Fun with Biblical words : more than sixty Greek and Hebrew words to revolutionize your study of God's word / Tom Hobson.
2024
BS440 .H638 2024
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Title
Fun with Biblical words : more than sixty Greek and Hebrew words to revolutionize your study of God's word / Tom Hobson.
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ISBN
9798385226900 (paperback)
9798385226917 (hardcover)
9798385226924 (ebook)
9798385226917 (hardcover)
9798385226924 (ebook)
Published
Eugene, Oregon : Wipf & Stock, [2024]
Copyright
©2024
Language
English
Description
xii, 184 pages : 22 cm
Call Number
BS440 .H638 2024
Summary
This book puts you in the driver's seat as a reader of God's word, no longer dependent on the Bible translation you may be using, as we explore more than sixty biblical words where knowing a little Greek or Hebrew can make a remarkable difference in how we read passages which use those words. Having enough options and enough data to make such translation choices for yourself can be fun! -- Publisher, page 4 of cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-184).
Formatted Contents Note
Abbreviations
Introduction
Count it all dung! - skubalon
Iron age super mom: the woman of "valor" - ḥayil
How did agapē become the ultimate word for love? - agapē , agapaō, ḥesed
What does the Bible teach about obscene language? - aischrologia
What's wrong with getting drunk, Paul? - asōtia
Is Elohim Jehovah, or an pantheon? - elohim
Creation and how it happened - bara', min
Firmament: dome or atmosphere? - raqiya`
Sea monsters in Genesis? - tannin
Managing God's masterpieces - kabash, radah
Adam's mate: a point-by-point counterpoint - negedo
Methuselah: man of "vitality" - leh
The ancient flat earth: a modern lie - eretz, têbêl, oikoumené
Messiah's mother: virgin or young woman? - `almah, betulah
No room for the inn - katalyma
Brothers or cousins of Jesus? - ah, adelphos
Christ the builder? - tekton
Same-sex intimacy: what does Jesus say? - aselgeia
Eunuchs in biblical times - saris, eunuchos
Concubine versus married woman in the Bible - pilegesh, porneia
Desire, lust, and coveting: it's all the same word! - epithymia, epithymeo
Belial and sons - beliyya'al
Killing, smiting, and other casualties - hikkah, halal, harag, hemith, ratzah
Laughing, playing, and beyond child's play - tzahaq
Who are you calling boy? - na'ar, bahur, ben, yeled
Does God do "bad" - ra'
Divine necessity - dei, proorizo
Draw versus drag: how does God bring people to faith? - helko
What was wrong with Leah's eyes? - rak
Thief or terrorist: what kind of criminal was crucified with Jesus? - lestes, harpax, kleptes
Holiness: being different from a dysfunctional world - hagios
Does God repent? and how should we? - niham, metanoeo
Life on the straight and level - yashar
What's the difference between spirit and soul? - ruah, pneuma
Soul or life? the double meaning of psyche - psyche, zoe, bios
Koinonia: what we share in common - koinonia
Be ye perfect? exactly what does Jesus mean? - teleios
The dark side of the word shalom - shalom
Lawlessness: what happens when law itself becomes lawless? - anomia
Stomping on the powerless - lahatz, 'ashaq
Does God care more about justice than about sex? - mishpat
The immigrant in the Hebrew Bible - ger
How to define hate - miseo
Favoritism: God hates it - prosopolempsia
Comfort, encourage, exhort, or beg? - parakaleo
Worthy, sizeable, or sufficient? - hikanos
Leave, allow, or forgive? - aphiemi
Authority: power or right to act - exousia
Sorcery, or use of drugs? - pharmakeia
R-rated prophets - erastai, shiggel
Russia and China: major players in the last days? - magog, rosh, sinim
Anti ain't what we thought it was - anti
God is "hyper" about us - hyper
The one and only Melchizedek priest - aparabaton, taxis
Words almost never heard in the Bible - depression, retirement, tolerance, fun, cat
How to do word studies for yourself
Bonus chapter 1- fun in the Septuagint
Bonus chapter 2- Fun in the Latin Bible
Bibliography.
Introduction
Count it all dung! - skubalon
Iron age super mom: the woman of "valor" - ḥayil
How did agapē become the ultimate word for love? - agapē , agapaō, ḥesed
What does the Bible teach about obscene language? - aischrologia
What's wrong with getting drunk, Paul? - asōtia
Is Elohim Jehovah, or an pantheon? - elohim
Creation and how it happened - bara', min
Firmament: dome or atmosphere? - raqiya`
Sea monsters in Genesis? - tannin
Managing God's masterpieces - kabash, radah
Adam's mate: a point-by-point counterpoint - negedo
Methuselah: man of "vitality" - leh
The ancient flat earth: a modern lie - eretz, têbêl, oikoumené
Messiah's mother: virgin or young woman? - `almah, betulah
No room for the inn - katalyma
Brothers or cousins of Jesus? - ah, adelphos
Christ the builder? - tekton
Same-sex intimacy: what does Jesus say? - aselgeia
Eunuchs in biblical times - saris, eunuchos
Concubine versus married woman in the Bible - pilegesh, porneia
Desire, lust, and coveting: it's all the same word! - epithymia, epithymeo
Belial and sons - beliyya'al
Killing, smiting, and other casualties - hikkah, halal, harag, hemith, ratzah
Laughing, playing, and beyond child's play - tzahaq
Who are you calling boy? - na'ar, bahur, ben, yeled
Does God do "bad" - ra'
Divine necessity - dei, proorizo
Draw versus drag: how does God bring people to faith? - helko
What was wrong with Leah's eyes? - rak
Thief or terrorist: what kind of criminal was crucified with Jesus? - lestes, harpax, kleptes
Holiness: being different from a dysfunctional world - hagios
Does God repent? and how should we? - niham, metanoeo
Life on the straight and level - yashar
What's the difference between spirit and soul? - ruah, pneuma
Soul or life? the double meaning of psyche - psyche, zoe, bios
Koinonia: what we share in common - koinonia
Be ye perfect? exactly what does Jesus mean? - teleios
The dark side of the word shalom - shalom
Lawlessness: what happens when law itself becomes lawless? - anomia
Stomping on the powerless - lahatz, 'ashaq
Does God care more about justice than about sex? - mishpat
The immigrant in the Hebrew Bible - ger
How to define hate - miseo
Favoritism: God hates it - prosopolempsia
Comfort, encourage, exhort, or beg? - parakaleo
Worthy, sizeable, or sufficient? - hikanos
Leave, allow, or forgive? - aphiemi
Authority: power or right to act - exousia
Sorcery, or use of drugs? - pharmakeia
R-rated prophets - erastai, shiggel
Russia and China: major players in the last days? - magog, rosh, sinim
Anti ain't what we thought it was - anti
God is "hyper" about us - hyper
The one and only Melchizedek priest - aparabaton, taxis
Words almost never heard in the Bible - depression, retirement, tolerance, fun, cat
How to do word studies for yourself
Bonus chapter 1- fun in the Septuagint
Bonus chapter 2- Fun in the Latin Bible
Bibliography.
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