Biblical Place • Ecbatana • 34.798°N, 48.515°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Ezek 23:23 (identified with Ecbatana ).
Ezekiel • Chapter 23 (49 verses)
The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother: And they committed whoredoms in Egypt ; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity. Mentions: Egypt , Samaria , Jerusalem , Assyria , Chaldea .
Generation 21 • Child of Nahor
Kemuel is a biblical figure in Generation 21, child of Nahor . ( Genesis 22:21 )
Biblical Place • Arvad • 34.856°N, 35.858°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Ezek 27:11 (identified with Arvad ).
Interactive 3D Cuneiform Prism • 2 Kings 18–19 & Isaiah 36–37
Six-sided baked clay prism discovered at Nineveh inscribed with the annals of Assyrian King Sennacherib's 701 BC campaign against Judah , famously declaring that he shut up ' Hezekiah the Judahite within Jerusalem , his royal city, like a bird in a cage'—without claiming to capture the city ( 2 Kings 19:32–36 ).
compassion, tender mercies, bowels of pity
Plural of intensity expressing boundless tender mercies and deep maternal yearning of God for His backsliding children.
Derivation: Plural of רַחַם (H7356) womb.
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).
Mark Chapter 14, Verse 32
Scripture passage in Mark 14:32
a taking up
Primary meaning: a taking up. Strong's: ascension. Lexical nuances: a taking up : Lk 9:51 (MM, VGT , s.v.).†
Derivation: from G353 (ἀναλαμβάνω);
until, forever, eternity
Until, forever; marks the duration of the saints possessing the kingdom forever and ever (Daniel 7:18).
Derivation: Aramaic corresponding to עַד (H5703).
that which is laid by, a votive offering, devoted, a thing devoted to God
Primary meaning: that which is laid by, a votive offering, devoted, a thing devoted to God, a curse. Strong's: a (religious) ban or (concretely) excommunicated (thing or person). Lexical nuances: prop. = τὸ ἀνατιθέμένον , that which is laid by to be kept, a votive offering (as ἀνάθημα in II Mac 2:13 , Lk 21:5 —where LT read -θεμα , v. M, Pr. , 46).
Derivation: from G394 (ἀνατίθεμαι);
Wiki Article • Prophets & Wisdom
Preserved in the World English Bible (WEB), King James Version (KJV), and Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV), the eighteen Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha books bridge the intertestamental period between the return from Babylon and the New Testament era.
wicked, guilty, ungodly
Wicked, guilty, hostile to God and community; one condemned in judgment, living in active rebellion against divine Torah.
Derivation: From רָשַׁע (H7561) to be wicked.
to act wickedly, condemn, be guilty
To be in the wrong, act wickedly, pronounce guilty in court; contrasted with justifying the innocent (Hiphil: hirshia).
Derivation: Primitive root.
Micah • Chapter 2 (13 verses)
Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a ma... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Bozrah 1 .
Ezekiel • Chapter 13 (23 verses)
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord God; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Jerusalem .
Deuteronomy • Chapter 13 (18 verses)
If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; Thou shalt not hearken unto t... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Egypt .
Methods, Canons of Criticism, Text-Types, and the Reconstruction of the Original Autographs
Historical and scientific consensus that over 5,800 Greek NT manuscripts, ancient versions (Syriac Peshitta, Old Latin, Coptic, Vulgate), and early patristic quotations preserve the pristine original text of the NT with >99% substantial fidelity. Minor variant debates (e.g. Pericope Adulterae John 7:53–8 :11, Longer Ending of Mark 16:9-20 , Comma Johanneum 1 John 5:7-8 ) are evaluated via transparent canons of textual criticism.
Wiki Article • Prophets & Wisdom
Spanning the eighth to fifth centuries BCE, the Major Prophets ( Isaiah , Jeremiah , Ezekiel , Daniel ) and the Twelve Minor Prophets ( Hosea through Malachi ) called Israel and Judah back to covenant righteousness while foretelling redemption and the coming Messiah.
prophet, spokesman for God
Prophet, divine spokesman; one who receives direct divine revelation and proclaims God's authoritative message ('I will put My words in his mouth', Deuteronomy 18:18).
Derivation: From an unused root cognate with Akkadian nabu (to call, name, announce).
Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 16 Chapters
2 Esdras ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 16 chapters). Key figures: Eleazar , Aaron , Levi , Moses , Jacob/Israel , Judah . Key places: Egypt , Tyre , Sidon , Sodom , Gomorrah , Jerusalem . Opens with: "THE second book of the prophet Esdras, Saraias, the son of Azaraias, the son of Helkias, the son of Salemas, the son of Sadoc, the son of Ah..."
deliverance, salvation, victory
Deliverance, military victory wrought by God, spiritual salvation from judgment (Judges 15:18, Psalm 51:14).
Derivation: From יָשַׁע (H3467).
Ezra • Chapter 10 (44 verses)
Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore. And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of t... Mentions: Ezra , Jacob/Israel , Elam , Judah , Benjamin , Jerusalem , Jeshua , Immer , Telem .
Esther • Chapter 8 (17 verses)
On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her. And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set ... Mentions: India , Ethiopia .
2 Corinthians • Chapter 8 (24 verses)
Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia ; How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyo... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Macedonia .
Ezra • Chapter 8 (36 verses)
These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon , in the reign of Artaxerxes the king. Of the sons of Phinehas ; Gershom : of the sons of Ithamar ; Daniel : of the sons of David ; Hattush. Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the s... Mentions: Phinehas , Gershon (Gershom), Ithamar , Daniel , David , Babylon , Elam , Ahava , Ariel , Casiphia .
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 8 (19 verses)
Contend not with a mighty man, Lest haply you fall into his hands. Strive not with a rich man, lest haply he overweigh you: For gold has destroyed many, And turned aside the hearts of kings. Contend not with a man that is full of tongue, And heap not wood upon his fire.
iniquity, wickedness
Primary meaning: iniquity, wickedness. Strong's: depravity, i.e. (specially), malice; plural (concretely) plots, sins. Lexical nuances: iniquity , wickedness : Mt 22:18 , Lk 11:39 , Ro 1:29 , Eph 6:12 ; pl. (v. Bl., § 32, 6; WM, 220; Swete, Mk. , 153), Mk 7:22 , Ac 3:26 ; κακία καὶ π. , I Co 5:8 .†
Derivation: from G4190 (πονηρός);
2 Peter • Chapter 2 (22 verses)
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by... Mentions: Noah , Lot , Yeshua the Messiah , Sodom .
Judith • Chapter 13 (20 verses)
But when the evening was come, his servants made haste to depart, and Bagoas shut the tent without, and dismissed them that waited from the presence of his lord; and they went away to their beds: for they were all weary, because the feast had been long. But Judith was left alone ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Asshur , Jerusalem .
Isaiah • Chapter 58 (14 verses)
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me t... Mentions: Jacob/Israel .
Daniel • Chapter 12 (13 verses)
And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall b... Mentions: Michael , Daniel .
