Language Studies

Last week we began our word study from the beatitudes of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:1-12) by examining makarioi, "the blessed joyful happiness of the soul" received from God to everyone who enters into the kingdom of heaven. In this study we will look at the first beatitude of the Lord: "Blessed are the poor in…

Our word study comes from the first twelve verses of the fifth chapter of the gospel of Matthew. This chapter begins with Jesus going up on the mountain, sitting down and starting to instruct his disciples concerning the principles of His kingdom while the multitudes flocked to the hillside to also hear His teaching in…

The Roman Letter was written by the apostle Paul while in Corinth, in approximately A.D. 58 when he was about to visit Jerusalem with an offering for the poor saints (Romans 15:23-28 cp. Acts 20:2,3; 24:17; also, Romans 16:21-23, cp. Acts 20:4 and 1 Corinthians 1:14). It was sent by Phebe (Romans 16:1), a deaconess…

This is a common verb used approximately 114 times in the Greek New Testament. The term means literally, "to separate, distinguish, discriminate;"F1 hence, "to judge." Meyer affirms: "'krinein' means nothing more than to judge."F2 It is a general legal term and is used multiple ways in scripture. It is used in the…

During the apostle Paul's second Roman imprisonment as he realized the certainty of his not far distant death, he wrote to his protégé Timothy, "For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure is come" (2 Timothy 4:6). The word "departure" in this passage is translated from the Greek noun αναλυσις…

The Greek word παρθενος (Strong's #3933) is used fourteen times in the New Testament. It is significant because the Holy Spirit, evidently anticipating the liberal pretensions of the "modern scholarship," chose this word to supply us with an infallible interpretation of the Hebrew word 'almah' (Strong's…

The apostle Paul wrote to his young protégé Timothy, "But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.…

This word is used about 118 times in the Greek New Testament. Our study is from the Lord's usage of the term when He said; "upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it" (Matthew 16:18). The Greek word εκκλεσια (Strong's #1577), translated "church" in our text…

This word is used twenty seven times in the Greek New Testament. Paul uses the term twenty one times in his writings. Our study will come from the Ephesians epistle. Five chapters of this epistle are devoted to the discussion of the church in its relation to Christ. In chapter five the apostle wrote that the husband is…

klaio - 'to weep audibly, to cry as a child'    κλαιω (Strong's #2799) The word εδακρυσεν is used only once in the Greek New Testament. It is found in the shortest verse of the Bible, "Jesus wept" (John 11:35). Before we study this word and determine its significance we should…

We are continuing with our study of συνείδησις (Strong's #4893, pronounced “sön ā dā sēs”), which means "conscience" or "to be consciously aware." This Greek word is compounded…

We are continuing with our study of συνείδησις (Strong's #4893, pronounced “sön ā dā sēs”), which means "conscience" or "to be consciously aware." This Greek word is compounded…

This week our focus is on a very important word from the Greek New Testament, συνείδησις (Strong's #4893, pronounced “sön ā dā sēs”) which means conscience or to be consciously aware.   This is a word compounded…

This week we are studying the fourth word in our series of studies relating to the believer's battle with the attacks of Satan. We first considered the verb διὼκω (Strong's #1377, pronounced dē ō kō**), meaning "to pursue" or "to chase." It is from διὼκω that we developed…