Destroy (To)

"to destroy, annihilate, exterminate." This biblical word occurs also in modern Hebrew, with the root having the connotation of "religious persecution…

Fire

"fire." Cognates of this word occur in Ugaritic, Akkadian, Aramaic, and Ethiopic. The 378 occurrences of this word in biblical Hebrew are scattered th…

Kill (To)

"to slaughter, kill." This word is common to both ancient and modern Hebrew, as well as ancient Ugaritic. The idea that the ancient Akkadian term shah…

Place

"to put, place, set, station, fix." In addition to biblical Hebrew, this verb is found frequently in ancient Ugaritic. It occurs more than 80 times in…

Satan

"adversary; Satan." This word appears 24 times in the Old Testament Most uses of the term relate to the cosmic struggle in the unseen world between Go…

Set (To)

"to put, place, set, station, fix." In addition to biblical Hebrew, this verb is found frequently in ancient Ugaritic. It occurs more than 80 times in…

Sing (To)

"to sing, shout, cry out." Found in both ancient and modern Hebrew, this word is used in modern Hebrew in the sense of "to chant, sing." It occurs app…

Worship (To)

"to worship, prostrate oneself, bow down." This word is found in modern Hebrew in the sense of "to bow or stoop," but not in the general sense of "to …