TOTEMISM to'-tem-iz'-m: How far the belief in totems and totemistic relationships existed in early Israel cannot be discussed at length here. Evidenc...
Chapter?15 The people make a solemn covenant with God. - The work of complete reformation appeared so difficult, that Asa had not courage to attempt...
The NAS New Testament Greek Lexicon Strong's Number: 1108 Browse Lexicon Original WordWord Origingnosi?from (1097)Transliterated WordTDNT EntryGnosi...
Country LOVE OF Judges 5:1-31 ; 2?Samuel 10:12 ; Nehemiah 1:1-11 ; 2:1-20 ; 5:1-18 ; Psalms 137:1-6 The Jews held religion and country as one (...
Grecian. The term Grecian, or Hellenist, denotes a Jew by birth or religion who spoke Greek. It is used chiefly of foreign Jews and proselytes in con...
1 Kings 14:13 And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him Give him an honourable interment, and follow him to the grave with lamentation, because...
James 1:26 If any man among you seem to be religious By his preaching, or praying, and hearing, and other external duties of religion, he is constant ...
CHAPTER IV. MODERN DEFENCES OF CHRISTIANITY: A. D. 1617?A, D. ? 1. Preliminary Statements. The Reformers themselves were too much occupied with st...
SERMON IV. THE CONDITION OF MAN NOT BENEFITTED BY THE REJECTION OF CHRISTIANITY. John vi. 68.? Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we...
Pure religion and undefiled (qrhskeia kaqara kai amianto). Numerous examples in papyri and inscriptions of qrhskeia for ritual and reverential worshi...
John 11:48 If we let him thus alone Going about from place to place, teaching the people, and doing such miracles: all men will believe on him; the w...
2 Samuel 13:12 And she answered him, nay, my brother Which carried in it a reason sufficient for her denial, that he was her brother, and she his sist...
Chapter?13 Abijah overcomes Jeroboam. - Jeroboam and his people, by apostacy and idolatry, merited the severe punishment Abijah was permitted to exe...
GODLINESS; GODLY god'-li-nes, god'-li (eusebeia, eusebes, eusebos): In the Old Testament the word rendered godly in Psalms 4:3; 32:6 (chacidh) is lit...
Ver. 5,6. He walked also after their counsel Did as they advised him, as in matters of religion, so in political things, of which there is an instanc...
Judges 12:11 And after him Elon a Zebulonite judged Israel One of the tribe of Zebulun: and he judged Israel ten years; administered justice to them,...
MERODACH me-ro'-dak, mer'-o-dak (merodhakh): The supreme deity of the Babylonians (Jeremiah 50:2); the Nimrod of Genesis 10:8-12; and among the const...
Judaism The religion of the JewsTo make room for the Gospel Matthew 3:8 Matthew 3:9 ; Matthew 5:17-19 Matthew 5:21-44 ; Matthew 9:16 Matthew 9...
Chapter?34 Dinah defiled by Shechem. (1-19) The Shechemites murdered by Simeon and Levi. (20-31) Verses 1-19 Young persons, esp...
Acts 22:19 And I said, Lord, they know, that I imprisoned Men and women, that made a profession of the Christian religion, ( Acts 8:3 ) and beat in ...