Matthew Vocabulary II

Question 1

ὕπνος

Answer 1

sleep

Question 2

οὐδαμῶς

Answer 2

1) by no means, in no wise

Question 3

λίβανος

Answer 3

the frankincense tree

2) the perfume, frankincense

Question 4

σμύρνα

Answer 4

myrrh, a bitter gum and costly perfume which exudes from a certain tree or shrub in Arabia and Ethiopia, or is obtained by incisions made in the bark: as an antiseptic it was used for embalming

Question 5

ἀνακάμπτω

Answer 5

to bend back, to turn back

2) to return

Question 6

ἴσθι

Answer 6

2nd person present imperative singular of eimi

Question 7

διετής

Answer 7

of two years, two years old

Question 8

κατωτέρω

Answer 8

down, downwards

2) below, beneath
2a) of place, below
2b) of temporal succession

Question 9

ὀδυρμός

Answer 9

1) wailing, lamentation, mourning

Question 10

πτερύγιον

Answer 10

a wing, a little wing

2) any pointed extremity
2a) of fins of fishes
2b) of part of a dress hanging down in the form of a wing
2c) of the top of the temple at Jerusalem

Question 11

ἐκπειράζω

Answer 11

to prove, test, thoroughly

2) to put to proof God’s character and power

Question 12

ἀνατέλλω

Answer 12

rise

1a) to cause to rise
1a1) of the earth bring forth plants
1b) to rise, arise, to rise from, be descended from

Question 13

ἀμφίβληστρον

Answer 13

anything thrown around one to impede his motions, as chains, a garment, a net for fishing

Question 14

ἁλιεύς

Answer 14

a fisherman, fisher

Question 15

καταρτίζω

Answer 15

to render, i.e. to fit, sound, complete

1a) to mend (what has been broken or rent), to repair
1a1) to complete
1b) to fit out, equip, put in order, arrange, adjust
1b1) to fit or frame for one’s self, prepare
1c) ethically: to strengthen, perfect, complete, make one what he ought to be

Question 16

βάσανος

Answer 16

a touchstone,used to test the purity of gold or silver by the colour of the streak produced on it by rubbing it with either metal

2) the rack or instrument of torture
3) torture, torment, acute pains
3a) of the pains of a disease

Question 17

μόδιος

Answer 17

a dry measure holding 16 sextarii (or 1/6 of the Attic medimnus), about a peck (9 litres)

Question 18

σκυθρωπός

Answer 18

1) of a sad and gloomy countenance

Question 19

Καναναῖος

Answer 19

Canaanite = “zealous”

1) the surname of apostle Simon, otherwise known as “Simon Zelotes”

Question 20

ἐλαφρός

Answer 20

light in weight, quick, agile

Question 21

λάχανον

Answer 21

any pot herb, vegetables

Question 22

κατασκηνόω

Answer 22

to pitch one’s tent, to fix one’s abode, to dwell

Question 23

Χαναναῖος

Answer 23

Canaanite, the name of the ancient inhabitants of Palestine before its conquest by the Israelites
2) in Christ’s time: a Phoenician

Question 24

ἐπεί

Answer 24

when, since

1a) of time: after
1b) of cause: since, seeing that, because

Question 25

κατακυριεύω

Answer 25

to bring under one’s power, to subject one’s self, to subdue, master
2) to hold in subjection, to be master of, exercise lordship over

Question 26

κατεξουσιάζω

Answer 26

1) to exercise authority, wield power

Question 27

λύτρον

Answer 27

the price for redeeming, ransom

Question 28

ἐπιβαίνω

Answer 28

to get upon, mount

1a) to embark in
1b) to go aboard (a ship)
2) to set foot in, enter

Question 29

αἶνος

Answer 29

a saying, proverb

2) praise, laudatory discourse

Question 30

ἤμεθα

Answer 30

1st person imperfect indicative plureal of eimi

Question 31

τρόπος

Answer 31

a manner, way, fashion

1a) as, even as, like as
2) manner of life, character, deportment

Question 32

οἷος

Answer 32

1) what sort of, what manner of, such as

Question 33

προλέγω

Answer 33

1) to say beforehand, to predict

Question 34

προερεω

Answer 34

to say before

1a) to say in what precedes, to say above

Question 35

ἐθρέψαμεν

Answer 35

1st person aorist active indicative plural of τρέφω

Question 36

ὀψέ

Answer 36

after a long time, long after, late

1a) late in the day, i.e. at evening
1b) the sabbath having just passed, after the sabbath
1b1) at the early dawn of the first day of the week