first letter of Greek alphabet, Alpha, Rev. 1:8.; 21:6; 22:13*

pr. bringing in no revenue or profit; hence, unprofitable, useless; detrimental; ruinous, disastrous, Heb. 13:17*

a chain, Mk. 5:3, 4

free from grief, or sorrow, Phil. 2:28*

brackish, bitter, salt, Jas. 3:12*

aloe, lign-aloe, a tree which grows in India and Cochin-China, the wood of which is soft and bitter, though highly aromatic. It is used by the Orientals as a perfume; and employed for the purposes of embalming, Jn. 19:39*

without speech, or reason, irrational, brute, 2 Pet. 2:12; Jude 10; unreasonable, absurd, Acts 25:27*

to thresh; to tread, 1 Cor. 9:9, 10; 1 Tim. 5:18*

otherwise, 1 Tim. 5:25*