PREVIOUSDivinationNEXTDoctrine Divorce[N][T][E][S] Perversion of the marriage institution. Marriage was ordained by God as an intimate and complementing union between a man and a woman in which the two become on
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Altar Altar[N][E][S] Structure on which offerings are made to a deity. The Hebrew word for altar ismizbeah[;eBzim], from a verbal root meaning "to slaughter." Greek renders this word asthusiasterion[qusiasthvrion], "a place of sa...
its central meaning, at least, is clear enough.Derivingfrom the Latinlittera, “a letter of the alphabet,” literature is first and foremost humankind’s entire body of writing; after that it is the body ofwritingbelonging to a given language or people; then it is individual pieces of ...
(Lev 20:1-5). Likewise, those who prophesied in the name of other gods, or who led the people into idolatry were to be executed (Deut 13:1-5;18:20). Other pagan religious practices such as witchcraft, consulting of spirits, necromancy, divination, sorcery, augury, and soothsaying were...
For the church, the cup has come to represent the central events of Christianity, the death and resurrection of Christ. In the Garden of Gethsemane, Christ returns to the fundamental meaning of the cup as a representative of fate. In his prayer, the cup symbolizes the pain, degradation, and...
The most prevalent form of idolatry in biblical times was the worship of images or idols that represented or were thought to embody various pagan deities. The Old Testament. From the beginning the threat of idolatry was in the midst of Israel. The forefathers were idolaters and, while Abraham...
Demons during the Life of Christ. There is more recorded demonic activity during Jesus' life than any other time in biblical history. Though demonic confrontations are mentioned throughout the Gospels, we find only eight case studies of actual encounters. These include Jesus' temptation (Matt 4:...
of Biblical literature. Historically, exegetes have recognized four levels of meaning in the Bible: the historical or literal, the allegorical, the moral, and the anagogical or mystical, putting emphasis on the necessity of a foundation for the latter three in the literal sense. —exegete,n....
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." ...
the worship of the dead. necrology 1.an announcement of death; obituary. 2.a list of persons who have died within a certain time. Alsonecrologue. —necrologist,n. necromancy 1.the magie practiced by a witch or sorcerer. 2.a form of divination through communication with the dead; the bla...