A Living Library of Torah
Posted: March 8, 2023
Sefaria is home to 3,000 years of Jewish texts. We are a non-profit organization offering free access to texts, translations, and commentaries so that everyone can participate in the ongoing… Read More
One Word: JOY
Posted: December 16, 2022
New Perspectives Vol. 57 Strength in Weakness is a place to connect, a place to feel seen, heard and valued… we find strength in connection. A WORD one word can make… Read More
Israeli official: Turkey agrees to return ancient Hebrew inscription to Jerusalem
Posted: March 12, 2022
Israeli official: Turkey agrees to return ancient Hebrew inscription to Jerusalem | The Times of Israelhttps://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-official-turkey-agrees-to-return-ancient-hebrew-inscription-to-jerusalem/https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-official-turkey-agrees-to-return-ancient-hebrew-inscription-to-jerusalem/amp/
Troublesome Translations
Posted: February 3, 2022
Troublesome Translations How ancient translators handled word play in the Bible Jennifer Drummond February 02, 2022 Works by the children’s author Dr. Seuss are famous for their use of wordplay,… Read More
SIW Goes Español!
Posted: April 25, 2021
journey together. humbly. respectfully. We’re Excited to Announce our Spanish Website A Message from Guy Hammond, Executive Director of Strength in Weakness Ministries A Message from Rolando Gonzalez, Leader of… Read More
Tyndale House — A little Greek goes a long way
Posted: November 7, 2018
Getting familiar with Bible languages can have huge benefits — and it may be easier than you think. . Keep reading here.
A Bible for every tribe, every tongue
Posted: October 18, 2018
In the jungles of Papua New Guinea, a Christian university student experiences the ministry of Pioneer Bible Translators. Continue reading here. Website: pioneerbible.org
An Easy Principle to Test Your Take on Scripture
Posted: September 17, 2018
by Greg Koukl | info@str.org As an ambassador for Christ, how can you be clear-thinking and confident if you’re not sure whether or not you’re misinterpreting a Bible passage? I want… Read More
Summer Newsletter, Tyndale House
Posted: July 21, 2018
Dear Friend, Summer is one of the most exciting times of the year for us at Tyndale House. This year’s busy season began in May with the arrival of scientists… Read More
The Wit and Wisdom of Ancient Jewish Graffiti – Atlas Obscura
Posted: June 10, 2018
Researchers in the field have uncovered related messages ranging from “Lasius is a pervert” to “Good luck in your resurrection.” Read more here.
Story of the (New) Tyndale House Greek NT
Posted: December 19, 2017
Hear the story of the Tyndale House Greek New Testament from the academics who produced it.
A Guide for 33 Different Bible Versions
Posted: December 8, 2017
December 8, 2017 The Holy Bible: A Buyer’s Guide This free eBook guides you through 33 different Bible versions Walk through the religion section of any major bookstore, and you’ll… Read More
Right or Righteous?, by Fred Faller
Posted: October 13, 2017
What do you think of when you hear the word “righteousness”? About a year ago I was challenged about my understanding of the nature of righteousness in the Bible and… Read More
An online trove of Biblical manuscripts
Posted: September 26, 2017
An extraordinary collection of 68 New Testament and other Biblical manuscripts dating from the fourth to the twentieth centuries has been digitized and made available for study online. Continue reading… Read More
Q&A 1494 – Appointing deacons
Posted: June 3, 2017
In the controversy of Acts 6, is the apostolic requirement that these leaders (the Seven) be full of the spirit, respected, and faithful still the rule for us today? And is this… Read More
Q&A 1488 – Answering the JW claim about John 1:1 + NT Greek
Posted: April 10, 2017
I have a concern about the translation of John 1:1. Should the Greek text be translated “the word was God,” “the word was a god,” or “the word was divine”?… Read More
English pronunciation of biblical words
Posted: January 21, 2017
BibleSpeak | The Best Bible Name Pronunciation Tool Available
Linguistic Insight: adelphos
Posted: July 31, 2013
This linguistic study centers around the word adelphos, which is Greek for brother. The following memo was emailed to me. Please read it; my response follows. I wanted to ask… Read More
Linguistic Insight: Christmas & Santa Claus
Posted: July 31, 2013
The Origin of the word Christmas The modern word Christmas comes from the Old English Cristes mæsse, or Christ’s mass. In Medieval Catholicism, this was the Mass. The word mass… Read More
Linguistic insight: ekklesia (church)
Posted: July 31, 2013
The Greek ekklesia (ek-klay-SEE-ah) means an assembly. As in Acts 19:40, it is not necessarily a religious word at all. Often it is explained as meaning "the called out." While… Read More
Linguistic Insight: Xmas
Posted: July 9, 2006
Many Bible believers erroneously claim that the word Xmas is an attempt by unbelievers "to remove Christ from Christmas." This is simply not a legitimate claim! In the Greek language,… Read More
Linguistic Insight: Maranatha
Posted: July 9, 2006
Let’s consider the sole Bible verse containing Maranatha, in three versions: * NIV 1 Corinthians 16:22 – If anyone does not love the Lord — a curse be on him. Come,… Read More
Linguistic Insight: amen
Posted: July 9, 2006
What does the word “amen” really mean? If you were like me, you learned to say it after “grace,” thanking God for the food before you ate a meal. Can… Read More
Linguistic Insight: Slippery nomenclature
Posted: July 9, 2006
Slippery Nomenclature, by Craig Springer. Outdoor Life, August 2003. A fish by any other name smells just as — well, never mind. The point is that one man’s largemouth is… Read More
Linguistic Insight: Acts 2:38-41—repentance
Posted: July 9, 2006
At this website we have examined various words related to water and baptism. Today we take a look at Acts 2:38-41, which will set our study of New Testament baptism… Read More
Linguistic Insight: Christos
Posted: July 9, 2006
Christos is the Greek word for "Anointed," which we will recognize from the familiar word "Christ." This perfect passive participle comes from the infinitive chriein, which means "to anoint." In… Read More
Linguistic Insight: palingenesia (rebirth)
Posted: July 9, 2006
This is the word appearing in Titus 3:5, where we read, “He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His… Read More
Linguistic Insight: agonidzomai
Posted: July 9, 2006
The word for the week is agonidzomai, the N.T. Greek verb meaning struggle, fight, do one’s best, or compete (in an athletic contest). An “agon” is a contest, struggle, fight,… Read More
Linguistic Insight: physioo
Posted: July 9, 2006
Physioo (or phusioo), accent on the third syllable (of four), means to cause conceit or arrogance. In the passive voice, it means to be conceited or arrogant. This word appears in… Read More
Linguistic Insight: eis and baptism
Posted: July 9, 2006
In this article I am replying to a memo emailed to me… I recently read an article on baptism and its purpose. I fully believe baptism is necessary, but some… Read More
Linguistic Insight: selah
Posted: July 9, 2006
I was reading Psalm 3 and the word selah came up a few times. In the footnote it said, "A word of uncertain meaning, occurring frequently in the Psalms; possibly… Read More
Linguistic Insight: Malakoi and arsenokoites
Posted: July 9, 2006
The following linguistic insight pertains to homosexuality. We will consider two terms, malakos and arsenokoites (plural malakoi and arsenokoitai). Malakos (the singular of malakoi) means “soft, fancy, luxurious,” when speaking… Read More
Linguistic Insight: First day of the week
Posted: July 9, 2006
Let us consider a question emailed to me, the answer to which is illuminated through careful study of the original language. Acts 20:7 in the NIV states that Paul and… Read More
Linguistic Insight: Homologeo
Posted: July 9, 2006
This short linguistic study focuses on the New Testament teaching about confession, and is in the Q&A format. (This has been excerpted from actual correspondence, with permission.)I have searched quite… Read More
Linguistic Insight: Up-close and personal with the biblical manuscripts
Posted: July 6, 2006
Personal interestI’ve had the privilege of examining a number of ancient biblical manuscripts (MSS) in the past twenty years or so. Some were written in (the original) Hebrew or Greek,… Read More
Linguistic Insight: pistos / pistis
Posted: July 6, 2006
Today we examine two related words, both of which appear extremely often in the New Testament (about twice in every chapter, on average). They are pistis (PIS-tis) and pistos (pis-TOS)…. Read More
Linguistic Insight: haima (blood)
Posted: July 6, 2006
The Greek word haima (HI-mah) appears in various forms some 99 times in the Greek New Testament. Many English derivatives will be familiar: hematology (the study of blood), hemorrhage (a… Read More
Linguistic Insight: soteria
Posted: July 6, 2006
Soteria (so-tay-REE-ah) is the Greek word for "salvation, deliverance, preservation, release." Obviously our salvation is not only an event that took place in the waters of baptism, or "on a… Read More
Linguistic Insight: Basileus
Posted: July 6, 2006
Basileus (pronounced bah-si-LAY-yus) is the New Testament Greek word for king. (Often Latin and Greek words are similar, but not in this case. The Latin is rex, similar to the… Read More
Linguistic Insight: paroxusmos
Posted: July 6, 2006
Let us condier the Greek word paroxusmos (or paroxysmos), which suggests irritation or provocation. In Hebrews 10, this is not a bad thing. The English derivative is paroxysm, which as a… Read More
Linguistic Insight: wuh / vav (and)
Posted: July 6, 2006
The short Hebrew wuh (we), which must be prefixed to the word to which it applies, means “and.” But that is not all it means. It can mean many things:… Read More
Linguistic Insight: mathetria
Posted: July 6, 2006
Mathetria (pron. Mah-THEY-tree-ah) appears only one time in the N.T. This rare word is known as hapax — the Greek word for "once." (The word hapax itself appears 14 times… Read More
Linguistic Insight: hypernikomen
Posted: July 6, 2006
This unusual Greek word appears in Romans 8:37. The infinitive form, hypernikan (or hupernikan), could be rendered “to completely conquer, to be more than conquerors.”Many words in Koine Greek (the… Read More
Linguistic Insight: katakurieuo
Posted: July 6, 2006
Let’s take a look at the Greek verb meaning “to have power over; to overpower.” The pronunciation: kah-tah-kyoo-ree-EUW-oh. It is especially significant in the context of Christian leadership. The word first appears… Read More
Linguistic Insight: Bara’
Posted: July 6, 2006
Bara’ is the usual Hebrew word for create. It is found in the very first verse of the Bible. Some Bible believers insist on a complete instantaneous creation. But must… Read More
Linguistic Insight: Apolutrosis
Posted: July 6, 2006
Apolutrosis (setting free, release, deliverance) appears 10 times in the N.T. (Luke 21:28; Romans 3:24, 8:23; 1 Corinthians 1:30; Ephesians 1:7, 1:14, 4:30; Colossians 1:14; Hebrews 9:15, 11:35). It is… Read More
Linguistic Insight: terms for the Lord’s Supper
Posted: July 6, 2006
The following has been excerpted from my 1992 paper on the Lord’s Supper. There are five Greek terms employed in describing this sacred meal. As my paper argues, the early… Read More
Linguistic Insight: nomos
Posted: July 6, 2006
Nomos (NO-mos) is the New Testament Greek word for law, though it occasionally means principle or reason. Nomos occurs nearly 200 times in the New Testament, and 400 times in… Read More
Linguistic Insight: rabbi
Posted: July 6, 2006
Rabbi is found in Matthew 23:7, 8, 25; 26:25, 49; Mark 9:5, 10:51, 11:21. 14:45; John 1:38, 49; 3:2, 26; 4:31, 6:25, 9:2, 11:8, 20:16. This honorific term of address… Read More
Linguistic Insight: logos
Posted: July 6, 2006
This common Greek word appears some 250 times in the New Testament. Logos can mean “word, saying, message, talk, teaching, conversation; account, reason’ matter, thing.” Rema, a similar word, means… Read More
Linguistic Insight: Abbott and Costello learn Hebrew
Posted: July 6, 2006
Today we will have a little fun — and for most of us, learn a few words of Hebrew as well. Before the famous “Who’s on first” dialogue will make… Read More
Linguistic Insight: teleios
Posted: July 6, 2006
Let us consider the Greek word teleios (TEL-lay-oss). The word means "complete, perfect, whole; full-grown, mature (when used of persons). Among the places it appears in the New Testament are… Read More
Linguistic Insight: Asteres planetai
Posted: July 6, 2006
In his tirade against the false teachers, Jude employs the phrase asteres planetai (pronounced as-TER-es pla-NAY-tie), or "wandering stars" (NIV). This is interesting because the planets ("wanderers") of our solar… Read More
Linguistic Insight: Epoptai
Posted: July 6, 2006
Epoptai is the Greek word for eyewitnesses, from epoptes (singular). It is a hapax. Hapax is the Greek word for “once.” That is, epoptai appears only once in the New… Read More
Linguistic Insight: Galatians 5:19-23
Posted: July 6, 2006
19The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions; 21and envy, drunkenness,… Read More
Linguistic Insight: peace, by Dan Demshar
Posted: July 5, 2006
"Grace and PEACE to you…" (Romans 1:7; 1 Corinthians 1:3; 2 Corinthians 1:2). Ephesians 2:8 reveals an astounding truth that Christians have salvation by grace and therefore peace with God. There… Read More
Linguistic Insight: Fight the Good Fight of the Faith
Posted: July 5, 2006
What does it really mean "to fight the good fight?" To understand this idea (1 Timothy 1:18, 6:12; 2 Timothy 4:7), we first need to identify the "fight" to which… Read More
Linguistic Insight: Deliver
Posted: July 5, 2006
There are a number of verses that contain the words "deliver" or "rescue," such as: * "Lead us not into temptation but DELIVER us from the evil one." (Matthew 6:13)*… Read More
Linguistic Insight: Faith is Being Sure of What We Hope For
Posted: July 5, 2006
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for'(Hebrews 11:1-2). Faith is one… Read More
Linguistic Insight: Teach Them to Obey Everything, by Dan Demshar
Posted: July 5, 2006
"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey… Read More
Linguistic Insight: the Choices God Gives Us – by Dan Demshar
Posted: July 5, 2006
When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; but each one is tempted when, by his… Read More