STONES, PRECIOUS || 1. Ancient and Modern Names 2. Change of Signification of Names 3. Three Important Lists of Stones 4. Interpretation of Greek ...
JUDITH, BOOK OF || I. NAME II. CANONICITY III. CONTENTS IV. FACT OR FICTION? V. DATE 1. Probably during the Maccabean Age 2. Other Opinions (1...
Mercy [N] [T] [E]Mercy is a concept integral to an understanding of God's dealings with humankind. In English translations of the Bible, it comes to e...
FAMINE fam'-in (ra`abh; limos): 1. Natural Causes 2. Famines Mentioned 3. Divine Relations 4. Figurative Uses The common Old Testament word for f...
Convert, Conversion Although the term conversion is common in theological and religious discussion today, it was a relatively rare term in the Bible. ...
PEACE pes (shalom; eirene): 1. In the Old Testament: Is a condition of freedom from disturbance, whether outwardly, as of a nation from war or enemi...
MEALS, MEAL-TIME melz: Bread materials, bread-making and baking in the Orient are dealt with under BREAD (which see). For food-stuffs in use among th...
Ver. 2 And he laid hold on the dragon By whom is meant not Paganism, for that was destroyed in the Roman empire under the sixth seal, and was the con...
UNCLEANNESS un-klen'-nes: I. TERMS 1. In the Old Testament (Hebrew) 2. In the New Testament 3. In the Septuagint II. POSSIBLE RELATION OF ISRAEL'...
Revelation 1:4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia In lesser Asia; their names are mentioned in ( Revelation 1:11 ) ; grace [be] unto you, a...
RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY re-la'-shun-ships: I. CONSANGUINITY 1. In General 2. Parents and Children 3. Brothers and Sisters 4. Uncles, Aunts, Cousins...
EXORCISM; EXORCIST ek'-sor-siz'-m, ek'-sor-sist (Exorkistes, from exorkizo, to adjure (Matthew 26:63)): 1. Definition: One who expels demons by the ...
Amen [N] [E] [S]In current usage, the term amen has become little more than a ritualized conclusion to prayers. Yet the Hebrew and Greek words for ame...
TITHE tith (ma`aser; dekate): The custom of giving a 10th part of the products of the land and of the spoils of war to priests and kings (1 Macc 10:3...
Angel [E]Superhuman or heavenly being who serves as God's messenger. Both the Hebrew malak [J; 'm] and the Greek angelos [a [ggelo] indicate that thes...
WOMAN woom'-an ('ishshah, a woman (feminine of 'ish, a man]; gune, a woman wife): I. IN THE CREATIVE PLAN II. IN OLD TESTAMENT TIMES 1. Prominence ...
ANGEL an'-jel (mal'akh; Septuagint and New Testament, aggelos): _I. DEFINITION AND SCRIPTURE TERMS_ _II. ANGELS IN OLD TESTAMENT_ 1. Nature, Appear...
LIFE lif (chayyim, nephesh, ruach, chayah; zoe, psuche, bios, pneuma): I. THE TERMS II. THE OLD TESTAMENT TEACHING 1. Popular Use of the Term 2. C...
Revelation 8:3 And another angel came The Ethiopic version adds, from the east, as in ( Revelation 7:2 ) ; pointing to the same angel, and who is inte...
1 Timothy 5:21 I charge thee before God Who sees and knows all things, and is a righteous and most impartial Judge; with whom there is no respect of p...