Ephesians - Vocabulary List


PREDESTINATED (G4309, proorizō)
1) to predetermine, decide beforehand
2) in the NT of God decreeing from eternity
3) to foreordain, appoint beforehand

v. 1:5, 1:11

PRUDENCE (G5428, phronēsis)
1) understanding
2) knowledge and holy love of the will of God

v. 1:8

DISPENSATION (G3622, oikonomia)
1) the management of a household or of household affairs
                a) specifically, the management, oversight, administration, of other's property
                b) the office of a manager or overseer, stewardship
                c) administration, dispensation

Dictionary: (in Christian theology)—a divinely ordained order prevailing at a particular period of history.

v. 1:10, 3:2

WROUGHT (G1754, energeō) [also: Worketh]
1) to be operative, be at work, put forth power
                a) to work for one, aid one
2) to effect
3) to display one's activity, show one's self operative

v. 1:11, 1:20, 2:2, 3:20

FILLETH (G4137, plēroō)
1) to make full, to fill up, i.e. to fill to the full
                a) to cause to abound, to furnish or supply liberally
                                1) I abound, I am liberally supplied
2) to render full, i.e. to complete
                a) to fill to the top: so that nothing shall be wanting to full measure, fill to the brim
                b) to consummate: a number
                                1) to make complete in every particular, to render perfect
                                2) to carry through to the end, to accomplish, carry out, (some undertaking)
                c) to carry into effect, bring to realisation, realize
                                1) of matters of duty: to perform, execute
                                2) of sayings, promises, prophecies, to bring to pass, ratify, accomplish
                                3) to fulfil, i.e. to cause God's will (as made known in the law) to be obeyed as it should be, and God's promises (given through the prophets) to receive fulfillment

v. 1:23, 3:19, 4:10, 5:18

HABITATION (G2732, katoikētērion)
1) an abode, a habitation

Dictionary: the state or process of living in a particular place; a place in which to live

v. 2:22

EFFECTUAL WORKING (G1753, energeia) [also: Working]
1) working, efficiency
                a) in the NT used only of superhuman power, whether of God or of the Devil

v. 1:19, 3:7, 4:16

VOCATION (G2821, klēsis) [also: Calling]
1) a calling, calling to
2) a call, invitation
                a) to a feast
                b) of the divine invitation to embrace salvation of God

Dictionary: a strong urge toward a particular way of life or career; a profession or occupation; a function or station in life to which one is called by God

v. 1:18, 4:1, 4:4

MEASURE (G3358, metron)
1) measure, an instrument for measuring
                a) a vessel for receiving and determining the quantity of things, whether dry or liquid
                b) a graduated staff for measuring, a measuring rod
                c) proverbially, the rule or standard of judgment
2) determined extent, portion measured off, measure or limit
                a) the required measure, the due, fit, measure

v. 4:7, 4:13, 4:16

GIFT (G1431, dōrea)
1) a gift

Dictionary: a thing given willingly to someone without payment; a natural ability or talent

v. 3:7, 4:7

SLEIGHT (G2940, kybeia)
1) dice playing
2) metaph. the deception of men, because dice players sometimes cheated and defrauded their fellow players

Dictionary: (King James dictionary)—trickery; entrapment by deceit

v. 4:14

COMPACTED (G4822, symbibazō)
1) to cause to coalesce, to join together, put together
                `a) to unite or knit together: in affection
2) to put together in one's mind
                a) to compare
                b) to gather, conclude, consider
3) to cause a person to unite with one in a conclusion or come to the same opinion, to prove, demonstrate
                a) to teach, instruct, one

v. 4:16

JOINT (G860, haphē)
1) bond, connection

v. 4:16

LASCIVIOUSNESS (G766, aselgeia)
1) unbridled lust, excess, licentiousness, lasciviousness, wantonness, outrageousness, shamelessness, insolence

Dictionary: feeling or reveling an overt and often offensive sexual desire: promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters

v. 4:19

CONVERSATION (G391, anastrophē)
1) manner of life, conduct, behaviour, deportment

v. 4:22

CLAMOUR (G2906, kraugē)
1) a crying, outcry, clamour

Dictionary: a loud and confused noise, esp. that of people shouting vehemently

v. 4:31

MALICE (G2549, kakia)
1) malignity, malice, ill-will, desire to injure
2) wickedness, depravity
                a) wickedness that is not ashamed to break laws
3) evil, trouble

v. 4:31

JESTING (G2160, eutrapelia)
1) pleasantry, humour, facetiousness
2) in a bad sense
                a) scurrility, ribaldry, low jesting

Dictionary: facetious—treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant

v. 5:4

CIRCUMSPECTLY (G199, akribōs)
1) exactly, accurately, diligently

Dictionary: wary and unwilling to take risks

v. 5:15

REPROVE (G1651, elegchō)
1) to convict, refute, confute
                a) generally with a suggestion of shame of the person convicted
                b) by conviction to bring to the light, to expose
2) to find fault with, correct
                a) by word
                                1) to reprehend severely, chide, admonish, reprove
                                2) to call to account, show one his fault, demand an explanation
                b) by deed
                                1) to chasten, to punish

Dictionary: reprimand or censure; prove someone/something wrong

v. 5:11, 5:13

REDEEMING [the time] (G1805, exagorazō)
1) to redeem
                a) by payment of a price to recover from the power of another, to ransom, buy off
                b) metaph. of Christ freeing the elect from the dominion of the Mosaic Law at the price of his    vicarious death
2) to buy up, to buy up for one's self, for one's use
                a) to make wise and sacred use of every opportunity for doing good, so that zeal and well doing               are as it were the purchase money by which we make the time our own

v. 5:16

SUBMIT (G5293, hypotassō) [also: Put, Subject]
1) to arrange under, to subordinate
2) to subject, put in subjection
3) to subject one's self, obey
4) to submit to one's control
5) to yield to one's admonition or advice
6) to obey, be subject

**Greek military term: to arrange (troop divisions) in a military fashion under the command of one leader.

**Non-military use: voluntary attitude of giving in, cooperating, assuming responsibility, and carrying a burden.

v. 1:22, 5:21, 5:22, 5:24

NOURISHETH (G1625, ektrephō) [also: Bring Up]
1) to nourish up to maturity, to nourish
2) to nurture, bring up

Dictionary: provide with food or other substances necessary for growth, health and good condition; enhance the fertility (of the soil)

v. 5:29, 6:4

CHERISHETH (G2282, thalpō)
1) to warm, keep warm
2) to cherish with tender love, to foster with tender care

Dictionary: protect and care for; hold dear

v. 5:29

REVERENCE (G5399, phobeō)
1) to put to flight by terrifying (to scare away)
                a) to put to flight, to flee
                b) to fear, be afraid
                                1) to be struck with fear, to be seized with alarm
                                                a) of those startled by strange sights or occurrences
                                                b) of those struck with amazement
                                2) to fear, be afraid of one
                                3) to fear (i.e. hesitate) to do something (for fear of harm)
                c) to reverence, venerate, to treat with deference or reverential obedience

Dictionary: show deep respect for someone or something

v. 5:33

SINGLENESS (G572, haplotēs)
1) singleness, simplicity, sincerity, mental honesty
                a) the virtue of one who is free from pretence and hypocrisy
2) not self seeking, openness of heart manifesting itself by generousity

Dictionary: archaic—free from duplicity or deceit, ingenuous

v. 6:5

WRESTLE (G3823, palē)
1) wrestling (a contest between two in which each endeavours to throw the other, and which is decided when the victor is able to hold his opponent down with his hand upon his neck)
                a) the term is transferred to the Christian's struggle with the power of evil

Dictionary: to take part in a fight that involved grappeling with one’s opponent and trying to throw/force them to the ground; force one into a particular position of place by fighting in such a way; move or manipulate something in a specified way with difficulty or effort; stuggle with a difficulty or problem.

v. 6:12

PRINCIPALITY (G746, archē)
1) beginning, origin
2) the person or thing that commences, the first person or thing in a series, the leader
3) that by which anything begins to be, the origin, the active cause
4) the extremity of a thing
                a) of the corners of a sail
5) the first place, principality, rule, magistracy
                a) of angels and demons

v. 1:21, 3:21, 6:12

POWER (G1849, exousia)
1) power of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases
                a) leave or permission
2) physical and mental power
                a) the ability or strength with which one is endued, which he either possesses or exercises
3) the power of authority (influence) and of right (privilege)
4) the power of rule or government (the power of him whose will and commands must be submitted to by others and obeyed)
                a) universally
                                1) authority over mankind
                b) specifically
                                1) the power of judicial decisions
                                2) of authority to manage domestic affairs
                c) metonymically
                                1) a thing subject to authority or rule
                                                a) jurisdiction
                                2) one who possesses authority
                                                a) a ruler, a human magistrate
                                                b) the leading and more powerful among created beings superior to man,                                                           spiritual potentates
`               d) a sign of the husband's authority over his wife
                                1) the veil with which propriety required a women to cover herself
                e) the sign of regal authority, a crown

v. 1:21, 2:2, 3:10, 6:12

SUPPLICATION (G1162, deēsis)
1) need, indigence, want, privation, penury
2) a seeking, asking, entreating, entreaty to God or to man

Dictionary: ask earnestly or anxiously to do or for something; earnest or humble request

v. 6:18