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• Jehovah-shammah

  [Bible]

  Jehovah-shammah is a Hebrew name meaning "the LORD is there," given to the restored city in Ezekiel 48:35.

• Maschil

  [Bible]

  Maschil is a Hebrew term found in the superscriptions (headings) of thirteen psalms. It derives from a root meaning "to understand" or "to be wise." The term appears to designate a type of poem or a manner of singing, but its precise meaning remains uncertain.

• Broom Tree

  [Bible]

  The broom tree (Hebrew *rotem*) is a leguminous shrub that grows in arid regions such as the Sinai wilderness and the Negev. In the Bible it is best known as the place where Elijah, fleeing from Jezebel, asked to die and was then given food by an angel.

• Unleavened Bread

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  Unleavened bread (Hebrew matzah) is flat bread baked without leaven. In the Bible it was eaten at Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread in commemoration of the Exodus, and it was also used as a sacrificial offering.

• Herem

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  Herem is a Hebrew term for the irrevocable devotion of a person or thing to God, which removes it from human use, or for the thing so devoted. In the accounts of the conquest of Canaan, it is also rendered "utter destruction."

• Shigionoth

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  Shigionoth is a Hebrew musical term in the superscription of Habakkuk 3:1. It is thought to indicate the character or style of song that Habakkuk's prayer represents. Its precise meaning is unknown.

• Higgaion

  [Bible]

  Higgaion is a Hebrew word that appears together with "Selah" in Psalm 9:16. It is thought to be either a musical term or a word indicating meditation, but its precise meaning is uncertain.

• Sacred Pillar

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  A sacred pillar (Hebrew matstsebah) was a standing stone erected in ancient Canaan to worship or commemorate a deity. The Old Testament commands Israel not to erect pillars associated with pagan worship and to break them down.

• Branch (Messianic Title)

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  "Branch" translates the Hebrew word tsemach, which the Old Testament prophets used as a title for a righteous ruler who would arise from the line of David. Christianity has read it as a messianic prophecy of Jesus Christ.

• El Olam

  [Bible]

  El Olam is a Hebrew title meaning "the Everlasting God." It is the name by which Abraham called on God at Beersheba in Genesis 21:33, and it expresses the eternity of God.

• Merodach

  [Bible]

  Merodach is the Hebrew rendering of Marduk, the chief god of ancient Babylon. It appears in Jeremiah 50:2 in a prophecy of Babylon's fall and also forms part of the names of Babylonian kings.

• Miktam

  [Bible]

  Miktam is a Hebrew term found in the superscriptions of six psalms: Psalm 16 and Psalms 56–60. It appears to designate a type or use of psalm, but its precise meaning remains unknown.

• Homer

  [Bible]

  The homer is a Hebrew unit of dry measure for grain mentioned in the Old Testament. Equal to ten ephahs, it is the largest dry measure and equals one hundred omers. The book of Ezekiel treats it as the same quantity as the cor.

• Jeshimon

  [Bible]

  Jeshimon is a Hebrew word meaning "wasteland." In 1 Samuel it serves as a place name for the wilderness region of southern Judah where David hid while fleeing from Saul.

• Belial

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  Belial is a Hebrew word in the Old Testament meaning "worthlessness" or "wickedness," used mainly in the expression "son (or man) of Belial" to describe a base or wicked person. In the New Testament it appears once, in 2 Corinthians 6:15, as a name for the power of evil opposed to Christ, that is, Satan.

• Midrash

  [Bible]

  Midrash, from a Hebrew verb meaning "to seek" or "to inquire," refers both to the method by which Jewish rabbis interpreted the biblical text and to the body of literature that collects those interpretations.

• Malchijah

  [People]

  Malchijah is a Hebrew name borne by several different people in the Old Testament books of 1 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Jeremiah. Nehemiah 3 names three men called Malchijah who took part in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem.

• Bible Translations

  [Bible]

  A Bible translation renders the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts of Scripture into another language. Translations differ in how closely they follow the wording of the original or render its meaning in natural modern language. Korean churches use several Korean translations, including the New Korean Revised Version, the New Korean Standard Version, the Common Translation, and the Easy Bible.

• Septuagint

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  The Septuagint is a translation of the Hebrew Old Testament into ancient Greek, produced in Alexandria, Egypt, beginning around the third century BC. New Testament writers frequently followed it when quoting the Old Testament, and the early church received and used it as its Old Testament.

• El Shaddai

  [Bible]

  El Shaddai is one of the Hebrew names for God in the Old Testament, conventionally rendered "God Almighty" or "Almighty God." It appears chiefly in the covenant promises and blessings given to the patriarchs.