Meaning:a psalm, song of praise, the Hebrew book of Psalms. Word Origin:Derived from the verb ψάλλω (psallō), meaning "to pluck" or "to play a stringed instrument." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries:- H4210 (מִזְמוֹר, mizmor): A song or psalm, ofte...
The peak of the psalms is the troparion of theEpitaphios(Epitaph, bier), which is known in Greek as the “Ai geneai pasai”, which means all the generations, all people. It is supposed to be the lament of Virgin Mary when she sees her son dead. It is a combination of sorrow and ...
VSS. They serve a special function in introducing the more unusual modal constructions of the Gr. verb. However, they are not as crucial in the NT as in Attic lit. 4. The verb. The Gr. verb bears considerably more of the total meaning of any construction than its Eng. counterpart. It...
Meaning:thankfulness, gratitude; giving of thanks, thanksgiving. Word Origin:Derived from εὐχάριστος (eucharistos), meaning "thankful," which is a compound of εὖ (eu, "good, well") and χάρις (charis, "grace, favor"). Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries:-H8...
of this Kirill — but it is not. The writer of the inscription has actually squeezed two words together —“v,” meaning “at,” andSimonove; and theSimonoveis explained if we realize that the word written smaller at the sides of the red tower actually is the last word of the main ...
In the process of searching for the true meaning of life, only his imagination is inseparable with the poet, except for the suffering that has gone through the ordeal Dying people, where can you find something more solid?, As the basis of his creative mind? The poet certainly difficult to...
167 passages to refer to clouds of rain, dust, smoke, storm, and fog. Both meteorological and metaphorical meanings appear. The latter can be both positive (beneficial to life) and negative (hindrance to life)… Throughout the New Testament, clouds take on a greater metaphorical meaning…”(...
I do not do much personal reflection in this blog. I’m mostly about exegesis (studying the text of the Bible in its original languages), hermeneutics (applying the results of exegesis to the understanding and meaning of the Bible), and lately homiletics (declaring the understanding and meaning...
11-13.] The connexion with the foregoing cannot be made plain, till we have discussed the meaning of ἐξ ἑνός below. It may suffice to say, that the assertion, and the quotations, are subordinate to the πολλοὺς υἱούς in ver. 10. ...
Thus the b¯ıt ta¯martu is the 'house of observation' or 'house of watching', an almost literal translation of the Greek term theatron, meaning a 'place for seeing'. What might have been performed in the theatre of Babylon? As discussed earlier, the famous pas- sage of Plutarch...