Overview - Nehemiah 9 1?A solemn fast, and repentance of the people. 4?The Levites make a religious confession of God's goodness, and their wickednes...
ASCENT a-sent': (1) The rendering in the King James Version twice, the Revised Version (British and American) 14 times correctly, of Hebrew ma`aleh, ...
MEASURE; MEASURES mezh'-ur, Several different words in the Hebrew and Greek are rendered by measure in English Versions of the Bible. In Job 11:9 and ...
Overview - Leviticus 24 1?The oil for the lamps. 5?The shew-bread. 10?Shelomith's son blasphemeth. 13?The law of blasphemy. 17?Of murder. 18?Of damag...
HORSE hors: 1. Names: The common names are (1) cuc, and (2) hippos. (3) The word parash, horseman, occurs often, and in several cases is translat...
\\INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 88\\ \\\\. Of the word maalath, \\see Gill on Ps 53:1\\. Leannoth signifies to answer. Perhaps this song was to be sung alte...
Overview - 2?Chronicles 22 1?Ahaziah succeeding, reigns wickedly. 5?In his confederacy with Joram, the son of Ahab, he is slain by Jehu. 10?Athaliah,...
MAKE, MAKER mak, mak'-er (`asah, nathan, sum; poieo, tithemi, kathistemi): 1. As Used in the Old Testament: Make is a frequently used word, meaning ...
Guide to Book AbbreviationThe following table lists (in alphabetical order) the names of each of the books of the Bible and it's corresponding shortes...
Overview - 2?Chronicles 35 1?Josiah keeps a most solemn passover. 20?He provoking Pharaoh-necho, is slain at Megiddo. 25?Lamentations for Josiah. Trea...
\\INTRODUCTION TO THE SONG OF SOLOMON\\ This book is entitled, in the Hebrew copies, Shir Hashirim, the Song of Songs. The Septuagint and Vulgate Lat...
CHAPTER 1 - Of the Holy Scriptures1. The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedi...
WAY wa ('orach, orcha', 'erets, bo', derekh, halikhah, ma`galah, nathibh; hodos, parodos, poreia, tropos; highway, mecillah, meclul; diexodoi ton hodo...
\\INTRODUCTION TO MICAH\\ This book is called, in the Hebrew copies, Sepher Micah, the Book of Micah; in the Vulgate Latin version the Prophecy of Mi...
\\INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 90\\ \\\\. Here begins the fourth part of the book of Psalms, and with the most ancient psalm throughout the whole book, it ...
\\INTRODUCTION TO OBADIAH\\ The title of this Book, in the Hebrew copies, is usually Sepher Obadiah, the Book of Obadiah: the Vulgate Latin version c...
Apostle [N] [E] [S](Gk. apostolos [ajpovstolo]). Envoy, ambassador, or messenger commissioned to carry out the instructions of the commissioning aget....
HIGH PLACE 1. General: (1) High place is the normal translation of bamah, a word that means simply elevation (Jeremiah 26:18; Ezekiel 36:2, etc.; com...
\\INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 89\\ \\\\. Who this Ethan was is not certain. Kimchi takes him to be the same with Ethan the wise man, a grandson of Judah, ...
TEMPLE, A1 tem'-p'l (hekhal, palace; sometimes, as in 1?Kings 6:3,5, etc.; Ezekiel 41:1,15, used for the holy place only; bayith, house, thus always i...