Word Studies – David Michael Harris. Holy Fear.

Word Studies : Sabbath

Koheleth — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:25:31 +0000

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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Word Studies : Foreknow, Foreknowledge

Koheleth — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 02:53:00 +0000

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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Word Studies : Repent, Repentance

Koheleth — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:07:33 +0000

An old post from the former site, I lost the database and domain in 2017 🙁 Repent, Repentance A. Verbs. 1. metanoeo (G3340), lit., “to perceive afterwards” (meta, “after,” implying “change,” noeo, “to perceive”; nous, “the mind, the seat of moral reflection”), in contrast to pronoeo, “to perceive beforehand,” hence signifies “to change one’s mind or ...

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Word Studies : Chasten, Chastening, Chastise, Chastisement

Koheleth — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:21:50 +0000

Chasten, Chastening, Chastise, Chastisement A. Verb. paideuo (G3811) primarily denotes “to train children,” suggesting the broad idea of education (pais, “a child”), Act_7:22; Act_22:3; see also Tit_2:12, “instructing” (RV), here of a training gracious and firm; grace, which brings salvation, employs means to give us full possession of it, hence, “to chastise,” this being part ...

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