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Former Prophets
[Bible]The Former Prophets is the collective name for Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings, the books that stand at the beginning of the Prophets division of the Hebrew Bible. Christian Bibles usually classify these books as historical books.
Joel 3
[Bible]Joel 3 is the final chapter of the Book of Joel. In this prophecy God gathers the nations into the valley of Jehoshaphat for judgment, restores Judah and Jerusalem, and declares that he will dwell in Zion.
Cubit
[Bible]The cubit is an ancient unit of length based on the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger. In the Bible it gives the dimensions of Noah's ark, the tabernacle, the temple, and other objects. It is generally estimated at roughly 45 cm.
Yoke
[Bible]A yoke is a wooden frame placed on the neck of a draft animal such as an ox so that it can pull a plow or cart. In the Bible it is a figure for domination and bondage, and also for obedience and the life of discipleship.
Joel 2:28-29
[Bible Verses]Joel 2:28-29 is God's promise that afterward he will pour out his Spirit upon all flesh, so that sons and daughters will prophesy, old men will dream dreams, and young men will see visions, and that he will pour out his Spirit even upon servants and handmaids. Peter quoted the passage in his Pentecost sermon, and it is a central text in interdenominational debates over the work of the Holy Spirit, spiritual gifts, and women's ministry.
Kinsman-Redeemer
[Bible]The kinsman-redeemer (Hebrew goel) is an Old Testament institution in which a close relative paid the price to recover land or freedom that a family member had lost through poverty or similar circumstances. Boaz in the Book of Ruth is the best-known example.
Adonai
[Bible]Adonai is a Hebrew word meaning "my Lord," used in the Old Testament as a title for God. In Judaism, readers did not pronounce the divine name (YHWH) directly but substituted this word in its place.
Immanuel
[Bible]Immanuel is a Hebrew name meaning "God is with us." It first appears as the name of a child given as a sign in Isaiah 7:14, and Matthew 1:23 applies it to the birth of Jesus.
Hallelujah
[Bible]Hallelujah is a Hebrew exclamation meaning "Praise the LORD." In the Old Testament it appears only in the Psalms, and in the New Testament only in Revelation 19. Today it is widely used in churches as an expression of praise and as a greeting.
Amen
[Bible]Amen is a Hebrew word meaning "truly, it is so" or "so be it." In the Bible it serves as a response of assent to prayer, praise, and proclamation, and the church today continues to use it widely as a response in prayer and worship.
Hesed
[Bible]Hesed (חֶסֶד) is a Hebrew word used in the Old Testament for the steadfast love and faithful kindness that God shows to his covenant people and that people show to one another. English Bibles render it variously as "mercy," "lovingkindness," and "steadfast love"; the Korean New Korean Revised Version usually renders it as *inja* or *inae*.
Jezreel
[Bible]Jezreel is a Hebrew place name meaning "God sows." It refers to a city in the northern kingdom of Israel and to the broad valley around it. The city held a royal palace of the house of Ahab and was the setting of the revolt led by Jehu. Jezreel is also the name of a son of the prophet Hosea.
Meribah
[Bible]Meribah is a Hebrew place name meaning "strife." It is the place where the Israelites in the wilderness quarreled with Moses because they had no water and where God brought water out of a rock. It appears in Exodus 17 and Numbers 20.
El Elyon
[Bible]El Elyon is a Hebrew title for God meaning "God Most High." It first appears in Genesis 14 as the name of the God whom Melchizedek served.
Shibboleth
[Bible]Shibboleth is the Hebrew word that, according to Judges 12, the Gileadites required people to pronounce at the fords of the Jordan in order to identify Ephraimites. The Ephraimites pronounced it "Sibboleth" and thereby revealed who they were.
Devoted Thing
[Bible]A "devoted thing" (Hebrew herem) is an object or person wholly dedicated to God, which therefore can no longer be put to private use or redeemed. The term is best known from the account of Achan in Joshua 7.
Arabah
[Bible]Arabah is a Hebrew place name meaning "dry land" or "plain." In the Bible it refers to the long lowland that runs south from the Sea of Galilee through the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba.
Ramah
[Bible]Ramah is a Hebrew place name meaning "high place." In the Bible it most often refers to a town in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin, north of Jerusalem. It became widely known through Matthew 2:18, which quotes the "voice ... heard in Ramah" of Jeremiah 31:15.
Azazel
[Bible]Azazel is a Hebrew word in the Day of Atonement regulations of Leviticus 16. It is connected with the goat that bears the people's sins and is sent away into the wilderness. Because its meaning is uncertain, it has been interpreted in several ways.
Succoth
[Bible]Succoth is a Hebrew place name meaning "booths." In the Old Testament it refers both to a town east of the Jordan River and to the place in Egypt that Israel first reached after setting out from Rameses at the Exodus.