According to the Hebrew Bible,the Israelites captured theregion known as Samaria from the Canaanites and assigned it to the Tribe of Joseph. After the death of King Solomon (c. 931 BC), the northern tribes, including those of Samaria, separated from the southern tribes and established the s...
Amen is derived from the Hebrew āmēn, which means“certainty,”“truth,” and “verily.” It is found in the Hebrew Bible, and in both the Old and New Testament. In English, the word has two primary pronunciations: [ ah-men ] or [ ey-men ]. What does pure mean in the Bible?
In the New Testament, shalom is revealed as the reconciliation of all things to God through the work of Christ: “God was pleased . . . through [Christ] to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through [Christ’s] blood, shed on...
In the Bible, who wrote the Book of Isaiah and why? Where in the Old Testament is the Messiah mentioned? What does prophecy mean in the New Testament? What is the gift of prophecy in the New Testament? Where in the Old Testament is a Messiah promised?
Samuel's fidelity, moral courage, and dignity, mingled with something of bitter disappointment and sorrowful resentment, are specially noteworthy. He - 1. Points to incontestable fact. "What is this bleating of sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of oxen which I hear?" (ver. 14). It ...
James 1:17 (Amplified Bible) “Every good gift and every perfect (free, large, full) gift is from above; it comes down from the Father of all [that gives light], in [the shining of] Whom there can be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures [a sample of what He created to be co...
2 Samuel 21 The Message Famine and War 21 There was a famine in David’s time. It went on year after year after year—three years. David went to God seeking the reason. God said, “This is because there is blood on Saul and his house, from the time he massacred the Gi...
2 Samuel 1:25 in all English translations2 Samuel 1:27 Legacy Standard Bible 27 How have the mighty fallen,And the weapons of war perished!” Read full chapter 2 Samuel 1:27 in all English translationsLegacy Standard Bible (LSB) Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The ...
Now, does the Bible in any way suggest it? Yes, we are told in the Book of John, the very beginning, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (1:1). Now, “The Word became flesh and dwelt within us” (1:14). If he was with Go...
Beyond Hebraism and Hebrew MindIn this essay, I will approach‘thinking’in the Hebrew Bible rather than‘the’He-brew mind. Speaking of a‘Hebrew mind’is common from the 19thcentury CE on-wards in various formulations, either as“theEastern mind”(Eduard Ullendorff),or the“Ancient mind”...