Camp

"camp; encampment; host." This noun derived from the verb hanâ occurs 214 times in the Bible, most frequently in the Pentateuch and in the historical …

Curse (To)

"to be trifling, light, swift; to curse." This wide-ranging word is found in both ancient and modern Hebrew, in ancient Akkadian, and (according to so…

God

"god." This term was the most common general designation of deity in the ancient Near East. While it frequently occurred alone, ’el was also combined …

Loose Conduct

"loose conduct; lewdness." The 28 occurrences of this noun are all in legal and poetical books of the Bible, except for a single occurrence in Judges.…

Stretch Out (To)

"to stretch forth, spread out, stretch down, turn aside." This verb also occurs in Arabic, late Aramaic, and post-biblical Hebrew. The Bible attests i…

Tomorrow

"tomorrow." This word has cognates in late Aramaic, Egyptian, Syriac, Phoenician, and Akkadian (here it appears with the word for "day"). Mah?ar appea…

Tribe

"staff; rod; shaft; branch; tribe." This noun is a distinctively Hebrew word. It occurs 251 times; the first usage is in Gen 38:18: "And he said, What…