ADORATION ad-o-ra'-shun: Though this word never occurs in English Versions, it represents aspects of worship which are very prominent in the Bible. ...
1:1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. [The book of the generation of Jesus Christ.] Ten stocks came o...
Bread, Bread of Presence Bread was the essential food of the ancient Israelites. Indeed, the very word bread could be used generically for any kind of...
CHAPTER 1 Isaiah 1:1-31 . 1. THE GENERAL TITLE OR PROGRAM applying to the entire book: this discountenances the Talmud tradition, that he wa...
CHAPTER 3 1?Corinthians 3:1-23 . PAUL COULD NOT SPEAK TO THEM OF DEEP SPIRITUAL TRUTHS, AS THEY WERE CARNAL, CONTENDING FOR THEIR SEVERAL TEA...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 12. Hear my prayer, O Lord. Drown not my pleadings with the sound of thy strokes. Thou hast heard the clamour of my sins, Lord; hear ...
MANNER; MANNERS man'-er, man'-erz (dabhar, derekh, mishpaT; ethos, houtos): 1. As Used in the Old Testament: Manner (probably from manus, the hand, ...
Righteousness [N] [T] [E]God the Father is righteous (just); Jesus Christ his Son is the Righteous (Just) One; the Father through the Son and in the S...
Joel 3:18 And it shall come to pass in that day When antichrist shall be destroyed; the Jews converted; the power of godliness revived, and the presen...
CHAPTER 21 1?Kings 21:1-4 . NABOTH REFUSES AHAB HIS VINEYARD. 1-3. Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel--Ahab was desir...
CHAPTER 4 Hebrews 4:1-16 . THE PROMISE OF GOD'S REST IS FULLY REALIZED THROUGH CHRIST: LET US STRIVE TO OBTAIN IT BY HIM, OUR SYMPATHIZING HI...
MATTHEW. CHAPTER II. The Wise Men and the Flight into Egypt. SUMMARY.--The Wise Men. The Star in the East. The King of the Jews. Herod and Jeru...
JUBILEE YEAR (shenath ha-yobhel; etos tes apheseos; annus jubilaeus, year of jubilee (Leviticus 25:13), or simply ha-yobhel, the jubilee (Leviticus 25...
COURTS, JUDICIAL joo-dish'-al, ju-dish'-al. 1. Their Organization: At the advice of Jethro, Moses appointed judges (shopheTim, Exodus 18). In Egypt ...
CHAPTER 9 Jeremiah 9:1-26 . JEREMIAH'S LAMENTATION FOR THE JEWS' SINS AND CONSEQUENT PUNISHMENT. 1. This verse is more fitly joined to the la...
ATTITUDES at'-i-tuds: Customs change slowly in Bible lands. This becomes clear by a comparison of the many references found in the Bible and other li...
CHAPTER 12 Ezekiel 12:1-28 . EZEKIEL'S TYPICAL MOVING TO EXILE: PROPHECY OF ZEDEKIAH'S CAPTIVITY AND PRIVATION OF SIGHT: THE JEWS' UNBELIEVIN...
RANSOM ran'-sum (the noun occurs in the English Bible 12 times (Exodus 21:30 the King James Version pidhyon; Exodus 30:12; Job 33:24; 36:18; Proverbs ...
Incest [N]Illicit marital relations between a man and woman who belong to the same kinship group.Biblical Hebrew has no term for incest, but the Old T...
CHAPTER 7 Jeremiah 7:1-34 . THE SEVENTH THROUGH NINTH CHAPTERS. DELIVERED IN THE BEGINNING OF JEHOIAKIM'S REIGN, ON THE OCCASION OF SOME PUBL...