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 ...
HUNTING hunt'-ing (tsayidh): The hunting of wild animals for sport, or for the defense of men and flocks, or for food, was common in Western Asia and...
SALVATION sal-va'-shun: I. IN THE OLD TESTAMENT 1. General 2. Individualism 3. Faith 4. Moral Law 5. Sacrifices 6. Ritual Law II. INTERMEDIATE...
HARLOT har'-lot: This name replaces in the Revised Version (British and American) whore of the King James Version. It stands for several words and ph...
HAIR har (se`ar, sa`ar, Aramaic se`ar, and their derivatives; thrix, gen. case trichos, kome): 1. Hair Fashions: Hair was worn in different fashions...
Joshua 10:13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed The sun that came out of his chamber like a bridegroom, and rejoiced as a strong man to run ...
SERPENT sur'-pent: 1. General: Serpents are not particularly abundant in Palestine, but they are often mentioned in the Bible. In the Hebrew there a...
Ethics The ancient world did not consider religion to be morally inspiring, creative, or corrective; the reputed behavior of gods and goddesses repell...
APOCRYPHA a-pok'-ri-fa: _I. DEFINITION_ _II. THE NAME APOCRYPHA_ 1. Original Meanings (1) Classical (2) Hellenistic (3) In the New Testament (4...
CANON OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, II \ II. Examination of the Witnesses. 1. The Old Testament's Witness to Itself (circa 1450-444 BC): Though the Old Testa...
BURIAL ber'-i-al (qebhurah; compare New Testament to entaphidsai): $ I. IMMEDIATE BURIAL CONSIDERED URGENT$ 1. Reasons for This 2. The Burial of Je...
MACCABEES, BOOKS OF, 1-2 mak'-a-bez, I. 1 MACCABEES 1. Name 2. Canonicity 3. Contents 4. Historicity 5. Author's Standpoint and Aim 6. Date 7....
GLASS glas (zekhukhith; hualos): 1. History: Glass is of great antiquity. The story of its discovery by accident, as related by Pliny (NH, xxxvi.65)...
SHECHEM she'-kem (shekhem, shoulder; Suchem, he Sikima, ta Sikima, etc.; the King James Version gives Sichem in Genesis 12:6; and Sychem in Acts 7:16)...
MYSTERY mis'-ter-i (musterion; from mustes, one initiated into mysteries; mueo to initiate, muo, to close the lips or the eyes; stem mu-, a sound prod...
GAMES gamz: I. ISRAELITISH GAMES 1. Children's Games Mimicry 2. Sports 3. Games of Chance and Skill 4. Story-Telling 5. Dancing 6. Proverbs 7...
TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT || I. EARLIEST FORM OF WRITING IN ISRAEL 1. Invention of Alphabet 2. The Cuneiform 3. References to Writing in the Old T...
Ezekiel 1:15 Now as I beheld the living creatures While he had the vision of them, and when he was considering their form and likeness, and what shoul...
LORD'S PRAYER, THE (Matthew 6:9-13; Luke 11:2-4): Prayer occupied an important place in the life and the teachings of Jesus. He was emphatically a ma...
JOHN THE BAPTIST (Ioanes): I. SOURCES II. PARENTAGE III. EARLY LIFE IV. MINISTRY 1. The Scene 2. His First Appearance 3. His Dress and Manner ...