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Piddly Bible Word Studies

These Word Studies are for words which are used so infrequently that every usage within the Bible can be covered within the context of a single note within a Book Study.  However, they are gathered here for a central repository that may (eventually) be added to other studies to create a Bible Dictionary.

The notes for these words will have links to every verse in the Bible which uses the word.  They will also often have the definition from a dictionary of men's words, such as Webster's 1828.  Please note that while God has a one-to-one relationship between a Bible Word and the meaning, men assign multiple meanings to a single word and multiple words to a single meaning.  Thus, these notes will often point out where the definition from the dictionary matches, or does not match, the Biblical definition.  In addition, the Biblical definitions provided also have small notes that explain the usage of the word within each verse that uses it.


Words defined within this Study.

abound,  Achaia,  affect,  backbiters,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  Macedonia,  gpc
abound:  Bible definition:  'Not bound.  Allowed to expand without limit.'

Webster's 1828 defines abound  as 'v. i. L. abundo. If this word is from L. unda, a wave, the latter has probably lost its first consonant. Abound may naturally be deduced from the Celtic. L. fons, a fountain.  1. To have or possess in great quantity; to be copiously supplied; followed by with or in; as to abound with provisions; to abound in good things.  2. To be in great plenty; to be very prevalent.'

We find forms of abound  in only 30 verses with Proverbs being the only usage in the Old Testament.  These verses are:

Please observe that in these notes we see that both good and evil can abound.  In all cases where we see something that abounds,  it is something that the Bible says is proportional to something spiritual that we have the decision over 'How much'.  We also see that our help in this life and our reward in eternity are among the things that the Bible says abounds.

Achaia:  Bible definition:  'A place where Paul ministered.  This region included Corinth and had problems with Jews leading saved people into doctrinal error.'  We read about Achaia  in Acts 18:12, 27; 19:21; Romans C15S20; 16:5; 1Corinthians 16:15; 2Corinthians 1:1; 9:2; 11:10; 1Thessalonians 1:7-8.  In addition, Easton's Bible Dictionary provides a description as 'The name originally of a narrow strip of territory in Greece, on the north-west of the Peloponnesus. Subsequently it was applied by the Romans to the whole Peloponnesus, now called the Morea, and the south of Greece. It was then one of the two provinces (Macedonia being the other) into which they divided the country when it fell under their dominion. It is in this latter enlarged meaning that the name is always used in the New Testament (Ac 18:12,27; 19:21; Ro 15:26; 16:5, etc.). It was at the time when Luke wrote the Acts of the Apostles under the proconsular form of government; hence the appropriate title given to Gallio as the "deputy," i.e., proconsul, of Achaia (Ac 18:12).'  Other commentors say essentially the same thing.
affect:  Bible definition:  'A verb whereby one being or thing causes a change in another being or thing.'  Many people confuse affect  and effect.  Think of them as 'cause' and 'result'.  Webster's 1828 defines affect  as 'v.t. L. afficio, affectum, of as and facio, to make; affecto, to desire, from the same room. Affect is to make to, or upon to press upon.  1. To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon; as, cold affects the body; loss affects our interests.  2. To act upon, or move the passions; as, affected with grief.  3. To aim at; aspire to; desire or entertain pretension to; as, to affect imperial sway. See the etymology of Affair.  4. To tend to by natural affinity or disposition; as, the drops of a fluid affect a spherical form.  5. To love, or regard with fondness.  Think not that wars we love and strife affect.  This sense is closely allied to the third.  6. To make a show of; to attempt to imitate, in a manner not natural; to study the appearance of what is not natural, or real; as, to affect to be grave; affected friendship.  It seems to have been used formerly for convict or attaint, as in Ayliffe's Parergon; but this sense is not now in use.'  Knowing the root word is important because we can then see that true affection  requires action and is not just a 'good feeling towards another person'.  We find forms of affect  used in only 13verses of the Bible, which are:

Please also see the note for Galatians C4-S15 about the difference between affect  and effect.  Please also see the note for Galatians C5-S22 for links to every verse in the Bible which uses the word affection.

backbiter:  Bible definition:  'One who slanders, calumniates or speaks ill of the absent.'  Webster's 1828 equates wisperers  to this word while the Bible lists them as separate sins, and therefore different.  Notice that this word requires more than one person.  It requires a speaker and a listener, which means it is spreading the sin, just like our Step title says.  We find forms of backbiter  in .  These verses are: Our main definition comes from Psalm 15:3 which says He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.  That entire Psalm pretty much explains the person who is the opposite of a backbiter.

Webster's 1828 defines   as ''

We find forms of   in .  These verses are:

Macedonia:  Bible definition:  'A place where Paul ministered.  This is where Paul went after the Holy Ghost forbid him to go to other places and he had a vision to go here.'  We read about Macedonia  in Acts 16:9-10, 12; 18:5; 19:21-22, 29; 20:1, 3; Romans C15S20; 1Corinthians 16:5; 2Corinthians 1:16; 2:13; 7:5; 8:1; 9:2, 4; 11:9; 13:14; Philippians 4:15; 1Thessalonians 1:7-8; 4:10; 1Timothy 1:3.  In addition, Fausset's Bible Dictionary provides a description as 'The first country in Europe where Paul preached the gospel, in obedience to the vision of a man of Macedonia, saying "come over and help us." The Haemus (Balkan) range, separating it from Maesia, is on its N.; the Pindus, separating it from Epirus, on the W.; the Cambunian hills S. separating Macedonia from Thessaly; Thrace and the Aegean sea E. There are two great plains, one watered by the Axius entering the sea near Thessalonica, the other by the Strymon which passes near Philippi and empties itself below Amphipolis. Between lies Mount Athos, across the neck of which Paul often travelled with his companions. Philip (from whom Philippi is named) and Alexander were its most famous kings. When Rome conquered it from Perseus, Aemilius Paulus after the battle of Pydna divided it into Macedonia Prima, Secunda, Tertia, and Quarta. Macedonia Prima, the region E. of the Strymon, had Amphipolis as its capital, Macedonia Secunda, the region between the Strymon and Axius, had Thessalonica. Macedonia Tertia, from the Axius to the Peneus, had Pella.
Macedonia Quarta, the remainder, had Pelagonia. In New Testament times the whole of Macedonia, Thessaly, and a district along the Adriatic, was made one province under a proconsul at Thessalonica the capital. The great Ignatian Road joined Philippi and Thessalonica, and led toward Illyricum (Ro 15:19). Philippi had supplanted Amphipolis in importance. Mention of Macedonia in this wide sense occurs Ac 16:9-12; 18:5; 19:21-22,29; 20:1-3; 27:2; Ro 15:26; 1Co 16:5; 2Co 1:16; 2:13; 7:5; 8:1; 9:2,4; 11:9; Php 4:15; 1Th 1:7-8; 4:10; 1Ti 1:3(which last passage proves Paul accomplished the wish expressed in his first imprisonment, Php 2:24). Achaia S., Illyricum N.W., and Macedonia comprehended the whole region between the Danube and the southernmost point of the Peloponnese.
The Macedonian Christians are highly commended; the Bereans for their readiness in receiving the word, and withal diligence in testing the preached word by the written word (Ac 17:11); the Thessalonians for their "work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus," so that they were "examples" to all others (1Th 1:3,7); the Philippians for their liberal contributions to Paul's sustenance (Php 4:10,14-19; 2Co 9:2; 11:9). Lydia was the first European convert, and women were Paul's first congregation (Ac 16:13-14); so the female element is prominent at Philippi in the epistle to the Philippians as working for Christ (Php 4:2-3). How Christianity, starting from that beginning, has since elevated woman socially throughout Europe!'  Other commentors provide links that match only some of the ones above or say more or less what Fausset's Bible Dictionary says while adding little that relates to the Bible.

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