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Creature
Verses
109 results- VerseGenesis 7:14they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.
- VersePsalms 136:25He gives food to every creature. His loving devotion endures forever.
- VerseJob 41:33Nothing on earth is his equal—a creature devoid of fear!
- VerseLeviticus 11:41Every creature that moves along the ground is detestable; it must not be eaten.
- VerseActs 28:5But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.
Words (Strong's)
11 results- WordH5315 נֶפֶשׁ · nephesh (Hebrew)properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality. The Hebrew word stands 754 times in the original text.
- WordG2938 κτίσμα · ktísma (Greek)an original formation (concretely), i.e. product (created thing). The Greek word stands 4 times in the original text.
- WordG2937 κτίσις · ktísis (Greek)original formation (properly, the act. The Greek word stands 18 times in the original text.
- WordH2416 חַי · chay (Hebrew)alive. The Hebrew word stands 498 times in the original text.
- WordH7075 קִנְיָן · qinyân (Hebrew)creation, i.e. (concretely) creatures. The Hebrew word stands 10 times in the original text.
Themes
4 results- ThemeWorshipScripture's worship vocabulary carries two roots held together: *shachah* (to bow down, prostrate) and *abad* (to serve, to labor for). *Shachah* is first rendered "worship" at…
- ThemeCovenantIn Scripture a covenant is not a vague feeling. It is a formal, oath-bound promise between named parties, with a stated promise and usually a visible sign to mark it. (The…
- 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…
- ThemeHolinessHoliness begins as a claim about God before it becomes a summons to His people. The Hebrew *qadosh* carries a double sense — "set apart" and "whole, intact" — and Leviticus…
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10 results- VoiceAnthony the GreatAnthony was born about 251 in Coma, a village in Middle Egypt, to Christian farmers with good land. He spoke Coptic, the Egyptian language, and never learned Greek. He would…
- 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…
- VoiceNemesius of EmesaNemesius was bishop of Emesa in Syria — the city now called Homs — at the end of the fourth century. Practically nothing is known about his life beyond the one book he left…
- VoiceAsterius of CappadociaAsterius was a Cappadocian, trained as a sophist — a professional teacher of rhetoric — and a pupil of Lucian of Antioch, the same teacher Arius claimed. He is usually called…
- VoiceAthanasius of AlexandriaAthanasius was born in Egypt about 296, in the last generation of Christians who grew up expecting to be arrested. He was a boy in Alexandria when the Great Persecution under…
Apocrypha (study resources)
30 results- Study resource2 Esdras 8:13And thou shalt mortify it as thy creature, and quicken it as thy work.
- Study resource2 Esdras 8:24O hear the prayer of thy servant, and give ear to the petition of thy creature.
- Study resourceSirach 16:16His mercy is manifest to every creature; and he hath separated his light from the darkness with an adamant.
- Study resource2 Esdras 6:49Then didst thou ordain two living creatures, the one thou calledst Enoch, and the other Leviathan;
- Study resourceWisdom of Solomon 13:5For by the greatness and beauty of the creatures proportionably the maker of them is seen.
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H5315נֶפֶשׁ nephesh — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityG2938κτίσμα ktísma — an original formation (concretely), i.e. product (created
thing)G2937κτίσις ktísis — original formation (properly, the actH2416חַי chay — aliveH7075קִנְיָן qinyân — creation, i.e. (concretely) creaturesH255אֹחַ ʼôach — a howler or lonesome wild animal