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” ...
In this brief video excerpt, Bible teacher/researcher Jerry Robinson explains the meaning of the word “kosmos” and discusses what we can learn about it from the New Testament writings. VIDEO: What The Bible Says About The World [feature_box... ...
Photo Credit: ©GettyImages/tverkhovinets 9. The Tree of Life in Heaven - Revelation 22:2 “In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for th...
What the precise meaning of this ambiguous phrase is, and what, according to the Mosaic gamology, gives a husband the right to divorce his wife, has been greatly disputed in the schools of Shammai and Hillel, which were founded before the advent of Christ, and these discussions are given ...
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...
The ancient Hebrews, in particular, very rarely used any terms of reproach more severe than those of שָׂטָן, satan', meaning "adversary," or "opposer;" רֵיקָה, reykah', paccia, "contemptible;" and sometimes נָבָל, nabal', "fool," an ...
except the fact that the Founding Fathers did not envision a nation governed by priests. They did, however, believe in a nation "under God" (which is the meaning of the word "theocracy"). They believed in a government of verylimitedpowers, but one which was, nevertheless, committed to B...
The Bible has parables, and it has figures of speech. We adopt the literal method of interpreting the Bible as opposed to the allegorical method, where you spiritualize the meaning of the Bible. For those proponents, the resurrection didn’t happen literally, it was just a spiritual resurrect...
The tradition of Jowett still dominated the study of ancient philosophy when I was reading Greats. One was brought up to believer that the real meaning of Plato had been misunderstood by Aristotle and wildly travestied by the neo-Platonists, only to be recovered by the moderns. When recovered...
We ask at this stage of the subject, what was the meaning of pagan offerings? As they understood their religious rites, the unbloody were expressions of gratitude and acknowledgment for protection. Whatever the form of offering was, the god was conceived of as being pleased with them. How ...