Some seventeen different words are found in the Greek N.T. that represent, in one way or another, the concept of "giving." (a) While God does not "need" anything from man (Acts 17:25), he has alway...

"God" (theos) is the name of the divine nature. "God" simply signifies the essence of being deity. Important facts regarding the Deity are these: (a) There is one God (Dt. 6:4; Jas. 2:19), i.e., a ...

The gods of the biblical era were profuse. They were the inventions of the human mind in a world that had rejected the true God and his sovereignty over humanity.  The Old Testament prophets denie...

"Good" in the Bible is expressed in a variety of ways. It can have reference to that which is perfect in design, flawless. Such was the state of the earth at the conclusion of the creation week (Ge...

The New Testament was written originally is what is known as Koine Greek. Koine is to be distinguished from Attic Greek, the latter being predominately the language of the ancient classics, e.g., A...

Sometime before the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians (586 B.C.), the prophet Habakkuk wonders why God appears to have ignored Judah's sins. The Lord informs the bewildered prophet that he is pl...

This word comes directly from Greek into English, letter-for-letter. W.E. Vine noted that some derive the term from the negative prefix a ("not") and eido ("seen"), hence "the unseen," though he fe...

After Judah's initial return from Babylonian captivity (536 B.C.), God's people had begun the work of rebuilding the temple. Then, due to opposition from certain enemies, the Hebrews became discour...

By virtue of man's transgression, death and all its attendant evils (sicknesses) have become a part of the human experience. It is not surprising, therefore, that "healing" is a biblical theme. Hea...

The Greek word for "heart" is kardia (as in the English, cardiac). Though "heart" literally refers to the blood pump within man's body cavity, the term rarely refers to the physical organ in the Bi...

The term "heaven" is used in different ways in the Bible. (a) The expression may refer to the atmospheric region just above the earth wherein the birds fly, the rain is formed, and in which the win...

On several occasions the Scriptures speak of a "new heavens and a new earth" (2 Pet. 3:13; Rev. 21:1). What does the phrase mean? (a) It does not refer to a literal new heavens and earth. This is s...

Certain first-century Jews sought to persuade Christians (perhaps in the region of Jerusalem) to abandon the faith, return to Judaism, and wait for the real Messiah. The design of this letter, by a...

Three different Greek words are rendered "hell" in the King James translation of the Bible. (a) Hades is found ten times in the Greek N.T.; nine times it is rendered "hell," once "grave" in the KJV...

"Heresy" takes its rise from the Greek, hairesis (nine times in the N.T.). Originally, the term meant simply "to choose" (Lev. 22:18, 21 -- LXX). Then it came to signify a choice, i.e., an opinion ...

"Holy" is from the Greek hagios, which carries the idea of something "separated" from other things. (a) God utterly stands apart from sinful man, and thus he is absolutely holy (Isa. 6:3; Rev. 4:8)...

The Holy Spirit is a divine being who is "spirit" in nature (Lk. 24:39), and "holy" in character. (a) The Holy Spirit is not a mere force (as some cultists insist, e.g., the "Jehovah's Witnesses");...

Homosexual activity is sexual intimacy between two persons of the same gender. This form of sexual conduct is uniformly condemned in the Bible. (a) It stands outside the divinely prescribed realm o...

Hosea lived in that era just prior to the Assyrian invasion of the kingdom of Israel (722/21 B.C.). His mission was to admonish Israel for her idolatry (Baal worship), and to urge her to repentance...

The Scriptures emphatically teach that the Second Person of the Godhead, the Word (Jn. 1:1), actually became a flesh and blood human being (Jn. 1:14; Heb. 2:14). One partakes of the spirit of antic...