priesthood
Primary meaning: priesthood. Strong's: sacredness, i.e. (by implication) the priestly office. Lexical nuances: priesthood : He 7:11 , 12 , 24 .†
Derivation: from G2413 (ἱερός);
riddle, dark saying, enigma
Enigma, perplexing puzzle, deep philosophical riddle challenging moral discernment (Samson's riddle; Queen of Sheba; Psalm 49:4).
Derivation: From חוּד (H2330) to tie knots, propound riddle.
Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:8 (identified with Jerusalem ).
Generation 22 • Child of Lot
Ben Ammi is a biblical figure in Generation 22, child of Lot , parent of Ammonites . ( Genesis 19:38 )
Biblical Place • Ophrah 1 • 31.954°N, 35.299°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Mic 1:10 (identified with Ophrah 1 ).
Biblical Place • Pisgah • 31.765°N, 35.719°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Deut 4:3 , Hos 9:10 (identified with Pisgah ).
Biblical Place • 30.917°N, 34.833°E
?; http://www.bibleorigins.net/MountHalakGebelHalaqMap.html. Referenced in Josh 11:17 , Josh 12:7 .
Biblical Place • Ashkenaz • 40.600°N, 44.600°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Jer 51:27 (identified with Ashkenaz ).
Biblical Place • 31.967°N, 35.250°E
?; now Khirbat Kafr Ana. Referenced in Josh 18:24 .
to pay homage, worship, bow down
To prostrate in worship, pay religious homage (tested in the fiery furnace, Daniel 3:5, 12).
Derivation: Aramaic corresponding to סָגַד (H5456).
Luke Chapter 19, Verse 41
Scripture passage in Luke 19:41
ransom, redemption price, bribe
Ransom price, redemption fee paid to deliver a forfeited life from death; basis of redemption where innocent substitute pays price.
Derivation: From כָּפַר (H3722) in sense of covering.
Nahum • Chapter 3 (19 verses)
Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not; The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots. The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: a... Mentions: Nineveh , Ethiopia , Egypt , Libya , Assyria .
Jeremiah • Chapter 51 (64 verses)
Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon , and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind; And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be aga... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Judah , Seraiah , Zedekiah (or Matteniah ), Babylon, Zion , Chaldea , Ararat , Minni .
Lamentations • Chapter 5 (22 verses)
Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows. Mentions: Judah , Zion .
Judges • Chapter 21 (25 verses)
Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah , saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife. And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; And said, O Lord God of Israel , why is t... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Benjamin , Canaan , Mizpah 3 , Jabesh , Shiloh , Rimmon 2 .
Lamentations • Chapter 1 (22 verses)
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary! She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hat... Mentions: Judah , Jacob/Israel , Zion , Jerusalem .
Judith • Chapter 9 (14 verses)
But Judith fell upon her face, and put ashes upon her head, and uncovered the sackcloth wherewith she was clothed; and the incense of that evening was now being offered at Jerusalem in the house of God, and Judith cried to the Lord with a loud voice, and said, O Lord God of my fa... Mentions: Simeon , Jacob/Israel , Jerusalem .
Ezekiel • Chapter 19 (14 verses)
Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel , And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions. And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Egypt , Babylon .
Amos • Chapter 5 (27 verses)
Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel . The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up. For thus saith the Lord God; The city that went out by a thousand shall leav... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Joseph , Gilgal 1 , Damascus .
2 Samuel • Chapter 4 (12 verses)
And when Saul 's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron , his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled. And Saul 's son had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the ... Mentions: Saul, Hebron , Benjamin , Jonathan , David , Rimmon 2 , Beeroth , Gittaim , Jezreel 2 .
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 51 (30 verses)
I will give thanks to you, O Lord, O King, And will praise you, O God my Saviour: I do give thanks to your name: For you were my protector and helper, And did deliver my body out of destruction, And out of the snare of a slanderous tongue, From lips that forge lies, And was my he...
2 Samuel • Chapter 13 (39 verses)
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar ; and Amnon the son of David loved her. And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar ; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to ... Mentions: David, Tamar, Jacob/Israel , Baal , Ephraim , Tamar 2 , Geshur .
Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 16 Chapters
Judith ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 16 chapters). Key figures: Arpachshad (or Arphaxad ), Moab , Ammon , Asshur , Lud , Ishmael . Key places: Nineveh , Ecbatana , Euphrates , Tigris , Persia , Cilicia . Opens with: "IN the twelfth year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, who reigned over the Assyrians in Nineveh , the great city; in the days of Arphaxad, who ..."
Ezekiel • Chapter 22 (31 verses)
Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations. Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord God, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, a... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Jerusalem .
Ezekiel • Chapter 25 (17 verses)
The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites , and prophesy against them; And say unto the Ammonites , Hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; an... Mentions: Ammonites, Jacob/Israel , Judah , Moab , Baal , Rabbah , Seir , Kiriathaim 1 .
Mark • Chapter 5 (43 verses)
And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chain... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , James ( Jacob ), Decapolis .
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 37 (31 verses)
Every friend will say, I also am his friend: But there is a friend, which is only a friend in name. Is there not a grief in it even to death, When a companion and friend is turned to enmity? O wicked imagination, whence came you rolling in To cover the dry land with deceitfulness... Mentions: Jacob/Israel .
Romans • Chapter 16 (27 verses)
I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also. Greet Pr... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Mary , Asia .
Tobit • Chapter 3 (17 verses)
And I was grieved and wept, and prayed in sorrow, saying, O Lord, you are righteous, and all your works and all your ways are mercy and truth, and you judge true and righteous judgement for ever. Remember me, and look on me; take not vengeance on me for my sins and mine ignorance... Mentions: Ecbatana , Media .
Nehemiah • Chapter 5 (19 verses)
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live. Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our la... Mentions: Judah .
Judith • Chapter 15 (13 verses)
And when they that were in the tents heard, they were amazed at the thing that was come to pass. And trembling and fear fell upon them, and no man dared abide any more in the sight of his neighbor, but rushing out with one accord, they fled into every way of the plain and of the ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Asshur , Jerusalem , Gilead , Galilee , Damascus .