to wait expectantly, hope, tarry
to wait expectantly, hope, tarry. To wait with patient longing, hope amidst affliction; trustful surrender to divine timing (Psalm 130:5).
to wait eagerly, hope in, gather
to wait eagerly, hope in, gather. To bind together, wait eagerly with stretched-out neck; 'Those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength' (Isaiah 40:31).
Old Testament • 21 Chapters
Judges (Old Testament, 21 chapters). Key figures: Joshua , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Simeon , Hebron , Caleb . Key places: Bezek 1 , Jerusalem , Hebron , Debir 1 , Arad , Zephath . Opens with: "Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaan ..."
Old Testament • 1 Chapters
Obadiah (Old Testament, 1 chapters). Key figures: Obadiah, Esau ( Edom ), Teman , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Joseph . Key places: Edom, Esau, Teman , Jerusalem , Zion , Ephraim . Opens with: "The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord God concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent among the he..."
Old Testament • 3 Chapters
Habakkuk (Old Testament, 3 chapters). Key figures: Teman , Midian . Key places: Lebanon , Teman , Paran , Cushan , Midian . Opens with: "The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see...."
Biblical Place • 32.179°N, 35.228°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 19:29 .
to know, perceive, choose
to know, perceive, choose. To know, ascertain, experience, perceive; in covenant context denotes experiential intimacy, recognition of authority, and divine election ('You only have I known').
Isaiah • Chapter 21 (17 verses)
The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land. A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam : besiege, O Media ; all th... Mentions: Elam , Jacob/Israel , Media , Babylon , Dumah 1 , Seir .
Old Testament • 4 Chapters
Ruth (Old Testament, 4 chapters). Key figures: Moab , Judah , Boaz , Jacob/Israel , Leah , Tamar . Key places: Moab , Tamar 2 , Hezron . Opens with: "Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth–lehem–judah went to so..."
to escape, deliver, slip away
to escape, deliver, slip away. To slip away safely, bring through disaster, preserve alive (Piel: to save/deliver).
continually, perpetual offering, regular
continually, perpetual offering, regular. Continuity, regularity, daily continual offering (tamid); represents uninterrupted communion and devotion before God.
emptiness, void, desolation
emptiness, void, desolation. Emptiness, void, vacancy; occurs in hendiadys with tohu to express uninhabited desolation awaiting divine creative fullness.
1 Thessalonians • Chapter 2 (20 verses)
For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain: But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi , we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention. For our exhortat... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Philippi .
to act vanity, become futile
to act vanity, become futile. To become empty, follow idols into delusion; 'they followed vanity and became vain' (2 Kings 17:15, Jeremiah 2:5).
Micah • Chapter 7 (20 verses)
Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit. The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood;... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Abram/Abraham , Assyria , Carmel , Bashan , Gilead , Egypt .
unleavened bread, purity
unleavened bread, purity. Unleavened bread eaten during Passover week, signifying hasty departure from Egypt and moral sincerity free from corrupting leaven.
Old Testament • 10 Chapters
Esther (Old Testament, 10 chapters). Key figures: Jair , Shimei , Kish , Jehoiachin (or Jeconiah ), Judah . Key places: India , Ethiopia , Persia , Media , Tarshish , Jair . Opens with: "Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia , over an hundred and seven and..."
Exodus • Chapter 21 (36 verses)
Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them. If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with hi...
judgment, cause, lawsuit, justice
judgment, cause, lawsuit, justice. Legal cause, lawsuit, judgment; defending the right of the fatherless and poor (Jeremiah 22:16).
generation, age
generation, age. Generation, epoch; 'His kingdom is from generation to generation' (Daniel 4:3, 34).
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.
rod, shoot, twig (from stump of Jesse)
rod, shoot, twig (from stump of Jesse). Slender twig, sprout; prophetic description of Messiah emerging from the seemingly dead stump of Jesse (Isaiah 11:1).
to bow down, prostrate, worship
to bow down, prostrate, worship. To prostrate oneself in complete submission and awe; primary Old Testament physical and spiritual posture of true worship before holy God.
1 Samuel • Chapter 12 (25 verses)
And Samuel said unto all Israel , Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you. And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my... Mentions: Samuel , Jacob/Israel , Moses , Aaron , Moab , Egypt , Hazor 1 , Ammon .
until, forever, eternity
until, forever, eternity. Until, forever; marks the duration of the saints possessing the kingdom forever and ever (Daniel 7:18).
Psalms • Chapter 10 (18 verses)
Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abho...
to assemble, gather together, convoke
to assemble, gather together, convoke. To convoke the covenant community for worship, covenant renewal, or war (Exodus 35:1, 1 Kings 8:1).
to stay behind, to await, wait for, to bear patiently, endure
to stay behind, to await, wait for, to bear patiently, endure. Primary meaning: to stay behind, to await, wait for, to bear patiently, endure. Strong's: to stay under (behind), i.e. remain; figuratively, to undergo, i.e. bear (trials), have fortitude, persevere. Lexical nuances: in-trans., to stay behind : seq. ἐν , Lk 2:43 ; ἐκεῖ , Ac 17:14 .
Jealous (El Qanna)
Jealous (El Qanna). Jealous; exclusively applied to God in the Decalogue ('For I the LORD your God am a jealous God', El Qanna, Exodus 20:5; 34:14), guarding His covenant bride.
Esther • Chapter 5 (14 verses)
Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house. And it was so, when the king...
Judges • Chapter 18 (31 verses)
In those days there was no king in Israel : and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel . And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from th... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Dan , Ephraim , Micah , Judah , Zorah , Eshtaol , Laish .
Old Testament • 7 Chapters
Micah (Old Testament, 7 chapters). Key figures: Micah, Jotham , Ahaz , Hezekiah , Judah , Jacob/Israel . Key places: Samaria , Jerusalem , Gath , Zaanan , Maroth , Lachish . Opens with: "The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham , Ahaz , and Hezekiah , kings of Judah , which he saw concerning Sa..."
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Judges • Chapter 8 (35 verses)
And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply. And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes ... Mentions: Ephraim , Midian , Joash , Jacob/Israel , Baal , Jordan , Succoth 1 , Penuel .
Ruth • Chapter 1 (22 verses)
Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth–lehem–judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab , he, and his wife, and his two sons. And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and... Mentions: Moab , Judah .