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Dig, Dig down

Dig, Dig down "to dig, dig up soil, dig a pit," is said of a place for a winepress, Mat 21:33, Mar 12:1; of "digging" a pit for hiding something, Mat 25:18. Notes: (1) Diorusso, lit., "to dig through" (dia, "t...

Handed down

Handed down an adjective, denoting "handed down from one's fathers," is used in 1Pe 1:18, RV, for AV, "received by tradition from your fathers" (from pater, "a father," and paradidomi, "to hand down").

Hew, Hew down, Hewn

Hew, Hew down, Hewn "to cut out or down" (ek, "out of," kopto, "to cut"), is rendered "to hew down," of trees, Mat 3:10, Mat 7:19 (a similar testimony by John the Baptist and Christ); Luk 3:9. See CUT, HINDER....

Hold (down, fast, forth, on, to, up), Held, Holden, (take) Hold

Hold (down, fast, forth, on, to, up), Held, Holden, (take) Hold "to have or hold," is used of mental conception, "to consider, account," e.g., Mat 21:26; of "steadfast adherence to faith, or the faith," e.g.,...

Let down

Let down "to send," or "let down" (kata, "down," hiemi, "to send"), is translated "to let down," with reference to (a) the paralytic in Luk 5:19; (b) Saul of Tarsus, Act 9:25; (c) the great sheet in Peter's vi...

Lie (to lie down, on, upon)

Lie (to lie down, on, upon) "to be laid, to lie," used as the Passive Voice of tithemi, "to lay" (see LAY, No. 14), is said (a) of the Child Jesus, Luk 2:12, Luk 2:16; (b) of the dead body of the Lord, Mat 28:...

Lower (Verb, to let down)

Lower (Verb, to let down) * see LET DOWN, No. 2 (d)

Pull (down)

Pull (down) "to take down," is translated "I will pull down" in Luk 12:18. See DESTROY, No. 3. Notes: (1) In Jud 1:23, AV, harpazo, "to seize, snatch away," is rendered "pulling ... out." See SNATCH. (2) In Ac...

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