V. Some revised definitions from Webster's revised unabridged dictionary (1913)

AMEN (interj., adv., & n.) [heb. n. certainly, truly.]

An expression used at the end of prayers, and meaning, So be it. At the end of a creed, it is a solemn asseveration of belief.

To approve warmly; to concur in heartily or emphatically of a certainty and it's verity.
((Revelation chapter vij.))

When it introduces a declaration, it is equivalent to truly, verily.

Note: It is used as a noun, to denote: (a) concurrence in belief, or in a statement; assent; (b) the final word or act; (c) Christ as being one who is true and faithful.
And let all the people say, Amen. --Ps. cvi. 48.

CONGREGATION :

1. The act of congregating, or bringing together, or of collecting into one aggregate or mass.

2. An assembly of persons; a gathering; esp. an assembly of persons met for the worship of God, and for instruction in His Word; a body of people who habitually so meet.

4. In Ancient Jewish History it meant the whole body of the Jewish people; (called also Congregation of the Lord;-) today the body is composed of both Jew and Gentile believers in Christ.

ERR : error

1. To wander; to roam; to stray. [Archaic]
"What seemeth to you, if there were to a man an hundred sheep and one of them hath erred." --Wyclif (Matt. xviii. 12).

2. To deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed at.

3. To miss intellectual truth; to fall into error; to mistake in judgment or opinion; to be mistaken.

4. To deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin.
"Do they not err that devise evil?" --Prov. xiv. 22.

5. To offend, as by erring.

DEVOTION : plain hearted to God; Being devoted to someone or something.

1. The state of being dedicated, or solemnly set apart for a particular purpose.

2. A solemn attention to the Supreme Being in worship; a yielding of the heart and affections to God, with reverence, faith and piety, particularly in prayer and meditation; devoutness.

3. The state of being devoted; eager inclination; strong attachment love or affection; zeal; especially, feelings toward God appropriately expressed by acts of worship and obedience to His commandments; devoutness.

FAITHFUL \Faith"ful\,

a. 1. Full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe, especially in the declarations and promises of God.

2. Firm in adherence to promises, oaths, contracts, treaties, or other engagements.
The faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him. --Deut. vii. 9.

3. True and constant in affection or allegiance to a person to whom one is bound by a vow, be ties of love, gratitude, or honor, as to a husband, a prince, a friend; firm in the observance of duty; loyal; of true fidelity; as, a faithful husband or servant.

4. Worthy of confidence and belief; conformable to truth ot fact; exact; accurate; as, a faithful narrative or representation.
Syn: Trusty; honest; upright; sincere; veracious; trustworthy.

LAUD n.

1. High commendation; praise; honor; exaltation; glory.
"Laud be to God." --Shak.
"So do well and thou shalt have laud of the same." --Tyndals.

2. A part of divine worship, consisting chiefly of praise; -- usually in the pl.
laud v. (celebrate, glorify, honor, exalt)

\Laud\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lauded; p. pr. & vb. n. Lauding.]

To praise in words alone, or with words and singing; to celebrate; to extol.
With all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious name. --Book of Common Prayer.

laudable - honorable, praised
\Laud"a*ble\, a. 1. Worthy of being lauded; praiseworthy; commendable; as, laudable motives; laudable actions; laudable ambition.

2. (Med.) Healthy; salubrious; normal; having a disposition to promote healing.

MERCIFUL \Mer"ci*ful\, a. [Mercy + -ful.]

1. Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish.
The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious. --Ex. xxxiv. 6.

2. Unwilling to give pain; compassionate.
A merciful man will be merciful to his beast. --Old Proverb.
Syn: Compassionate; tender; humane; gracious; kind; mild; clement; benignant. -- Mer\"ci*ful*ly, adv. -- Mer\"ci*ful*ness, n.

SHEW, v. t. [It is sometimes written shew, shewed, shewn, shewing.]
gr. to mark, perceive, hear

1. To exhibit or present to vjew; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the person or thing seeing or beholding;

2. To exhibit to the mental vjew; to tell; to disclose; to reveal; to make known; as, to show one's designs.
Shew them the way wherein they must walk. --Ex. xviii. 20.

3. Specifically, to make known the way to (a person); hence, to direct; to guide; to asher; to conduct; as, to show a person into a parlor; to show one to the door.

4. To make apparent or clear, as by evidence, testimony, or reasoning; to prove; to explain; also, to manifest; to evince; as, to show the truth of a statement; to show the causes of an event.

5. To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor.
Shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me. --Ex. xx. 6.
To show forth, to manifest; to publish; to proclaim.

PITH : heart, core, center - Hebrews viij.

"Of the things which we have spoken, this is the pith: that we have such an high priest that is sitten on the right hand of the seat of majesty in heaven,"

1. (Bot.) The soft spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees, especially those of the dicotyledonous or exogenous classes. It consists of cellular tissue.

2. (a) The spongy interior substance of a feather. (b) (Anat.) The spinal cord; the marrow.

3. Hence: The which contains the strength of life; the vital or essential part; concentrated force; vigor; strength; importance; as, the speech lacked pith.

NAY (a.) [a contracted word, to deny]

1. No; a word that expresses negation.
I tell you, nay: but except ye amend your lives, ye shall all likewise perish. Luke xiij.

2. It expresses also refusal.
He that will not when he may, When he would he shall have nay.
[In these senses it is now rarely used; 'no' being substituted.]

3. Not only so; not this alone; intimating that something is to be added by way of amplification. He requested an answer; nay, he urged it.

4. Nay, (n.) Denial, refusal.

YEE, (also yea) adv. Ya.

1. YES; a word that expresses affirmation or assent. Will you go? Yea. It sometimes introduces a subject, with the sense of indeed, verily, truly, it is so.
"But your communication shall be yea, yea; nay, nay." Matthew 5.
"Yee and why judge ye not of yourselves, that which is rightwise?" Luke 12.

2. It sometimes enforces the sense of something preceding; not only so, but more.
"Notwithstanding by all manner ways, whether it be by occasion or of truth, yet Christ is preached: and therefore I joy. Yee and will joy." Philippians 1.

3. Yee (n) An affirmative; In Scripture, it is used to denote certainty, consistency, harmony, and stability.
"For all the promises of God, in him are Yee: and are in him Amen, unto the laud of God thorow us." 2 Corinthians 1.

THOU (pron.) [SINGULAR: nom. Thou; poss. Thy or Thine; obj. Thee.]

The second personal pronoun, in the singular number, denoting the person addressed; thyself; the pronoun which is used in addressing persons in the solemn or poetical style.
Art thou he that shall come? --Matt. xi.

Thee (pron.) [Singular : the objective case of Thou]

Thine (pron.) Used to indicate the one or ones belonging to thee.

Thine (adj.) A possessive form of Thou Used instead of thy before an initial vowel

YE : [PLURAL: nom. You; poss. Your or Yours; obj. You.]

The plural of the pronoun of the second person in the nominative case.
"But ye are washed: ye are sanctified: ye are justified by the name of the lord Iesus: And by the spirit of our God." --1 Cor. vi.

{Note: In Old English "ye" was used only as a nominative, and "you" only as a dative or objective. In the 16th century, however, ye and you became confused and were often used interchangeably, both as nominatives and objectives, and you has now superseded ye except in solemn or poetic use.}

What more can be said of such (eloquently translated) New Testament blessing?

Glory be to God the almighty,
and for his son Iesu Christ,
being faithfully and freely given
with such gracious might!

Hope Will Be a blessing to ye all.
Glory be to God for his son Iesu Christ the Lord.
Faithfully your net servant in Him,
Mario Valente
valente@faithofgod.net
http://faithofgod.net