Appoint The Old Testament. The basic meaning of appoint is either visit or establish or set in authority. The extension of visit carries the idea of a...
Overview - 1?Samuel 6 1?After seven months the Philistines take counsel how to send back the ark. 10?They bring it on a new cart with an offering unto...
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...
SEARCH surch: Some peculiar senses are: (1) In the books of Moses, especially in Nu, searching out the land means to spy out (raggel), to investigat...
Overview - Matthew 5 1?Christ's sermon on the mount. 3?Who are blessed; 13?the salt of the earth; 14?the light of the world. 17?He came to fulfil the...
Overview - 1?Chronicles 4 1?The posterity of Judah by Caleb, the son of Hur. 5?Of Ashur, the posthumous son Hezron. 9?Of Jabez, and his prayer. 11?T...
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...
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....
harm the earth, the sea, or the trees See commentary on Revelation 7:1. on their foreheads Foreheads is ??????? [met?p?n] , which is used to describe ...
Color, Symbolic Meaning of Although the Bible contains relatively few references to individual colors, their symbolic associations are theologically s...
NEW; NEWNESS nu, nu'-nes (chadhash; kainos, neos): 1. In the Old Testament: The word commonly translated new in the Old Testament is chadhash, brigh...
Overview - Genesis 48 1?Joseph with his sons visits his sick father. 2?Jacob strengthens himself to bless them. 3?He repeats God's promise. 5?He ta...
REUEL roo'-el (re`u'el, God is his friend; the Septuagint Rhagouel): (1) In the genealogical system Reuel is both a son of Esau by Basemath (Genesis ...
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 ...
There shall be no night there The NU text and some manuscripts in the line of the MT text omit there implying the general absence of darkness, whethe...
worthy to receive glory and honor and power ?????? [labein] , present tense: to be continually receiving. Both the Father and the Son are worthy to r...
Command, Commandment The term commandment in the Bible (mainly Heb. miswa [hw.xim]; Gk. entole [ejntolhv]) refers to orders or adjurations given by au...
So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness It was the Holy Spirit Who carried John while the angel accompanied him. In the same way that...
Guide to Book AbbreviationThe following table lists (in alphabetical order) the names of each of the books of the Bible and it's corresponding shortes...
a voice from heaven like the voice of many waters A singular voice, not the seven thunders (Rev. Rev. 10:4+), although elsewhere a (singular) voice d...