8.2; 10.8, et al. Λεπτόν, οῦ, τό, (λεπτός, thin, fine, small) a mite, the smallest Jewish coin, equal to half a κοδράντης, and consequently to about three-eighths of a farthing, Mar. 12.42, et al. Λευΐτης, ου, ὁ, a Levite, one of the posterity of Λευΐ, Levi, Lu. 10.32. Jno. 1.19. Ac. 4.36: whence Λευϊτικός, ή, όν, Levitical, pertaining to the Levites, He. 7.11. Λευκός, ή, όν, pr. light, bright; white, Mat. 5.36; 17.2, et al.; whitening, growing white, Jno. 4.35. Λέων, οντος, ὁ, a lion, He. 11.33. 1 Pe. 5.8, et al.; met. a lion, cruel adversary, tyrant, 2 Ti. 4.17; a lion, a hero, deliverer, Re. 5.5. Λήθη, ης, ἡ (λανθάνω) forgetfulness, oblivion, 2 Pe. 1.9. Ληνός, οῦ, ὁ, ἡ, pr. a tub, trough; a wine-press, into which grapes were cast and trodden, Re. 14.19, 20; 19.15; a wine-vat, i.q. ὑπολήνιον, the lower vat into which the juice of the trodden grapes flowed, Mat. 21.33. Λῆρος, ου, ὁ, idel talk; an empty tale, Lu. 24.11. Λῃστής, οῦ, ὁ, (ληίζομαι, ληίς, plunder) a plunderer, robber, highwayman, Mat. 21.13; 26.55. Mar. 11.17. Lu. 10.30. 2 Co. 11.26, et al.; a bandit, brigand, Mat. 27.38, 44. Mar. 15.27. Jno. 18.40; trop. a robber, rapacious imposter, Jno. 10.1, 8. Λῆψις, εως, ἡ (λαμβάνω) a taking; receiving, receipt, Phi. 4.15. Λίαν, adv. much, greatly, exceedingly, Mat. 2.16; 4.8; 8.28, et al. Λιβᾰνός, οῦ, ὁ, arbor thurifera, the tree producing frankincense, growing in Arabia and Mount Lebanon; in N.T., frankincense, the transparent gum which distils from incisions in the tree, Mat. 2.11. Re. 18.13: whence Λιβανωτός, οῦ, ὁ, ἡ, frankincense, in N.T., a censer, Re. 8.3, 5. Λιβερτπῖνος, ου, ὁ (Lat. libertinus) a freed-man, one who having been a slave has obtained his freedom, or whose father was a freedman; in N.T., the λιβερτῖνοι probably denote Jews who had been carried captive to Rome, and subsequently manumitted, Ac. 6.9. Λιθάζω, (λίθος) f. άσω, to stone, pelt or kill with stones, Jno. 10.31, 32, 33, et al. Λίθῐνος, η, ον, (fr. same) made of stone, Jno. 2.6, et al. Λιθοβολέω, ῶ, (λίθος & βάλλω) f. ήσω, a.1. ἐλιθοβόλησα, to stone, pelt with stones, in order to kill, Mat. 21.35; 23.37, et al. L.G. Λίθος, ου, ὁ, a stone, Mat. 3.9; 4.3, 6, et al.; used figuratively, of Christ Eph. 2.20. 1 Pe. 2.6, et al.; of believers, 1 Pe. 2.5; meton. a tablet of stone, 2 Co. 3.7; a precious stone, Re. 4.3, et al. Λιθόστρωτον, ου, τό, (neut. of λιθόστρωτος, paved with stone, λίθος & στρώννυμι) a tessellated pavement, Jno. 19.13. Λικμάω, ῶ, f. ήσω pr. to winnow grain; in N.T., to scatter like chaff, Mat. 21.44. Lu. 20.18. Λῐμήν, ένος, ὁ a port, haven, harbour, Ac. 27.8, 12. Λίμνη, ης, ἡ, a tract of standing water; a lake, Lu. 5.1, 2, et al. Λῑμός, οῦ, ὁ, famine, scarcity of food, want of grain, Mat. 24.7; famine, hunger, famishment, Lu. 15.17. Ro. 8.35, et al. Λίνον, ου, τό, flax; by meton. a flaxen wick, Mat. 12.20; linen, Re.