The Persians and Hebrews referred to Hellas and the Hellenes by the name of one of their main tribes, namely the Ionians, whom they called יון or Javan (Genesis 10:2, Isaiah 66:19, Ezekiel 27:13, Daniel 8:21), which means mud or mire (Psalm 40:2, 69:2) — and note ...
English name of obscure derivation and meaning, perhaps based on aPersian personal name, though it has also been suggested that it is a contracted form of Isaiah or Zechariah. It has been used as an independent given name in the United States since the 1970s. 6. Esrah English variant spel...
everything that can ever be known (compare Proverbs 3:19-20 and Proverbs 8:22-31 withColossians 1:15-18andJohn 1:1-5). He is that central bank in which all humanity deposits all surplus (Matthew 11:27) and from which eventually the whole of humanity will be governed (Isaiah 9:6)....
John the Baptist(the last Old Testament prophet) referred to Jesus as “TheLamb of God” (John 1:29,36).Lamb of Godis an Old Testament phrase referring to the sacrifices (Leviticus 4:32-35.Isaiah 53:4-12). Sin is a separator between man and our holy God, and in the Old Testament...
Since God's thoughts are higher than our thoughts and His ways higher than our ways (Isaiah 55:9), sometimes we simply do not understand the specific reasons that we have to go through various trials and problems in this life. Notice also: ...
Holiness again is the exaltedhess of God, His supremacy, which is seen here in the judgment (justice, righteousness) meted out to the disobedient people (compare the recurrent refrain of Isaiah 5:25; 9:12,17,21; 10:4; see JUSTICE). Isaiah 8:13; 29:23 suggest the same idea by the...