Sense: danger (cause)
n. — a cause of pain or injury or loss.
they are afraid also of what is high, and terrors are in the way; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along, and desire fails, because man is going to his eternal home, and the mourners go about the streets, . . .
Ecclesiastes 12:5
The Bible Sense Lexicon has two different entries for “danger.” One describes a condition of vulnerability, which is probably the first sense that would come to mind. The other describes something that causes pain. A person can be in a dangerous situation (a condition), but they can also come upon a danger (a cause of pain). The Bible Sense Lexicon shows this nuance in
What is the Bible Sense Lexicon?
Sense of the Day is based on content from Logos’ Bible Sense Lexicon, which organizes biblical Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words by meaning based on a variety of semantic relationships. Sense of the Day provides examples of senses in context, along with insight into their application for theology and interpretation.
The Bible Sense Lexicon is a Logos dataset available in Logos 5 Gold and higher base packages. If you’re enrolled in the Logos Academic Discount Program, you can also find the Bible Sense Lexicon in the Biblical Languages base package. Take your studies even further by exploring semantic domains, engaging the biblical text like never before.
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