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...
Altars Designed for sacrifice Exodus 20:24 To be made of earth, or unhewn stone Exodus 20:24 Exodus 20:25 ; Deuteronomy 27:5 Deuteronomy 27...
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...
ZACCUR zak'-ur (zakkur, perhaps ventriloquist (Gray, Nu, 137)): (1) Father of Shammua the Reubenite spy (Numbers 13:4). (2) A Simeonite (1?Chronicle...
an angel flying through the midst of heaven The MT and NU texts have eagle (????? [aetou] ) instead of angel (??????? [angelou] ). If an eagle rather ...
RENEW re-nu': The word is used in various senses: (1) of material things, e.g. Psalms 104:30; here it means to give a new appearance, to refresh, to...
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...
The Book of 1?KingsChapter 8Chapter Overview: The chief men of Israel called together, ver. 1, 2. The ark fixt in the most holy place, ver. 3 - 9. God...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
Anthropomorphism (Gk. anthropos [a[nqrwpo] [human] + morphe [morfhv] [form]). Assignment of human attributes to nonhuman things. Biblical anthropomorp...
Color, Symbolic Meaning of Although the Bible contains relatively few references to individual colors, their symbolic associations are theologically s...
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...
NUMENIUS nu-me'-ni-us (Noumenios): The son of Antiochus, and Antipater were the two ambassadors whom Jonathan sent to the Romans, to the Spartans, an...
Command, Commandment The term commandment in the Bible (mainly Heb. miswa [hw.xim]; Gk. entole [ejntolhv]) refers to orders or adjurations given by au...