Hebrew Word Study – To Pretend – Nakar  Nun Kap Resh  Job 24:13: “They are those who rebel against the light, they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.” Titus 1:15: “Unto the pure all things are pure but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving...

Hebrew Word Study – Pressed Oil - Shemen  Katith -   שֶׁ֣מֶן כָּתִ֖ית   Shin Chet Mem  Kap Taw Yod Taw Exodus 27:20: “And thou shalt command the children of Israel that they bring thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.”I once asked...

Hebrew Word Study  – Leaning – Sha’an – שען   Shin Ayin Nun Proverbs 3:5: “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.”   I believe I have spent almost a lifetime studying this verse and I am continually finding something...

Hebrew Word Study – As His Bride – Kekalotho – Kap Kap Lamed Taw Vav Exodus 31:18:  “And he gave unto Moses when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.”  “Man is not...

Aramaic Word Study – Gratification – Hanah  - Hei Nun Hei   Matthew 16:26: “For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?”We read this verse and hear sermons on it and generally...

Hebrew Word Study – Hope/Trust – Batch – Beth Teth Cheth Ecclesiastes 9:4: “For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.”Hebrew Word Study – Hope/Trust – Batch – Beth Teth Cheth Ecclesiastes 9:4: “For to him...

Hebrew Word Study – New Beginning – Yiphasechu – Yod Pei Sade Cheth Vav Isaiah 55:12: “For you shall go out with joy and be led forth with peace.  The mountains and the hills shall break forth before you with singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their...

Hebrew Word Study – Proud – Gevah -  גְּבַהּ  Gimmel Beth Hei   Proverbs 16:5: “Everyone [that is] proud in heart [is] an abomination to the LORD.”  “A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course as long as you are looking down, you...

Hebrew Word Study – And He Shall Return – Veshab – וְשָׁ֗ב  Vav Shin Beth  Deuteronomy  30:3, “That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath...