• Hebrew Word Study – Restrain – Ga’ar Genesis 37:2a, 3a: “These are the generations of Jacob… (3a) Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age:” In this passage on the story of Jacob and Joseph, we find in verse 2 of Genesis 37 that Jacob is called Jacob, which

  • Hebrew Word Study – Be Focused – Chazak – Cheth Zayin Kap Joshua 1:9: “Have not I commanded thee?  Be strong and of good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord they God is with thee withersoever thou goest..” The nation of Israel has now completed its forty years of chastisement

  • Hebrew Word Study – Eternity – ‘Olam Ecclesiastes 3:11: “He hath made everything beautiful in its time (season), also he has set the world (eternity) in their hearts, so that no man can find out the work that God made from beginning to end.” “Grow old with me, the best is yet to be.”  Robert

  • Hebrew Word Study – Prepare –  Kun Ezra 7:10: “For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord and to do it and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.” When you read about Ezra you find a man who loved God with all his heart, soul, and might. He devoted

  • Aramaic Word Study – Suffer Shame – Tsatar Acts 5:41: “And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.” I Thessalonians 5:16-17: “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump

  • Hebrew Word Study – Power – Kochach – Kap Cheth Cheth Zechariah 4:6: “Not by might, not by power but by my Spirit says the Lord of Host.” “Preacher, you’re trying too hard.”  From “The Cross and the Switchblade” by David Wilkerson. I remember as a teenager, I read the book “The Cross and Switchblade”

  • Hebrew Word Study – Hide – Satar Ezekiel 39:25, 29:  (25)”Therefore thus saith the Lord God,  Now will I bring the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name.”  (29) “Neither will I hide my face  anymore from them, for I have poured

  • Hebrew Word Study – A Porter – Savalam Isaiah 53:4: “Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows.” Even look at a Scripture verse that have heard all your life, memorized it, sang it as it was put to music, heard it preached and then one day you look at it and say:

  • Aramaic Word Study – Sufficient – Saphaq II Corinthians 12:9:  “And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” I like the way one translator paraphrased

  • Hebrew Word Study – Fury – Chama Leviticus 26:28:  “Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.” KJV Leviticus 26:28:  “I will act with furious rage against you, and I Myself will punish you sevenfold for your sins.” Berean Study Bible