Hebrew Word Study – And He Shall Return – Veshab – וְשָׁ֗ב  Vav Shin Beth  Deuteronomy  30:3, “That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath...

Hebrew Word Study – Devious – ‘Iqqesh – עִ֝קֵּ֗שׁ  - Ayin Qop Shin Psalms 18:26 “With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.”This is again one of those verses where translators are forced to paraphrase.  I heard a...

Hebrew Word Study – Bosom – Cheyaq –   חֵיקִ֥  Cheth Yod Qop Luke 16:22, “And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried.” Psalms 35:13, “But as for me, when they were sick, my...

Hebrew Word Study – A Measuring Tape – Hachut Hameshulash -  הַחוּט֙ הַֽמְשֻׁלָּ֔שׁ  Hei Cheth Vav Teth     Hei Mem Shin Lamed Shin Ecclesiastes 4:12:  “And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.”There is a...

Quick Word Study – An Illusion – Lahat Hakarav     לַ֤הַט הַחֶ֙רֶב֙ – Lamed Hei Teth    Hei Cheth Resh Beth   Genesis 3:24: “He drove the man out, and stationed East of Eden the Cherubim and the fiery ever-turning sword, to guard the way to the tree of life.”Ok, maybe...

Hebrew Word Study – A Lamb that Goes Ba – Qol – קול - Qop Vav Lamed Psalms 3:4: “I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.”This cry came during one of the lowest most trying and sorrowful times of David’s life.  His own beloved...

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. ...