HEBREW WORD STUDY: ELIPHAZ Job 22:29: “When men are cast down thou shalt say, there is lifting up, and he shall save the humble person.” Job 22 is the reply to Job by his friend Eliphaz. It is suggested by many that Eliphaz means God of gold. This is likely due to an assumption that
WORD STUDY – TURBAN – ‘EPER PE’ER ראפ אפר Isaiah 61:3: “To provide for the mourners in Zion, to give them beauty instead of ashes.” Let me show you something that is interesting. The word for beauty in Isaiah 61:3 is pe’er and the word for ashes is “’eper”. Both words are also used to represent
WORD STUDY – IRRITANTS SONEI OYEV שׁנאיאיבי Numbers 10:35: “And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said: Rise up Lord and let your enemies be scattered and let them that hate you flee before you.” Those who will flee from the presence of God are his enemies which in the
WORD STUDY – PETER (ARAMAIC) – CEPHAS כפא John 1:42 “And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be (Aramaic uses a pefect tense – are) called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.” Peter’s given name was Simon or Shimon
WORD STUDY – GOOD THING – TOV טוב Proverbs 18:22: “Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.” Practically every modern translation joins in lock step with the KJV and says that finding a wife is finding a good thing. This is obviously translated by men. “Finds a good
WORD STUDY – SHOW HIMSELF FRIENDLY LEHITERO’A’A להתרע Proverbs 18:24: “A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.” The KJV of this verse never made sense. The two phrases just did not seem to fit. They are like two separate thoughts yet in
WORD STUDY – BOOK OF LIVES SOFAR CHAIM ספרחימ Psalms 69:28: “Let them be blotted out of the book of the life, and not be written with the righteous.” In Hebrew the words for Book of life is sofar chaim. Chaim is a word we recognize as life but this is written in a plural
WORD STUDY – EAT : ‘AKAL אכל John 6:54: “Whosoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood will have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.” The word in Aramaic that Jesus spoke for the word eat was ‘akal. There are two possible root words, ‘alakam which means to consume
WORD STUDY – WEARY : APHAH עפיה Jeremiah 31:25: “I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.” God will refresh the weary? Big deal. I get home from work I am weary. I love that feeling of weariness after a hard day of work and I love those little rituals, having dinner, taking a
WORD STUDY – MIGHTY ONES Beni ‘elim Psalms 29:1: “Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength.” Who are these mighty ones who are to give strength to the Lord? There is much debate and some modern translations like the NIV will just paraphrase (give their opinion) and say
