BAND The English word has two generic meanings, each shading off into several specific meanings: (1) that which holds together, binds or encircles: ...
LUKE, THE GOSPEL OF || 1. Text 2. Canonicity 3. Authorship 4. Sources 5. Credibility 6. Characteristics 7. Date 8. Analysis LITERATURE 1. Te...
Apostle [N] [E] [S](Gk. apostolos [ajpovstolo]). Envoy, ambassador, or messenger commissioned to carry out the instructions of the commissioning aget....
CHRISTIAN kris'-chan, kris'-ti-an (Christianos): 1. Historicity of Acts 11:26 2. Of Pagan Origin 3. The Christian Attitude to the Name 4. Was ...
COVETOUSNESS kuv'-et-us-nes: Has a variety of shades of meaning determined largely by the nature of the particular word used, or the context, or both...
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...
INTRODUCTION THE writer of this Gospel is universally allowed to have been Lucas (an abbreviated form of Lucanus, as Silas of Silvanus), though he ...
Psalms 69:32 The humble shall see [this, and] be glad The resurrection and exaltation of Christ, ( Psalms 69:29 ) ; the meek and humble followers of C...
Psalms 50:1 The mighty God In the Hebrew text it is El, Elohim, which Jarchi renders the God of gods; that is, of angels, who are so called, ( Psalms ...
Amos, Theology of Like all biblical prophets, Amos spoke the oracles of Yahweh, Israel's God, to people in a particular context. In order to comprehen...
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...
SEA, THE GREAT (ha-yam ha-gadhol): 1. Names of the Sea: This is the name given to the Mediterranean, which formed the western boundary of Palestine ...
Overview - 2?Corinthians 13 1?He threatens severity, and the power of his apostleship, against obstinate sinners. 5?And, advising them to a trial of ...
CHAPTER 9 Acts 9:1-25 . CONVERSION OF SAUL, AND BEGINNINGS OF HIS MINISTRY. 1. Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the...
Joel, Theology of The Book of Joel has been dated by conservative scholars from the ninth to the fifthcenturies b.c.: more recent scholars tend to dat...
PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 3 III. Chronology of Paul's Career. 1. Schemes: There is not a single date in the life of Paul that is beyond dispute, though sev...
Hechos 1Divisi?n por P?rrafos de las Traducciones Modernas(*)UBS4NKJVNRSVTEVNJBLa Promesa del Esp?ritu Santo1:1-5La Ascensi?n de Jes?s1:6-11La Escogen...
\\INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES\\ The title of this book in the Hebrew copies is Sepher Shophetim, the Book of Judges; but the Syriac and Arabic interprete...
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...
LATIN lat'-in: Was the official language of the Roman Empire as Greek was that of commerce. In Palestine Aramaic was the vernacular in the rural dist...