to sing praise, pluck strings, celebrate
To make music with musical instruments, pluck strings, sing joyful lyrical praise to God (Psalm 104:33).
Derivation: Primitive root.
psalm, melody with instrumental accompaniment
Psalm, musical ode; title of 57 individual psalms in the Psalter designed for stringed liturgical accompaniment.
Derivation: From זָמַר (H2167) to sing, make music.
song, lyrical poem, sacred ode
Song, musical praise, sacred song; Song of Songs (Shir Ha-Shirim) and Songs of Ascents (Shire Ha-Ma'alot, Psalms 120-134).
Derivation: From שִׁיר (H7891) to sing.
Selah, lift up, musical/theological pause
Musical, liturgical, and theological pause in the Psalms and Habakkuk, inviting solemn contemplation of great redemptive truths.
Derivation: Perhaps from סָלַל (H5549) to lift up, exalt.
Biblical Place • 32.071°N, 35.240°E
now al-Lubban. Referenced in Judg 21:19 .
Biblical Place • 31.374°N, 35.075°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:50 .
hand, power, agency of the LORD
Hand, forearm, power, dominion, agency; the 'Hand of the LORD' (Yad YHWH) represents sovereign divine intervention in the Exodus ('with a mighty hand and outstretched arm', Deuteronomy 26:8), victorious deliverance, and prophetic inspiration (Ezekiel 1:3).
Derivation: Primitive word.
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,...
abomination, detestable thing
Abomination; that which is profoundly offensive to God's holy nature (idolatry, occultism, sexual perversions, dishonest scales, hypocritical worship).
Derivation: From תָּעַב (H8581) to loathe, abhor.
to understand, discern, perceive
To separate mentally, discern between good and evil, perceive deep spiritual truth.
Derivation: Primitive root.
Rebellion in Eden, Universal Guilt, Total Depravity, and Federal vs Realist Transmission
Biblical-primary certainty on the historical rebellion in Eden ( Gen 3 ), resulting in universal sinfulness, guilt, spiritual death, and condemnation ( Rom 3:23 , 5:12-21 ). Theories on the transmission of original sin (Federal Headship vs Realism vs Ancestral Sin ) are cataloged under scholarly-debate.
wickedness, iniquity, lawlessness
Unrighteousness, moral lawlessness, civil injustice, oppression of the poor and helpless.
Derivation: From רָשַׁע (H7561).
Biblical Place • 30.881°N, 34.631°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Judg 1:17 .
to lift up, carry, bear iniquity, forgive
To lift, carry, bear; in soteriological context, to bear away iniquity as substitutionary bearer, hence to forgive ('bearing iniquity and transgression', Exodus 34:7; Isaiah 53:4, 12).
Derivation: Primitive root.
Biblical Place • 36.881°N, 30.695°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 14:25 .
a judge
Primary meaning: a judge. Strong's: a judge (genitive case or specially). Lexical nuances: a judge : Mt 5:25 , Lk 12:14 , 58 18:2 ; τ. ἀδικίας , Lk 18:6 ; c. gen. rei (obj.), Ac 18:15 , Ja 4:11 ; (qual.), διαλογισμῶν πονηρῶν , Ja 2:4 ; of a Roman procurator, Ac 24:10 ; of God, He 12:23 , Ja 4:12 ; Christ, Ac 10:42 , II Ti 4:8 , Ja 5:9 ; of those whose conduct is made a standard for judging, Mt 12:27 , Lk 11:19 ; in the OT sense ( Jg 2:16 , Ru 1:1 , al), of a ruler in Israel, Ac 13:20 .†
Derivation: from G2919 (κρίνω);
Generation 42 • Child of Azel
Sheariah is a biblical figure in Generation 42, child of Azel . ( 1 Chronicles 9:44 )
Æneas
Primary meaning: Æneas. Strong's: Ænĕas, an Israelite. Lexical nuances: Æneas : Ac 9:33 , 34 .†
Derivation: of uncertain derivation;
to scorn, scoff, mock, interpret
To scoff at divine instruction, mock moral rebuke, deride sacred truth; chief antagonist in Proverbs.
Derivation: Primitive root.
Generation 31 • Child of Zerah
Jeatherai is a biblical figure in Generation 31, child of Zerah . ( 1 Chronicles 6:21 )
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 .
Exodus • Chapter 38 (31 verses)
And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof. And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: a... Mentions: Moses , Ithamar , Aaron , Judah , Dan .
New Testament • 1 Chapters
2 John (New Testament, 1 chapters). Key figures: Yeshua the Messiah . Opens with: "The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;..."
Lamentations • Chapter 5 (22 verses)
Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows. Mentions: Judah , Zion .
release effected by payment of ransom, redemption, deliverance
Primary meaning: release effected by payment of ransom, redemption, deliverance. Strong's: (the act) ransom in full, i.e. (figuratively) riddance, or (specially) Christian salvation. Lexical nuances: release effected by payment of ransom , redemption , deliverance ; metaph., He 11:35 ; of deliverance thr. Christ from evil and the consequences of sin: Lk 21:28 , Ro 3:24 (Vau., in l.) 8:23, I Co 1:30 , Eph 1:7 , 14 4:30 , Col 1:14 , He 9:15 . (On the extent to wh. the word retains the sense of ransom , v. ICC , Ro. , 3:24 , Westc., He. , 297 ff.; v. also ICC , Eph. , 11; DCG , ii, 605; Cremer...
Derivation: from a compound of G575 (ἀπό) and G3083 (λύτρον);
