molten image, cast metal idol
Cast image formed by pouring molten metal into a mold; exemplified by the Golden Calf at Sinai (Exodus 32:4).
Derivation: From נָסַךְ (H5258) to pour out.
Biblical Place • Sardis • 38.477°N, 28.114°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Obad 1:20 (identified with Sardis ).
Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 2:14 (identified with Jerusalem ).
Biblical Place • Mount Hermon • 33.416°N, 35.857°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Chr 5:19 (identified with Mount Hermon ).
only, only begotten
Primary meaning: only, only begotten. Strong's: only-born, i.e. sole. Lexical nuances: only , only begotten ( DCG , ii, 281), of sons and daughters: Lk 7:12 8:42 9:38 , He 11:17 ; of Christ, Jo 3:16 , 18 , I Jo 4:9 ; μ. παρὰ πατρός , Jo 1:14 ; μ. θεός , Jo 1:18 .†
Derivation: from G3441 (μόνος) and G1096 (γίνομαι);
Biblical Place • Kedesh 1 • 33.113°N, 35.534°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 19:33 , Judg 4:11 (identified with Kedesh 1 ).
only one, solitary, precious only-begotten
Only one, uniquely precious, only-begotten; applied to Isaac ('take your son, your only son Isaac', Genesis 22:2) and prophetic mourning over an only son (Zechariah 12:10).
Derivation: From יָחַד (H3161) to unite.
Biblical Place • 33.104°N, 35.181°E
now Alma el Shaab. Referenced in Josh 19:30 .
to make peace
Primary meaning: to make peace. Strong's: to be a peace-maker, i.e. (figuratively) to harmonize. Lexical nuances: to make peace : Col 1:20 .†
Derivation: from G1518 (εἰρηνοποιός);
Psalms Chapter 130, Verse 1
Scripture passage in Psalms 130:1
Genesis Chapter 2, Verse 22
Scripture passage in Genesis 2:22
Numbers Chapter 33, Verse 1
Scripture passage in Numbers 33:1
From Cyrus to Titus: Pharisees, Sadducees, Herodian Monumentality, and the Roman Matrix
Comprehensive historical and archaeological consensus on the political, religious, and social landscape between the return from Babylonian Exile under Cyrus (538 BC) and the Roman destruction of the Second Temple (70 AD).
1 Esdras • Chapter 5 (73 verses)
After this were the chiefs of fathers’ houses chosen to go up according to their tribes, with their wives and sons and daughters, with their menservants and maidservants, and their cattle. And Darius sent with them a thousand horsemen, till they had brought them back to Jerusalem ... Mentions: Aaron , Yeshua the Messiah , David , Judah , Moab , Jerusalem , Persia , Babylon , Elam .
1 Esdras • Chapter 9 (55 verses)
Then Esdras rising from the court of the temple went to the chamber of Jonas the son of Eliasib, and lodged there, and did eat no bread nor drink water, mourning for the great iniquities of the multitude. And there was made proclamation in all Jewry and Jerusalem to all them that... Mentions: Judah , Benjamin , Jacob/Israel , Jonathan , Yeshua the Messiah , Jerusalem .
1 Esdras • Chapter 2 (30 verses)
In the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremy might be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of the Persians, and he made proclamation through all his kingdom, and also by writing, saying, Thus says Cyrus k... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Judah , Benjamin , Jerusalem , Babylon , Samaria , Phoenicia , Syria .
Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 9 Chapters
1 Esdras ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 9 chapters). Key figures: Jacob/Israel , Solomon , David , Moses , Joram , Aaron . Key places: Jerusalem , Egypt , Carchemish , Euphrates , Megiddo , Judea . Opens with: "AND Josias held the passover in Jerusalem to his Lord, and offered the passover the fourteenth day of the first month;..."
2 Esdras • Chapter 14 (48 verses)
And it came to pass upon the third day, I sat under an oak, and, behold, there came a voice out of a bush over against me, and said, Esdras, Esdras. And I said, Here am I, Lord. And I stood up upon my feet. Then said he to me, In the bush I did manifestly reveal myself, and talke... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Egypt , Sinai .
1 Kings • Chapter 6 (38 verses)
And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt , in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel , in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord. And the house ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Solomon , David , Egypt , Solomon's .
Interactive 3D Cuneiform Artifact • Ezra 1:1–4
Ancient barrel-shaped baked clay cylinder inscribed in Babylonian cuneiform on behalf of King Cyrus the Great after his conquest of Babylon in 539 BC, recording his policy of restoring exiled peoples and sacred temple vessels to their homelands—paralleling the decree in Ezra 1:1–4 and 2 Chronicles 36:22–23 .
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 32 (24 verses)
Have they made you ruler of a feast? Be not lifted up, Be you among them as one of them; Take thought for them, and so sit down. And when you have done all your office, take your place, That you may be gladdened on their account, And receive a crown for your well ordering. Speak,...
Ezra • Chapter 1 (11 verses)
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia , that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia , that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, Thus saith Cyr... Mentions: Judah , Jacob/Israel , Benjamin , Persia, Jerusalem , Babylon .
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 49 (16 verses)
The memorial of Josiah is like the composition of incense Prepared by the work of the apothecary: It shall be sweet as honey in every mouth, And as music at a banquet of wine. He behaved himself uprightly in the conversion of the people, And took away the abominations of iniquity... Mentions: Josiah , David , Hezekiah , Judah , Jacob/Israel , Adam .
1 Esdras • Chapter 6 (34 verses)
Now in the second year of the reign of Darius, Aggaeus and Zacharius the son of Addo, the prophets, prophesied to the Jews in Jewry and Jerusalem ; in the name of the Lord, the God of Israel , prophesied they to them. Then stood up Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Jesus the so... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Yeshua the Messiah , Jerusalem , Syria , Phoenicia , Babylon , Babylonia .
1 Esdras • Chapter 4 (63 verses)
Then the second, that had spoken of the strength of the king, began to say, O sirs, do not men excel in strength, that bear rule over the sea and land, and all things in them? But yet is the king stronger: and he is their lord, and has dominion over them; and in whatever he comma... Mentions: Jerusalem , Babylon , Phoenicia , Babylonia .
refuge, shelter, rock of defense
Shelter from storm, fortress of security; God as ultimate hiding place for the vulnerable righteous.
Derivation: From חָסָה (H2620).
1 Esdras • Chapter 7 (15 verses)
Then Sisinnes the governor of Coelesyria and Phoenicia , and Sathrabuzanes, with their companions, following the commandments of king Darius, did very carefully oversee the holy works, assisting the elders of the Jews and rulers of the temple. And so the holy works prospered, whi... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Moses , Phoenicia , Assyria .
