Amen [N] [E] [S]In current usage, the term amen has become little more than a ritualized conclusion to prayers. Yet the Hebrew and Greek words for ame...
Tithe, Tithing Giving a portion of one's profit or the spoils of war was known in the ancient world from Greece to China. Gifts were made as religious...
Praise [N] [T]Praise, mostly of God, is a frequent theme in the psalms, the Hebrew title of which is Praises. Yet praise is a theme that pervades the ...
Sanctuary [N] [E]In the Old Testament the word miqdas [v'D.qim] (from qds, holy, implying a distinction between space that is sacred versus profane) ...
Heaven, Heavens, Heavenlies Heaven is the created reality beyond earth. The heavens and the earth ( Gen 1:1 ) circumscribe the entire creation, or wha...
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...
Cloud, Cloud of the Lord The Old Testament. The Literal Cloud. Natural phenomena involving clouds are depicted occasionally in the Old Testament, but ...
Forgiveness [N]Terminology. There are several Hebrew terms equivalent to the English to forgive, as defined below. The three most common are verbs (u...
Violence Old Testament terms that particularly explicate the concept are chamac [s'm'j], gazal [l;zG], and asaq [q;f'[], (and their derivatives). Prim...
BIBLE, THE, I-III INTRODUCTION bi'-b'-l, (biblia): $ I. THE NAMES$ 1. Bible 2. Other Designations--Scriptures, etc. 3. Old Testament and New Testa...
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...
Family Life and Relations The Old Testament. In Western societies individuals are often considered the societal units, brought together by some common...
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 ...
HEBREOS 4DIVISIONES DE P?RRAFO DE DE TRADUCCIONES MODERNASUBS4RVLBLAVPBJUn reposo para el pueblo de DiosReposo de Dios y del creyenteEl reposo del pue...
Chapter?57This psalm is very much like that which goes next before it; it was penned upon a like occasion, when David was both in danger of trouble an...
Priest, Priesthood Old Testament Priesthood. The primary word for priest in the Old Testament is the Hebrew masculine noun kohen [ehoK], for which we ...
Chapter?11God?s prophet, who, in the chapters before, was an ambassador sent to promise peace, is here a herald sent to declare war. The Jewish nation...
Chapter?18This chapter is concerning Moses himself, and the affairs of his own family. I. Jethro his father-in-law brings to him his wife and children...
Chapter?4The good work of rebuilding the temple was no sooner begun than it met with opposition from those that bore ill will to it; the Samaritans we...
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...