GOD, NAMES OF || I. INTRODUCTORY 1. The Phrase His Name 2. Classification. II. PERSONAL NAMES OF GOD IN THE OLD TESTAMENT 1. 'Elohim 2. 'El 3. ...
ADAM IN THE OLD TESTAMENT (Evolutionary Interpretation): NOTE: It ought to be superfluous to say that the unfolding or development of the human perso...
ANTEDILUVIAN PATRIARCHS an-te-di-lu'-vi-an pa'-tri-arks. 1. The Ten Antediluvian Patriarchs: Ten patriarchs who lived before the Flood are listed in...
CAIN kan (qayin, spear or smith, resembling in sound the root qanah, get, acquire, Genesis 4:1 the Revised Version, margin, but not necessarily derive...
CHAPTER 7 1?Chronicles 7:1-5 . SONS OF ISSACHAR. 1. Jashub--or Job ( Genesis 46:13 ). 2. whose number was in the days of David two and twen...
JOSEPH (2) jo'-zef (yoceph, He will add; Septuagint Ioseph). The narrative (Genesis 30:23,14) indicates not so much a double etymology as the course o...
KITTIM kit'-im (kittim, Isaiah 23:12; Jeremiah 2:10; kittiyim, apparently plural of kitti (not found, but compare (4) below); Ketioi, Kitioi, Ketieim,...
STEWARD stu'-erd ('ish `al bayith (Genesis 43:16,19; 44:1; 1?Kings 16:9), ha-meltsar (Daniel 1:11), ha-cokhen (Isaiah 22:15)): 1. Old Testament Usage...
ISAAC i'-zak:oIT- (CS:HebrewIT+`iruIT-/CS): Eldest son of Caleb (1?Chronicles 4:15); probably to be read Ir, the syllable -u being the conjunction an...
CHAPTER 17 Acts 17:1-15 . AT THESSALONICA THE SUCCESS OF PAUL'S PREACHING ENDANGERING HIS LIFE, HE IS DESPATCHED BY NIGHT TO BEREA, WHERE HIS...
NAMES, PROPER I. THE FORM OF HEBREW NAMES 1. Various Types 2. Vocalization 3. Transposition of Parts 4. Methods of Abbreviation II. THE RANGE OF ...
PALESTINE, 1 pal'-es-tin (pelesheth; Phulistieim, Allophuloi; the King James Version Joel 3:4 (the Revised Version (British and American) Philistia), ...
JEROBOAM jer-o-bo'-am (yarobh`am; Septuagint Hieroboam, usually assumed to have been derived from riyb and `am, and signifying the people contend, or,...
ETHIOPIA e-thi-o'-pi-a (kush; Aithiopia): \1. Location, Extent and Population: Critically speaking Ethiopia may refer only to the Nile valley above t...
?EXPOSITION Verse 17. How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! He is not alarmed at the fact that God knows all about him; on the contrary, ...
ARCHAEOLOGY; ARCHAEOLOGY AND CRITICISM ar-ke-ol'-o-ji, krit'-i-siz'-m: Archaeology, the science of antiquities, is in this article limited to the Bib...
ISRAEL, HISTORY OF, 1 INTRODUCTORY 1. Sources (1) The Old Testament (2) Josephus (3) The Monuments 2. Religious Character of the History I. ORIG...
PAPYRUS pa-pi'-rus (Cyperus papyrus; bublos, biblos, whence biblion, a roll, ta biblia, the Books = the Bible): 1. Papyrus Paper 2. Egyptian Papyri ...
WORSHIP wur'-ship (Anglo-Saxon: weorthscipe, wyrthscype, honor, from weorth, wurth, worthy, honorable, and scipe, ship): 1. Terms 2. Old Testament ...
CHAPTER 9 Acts 9:1-25 . CONVERSION OF SAUL, AND BEGINNINGS OF HIS MINISTRY. 1. Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the...