.
Tankhumim, consolations, 186.
Tapukhim, apples, 151.

Tapukoth, perverse things, deceits, 137.
Theanah, a fig, fig tree, 52, 92, 107, 126,
151, 184, 241.

Tivuah, produce (translated 'increase '),
47, 100.

Tov, good, spoken of the heart when
excited and pleased, 75, 78, 82, 86,
110, 148.

Tzemed, pair, yoke, acre, 159.
Tzenmaah, thirsty one, 61, 121.
Tzevahkah, outcry, 160.

Yahbush, to be dried up to perish, 226.
Yahshar, straight, upright, 108.
Yevul, produce, 241.

Yitzhar, olive and-orchard-fruit (trans-
lated oil'), 52, 53, 56, 94, 100, 104,
106, 107, 189, 217, 218, 227, 244.
Zahakv, gold, 108.

Zahroth, strange woman, 137.
Zaith, olive, oliveyard, 31, 52, 67, 74,
81, 91, 94, 114, 128, 241.
Zaker, memorial, 224.
Zarorim, pulse, 212.
Zenuth, fornication, 219.
Zoaphim, sad, 'worse liking,' 212.
Zolal, spendthrift, waster, glutton, 57,
135.

THE NEW TESTAMENT.

I.

GREEK WORDS TRANSLATED WINE, STRONG Drink, and Vinegar.

GLEUKOS, Sweet-wine. It occurs once:-Acts 2. 13, the disciples charged with

being 'full of it.'

OINOS, wine the juice of the grape. It occurs thirty-two times.

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JOHN.

2. 3, wine deficient at the marriage feast at Cana.

2. 9, the ruler of the feast tasted the wine made from water.

2. 10, the practice of presenting chcice wine (oinos kalos) first.

I. 10, the bridegroom charged with keeping the choice wine till the last.

4. 46, a reference to the place where the water was made wine.

ROMANS.

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17. 2, Babylon making the people drunk
with the wine of her fornication.
18. 3, Babylon's wine of the wrath (heat)
of her fornication.

18. 13, with food and luxuries.
19 15, the wine-press.

[In various texts oinos is understood,

14. 21, good not to drink wine when it though not actually written. This is causes a brother to stumble.

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TITUS.

noticeably the case in Luke 5. 39, where it is thrice implied in conjunction with the adjectives 'old' and 'new.']

Of compounds into which the word OINOS enters we have the following:Oinopotees, a wine-drinker, one addicted to wine, Matt. 11. 19, and Luke

7. 34.

Paroinos, near to wine, a wine-guest, 2. 3, the older women not to be given to present at wine-parties, 1 Tim. 3. 3, and much wine.

REVELATION.

6. 6, the growing wine.

Titus 1. 7.

Oinophlugiais, 'to excesses of wine,' not indulged in by Christians, 1 Pet. 4. 2.

SIKERA, strong drink, occurs once-Luke 1. 25, in the angel's prediction concerning John the Baptist's abstinence from wine and strong drink.

Oxos, sour wine (oinos, wine,' understood)= vinegar, occurs Matt. 27. 28; Mark 15. 36; Luke 23. 36; John 19. 29, 30,-all referring to the vinegar presented to Jesus on the cross, and received by Him because unmixed with any stupefying wine or other drug.

II.

GREEK WORDS TRANSLATED VINE, VINEYARD, FRUIT OF THE VINE, GRAPES, AND CLUSTERS.

I. AMPELOS, vine, occurs in the following connections :

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20. 14, 17, laborers into his vineyard.' 21. 28, go work to-day in my vineyard' 21. 33, a certain man planted a vineyard.'

MARK.

12. I, 'a certain man planted a vineyard.'

20. 9, 'a certain man planted a vineyard.'

I CORINTHIANS.

9. 7, who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not the fruit of it?' [Ampelourgos, vine-worker, occurs Luke 13. 7, and is translated 'the 13. 6, ‘a fig tree planted in his vineyard.' | dresser of his vineyard.']

LUKE.

3. To geneemata tees ampelou, the offspring of the vine,' occurs Matt. 26. 29; Mark 14. 25; Luke 22. 18, and is in each place translated 'the fruit of the vine.' 4. STAPHULEE, 'grapes,' used as a collective term, and translated 'grapes' in— LUKE.

MATTHEW.

6. 16, neither do men gather grapes 6. 44, nor of a bramble-bush do they from thorns.' gather grapes.'

REVELATION.

14. 18, the grapes are fully ripe' (pl. staphulai).

5. BOTRUS, ‘a cluster,' occurs Rev. 14. 8, ‘gather the clusters' (botruos).

III.

GREEK WORDS TRANSLATED LEAVEN, UNLEAVENED BREAD, DRUNKENNESS, DRUNKARD, DRINK, TEMPERAnce, Sober.

1. ZUMEE, leaven, that which causes fermentation. It occurs nine times.

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16. 6, the leaven of the Pharisees and

Sadducees to be avoided.

16. 12, the false teaching of the Pharisees
and Sadducees compared to leaven.
MARK.

8. 15, the leaven of the Pharisees and
Herodians to be shunned.
LUKE.

12. 1, the leaven of the Pharisees de-
scribed as hypocrisy.

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5. 9, a little leaven leavens the whole lump.

The verbal form of this word appears in Matt. 13. 33; Luke 13. 21; 1 Cor. 5. 13. 21, the kingdom of heaven like to 6; and Gal. 5. 9.

hidden leaven.

2. AZUMA, translated 'unleavened bread,' properly 'unleavened things,' occurs in

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3. METHEE, drunkenness, strictly signifies fulness of drink, and only implies inebriation when connected with the use of an intoxicating article. It occurs in Luke 21. 33 (plural); Gal. 5. 21 (plural).

4. METHUON, one drunk, or filled full, occurs Matt. 24. 49 (plural).

5. METHUOSOs, drunkard, a hard and deep drinker, occurs 1 Cor. 5. 11, and 6. 10 (plural).

6. METHUō,* to be drunk, or filled to the full; and METHUSKō, to make drunk, or 'surcharged,' occur

In many languages, words originally signifying fulness acquired a secondary sense. Sureune's French Dictionary (1867) affords this illustration:

Soul, e. adj. satiated, cloyed, drunk; full.

Soul, s one's fill, one's belly-fu'l

Souler, va. to fill, to satiate; to fuddle.

LUKE.

I THESSALONIANS.

12 45, and to be drunken' (methusko- 5. 7, they that be drunken (methusmenos).

JOHN.

2, 10, and when men have well drunk'

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7. ENKRATEIA, temperance, self-restraint of the passions.

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24. 25, and as he reasoned of righteous. I. 6, and to knowledge (add) temness, temperance.'

GALATIANS.

perance.'

[The verbal form, enkrateuomai, occurs I Cor. 9. 25, 'and every man that

5. 22, 23, 'but the fruit of the Spirit is striveth for the mastery is temperate (restrains himself) in all things.'

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temperance.'

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[The word sophron and its connections signifying 'sober-minded,' are translated 'sober,' 'soberly,' in the following passages: :- -Acts 26. 25; Rom 12. 3; 2 Cor. 5. 13; 1 Tim. 2. 9; 1 Tim. 2 15; 1 Tim. 3. 2; Titus 2. 4, 12; 1 Peter 4 7. In Titus 2. 2, the translation is 'temperate,' and in ver. 8 it is 'soberminded'-the form that should have been uniformly employed ]

IV.

OTHER NEW TESTAMENT GREEK TERMS EXPLAINED IN THE NOTES.

Adeelos, immediately, 334.
Adokimos, unapproved, rejected, 334.
Adunatos, one who is unable, 327.
Agapee, love, love-feast, 339, 348.
Agonizomai, to struggle, to contend, 333.
Aiphnidios, unforeseen, 299.
Aischrokerdees, eager for unjust gain, 368.
Akataschetos, uncoercible, 381.
Aleetheia, truth, 328.
Aleethinos, true, real, 310.
Aleuron, fine meal, flour, 269.
Amphoteros, both, 265, 293.

Anthropos, a man, 267, 303, 324.
Antleema, a bucket, 309.

Antleo, to draw out, 302.

Apecho, to hold off, to abstain, 366,
Aphormee, a means, occasion, 348.
Apollumi, to destroy, 265, 289.
Aproskopos, not a cause of stumbling, 337.
Architriklinos, the chief guest, president,
302.

Artos, bread, a loaf, 295.

Asken, to work up, to exercise, 317.
Askos, a skin-bag, a bottle, 265, 289, 293.
Asutia, dissoluteness, 352.

Astheneema, weakness, scruple, 317.
Astheneia, weakness, 372.

Ballo, to place, to put, to cast, 265, 289,293.

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