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- Hebrew, a heading of the topical index.A heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- Hebrew Language Revived, a messianic prophecy.A pure language would be restored to God's people.
- Hebrew Language Preserved, a messianic prophecy.Zephaniah predicted God would restore a 'pure language' to His people for unified worship. Some interpreters connect this to the revival of Hebrew.
- Hebrew Roots: the language of the Old Testament, a featured study.How the Hebrew alphabet works, why the letters carry numbers, and what makes Hebrew Hebrew: with a dedicated page for every one of the twenty-two letters.
Featured studies
39 results- StudyThe Hebrew FeastsSeven appointed times on one Hebrew year — a spring cluster the site reads as fulfilled, a fall cluster it reads as awaited.
- StudyHow Hebrew WorksA featured study on this subject, with its Scripture, its sources and its figures.
- StudyThe Hebrew Calendar, MannaFestA featured study on this subject, with its Scripture, its sources and its figures.
- StudyHebrew Roots: the language of the Old TestamentHow the Hebrew alphabet works, why the letters carry numbers, and what makes Hebrew Hebrew: with a dedicated page for every one of the twenty-two letters.
- StudyAleph (א): the Hebrew letterThe silent first letter, named for the ox, strength that serves.
Verses
50 results- VerseRevelation 16:16And they assembled the kings in the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.
- VerseExodus 1:15Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
- VerseActs 22:2When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more silent. Then Paul declared,
- VerseJohn 20:16Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to Him in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).
- VerseJohn 19:17Carrying His own cross, He went out to The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.
Places
1 resultManuscripts
10 results- ManuscriptThe Palaeo-Hebrew Exodus Scroll (4Q22)A copy of Exodus written in the old pre-exilic alphabet — and its text is the Samaritan kind, in a Jewish library.
- ManuscriptAleppo CodexA 10th-century Hebrew manuscript of the entire Tanakh with full Masoretic apparatus; considered one of the most authoritative witnesses to the Masoretic Text.
- ManuscriptThe Leningrad CodexThe oldest complete Hebrew Bible that survived in one piece — and the book almost every modern Old Testament is translated from.
- ManuscriptThe Nash PapyrusA scrap of Egyptian papyrus carrying the Ten Commandments and the Shema — the oldest Hebrew Bible text known until the Dead Sea Scrolls turned up.
- ManuscriptGreat Isaiah ScrollThe oldest substantially complete Hebrew manuscript of the book of Isaiah; found at Qumran among the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Events
2 results- EventExodus from EgyptThe departure of Israel from Egyptian bondage under the leadership of Moses, foundational to Israel's self-understanding in the Hebrew Bible.
- EventBabylonian Exile (586 BCE)The Neo-Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem and the First Temple, and the resulting deportation of most of Judah's population — the central trauma of the Hebrew Bible.
Words (Strong's)
- WordG1445 Ἑβραῖος · Hebraîos (Greek)a Hebræan (i.e. Hebrew) or Jew. The Greek word stands 4 times in the original text.
- WordG1446 Ἑβραΐς · Hebraḯs (Greek)the Hebraistic (Hebrew) or Jewish (Chaldee) language. The Greek word stands 3 times in the original text.
- WordG1444 Ἑβραϊκός · Hebraïkós (Greek)Hebraic or the Jewish language. A Greek word of the lexicon floor, with its parsing and its occurrences on the word page.
- WordH5680 עִבְרִי · ʻIbrîy (Hebrew)an Eberite (i.e. Hebrew) or descendant of Eber. The Hebrew word stands 34 times in the original text.
- WordG11 Ἀβραάμ · Abraám (Greek)Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch. The Greek word stands 73 times in the original text.
Concepts
6 results- ConceptGloryThe weight of God made visible: כָּבוֹד, literally heaviness: filling a tabernacle, a temple, and finally a body.
- ConceptAcrosticHebrew poems built on the alphabet, letter by letter: a structure the English page hides and the Hebrew page announces.
- ConceptGematriaHebrew and Greek letters double as numbers, so every word carries a value: a feature of the alphabets the text itself uses.
- ConceptTheophoric Names: ElHundreds of Hebrew names carry El, "God," inside them: Daniel, Michael, Israel: each one a short sentence about him.
- ConceptTheophoric Names: YahThe covenant name shortened to Yah or Yeho and folded into personal names: Elijah, Isaiah, Jehoshaphat, Hallelu-Yah.
Themes
5 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*…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
Topics
1 resultProphecies
5 results- ProphecyHebrew Language RevivedA pure language would be restored to God's people.
- ProphecyHebrew Language PreservedZephaniah predicted God would restore a 'pure language' to His people for unified worship. Some interpreters connect this to the revival of Hebrew.
- ProphecyCalled a NazareneThe Hebrew word 'netzer' (branch) in Isaiah 11:1 connects linguistically to Nazareth. The Messiah would be associated with this humble village.
- ProphecyBorn of a VirginIsaiah prophesied that a virgin (Hebrew: almah) would conceive and bear a son called Immanuel, meaning 'God with us.'
- ProphecyMessiah Cut Off But Not for HimselfDaniel prophesied that Messiah would be 'cut off' (a Hebrew term often meaning violent death), but crucially 'not for himself'—meaning His death would be substitutionary. The…
Apologetics
4 results- ApologeticsEquidistant Letter Sequences (ELS) in the Hebrew TextRead every nth letter of the Hebrew text and words appear: Torah at 50-letter skips through Genesis and Exodus, rabbis paired with their own dates in a peer-reviewed 1994…
- ApologeticsGenesis 1:1 Numerical SignatureThe seven Hebrew words of Genesis 1:1 carry standard letter-values summing to 2701 — which is 37 × 73, a product of mirror primes, and the 73rd triangular number. The verse has…
- ApologeticsThe Septuagint and New Testament QuotationsRoughly two-thirds of the New Testament's some 300 Old Testament quotations follow the Greek Septuagint rather than the Hebrew that became the Masoretic Text. The Dead Sea…
- ApologeticsThe Dead Sea Scrolls and Textual PreservationEleven caves at Qumran yielded roughly 930 manuscripts between 1947 and 1956, about 230 of them biblical — copies of every book of the Hebrew Bible but Esther, written between…
Voices
3 results- VoiceGospel of the HebrewsGospel of the Hebrews (d. ~150). Early Church documents voice from the church's historical commentary tradition, present in MannaFest's quote pool with source citations. Full…
- VoiceMichael S. Heiser- **PhD, Hebrew Bible and Semitic Languages** — University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2004 - **MA, Ancient History** — University of Pennsylvania (Ancient Israel; Egyptology)…
- VoiceFrances Ridley HavergalFrances Ridley Havergal was the daughter of an English clergyman who composed hymn tunes, lost her mother at eleven, and grew up reading Hebrew and Greek and memorizing whole…
Apocrypha (study resources)
7 results- Study resourceThe Rest of the Chapters of the Book of Esther, Which are Found Neither in the Hebrew, nor in the ChaldeeThe Apocrypha: a study resource, outside the 66-book canon. 7 chapters, 105 verses.
- Study resource2 Maccabees 7:31And thou, that hast been the author of all mischief against the Hebrews, shalt not escape the hands of God.
- Study resource2 Maccabees 15:37Thus went it with Nicanor: and from that time forth the Hebrews had the city in their power. And here will I make an end.
- Study resourceJudith 14:18These slaves have dealt treacherously; one woman of the Hebrews hath brought shame upon the house of king Nabuchodonosor: for, behold, Holofernes lieth upon the ground without…
- Study resourceJudith 12:11Then said he to Bagoas the eunuch, who had charge over all that he had, Go now, and persuade this Hebrew woman which is with thee, that she come unto us, and eat and drink with us.
Doorways
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G1445Ἑβραῖος Hebraîos — a Hebræan (i.e. Hebrew) or JewG1446Ἑβραΐς Hebraḯs — the Hebraistic (Hebrew) or Jewish (Chaldee)
languageG1444Ἑβραϊκός Hebraïkós — Hebraic or the Jewish languageH5680עִבְרִי ʻIbrîy — an Eberite (i.e. Hebrew) or descendant of EberG11Ἀβραάμ Abraám — Abraham, the Hebrew patriarchH1841דָּנִיֵּאל Dânîyêʼl — Danijel, the Hebrew prophet