Questions tagged [word-study]
Investigation into the meaning or use of an individual word across a specific Biblical text or collection. This can include etymology, morphology, and usage as the word appears in text. This should not be exhaustive for all uses through the entire Bible or testament for frequently used words.
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Deuteronomy 18:15 "from among your midst, from your brothers"
This is a follow-up to a comment at Ancient Bible Hebrew Deuteronomy 18:15.
In the phrase מִקִּרְבְּךָ֤ מֵאַחֶ֙יךָ֙ the second word מֵאַחֶ֙יךָ֙ is an apposition, so both words have the same referent.
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Hebrews 8:12 - Does God actually forget?
Hebrews 8:12
For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
Does this verse indicate that recall of certain items becomes impossible in ...
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In 1 Corinthians 13:8, it says 'will pass away' in reference to spiritual gifts. Does this mean that they will pass away or that they already have?
A lot of people say that there are no prophets today and cite this verse saying 'will pass away' means it already has for us today. I believe that this verse is referring to the new earth with the ...
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Why does, in Isaiah 45:1, the text changes from third to first person? What is the correct way to read it?
In Isaiah 45:1, the versicle begins in the third person, i.e., the prophet is going to speak the message from God about Cyrus. But suddenly it changes to the first person (God speaking).
Isaiah 45:1 ...
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Which term is ‘Elyon’ derived from and what is its significance?
Genesis 14:18
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; now he was a priest of God Most High.
The ‘Most High’ translates the Hebrew adjective ‘Elyon’. What is the term which ‘Elyon’ ...
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Revelation: Why might John use word frequency patterns - do they to convey hermeneutic meaning?
Richard Bauckham observes how John uses certain words and phrases either four times, seven times, or two times, along with certain multiples, such as fourteen and twenty-eight. Gregory K. Beale ...
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What distinct and intelligible meaning can be derived from analysing John 1;1b and c's "Word" and "God"? [duplicate]
Can we take a plainer way in identifying the "word" and "God" in this verse or use substitution of the terms once the "word" and "God" already have been ...
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Difference between eternal & everlasting life
Looking for help distinguishing between the two. From what I've gathered, eternal life could mean "time-based", i.e. heaven, and everlasting life means "quality" of life here ...
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Is "all things" the correct translation of "πάντα" in Mark 10:27 and Matthew 19:26?
In the Gospels of Matthew and Mark, the phrase "πάντα [γὰρ] δυνατὰ" appears in a synoptic passage (Matthew 19:26 and Mark 10:27 respectively.) This phrase is often defined (e.g. by the state ...
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Healing in the New Testament [closed]
Do you know any scriptures on healing from the New Testament? I am having a lot of issues with sickness and want to confess the word of God over myself to get healing. I pray and read God's word, but ...
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What is the meaning of "saved" in Acts 15:1?
I understand that there are different contexts and usages of saved. What is the meaning in this one?
But certain ones having come down from Judea were teaching the
brothers, "Unless you are ...
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How does the words, "Broken Faith" in Exodus 21:8 relate to Moses's who "broke faith" in Deuteronomy 32:51?
What does it really mean to "Break Faith" as mentioned in the Old Testament?
If a man sells his daughter...he has no right to sell her to foreigners, because he has broken faith with her. ...
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Does the Granville Sharp rule apply to Titus 2:13 when dealing with "the Blessed Hope?
...while we wait for the Blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God... (Titus 2:13, KJV)
The modern NIV translation seems to translate this part of verse 13 as if the Granville Sharp rule ...
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Would using "Nations" instead of "Gentiles" be more appropriate as a translation of "ethnos" in the New Testament as in Acts 15:17?
Ethnicity This word, ethnos, from what we get ethnic or ethnicity simply means a nation or nationality. It could refer to any people group around the world (or as far the N.T. is concerned, the ...
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Was the "Kingdom at Hand" (Matthew 4:17) postponed by the Jewish rejection of Jesus; did they have the power to trump Jesus's anticipation?
At Hand Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand (Matt. 4:17) Also see Be sure of this, that the Kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. (Luke 10:11). The Greek is gar eggiken e basileia ton ouranon ...
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Is John 6:27 a command or casual advice?
John 6:27
Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures unto eternal life…
If this is a command, what can be said of modern Christianity? If this is just advice, why did the ...
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"Wine" vs. "new wine" in Hosea 4:11
Hosea 4:11 reads (NKJV, emphasis added):
“Harlotry, wine, and new wine enslave the heart.
What's the difference between "wine" and "new wine"? Is it that "wine" is ...
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In Matthew 12:31 does Διὰ τοῦτο refer to the preceeding or proceeding verse?
Is Jesus referring to Matthew 12:30 and using it to explain Matthew 12:31 when He uses Διὰ τοῦτο? Or does the rest of Matthew 12:31 explain Matthew 12:30?
Matthew 12:30, 31 NIV
30 Whoever is not with ...
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What Hebrew meaning does "Bel" or "Baal" and Baalim in Jeremiah 50:2 have or signify?
Jeremiah 50:2 ASV
Declare ye among the nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is dismayed; her images are put to ...
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Is there a way to search the Septuagint for a string of words eg. "Τί ἐμοὶ καὶ σοί"?
I have tools to search for the lemma, or the exact form.
But sometimes, as in this case, I really need the string of words. Using any one word would bring up too many hits.
Obviously, I need to view ...
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What is the significance of "Thunder" in "to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder". Mark 3:17?
Mark 3:16-17
"He appointed the twelve: Simon [to whom he gave the name Peter]; 17 James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James [to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of ...
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"Be Perfect" (Mt. 5:48) - a stand-alone commandment, a summary of the Sermon on the Mount, or the conclusion of the teaching on loving one's enemy?
Note: this is not the same question as those which seek the meaning of "Be Perfect" in itself. Here, the question is what "Be Perfect" refers to in the text.
In Matthew 5:48 Jesus ...
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What clues from John's general usage of 'the word' (or similar terms) help us to understand the referent of 'the word' in John's prologue?
Much debate has been had over the use of 'the word' in John's prologue. Many early English translations translated the relevant pronoun in John 1:2-4 as 'it' instead of 'he', suggesting the referent ...
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What is the difference between “anger” and “wrath”?
Anger and wrath are listed separately in a list in Colossians 3:8, and Ephesians 4:26 might indicate that there is some difference in Paul’s mind between the term anger and the term wrath.
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What are the Hebrew/OT/Aramaic equivalents of the words ἀπιστία (unbelief) or ἄπιστος (unbelieving), such as in Romans 4:20? [closed]
I am struck that these words/concepts are used frequently in the New Testament by speakers (Jesus and Paul among others, including Romans 4:20), who would have been (presumably) speaking/thinking in ...
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Was there a Biblical change of day when Jesus sat and ate the Passover, and was there a change of day when Joseph came to the cross the first time? [duplicate]
If there was a Biblical change of day when Jesus sat and ate the Passover, and there was a change of day when Joseph came to the cross (the first time), this would show major differences between what ...
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Does Paul display a negative attitute toward gambling in Ephesians 4:14
In Ephesians 4:14, Paul instructs "that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery [Strong's 2940, kubeia] of men, in the ...
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Does The Bible speak about One Holy Spirit or more? [closed]
While reading the Bible I have noticed The Holy Spirit seems to be referred to by different names. Grammatically speaking and contextually speaking are these various words referring to The Same Spirit?...
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In this particular verse and context, what does “overcome the world” mean here in 1 John 5:4? Sin? Godless system?
“For whatever is born of God overcomes the world.
And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?” ...
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The pronunciation of Pharaoh in Hebrew [closed]
As I understand it, the letter pe becomes a fe if it has a dagesh in it, giving it the softer sound like an f. Throughout the Hebrew text, the word we say as Pharaoh has no dagesh in the pe. Does ...
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Was the stone at the tomb of Jesus square shaped? [closed]
Archeologist Amos Kloner claims that it isn't historically probable that Jesus' tomb had a circle shaped rock blocking it.
Kloner argues that we don't find many circle shaped rocks blocking tombs ...
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Who wrote that Achashteranim were eight-leggged animals?
The Bible (Esther 8:10, 8:14) references an animal called האחשתרנים (the Achashteranim). I have seen Jewish Medieval commentators, including R. Joseph Kara and R. Elazar Rokeach of Worms (unavailable ...
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How exactly does using the Louw-Nida lexicon, that is based on semantic domains, help avoid the word-concept fallacy?
I see more and more journal articles on New Testament interpretation preferring to use the Louw-Nida Greek Lexicon that is based on "semantic domains". An example from the introductory ...
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In what sense is God 'Holy'?
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If 'Holy', (ἅγιος at Biblehub.com, and at logeion.uchicago.edu), is interpreted as 'separated unto', 'consecrated', 'dedicated to', or 'sacred', then in what sense can God be considered Holy?...
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Does Amos 3:6 necessarily imply that Jehovah has done 'evil'?
Firstly, the biblehub interlinear translates Amos 3:6b as :
If there is a calamity in a city Yahweh not will have done (it)
This implies, to me, that Jehovah causes 'calamities' but the text does ...
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Does Jesus 'dismiss, to go' the Jews in John 11:44?
Jesus' instructions to the Jews present is -
... λυσατε αυτον και αφετε υπαγειν [TR]
I am enquiring about the Received Text. I notice that other texts add αυτον after αφετε but I am not enquiring ...
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What does “in bodily form” mean in Colossians 2:9?
in bodily form.
σωματικῶς (sōmatikōs)
Adverb
Strong's 4985: Bodily, corporeally, belonging to the body. Adverb from somatikos; corporeally or physically.
The actual verse:
NASB 1995 “For in Him all ...
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1 Peter 1:3 What is a living hope?
What is the primary meaning of the term living hope, as opposed to any implied meanings?
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be ...
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Is it possible for the meaning of the name Michael to be rendered as a statement rather than a question?
Abarim publications has the following definition and etymology for the Hebrew name Michael:
Meaning
Who Is Like God?, What Is God Like?
Etymology
From (1) מי (mi), "who?", (2) כ (ke), "...
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Copper, bronze, and brass
I was talking with a colleague about the bronze snake of Numbers 21, because a student had referred to it as the "copper snake" on a test. (Bronze of course is an alloy of copper and tin.)
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How big were the giants of Amos 2:9 (Amorites) really? Is it poetic, or literal?
Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. - Amos 2:9
I'...
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In Psalm 68:18, why "received" rather than "taken"?
Psalm 68:18 reads (NIV):
When you ascended on high, you took many captives; you received gifts
from people, even from the rebellious— that you, LORD God, might dwell
there.
The word translated as &...
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What is the Greek word for Qavah (Hebrew for "wait") in Isa 40:31
“But they that WAIT upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they
shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary;
and they shall walk, and not faint” (Isa. 40:31).
In this ...
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Gen 9:4 - Why can't we eat the life?
What is the reasoning behind the prohibition from eating the lifeblood of an animal?
It isn't until Moses that purposing of the blood for atonement is provided as some additional reasoning behind the ...
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What is the main reason that God created the woman?
The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will
make a helper suitable for him.”
Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and
all the birds in the sky. He ...
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Word Study G3516: νήπιος (nēpios) babes
νήπιος (nēpios) - babes
Jesus used this word twice.
Mat 11:25
At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise ...
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Outside of John 8:58, how is the term 'genesthai' used by the author John when it comes to timing of what the verb is describing?
There is significant debate over the proper meaning of John 8:58. A typical translation is
"Truly, truly, I tell you," Jesus declared, "before Abraham was born,
I am!"
Indeed, ...
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Revelation 6:1 Who is the living creature speaking to?
When the living creature says, 'Come', is he speaking to John, or the horseman?
The NASB could mean the creature is calling to the horsman to come - Rev 6:1
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In Romans 5-8, why did Paul sometimes write "Christ Jesus" instead of "Jesus Christ"?
I noticed that in Romans 5:1-8:39, which in most study Bible / commentary outlines are grouped into one part, Paul was not consistent in referring to the Lord Jesus Christ (5 places); sometimes "...
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By using "parousia," does Jesus speak of a future time He would be physically present (Matt. 24)?
In Matthew 24, the word parousia (commonly translated as "coming") appears four times (NKJV, emphasis added):
Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, ...
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