Month: February 2020

[Greek] χειρόγραφον (cheirographon), [Latin] manuscriptus: certificate of debt, legal notice, bond, handwritten document, certificate of indebtedness, proof of obligation, evidence of people’s guilt; Col.2:14 Background information: Greek Hellenism: This term means note of indebtedness and proof of obligation. Polybius’ Histories…

[Greek] ἀρκετός (arketos), [Latin] contentus, [Latin] satisfactere, [Latin] satietas, [Latin] sufficiens: sufficient, enough, satisfaction; Mt.6:34, Mt.10:25, 1Pet.4:3 Background information: Greek Hellenism: This term means sufficient or enough. This notion pertains to being content to what one has been given by…

[Greek] νεύω (neuō), [Latin] innuere, [Latin] nuere, [Old English] nodden: Jn.13:24, Acts 24:10, to nod, to beckon, to signal, to gesture, to motion The First Eucharist: painting by Juan de Juanes (1562). The artist uses facial expressions to create drama…

[Greek] στέγη (stegē), [Latin] umbra: roof, shadow, chamber; Mt.8:8, Mk.2:4, Lk.7:6 Christ Heals the Centurion Servant: painting by Sebastiano Ricci Background information: Greek Hellenism: This term means roof, shelter, roofed place, chamber, upper storey of a house, dwelling, and deck…

[Greek] καταγγέλλω (katangellō), [Latin] annuntire, [French] proclamer: to proclaim, to report, to tell with conviction, to preach, to advocate, to declare; Acts 4:2, Acts 13:5,38, Acts 15:36, Acts16:17,21, Acts 17:3,13,23, Acts 26:23, Rom.1:8, 1Cor.2:1, 1Cor.9:14, 1Cor.11:26, Php.1:16,18, Col.1:28 St. Paul…