Month: November 2018

[Greek] πολιτεία (politeia), [Latin] civitas: citizenship, commonwealth, community, freedom of a socio-economic group, administration, politics; Acts 22:28, Eph.2:12 Battle Scene with a Roman Army Beseiging: painting by Juan De La Corte (1597-1660). Tarsus, Paul’s birthplace, would have been an example…

‎[Greek] προβάλλω (proballō), [Latin] promovere, [Latin] producere, [Latin] propellere: to throw before, to put forward, to throw an obstacle (problem) forward, to throw something (problema) forward, to put forth (foliage), to throw forward, to push to the front, to shoot…

[Greek] συλλαμβάνω (syllambanō), [Latin] concipere, [Latin] conprehendere, [Latin] adprehendere, [Latin] laborare: to join in helping, to take part with, to conceive, to seize, to arrest, to capture, to take, to help with, to collect; Mt.26:55, Mk.14:48, Lk.1:24, Lk.1:31, Lk.1:36, Lk.2:21,…

[Greek] συμβιβάζω (symbibazō), [Latin] conectere: to drive together, to unite, to connect, to knit (tie) together, to join together, to “be on board together”, to consider, to conclude, to prove, to draw out, to put together; Col.2:2,19, Acts 9:22, Acts…

[Greek] ἀσφαλής (asphalēs),[Latin] cognoscere certum,[Latin] scire diligentius,[Latin] necessarium: certain, definite, sure, secure (literally and figuratively), firm, steadfast, unfailing, pertaining to a safeguard; Heb.6:19, Acts 21:34, Acts 22:30, Acts 25:26, Php.3:1 A pothole on 2nd Avenue in New York City Background…

[Greek] σκοπός (skopos), [Latin] destinatio: watchman, mark (on which to fix the eye), watcher, goal, spy, prophet, scout; Php.3:14 Painting of Ezekiel holding an open scroll of prophecy (Painting by on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo) Background…

[Greek] θησαυρός (thēsauros), [Latin] thesaurizare, [Latin] abundantia: treasure, deposit, wealth, storehouse, treasure box, place of safe keeping; Mt.2:11, Mt.6:19-21, Mt.12:35 Mt.13:44,52, Mt.19:21, Mk.10:21, Lk.12:33-34, Lk.18:22, 2Cor.4:7, Col.2:3, Heb.11:26 The thesauros (storage facilities) at the Temple of Delphi in Athens. Background…

[Greek] θεραπεία (therapeia), [Latin] sanare, [French] remedier: attention, medical service, healing, working servants, household, care caregivers, healing; Mt.24:45, Lk.9:11, Lk.12:42, Rev.22:2 The Household Gods: painting by John William Waterhouse (1880). These were figurines (icons) of gods and ancestors. Background information:…