³ tn The word occurs only here; the precise meaning is uncertain.

² tn The precise significance of ἐν (en) here is difficult to determine.

³ tn The precise meaning of the phrase ἔκβαλε ἔξωθεν (ekbale exōthen) is difficult to determine.

² tn Or “precisely”; Grk “rightly.” Jesus teaches exactly, the straight and narrow.

¹ tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew verb בָּלַג (balag, translated here “flashes”) is uncertain.

² tn This is the only occurrence of this term in the OT. The precise meaning is uncertain.

¹ tn Hebrew קִפּוֹז (qippoz) occurs only here; the precise meaning of the word is uncertain.

² tn Heb “like the glowing heat because of light.” The precise meaning of the line is uncertain.

² sn Perhaps 715 b.c., but the precise date is uncertain.

¹ tn The precise meaning of many of the words in this list is uncertain.

¹ sn Tarshish was a distant western port, the precise location of which is uncertain.

¹ tn Heb “casting lots.” The precise way in which this would have been done is not certain.

¹ tn The LXX interprets a little more precisely: “his lamp shall be put out with him.”

² tn Heb “10 cubits surrounding the sea all around.” The precise meaning of this description is uncertain.

² tn The precise meaning of this last word, translated “wreaths,” is uncertain.

² tn The precise meaning of this last word, translated “wreaths,” is uncertain.

² tn Heb “he plated [with] gold” (the precise object is not stated).

¹ tn Heb “the pillar, doorposts, a fifth part” (the precise meaning of this description is uncertain).

² sn The precise geographical location of the Israelite defeat at this “steep slope” is uncertain.

¹ tn The precise Hebrew word used here to refer to an “altar hearth” occurs only here in the OT.