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Lay wait

Lay wait * For LAY WAIT see LIE IN WAIT

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Meaning

Lay wait * For LAY WAIT see LIE IN WAIT

Related meanings

Lay

Lay "to put, place, set," frequently signifies "to lay," and is used of (a) "laying" a corpse in a tomb, Mat 27:60, Mar 6:29, Mar 15:47, Mar 16:6, Luk 23:53, Luk 23:55, Joh 11:34, Joh 1:19-42, Joh 20:2, Joh 20...

Lay waste

Lay waste "to maltreat, to outrage" (from lume, "a brutal outrage"), is translated "laid waste" (the church), in Act 8:3, RV (AV, "made havoc of").

I is the nominative case of the first personal pronoun. The pronoun, "I," however, generally forms a part of the verb itself in Greek; thus luo itself means "I loose," the pronoun being incorporated in the ver...

It * Note: The pronouns used are the same, in their neuter forms, as Nos. 1, 2, 3 under HE.

Wait

Wait for which see EXPECT, No. 1, is rendered "to wait" in Joh 5:3, AV; Act 17:16, 1Co 11:33, RV. "to await or expect eagerly," is rendered "to wait for" in Rom 8:19, Rom 8:23, Rom 8:25, 1Co 1:7, Gal 5:5, Phi...

Labor (Noun and Verb)

Labor (Noun and Verb) primarily denotes "a striking, beating" (akin to kopto, "to strike, cut"); then, "toil resulting in weariness, laborious toil, trouble;" it is translated "labor" or "labors" in Joh 4:38,...

Laborer, fellow Laborer

Laborer, fellow Laborer akin to ergazomai, "to work," and ergon, "work," denotes (a) "a field laborer, a husbandman," Mat 1:9-38, Mat 1:20-2, Mat 20:8, Luk 10:2 (twice); Jam 5:4; (b) "a workman, laborer," in a...

Lack, Lacking

Lack, Lacking denotes (a) "that which is lacking," "deficiency, shortcoming" (akin to hustereo, "to be behind, in want"), 1Co 16:17, Phi 2:30, Col 1:24, RV, "that which is lacking" [AV, "that which is behind"...

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