Kill, Killing The Old Testament. The Old Testament uses many terms to refer to the act ofkilling, some of which can be used interchangeably (see 2 Sa...
Follow, Follower The noun follower is seldom used in Scripture for the people of God, possibly due to its frequent references to idol worshipers ( Deu...
Land (of Israel) The Abrahamic Covenant and the Land. The Lord cut an unconditional covenant with Abraham in which he stated, To your descendants I gi...
Laying on of Hands [N] [S]The Bible frequently invests this simple gesture with weighty symbolism. Its significance can be fruitfully evaluated in con...
Slave, Slavery State of being subjected to involuntary servitude. It usually included being legally owned as property by another person. Slavery in th...
Hate, Hatred Hate derives from a strong dislike or ill will toward persons or things. As an emotional attitude, a person may oppose, detest, or despis...
Poor and Poverty, Theology of Poverty in Scripture can be both social and spiritual. The words poor and poverty cover a wide range of meaning, overlap...
Forgiveness [N]Terminology. There are several Hebrew terms equivalent to the English to forgive, as defined below. The three most common are verbs (u...
Amos, Theology of Like all biblical prophets, Amos spoke the oracles of Yahweh, Israel's God, to people in a particular context. In order to comprehen...
Priest, Christ as The Old Testament. The priestly activity of drawing near to God in sacrifice and prayer is introduced in the Old Testament through A...
Joy [N] [T]Happiness over an unanticipated or present good. In the Old Testament joy (Heb. sama[;j;m'f])covers a wide range of human experiences?from ...
Rest [N] [E]Most uses of the noun and verb in the Bible are nontheological. However, the verb and noun take on theological and/or spiritual meaning in...
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...
Animals [N]God as Creator and Sustainer. Animals, like the rest of the uNIVerse, are created by God. In Genesis 1, God's approval of the created world...
Building [N] [E]From Sacred Space to Holy House The localized presence of God and God's glory among his people is central to the unfolding story of th...
King, Kingship The terms king and kingship are common biblical words, occurringover 2, 500 times in the Old Testament and 275 times in the New Testame...
Disciple, Discipleship During Jesus' earthly ministry, and during the days of the early church, the term that was used most frequently to designate on...
Providence of God The word providence comes from the Latin providentia (Gk. pronoia [provnoia]) and means essentially foresight or making provision be...
Fire [N] [T] [E] [S]One of the most arresting and suggestive metaphors in the Bible is that of fire, a phenomenon common to all cultures ancient and ...
LUKE. CHAPTER X. The Seventy Disciples Sent Forth. SUMMARY.--The Harvest Ready but the Laborers Few. Seventy Preachers Chosen. The Charge. The War...