Anger

to get angry, be angry." This verb appears in the Bible 92 times. In the basic stem, the word refers to the "burning of anger" as in Jonah 4:1. In the…

Burning

to get angry, be angry." This verb appears in the Bible 92 times. In the basic stem, the word refers to the "burning of anger" as in Jonah 4:1. In the…

Handle

"to catch, seize, lay hold of, grasp, play." This verb is found in both biblical and modern Hebrew. It occurs approximately 60 times in the Hebrew Old…

Ordinance

"statute; prescription; rule; law; regulation." This noun is derived from the verb haqaq, "to cut in, determine, decree." Hoq occurs 127 times in bibl…

Plow (To)

"to plow, engrave, work in metals." This word occurs in ancient Ugaritic, as well as in modern Hebrew where it has the primary sense of "to plow." It …

Property

"property; possession." This word appears 66 times, with most of its appearances being in Genesis-Joshua and Ezekiel.Essentially ’ah?uzzâ is a legal t…

Reproach

"reproach." This noun occurs in the Old Testament and in rabbinic Hebrew. Its use in modern Hebrew has been taken over by other nouns. H?erpâ occurs 7…

Statute

"statute; prescription; rule; law; regulation." This noun is derived from the verb h?aqaq, "to cut in, determine, decree." H?oq occurs 127 times in bi…

Sword

"sword; dagger; flint knife; chisel." This noun has cognates in several other Semitic languages including Ugaritic, Aramaic, Syriac, Akkadian, and Ara…

Take (To)

"to catch, seize, lay hold of, grasp, play." This verb is found in both biblical and modern Hebrew. It occurs approximately 60 times in the Hebrew Old…