Hebrew Word Study: Formed

HEBREW WORD STUDY – FORMED ‘ASTAR NATSAR rca rcn נצר אצר Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I set you apart for my holy purpose. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.” The word for formed is repeated two...

Word Study: Cherish חב

  QUICK WORD STUDY – CHERISH – (ARAMAIC) KAV  חב John 3:16: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” English has an all purpose word of affection called...

Quick Word Study: Perfection גמרא

QUICK WORD STUDY – PERFECTION גמרא Matthew 5:48: “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” Jesus is speaking in Aramaic and not Greek. In Aramaic the word for perfect is gmeera. Among the Semitic people there is a fairly common...

Word Study: Open My Eyes

WORD STUDY – OPEN MY EYES Numbers 22:28 “And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?” Numbers 22:31 “Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of...

Word Study: Before

WORD STUDY – BEFORE Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I set you apart for my holy purpose. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.” I recently heard someone use this verse to defend the theory of...