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H3225יָמִין yâmîyn — the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous)H334אִטֵּר ʼiṭṭêr — shut up, i.e. impeded (as to the use of the right hand)H3027יָד yâd — a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),H7667שֶׁבֶר sheber — a fracture, figuratively, ruinG4630Σκευᾶς Skeuâs — left-handedH3231יָמַן yâman — to be right-handed or take the right-hand side
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Places(2)
- PlaceDamascusThe Syrian city Saul was travelling to with letters of arrest when the light stopped him on the road; he entered it blind and left it preaching.
- PlaceCreteMediterranean island where Paul left Titus to set in order the things that are wanting and appoint elders in every city (Titus 1:5); its ill repute quoted from its own prophet…
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Words (Strong's)(5+)
- WordH3225 יָמִין · yâmîyn (Hebrew)the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous)
- WordH334 אִטֵּר · ʼiṭṭêr (Hebrew)shut up, i.e. impeded (as to the use of the right hand)
- WordH3027 יָד · yâd (Hebrew)a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- WordH7667 שֶׁבֶר · sheber (Hebrew)a fracture, figuratively, ruin
- WordG4630 Σκευᾶς · Skeuâs (Greek)left-handed
Themes(5)
- 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*…
- 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…
- 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…
- ThemeHope**Biblical hope is not optimism.** It is confident expectation anchored in God's character and God's word, held by people who often cannot see the outcome and sometimes cannot…
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Prophecies(3)
- ProphecyBabylon's Gates Left OpenBabylon's gates would be left open for Cyrus.
- ProphecyBabylon's River Gates Left OpenIsaiah predicted Babylon's gates would be opened before Cyrus, and Jeremiah predicted the river passages would be stopped and the city taken by surprise from the ends.
- ProphecyTemple Destruction Prophesied by JesusDaniel predicted Jerusalem's destruction after Messiah's cutting off, and Jesus predicted the Temple would be so completely destroyed that 'not one stone would be left upon…
Apologetics(2)
- ApologeticsEdom's Perpetual DesolationEdom is the one neighbour of Israel that left no successor: no state, no people, no language, no claimant to the name. Obadiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Malachi all sentenced it…
- ApologeticsDestruction of the Second Temple (AD 70)Jesus told his disciples the temple would be leveled — "there shall not be left here one stone upon another" (Matthew 24:2) — and on the tenth of the month Ab, AD 70, Titus'…
Authors(5+)
- AuthorBedeBede was born about 673 on land belonging to the twin monastery of Wearmouth and Jarrow, in Northumbria. He was handed over to the monks at the age of seven. He never really…
- AuthorAbba PoemenPoemen is the Greek word for shepherd, and the name stuck to him. He was born in Egypt late in the fourth century, one of seven brothers who all left the world together for the…
- AuthorRichard SibbesRichard Sibbes was a wheelwright's son who went up to Cambridge, and he never really left that world: he was a lecturer at Holy Trinity, master of St Catharine's Hall, and…
- AuthorCaesarius of ArlesCaesarius was born about 468 at Chalon-sur-Saône in Burgundy. At eighteen he asked his bishop for the clerical tonsure; two years later he left for Lérins, the island monastery…
- AuthorNemesius 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…