Good, Goodness The main Old Testament words for good/goodness come from the Hebrew word tob [b'f] while the most common New Testament words are kalos ...
Baptize, Baptism The Greek root-word baptizein [baptivzw] means to plunge, immerse, sink; hence to wash; to be immersed, overwhelmed (in trouble). Fro...
To aid the reader in his appreciation of the various ways in which anti-supernatural bias enters in, we offer the following examples from well-known ...
Hades [N] [E] [S]Greek term widely used to denote the deity of the underworld and the abode of the dead. The New Testament use of Hades (hades [a&/dh...
Hospitality [N] [T] [S]Hospitality plays no small role in the realm of biblical ethics. Biblical admonitions exhorted the Israelites and the early Chr...
Sanctification [N] [T] [E]The generic meaning of sanctification is the state of proper functioning. To sanctify someone or something is to set that pe...
Although the Harlot includes both commercial and religious aspects, many have minimized her commercial aspects and placed greater emphasis on her rel...
Nahum, Theology of Nahum is a biblical book that Christians find easy to avoid. In the first place, it is among the shortest of the Minor Prophets and...
Call, Calling This prominent biblical term is used with particular theological significance in three ways: in connection with worship, with election, ...
Fruit [E]Terms and Meaning. Among the number of Hebrew words for fruit, fruit-producing, is peri, to bear fruit, be fruitful. The basic Greek word for...
Discipline [N]The Old Testament Concept of Discipline. The notion of the discipline of God, and eventually the concept of the community and its leader...
who were sealed ????????????? [esphragismen?n] , perfect passive participle, ones having been sealed. The angel recounts the total number of individua...
they sang ???????? [adousin] , present tense: they are singing. A historical present which describes an event which has already transpired using the p...
Nature, Natural The Hebrew language has no word for nature equivalent to the Greek word physis [fuvsi]. Hebrew thought and language were essentially c...
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...
Up to this point, we have spent considerable time discussing background information in order to better prepare the reader for the verse-by-verse expo...
Death of Christ The Place in the Gospels. In the records of Jesus that the Gospels give us, it is clear that a place of supreme significance is given ...
HEBREWS. CHAPTER I. Christ Greater Than Angels and Prophets. SUMMARY.--The Message Spoken by the Son. The Glory of the Son. His Superiority to t...
Work [N]For contemporary humanity the meaning and character of work have been divorced from religion, being largely shaped by secular ideologies assoc...
The intent of the book of Revelation is provided by the very first word of the first verse: ??????????? [Apokalypsis] 1 which Strong defines as ?1 a ...