to die, perish, execute
to die, perish, execute. To die, perish, be put to death; solemn judicial consequence of human rebellion announced in Eden ('in the day you eat you shall surely die', mot tamut).
flesh, body, humanity, frailty
flesh, body, humanity, frailty. Flesh, physical body, humanity; expresses human kinship ('one flesh') and creaturely transience in contrast to the eternal Spirit of God.
incorruptibility, immortality
incorruptibility, immortality. Primary meaning: incorruptibility, immortality. Strong's: incorruptibility; genitive, unending existence; (figuratively) genuineness. Lexical nuances: incorruptibility , immortality : Ro 2:7 , I Co 15:42 , 50 , 53 , 54 , II Ti 1:10 ; ἀγαπώντων . . . ἐν ἀ. , Eph 6:24 (v. AR, in l.).†
man, mortal, mankind
man, mortal, mankind. Mortal man, human race; mortal frailty contrasted with heavenly power.
vanity, vapor, breath, transient futility
vanity, vapor, breath, transient futility. Vapor, passing breath, transient futility; leitmotif of Ecclesiastes ('Vanity of vanities, all is vanity', Ecclesiastes 1:2); mortal transience without God.
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...
Romans • Chapter 6 (23 verses)
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah.
The Wisdom of Solomon • Chapter 7 (30 verses)
I myself also am mortal, like to all, And am sprung from one born of the earth, the man first formed, And in the womb of a mother was I moulded into flesh in the time of ten months, Being compacted in blood of the seed of man and pleasure that came with sleep. And I also, when ...
to dwell, abide, tabernacle
to dwell, abide, tabernacle. To dwell, settle down, abide, pitch tent; verbal root of post-biblical 'Shekinah' (divine indwelling glory); God's transcendent presence making home among mortals.
to make free
to make free. Primary meaning: to make free. Strong's: to liberate, i.e. (figuratively) to exempt (from moral, ceremonial or mortal liability). Lexical nuances: to make free : from sin, Jo 8:32 , 36 ; seq. ἀπό , Ro 6:18 , 22 8:2 , 21 ; τ. ἐλευθερία (dat. commodi), Ga 5:1 (on the "punctiliar" force of this verb, v. M, Pr. 149; cf. also Cremer, 251).†
2 Corinthians • Chapter 5 (21 verses)
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: If so be that being clothed w... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .
2 Timothy • Chapter 1 (18 verses)
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure consc... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah, Asia , Rome , Ephesus .
The Wisdom of Solomon • Chapter 15 (19 verses)
But you, our God, are gracious and true, Longsuffering, and in mercy ordering all things. For even if we sin, we are your, knowing your dominion; But we shall not sin, knowing that we have been accounted your: For to be acquainted with you is perfect righteousness, And to know y...
The Fourth Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 14 (20 verses)
And more that this, they even urged them on to this ill-treatment; so that they not only despised pains themselves, but they even got the better of their affections of brotherly love. O reasonings more royal than a king, and freer than freemen! Sacred and harmonious concert of th... Mentions: Abram/Abraham .
Romans • Chapter 2 (29 verses)
Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. An... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .
2 Esdras • Chapter 7 (140 verses)
And when I had made an end of speaking these words, there was sent to me the angel which had been sent to me the nights before: and he said to me, Up, Esdras, and hear the words that I am come to tell you. And I said, Speak on, my Lord. Then he said to me, There is a sea set in a... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Adam , Yeshua the Messiah , Abram/Abraham , Moses , Sodom .
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.
Job • Chapter 4 (21 verses)
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. Mentions: Eliphaz .
2 Corinthians • Chapter 4 (18 verses)
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscien... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .
Romans • Chapter 8 (39 verses)
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus , who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak thro... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah.
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 .
death, realm of death, pestilence
death, realm of death, pestilence. Death, physical expiration, pestilence, personified power of darkness and the grave; the ultimate enemy swallowed up in divine victory (Isaiah 25:8).
Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Zeph 1:11 (identified with Jerusalem ).
imperishable, immortal
imperishable, immortal. Primary meaning: imperishable, immortal. Strong's: undecaying (in essence or continuance). Lexical nuances: imperishable , immortal ; of things: I Co 9:25 , I Pe 1:4 , 23 3:4 ; of persons: of men, I Co 15:52 ; of God, Ro 1:23 , I Ti 1:17 (MM, s.v.).†
death
death. Primary meaning: death. Strong's: (properly, an adjective used as a noun) death (literally or figuratively). Lexical nuances: death ; of the death of the body, whether natural or violent: Jo 11:13 , Phl 2:27 , He 7:23 , al; opp. to ζωή , Ro 8:38 , Phl 1:20 ; of the death of Christ, Ro 5:10 , Phl 3:10 , He 2:9 ; ῥυέσθαι (σώζειν) ἐκ θ. , II Co 1:10 , He 5:7 ; περίλυπος ἕως θανάτου , Mt 26:38 , Mk 14:34 ; μέχρι (ἄχρι) θ. , Phl 2:8 , Re 2:10 ; πληγὴ θανάτου , a deadly wound, Re 13:3 ; ἰδεῖν θάνατον , Lk 2:26 , He 11:5 ; γ...
Sheol, underworld, realm of the dead
Sheol, underworld, realm of the dead. Sheol, grave, shadowy abode of departed spirits beneath the earth; subject entirely to Yahweh's sovereign omniscience (Psalm 139:8).
to live, have life, revive
to live, have life, revive. To live, preserve alive, revive, recover from death or sickness; theological in Deuteronomy ('that you may live') and Ezekiel ('shall these dry bones live?').
to remain, be left over, survive
to remain, be left over, survive. To be left over, survive judgment; origin of doctrine of the Remnant preserved by mercy through exile and catastrophe.
life
life. Primary meaning: life. Strong's: life (literally or figuratively). Lexical nuances: life (in Hom., Hdt., = βίος , q.v.; later, existence , vita quâ vivimus , as distinct from βίος , vita quam vivimus ; opp. to θάνατος ); of natural life: Lk 16:25 , Ac 8:33 , I Co 15:19 , I Ti 4:8 , He 7:3 , Ja 4:14 ; πνεῦμα ζωῆς , Re 11:11 ; ψυχὴ ζωῆς ( Ge 1:30 ), Re 16:3 ; of the life of one risen from the dead, Ro 5:10 , He 7:16 . Of the life of the kingdom of God, the present life of grace ...
blood, lifeblood, shed blood
blood, lifeblood, shed blood. Blood, lifeblood; vehicle of creaturely life ('life of the flesh is in the blood', Leviticus 17:11) given upon altar to make atonement.
ransom, redemption price, bribe
ransom, redemption price, bribe. Ransom price, redemption fee paid to deliver a forfeited life from death; basis of redemption where innocent substitute pays price.
end, termination, consummation
end, termination, consummation. End, boundary limit of time, eschatological consummation of worldly empires (Daniel 12:4, 9, 13; Ezekiel 7:2).
Job • Chapter 17 (16 verses)
My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?