[Greek] σκηνόω (skēnoō), [Latin] habitare: to have one’s tent, to dwell, to encamp, to tent, to tabernacle, to live in a tent, to reside, to occupy, to take up residence, to dwell in a tent (or tabernacle), to pitch a…
[Greek] κέρας (keras), [Latin] cornu
[Greek] κέρας (keras), [Latin] cornu: horn, bony growth, hair of the head; Lk.1:69, Rev.5:6, Rev.9:13, Rev.12:3, Rev.13:1, Rev.17:1,3,7,12,16 Background Information: Greco-Roman history: This term is commonly found in the Greek, Persian, and Babylonian world. This term can be found in…
[Greek] δρόμος (dromos), [Latin] cursus
[Greek] δρόμος (dromos), [Latin] cursus: race, mission, course, track, career, path, life; Acts.13:25, Acts.20:24, 2Tim.4:7 Modern day photo of the remains of the Circus Maximus in Rome, the first and largest stadium in ancient Rome. Background Information: Greek Hellenism: This…
[Greek] σοφίζω (sophizō), [Latin] instruere, [Latin] intellectus
[Greek] σοφίζω (sophizō), [Latin] instrurere, [Latin] intellectus: to make wise, to render wise, to give wisdom, to know how to contrive cleverly, to devise cleverly; 2Tim.3:15, 2Pet.1:16 Protagoras of Abdera: Painting by Jose de Ribera (1637). Protagoras originally developed the…
[Greek] τύπτω (typtō), [Latin] percutere
[Greek] τύπτω (typtō), [Latin] percutere: to strike, to beat, to smite, to wound, to thump, to hit, to injure, to stamp; Mt.24:49, Mt. 27:30, Mk.15:19, Lk.6:29, Lk.12:45, Lk.18:13, Lk.22:64, Acts 18:17, Acts 21:32, Acts 23:2-3, 1Cor.8:12 Pompeian mosaic of tympanon…
[Greek] μεταμορφόω (metamorphoō), [Latin] transfigure, [Latin] transformare, [Latin] reformatio, [French] metamorphoser:
[Greek] μεταμορφόω (metamorphoō), [Latin] transfigure, [Latin] transformare, [Latin] reformatio, [French] metamorphoser: to transform, to be transfigured, to change, to transform the essential nature of something, to change form; Mt.17:2, Mk.9:2, Rom.12:2, 2Cor.3:18 Background Information: Greek Hellenism: This term means to…
[Greek] πορεύω (poreuō)
[Greek] πορεύω (poreuō): to move from one place to another, to go, to cause to go, to go through a passage, to go through something porous, to pass through, to travel on a journey, to behave, to go way, to…
[Greek] κέντρον (kentron), [Latin] centrum
[Greek] κέντρον (kentron), [Latin] centrum: center, sharp point, sting, prick, goad, pointed stick; 1Cor.15:55,56, Act. 26:14, Rev.9:10 The honey bee becomes helpless and dies when it loses its stinger Background informtion: Hellenism: This term, essentially meaning anything which pierces, can…
[Greek] ὁρμάω (hormaō), [Latin] introire
[Greek] ὁρμάω (hormaō), [Latin] introire: to set into motion, to hasten, to rush, to start, to spur, to urge on, to run violently, to rush in a stampede, to incite; Mt. 8:32, Mk.5:13, Lk.8:33, Acts.7:57, Acts.19:29 The Stoning of Stephen…
[Greek] ὑπερβολή (hyperbolē), [Latin] supra, [Latin] excelentoriem, [Latin] sublimitas, [Latin] magnitudo
[Greek] ὑπερβολή (hyperbolē), [Latin] supra, [Latin] excelentoriem, [Latin] sublimitas, [Latin] magnitudo: a throwing beyond, excess, excellence, superiority, abundance, exceeding, extraordinary amount, a surpassing, exaggeration, beyond measure, all surpassing; Rom.7:13, 1Cor.12:31, 2Cor.1:8, 2Cor.4:7,17, 2Cor.12:7, Gal.1:13 Ancient Greco-Roman masks showing exaggerated and…
[Greek] ἐρημία (erēmia), [Latin] erimeta
[Greek] ἐρημία (erēmia), [Latin] erimeta: wilderness (a place for a hermit), desert, desolate place, place of desolation (destruction), hermetic place, deserted place, uninhabited place, solitude, lonely place; Mt.15:33, Mk. 8:4, 2Cor.11:26, Heb.11:38 The Battle of Salamis (painting by Willhem von…
[Greek] σπένδω (spendō), [Latin] libare
[Greek] σπένδω (spendō), [Latin] libare: to pour out, to make a libation, to be poured out like a drink, to devote one’s life (or blood) as a sacrifice, to be ready, to be offered, to be poured out as a…