Vows. [N] [T] [E]A vow is a solemn promise made to God to perform or to abstain from performing a certain thing. The earliest mention of a vow is tha...
MOCK; MOCKER; MOCKING mok, mok'er, mok'-ing (hathal, la`agh, empaizo): To mock is the translation of hathal, to play upon, mock, deride (Judges 16:10...
Measure [E](The following modern equivalents of ancient measurements are based upon the latest research, and are as correct as is possible at this tim...
FOUR for ('arba`; tessares): Four (cardinal number) was a sacred and complete number with the Hebrews, as well as with several other peoples. It occu...
Jacob [B] [E] [H] [S]Son of Isaac, and the twin brother of Esau Genesis 25:24-26 ; Joshua 24:4 ; 1?Chronicles 1:34 ; Acts 7:8 Ancestor of Jesus ...
Ezekiel, Book ofconsists mainly of three groups of prophecies. After an account of his call to the prophetical office ( (1-3:21), ), Ezekiel (1) utter...
Psalms 45:7 Thou lovest righteousness Either righteous persons, whom his countenance beholds, on whom his eyes are, and from whom they are never withd...
CHAPTER 23 Proverbs 23:1-35 . 1. Avoid the dangers of gluttony. 2. put a knife--an Eastern figure for putting restraint on the appetite. ...
Babylon [T] [B] [E] [H] [S]CITY OFBuilt by Nimrod Genesis 10:10 In the land of Shinar Genesis 10:10 ; 11:2 Tower of Genesis 11:1-9 Capital...
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. CHAPTER V. The Sin and Punishment of Ananias and Sapphira. SUMMARY.--The Deceit and Death of Ananias. Of Sapphira. The Incr...
Elect, Election The term elect means essentially to choose. It involves discriminatory evaluation of individuals, means, ends, or objects with a view ...
THESSALONIANS. CHAPTER V. Closing Admonitions. SUMMARY.--The Time of the Lord's Coming Unknown. Will Be Sudden. Hence, Let Us Not Be Asleep. Let ...
Remember Remembering is the first in a three-step process. All three steps (remember, repent, and do the first works) are in the imperative tense: re...
Color, Symbolic Meaning of Although the Bible contains relatively few references to individual colors, their symbolic associations are theologically s...
Holy Spirit, Gifts of Four New Testament passages delineate specific gifts that God's Spirit gives to his people ( Rom 12:3-8 ; 1 Cor 12-14; Eph 4:7-...
CHOOSE; CHOSEN chooz, cho'-z'-n (bachar, qabhal, bara', barah; ek-lego): $ I. IN THE OLD TESTAMENT$ 1. Human Choice 2. God Chooses King of Israel ...
SHIPS AND BOATS || I. THE HEBREWS AND THE SEA II. SHIPS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE APOCRYPHA 1. Among the Hebrews (1) In Early Times (2) During...
Acts 1:12 Then returned they unto Jerusalem With great joy, after the angels had told them that he should come again in like manner: from the mount c...
God [T] [B] [E] [S]Appearances ofTo Adam Genesis 3:8-21 To Abraham Genesis 18:2-33 To Jacob, at Beth-el Genesis 35:7 Genesis 35:9 To Moses, ...
Israel [B] [E] [H] [S]A name given to Jacob Genesis 32:24-32 ; 2?Kings 17:34 ; Hosea 12:3 Hosea 12:4 A name of the Messiah in prophecy Isaiah ...