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H6155עָרָב ʻârâb — a willow (from the use of osiers as wattles)G2307θέλημα thélēma — a determination (properly, the
thing), i.e. (actively) choice (specially, purpose, decreeG2308θέλησις thélēsis — determination (properly, the act), i.e. optionH6634צְבָא tsᵉbâʼ — to pleaseG1012βουλή boulḗ — volition, i.e. (objectively) advice, or (by implication)
purposeH5081נָדִיב nâdîyb — properly, voluntary, i.e. generous
People(5)
- PersonCainAdam's firstborn; the first murderer, who killed his brother Abel out of jealousy and became the archetype of the way of self-will (Jude 11).
- PersonGamalielThe Pharisee and teacher of the law who talked the Sanhedrin out of killing the apostles with an argument from patience: if this counsel is of men it will come to nothing, and…
- PersonAbihuAaron's second son, killed alongside Nadab for the strange fire Jehovah had not commanded — "I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me."
- PersonAlexander the coppersmithDid Paul much evil — "the Lord will render to him according to his works" (2 Tim 4:14); possibly the Alexander of 1 Tim 1:20.
- PersonDoeg the EdomiteSaul's chief herdsman and informer, the one man willing to fall upon the priests of Nob when the king's own footmen refused — remembered in the superscription of Psalm 52.
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Words (Strong's)(5+)
- WordH6155 עָרָב · ʻârâb (Hebrew)a willow (from the use of osiers as wattles)
- WordG2307 θέλημα · thélēma (Greek)a determination (properly, the thing), i.e. (actively) choice (specially, purpose, decree
- WordG2308 θέλησις · thélēsis (Greek)determination (properly, the act), i.e. option
- WordH6634 צְבָא · tsᵉbâʼ (Hebrew)to please
- WordG1012 βουλή · boulḗ (Greek)volition, i.e. (objectively) advice, or (by implication) purpose
Concepts(2)
Themes(5+)
- 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…
- ThemeResurrectionThe hope of resurrection surfaces gradually across the Old Testament before it becomes explicit. Job — likely the oldest book in the canon — already confesses a living Redeemer…
- ThemeSufferingSuffering enters the story at the Fall. Genesis 3 turns childbirth into pain and labor into toil, and the rest of the Old Testament treats hardship as the ordinary texture of…
- 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…
- 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…
Topics(4)
- TopicFree-will OfferingsA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896) — every passage it gathers, quoted.
- TopicSelf-willA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896) — every passage it gathers, quoted.
- TopicWillA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896) — every passage it gathers, quoted.
- TopicWillowA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896) — every passage it gathers, quoted.
Prophecies(5+)
- ProphecyWill Return for His PeopleThe ascended Messiah will return visibly.
- ProphecyAssyria Will Not Enter JerusalemIsaiah prophesied that Sennacherib's Assyrian army would not enter Jerusalem, shoot an arrow at it, or build siege works against it.
- ProphecyReign ForeverThe Messiah's reign will be eternal.
- ProphecyNature RestoredCreation will be restored to harmony.
- ProphecySatan BoundSatan will be bound during the Messiah's reign.
Apologetics(1)
Feature Pages(5+)
- FeatureToday, If Ye Will Hear His VoiceThe wilderness cycle Paul and Hebrews turn into the church's own standing warning — Taberah, Kadesh-Barnea, Korah, Meribah, and 1 Corinthians 10.
- FeatureHosea — the Study GuideGod stakes His own covenant love on a broken human marriage. The book's own zig-zag — judgment, a flicker of hope, deeper judgment, the deepest compassion at chapter 11, and a final unconditional healing at chapter 14.
- FeatureTheta (Θθ) — the Greek letterThe letter that begins the word “God” — and was also the mark for the dead.
- FeatureBeing Human — what we believeA creature made in the image of God — body and soul together, male and female, given real work to do and made for relationship with him — and therefore of a worth that cannot be earned, increased, or lost.
- Feature1 Chronicles — the Study GuideAdam to Zerubbabel, priest to king, in one unbroken spine: the genealogical funnel that tells the returned exiles who they still are, and David's long preparation for a temple he will never see.
Authors(3)
- AuthorQuodvultdeusHis name means 'what God wills' — a real African Christian name of the period, not a title. He was born in North Africa around 390 and was a deacon at Carthage while Augustine…
- AuthorCatherine BoothCatherine Mumford read the Bible through eight times before she was twelve and married William Booth at twenty-six. When a minister attacked the American evangelist Phoebe…
- AuthorBill JohnsonWilliam ("Bill") Johnson (born July 18, 1951) is the senior leader of Bethel Church (Redding, California), a non-denominational charismatic megachurch with a global…
Apocrypha (study resources)(5+)
- Study resource2 Esdras 12:6Therefore will I now beseech the Highest, that he will comfort me unto the end.
- Study resource2 Esdras 16:66What will ye do? or how will ye hide your sins before God and his angels?
- Study resource2 Esdras 8:25For while I live I will speak, and so long as I have understanding I will answer.
- Study resource2 Esdras 10:18And she said unto me, That will I not do: I will not go into the city, but here will I die.
- Study resource2 Esdras 3:14Him thou lovedst, and unto him only thou shewedst thy will: