Word Studies

Words are powerful and so they have consequences. Words have the power to uplift or tear down. They can bring sadness or joy, love or hate.

I love the Webster 1828 Dictionary. I bought mine last year and I believe it to be one of the best investments I have made for my daughter's education.

One of the things I use this dictionary for is word studies with my daughter. I choose a word such as Honor and look it up. I write down the definition. If there are any words in the definition that we need to look up, we do so and write them down as well. Next, I look up Bible verses pertaining to the word and write them down. Lastly, we discuss how all of this applies to our lives and record our conclusions. You could keep a notebook with this information in it to look back on from time to time. These make wonderful Bible devotions. Below is the word study I did on honor.

Honor (verb) - to revere; to respect; to treat with deference and submission, and perform relative duties to.
2. To reverence; to manifest the highest veneration for, in words and actions; to entertain the most exalted thoughts of; to worship; to adore. John 5
3. To dignify; to raise to distinction or notice; to elevate in rank or station; to exalt.
(noun) - The esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation.
2. A testimony of esteem; any expression of respect or of high estimation by words or actions.
4. Reverence; veneration; or any act by which reverence and submission are expressed, as worship paid to the Supreme Being.
6. True nobleness of mind; magnanimity; dignified respect for character, springing from probity, principle or moral rectitude.

Esteem (verb) - to set a value on, whether high or low, to estimate; to value.
2. To prize; to set a high value on; to regard with reverence, respect or friendship.
(noun) - High value or estimation; great regard; favorable opinion, founded on supposed worth.

Respect (noun) - Regard, attention
2. That estimation or honor in which men hold the distinguished worth or substantial good qualities of others. It expresses less than reverence and veneration; which regard elders and superiors; whereas respect may regard juniors and inferiors.
4. Good will, favor

Reverence - fear mingled with respect and esteem; veneration. Reverence is nearly equal to veneration, but expresses something less of the same emotion. It differs from awe, which is an emotion compounded of fear, dread or terror, with admiration of something great, but not necessarily implying love or affection. We feel reverence for a parent, but we stand in awe of a tyrant.
2. An act of respect or obeisance; a bow or courtesy.

Veneration - highest degree of respect and reverence; respect mingled with some degree of awe.

Verses

Honor your father and your mother.
Exodus 20:12

Those who honor me I will honor, but those who despise me will be disdained.
1 Samuel 2:30

Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the first fruits of all your crops.
Proverbs 3:9

The wise inherit honor, but fools he holds up to shame (disgrace).
Proverbs 3:35

The fear of the Lord teaches a man wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
Proverbs 15:33

“That all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.”
John 5:23

“My Father will honor the one who serves me.”
John 12:26

Honor one another above yourselves.
Romans 12:10

You made him a little lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honor.
Hebrews 2:7

Therefore if you delight in thrones and scepters, O monarchs over the peoples,honor wisdom, so that you may reign forever
Solomon 6:21 (NRSV)

For the [Holy] Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified (raised to honor)"
John 7:38, 29 AB
—AMG's Encyclopedia of Bible Facts
It is honorable to refrain from strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel.
Prov 20:3 (NRSV)

If any man serve me, him will my Father honor. (John 12:26)
—AMG's Encyclopedia of Bible Facts

The journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honor. (Judg. 4:9)
—AMG's Encyclopedia of Bible Facts


He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father which hath sent Him. (John 5:23)

I receive not honor from men.
(John 5:41)

—AMG's Encyclopedia of Bible FactsIf I honor myself, my honor is nothing: it is my Father that honoreth me. (John 8:54)—AMG's Encyclopedia of Bible Facts
18 Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.
Prov 16:18 (NIV)

In a loud voice they sang: "Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!" 13 Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, singing: "To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!"
Rev 5:12-13 (NIV)

What It Means To Me

We must honor God (includes love, respect, reverence, esteem and awe). He is holy and so is worthy of our honor and praise. He will honor us in return as he honored Adam when he was formed. He set Adam over the earth and everything on it. We are also to honor our parents and those around us who are placed in authority over us. This goes back to putting others first above ourselves. We honor God when we honor and serve others with a willing heart. We do this because we love God, not because there is something we want to gain and God can provide it. I must have the proper heart and attitude of humility. I should honor God with all that I have, including money, objects, and my heart, soul and mind.

For more information on how to do word studies or the 1828 Dictionary, go to http://www.face.net/.

In His Service,

Angela