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Standard
Verses
24 results- VerseNumbers 2:18On the west side, the divisions of Ephraim are to camp under their standard:
- VerseNumbers 2:10On the south side, the divisions of Reuben are to camp under their standard:
- VerseNumbers 2:25On the north side, the divisions of Dan are to camp under their standard:
- VerseNumbers 2:3On the east side, toward the sunrise, the divisions of Judah are to camp under their standard:
- VerseNumbers 10:14First, the divisions of the camp of Judah set out under their standard, with Nahshon son of Amminadab in command.
Manuscripts
1 resultWords (Strong's)
9 results- WordH1714 דֶּגֶל · degel (Hebrew)a flag. The Hebrew word stands 14 times in the original text.
- WordH5251 נֵס · nêç (Hebrew)a flag. The Hebrew word stands 21 times in the original text.
- WordH5127 נוּס · nûwç (Hebrew)to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape. The Hebrew word stands 159 times in the original text.
- WordH8255 שֶׁקֶל · sheqel (Hebrew)probably a weight. The Hebrew word stands 88 times in the original text.
- WordG2583 κανών · kanṓn (Greek)a rule ("canon"), i.e. (figuratively) a standard (of faith and practice). The Greek word stands 4 times in the original text.
Themes
3 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*…
- 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
1 resultApologetics
2 results- 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…
- ApologeticsBelshazzar as Co-Regent of BabylonCuneiform recoveries from the 19th century forward show Belshazzar - named king in Daniel 5 - was Nabonidus's eldest son and co-regent in Babylon, reversing a standard…
Featured studies
4 results- StudyThe Standard: Right and wrongIf there is no God, is anything really wrong? It is the oldest argument there is, and we take both sides of it seriously.
- StudyRho (Ρρ): the Greek letterThe head, and half of the monogram Constantine put on a standard.
- StudyDoesn't the Bible contradict itself?Most of the famous cases are differences rather than contradictions, and the standard tools for reading ancient documents dissolve them honestly. But a few genuinely remain open, and this page names…
- StudyWhat about God commanding the killing of the Canaanites?This is the hardest thing in the Bible, several of the standard responses have real evidence behind them, and none of them makes the texts comfortable. A page that leaves you at ease here has not…
Voices
37 results- 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…
- VoiceJeromeEusebius Hieronymus was born about 347 at Stridon, a town on the border of Dalmatia and Pannonia that no longer exists. His parents were Christians with money. They sent him to…
- VoiceCosmas IndicopleustesCosmas was an Alexandrian merchant who spent his working life at sea. He sailed the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, traded along the coast of East Africa, and went inland into…
- VoiceJacob of EdessaJacob was born about 640 at Aindaba, near Antioch, in the first generation of Syrian Christians to live under Arab rule. He studied at the monastery of Qenneshre on the…
- VoiceEpiphanius ScholasticusEpiphanius was a Greek-speaking scholar who worked at Vivarium, the monastery Cassiodorus founded on his family estate in Calabria after retiring from a long career in the…
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