KINGDOM OF GOD (OF HEAVEN), THE (he basileia ton ouranon; he basileia tou theou): I. MEANING AND ORIGIN OF THE TERM 1. Place in the Gospels 2. King...
PALM TREE pam'-tre (tamar, same as the Aramaic and Ethiopic, but in Arabic = date; phoinix (Exodus 15:27; Leviticus 23:40; Numbers 33:9; Deuteronomy 3...
SONS OF GOD (Old Testament) (bene ha-'elohim, sons of God (Genesis 6:2,4; Job 1:6; 2:1); bene 'elohim, sons of God (Job 38:7); bene 'elim, ye mighty, ...
by Alfred Edersheim 1876 Chapter 11 Jewish Views on Trade, Tradesmen, and Trades' Guilds We read in the Mishnah (Kidd. iv. 14) as follows: Rabbi M...
AGRAPHA ag'-ra-fa (agrapha). \1. The Term and Its History: The word agraphos of which agrapha is the neuter plural is met with in classical Greek and...
MATTHEW. CHAPTER XXVII. Jesus Crucified. SUMMARY.--Christ Delivered to Pilate. Judas Hangs Himself. Jesus Before Pilate. Barabbas and Christ. Pi...
CANON OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, I kan'-un: $ I. INTRODUCTORY$ 1. The Christian Term Canon 2. The Corresponding Hebrew Expression 3. The Hidden Books o...
INTRODUCTION CANONICITY AND AUTHORSHIP.--CLEMENT OF ROME, at the end of the first century (A.D), copiously uses it, adopting its words just as he d...
Deuteronomy 33:2 And he said What follows, of which, in some things, he was an eye and ear witness, and in others was inspired by the Spirit of God, t...
MACCABAEUS; MACCABEES mak-a-be'-us (Makkabaios), mak'-a-bez (hoi Makkabaioi): I. PALESTINE UNDER KINGS OF SYRIA 1. Rivalry of Syria and Egypt 2. Pa...
Baptize, Baptism The Greek root-word baptizein [baptivzw] means to plunge, immerse, sink; hence to wash; to be immersed, overwhelmed (in trouble). Fro...
WASHING OF FEET The Old Testament references (Genesis 18:4; 19:2; 24:32; 43:24; Judges 19:21; 1?Samuel 25:41; 2?Samuel 11:8; Song of Solomon 5:3; Psal...
MACHPELAH mak-pe'-la (ha-makhpelah, the Machpelah; to diploun, the double): The name of a piece of ground and of a cave purchased by Abraham as a pla...
Philosophy [N] [S]The Old Testament. Biblical philosophy is not an abstract monologue but a dialogue with God. The Bible never attempts to prove the e...
ABLUTION ab-lu'-shun: The rite of ablution for religious purification seems to have been practiced in some form in all lands and at all times. The pr...
ESSENES es-senz', (Essenoi, Essaioi): \Contents - \I. THE NAME Forms It Assumes--Etymology, Origin \II. AUTHORITIES FOR THE TENETS OF THE ESSENES 1...
INTRODUCTION THE name Zechariah means one whom Jehovah remembers: a common name, four others of the same name occurring in the Old Testament. Like ...
JOHN. CHAPTER V. Jesus in Jerusalem. SUMMARY.--At Bethesda. The Man with the Infirmity Healed. The Jews Complain That the Sabbath Was Broken. T...
IR-HA-HERES ir-ha-he'-rez (`ir haherec, according to the Massoretic Text, Aquila, Theodotion, Septuagint, the King James Version and the Revised Versi...
COURT OF THE SANCTUARY; TABERNACLE; TEMPLE kort, sank'~-tu-a-ri: By court (chatser) is meant a clear space enclosed by curtains or walls, or surround...