Concordance Type. Each Verse Listed For The Word Is In Sequence From First Mention To Last Entry.

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• Word Studies in Old Testament, New Testament
• Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words
• King James Dictionary
• Wuest Dictionary

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Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words is a classic work. Many have recognized it as very valuable in the past, but modern Greek scholars have some problems with it now-a-days. The problem comes in when one presumes that the formation of a word controls its meaning forever. That is just not so. As languages are fluid, people begin using words with a different meaning from what the root parts of the word are. So the actual meaning of a word in real time use today maybe different from what the word’s roots meant when it was first introduced into the language.

The English word “prevent” meant originally to go before. That is the meaning in the KJV (being closer to the time when the word was first introduced into the language). Today the word means to stop something from happening.

1 Thessalonians 4:15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.

So as you can see, the correct understanding of this word “prevent” is to go before something else. But in our modern day meaning, the word means something else. So take care when dealing with the origins of words in the Bible. — David Cox

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• Word Studies in Old Testament, New Testament
• Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words
• King James Dictionary
• Wuest Dictionary

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The King James Bible has stood it’s ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed. With it has changed the meaning of some words used in the KJV. Here are over 800 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.

Note that this is basically just a list of archaic words and the verse where the word occurs written out. There are very brief definitions of the word.

Sample Entry

One who makes perfumes.

And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the APOTHECARY: it shall be an holy anointing oil. (Exodus 30:25)

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Preface of Wuest Dictionary

One who undertakes to study God’s Word and to explain it to others, should be a student of words. To the extent that he understands the meaning of the words in the New Testament, to that extent is he able to understand its statements and make them clear to others.

While the words used in the English New Testament are for the most part simple and easy to understand, yet there are factors involved which make a knowledge of the Greek words very helpful in arriving at an accurate, full-orbed interpretation of the passage in question.

For instance, some English words have changed their meaning in the 300 years since the Authorized Version was translated. Since this version still remains the most widely used translation of the Scriptures, there is need of bringing that particular part of the translation up to date. Then again, a student of the English Bible often interprets a word according to its current usage in ordinary conversation instead of in its more specialized meaning. Again, in the case of synonyms, one English word may be the translation of four Greek words, each having a shade of meaning slightly different from the other. This added light is denied the student of the English Bible. Consequently, while he may not arrive at an erroneous interpretation of the passage where the particular word occurs, yet he does not have as accurate and clear an interpretation of it as he might have. Or again, a Greek word may have a very rich content of meaning which would demand a few sentences if not a paragraph to bring out. But in a translation like the A.V., where the translation is held down to a minimum of words, it is impossible to bring out this richness of meaning. A knowledge of the Greek word is of help here.

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