Grass
Grass denotes green herbage, tender growth, or dried fodder. Because it quickly withers under heat, Scripture frequently uses grass as an image of human frailty and the brevity of life.
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Grasshopper
“Grasshopper” is often used in older English Bible translations for insects that are more accurately identified as locusts. These insects appear in biblical descriptions of swarms, plagues, armies, and human smallness.
Grate
The grate was a bronze network fitted near the bottom of the great altar of burnt offering. It formed part of the altar’s construction in the tabernacle.
Grave
A grave was a burial place, commonly a natural or rock-cut cave outside a city, sometimes used by a family. Graves could be closed with stones and were associated with ceremonial uncleanness when opened or touched.
GRAVEL
Gravel is small stone or grit. Scripture uses it figuratively for the painful consequences of falsehood and affliction, and also in a poetic reference to arrows.
Graven image
A graven image was a carved idol or household deity made for false worship. The law condemned such images because Israel was to worship the Lord alone.
Graving
Graving is the carving, cutting, or engraving of designs in wood, stone, metal, or precious stones. Scripture uses the term for artistic work, inscriptions, engraved images, and carved gems.
GRAVITY
Gravity means dignified seriousness, reverence, or honorable conduct. It is required of Christian leaders, parents, teachers, and believers whose lives should fittingly represent their faith.
GREASE
Grease is a biblical image for excessive prosperity that makes a person spiritually dull, insensitive, or hardened. It describes hearts that have become gross and unresponsive to God’s instruction.
Greaves
Greaves were pieces of defensive armor worn over the lower legs, extending from the foot toward the knee. Goliath wore bronze greaves as part of his battle equipment.
Grecian
A Grecian, or Hellenist, was a Jew of foreign birth or background who spoke Greek rather than the Hebrew or Aramaic commonly spoken in Palestine. Such Jews formed a distinct group in the early church.
Grecians
“Grecians” refers to Hellenists, especially Greek-speaking Jews from outside Palestine who worshiped in their own synagogues. In some passages the term may instead refer to Greek Gentiles.
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