•   II Timothy 4:3: “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;” We have all heard this verse quoted, especially by preachers who feel they are the ones with the sound doctrine. These are the preachers who

  • Hebrew Word Study – The Hollow of His Hand – Yapap Yod Pei Pei If you enjoy the Daily Word Studies and are considering giving an end-of-the-year donation, please know that we would appreciate it very much. Your donation helps this ministry more than you can imagine. As a thank you, we always send out

  • II Corinthians 4:7: “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.” The Apostle Paul was suffering from some physical affliction of which we can only guess.  Some say it was a problem with his eyesight, some feel he was afflicted with

  • Hebrew Word Study – Sense of Doom – Bahal  בהל  Beth Hei Lamed   If you enjoy the Daily Word Studies and are considering giving an end-of-the-year donation, please know that we would appreciate it very much.  Your donation helps this ministry more than you can imagine. As a thank you, we always send out

  • Hebrew Word Study – The Dead  המתא  Hei Mem Taw Aleph     Matthew 8:22 “But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.” “East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.” Rudyard Kipling The above quote by Rudyard Kipling is from his poem The Ballad of

  • Hebrew Word Study – Feathers – ‘Ebrah   אברה Aleph Beth Resh Hei Psalms 91:4: “He shall cover thee with his feathers and under his wings shalt thou trust.  His truth shall be thy shield and buckler.” It is interesting that in many species of birds both the male and female will cover their chicks

  • Hebrew Word Study – Kidneys – Kilyah  כליה Kap Lamed Yod Hei Psalms 16:7: “I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.” When you examine this verse in the original Hebrew you discover some deeper meanings.  The word bless is in a Piel (intensive

  • Revelation 20:15: “And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.” NASB Isaiah 45:3: “And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of

  • ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – AN AMBASSADOR – AIZAGADA  איזגדא Aleph Yod Zayin Gimmel Daleth Aleph  Genesis 23:4: “I am a foreigner and stranger among you. Sell me some property for a burial site here so I can bury my dead.” It is reported in the Talmud that the cave that Abraham purchased as a burial

  • Hebrew Word Study – The Snare  מפח Mem Pei Cheth    Psalms 91:3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, [and] from the noisome pestilence. The word for snare is mipach which could come from two different root words.  It could be pachach or pachad.  Pachach means to entrap, either by a