Hebrew Word Study – Power That Is Evil – Ra’a  רעע – Resh Ayin Ayin Jeremiah 18:8: “If that nation against whom I have pronounced turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.” This prophecy is given to a nation that God has...

Aramaic Word Study –Mysteries – Araza   ארזא  Aleph Resh Zayin Aleph I Timothy 3:9: “Holding the mysteries of the faith in pure conscience.”It seems like every Bible student, pastor and teacher has chimed in on this verse with their idea of what the Apostle Paul was...

Hebrew Word Study – Lizards – Semanith – שממית Sine Mem Mem Yod Taw Proverbs 30:28:  “The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings ‘palaces.” KJV  Yesterday I pressed the button on my dashboard to open the doors of my disability bus to let off one of my...

Hebrew Word Study – From Old – Ma’olem - מעולם  Mem Ayin Vav Lamed Mem Psalms 25:6b:  “Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy loving kindnesses; for they [have been] ever of old.”  “Ever of old” sounds a bit contradictory.  It is forever and it is old. ...

Hebrew Word Study – A Head Band – Tzitz – ציצ  Sade Yod Sade Exodus 28:30,36,38: “And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of...

Hebrew Word Study – Twirling Wheat – Gol – גּ֣וֹל  Gimmel Vav Lamed  Psalms 37:4-6: “Delight thyself also in the LORD, and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. (5) Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring [it] to pass. (6) And he...

Hebrew Word Study – Return – Shuvah  - שׁוּבָ֣ה  Shin Vav Beth Hei Numbers 10:35-36: “Whenever the ark set out, Moses said: ‘Arise O’Lord let the enemy be scattered, may your foes flee before you.’ Whenever it came to rest, he said: ‘Return Lord to the countless...

Hebrew Word Study – Garment/Deceit – Begad  בִּגְדֵ֨   Beth Gimmel Daleth   Genesis 27:15,27: “And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which [were] with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son: 27 And he came near, and kissed him: and...

Hebrew Word Study – Flesh – Basar – בָּשָׂ֥ר – Beth Sine Resh Psalms 65:2: “O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.”  The use of the word shama (hear) has a number of possible English equivalents.  You really need to consider the context...

Hebrew Word Study – Abandon – Ne’ezav  - נֶעֱזָ֑ב  Nun Ayin Zayin Beth  Psalms 37:25: “I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.”    This is a very popular verse used today to encourage Christians...