THIGH thi (yarekh; Aramaic yarekhah (Daniel 2:32); meros (Judith 9:2; Sirach 19:12; Revelation 19:16); as part of a sacrificial animal (Exodus 29:22, ...
Command, Commandment The term commandment in the Bible (mainly Heb. miswa [hw.xim]; Gk. entole [ejntolhv]) refers to orders or adjurations given by au...
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...
made us kings and priests In both NU and MT, the Greek has appointed us a kingdom (singular), priests to God. A similar difference occurs in Revelatio...
LONGSUFFERING long-suf'-er-ing ('erekh 'appayim; makrothumia): The words 'erekh 'appayim, translated longsuffering, mean literally, long of nose (or ...
Anthropomorphism (Gk. anthropos [a[nqrwpo] [human] + morphe [morfhv] [form]). Assignment of human attributes to nonhuman things. Biblical anthropomorp...
in their mouth Scripture implicates the mouth as the organ which speaks forth the heart: ?Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things...
Age, Old (the Aged) Though the Bible seldom discusses old age directly, there are several terms that relate to this topic. The most common Hebrew expr...
Clean, Unclean The Old Testament. How Uncleanness Was Contracted and Treated. In Old Testament times the ordinary state of most things was cleanness, ...
ZIMRI (1) zim'-ri (zimri, wild sheep or wild goat; in 1 Maccabees, with the King James Version, has Zambri; Codex Sinaiticus has Zambrei): (1) A Sime...
CHAPTER 1 - Of the Holy Scriptures1. The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedi...
an angel flying through the midst of heaven The MT and NU texts have eagle (????? [aetou] ) instead of angel (??????? [angelou] ). If an eagle rather ...
And the nations of those who are saved shall walk in its light The MT and NU texts omit of those who are saved. The term nations (???? [ethn?] ) denot...
they sang ???????? [adousin] , present tense: they are singing. A historical present which describes an event which has already transpired using the p...
and from Jesus Christ Within this simple greeting can be found a neglected doctrine of paramount importance: the Trinity. The greeting is from each me...
The scene before us can also be interpreted in a different way which splits the participants between both a heavenly and an earthly location. Such an ...
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...
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...
COMMANDMENT, THE NEW nu (entole kaine): The word commandment is used in the English versions of the Old Testament to translate several Hebrew words, ...
He had a little book The book is a ??????????? [biblaridion] , little book, rather than a ??????? [biblion] , book.1 This book is differentiated from ...