Isaiah [N] [H] [S](Heb. Yesh'yahu, i.e., the salvation of Jehovah). The son of Amoz ( Isaiah 1:1 ; 2:1 ), who was apparently a man of humble rank. H...
Appear, Appearance The Old Testament. The Hebrew word most commonly used for appearance in the Old Testament is raa [h'a'r]. The seeing of God leads t...
Phenicia [N]( Acts 21:2 ) = Phenice ( 11:19 ; 15:3 ; RSV, Phoenicia), Gr. phoinix, a palm, the land of palm-trees; a strip of land of an average brea...
Prayer [N] [T] [B] [S]is converse with God; the intercourse of the soul with God, not in contemplation or meditation, but in direct address to him. Pr...
Altar [N] [E] [S]Structure on which offerings are made to a deity. The Hebrew word for altar is mizbeah [;eBzim], from a verbal root meaning to slaugh...
Abstain, Abstinence Forbearance of certain activities as a matter of command and voluntary practice for moral and religious purposes. The word-group t...
Philistines [N] [E] [H](immigrants ), The origin of the Philistines is nowhere expressly stated in the Bible; but as the prophets describe them as th...
The Book of 1?SamuelChapter 15Chapter Overview: God commands Saul utterly to destroy the Amalekites, ver. 1 - 3. He destroys them, but not utterly, ...
CHAPTER 21 Ezekiel 21:1-32 . PROPHECY AGAINST ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM, AND AGAINST AMMON. 2. the holy places--the three parts of the temple: t...
Suffering [N]The experience of physical pain and/or mental distress. The words and phrases in the Bible expressing this concept are too numerous to li...
HEART AND HEAD. Sec. XII. Quid sine capite est homo, cries Ambrose, cum totus in capite sit! According to thorough investigation and evidence of ...
THE DISTINCTION OF SEX. Sec. VI. If the contrarieties of male and female, or rather the contra- rieties which lay at the foundation of the separat...
JESUS CHRIST, 4E2 II. From the Last Supper till the Cross. 1. The Chronology: A question of admitted difficulty arises in the comparison of the Syno...
THIRD PERIOD. FROM THE SOJOURN IN EGYPT UNTIL THE ARRIVAL IN SHILOH. THE PERIOD OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISRAEL, AND THE SPRING-TIME IN THE LAND OF PRO...
XII. GRACIOUS REMEMBRANCE. 1 I WIll praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. 2 I will be glad and rejo...
Miracle [E]Although English speakers regularly use miracle to refer to a broad range of wondrous events, the biblical concept is limited to those not ...
CHAPTER 14 Revelation 14:1-20 . THE LAMB SEEN ON ZION WITH THE 144,000. THEIR SONG. THE GOSPEL PROCLAIMED BEFORE THE END BY ONE ANGEL: THE FA...
MATTHEW. CHAPTER XIV. The Miracles Beyond and Upon the Sea of Galilee. SUMMARY.--Herod's Opinion of Christ. The Death of John the Baptist. Jesus C...
Poetry [N] [E]Introduction. The significance of studying biblical poetry lies largely in the amount of the Bible that is penned in poetic style. No do...
Having seen the Father and His glorious throne, John?s attention is now drawn to a scroll held in the Father?s hand. The redeeming Lamb takes the scro...