Anathema [B] [H] [S]anything laid up or suspended; hence anything laid up in a temple or set apart as sacred. In this sense the form of the word is a...
Two of the women who play key roles in the Book of Revelation are cities: Babylon and the New Jerusalem. This is no accident as one is the city of ma...
Overview - 1?Samuel 7 1?They of Kirjath-jearim bring the ark into the house of Abinadab, and sanctify Eleazar, his son to keep it. 2?After twenty yea...
Command, Commandment The term commandment in the Bible (mainly Heb. miswa [hw.xim]; Gk. entole [ejntolhv]) refers to orders or adjurations given by au...
FORWARD; FORWARDNESS for'-werd for'-werd-nes (hale'ah, naca`; spoudaios): As an adverb forward has the meaning of onward in space or time, or in the ...
Fire [N] [T] [B] [S] For sacred purposes. The sacrifices were consumed by fire ( Genesis 8:20 ). The ever-burning fire on the altar was first kindled...
Israel [B] [E] [H] [S]A name given to Jacob Genesis 32:24-32 ; 2?Kings 17:34 ; Hosea 12:3 Hosea 12:4 A name of the Messiah in prophecy Isaiah ...
Abstain, Abstinence Forbearance of certain activities as a matter of command and voluntary practice for moral and religious purposes. The word-group t...
have made us The TR text reads as shown. The MT and NU texts read ?have made them.? See discussion concerning textual variants in the preceding verse....
Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire Death (representing the bodies of the dead which had lain in the earth and sea) and Hades (the p...
Clean, Unclean The Old Testament. How Uncleanness Was Contracted and Treated. In Old Testament times the ordinary state of most things was cleanness, ...
GENEALOGY, 8 part 2 I. Primeval Genealogies (1 Chronicals 1:1-54). To show Israel's place among the nations; follows Genesis closely, omitting only t...
Chapter 11:1? Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, a...
Urim and Thummim [N] [T] [S]The terms Urim and Thummim have traditionally been understood as light(s) and perfection(s) or as perfect light. The Urim ...
their dead bodies will lie in the street Lack of burial is particularly repugnant to the Jews. 1K. 14:11; 1K. 16:4; 2K. 2K. 9:37; Ps. Ps. 79:3; Jer. J...
Children [N] [S] Christ was an example to Luke 2:51 ; John 19:26 John 19:27 Are a gift from God Genesis 33:5 ; Psalms 127:3 Are capable of ...
Blessed are those who do His commandments Those who do is ?? ????????? [hoi poiountes] , present tense participle: the ones continually doing. The NU...
spirits of demons These are among the angels which fell from heaven and joined forces with Satan (Rev. Rev. 12:4+). Although they are ?unclean? and i...
the Almighty ? ??????????? [ho pantokrat?r] , see commentary on Revelation 1:8. who is and who was and who is to come See commentary on Revelation 1:4...
The Book of NumbersChapter 24Chapter Overview: Balaam inspired by God, blesses Israel again, ver. 1 - 9. Answers Balak's reproof, ver. 10 - 13. Utt...