The Complete

Word Study Dictionary

Old Testament

Warren Baker, D.R.E.

Eugene Carpenter, Ph.D.

Copyright © 2003 by AMG Publishers

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To my wife, DeeAnn P. Baker.
The big things and the little things she has done
to encourage and support me during this project and many others
are my constant joy and rejoicing before God.
I could not have done it without her.

To my wife, Joyce D. Carpenter.
Her patience, support, and encouragement have been unfailing
throughout its production. She graciously spent
many hours checking the accuracy of biblical references.
I could not have done it without her.

Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface

Books of the Bible

Abbreviations

Transliteration Guide

The Complete Word Study Dictionary: Old Testament

Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Dr. Spiros Zodhiates for inspiring us with his vision to make the biblical languages understandable to everyone.

We would like to thank those who have worked with us to complete this dictionary:

The editors: Gracie Black, Dorothy Boyse, Stephen Broyles, Agnes Lawless, Vickie Overcash, Amy Turner, Tim Wehse, and Dennis Wisdom.

The typists: Renee Kaufman, Cheri Mullins, and Connie Stewart.

Preface

The Complete Word Study Dictionary: Old Testament is the final volume in AMG’s Word Study Series. These Bible study tools are designed to make the original languages of the Bible accessible to every student of the Word of God. This lexicon is intended as a companion volume to The Complete Word Study Old Testament, which identifies the words of the Hebrew text of the Old Testament by the placement of Strong’s numbers and grammatical codes over the English text. Together these two volumes represent the Old Testament portion of this series.

This book consists of two parts: The Complete Word Study Dictionary: Old Testament and The Complete Word Study Old Testament Concordance.

The Complete Word Study Dictionary: Old Testament offers definitions and explanations for every word used in the Hebrew Old Testament. Each entry is identified by a number from Strong’s Dictionary of the Hebrew Bible, ...