Acts 17:10 And the brethren The believers in Thessalonica, the young converts there, who were full of love and affection to their spiritual fathers: ...
FINE fin (adj., from Latin finire, to finish): Indicates superior quality. Only in a few instances does fine represent a separate word: (1) Tobh, go...
AMMON; AMMONITES am'-on, am'-on-its (`ammon; `ammonim): The Hebrew tradition makes this tribe descendants of Lot and hence related to the Israelites ...
Chapter 1111:2? And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than th...
Matthew 8:30 And there was a good way off from them Nigh unto the mountains, as Mark says, or on the mountain, as Luke, bordering on the sea shore; so...
Zephaniah 2:9 Therefore [as] I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel The Lord here swears by himself, by his life; partly to show how provo...
WISDOM wiz'-dum: 1. Linguistic 2. History 3. Religious Basis 4. Ideals 5. Teaching of Christ 6. Remainder of the New Testament (1) James (2) P...
CHAPTER 38 Ezekiel 38:1-23 . THE ASSAULT OF GOG, AND GOD'S JUDGMENT ON HIM. The objections to a literal interpretation of the prophecy are--...
MELCHIZEDEK; MELCHISEDEC mel-kiz'e-dek, and (the King James Version in the book of Hebrews) (malki-tsedheq, Tsedheq, or Tsidhiq is my king (Genesis 14...
COINS koinz: There were no coins in use in Palestine until after the Captivity. It is not quite certain whether gold and silver were before that time...
Isaiah 33:1 Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou [wast] not spoiled Which some understand of Nebuchadnezzar; others of Sennacherib, which is more proba...
ZIMRI (1) zim'-ri (zimri, wild sheep or wild goat; in 1 Maccabees, with the King James Version, has Zambri; Codex Sinaiticus has Zambrei): (1) A Sime...
ZECHARIAH, BOOK OF 1. The Prophet 2. His Times and Mission 3. Contents and Analysis 4. The Critical Question Involved 5. The Unity of the Book 6....
RESURRECTION rez-u-rek'-shun (in the New Testament anastasis, with verbs anistemi, stand up, and egeiro, raise. There is no technical term in the Old ...
ASMONEANS as-mo-ne'-ans: A remarkable priestly family of Modin, in Judea, also called Hasmoneans or Maccabees. They belonged to that portion of the J...
SCYTHIANS sith'-i-anz (hoi Skuthai): The word does not occur in the Hebrew of the Old Testament, but Septuagint of Judges 1:27 inserts (Skuthon polis...
CHAPTER 23 Jeremiah 23:1-40 . THE WICKED RULERS TO BE SUPERSEDED BY THE KING, WHO SHOULD REIGN OVER THE AGAIN UNITED PEOPLES, ISRAEL AND JUDA...
Romans 16:21 Timotheus my work fellow Now follow the salutations of the friends and companions of the apostle: we may imagine that when this epistle w...
CHAPTER 12 Daniel 12:1-13 . CONCLUSION OF THE VISION (TENTH THROUGH TWELFTH CHAPTERS) AND EPILOGUE TO THE BOOK. Compare Daniel 12:4 Daniel...
CHAPTER 1 Obadiah 1:1-21 . DOOM OF EDOM FOR CRUELTY TO JUDAH, EDOM'S BROTHER; RESTORATION OF THE JEWS. 1. Obadiah--that is, servant of Jehova...