Giants [N] [S] Heb. nephilim, meaning violent or causing to fall ( Genesis 6:4 ). These were the violent tyrants of those days, those who fell upon ot...
Garrison [N] [S] Heb. matstsab, a station; a place where one stands ( 1?Samuel 14:12 ); a military or fortified post ( 1?Samuel 13:23 ; 1 Samuel 14:1...
Gospel [N] [E]Glad tidings or good news, from Anglo-Saxon godspell.The Old Testament. Good news is proclaimed widely ( 1 Sam 31:9 ; Psalm 96:2-3 ; ...
Chariot [N] [S]a vehicle generally used for warlike purposes. Sometimes, though but rarely, it is spoken of as used for peaceful purposes. The first ...
Heart [N] [E]Heart (Hebrew lebab/leb [b'bel], Gk. kardia [kardiva]) occurs over one thousand times in the Bible, making it the most common anthropolog...
Plain Heb. 'abel ( Judges 11:33 ), a grassy plain or meadow. Instead of plains of the vineyards, as in the Authorized Version, the Revised Version has...
Matthew 12:4 How he entered into the house of God Not the temple, which was not then built; but the tabernacle, which was then at Nob, the city of the...
Murder [N] [T] [B] [S]Wilful murder was distinguished from accidental homicide, and was invariably visited with capital punishment ( Numbers 35:16 Nu...
Head, Headship The head is the topmost part of the body, where symbols of power, authority, and honor were displayed. Kings and priests were anointed ...
Delight The idea of delight occurs approximately 110 times in Scripture in various forms. Less than fifteen occurrences are found in the New Testament...
Cattle [N] [S]abounded in the Holy Land. To the rearing and management of them the inhabitants chiefly devoted themselves ( Deuteronomy 8:13 ; 12:21 ...
Moab [N] [H] [S]the seed of the father, or, according to others, the desirable land, the eldest son of Lot ( Genesis 19:37 ), of incestuous birth. ...
Congregation [N] [S](Heb. kahal), the Hebrew people collectively as a holy community ( Numbers 15:15 ). Every circumcised Hebrew from twenty years old...
Justice [N] [T] [E](Heb. sedeq [q,d,x],mispat [f'P.vim];Gk. dikaiosyne [dikaiosuvnh]).God, the Righteous Judge. Justice is rooted in the very nature o...
Requirement By right and authority, our Creator makes certain demands or claims upon us his creatures. God requires us to give up our life to him by d...
Fast, Fasting Abstinence from food and/or drink as an element of private or public religious devotion. Fasting is nowhere commanded in the Torah and, ...
Bracelet [N] [S] Anklets ( Numbers 31:50 ; 2 Sam 1:10 ), and with reference to men. The rendering of a Hebrew word meaning fasteners, found in G...
Zechariah 1:1 In the eighth month The month Marchesvan, called the month Bul, in ( 1 Kings 6:38 ) which answers to part of our October, and part of No...
Coin [N]Before the Exile the Jews had no regularly stamped money. They made use of uncoined shekels or talents of silver, which they weighed out ( Gen...
Theophany Manifestation of God that is tangible to the human senses. In its most restrictive sense, it is a visible appearance of God in the Old Testa...