Weakness While the Gospels often use the word weakness to describe the many illnesses Jesus healed, the concept of weakness is seldom used in a physic...
Corinthians, First and Second, Theology of Many modern interpreters believe that eschatology, the doctrine of the endtimes, is the center of the apost...
BOR-ASHAN bor-ash'-an: A correction of the Massoretic Text in the American Standard Revised Version in 1?Samuel 30:30 for the King James Version Chor...
Overview - Ezekiel 45 1?The portion of land for the sanctuary; 6?for the city; 7?and for the prince. 9?Ordinances for the prince. Treasury of Scrip...
Humility [N] [T] [E]Biblical humility is grounded in the character of God. The Father stoops down to help the poor and needy ( Psalm 113:4-9 ; 138:6-...
Purity [N](Heb. niqqayon [/y'QIn]; Gk. hagneia [aJgneiva]). The Old Testament. In the Old Testament, the basic sense of the Hebrew word for purity is ...
Shame [N]Shame is a consequence of sin. Feelings of guilt and shame are subjective acknowledgments of an objective spiritual reality. Guilt is judicia...
Faithfulness [N] [T]In the Old Testament, God's faithfulness and covenant love are closely related ( Deut 7:9 ; Psalm 25:10 ; 85:10 ). The most prof...
Church, the [T] Definition of the Church. The New Testament word for church is ekklesia [ejkklhsiva], which means the called out ones. In classical Gr...
Measure [N]Several words are so rendered in the Authorized Version. Those which are indefinite. (a) Hok, Isaiah 5:14 , elsewhere statute. (b) Mad, ...
Measures [S] Unjust, an abomination to God Proverbs 20:10 The Jews not to be unjust in Leviticus 19:35 ; Deuteronomy 25:14 Deuteronomy 25:15 ...
Measure [E](The following modern equivalents of ancient measurements are based upon the latest research, and are as correct as is possible at this tim...
Temptation, Test While the number of terms denoting temptation and testing is small, their range of meaning is wide, extending from a secular sens...
Gift [E] [S]In Old Testament times a gift was customarily given for the price of a bride ( Gen 34:12 ). The gifts of all the wave offerings of the Isr...
Mission Basic Definition. Mission is the divine activity of sending intermediaries, whether supernatural or human, to speak or do God's will so that h...
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...
Fall of man, the By the disobedience of Adam Genesis 3:6 Genesis 3:11 Genesis 3:12 ; Romans 5:12 Romans 5:15 Romans 5:19 Through temptation ...
The NAS New Testament Greek Lexicon Strong's Number: 2889 Browse Lexicon Original WordWord Originkosmo?probably from the base of (2865)Transliterate...
The KJV New Testament Greek Lexicon Strong's Number: 2889 Browse Lexicon Original WordWord Originkovsmo?probably from the base of (2865)Transliterat...
Union with Christ [T]According to the New Testament, the religious experience of the earliest Christians was derived from and dependent upon Christ. C...