Apostle [N] [E] [S](Gk. apostolos [ajpovstolo]). Envoy, ambassador, or messenger commissioned to carry out the instructions of the commissioning aget....
CHAPTER 9 Acts 9:1-25 . CONVERSION OF SAUL, AND BEGINNINGS OF HIS MINISTRY. 1. Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the...
Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God and the power of His Christ have come An equivalent statement to that which accompanied the so...
NAZARENE naz-a-ren; naz'-a-ren Nazarenos; Nazaraios in Matthew, John, Ac and Luke): A derivative of Nazareth, the birthplace of Christ. In the New Te...
CITIZENSHIP sit'-i-zen-ship: All the words in use connected with this subject are derived from polis, city. 1. Philological: These words, with the...
ZACARIAS 14DIVISI?N POR P?RRAFOS DE LAS TRADUCCIONES MODERNASNKJVNRSVTEVNJBEl dia del se?or14:1-214:3-714:8-1114:12-15Las naciones adoran al rey14:16-...
SELF-SURRENDER self-su-ren'-der: The struggle between the natural human impulses of selfseeking, self-defence and the like, on the one hand, and the ...
SILAS si'-las (Silas, probably contraction for Silouanos; the Hebrew equivalents suggested are shalish, Tertius, or shelach (Genesis 10:24) (Knowling)...
\\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, ...
Chapter 4141:1 Canst thou draw out l leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord [which] thou lettest down? (l) Meaning the whale. 41:2 Canst th...
LUKE, THE GOSPEL OF || 1. Text 2. Canonicity 3. Authorship 4. Sources 5. Credibility 6. Characteristics 7. Date 8. Analysis LITERATURE 1. Te...
INTRODUCTION THE writer of this Gospel is universally allowed to have been Lucas (an abbreviated form of Lucanus, as Silas of Silvanus), though he ...
Family Life and Relations The Old Testament. In Western societies individuals are often considered the societal units, brought together by some common...
Love Feast The only certain biblical reference to the love feast comes in Jude 12, where the plural form of the word love with the definite article (h...
Foreigner [N] [E]Person from a different racial, ethnic, and linguistic group as in contrast to a native. Circumstances during biblical times often fo...
BAND The English word has two generic meanings, each shading off into several specific meanings: (1) that which holds together, binds or encircles: ...
Age, Old (the Aged) Though the Bible seldom discusses old age directly, there are several terms that relate to this topic. The most common Hebrew expr...
PRAYER prar (deesis, proseuche, (enteuxis; for an excellent discussion of the meaning of these see Thayer's Lexicon, p. 126, under the word deesis; th...
CHAPTER 10 Acts 10:1-48 . ACCESSION AND BAPTISM OF CORNELIUS AND HIS PARTY; OR, THE FIRST-FRUITS OF THE GENTILES. We here enter on an entire...
ADORATION ad-o-ra'-shun: Though this word never occurs in English Versions, it represents aspects of worship which are very prominent in the Bible. ...