of time rather than it just perishing after a short amount of time. Since salt has a sanitary property to it, people in the past believed that if you put it on a toothache then it would eventually heal. They believed that it would kill the bacteria that caused the toothache if the ...
Entire wars (milhama) have been fought over salt (melah), and the word 'milhama' comes from 'laham', meaning to wage war or to eat. It's also part of the name Beth-lehem, and when Jesus says: 'You are the salt of the earth,' He doesn't just mean to say what a fine cond...
On the other side, however, it may be alleged that, in addition to what has just been said as to the usual meaning of the word in the N.T., the word occurs twice in the context, where its meaning must necessarily be the same as the translation of בּרַית, and in...
He took salt in a new vessel, and cast it into the water at its source in the name of Jehovah. From the time of Josephus (War, 4:8, 3) to the present (Saewulf, Mod. Trav. page 17), the tradition of the cure has been attached to the large spring N.W. of the present town...
And of course, it all went down from there. My inward desire to be stubborn and selfish was expressed though disobeying my parents- In the end, I got burned. Similarly, in Sir William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, biblical allusions are used to give additional meaning and depth to the...
In the opening chapter called “Of Salt and Precision,” Basson urges home cooks to trust their instincts when it comes to cooking. He writes about his mother’s tomato-mint soup and how she makes it without even tasting it. “When I cook, I need to taste the soup again and again. ...
Lot’s wife turns into salt. Lot’s daughters get him drunk and then have sex with him Jacob wrestles with God … and wins. God travels in a cloud If you break one of God’s rules then you need to kill a goat A donkey talks, it gives Balaam some advice ...
22 Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection. King James Version Acts 3:15 15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses. ...
Derivation of the botanical name: Lilium, Latin li, white; +lium, flower; Greek leirion, the name applied to the eastern Mediterranean Lilium candidum (candidum, meaning shining or pure white.) The Hebrew word Shoshan (shushan) from Aramaic: shoshanta, שושנתא (rose); Arabi...
Daniel Smithis a 3D model team leader based in Salt Lake City, Utah. We have been in contact many times in order to help visualise in 3D the Temples of Jerusalem. He recently developed a video of “Jerusalem’s Temple: Building the Most Detailed Depiction of Herod’s Temple.” ...