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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What does the phrase 'sons of God'/בני אלוהים mean throughout the Hebrew bible?
What does this particular phrase refer to? What characters in the Hebrew bible are identified as a בני אלוהים? Are any characters/groups in the Hebrew bible identified as the singular בן אלוהים?
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What did Satan mean, when he replied to God, "Skin for Skin"?
In the Book of Job, after Job has went through his first test from Satan there is another gathering in Heaven and, once again, Satan is there (Job 2:1-3). The result of this gathering is that Job will ...
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Does the Greek word "pas/panta" in Colossians 1:16-17 mean all things or does it mean "all" and the word "things' was added to these verses?
If the word "things" does not appear in the Greek text, what reasons justify adding the word 'things" to these verses?
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In John 4:21-23 What does "But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth" means?
John 4:21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. 4:22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what ...
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In Judges 15:20 what does it mean that Samson "judged" Israel for twenty years?
KJV Judges 15:20 And he [Samson] judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
To read Samson's story is to watch a man of action, always anxious to be in the action. At least in the KJV,...
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What does "is Spirit" mean in "God is Spirit"?
John 4:24 "God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth". N.K J.V.
There is on this site a question regarding this verse which looks at how "Spirit" relates to God and ...
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Is the angel in Revelation 10:3 Jesus?
Revelation 10:3 says:
And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
The fact that this angel is referred to as roaring like a lion ...
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Why was Ham the only one among Noah's three sons who had a land named after him. Psalm 105:23
Psalm 105:23 (NKJV)
Israel also came into Egypt, And Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
Psalm 106:22 (NKJV)
Wondrous works in the land of
Ham, Awesome things by the Red Sea.
Noah had three sons; Shem, ...
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What translation best translates the word "vanity" (in the KJV) in Ecclesiastes?
The word "vanity" (KJV) in Ecclesiastes was translated (possibly incorrectly) in the NIV as "meaningless".
Is "vanity" the best translation for the Hebrew word hebel (Strongs 1892) or does a newer ...
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What are the many Sabbaths referred to in scripture?
As I was studying this morning, I came across Ezekiel 20:12
Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them.
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Exo 32:20: Was it part of a Mosaic atonement ritual to drink water mixed with the ashes of the golden calf?
In Deuteronomy 9:21, Moses said
" I took your sin, the calf you had made" By saying this, Moses indicates that the calf is sin objectified.
Exodus 32:20 (NKJV)
Then he took the calf which ...
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What is the better rendering of colossians 2:14?
What is the better rendering of Colossians 2:14 ?
KJV " blotting out the handwriting of ordinances which was against us "
ESV " by canceling the record of debt that stood against us ...
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Meaning of "food" and "drink" in Colossians 2:16
After Paul discusses Jesus abolishing the handwriting of requirements that were against us, he writes in Colossians 2:16-17 (NKJV, emphasis mine):
So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or ...
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Question about the "daily" sacrifice. What might it refer to?
My question arises and is asked from a futurist prophetic perspective - that the ultimate fulfillments will be in future events leading up to Christ's return. It is not about the accepted ...
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What is the meaning of "against" in "against such things there is no law" Galatians 5:23?
Galatians 5:22-23 ESV
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law." [My ...
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Translation choices for the words "pray" in Acts 7:59 and "appeal" in Acts 25:11
Biblehub shows the word "prayed" in Acts 7:59 used by the New International Version Bible is derived from the Greek ἐπικαλούμενον (epikaloumenon). This is the same word used in Acts 25:11 ...
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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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Does Genesis 3 suggest that Adam and Eve's fig-leaf loincloths (v. 7) were unable to cover nakedness, unlike the tunics of skin (v. 21)?
In Genesis 3:6-10, the first recorded effect of Adam and Eve's sin is that they realized they were naked. Because of this, they sewed fig leaves together to make loincloths, but this isn't considered ...
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Why is the Greek word "egeneto" translated as "create" or "make" in John 1:3 and "became" in John 1:14 in some translations?
John 1:3 Douay-Rheims Bible
All things were made by him: and without him was made nothing that was made.
John 1:3 Christian Standard Bible
John 1:3 NET Bible
All things were created by him, and apart ...
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What is the Hebrew equivalent term for ’Logos’ and where is this Hebrew equivalent term used in the Old Testament?
John 1:1-2
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God.
What is the Hebrew equivalent term for ’Logos’ and where is ...
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Question regarding “baptism for the remission of sins” in Acts 2:38
Background information:
The Nicene Creed declares: “We acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins.” However, while doing research into this subject, I found this quote from the Lion Book of ...
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The word “expanse” in Genesis 1:6-8
In reading Genesis 1:6-8, my understanding from Genesis 1:6 was that the contextual meaning of "the expanse" was a land that separates waters from waters. In 1:7 it seems to be about separation of ...
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What is the most accurate translation of μονογενὴς Θεὸς in John 1:18?
This question wants to determine the most accurate translation of μονογενὴς Θεὸς in John 1:18 under the assumption that it is the correct reading.*
θεὸν οὐδεὶς ἑώρακεν πώποτε· μονογενὴς θεὸς ὁ ὢν ...
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"Heads cut off" or "souls cut off" in Rev 20:4?
“And I saw seats, and they sat upon them, and judgement was given to them, and these souls who were cut off for the testimony of Yeshua and for the word of God, and because they did not worship The ...
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What is the significance of the word Οὕτως (Houtōs) ‘so’ in John 3:16?
John 3:16 - For God so loved the world that He gave His only
begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have
everlasting life.
I am trying to understand the scope and expression ...
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Can Genesis 1:26 be used to infer that God is a "genus"?
Genesis 1:26 ASV
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over ...
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Is the word ekklesia ever used to describe unbelievers?
Is the Greek word ekklesia ever used in scripture to denote unbelievers?
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What does וַיַּחְשְׁבֶ֥הָ really mean in Genesis 15:6, literally and conceptually?
And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness [Genesis 15:6 KJV]
Biblehub states thusly for the word וַיַּחְשְׁבֶ֥הָ, 'and he counted it', in Genesis 15:6 :
Conj‑w | V‑Qal‑...
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In what way are we one in Christ Jesus?
Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there
is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
What is the word "one" trying to ...
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Why does Job use "bless" to mean "curse"?
This is bizarre to me, and as far as I can find HALOT (a Hebrew lexicon) doesn't even mention it.1 There are 8 instances of brk – the normal word for "bless" – in Job.2 The ESV is ...
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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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Why is "today" separated into "To day
“But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.”
Hebrews 3:13 KJV
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What is the faith the Ephesians were saved through (Eph 2:8)
I was recently reading the context around Ephesians 2:8 and noticed that Paul strongly associates the Ephesian's salvation to the past resurrection of Jesus Christ:
4 But God, being rich in mercy, ...
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Is “faith” sometimes a work by us, and sometimes a work of God?
Here are some examples of faith seemingly called a work:
1 Thessalonians 1:3 (KJV)
Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in ...
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Colossians 1:22 in the "body of His flesh" what is different between body and flesh death
Colossians 1:22 in the "body of His flesh" what is different between body's death and flesh's death. Is it same?
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Gospel of Thomas, What is Putting a 'Foot in Place of a Foot?'
I've wondered about this for years, what does Thomas mean? The passage is below, Thomas 1:22:
Jesus said to them, "When you make the two into one, and when you make the inner like the outer and ...
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Does the word זֶרַע (zer'a) refer to physical or spiritual descendants in Isaiah 53:10?
Isaiah 53:10 reads
וַיהֹוָה חָפֵץ דַּכְּאוֹ הֶחֱלִי אִם־תָּשִׂים אָשָׁם נַפְשׁוֹ יִרְאֶה זֶרַע יַאֲרִיךְ יָמִים וְחֵפֶץ יְהֹוָה בְּיָדוֹ יִצְלָח
But it pleased the Lord to crush him by disease: if ...
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What is the “Light” of Genesis 1:3?
In Genesis 1:3 (ESV), it is written,
And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
The Hebrew word which is translated into English as "light" is אֹור (or) (Strong's H216).
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What does the word worship mean in Revelation 3:9 and Matthew 28:9?
Revelation 3:9 KJB Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that ...
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Etymological History of Satana in Koine Greek
Can someone point me to an academic book on the etymological root of “satanas” (G4567)? Did it originate in the LXX when translating Job? Was satanas used extensively in Greco-Roman literature in ...
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In Romans 1:24 what does Paul mean by παρέδωκεν ("gave them over")?
NIV Romans 1:24 Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires
of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies
with one another.
What, in this context does παρέδωκεν ("...
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When Samson refers to his wife as a "heifer", is he doing so in a derogatory sense?
I am reading in the book of Judges at chapter 14.The passage concerns a riddle given by Samson to thirty of his companions at a feast.Please read here.
The thirty companions put pressure on Samson's ...
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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
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What does the word "Sheol" mean throughout the Hebrew bible?
The word שְׁאוֹל Sheol appears across the Hebrew bible (Gen 37:35, Isa 38:10, Ps 30:4, Isa 14:9, et. al.) and is usually portrayed as the destination of the dead. It's often used in parallel with ...
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Does H7657, mean just "70"; or can it mean "60"also?
The primary rendering of H7657, is 70, but it is translated just "threescore", without the "and ten" meaning 60 (Kjv); in Num. 31:33, 38; does anyone know why? Does the meaning ...
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Is obeying this one law entirely sufficient for repentance?
Galatians 5:14 NRSV
For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment,
‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’
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Does Romans 13:1-17 teach that it is a sin to disobey any of the laws of the land in which someone is living?
What does the expression “let every one be subject...) from Romans 13:1 mean? Is it used interchangeable with the Law of God?
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What is Jesus sending the multitude away from?
I have been comparing and contrasting the two feedings of the multitudes. I’ve observed that the term “Apoluo” or “send away” is used 4 times between the two feedings.
Mark 6:36
Mark 6:45
Mark 8:3
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In 2 Samuel 23:20 who were the "Lion Men of Moab"?
I have stumbled upon a passage in Scriptures (KJV) that spoke about a couple of "lion men" of Moab or specifically, "Ariels" that were killed along with a lion in 2 Samuel 23:20:
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Alternative translations for Exodus 6:20 and the relationship between Amram and Jochebed
I am currently working with Biblical chronology, and I am now at the point involving the birth of Moses, as well as his parents. Regarding them, we have the following information in Exodus:
Exodus 6:...
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