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Alms
Verses
16 results- VerseJob 32:8But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.
- VerseActs 24:17After several years, then, I returned to Jerusalem to bring alms to my people and to present offerings.
- VerseLuke 11:41But give as alms the things that are within you, and you will see that everything is clean for you.
- VerseJob 6:14A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
- Verse2 Corinthians 6:18And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
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5 results- WordG1654 ἐλεημοσύνη · eleēmosýnē (Greek)compassionateness, i.e. (as exercised towards the poor) beneficence, or (concretely) a benefaction. The Greek word stands 13 times in the original text.
- WordH4609 מַעֲלָה · maʻălâh (Hebrew)elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grademark, figuratively…. The Hebrew word…
- WordG5215 ὕμνος · hýmnos (Greek)probably akin to. The Greek word stands 2 times in the original text.
- WordG5568 ψαλμός · psalmós (Greek)a set piece of music, i.e. a sacred ode (accompanied with the voice, harp or other instrument. The Greek word stands 7 times in the original text.
- WordG5567 ψάλλω · psállō (Greek)to twitch or twang, i.e. to play on a stringed instrument (celebrate the divine worship with music and accompanying odes). The Greek word stands 5 times in the original text.
Concepts
19 results- ConceptSeedOne word that carries the whole promise: a line of descent that narrows, verse by verse, to one Person.
- ConceptGloryThe weight of God made visible: כָּבוֹד, literally heaviness: filling a tabernacle, a temple, and finally a body.
- ConceptLightGod's first spoken word and his own self-description: light before the sun, and a Light no darkness can put out.
- ConceptEdenThe garden God planted eastward: a sanctuary with a river, two trees, and a job description, lost by one command broken.
- ConceptTreesThe Bible's story turns at trees: two in the garden, one bearing a curse, one bearing healing for the nations.
Themes
6 results- ThemeRedemptionRedemption is the Bible's word for rescue that costs something. Two Hebrew verbs carry the weight: *ga'al*, the act of a near kinsman (*go'el*) who buys back land, a person, or…
- ThemeJusticeScripture's justice vocabulary runs on two paired Hebrew terms: *mishpat* (H4941), the right verdict rendered at the city gate — a legal, courtroom word — and *tsedaqah*…
- ThemeCreationScripture opens with a claim, not an argument: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth" (Gen 1:1). The Genesis account moves in an ordered six-day sequence…
- ThemePrayerPrayer enters the canon as a corporate act, not a private technique: "then began men to call upon the name of Jehovah" (Genesis 4:26) describes a community, not a method. The…
- ThemeResurrectionThe hope of resurrection surfaces gradually across the Old Testament before it becomes explicit. Job — likely the oldest book in the canon — already confesses a living Redeemer…
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22 results- VoiceCassiodorusFlavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator was born about 485 at Scylacium in Calabria, in the toe of Italy, to a family that had served the state for generations. He served…
- VoiceWalafrid StraboWalafrid was born about 808 in Swabia, of poor parents, and was given as a child to the island monastery of Reichenau on Lake Constance. The nickname Strabo means squint-eyed…
- VoiceIsaac WattsIsaac Watts grew up in Southampton with a father who had been jailed twice for refusing to conform to the Church of England. English congregations in his youth sang metrical…
- VoiceMartin LutherMartin Luther was born on November 10, 1483, at Eisleben in Saxony, the son of a copper miner who worked his way up to leasing smelters. His father wanted a lawyer, and Luther…
- VoiceDidymus the BlindDidymus lost his sight at four years old, before he had learned to read. He never read a page in his life. He learned Scripture by having it read aloud to him, and he learned…
Apocrypha (study resources)
21 results- Study resourceSirach 3:30Water will quench a flaming fire; and alms maketh an atonement for sins.
- Study resourceSirach 35:2He that requiteth a goodturn offereth fine flour; and he that giveth alms sacrificeth praise.
- Study resourceTobit 4:11For alms is a good gift unto all that give it in the sight of the most High.
- Study resourceTobit 4:10Because that alms do deliver from death, and suffereth not to come into darkness.
- Study resourceSirach 29:12Shut up alms in thy storehouses: and it shall deliver thee from all affliction.
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G1654ἐλεημοσύνη eleēmosýnē — compassionateness, i.e. (as exercised towards the poor)
beneficence, or (concretely) a benefactionH4609מַעֲלָה maʻălâh — elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grademark, figuratively, a superiority of station)G5215ὕμνος hýmnos — probably akin to G5568ψαλμός psalmós — a set piece of music, i.e. a sacred ode (accompanied with
the voice, harp or other instrumentG5567ψάλλω psállō — to twitch or twang, i.e. to play on a stringed instrument
(celebrate the divine worship with music and accompanying odes)