mighty warrior, champion (El Gibbor)
Heroic warrior, champion; divine title of the Messiah in Isaiah 9:6 ('El Gibbôr', Mighty God) conquering the powers of darkness.
Derivation: From גָּבַר (H1396) to prevail, be strong.
Biblical Place • Abdon • 33.048°N, 35.146°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 19:28 (identified with Abdon ).
Generation 25 • Child of Shelah
Jokim is a biblical figure in Generation 25, child of Shelah . ( 1 Chronicles 4:22 )
Biblical Place • Gibeon • 31.847°N, 35.185°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Isa 28:21 (identified with Gibeon ).
Deuteronomy • Chapter 14 (29 verses)
Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon ...
darkness
Primary meaning: darkness. Strong's: shadiness, i.e. obscurity (literally or figuratively). Lexical nuances: darkness : He 12:18 , Rec.†
Derivation: from the base of G4639 (σκιά);
Interactive Book Map • Colossians
Geographic map plotting ancient cities, rivers, mountains, and events recorded across the Book of Colossians .
to anoint, consecrate with oil
To rub or smear with holy oil, setting persons or objects apart for holy service; typifies the impartation of the Holy Spirit for divine vocation.
Derivation: Primitive root.
Apostolic Authority, The Muratorian Fragment, Athanasius's 39th Festal Letter, and Antilegomena
Historical consensus that the 27-book NT canon developed via rigorous criteria: apostolicity (authored by an apostle or close associate), orthodoxy (consistency with the Rule of Faith), catholicity (widespread use across churches), and antiquity (1st century origin). Debates on antilegomena resolved by the late 4th century.
to ransom, redeem by paying price
To deliver by substitutionary payment, purchase out of bondage; required for every firstborn male (Exodus 13:13) and Israel's soul from Sheol (Psalm 49:15).
Derivation: Primitive root.
crown, consecration, diadem
Diadem, royal crown, holy crown of high priest (Exodus 29:6), and hair of Nazirite set apart in consecrated devotion to God.
Derivation: From נָזַר (H5144) to separate, dedicate.
divine, the Deity
Primary meaning: divine, the Deity. Strong's: godlike (neuter as noun, divinity). Lexical nuances: divine : δύναμις , II Pe 1:3 ; φύσις (for parallel in π. , v. MM, Exp. , xv), II Pe 1:4 ; τὸ θ. , the Deity (so in cl.; of God, in Philo and FlJ), Ac 17:29 .†
Derivation: from G2316 (θεός);
consecration, sanctification
Primary meaning: consecration, sanctification. Strong's: properly, purification, i.e. (the state) purity; concretely (by Hebraism) a purifier. Lexical nuances: as an active verbal noun in -μός , it signifies properly the process τὸ ἁγιάζειν , rather than the resultant state, ἁγιωσύνη , hence, consecration ; sanctification : so strictly in Ro 6:19 , 22 (but v. Meyer), I Co 1:30 , I Th 4:3 , 7 , II Th 2:13 , He 12:14 , I Pe 1:2 . Elsewhere it perhaps (Ellic.; but v. Milligan, Th. , 48) inclines to the resultant state: I Th 4:4 , I Ti 2:15 (Cremer, 55, 6...
Derivation: from G37 (ἁγιάζω);
The Wisdom of Solomon • Chapter 4 (20 verses)
Better than this is childishness with virtue; For in the memory of virtue is immortality: Because it is recognized both before God and before men. When it is present, men imitate it; And they long after it when it is departed: And throughout all time it marcheth crowned in tr...
Biblical Place • Gederah • 31.823°N, 34.778°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:36 (identified with Gederah ).
Biblical Place • Kedesh 1 • 33.113°N, 35.534°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Judg 4:6 (identified with Kedesh 1 ).
The Wisdom of Solomon • Chapter 18 (25 verses)
But for your holy ones there was great light; And the Egyptians, hearing their voice but seeing not their form, Counted it a happy thing that they too had suffered, Yet for that they do not hurt them now, though wronged by them before, they are thankful; And because they had b...
The Wisdom of Solomon • Chapter 3 (19 verses)
But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, And no torment shall touch them. In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died; And their departure was accounted to be their hurt, And their journeying away from us to be their ruin: But they are in peace.
Biblical Place • Ain 1 • 34.353°N, 36.386°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Num 34:11 (identified with Ain 1 ).
The Wisdom of Solomon • Chapter 2 (24 verses)
For they said within themselves, reasoning not aright, Short and sorrowful is our life; And there is no healing when a man comes to his end, And none was ever known that gave release from Hades. Because by mere chance were we born, And hereafter we shall be as though we had nev...
Interactive 3D Model • Exodus 27:1–8
Large hollow acacia-wood altar overlaid with bronze (brass) standing in the Tabernacle courtyard near the eastern gate, equipped with four horns and a bronze grating for sacrificial offerings.
a servant, attendant, minister, a deacon, bondman
Primary meaning: a servant, attendant, minister, a deacon, bondman, servant. Strong's: an attendant, i.e. (genitive case) a waiter (at table or in other menial duties); specially, a Christian teacher and pastor (technically, a deacon or deaconess). Lexical nuances: in general, a servant, attendant, minister : Mt 20:26 22:13 23:11 , Mk 9:35 10:43 , Jo 2:5 , 9 , I Co 3:5 , Ga 2:17 , Eph 6:21 , Col 4:7 ; δ. θεοῦ , Ro 13:4 , II Co 6:4 , I Th 3:2 ; δ. Χριστοῦ , II Co 11:23 , Col 1:7 , I Ti 4:6 ; cf. ὁ δ. ὁ ἐμός , Jo 12:26 ; δ. περιτομῆς , Ro 15:8 ; δ. καινῆς διαθήκης , II Co 3:6 ; δ. δικαιοσύνης , II Co 11:15 ; δ. [εὐαγγελίου] , Eph 3:7 , Col 1:23 ; δ. [ἐκκλησ...
Derivation: probably from an obsolete (to run on errands; compare G1377 (διώκω));
to minister, serve, wait upon, to do one a service, care for one's needs, to serve as deacon
Primary meaning: to minister, serve, wait upon, to do one a service, care for one's needs, to serve as deacon, to minister, supply, supply by ministration. Strong's: to be an attendant, i.e. wait upon (menially or as a host, friend, or (figuratively) teacher); technically, to act as a Christian deacon. Lexical nuances: generally, to minister, serve, wait upon , especially at table, to do one a service, care for one's needs : absol., Mt 20:28 , Mk 10:45 , Lk 10:40 22:26 , 27 , Jo 12:2 , I Pe 4:11 ; ὅσα διηκόνησεν , II Ti 1:18 ; c. dat. pers., Mt 4:11 8:15 25:44 27:55 , Mk 1:13 , 31 15:41 , Lk 4:39 8:3 12:37 17:8 , Jo 12:26 , Ac 6:2 19:22 , Ro 15:25 , Phm 13 , He 6:10 .
Derivation: from G1249 (διάκονος);
The Wisdom of Solomon • Chapter 19 (22 verses)
But upon the ungodly there came to the end indignation without mercy; For their future also God foreknew, How that, having changed their minds to let your people go, And having speeded them eagerly on their way, They would repent themselves and pursue them. For while they were ... Mentions: Sodom .
Biblical Place • Ezion-geber • 29.758°N, 35.031°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Kgs 21:19 (identified with Ezion-geber ).
darkness
Primary meaning: darkness. Strong's: dimness, obscurity (literally or figuratively). Lexical nuances: in late writers = σκότος ,
Derivation: from G4655 (σκότος);