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Psalm 110:1 The LORD יְהוָ֨ה ׀ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel to my Lord: לַֽאדֹנִ֗י (adoni) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 113: Sovereign...

Define Bible.

New International Version Isaiah 7: The word is almah (H5959 עַלְמָה). It appears 7 times. H5959 is ambiguous. New American Bible: On Biblehub, 39 versions use virgin. Only 3 use young woman. 6 commentaries agree with virgin: Barnes, Jamieson-Fausset-Brown, Pulpit, Matthew Poole, Keil and...

Loosely speaking, yes. But some people think KJV is the word of God. Technically, I consider a bible as a translation of a recording of the word of God. One problem is that there is no universal definition of the Bible. The Protestant Bible has 66 books; Catholic, 73 books; Orthodox, 81 books...

ESV Luke 14: The Greek and Hebrew idiom for hate is not exactly the same as the English word for hate. hate μισεῖ (misei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 3404: To hate, detest, love less, esteem less. From a primary misos; to detest; by extension, to love less...

What Greek word was translated to English as "carpenter"?

Matthew 15: 4202. πορνεία (porneia) Does porneia mean primarily prostitution or can it mean sex between people not married? BDAG πορνεία: Those were the primary meanings. Oxford dictionary fornication: Is sex outside of marriage a sin? Yes, it is sexual immorality (porneia). The...

Thanks for the references. To save the effort of everyone, this is how to do referencing in a scholarly manner: Give the name of the source. Provide the link to the source. It is the URL address. Indent the quoted text. Bold the relevant keywords that are important to the point that you are...

According to God, Genesis 2: This is not just knowledge but knowledge of good and evil, i.e., knowledge of morality. Before the fall, everything was good according to their conscience provided by God alone. By definition, they could not think of a bad thought. What was wrong with Adam and Eve...

Yes, but what is your understanding of it? What is the original sin to you? I am interested in your operational definition of it in your head and not the paper one in Wikipedia. Can you distinguish between these two concepts?

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I think so. Modern statistics say that full-term pregnancy takes 280 days. There are 28 days per lunar month. Full-term pregnancy takes 10 lunar months. Luke 1: Mary left Elizabeth during Elizabeth's 9th lunar month of pregnancy, one month before John was born.

I think so. ESV John 19: garments ἱμάτια (himatia) Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural Strong's 2440: A long flowing outer garment, tunic. Neuter of a presumed derivative of ennumi; a dress. G2440 (outer garments) is the direct object of the verb "took". Then, what was his tunic? tunic...

Cain murdered his brother. God punished him in Gen 4: On the other hand, Onan practiced coitus interruptus. God punished him in Genesis 38: Why did God spare Cain but execute Onan? Onan didn't know it, but the Messiah was supposed to come from Judah, his father. For refusing to cooperate in...

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The Bible does not explicitly point out that gambling is a sin. However, it is wise to have self-control, Proverbs 25: Titus 1: Can you stop gambling? Is it an addiction? If you gamble so much that you lose self-control, then it is sin. Should a Christian buy lottery tickets? I don't because...

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Numbers 12: Barnes thought so: Keil and Delitzsch agreed: Jamieson-Fausset-Brown disagreed: Pulpit was reasonable: Did Moses have a second wife? From a straight and simple reading of the verse, I think so.

Deuteronomy 29: 29 The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law. This verse is about the contents of revelation, not the methods or the mechanics of revelation. Did you read the...

2 Timothy 3: At Biblehub, 13 versions use inspired by or of God; 10 versions use God-breathed What is the mechanical process of being God-breathed? One way was described in Numbers 12: There were other methods, Job 32: I'd define God-breathed as the process of a sacred word/thought breathed...