Laying on of Hands [N] [S]The Bible frequently invests this simple gesture with weighty symbolism. Its significance can be fruitfully evaluated in con...
Destroy, Destruction Destroy in the Bible usually refers to violent action causing physical death ( Num 16:33 ; Psalm 2:12 ; Heb. abad [d;b'a]). But ...
Foreigner [N] [E]Person from a different racial, ethnic, and linguistic group as in contrast to a native. Circumstances during biblical times often fo...
Evangelize, Evangelism Basic Definition. To evangelize is to proclaim the good news of the victory of God's salvation. Evangelism is the noun denoting...
Jesus Christ, Name and Titles of In our culture names serve primarily to distinguish one person from another. In Bibletimes names had other significan...
2 Corinthians 12:2 I knew a man in Christ about fourteen years ago Which is to be understood of himself, as appears from ( 2 Corinthians 12:7 ) , wher...
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. CHAPTER VII. The Martyrdom of Stephen. SUMMARY.--Stephen Outlines God's Dealings with Abraham. The Christ Promised. Abraham...
Fatherhood of God Throughout the Bible we find God portrayed as a Father. This portrayal, however, is surprisingly rare in the Old Testament. There Go...
Daniel 1:10 And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king This he said, not as refusing and denying the request of Daniel; b...
Citizenship [E] [S]The concept of spiritual citizenship is most clearly expressed in Philippians 3:20, where Paul writes, Our citizenship (politeuma [...
Evil [N]As a prerequisite for any discussion of evil, moral evil must be distinguished from physical or natural evil. This essay uses the term moral e...
SHIHOR shi'-hor (shichor, also written without a yodh (y) and waw (w) in Hebrew and incorrectly Sihor in English): A stream of water mentioned in con...
REHOBOAM re-ho-bo'-am (rechabh`am, the people is enlarged, or perhaps Am is wide Rhoboam; Roboam, Matthew 1:7 the King James Version): 1. The Disrupt...
CHRONOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT $ I. CHRONOLOGY OF THE LIFE OF JESUS$ 1. Birth of Jesus (1) Death of Herod (2) Census of Quirinius (3) Star of the...
LUKE. CHAPTER I. The Birth of John. SUMMARY.--Preface. The Announcement to Mary. The Visit of Mary to Elisabeth. The Prophecies of Mary and Elis...
Book II.Book II.This book can hardly be said to form part of a dialogue. It is rather an argument from Scripture to prove the point of the Augustinian...
Leadership [N]The Old Testament. In the earliest days of the Old Testament, leadership of the people of God was by the family head or patriarch, to wh...
Matthew 24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, &c.] From signs, Christ proceeds to the immediate cause of the destruction of...
MANASSEH (2) 1. Son of Joseph: Following the Biblical account of Manasseh (patriarch, tribe, and territory) we find that he was the eider of Joseph's...
Lamb, Lamb of God Definitions. In the pastoral setting of the Bible, there were numerous words for a lamb or a sheep. The Hebrew words were kebes [f,b...