His eyes were like a flame of fire His eyes match the description which John saw in his first vision of the glorified Christ (Rev. Rev. 1:14+ cf. Rev...
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 ...
Age, Ages The Greek aion [aijwvn] in the Septuagint and New Testament corresponds to the Hebrew olam ['l/[] of the Old Testament. Both words usually d...
Atonement, the Explained Romans 5:8-11 ; 2 Corinthians 5:18 2 Corinthians 5:19 ; Galatians 1:4 ; 1?John 2:2 ; 4:10 Foreordained Romans 3:...
mystery As is frequently the case within Scripture, the answers to our questions are ?in the back of the book? (in this case, the back of the chapter)...
Joy [N] [T]Happiness over an unanticipated or present good. In the Old Testament joy (Heb. sama[;j;m'f])covers a wide range of human experiences?from ...
Chapter 22:3? And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. sanct...
Chapter 1414:14? And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eigh...
Adam [N] [B] [H] [S]red, a Babylonian word, the generic name for man, having the same meaning in the Hebrew and the Assyrian languages. It was the nam...
Hear, Hearing Most Old Testament words for hear(ing) come from the root sm [[;m'v], hear, or zn [;z'a], (give) ear, although qsb [b;v'q], pay attent...
It is a well-established fact that Scripture contains typology?passages which do not explicitly teach doctrine, but which provide ?hints? concerning ...
Persecution [N] [T] [E]Just as the Bible graphically describes the introduction and spread of sin in the world, it also depicts the presence and reali...
In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life The Greek lacks the article: the tree. There are several trees, ea...
Building [N] [E]From Sacred Space to Holy House The localized presence of God and God's glory among his people is central to the unfolding story of th...
Kill, Killing The Old Testament. The Old Testament uses many terms to refer to the act ofkilling, some of which can be used interchangeably (see 2 Sa...
Servant, Service The words servant, service, and serve, in various forms, occur well over 1, 100 times in the New International Version. People are...
Command, Commandment The term commandment in the Bible (mainly Heb. miswa [hw.xim]; Gk. entole [ejntolhv]) refers to orders or adjurations given by au...
Church, the [T] Definition of the Church. The New Testament word for church is ekklesia [ejkklhsiva], which means the called out ones. In classical Gr...
I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches The Revelation of Jesus Christ (the contents of which are recorded by thi...
Chapter 11:2? And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the w...