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The day-year principle or year-for-a-day principle is a method of interpretation of Bible prophecy in which the word day in prophecy is considered to be symbolic of a year of actual time. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was the method used by most of the Reformers, [ 3 ] and is used principally by the historicist school of prophetic interpretation. [ 4 ]
"Let there be light" is an English translation of the Hebrew יְהִי אוֹר (yehi 'or) found in Genesis 1:3 of the Torah, the first part of the Hebrew Bible. In Old Testament translations of the phrase, translations include the Greek phrase γενηθήτω φῶς ( genēthḗtō phôs ) and the Latin phrases fiat lux and lux sit .
Anno Mundi (from Latin "in the year of the world"; Hebrew: לבריאת העולם, romanized: Livryat haOlam, lit. 'to the creation of the world'), abbreviated as AM or A.M., or Year After Creation, [1] is a calendar era based on the biblical accounts of the creation of the world and subsequent history. Two such calendar eras of notable use are:
The rest of the year, called Ordinary Time, begins in February (after Candlemas) and runs until the Second Sunday before Lent. It then resumes after Pentecost until the Sunday before Advent which is kept as the Feast of Christ the King. Secondly, because the cycle is three years long, only three of the Gospel writers are given a year. St.
'Twice Scripture and once translation'), is the Jewish practice of reading the weekly Torah portion in a prescribed manner. In addition to hearing the Torah portion read in the synagogue, a person should read it himself twice during that week, together with a translation usually by Targum Onkelos and/or Rashi 's commentary.
16. "Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established." — Proverbs 16:3. 17. "But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.
Av (also Menachem Av, [2] Hebrew: אָב, Modern: ʾAv, Tiberian: ʾĀḇ) is the eleventh month of the civil year and the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar. [3] It is a month of 30 days, and usually occurs in July–August on the Gregorian calendar .
The four tekufot are: [1] Tekufat Nisan, the vernal equinox, when the sun enters Aries; this is the beginning of spring, or "eit hazera" (seed-time), when day and night are equal. Tekufat Tammuz, the summer solstice, when the sun enters Cancer; this is the summer season, or et ha-katsir (harvest-time), when the day is the longest in the year.