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. ...
Amram – Name meaning “exalted nation” Eli – Hebrew name that comes from “aly” (high). The biblical Eli was a high priest and the last judge of Israel. He trained the prophet, Samuel. Genesis –Gender-neutral namewithGreekand Hebrew origins; name means “origin” or “birth” ...
(4) שׁמוּעִ אֵל, "heard of God." This, which is the most obvious, may have the same meaning as the previous derivation, which is supported by the sacred text (1Sa 1:20). II. History.— 1. Private Life.— The circumstances of his birth were ominous of...
as the official designation of the Holy Saviour. It is a verbal noun (see Simonis Arcanum Form. Hebr. Ling. p. 92 sq.), derived from מָשִׁח, and has much the same meaning as the participle מָשׁוּח (2Sa 3:39, and occasionally in the Pentateuch)...
Strengthened by this double sign from God (to which Ewald gives a strange figurative meaning, Gesch. 2:500), Gideon advanced to the brook Harod, in the valley of Jezreel. SEE HAROD. He was here at the head of 32,000 men; but, lest so large a host should assume the glory of the ...
With this reading agrees the obvious meaning of the Hebrew words, and it is this rendering of the sense which is followed by Paul in 2Co 3:13-14, where he contrasts the fearlessness of the apostolic teaching with the concealment of that of the O.T.: "We have no fear, as Moses had...
The meaning of the root עָנִן is covering, and the supposed connection with fascination by the eyes, like the notion of "the evil eve," as though the original root were "the eye" (עִיַו), seems untenable. The ancient Egyptians seem to have held the ...
meaning does not seem to be that a new name was given, but rather that a new meaning and significance were attached to the old name. The word Gilgal means a "circle," and also a "rolling away." A similar play upon a word was noticed in the case of GILEAD SEE GILEAD ; and ...