POOR poor ('ebhyon, dal, `ani, rush; ptochos): I. In the Old Testament. The poor have great prominence in the Bible; it is said, indeed, that there ...
GENTILES jen'-tilz (goy, plural goyim; ethnos, people, nation): Goy (or Goi) is rendered Gentiles in the King James Version in some 30 passages, but ...
he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God He himself, emphasis is placed upon the individual who worships the beast. He will be hel...
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...
JOSIAH jo-si'-a (yo'shiyahu, Yahweh supports him; Ioseias; the King James Version Josias (which see)): I. SOURCES FOR HIS LIFE AND TIMES 1. Annalist...
Perhaps the most puzzling statements encountered in the discussion of the purpose of the book of Revelation are those which assert that this most pro...
TRADE trad: I. GENERAL 1. Terms 2. Position of Palestine 3. Trade Products of Palestine 4. Palestinian Traders II. HISTORY 1. To David 2. Solo...
they sang ???????? [adousin] , present tense: they are singing. A historical present which describes an event which has already transpired using the p...
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...
In the previous chapter, John saw the seven angels having the seven last plagues wherein the wrath of God is complete (Rev. Rev. 15:1+). He was also ...
being with child ?? ?????? ?????? [en gastri echousa] , in the womb having. Something we should immediately notice about this entire vision is the lac...
For all nations have drunk The conjunction for, ??? [hoti] , indicates that the reason for her destruction is that which follows?her pollution of the ...
After the Lamb has opened six of the seven seals, there is a pause in the action while the servants of God are sealed for protection from the judgment...
CHAPTER 1 - Of the Holy Scriptures1. The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedi...
the angel See the discussion concerning the identity of the angel at Revelation 1:20. church in Philadelphia See commentary on Seven Churches of Asia....
TAKE tak: Most of the very numerous examples of this word are still in good use and only a few call for special attention. To take in the sense of ca...
saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet The sixth angel is tasked with the release of the four bound angels. We are not told how they are bound...
CRETE kret (Krete, ethnic Kretes, Acts 2:11; Titus 1:12): An island bounding the Aegean Sea on the South. It stretches from 34 degrees 50' to 35 degr...
Wealth [N]The most basic English definitions of wealth are the condition of being happy and prosperous and spiritual well-being (OED). But the most co...
Chapter?4In this chapter we have, I. A threatening of the paucity and scarceness of man (v.?1), which might fitly enough have been added to the close ...