Words and symbols

Significations of Obsolete Words

Blackwood’s Comprehensive Aids to the Study of the Bible · Vol. I, p. 49

Begins on Vol. I, p. 49

And words that require explanation.

The Word.	Definition.	Text.
Agone	Ago	1 Sam. xxx. 13.
All	A large number	Luke xv. 1; Matt. iii. 5.
Apothecary	Perfumer	Ex. xxx. 25, 35.
Audience	Hearing	Gen. xxiii. 13; Luke vii. 1.
Babes	Humble, docile Christians	Matt. xi. 25.
Bestowed	Stationed	1 Kings x. 26.
Bonnets	Turbans	Ex. xxviii. 40.
Burden	Judgments, calamities	Isa. xiii. 1; xv. 1; xix. 1.
Carriage	Baggage	Isa. x. 28.
Cast out	Excommunicate	John ix. 34.
Champaign	A plain or valley	Deut. xi. 30.
Chapiters	Ornaments	1 Kings vii. 16.
Charge	Taxes	1 Kings xi. 28.
Charger	A large dish.	Num. vii.; Matt. xiv. 8.
Clay, thick	Worldly riches	Hab. ii. 6.
Coasts	Entire territory	Deut. xvi. 4.
Concision	Formal upholders of circumcision	Phil. iii. 2.
Concluded	Decreed (orig. Shut up together)	Rom. xi. 32; Gal. iii. 22.
Concupiscence	Evil desires in general	Rom. vii. 8; 1 Thess. iv. 5
Conversation	Conduct, behavior	1 Pet. ii. 12; Gal. i. 13.
Cover the feet	Lie down to sleep	1 Sam. xxiv. 3.
Cross	Christian self-denial	Matt. x. 38.
Curse	Revile or speak evil of	Ex. xxii. 28.
Daysman	Arbitrator, umpire	Job ix. 33.
Delectable	Desirable	Isa. xliv. 9.
Dignities	Civil rulers	2 Pet. ii. 10; Jude 8.
Ear the ground.	Cultivate the land	1 Sam. viii. 12.
Ensample	Example or type	1 Cor. x. 11.
Ensue.	Follow, pursue	1 Pet. iii. 11.
Entreat	Treat, use	Acts xxvii. 3.
Eschew	Flee from, shun	1 Pet. iii. 11.
Everlasting	For a long yet limited time	Gen. xvii. 8.
Every whit	(1) Every minute detail; (2) In every part.	(1) 1 Sam. iii. 18; (2) John vii. 23; xiii. 10.
Fan	Winnowing implement	Matt. iii. 12.
Fellow, my	My equal	Zech. xiii. 6.
Foolishness	Vice, crime	Mark vii. 22.
Fray	Terrify, affright	Jer. vii. 33; Zech. i. 21.
Fruits	Works, actions	Matt. vii. 16, 20.
Garden	The Church	Isa. lviii. 11.
Gird up the loins of the mind.	Bring the mind into Christian frame	1 Pet. i. 13.
Gods	Judges, great men	Ex. xxii. 28.
Go out or come in	Conduct matters.	1 Kings iii. 7.
Governor listeth	Pilot wishes	Jas. iii. 4.
Greeks	Gentiles in general	Acts xix. 10.
Groves	Places of idol worship	1 Kings xiv. 23.
Habergeon	Corselet, or breastplate	Ex. xxxix. 23.
Hale	Accuse	Luke xii. 58.
Haply	Possibly	Mark xi. 13.
Harnessed	Equipped, or furnished	Ex. xiii. 18.
Holpen	Helped	Isa. xxxi. 3.
Hosen	The inner tunic	Dan. iii. 21.
Howbeit	Nevertheless	1 Kings xi. 22.
High-places	(1) Places of worship; (2) Places of idol-worship.	(1) 1 Kings iii.; (2) 1 Kings xii. 31, 32; xiv. 23.
Idols	Anything too highly prized	1 John v. 21.
Imaginations	Corrupt reasonings	2 Cor. x. 5.
Inditing	Bubbling up, overflowing	Ps. xlv. 1.
Inherit	Subdue	Isa. liv. 3; Ps. lxxxii. 8.
Inheritance	People	Ps. xxviii. 9; xciv. 14.
Inn	Halting-place, camp	Ex. iv. 24.
Iron	(1) Barren, dry land; (2) Strength; (3) Severe trial.	(1) Deut. xxviii. 23; (2) Dan. ii. 33, 41; (3) Ps. cvii. 10.
Jangling	Unprofitable, pernicious discussion	1 Tim. i. 6.
Jesus	Greek of Joshua	Acts vii. 45; Heb. iv. 8.
Kerchiefs	Veils of false prophets	Ezek. xiii. 18, 21.
Kick	Oppose, rebel against	1 Sam. ii. 29; Acts ix. 5.
Kine	Cows	Gen. xxxii. 15; xli. 2.
Kine of Bashan	Effeminate, profligate rulers and nobles	Amos iv. 1.
Knops	Ornaments in form of fruit	1 Kings vi. 18.
Lamp	A son and heir	1 Kings xv. 4.
Leasing	Lies	Ps. iv. 2; v. 6.
Let	Hinder	Isa. xlii. 13; Rom. i. 13.
Leviathan	A persecuting monarch	Isa. xxvii. 1.
Libertine	A Jew having Roman citizenship	Acts vi. 9.
Listeth.	Willeth	John iii. 8; Jas. iii. 4.
Lower parts of the earth	Abode of disembodied spirits.	Eph. iv. 9.
Magnifical	Grand, illustrious, superb	1 Chron. xxii. 5.
Marrow	Secrets of the heart	Heb. iv. 12.
Meat	(1) Wheat flour; (2) Doctrines.	(1) Lev. ii. 1; (2) Heb. v. 14.
Meat, to eat	To do God's will	John iv. 32, 34.
Melt, utterly	Be entirely dismayed	2 Sam. xvii. 10.
Milk	Elementary doctrines	1 Cor. iii. 2.
Milk, sincere	Pure principles	1 Pet. ii. 2.
Mincing	Walking affectedly	Isa. iii. 16.
Minish	Diminish	Ex. v. 19; Ps. cvii. 39.
Mist	(1) Blindness; (2) Blackness.	(1) Acts xiii. 11; (2) 2 Pet. ii. 17.
Mock	(1) Baffle, thwart; (2) Bring shame upon.	(1) Num. xxii. 29; (2) Gen. xxxix. 17.
Night	(1) Adversity; (2) Ignorance; (3) Death.	(1) Isa. xxi. 12; (2) Rom. xiii. 12; (3) John ix. 4.
Observation	Outward show	Luke xvii. 20.
Occurrent	Taking place	1 Kings v. 4.
Ouches	Sockets	Ex. xxviii. 11
Overlay	Smother	1 Kings iii. 19.
Passion	Sufferings and death	Acts i. 3.
Perfect	Eminently righteous	Job i. 1; Gen. vi. 9.
Polls	Careful count	Num. i. 2.
Prating	Talking rashly	3 John 10.
Prevent	Go before, precede	1 Thess. iv. 15.
Prevent me	Anticipate wants; succor me	Job iii. 12; Ps. lxxix. 6.
Princes	Chief men, leaders	1 Kings iv. 2.
Prison	Place of departed spirits	1 Pet. iii. 19.
Provoke	Influence, excite	Heb. x. 24; 1 Cor. x. 22.
Quick	Living	Acts x. 42.
Rentest thy face	Distendest thy eyes	Jer. iv. 30.
Rereward	Rearguard	Josh. vi. 9.
Sabaoth	Hosts, armies	Rom. ix. 29; Jas. v. 4.
Savour	Scent, odor	Eph. v. 2; 2 Cor. ii. 15.
Scrip	A small bag, a wallet	Luke xxii. 35.
Seared	Made inactive, insensible	1 Tim. iv. 2.
Seethe	Boil	Ex. xxxiv. 26.
Seducing	Enticing into heresy	1 Tim. iv. 1.
Servitor	Servant	2 Kings iv. 43.
Selah	A rest in singing	In various Psalms.
Sensual	Carnal, sinful	Jude 19; Jas. iii. 15.
Seven	Several, many	Ps. xii. 6; Prov. xxiv. 16.
Sew pillows	Make or fasten cushions	Ezek. xiii. 18.
Sheets	Shirts	Judg. xiv. 12, 13.
Shipwreck	Exposure of backsliders to ruin	1 Tim. i. 19.
Shoe, to cast out over	To subdue	Ps. lx. 8; cviii. 9.
Shoulder, to withdraw	To rebel	Neh. ix. 29.
Silverlings	Small coin	Isa. vii. 23.
Sin	Sin-offering	2 Cor. v. 21; Hos. iv. 8.
Sincere	(1) Unadulterated; (2) Unsullied.	(1) 1 Pet. ii. 2; (2) Phil. i. 10.
Sore	(1) Very much; (2) Very severe.	(1) 1 Sam. xvii. 24; (2) Gen. xli. 56.
Spoilers	Foragers	1 Sam. xiii. 17.
Strait	Contracted, difficult of passage	Matt. vii. 13, 14.
Straitened	Pained, distressed	Luke xii. 50.
Taches	Fastenings, hooks	Ex. xxxv. 11.
Tale	Number, account	Ex. v. 8.
Tempered	(1) Accurately mixed; (2) Symmetrically formed.	(1) Ex. xxx. 35 ?; (2) 1 Cor. xii. 24.
Thousand	A large indefinite number	Ps. xci. 7.
Tossed to and fro	Fickle, changeable	Eph. iv. 14.
Trench	Camp	1 Sam. xxvi. 5; xvii. 20.
Trow	Imagine, think	Luke xvii. 9.
Untoward	Rebellious, disobedient	Acts ii. 40.
Unwittingly	Thoughtlessly, unintentionally	Josh. xx. 3.
Unworthily	Without due reverence	1 Cor. xi. 29.
Vanities	Idols	Acts xiv. 15.
Ward	A band or company	Neh. xii. 24.
Ware	(1) Aware; (2) Watchful	(1) Acts xiv.; (2) 2 Tim. iv. 15.
Wavering	Doubting, hesitating.	Heb. x. 28; Jas. i. 8.
Wench	Any large fish	2 Sam. xvii. 17.
Whit	Smallest appreciable quantity.	1 Sam. iii. 18.
Whoring	Straying	Ex. xxxiv. 15.
Wimples	Hoods, veils.	Isa. iii. 22.
Wind	Destruction	Jer. xlix. 36.
Wink at	Bear patiently with	Acts xvii. 30.
Wist	Knew	Luke ii. 49; John v. 13 ?.
Wit, we do you to	We tell you	2 Cor. viii. 1.
With	A willow twig, or bough	Judg. xvi. 7-9.
Witness	Testimony	1 John v. 6, 8, 9.
Wont	Used, accustomed	Matt. xxvii. 15.
Wot	Know, be aware of	Acts iii. 17.
Wroth	Very angry	Matt. xviii. 34.
Yearned, bowels	Intense affection, or love	1 Kings iii. 26.