Sign Up for the Latest Blog Posts from Thomas Nelson By submitting your email address, you understand that you will receive email communications from HarperCollins Christian Publishing (501 Nelson Place, Nashville, TN 37214 USA) providing information about products and services of HCCP and its affili...
I have to share with you since I read this about 6 mos ago, how it has impacted me… this post was the thread that started unraveling Hebr 13:17 for me as I felt like this verse had been used over the years as a weapon to beat me into submission to leaders to s...
The Hebrew word for the soul, as shown in Genesis 2:7 KJV above, isnep̄eš. It literally means“that which breaths.”This is our identity. We are a creation of God “that breathes.” Most of the other translations use the phrase “living being” as opposed to the often confusing ...
In one passage (I Timothy 6:20) it is actually translated, in the KJV, by science, referring to the opposition of “science falsely so-called.” Wisdom, in the New Testament, is translated from the Greek sophia, which, when compounded with the Greek for “love of,” and transliterated ...
“slave”, which refers to someone whose will is consumed by the will of another—in this case, Mary’s will is consumed by God’s. From this I see her attitude being parallel with what John the Baptist said in John 3:30 “He must increase, but I must decrease” (KJV) or, “He...
H2237,zârar,zaw-rar’ – Total KJV occurrences: 1 A primitive root (compare H2114); perhaps to diffuse, that is, (specifically) to sneeze: – sneeze. Breathing is a most important bodily function because without air, without sufficient oxygen, flesh dies very quickly. We can survive ...