Dan [E] [H] [S]Fifth son of Jacob and Bilhah Genesis 30:6 ; 35:25 Descendants of Genesis 46:23 ; Numbers 26:42 Numbers 26:43 See TRIBE OF, bel...
Acts 4:6 And Annas the high priest So called, either because he had been an high priest, though he was not now, but Caiaphas his son-in-law; or becaus...
Sadducees [N] [E] [H] [S]Jewish group mentioned in three different contexts in the Synoptic Gospels ( Mark 12:18 ; [= Matt 22:23-34 ; Luke 20:27] ; ...
REBEKAH re-bek'-a (ribhqah; Septuagint and New Testament Rhebekka, whence the usual English spelling Rebecca): Daughter of Bethuel and an unknown mot...
BETHLEHEM beth'-le-hem (bethlechem; Baithleem, or Bethleem, house of David, or possibly the house of Lakhmu, an Assyrian deity): I. Bethlehem Judah:...
GAD (1) (gadh, fortune; Gad): 1. The Name: The seventh son of Jacob, whose mother was Zilpah (Genesis 30:11), and whose birth was welcomed by Leah w...
CHAPTER 1 - Of the Holy Scriptures1. The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedi...
New Creation The specific term new creation (kaine ktisis [kainovktivsi]) occurs only twice in the New Testament (2 Cor 5:17; Gal 6:15). It is, howeve...
Philistines [N] [E] [H](immigrants ), The origin of the Philistines is nowhere expressly stated in the Bible; but as the prophets describe them as th...
ADULTERY a-dul'-ter-i: In Scripture designates sexual intercourse of a man, whether married or unmarried, with a married woman. 1. Its Punishment: ...
Union with Christ [T]According to the New Testament, the religious experience of the earliest Christians was derived from and dependent upon Christ. C...
SERMON ON THE MOUNT sur'-num, I. PARALLEL ACCOUNTS II. HISTORICITY OF THE DISCOURSE III. TIME AND OCCASION IV. SCENE V. THE HEARERS VI. THE MESS...
TIMOTHY. CHAPTER III. Bishops and Deacons. SUMMARY.--The Qualifications of Bishops. Of Deacons. Their Wives. The Reason for Writing to Timothy of ...
The Babylonish Captivity Causes That Led to It. The people were taken into captivity because of their departure from the laws of the Lord and their ...
SANHEDRIN san'-he-drin (canhedhrin, the Talmudic transcription of the Greek sunedrion): 1. Name: The Sanhedrin was, at and before the time of Christ...
MANASSEH (2) 1. Son of Joseph: Following the Biblical account of Manasseh (patriarch, tribe, and territory) we find that he was the eider of Joseph's...
HOLINESS ho'-li-nes (qadhosh, holy, qodhesh, holiness; hagios, holy): I. IN THE OLD TESTAMENT MEANING OF THE TERM 1. The Holiness of God (1) Absolu...
REGENERATION re-jen-er-a'-shun, re-: I. THE TERM EXPLAINED 1. First Biblical Sense (Eschatological) 2. Second Biblical Sense (Spiritual) II. THE B...
Fellowship [N] [E]To appreciate the full meaning of the word-group in the New Testament that conveys the nature and reality of Christian fellowship (i...
Mediator, Mediation On the human plane, mediation takes place in the Bible, as it has in many cultures throughout history, both in innocent circumstan...