Punishment [N] [E]Earthly Punishment. The Old Testament. Early in Israel's history, guilt and punishment were understood to be communal. When Achan br...
Forgiveness [N]Terminology. There are several Hebrew terms equivalent to the English to forgive, as defined below. The three most common are verbs (u...
Destroy, Destruction Destroy in the Bible usually refers to violent action causing physical death ( Num 16:33 ; Psalm 2:12 ; Heb. abad [d;b'a]). But ...
Widow [N] [S]Married woman whose husband has died and who remains unmarried. The Hebrew word translated widow is almana [hn'm.l; ], and it occurs fift...
Lie, Lying To practice deceit, falsehood, and treachery either by word or action. It is the exact opposite of truth. The sanctity of truth is fundamen...
Elder [N] [E] [S]In both the Old and New Testaments, the term elder indicates one of advanced age (Heb. zaqen [eqz]; Gk. presbyteros [presbuvtero]) wh...
MATTHEW. CHAPTER XXIII. The Last Appeal to Israel. SUMMARY.--The Scribes and Pharisees in Moses' Seat. The Burdens They Imposed. Their Eagerness ...
The Book of JoshuaChapter 13Chapter Overview: God informs Joshua what parts of the land were yet unconquered, and orders him to divide what was conq...
It has been already remarked that the purpose of God in redemption from the beginning looked beyond individuals, beyond families, to a nation. In the ...
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. CHAPTER IV. Peter and John Before the Sanhedrim. SUMMARY.--The Arrest. The Trial Before the Sanhedrim. Peter's Reply. The ...
Offerings and Sacrifices The Old Testament regulations for offerings and sacrifices are renowned for their many and complicated details, and the overa...
Money [N] [T] [E] [S]A variety of monetary systems are represented in the Bible, corresponding to the political powers that dominated the cultures rep...
Sanctification [N] [T] [E]The generic meaning of sanctification is the state of proper functioning. To sanctify someone or something is to set that pe...
The Book of GenesisChapter 28Chapter Overview:We have here, Jacob's parting with his parents to go to Padan - aram: the charge his father gave him,...
Testimony [N] [E]The biblical concept of testimony or witness is closely allied with the conventional Old Testament legal sense of testimony given in ...
He is coming The OT Scriptures predicted a ?coming one? (Deu. Deu. 18:15-18; Ps. Ps. 2:1; Ps. 22:1; Ps. 118:26; Isa. Isa. 9:6; Isa. 48:16; Isa. 53:1;...
Law [N] [E] [S]The Nature of Biblical Law. The usual Hebrew term translated as law is tora [h'r/T]. Tora [h'r/T], used 220 times in the Old Testament,...
Homily IV.Homily IV. Colossians i. 21, 22.-And you, being in time past, enemies and alienated in your mind, in your evil works, yet now hath He reconc...
Mission Basic Definition. Mission is the divine activity of sending intermediaries, whether supernatural or human, to speak or do God's will so that h...
G?NESIS 14DIVISIONES DE P?RRAFO DE TRADUCCIONES MODERNASNASBNKJVNRSVTEVNJB(sigue al Texto Masoretico)Guerra de los reyes14:1-1214:13-16Las promesas de...