Elder [N] [E] [S]In both the Old and New Testaments, the term elder indicates one of advanced age (Heb. zaqen [eqz]; Gk. presbyteros [presbuvtero]) wh...
TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT || I. EARLIEST FORM OF WRITING IN ISRAEL 1. Invention of Alphabet 2. The Cuneiform 3. References to Writing in the Old T...
\\INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES\\ This and the following book were reckoned by the Jews as one book, as appears by the Masoretic note at the end of t...
CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF kron'-i-k'-ls (dibhere ha-yamim), The Words of the Days; Septuagint paraleipomenon: $ 1. The Name$ $ 2. The Position of Chronic...
ESDRAS, THE SECOND (FOURTH) BOOK OF; APOCALYPTIC ESDRAS Or The Apocalyptic Esdras: \Contents 1. Name 2. Contents 3. Language 4. Versions 5. Origin of...
\\INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS\\ This book, in the Hebrew copies of the Bible, and by the Jewish writers, is generally called Bereshith, which signifies ...
BIBLE, THE, I-III INTRODUCTION bi'-b'-l, (biblia): $ I. THE NAMES$ 1. Bible 2. Other Designations--Scriptures, etc. 3. Old Testament and New Testa...
Grace [T] [E]The word grace in biblical parlance can, like forgiveness, repentance, regeneration, and salvation, mean something as broad as describing...
CAPTIVITY kap-tiv'-i-ti (galah, galuth, shebhuth, shibhyah; metoikesia): $ I. OF THE NORTHERN KINGDOM (THE WORK OF ASSYRIA)$ 1. Western Campaigns of...
TEMPLE, A2 II. EZEKIEL'S PROPHETIC SKETCH I. Introductory. 1. Relation to History of Temple: Wellhausen has said that Ezekiel 40-48 are the most im...
REVELATION OF JOHN I. TITLE AND GENERAL CHARACTER OF BOOK 1. Title 2. Uniqueness and Reality of Visions II. CANONICITY AND AUTHORSHIP 1. Patristic...
Government [N]Administration of life in an organized society as well as the body of officials that presides over the process. Human beings discovered ...
LOGOS log'-os (logos): I. GREEK SPECULATION 1. Heraclitus 2. Anaxagoras 3. Plato 4. Aristotle 5. Stoics II. HEBREW ANTICIPATION OF DOCTRINE 1....