Acts • Chapter 10 (48 verses)
There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway. He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the d... Mentions: Simon , Jacob/Israel , Yeshua the Messiah , Caesarea , Joppa , Galilee , Nazareth , Jerusalem .
Acts • Chapter 11 (30 verses)
And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem , they that were of the circumcision contended with him, Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them. Mentions: Simon , Yeshua the Messiah , Saul , Jerusalem , Joppa , Caesarea , Phoenicia , Cyprus .
Jonah • Chapter 1 (17 verses)
Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh , that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa ; and he found a... Mentions: Nineveh , Tarshish , Joppa .
The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 13 (53 verses)
And Simon heard that Tryphon had gathered together a mighty host to come into the land of Judah , and destroy it utterly. And he saw that the people trembled and was in great fear; and he went up to Jerusalem , and gathered the people together; and he encouraged them, and said to t... Mentions: Simon , Judah , Jacob/Israel , Judas , Jonathan , Jerusalem , Joppa , Ptolemais , Gilead , Asia .
The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 11 (74 verses)
And the king of Egypt gathered together great forces, as the sand which is by the sea shore, and many ships, and sought to make himself master of Alexander’s kingdom by deceit, and to add it to his own kingdom. And he went forth into Syria with words of peace, and they of the cit... Mentions: Jonathan , Jacob/Israel , Simon , Mattathias , Judas , Egypt , Syria , Ptolemais , Azotus , Joppa .
The Second Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 12 (45 verses)
So when these covenants had been made, Lysias departed to the king, and the Jews went about their husbandry. But certain of the governors of districts, Timotheus and Apollonius the son of Gennaeus, and Hieronymus also and Demophon, and beside them Nicanor the governor of Cyprus ... Mentions: Judas , Joshua , Cyprus , Joppa , Jerusalem , Jericho , Ephron 1 .
Ezra • Chapter 3 (13 verses)
And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem . Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel , and his brethren, and b... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Zerubbabel , Shealtiel , Moses , Judah , Jerusalem , Jeshua , Tyre , Lebanon , Joppa .
2 Chronicles • Chapter 2 (18 verses)
And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the Lord, and an house for his kingdom. And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them. And Solomon se... Mentions: Solomon, David , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Dan , Tyre , Jerusalem , Lebanon , Joppa .
The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 14 (49 verses)
And in the hundred and seventy and second year king Demetrius gathered his forces together, and went into Media , to get him help, that he might fight against Tryphon. And Arsaces, the king of Persia and Media , heard that Demetrius was come into his borders, and he sent one of hi... Mentions: Simon , Jacob/Israel , Jonathan , Judas , Mattathias , Media, Persia , Joppa , Rome , Jerusalem .
Old Testament • 4 Chapters
Jonah (Old Testament, 4 chapters). Key places: Nineveh , Tarshish , Joppa . Opens with: "Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,..."
The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 12 (53 verses)
And Jonathan saw that the time served him, and he chose men, and sent them to Rome , to confirm and renew the friendship that they had with them. And to the Spartans, and to other places, he sent letters after the same manner. And they went to Rome , and entered into the senate hou... Mentions: Jonathan , Judah , Abram/Abraham , Simon , Jacob/Israel , Rome, Jerusalem , Hamath , Damascus , Joppa .
Acts • Chapter 9 (43 verses)
And Saul , yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest , And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusale... Mentions: Saul , Yeshua the Messiah , Judas , Jacob/Israel , Simon , Damascus , Jerusalem , Straight , Tarsus , Caesarea .
The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 10 (89 verses)
And in the hundred and sixties year Alexander Epiphanes, the son of Antiochus, went up and took possession of Ptolemais : and they received him, and he reigned there. And king Demetrius heard thereof, and he gathered together exceeding great forces, and went forth to meet him in ... Mentions: Jonathan , Judah , Jacob/Israel , Simon , Ptolemais , Jerusalem , Samaria , Galilee , Egypt .
The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 15 (41 verses)
And Antiochus son of Demetrius the king sent letters from the isles of the sea to Simon the priest and governor of the Jews, and to all the nation; and the contents thereof were after this manner: King Antiochus to Simon the chief priest and governor, and to the nation of the J... Mentions: Simon, Jerusalem , Dor , Rome , Samos , Pamphylia .
The Second Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 4 (50 verses)
But the aforesaid Simon , he who had given information of the money, and had betrayed his country, slandered Onias, saying that it was he who had incited Heliodorus, and made himself the author of these evils. And him that was the benefactor of the city, and the guardian of his ... Mentions: Simon , Ammonites , Jacob/Israel , Phoenicia , Jerusalem , Antioch 1 , Tyre , Egypt .
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 .
Old Testament • 36 Chapters
2 Chronicles (Old Testament, 36 chapters). Key figures: Solomon , David , Jacob/Israel , Moses , Judah , Dan . Key places: Gibeon , Jerusalem , Egypt , Syria , Tyre , Lebanon . Opens with: "And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly...."
Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 15 Chapters
The Second Book of the Maccabees ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 15 chapters). Key figures: Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Jacob/Israel , Judas , Jonathan , Moses . Key places: Jerusalem , Egypt , Persia , Cyrene , Asia , Phoenicia . Opens with: "THE brethren, the Jews that are in Jerusalem and they that are in the country of Judaea, send greeting to the brethren, the Jews that are th..."
Joshua • Chapter 19 (51 verses)
And the second lot came forth to Simeon , even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah . And they had in their inheritance Beer–sheba, or Sheba , and Moladah , And Hazar–shual, and ... Mentions: Simeon, Judah , Zebulun , Japhia , Issachar , Sheba , Moladah , Balah , Ezem , Eltolad .
the prepuce, foreskin, uncircumcision
Primary meaning: the prepuce, foreskin, uncircumcision, the uncircumcised. Strong's: the prepuce; by implication, an uncircumcised (i.e. gentile, figuratively, unregenerate) state or person. Lexical nuances: the prepuce , foreskin (LXX), hence abstr., uncircumcision : Ac 11:3 , Ro 2:25-27 3:30 4:10-12 , I Co 7:18-19 , Ga 5:6 6:15 , Col 2:13 3:11 . By meton., the uncircumcised : Ro 4:9 , Ga 2:7 , Eph 2:11 .†
Derivation: from G206 (ἄκρον) and probably a modified form of (the penis or male sexual organ);
pious, godly, devout
Primary meaning: pious, godly, devout. Strong's: well-reverent, i.e. pious. Lexical nuances: pious, godly, devout : Ac 10:2 , 7 , II Pe 2:9 .†
Derivation: from G2095 (εὖ) and G4576 (σέβομαι);
a multitude, a company, a nation, people, the nations
Primary meaning: a multitude, a company, a nation, people, the nations, Gentiles. Strong's: a race (as of the same habit), i.e. a tribe; specially, a foreign (non-Jewish) one (usually, by implication, pagan). Lexical nuances: a multitude, a company , whether of beasts or men (Hom.). a nation, people : Mt 21:43 24:7 , Mk 13:8 , Lk 22:25 , Ac 10:35 , al.; in sing., of the Jewish people, Lk 7:5 23:2 , Jo 11:48 , 50-53 18:35 , Ac 10:22 24:3 , 10 26:4 28:19 . In pl., as in OT, τὰ ἔ. (like Heb. הַגּוֹיִם ), the nations , as distinct from Israel, Gentiles : Mt 4:15 6:32 , Ac 26:17 , Ro 3:29 11:11 15:10 , Ga 2:8 , al.; of G...
Derivation: probably from G1486 (ἔθω);
Mark 16
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Mark • Chapter 16 (20 verses)
And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James , and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. And they said amo... Mentions: Mary, James ( Jacob ), Yeshua the Messiah , Nazareth , Galilee .
a witness
Primary meaning: a witness. Strong's: a witness (literally (judicially) or figuratively (genitive case)); by analogy, a "martyr". Lexical nuances: a witness : Ac 10:41 , I Ti 6:12 , II Ti 2:2 , He 12:1 (Westc., in l.); in forensic sense, Mt 18:16 26:65 , Mk 14:63 , Ac 6:13 7:58 , II Co 13:1 , I Ti 5:19 , He 10:28 ; c. gen. obj., Lk 24:48 , Ac 1:22 2:32 3:15 5:32 10:39 26:16 , I Pe 5:1 ; c. gen. poss., Ac 1:8 13:31 , Re 11:3 ; c. dat. pers., Lk 11:48 , Ac 22:15 ; of Christ, Re 1:5 3:14 ; of God, Ro 1:9 , II Co 1:23 , Phl 1:8 , I Th 2:5 , 1...
Derivation: of uncertain affinity;
Jewish, a Jew, Judæa
Primary meaning: Jewish, a Jew, Judæa. Strong's: Judæan, i.e. belonging to Jehudah. Lexical nuances: Jewish : ἀνήρ , Ac 10:28 22:3 ; ἄνθρωπος , Ac 21:39 ; ψευδοπροφήτης , 13:6 ; ἀσχιερεύς , 19:14 ; γυνή , 16:1 24:24 ; γῆ , Jo 3:22 ; χώρα , Mk 1:5 . Substantively, Ἰουδαῖος, ὁ , a Jew : Jo 4:9 , Ac 18:24 , Ro 2:28 ; pl., Re 2:9 3:9 ; οἱ Ἰ. , Mt 2:2 , Mk 7:3 , Jo 2:6 , al.; Ἰ. τε καὶ Ἕλληνες , Ac 14:1 , al.; κ. προσήλυτοι , Ac 2:10 ; ἔθνη τε κ. Ἰ. , Ac 14:5 ; οἱ κατὰ τὰ ἔθνη Ἰ. , Ac 21:21 ; of Je...
Derivation: from G2448 (Ἰουδά) (in the sense of G2455 (Ἰούδας) as a country);
prayer, prayer to God, a place of prayer
Primary meaning: prayer, prayer to God, a place of prayer. Strong's: prayer (worship); by implication, an oratory (chapel). Lexical nuances: prayer to God: Mt 17:21 (WH, R, txt., om.) 21:22 , Mk 9:29 , Lk 22:45 , Ac 3:1 6:4 10:31 , Ro 12:12 , I Co 7:5 , Col 4:2 ; pl., Ac 2:42 10:4 , Ro 1:10 , Eph 1:16 , Col 4:12 , I Th 1:2 , Phm 4 , 22 , I Pe 3:7 4:7 , Re 5:8 8:3 , 4 ; οἶκος προσευχῆς , Mt 21:13 , Mk 11:17 , Lk 19:46 (LXX); π. καὶ δέησις , Eph 6:18 , Phl 4:6 ; pl., I Ti 2:1 5:5 ; ἡ π. τοῦ θεοῦ , prayer to God (cf. Wi 16:28 ), Lk 6:1...
Derivation: from G4336 (προσεύχομαι);
to be a witness, bear witness, testify
Primary meaning: to be a witness, bear witness, testify, to witness favourably. Strong's: to be a witness, i.e. testify (literally or figuratively). Lexical nuances: prop., to be a witness , bear witness , testify : absol. (Pind., al.), Jo 15:27 , Ac 26:5 ; parenthetical (Bl., § 79, 7; MM, xvi), II Co 8:3 ; c. dat. pers. (comm. et incomm.; Bl., § 37, 2), Ac 22:5 , He 10:15 ; id. seq. ὅτι , Mt 23:31 , Ro 10:2 , al.; acc. et inf., Ac 10:43 ; c. acc. rei (cl.), Jo 3:11 , Re 22:16 , 20 ; c. acc. cogn., seq. περί , Jo 5:32 , I Jo 5:10 ; c. dat. rei, Jo 5:33 , Ac...
Derivation: from G3144 (μάρτυς);
Luke 4
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Luke • Chapter 4 (44 verses)
And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan , and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. And the devil said unto him, If thou be the So... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Joseph , Jacob/Israel , Naaman , Simon , Jordan , Jerusalem , Galilee , Nazareth , Capernaum .
the office and work of a
Primary meaning: the office and work of a. Strong's: attendance (as a servant, etc.); figuratively (eleemosynary) aid, (official) service (especially of the Christian teacher, or technically of the diaconate). Lexical nuances: the office and work of a διάκονος , service, ministry ;
Derivation: from G1249 (διάκονος);
to offer, to sacrifice, offer sacrifice
Primary meaning: to offer, to sacrifice, offer sacrifice, to slay. Strong's: properly, to rush (breathe hard, blow, smoke), i.e. (by implication) to sacrifice (properly, by fire, but genitive case); by extension to immolate (slaughter for any purpose). Lexical nuances: to offer first fruits to a god.
Derivation: a primary verb;