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The best answer to such questions is almost always provided by W E Vine, Expository Dictionary of NT Words which is available in several places online. The article on "Evil" is most instructive here …

The operative words here are: Eph 4:23 - ἀνανεόω (ananeoó) This verb only occurs in Eph 4:23 and is from ἀνα + νεόω = complete/up + new, an intensified form of the verb meaning to renew. Rom 12:2 - ἀν …

Both! According the Brown-Driver-Brigs Hebrew Lexicon, שָׁחַת , shachath (the verb) means, "go to ruin, spoil, pervert corrupt" שַׁחַת , shachath (the noun) means, "pit" While in English these two …

In Lev 1:16 the operative word is נוֹצָה (notsah) meaning "plumage". It occurs four times in the OT as follows: Lev 1:16 - He is to remove the crop and the feathers and throw them down east of the a …

The word translated "immortality" is ἀθανασία athanasia which is the opposite of θάνατος thanatos = death. Thus, ἀθανασία athanasia simply and literally means "undying". The word occurs just three ti …

This is quintessential Hebrew poetic language, but in a very terse, somewhat abbreviated form. We see this in other places as well: Rom 1:17 - For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from fai …

I have always read this as a simple repetition for emphasis, precisely because "flesh and bones" (or "flesh and blood") is such a common Hebrew idiom meaning "body". For example: Gen 2:23 - And the …

The operative Hebrew word in Isa 9:6 is אֲבִיעַ֖ד ('abi'ad) - a compound word of father + perpetuity/eternity (עַד BDB), eg, Gen 15:18, Isa 57:15, Ps 111:3, 10, 112:3, 112:9, 132:14, 19:10, etc.. As …

Acts 2:13 (BLB) says: But others mocking were saying, "They are full of new wine [γλεῦκος]." The operative noun here, γλεῦκος, occurs only in this one instance in the NT. According to BDAG, it simp …

The answer to this question about the need for propitiation/expiation as suggested in 1 John 2:2 is found in the original curse as recorded in Genesis Gen 3:17, 18 - And to Adam He said: “Because you …

The English word, "responsibility" carries much more weight than many often assume. For example, if someone says that the criminal was never held responsible for his crimes, we mean that the criminal …

The Hebrew (hyperbolic) idiom here is simply saying that the lowliest job in the courts of heaven (the door keeper) is better than all the luxuries in the tents of wickedness. This is actually stated …

Let us be very clear about exactly what God said to the three players involved: Serpent, Gen 3:14, 15 The record states the following: the serpent was cursed, אָרַר ('arar) it would travel on its bel …

In the NT theology of the Apostle Paul, two matters figure prominently; both of which feature in 1 Tim 4:1, viz: 1. Being guided by One True Holy Spirit Rom 8:9 - You, however, are controlled not by …

The word in 1 Cor 15:42 translated "dead" is νεκρῶν which is Genitive Masculine Plural. Most of the verbs in 1 Cor 15 are future tense and thus discuss a future event. The event is ably described in …