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Covetousness
[Doctrine & Theology]Covetousness is an excessive desire to possess what belongs to another or what one has not been granted. The last of the Ten Commandments forbids it, and the New Testament regards covetousness as a sin equivalent to idolatry.
Trespass Offering
[Bible]The trespass offering was one of the Old Testament sacrifices. Through the offering of a ram, it made atonement for sins that caused loss with respect to holy things or a neighbor's property, and it required the offender to repay the original value plus one-fifth.
Amen Song
[Worship & Rites]An Amen song is a short sung setting of the word "Amen," used in worship after a prayer or the benediction as the congregation's response. In Korean Protestant churches it is usually sung by the choir or the congregation immediately after the benediction.
Lemuel
[People]Lemuel is a king named in Proverbs 31 who passed on the instruction he received from his mother. He appears nowhere else in the Bible, and neither the nation he ruled nor the period in which he lived is known.
Letter of Aristeas
[History]The Letter of Aristeas is an ancient Jewish writing that, presented as the work of a courtier of the Egyptian king, recounts how the Pentateuch was translated into Greek at Alexandria by seventy-two Jewish elders. It contains the story from which the name Septuagint derives.
Angelology
[Doctrine & Theology]Angelology is the branch of systematic theology that deals with the existence, nature, and work of angels, as well as with fallen angels (Satan and demons). In Protestant theology it is usually treated within the doctrines of creation and providence.
Biblical Weights and Measures
[Bible]Biblical weights and measures are the units of length, weight, volume, and currency that appear in the Bible. They include the cubit, shekel, talent, ephah, and denarius. Converting them precisely into modern values is difficult.
Hilkiah
[People]Hilkiah is the name of several people in the Old Testament. The best known is the high priest who found the Book of the Law in the temple during the reign of King Josiah of Judah. The priest of Anathoth who was the father of the prophet Jeremiah bore the same name.
Manoah
[People]Manoah is a man of the tribe of Dan in the Old Testament Book of Judges and the father of the judge Samson. He and his wife received from the angel of the Lord the announcement of their son's birth.
Haggai (Prophet)
[People]Haggai was a prophet active after the return from the Babylonian exile, during the reign of the Persian king Darius. He urged the people to resume the stalled rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem. The Old Testament Book of Haggai bears his name.
Shallum
[People]Shallum was the fifteenth king of the northern kingdom of Israel. He killed King Zechariah, seized the throne, and reigned in Samaria for one month before Menahem killed him (2 Kings 15).
Western Wall
[History]The Western Wall is the exposed above-ground portion of the ancient retaining wall that supports the western side of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. A remnant of Herod's Temple, it has become the most important place of prayer in Judaism.
Havruta
[Christian Life]Havruta is a method of study from the Jewish tradition in which two people pair up to study a text by questioning and debating each other. In Korean churches it is used mainly as a method for Bible study and church school education.
Salome
[People]Salome was a woman disciple who followed Jesus from Galilee. According to the Gospel of Mark, she watched the crucifixion and went to the tomb with spices on the morning of the resurrection.
Simeon (son of Jacob)
[People]The second son of Jacob and Leah and the ancestor of the tribe of Simeon, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. He is known for his part in the Shechem incident and for being held as a hostage in the story of Joseph.
Obadiah (Steward of Ahab's Household)
[People]Obadiah was the official in charge of the royal household of King Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel. When Jezebel was killing the prophets of the LORD, he hid one hundred prophets in caves and fed them. He appears in 1 Kings 18.
Joshua (High Priest)
[People]Joshua was the high priest who led the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem after the return from the Babylonian exile. The son of Jehozadak, he appears as "Jeshua" in Ezra and Nehemiah.
Hamor
[People]Hamor was a Hivite of the Canaanite city of Shechem and the father of Shechem, mentioned in Genesis 33–34. As head of the family that sold land to Jacob, he was killed by Simeon and Levi after the incident involving Dinah.
Azariah (Son of Oded)
[People]Azariah, the son of Oded, was a prophet during the reign of King Asa of Judah. In 2 Chronicles 15 he urged Asa to seek the LORD, prompting the removal of idols and a renewal of the covenant.
Zerah (the Cushite)
[People]Zerah was a Cushite who led a vast army as far as Mareshah in the days of King Asa of Judah and was defeated. He appears only in 2 Chronicles 14.