Word History: From an etymological perspective, book and beech are branches of the same tree. The Germanic root of both words is *bōk-, ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning "beech tree." The Old English form of book is bōc, from Germanic *bōk-ō, "written document, book." ...
34. of the priests. Beside Jeremiah, Nathan (l Kings 4. 6), Ezekiel (1. 3), and probably Zechariah (1. 1) were of priestly origin. Anathoth. Now 'Anata, three miles north-east of Jerusalem. Jeremiah was persecuted there before he prophesied in Jerusalem (11. 21; 12. 6). This ...
The Sept. seemingly gives, as authors, Jeremiah (Psalm 137), and Haggai and Zechariah (Psalm 138). But these conjectures are too uncertain to call for further notice in this place. Hitzig (Comment. uber die Psalmen) ascribes to Jeremiah a large number of the elegiac or plaintive psalms....
Another such passage is Zechariah 12:1, which exalts “…the LORD who...forms the spirit of man within him.” The LORD heard the voice of Elijah, and the life of the child returned to him, and he revived.–1 Kings 17:22 The terms soul and spirit are used interchangeably in ...
These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands (See Zechariah 4-6)that stand before the Lord of the Earth. And if anyone would harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them, this is how he is doomed to be killed. (Many believe one...
And in Luke 1:78, Zechariah, filled with the Holy Spirit at his son's birth, proclaimed the coming of the Messiah. Zechariah used the same imagery, saying: because of the faithful love of our God in which the rising Sun has come from on high to visit us. His legs resemble pillars ...
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meaning of life and the best way of life. The work emphatically proclaims all the actions of man to be inherently “vain”, “futile”, “empty”, or “meaningless,” depending on translation, as the lives of both wise and foolish men end in death. While the teacher clearly promotes ...
Zechariah 14:4 explains this return in details: «On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half moving south. This ...
It is also interesting that Zechariah said: Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the Lord. Thus saith the Lord of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of ...