⦁ Acts 8:26-40 (NKJV – Christ Is Preached to an Ethiopian – cf. Is. 53:7, 8) 26 Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise and go toward the south along the road which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is desert. 27 So he arose and went. And behold, a man …
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Blog 166. Measure
⦁ John 3:34 34 For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure (g3358. μέτρον metron). ▸ g3358. μέτρον metron; an apparently primary word; a measure (“metre”), literally or figuratively; by implication, a limited portion (degree): — measure. AV (13) – measure 13; ⦁ Genesis 18:6 …
Blog 165. True Knowledge
(I was led in this direction by a devotional in The Berean. And, as always, my own life is another witness to me.) ⦁ Romans 10:2 2 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge (g1922. ἐπίγνωσις epignōsis). ▸ g1922. ἐπίγνωσις epignōsis; from 1921; recognition, i.e. (by implication) …
Blog 163. Wait Quietly דומם
To follow is the work from my two-letter research, the family of דם roots, according to Hirsch’s variant families (see the Etymological Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew, based on the Commentaries of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch (EDBH), by Rabbi Matityahu Clark (see References). h1748. דּוּמָם dûmâm: ⦁ ▸ Tanakh (4 results) ❶. Yeshayahu 47:5 (Mikraot Gedolot) שְׁבִי דוּמָם וּבֹאִי …
Blog 162. “Rely” שען – (as עצם Bone)
עצם “Bone” Cognate Permutations includes מ ↔︎ נ Impression עצם cognate permutations (influence positively/negatively) also (withhold/provide) ((see אזן)) Includes שמע and שען Includes משח, the root for משיח Messiah. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ h8172. שָׁעַן šâ‘an According to NKJV Strongs, in Olive Tree Bible Study, h8172. שָׁעַן šâ‘an occurs 20 times in TaNaKh. See the ways it is interpreted in NKJV: ⦁ Genesis 18:1-5 1 Then the LORD …
Blog 161. “Hope”
⦁ Romans 8:24 NKJV 24 For we were saved in this hope (g1680. ἐλπίς elpis), but hope (g1680. ἐλπίς elpis) that is seen is not hope (g1680. ἐλπίς elpis); for why does one still hope (g1679. ἐλπίζω elpizō) for what he sees? ▸ g1680. ἐλπίς elpis; from a primary ἔλπω elpō (to anticipate, usually with pleasure); expectation (abstractly or concretely) or confidence: — faith, …
Blog 158. Errata
Japheth occurrences I have recognized an error in the book Etymological Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew that has led me to publish a correction. The following are different LogAndSpeckentries that include the word Japheth. The ones with a strikethrouh are not impacted by this error, but the ones not stricken, in bold, are potentially affected, and notations are …