Awake (To)

"to awake, stir up, rouse oneself, rouse." This word is found in both ancient and modern Hebrew, as well as in ancient Ugaritic. It occurs approximate…

Believe (To)

"to be firm, endure, be faithful, be true, stand fast, trust, have belief, believe." Outside of Hebrew, this word appears in Aramaic (infrequently), A…

Congregation

"congregation." This word may have etymologically signified a "company assembled together" for a certain purpose, similar to the Greek words synagoge …

Ever

"eternity; remotest time; perpetuity." This word has cognates in Ugaritic Moabite, Phoenician, Aramaic, Arabic, and Akkadian. It appears about 440 tim…

Everlasting

"eternity; remotest time; perpetuity." This word has cognates in Ugaritic Moabite, Phoenician, Aramaic, Arabic, and Akkadian. It appears about 440 tim…

Iniquity

"to do iniquity." This verb appears in the Bible 17 times. In Arabic this verb appears with the meaning "to bend" or "to deviate from the way." ‘Awâ i…

Sin

"iniquity; vanity; sorrow." Some scholars believe that this term has cognates in the Arabic words 'ana, ("to be fatigued, tired") and 'aynun ("weaknes…

Testimony

"testimony; ordinance." The 83 occurrences of this word are scattered throughout all types of biblical literature and all periods (although not before…

Witness

"witness." The 69 occurrences of this word are scattered throughout the various biblical literary genres and periods although it does not appear in hi…