Blog 168. Encourage/Discourage Movement

① standing firm and upright ⦁ Deuteronomy 29:10-13 10(9H) “All of you stand (h5324. נָצַב nâṣaḇ) today before the LORD your God: your leaders and your tribes and your elders and your officers, all the men of Israel, 11 your little ones and your wives—also the stranger who is in your camp, from the one who cuts …

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 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 150. Let’s Be Clear about One Thing

I have shared before that my study of the Word of God using the techniques discussed here, mostly from the Etymological Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew by R. Matityahu Clark, is like trying to drink from a fire hose. Over the months, I seem to have learned to drink a little better than my previous sipping, …

76. Give Thanks

A brief pause in teaching on a very special day, Thanksgiving, a day set aside to do just that. Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1789 President George Washington  By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation. Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his …