SPIRIT spir'-it (ruach; pneuma; Latin, spiritus): 1. Primary and Figurative Senses (1) As Wind, Breath (2) As Anger or Fury (3) As Mental and Mora...
POOR poor ('ebhyon, dal, `ani, rush; ptochos): I. In the Old Testament. The poor have great prominence in the Bible; it is said, indeed, that there ...
NAME nam (shem; onoma; Latin nomen (2 Esdras 4:1); verbs onomazo; Latin nomino (2 Esdras 5:26)): A name is that by which a person, place or thing is ...
PAROUSIA pa-roo'-zhi-a: I. THE APOSTOLIC DOCTRINE 1. Terms 2. Data and Sources 3. Consistency 4. Meaning of the Symbolism II. THE TEACHING OF JE...
MIND mind (nous, dianoia, sunesis): 1. No Precision in the Terms Used: We look in vain in the Old Testament and New Testament for anything like scie...
BAPTISMAL REGENERATION bap-tiz'-mal re-jen-er-a'-shun: As indicated in the general articles on BAPTISM and SACRAMENTS, the doctrine ordinarily held b...
INTERCESSION OF CHRIST The general conception of our Lord's mediatorial office is specially summed up in His intercession in which He appears in His h...
SANCTIFICATION sank-ti-fi-ka'-shun: Etymology I. THE FORMAL SENSE 1. In the Old Testament 2. In the New Testament II. THE ETHICAL SENSE 1. Trans...
TRUTH trooth (`emeth, emunah, primary idea of firmness, stability (compare Exodus 17:12), hence constancy, faithfulness, etc.; the Septuagint's Apocry...
John, Theology of Johannine theology organizes the unifying theological subjects belonging to the NewTestament literature traditionally attributed to ...
SATAN sa'-tan (saTan), adversary, from the verb saTan, to lie in wait (as adversary); Satan, Satanas, adversary, diabolos, Devil, adversary or accuser...
JUSTIFICATION jus-ti-fi-ka'-shun (tsedheq, verb tsadheq; Septuagint and New Testament dikaioma, dikaiosis, verb dikaioo, justification to justify, in ...
EPHESIANS, EPISTLE TO THE \Contents \I. AUTHENTICITY 1. External Evidence 2. Internal Evidence \II. PLACE AND DATE OF WRITING \III. DESTINATION 1. Ti...
HOLY SPIRIT, 2 III. The Holy Spirit in the New Testament. In the New Testament there is unusual symmetry and completeness of teaching as to the work ...
SPIRITUAL GIFTS (charismata): 1. Gifts Connected with the Ministry of the Word (1) Apostleship (2) Prophecy (3) Discernings of spirits (4) Teachi...
PAPYRUS pa-pi'-rus (Cyperus papyrus; bublos, biblos, whence biblion, a roll, ta biblia, the Books = the Bible): 1. Papyrus Paper 2. Egyptian Papyri ...
Jesus Christ, Name and Titles of In our culture names serve primarily to distinguish one person from another. In Bibletimes names had other significan...
NUMBER num'-ber: I. NUMBER AND ARITHMETIC II. NOTATION OF NUMBERS 1. By Words 2. By Signs 3. By Letters III. NUMBERS IN OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY I...
ATONEMENT a-ton'-ment: Translates kaphar; chaTa'; ratsah, the last employed only of human relations (1?Samuel 29:4); translates the following Greek s...
ASCENSION a-sen'-shun: Most modern Lives of Christ commence at Bethlehem and end with the Ascension, but Christ's life began earlier and continued la...