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This study resource helps in understanding the origins and root meaning of the ancient language. Additional, lexicons give the context and cultural meaning intended by the authors. Using the online King James Version or New American Standard lexicon with Strong’s Concordance numbers provides a detailed understanding of the Hebrew and Greek language used in the Bible.
- Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon
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- New Testament Greek Lexicon
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- Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon
- The Meaning of The Word Bible
- How Did The Bible Get That Name?
- Why Is The Bible Important?
- Is The Bible Still Relevant Today?
- What The Bible Itself means.
The word Bible itself is simply a transliteration of the Greek word bíblos (βίβλος), meaning "book." So the Bible is, quite simply, The Book. However, take a step further back and the same Greek word also means "scroll" or "parchment." Of course, the first words of Scripturewould have been written on parchment, and then copied to scrolls, then thos...
It is interesting that the Bible never refers to itself as "the Bible." So when did people start calling these sacred writings by the word Bible? Again, the Bible is not really a book, but a collection of books. Yet, even the New Testament writers seemed to understand that the things being written about Jesus were to be considered part of Scripture...
Inside your Bible is a collection of sixty-six unique and separate books — writings from different times, different nations, different authors, different situations and different languages. Yet, these writings compiled over the period of 1600 years all weave together in unparalleled unity, pointing us towards the truth of God and the salvation that...
According to the most recent research conducted by Barna in 2017, 87% of American households own a Bible. But the question is, how many people are reading it? Like a lot of people who grew up in church and stayed around, I have accumulated several Bibles over the years. I still own my first "real" Bible, a King James Version that I received in my 3...
Many ancient biblical scrolls dating back thousands of years are still in existence today. From the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls and other ancient fragments of the Bible, we have confidence that the Bible we hold in our hands today is the same Bible that has existed for centuries. The words we read are the same as the words that were given to ...
- Amen.
- Selah. “Salvation belongs to the LORD; your blessing be on your people! Selah” (Psalm 3:8). The word Selah is found sprinkled throughout the Psalms, and we are not completely certain exactly what it means.
- Messiah.
- Propitiation. “He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world” (1 John 2:2). The word propitiation is a unique word that we don’t really hear much outside of the Bible.
Mar 20, 2024 · Word studies are an important aspect of any Bible study plan. The meaning of words, especially those in Hebrew and Greek, often have layers of meaning that are missed in the translation into English. For example, some translations render Philippians 2:5, “Have this MIND in you which was also in Christ Jesus” (KJV, NKJV, ESV, NIV), whereas others say “Have this ATTITUDE ” in you ...
The word “empire” requires definition, for it is used in two distinct senses, geographical and political, and both are applicable to the Roman Empire. 1. The geographical sense. An empire is an aggregation of territories under a single absolute command.
Mar 22, 2021 · Greek Bible Word Study. Now, let’s try the second type of Bible Word Study, one that searches for a Greek word, not an English one. Right-click on “word” in Matthew 4:4 and choose lemma on the right: this is how we specify that we want to search for Greek, because a “lemma” is a Greek or Hebrew dictionary form. Now click Bible Word Study.
Jul 14, 2023 · This is why John uses logos to describe God’s revelation of himself. D. A. Carson writes in his commentary on John that God’s “Word” in the Old Testament “is his powerful self-expression in creation, revelation, and salvation, and the personification of that ‘Word’ makes it suitable for [him] to apply it as a title to God’s ultimate self-disclosure, the person of his own Son.” 7
