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6 results- PersonEliHigh priest of Israel at Shiloh who mistook Hannah's silent prayer for drunkenness and raised the boy Samuel; his corrupt sons defiled the tabernacle, and his house fell under…
- PersonElijahThe Tishbite who shut heaven for three years and a half, called down fire on Carmel, heard the still small voice at Horeb, and went up by a whirlwind — the prophet whose return…
- PersonElishaElijah's successor with the firstborn's double portion; the prophet of the healed spring, the widow's oil, the Shunammite's son, Naaman's cleansing, and the axe head that swam.
- PersonNabothThe Jezreelite who refused to sell the inheritance of his fathers to Ahab; framed by Jezebel's letters and stoned — the vineyard whose blood set Elijah at the king's door.
- PersonHazaelThe Aramean officer over whose face Elisha wept, foreseeing the cruelty of his coming reign; king of Aram and scourge of Israel.
Places
5 results- PlaceBeershebaThe well of the oath at the south of the land, where Abraham made his covenant with Abimelech and planted a tamarisk, where Isaac dug again, and where Elijah lay under the…
- PlaceZarephathThe Sidonian town where a starving Gentile widow shared her last meal with Elijah and her jar of flour did not run out, the story Jesus cited at Nazareth.
- PlaceMount CarmelThe long ridge above the sea where Elijah rebuilt the altar of the LORD, called down fire before the prophets of Baal, and prayed until a cloud the size of a man’s hand rose…
- PlaceMount Sinai (Horeb)The mountain of God in the wilderness where the bush burned, the Law was given in fire and cloud, and the covenant was cut; Elijah later heard the still small voice here.
- PlaceThe Jordan RiverThe river Israel crossed on dry ground into the land, where Elijah was taken up, Naaman was cleansed, and John baptized Jesus.
Words (Strong's)
- WordH470 אֱלִיקָא · ʼĔlîyqâʼ (Hebrew)Elika, an Israelite. The Hebrew word stands 1 time in the original text.
- WordG1664 Ἐλιούδ · Elioúd (Greek)God of majesty. The Greek word stands 2 times in the original text.
- WordH452 אֵלִיָּה · ʼÊlîyâh (Hebrew)Elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other Israelites. The Hebrew word stands 71 times in the original text.
- WordH5941 עֵלִי · ʻÊlîy (Hebrew)Eli, an Israelite highpriest. The Hebrew word stands 33 times in the original text.
- WordH362 אֵילִם · ʼÊylim (Hebrew)Elim, a place in the Desert. The Hebrew word stands 6 times in the original text.
Concepts
2 resultsThemes
20 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…
- 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*…
- ThemeGraceGrace is God's unearned favor. The Hebrew word for it is *chen* — a gift given because the giver is gracious, not because the receiver has earned it — and it is *chen* that the…
- ThemeLoveThe Old Testament's word for it is *chesed* — not a feeling but a covenant posture: steadfast, loyal, obligated love that keeps showing up whether or not it is deserved. God's…
Topics
65 results- TopicLonelinessLoneliness in Scripture is the cry of the isolated, the widow, the outcast, and the misunderstood — from Hagar in the wilderness to David in the caves to Elijah after Carmel to…
- TopicAreliA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- TopicBeeliadaA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- TopicBeer-elimA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- TopicBelialA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
Prophecies
2 resultsApologetics
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214 results- VoiceJohn Calvin# John Calvin (1509–1564) French-born Reformer, theologian, and exegete. Primary systematic-theology voice of the Reformed tradition; his *Institutes of the Christian Religion*…
- VoiceRemigius of RheimsRemigius — Rémi in French — was born about 437 in the region of Laon, in northern Gaul, into a Gallo-Roman family of rank. He was made bishop of Rheims at about twenty-two…
- VoiceKenneth HaginKenneth Erwin Hagin (August 20, 1917 – September 19, 2003) was an American Pentecostal-Charismatic preacher, healing-revival evangelist, and the recognized "father" of the…
- VoiceProcopius of GazaProcopius was born about 465 at Gaza, on the coast of Palestine, and died there about 528. He spent his working life as a teacher of rhetoric, and he was the leading figure in…
- VoiceNerses of LambronNerses was born in 1153 at the castle of Lambron in Cilicia — Armenian Cilicia, the kingdom Armenians had built along the southeastern coast of Asia Minor after the Seljuk…