Fire [N] [T] [E] [S]One of the most arresting and suggestive metaphors in the Bible is that of fire, a phenomenon common to all cultures ancient and ...
Good, Goodness The main Old Testament words for good/goodness come from the Hebrew word tob [b'f] while the most common New Testament words are kalos ...
LUKE. CHAPTER XXIV. The Risen Lord. SUMMARY.--The Women at the Sepulcher. Peter Sees the Empty Tomb. The Lord Appears to the Two Disciples. Jesus ...
LUKE. CHAPTER X. The Seventy Disciples Sent Forth. SUMMARY.--The Harvest Ready but the Laborers Few. Seventy Preachers Chosen. The Charge. The War...
Forgiveness [N]Terminology. There are several Hebrew terms equivalent to the English to forgive, as defined below. The three most common are verbs (u...
In Ephraim the Lord abides with the disciples till John xi. 54-57. the approach of the Passover. A little before the feast, many went up out of the co...
It is a point of deep interest to know how far the Lord in His own teachings confirmed or corrected the prevalent Messianic beliefs. A part of these ...
Hospitality [N] [T] [S]Hospitality plays no small role in the realm of biblical ethics. Biblical admonitions exhorted the Israelites and the early Chr...
GNAT nat (in English Versions of the Bible, only in Matthew 23:24, konops. In Exodus 8:16, for English Versions of the Bible lice, one of the plagues ...
MATTHEW. CHAPTER XXVIII. The Resurrection. SUMMARY.--The Women at the Sepulcher. The Message of the Angel. The Risen Lord. The Report of the Gu...
Touch Bringing into bodily contact of one thing with another. The Hebrew naga [[;gn] and Greek hapto [a&ptomai] (-omai) are the main biblical terms fo...
Life [N] [E]God (Yahweh) as the Source and Sustainer of Life. According to Genesis 2:7, the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and br...
Jesus, the christ HISTORY OFGenealogy of Matthew 1:1-17 ; Luke 3:23-38 Facts before the birth ofThe angel Gabriel appears to Mary (at Nazareth) ...
Fool, Foolishness, Folly TheOld Testament. Several Hebrew words are rendered fool, with nuances ranging all the way from the naive but teachable pers...
Word [N](Heb. dabar [r'b'D]; Gk. logos [lovgo] and rhema [rJh'ma]). The theological meaning of word within Scripture spans a wide theological spectrum...
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. CHAPTER I. SUMMARY.--The Preface. The Promise of the Father. The Command to Witness in Jerusalem, and in All Judea, and U...
Lawlessness The Old Testament. The concept of lawlessness comes to expression frequently in the Old Testament through more than twenty Hebrew terms (a...
Proverbs, Book of. [E]The title of this book in Hebrew is taken from its first word, mashal , which originally meant a comparison. It is sometimes tr...
Murder [N] [T] [E] [S]The Old Testament. Although the Israelites did not have a term that precisely fits our present-day idea of murder, they differen...
Hand, Right Hand Hand most frequently represents the ownership, power, or control that its possessor (either an individual or a people) exercises. Thi...