to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate
To treat sacred things as common, pollute the sanctuary, profane God's holy Name by disobedience, or break solemn covenant vows.
Derivation: Primitive root.
peace, wholeness, well-being
Completeness, soundness, welfare, safety, wholeness, peace; covenantal flourishing and harmonious reconciliation between God, humanity, and creation resulting from righteousness.
Derivation: From שָׁלַם (H7999) to be complete, restore.
Generation 29 • Child of Mikloth
Shimeam is a biblical figure in Generation 29, child of Mikloth . ( 1 Chronicles 9:38 )
generation, age
Generation, epoch; 'His kingdom is from generation to generation' (Daniel 4:3, 34).
Derivation: Aramaic corresponding to דּוֹר (H1755).
name, memorial, reputation
Name, reputation, renown, character; especially the Name of the LORD representing His self-revelation, holy presence dwelling at the sanctuary, and locus of worship.
Derivation: Perhaps from שׂוּם (H7760).
Biblical Place • Debir 1 • 31.417°N, 34.967°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:48 (identified with Debir 1 ).
oath, curse, covenant execration
Solemn sworn curse attending covenant ratification; self-malediction invoked upon failure to maintain covenant obligations.
Derivation: From אָלָה (H422) to swear.
grace, favor, charm, acceptance
Grace, unmerited favor, charm; finding grace in the eyes of the LORD (Noah in Genesis 6:8; Moses in Exodus 33:17).
Derivation: From חָנַן (H2603) to show favor.
emptiness, void, desolation
Emptiness, void, vacancy; occurs in hendiadys with tohu to express uninhabited desolation awaiting divine creative fullness.
Derivation: From an unused root meaning to be empty.
to deem right, to do one justice, to be treated rightly
Primary meaning: to deem right, to do one justice, to be treated rightly, to show to be righteous. Strong's: to render (i.e. show or regard as) just or innocent. Lexical nuances: in cl.,
Derivation: from G1342 (δίκαιος);
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).
Biblical Place • Bethlehem 1 • 31.705°N, 35.210°E
?. Referenced in 1 Chr 4:22 .
Biblical Place • Socoh 1 • 31.681°N, 34.976°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Kgs 4:10 (identified with Socoh 1 ).
The Tripartite TaNaKh, The Great Synagogue, Dead Sea Scrolls Witnesses, and Masoretic Precision
Broad historical and manuscript consensus that the 24/39-book Hebrew canon ( Torah , Nevi'im, Ketuvim - TaNaKh) was established and closed well before the 1st century AD, attested by Josephus, Philo, the Prologue to Ben Sira (c. 132 BC), the New Testament, and Qumran biblical scrolls.
contribution, heave offering, dedicated gift
Contribution, dedicated gift lifted up from common use and presented for building sanctuary or supporting priesthood.
Derivation: From רוּם (H7311) to be high.
Predestination, Effectual Calling, Regeneration, Justification, Sanctification, and Glorification
The stages of redemptive application are clearly anchored in Romans 8:29-30 (Foreknowledge, Predestination, Calling, Justification, Glorification). However, the precise logical and chronological sequencing (especially Regeneration vs Faith, and monergistic vs synergistic operations) forms the defining historical debate between Reformed, Lutheran, Arminian, and Roman Catholic traditions.
divine nature, divinity
Primary meaning: divine nature, divinity. Strong's: divinity (abstractly). Lexical nuances: divine nature , divinity : Ro 1:20 (for ex. from π. , v. MM, Exp. , xv).†
Derivation: from G2304 (θεῖος);
Biblical Place • 36.231°N, 30.011°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 27:5 .
The Apostolic Kerygma, The Empty Tomb, and Exaltation to the Right Hand of the Father
The historical and bodily resurrection of Jesus on the third day is the irreducible bedrock of apostolic proclamation ( 1 Cor 15:3-8 , Acts 2:24-36 ), attested in pre-Pauline creeds dating within years of the crucifixion.
Biblical Place • 31.883°N, 35.200°E
~; now Suweika. Referenced in 1 Sam 19:22 .
Interactive 3D Assyrian Monument • 2 Kings 9–10
Four-sided black limestone monument erected at Nimrud (biblical Calah ) in 825 BC by King Shalmaneser III of Assyria . Its second register preserves the earliest surviving visual depiction of a biblical figure: King Jehu of Israel ('Jehu, son of Omri') bowing to present tribute in 841 BC.
consecration, sanctification
Primary meaning: consecration, sanctification. Strong's: properly, purification, i.e. (the state) purity; concretely (by Hebraism) a purifier. Lexical nuances: as an active verbal noun in -μός , it signifies properly the process τὸ ἁγιάζειν , rather than the resultant state, ἁγιωσύνη , hence, consecration ; sanctification : so strictly in Ro 6:19 , 22 (but v. Meyer), I Co 1:30 , I Th 4:3 , 7 , II Th 2:13 , He 12:14 , I Pe 1:2 . Elsewhere it perhaps (Ellic.; but v. Milligan, Th. , 48) inclines to the resultant state: I Th 4:4 , I Ti 2:15 (Cremer, 55, 6...
Derivation: from G37 (ἁγιάζω);
beginning, originating, founder
Primary meaning: beginning, originating, founder, author. Strong's: a chief leader. Lexical nuances: beginning , originating : more freq., as subst.; founder , author (Lat. auchor ; so sometimes in π. , v. MM, s.v.; Milligan, NTD , 75): Ac 3:15 (R, mg.), He 2:10 (R, txt.; but v. Westc., in l., and Page, Ac 3:15 ). prince , leader (so in MGr., v. Kennedy, Sources , 153): Ac 3:15 (R, txt.) 5:31 , He 2:10 (cf. R, mg.) 12:2 (Cremer, 117).†
Derivation: from G746 (ἀρχή) and G71 (ἄγω);
Biblical Place • 31.718°N, 35.187°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Sam 10:2 .
