Word Origin:From the verb μανθάνω (manthanō), meaning "to learn." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries:While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent in Strong's Concordance, the concept of a disciple can be related to the Hebrew word תַּלְמִיד (talmid), whi...
Four or five successive stages lead the disciple from the practical to the contemplative mode of life. But while there was nothing startling in the theological principles of the new teaching, the method pointed out for arriving at perfect contemplation recalled the practices of Hindu fakirs, and ...
In the Greek language, the word for “make disciples” used at Matthew 28:19 means to teach someone with the goal of helping him become a student, or a disciple. Gríik saad kʼehjí Matthew 28:19 “ídahoołʼaahii danilı̨́įgo ádaahłeʼ” áhyiłnínígííéí...
Lk 14:26: "If anyone comes to Me, and does nothate(3404/miséō, 'love less' than the Lord) his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple" (NASU). [Note thecomparativemeaning of3404(miséō) which ...
pupil:--disciple. 3102 maqhtriamathetriamath-ay'-tree-ah feminine from maqhthV - mathetes 3101; a female pupil:--disciple. 3103 MaqousalaMathousalamath-oo-sal'-ah of Hebrew origin (Mthuwshelach 4968); Mathusala (i.e. Methushelach), an antediluvian:--Mathusala. 3104 MainanMainanmahee...
it was vividly chthonic (from the Greek word for earth, chthō n, which according to the mythological view gave birth to these monsters). During the period of the primitive communal system, the mythological religious conceptions of the ancient Greeks were dominated by totemistic, fetishistic. ...
“gazelle,” reflected the grace and agility with which she served others, moving swiftly to meet the needs of those around her. Tabitha was a disciple of the Lord, her heart set on following the teachings of Jesus. She was known far and wide for her acts of kindness and charity, a ...
“It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?” — Jesus, Matthew 10:25 In Matthew 10 Matthew 10:25 Meaning “And, behold, there...
Hercules is a synonym for power via the Greek mythology figure. Heremias Heremias is a Greek variation of Jeremiah which means “appointed by God”. Hermagoras Hermagoras means “disciple of Hermes” and pronounced as HH-ERMAHGAORAHZ. Hermagoras was the name of the first bishop of Aquil...
Cercidas was a poet, philosopher, and legislator for his native city Megalopolis. He was a disciple of Diogenes, whose death he recorded in some Meliambic lines. He is mentioned and cited by Athenaeus and Stobaeus. At his death he ordered the first and second books of the Iliad to be ...