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Serah (Daughter of Asher)
[People]Serah was the daughter of Asher, son of Jacob. She is named only in the genealogies of Genesis 46, Numbers 26, and 1 Chronicles 7, and later Jewish tradition added many stories about her.
Jeush
[People]Jeush was a son of Esau by his wife Aholibamah. Genesis 36 records him as one of the chiefs of Edom.
Hamul
[People]Hamul was a grandson of Judah, a son of Perez, and a brother of Hezron. He was the ancestor of the Hamulite family within the tribe of Judah, and his name appears only in genealogies.
Psalm 2:12
[Bible Verses]The final verse of Psalm 2, which warns the kings of the earth to submit to the king whom the LORD has installed ("the Son") and pronounces a blessing on those who take refuge in the LORD. It is widely read as a prophecy of Christ and is frequently discussed because of the difficulty of translating the Hebrew word rendered "Son."
Hophni and Phinehas
[People]Hophni and Phinehas were the two sons of Eli who served as priests at Shiloh at the close of the period of the judges. They sinned in several ways, including treating the sacrifices with contempt, and both died when the Ark of the Covenant was captured in battle against the Philistines.
Shenazar
[People]Shenazar was a son of Jeconiah (Jehoiachin), the king of Judah who was carried captive to Babylon. He is mentioned by name only, in the genealogy of the house of David in 1 Chronicles 3:18. Some scholars identify him with Sheshbazzar.
Trinity Sunday
[Feasts & Seasons]Trinity Sunday, the Sunday after Pentecost, is a feast of the Western church year commemorating the doctrine of the Trinity, which confesses one God in Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Phaltiel
[People]Phaltiel was the second husband of Michal, the daughter of Saul. Saul took Michal from David and gave her to him; according to 2 Samuel, she was later taken from him at David's demand, and he followed her, weeping.
Judas Iscariot
[People]Judas Iscariot was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus Christ who handed Jesus over to the chief priests for thirty pieces of silver. His actions and death are recorded in the Gospels and the Book of Acts.
Ophir
[Bible]Ophir is an Old Testament place name known as a source of fine gold. It appears as the destination of maritime trade in the time of Solomon, though its exact location is unknown.
Izhar
[People]Izhar was a grandson of Levi and a son of Kohath. He was the uncle of Moses and Aaron and appears in biblical genealogies as the father of Korah, who rose up against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.
Matthew 28:19–20
[Bible Verses]In this passage the risen Jesus commands his disciples to make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to observe all that he has commanded. Known as the "Great Commission," it serves as a foundational text for missions, baptism, and discipleship.
Christophany
[Doctrine & Theology]A Christophany is an appearance of Christ, the Son, in visible form during the Old Testament period before his birth in human flesh. The term also refers to the interpretation that understands certain appearances in this way.
Sirach
[Bible]Sirach is a book of wisdom literature generally attributed to Jesus ben Sira, a teacher of the law in Jerusalem in the early second century BC. The Catholic and Orthodox churches regard it as canonical, while most Protestants classify it among the Apocrypha.
Trinity
[Doctrine & Theology]The Trinity is the central Christian doctrine that God is one in essence and exists in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It is confessed in common by Protestant, Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox churches.
Filioque
[Doctrine & Theology]Filioque is a Latin term meaning "and from the Son." It is a phrase that the Western church added to the Nicene Creed, confessing that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son. It is one of the principal doctrinal issues dividing the Eastern and Western churches.
Edict of Thessalonica
[History]The Edict of Thessalonica was an edict issued in 380 by the Roman emperor Theodosius I together with his co-emperors. It established the Trinitarian faith of the Council of Nicaea as the orthodox faith of the empire and declared those who did not follow it to be heretics.
Herod Antipas
[People]Herod Antipas, a son of Herod the Great, was the tetrarch who ruled Galilee and Perea. He executed John the Baptist and, according to the Gospel of Luke, took part in the trial of Jesus.
1 Peter 1:1–2
[Bible Verses]The opening greeting of 1 Peter addresses Christians scattered across five regions of Asia Minor as "elect" strangers and brings together the work of the Father, the Spirit, and the Son in a single sentence. The passage is frequently cited in discussions of predestination, election, and the Trinity.
Restoration of Peter
[Bible]The restoration of Peter is the event in which the risen Jesus, on the shore of the Sea of Tiberias in Galilee, asked Peter three times, "Lovest thou me?" and entrusted him with the charge "Feed my sheep." It is recorded in John 21.