For the first three centuries of the Christian era the first day of the week was never confounded with the “sabbath”; the confusion of the Jewish and Christian institutions was due to declension from apostolic teaching. Have a good Lord’s Day Sabbath 1. sabbaton (G4521) or sabbata: the latter, the plural form, was transliterated from the …

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Foreknow, Foreknowledge A. Verb. proginosko (G4267), “to know before” (pro, “before,” ginosko, “to know”), is used (a) of divine knowledge, concerning (1) Christ, 1Pe_1:20, RV, “foreknown” (KJV, “foreordained”); (2) Israel as God’s earthly people, Rom_11:2; (3) believers, Rom_8:29; “the foreknowledge” of God is the basis of His foreordaining counsels; (b) of human knowledge, (1) of …

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