Hebrew Word Study: Like His Heart

HEBREW WORD STUDY – LIKE HIS HEART כלבבו Kalavavu I Samuel 13:14: “But now thy kingdom shall not continue; the Lord has sought him a man after his own heart.” Most translators walk in lock step with the KJV and say a man after God’s heart. Some will say according to...

Hebrew Word Study: Engulf And Destroy

HEBREW WORD STUDY – ENGULF AND DESTROY – BALA בלא Exodus 7:12: “For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.” Archeologists have discovered that the cobra played a vital role in Ancient Egypt....

HEBREW WORD STUDY – BELOVED – ABBA אבא Matthew 6:9: “After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.” It has been very much ingrained in our Western culture that God is a Father, ie., a male father figure. This is not so in...

Hebrew Word Study: And You Shall Serve

VA’AVDTEM ועבדתס Exodus 23:25: “And you shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless your bread, and your water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.” I was reading this morning in Exodus and I discovered a grammatical abnormality in Exodus 23:25...

Hebrew Word Study: Loving Service

ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – LOVING SERVICE  עבד I Peter 3:1: “Likewise, ye wives, submit to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;” If you look up your Greek word for submit in an interlinear...