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The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, [n 1] generally known as Strong's Concordance, is a Bible concordance, an index of every word in the King James Version (KJV), constructed under the direction of American theologian James Strong. Strong first published his Concordance in 1890, while professor of exegetical theology at Drew Theological ...
Josephus renders the term as ἰερόδουλοι ierodouloi "temple servants". [9] The Vulgate has Latin: Nathinæi. In Syriac the Peshitta follows the Hebrew, except that 1 Chronicles 9 renders netinim with Syriac geyora pl., equivalent of Hebrew gerim. [10]
Elohim (Hebrew: אֱלֹהִים, romanized: ʾĔlōhīm: [(ʔ)eloˈ(h)im]), the plural of אֱלוֹהַּ (ʾĔlōah), is a Hebrew word meaning "gods" or "godhood". Although the word is grammatically plural , in the Hebrew Bible it most often takes singular verbal or pronominal agreement and refers to a single deity, particularly the God of ...
[10] [13] That the language of the tablet is Hebrew is suggested by the presence of the words תעש tʕś "to do" and עבד ʕbd "servant". [ nb 1 ] [ 10 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ] The tablet is written from left to right, indicating that Hebrew writing was still in the formative stage.
Much Hebrew theophory occurs in the Jewish Bible. The most prominent theophoric names are: The most prominent theophoric names are: names containing El , a word meaning might , power and (a) god in general, and hence in Judaism, God and among the Canaanites the name of the god who was the father of Baal.
Isaiah 52:13–53:12 makes up the fourth of the "Servant Songs" of the Book of Isaiah, describing a "servant" of God who is abused and looked down upon but eventually vindicated. [2] Major themes of the passage include: Human opposition to God's purposes for the servant. The servant has an exalted status in the eyes of God, but people despise ...
Another major contribution was to the Cyclopædia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [10] (10 vols., 1867–81; supplement, 2 vols., 1885–7). Work on this project having begun in 1853, Strong was in charge of the department of Biblical literature, while John McClintock supervised theological and ecclesiastical literature for the preparation of the first few volumes.
[note 1] Much Hebrew theophory occurs in the Bible, particularly in the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible). The most prominent theophory involves names referring to: El, a word meaning might, power and (a) god in general, and hence in Judaism, God and among the Canaanites the name of the god who was the father of the 70 Sons of God, including Yahweh ...