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Court
Verses
190 results- Verse1 Chronicles 26:18As for the court on the west, there were four at the highway and two at the court.
- VerseEzekiel 44:21No priest may drink wine before he enters the inner court.
- VerseJob 5:4His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
- VerseJob 11:19You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.
- VerseEzekiel 40:30(The porticoes around the inner court were twenty-five cubits long and five cubits deep.)
People
5 results- PersonDanielExilic prophet and Judean court official serving under Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar, Darius the Mede, and Cyrus; traditionally named author of the book of Daniel.
- PersonGallioProconsul of Achaia and brother of the philosopher Seneca; he threw Paul's accusers out of his court at Corinth as a matter for their own law. The Delphi inscription dates his…
- PersonDeborahProphetess and judge who held court under her palm tree, summoned Barak against Sisera's iron chariots, and sang the victory — "the stars in their courses fought against Sisera."
- PersonNathanThe prophet at David's court who carried the covenant promise of 2 Samuel 7 and later the parable of the ewe lamb — "thou art the man."
- PersonJobThe blameless man of Uz whose faith was tried in the heavenly court's wager he never saw; he argued with God from the ashes, was answered out of the whirlwind, and was doubly…
Words (Strong's)
21 results- WordH2681 חָצִיר · châtsîyr (Hebrew)a court or abode. The Hebrew word stands 1 time in the original text.
- WordH1004 בַּיִת · bayith (Hebrew)a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.). The Hebrew word stands 2,046 times in the original text.
- WordH2691 חָצֵר · châtsêr (Hebrew)a yard (as inclosed by a fence). The Hebrew word stands 191 times in the original text.
- WordH5892 עִיר · ʻîyr (Hebrew)a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post). The Hebrew word stands 1,090 times in the original text.
- WordH5835 עֲזָרָה · ʻăzârâh (Hebrew)an inclosure. The Hebrew word stands 9 times in the original text.
Themes
4 results- ThemeFaith**Faith across the canon is less a feeling than a transaction: a person trusts what God has said and acts on it before the outcome is visible.** The Old Testament rarely uses…
- 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*…
- ThemeWisdomWisdom in Scripture (Hebrew *hokmah*, H2451) is skilled living before God, not accumulated information. Its first appearances are not proverbs but craftsmen: the wise-hearted…
- 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…
Topics
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3 results- VoiceGregory PalamasGregory was born in 1296 at Constantinople, into a family close to the imperial court; his father was a senator and a tutor to the young emperor. Gregory was educated for the…
- VoiceJulius AfricanusSextus Julius Africanus was a man of affairs before he was a scholar. He served in the Roman army, traveled in Egypt and the East, and knew the imperial court well enough to be…
- VoiceMaximus the ConfessorMaximus was born about 580. One account makes him a well-born Constantinopolitan who served as first secretary to the Emperor Heraclius before leaving the court for a…
Apocrypha (study resources)
12 results- Study resourceAdditions to Esther 12:5So the king commanded, Mardocheus to serve in the court, and for this he rewarded him.
- Study resource1 Esdras 9:1Then Esdras rising from the court of the temple went to the chamber of Joanan the son of Eliasib,
- Study resource1 Esdras 9:6And all the multitude sat trembling in the broad court of the temple because of the present foul weather.
- Study resource1 Maccabees 11:46Wherefore the king fled into the court, but they of the city kept the passages of the city, and began to fight.
- Study resourceAdditions to Esther 12:1And Mardocheus took his rest in the court with Gabatha and Tharra, the two eunuchs of the king, and keepers of the palace.
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H2681חָצִיר châtsîyr — a court or abodeH1004בַּיִת bayith — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)H2691חָצֵר châtsêr — a yard (as inclosed by a fence)H5892עִיר ʻîyr — a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)H5835עֲזָרָה ʻăzârâh — an inclosureG833αὐλή aulḗ — a yard (as open to the wind)