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Bible Term Transubstantiation
This word signifies “change in substance,” and it reflects the Roman Catholic doctrine that in the communion service, when the priest pronounces the words, “this is my body” and “this is my blood,”...
Bible Term Trinity
The word “Trinity” does not occur in the Scriptures. The term combines the dual concepts of “three,” and “unity,” and thus it does represent a biblical idea, namely that the Godhead is composed of ...
Bible Term Truth
The term “truth” carries several connotations in the Bible. (a) Truth can convey the idea of loyalty. Those who abide in Jesus’ teaching are “truly” his disciples (Jn. 8:31). (b) True may denote th...
Bible Term Type
A “type” (tupos) is a prophetic, pictorial preview, which finds its fulfillment in an “antitype.” Types are grounded in historical events, but they are symbolic in import. These forms of figurative...
Bible Term Understanding
Some religions are based upon philosophical premises that are embraced emotionally, apart from intellectual substance. That is not the case with Christianity. Christianity is grounded in history, a...
Bible Term Unity
While the term “unity” is rare in the English Bible (Psa. 133:1; Eph. 4:3; 4:13), the idea prevails profusely in a variety of contexts. (a) Unity is that oneness that obtains perfectly among the me...
Bible Term Universalism
The false idea that all men will be saved ultimately is called “universalism.” (a) Universalism is illogical; it suggests that man’s use of his power of choice — for good or evil — is irrelevant....
Bible Term Walk
The common word for “walk” in the New Testament is peripateo. It means to walk around or, in a figurative sense, “to conduct oneself” in a certain way. It was the common Jewish idiom for how one li...
Bible Term War
Two principal Greek words are employed in the N.T. to represent the idea of “fighting” and “war.” Polemeo (18 times) means to “fight” or “make war.” Strateuomai (7 times) is to "carry out a militar...
Bible Term Way
A number of terms, both in the O.T. and the N.T., suggest the idea of a “path” or “way” of travel. The words come to be employed of a “course of conduct,” whether for good (Ex. 18:20; 32:8; Dt. 31:...
Bible Term Woman
Woman was fashioned from flesh and bone taken from the side of man (Gen. 2:21-24). Male and female qualities were designed by God (Mt. 19:4); these characteristics are not accidental developments o...
Bible Term Works
The term “works” is a perfectly noble word; yet, in the minds of some, there is a distorted view of this biblical term. Especially has the Protestant world reacted negatively to Catholicism’s "work...
Bible Term Worship
References to “worship” are common in both the O.T. and the N.T. The Hebrew term shachah (about 100 times) refers to “bowing” before an object of religious devotion. Similarly, proskuneo (59 times)...
Bible Term Zephaniah, Book Of
The prophet Zephaniah was the great, great-grandson of King Hezekiah (1:1). His prophetic ministry was conducted in the days of Judah’s good king, Josiah (ca. 639-09 B.C.). 

Josiah came to the thr...

Bible Term Abomination
The English Bible uses the word “abomination” to reflect about a dozen terms in the original languages of both Testaments. The prevailing idea behind the words is a divine revulsion at transgressio...
Bible Term Obey
The English word “obey” translates both Hebrew and Greek words that express parallel ideas: listening and being attentive to someone who possesses authority. Thus, the words suggest an active respo...
Bible Term Old Testament
The Old Testament, the revered Hebrew Bible, is a divine collection of thirty-nine books. These books, inspired by God (Mt. 22:31-32; 2 Tim. 3:15-17), were produced over a period of about 1,000 yea...
Bible Term Pantheism
This word derives from the Greek — pan (“all”) and theos (“God”). Traditionally, the term reflects a religious theory that suggests the entire Universe is endowed with the nature of God. 

God is ...

Bible Term Anoint
In the Old Testament, anointing with oil was used ceremonially to set apart special roles, especially those of prophets (1 Kgs. 19:16), priests (Ex. 28:41), and kings (1 Sam. 9:16).

The most comm...

Bible Term Annihilation
The doctrine of “annihilation” is the idea that eventually, after a sufficient period of punishment, the souls of the wicked will go out of existence. This dogma is without biblical support. 

The ...