a method of interpreting biblical literature emphasizing the moral implications of the tropes, or figures of speech, used in its composition. —tropological,adj. typology the analysis of symbolism, especially of the meaning of Scripture types. —typologist,n.—typological,adj. ...
Omega- the last letter of the Greek alphabet; long O Omri- sheaf of corn On- pain; force; iniquity Onan- same as On Onesimus- profitable; useful Onesiphorus- who brings profit Ono- grief or strength or iniquity of him Ophel- a tower; darkness; small white cloud Ophir- fruitful region ...
Abner is a Hebrew given name with a meaning that can be approximately translated as “my father is a light” in English. Abner was the captain of his own army in the Old Testament; hence this is considered a powerful name. 9. Asa In Hebrew, this one-of-a-kind given name signifies ...
"When the Most High apportioned nations, when he scattered abroad the, sons of Adam he fixed boundaries of nations according to the number of the angels of God." There might be a reading (El or Elohim instead of Israel) which would yield that meaning from comparison with Job 1:6; Job ...
But this supposition (in so far as the true meaning of the text quoted is concerned) is founded on a misconception of the original Hebrew, which runs literally, "he shall dwell before the faces of all his brethren," i.e. (according to the idiom above explained, in which "before the ...
les hommes plus rares que l'or d'Ophir. 13C'est pourquoi j’agiterai le ciel et la terre tremblera sur elle-même à cause de la fureur de l'Eternel, le maître de l’univers, le jour de son ardente colère. 14Alors, comme une gazelle effarouchée, ...
What is interesting is that, according to 1 Chron 1:8,9 the offspring of Ham (from the Egyptian word Kem meaning Egyptian) were Cush (Nubia), Mizraim (Egypt), Put (Punt=Abyssinia and Yemen) and Canaan. The offspring of Cush were Saba (Sheba) and Havilah (Havilah and Ophir both mean...
Psalm 44:8The Hebrew hasSelah(a word of uncertain meaning) here. Psalm 45:1In Hebrew texts 45:1-17 is numbered 45:2-18. Psalm 45:1Title: Probably a literary or musical term Psalm 45:6Here the king is addressed as God’s representative. ...
Nathan, with a marked reference to the meaning of the king's own name (=the darling, the beloved one), takes another form of the same word, and joins it, after the growing custom of the time, with the name of Jehovah. David had been the darling of his people. Jedid-jah (the ...
When the territory of all the rest of Israel, except Judah and Benjamin, was lost to the kingdom of Rehoboam, a special single name was needed to denote that which remained to him; and almost of necessity the word Judah received an extended meaning, according to which it comprised not ...