ETAM e'-tam `eTam; Codex Alexandrinus, Apan, Codex Vaticanus, Aitan: (1) Mentioned in Septuagint along with Tekoa, Bethlehem and Phagor (Joshua 15:59...
Touch Bringing into bodily contact of one thing with another. The Hebrew naga [[;gn] and Greek hapto [a&ptomai] (-omai) are the main biblical terms fo...
Orphan [N]Person who has been deprived of parents. The meaning is clearly demonstrated in Lamentations 5:3: We have become orphans and fatherless, our...
sea of glass, like crystal Those who achieve victory over the beast (by not loving their lives to the death, Rev. Rev. 12:11+) are seen standing on t...
will kill her children with death A futuristic use of the present tense: ?I am killing?. An indication of imminency of the judgment. Gen. 2:17).?1 J...
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...
Knowledge of God The key biblical terms for knowledge assume a personal familiarity, even an intimateinvolvement, with the known object. Similarly, kn...
The number twelve appears in the book of Revelation as the twelve thousand Jews from each of the twelve tribes (Rev. Rev. 7:5-8+, Rev. 14:1+), the wo...
PASS, PASSAGE, PASSENGER pas, pas'-aj, pas'-en-jer: To pass bears different meanings and corresponds to various words in Hebrew and Greek. It occurs ...
stars of heaven fell to the earth Stars is ??????? [asteres] from which we get the word asteroid. The word is also used of the supernatural manifesta...
Foreigner [N] [E]Person from a different racial, ethnic, and linguistic group as in contrast to a native. Circumstances during biblical times often fo...
Shame [N]Shame is a consequence of sin. Feelings of guilt and shame are subjective acknowledgments of an objective spiritual reality. Guilt is judicia...
URIAH; URUAH u-ri'-a, u-ri'-ja ('uriyah, in Jeremiah 26:20 'uriyahu, flame of Yahweh or my light is Yahweh; the Septuagint and the New Testament Our(e...
Gentleness [N]Sensitivity of disposition and kindness of behavior, founded on strength and prompted by love.The Old Testament. Gentleness is suggested...
Soul [N]The Old Testament. The Hebrew word so rendered is nepes [v,p,n]. It appears 755 times in the Old Testament. The King James Version uses 42 dif...
he shall rule them This promise is closely related to that given to the Laodicean overcomer: ?I will grant to sit with Me on My throne as I also over...
Hate, Hatred Hate derives from a strong dislike or ill will toward persons or things. As an emotional attitude, a person may oppose, detest, or despis...
Mercy [N] [T] [E]Mercy is a concept integral to an understanding of God's dealings with humankind. In English translations of the Bible, it comes to e...
I am He who lives John calls Him ? ??? [ho z?n] , ?the living one? (present, active participle). ?Life? is an essential attribute of God Who is consi...
Animals [N]God as Creator and Sustainer. Animals, like the rest of the uNIVerse, are created by God. In Genesis 1, God's approval of the created world...