Another unisex name with Hebrew origins and meaning of assistance. In the biblical sense, the name is significant since it is that of the scribe Ezra in the book of the same name. He was instrumental in applying the Torah’s teachings in Jerusalem and bringing a number of Jews back from ...
Stacker looks at the top 50 most popular biblical baby names, using data from the name origin site Behind the Name and the Social Security Administration's baby names database.
The meaning of a Bible in a dream often depends on one’s religious upbringing. Can indicate insight (revealed knowledge), “good news,” tradition, or even intolerance (“Bible thumpers”). The Bible is often used metaphorically to describe authoritative publications in other realms, as in th...
Archaeologists with Azusa Pacific University in California have announced the discovery of a nearly 3,000-year-old broken jar bearing the inscription “lbnayo,” meaning “belonging to Benaiyo.” The name is the equivalent of the biblical Beniah, meaning “Yahweh has... ...
“‘Smart’ has been used to refer to the causing of pain since Old English, literally meaning ‘causing pain’). This sense is still very much in use today, at least as a verb. ‘Ouch, ouch, ouch—that smarts!’” “Anything today with ‘SMART’ in it’s title simply means it wa...
—Genesis 10:8-9, NRSV Modern Americans may read that verse and cringe: most people who know the word nimrod know it as a synonym of idiot. But when nimrod first entered English, its meaning was not so harmless. Though the biblical record on Nimrod is thin, early Christian and Jewish ...
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3. All Nations and People Will Worship Jesus - Revelation 7:9-10 “After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm ...
A statement, question or phrase having a double or veiled meaning, put forth as a puzzle to be solved Parables A simple, traditional saying that expresses a perceived truth based on common sense or experience Monologues A speech presented by a single character, most often to express their thoug...
The meaning is clear. The garden was a temple for God. Like the temple, the garden was the joining together of God’s space and man’s space—the intersection of the heavenly realm and the earthly realm. For this reason, Isaiah called it ‘the garden of the Lord,’ and Ezekiel called...