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...
Q1: What is thy only comfort in life and death? That I with body and soul, both in life and death, ( rom 14:7 rom 14:8 ) am not my own, ( 1?Corinthia...
Priest, Christ as The Old Testament. The priestly activity of drawing near to God in sacrifice and prayer is introduced in the Old Testament through A...
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 ...
Sleep [N]In the Scriptures the words that designate sleep are used in both a literal and a figurative way. When the word is used literally, as it freq...
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...
Destroy, Destruction Destroy in the Bible usually refers to violent action causing physical death ( Num 16:33 ; Psalm 2:12 ; Heb. abad [d;b'a]). But ...
Holy Spirit [N] Third person of the Trinity.Old Testament. Some have argued that Old Testament believers were saved and sanctified by the Spirit just ...
Zidon, or Sidon, ( Genesis 10:15 Genesis 10:19 ; Joshua 11:8 ; 19:28 ; Judges 1:31 ; 18:28 ; Isaiah 23:2 Isaiah 23:4 Isaiah 23:12 ; Jeremiah...
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...
Synagogue [N] [E] [S]The synagogue was the place where Jews gathered for instruction and worship in the New Testament period. The Greek word synagoge ...
Golden Rule [N]The Old Testament. The term Golden Rule is not found in Scripture, but is the popular way of referring to the words of Jesus in Matthew...
Wolf. [N] [E]There can be little doubt that the wolf of Palestine is the common Canis lupus , and that this is the animal so frequently mentioned in ...
Life [N] [E]God (Yahweh) as the Source and Sustainer of Life. According to Genesis 2:7, the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and br...
Hospitality [N] [T] [S]Hospitality plays no small role in the realm of biblical ethics. Biblical admonitions exhorted the Israelites and the early Chr...
Christ, Christology Jesus Christ is the central figure whom the Old Testament foreshadows and the New Testament proclaims as prophecy become fact. It ...
Grief, Grieving Scripture often speaks of God as being grieved or experiencing grief. This holds true for each member of the Trinity. In Genesis 6:6-8...
Disciple, Discipleship During Jesus' earthly ministry, and during the days of the early church, the term that was used most frequently to designate on...
Hardening, Hardness of Heart In the Scriptures various aspects of human anatomy are used to define the whole person, but the most frequently used is h...
Mark [N] [H] [S]the evangelist; John whose surname was Mark ( Acts 12:12 Acts 12:25 ). Mark (Marcus, Colossians 4:10 , etc.) was his Roman name, whi...