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• Names of God

  The names of God are the proper name and the various titles by which God is called in the Bible. In Scripture a name is regarded not merely as a form of address but as a revelation of the character and authority of the one who bears it.

• Tetragrammaton

  The Tetragrammaton is the set of four Hebrew consonants (YHWH) that form the personal name of the God of Israel in the Old Testament. Korean Bibles render it as "Yeohowa" (Jehovah), "Yahweh," or "Ju" (Lord).

• Agnus Dei

  Agnus Dei is Latin for "Lamb of God." The name refers to a short prayer and chant addressed to Christ during the Eucharist, asking for His mercy and peace.

• Blasphemy

  Blasphemy is the dishonoring of God's name and majesty by word or deed. The Old Testament law punished it with death, and in the Gospels Jesus is accused of this offense.

• Zion

  Zion was originally the name of the Jerusalem stronghold that David captured. The name later came to refer to the mountain on which the temple stood, to Jerusalem as a whole, and ultimately to the people of God and the heavenly city.

• Mount Sinai

  Mount Sinai is the mountain where Moses received God's call and where Israel received the Ten Commandments and the law and entered into covenant with God. Scripture also calls it Mount Horeb.

• Proverbs

  Proverbs is an Old Testament book belonging to the wisdom literature. Its 31 chapters contain short instructions and maxims gathered chiefly under the name of Solomon, and it presents the fear of God as the beginning of wisdom.

• El Olam

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

• Dibri

  Dibri is a man of the tribe of Dan who is named once in the Old Testament book of Leviticus. His daughter Shelomith was the mother of the man who blasphemed the name of God in the wilderness and was stoned to death.

• Ten Commandments

  The Ten Commandments are the ten commands recorded in Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5 of the Old Testament, which God is said to have given to Israel at Mount Sinai. In Korean churches they are used, together with the Apostles' Creed and the Lord's Prayer, as core content for basic instruction in the faith.

• Tetragrammaton

  The Tetragrammaton (Korean *sinseong samunja*, "sacred four letters") is the term for the four Hebrew consonants (יהוה, YHWH) that spell the proper name of God in the Old Testament. The New Korean Revised Version renders this name as "Yeohowa" (Jehovah).

• Luz

  Luz was the earlier name of the city that Jacob renamed Bethel. It appears in Genesis, Joshua, and Judges; Judges also mentions a different city of the same name founded in the land of the Hittites.

• Prophecy

  Prophecy is the act of receiving a message from God and conveying it to others, or the message so conveyed. In the Old Testament it was the ministry of the prophets; in the New Testament it appears as one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

• Ichthys

  Ichthys is the Greek word for "fish" and also the name of a fish-shaped symbol that early Christians used to express their faith. It remains in wide use today on church signs, car decals, and similar items.

• Mahanaim

  Mahanaim was a town in the region of Gilead, east of the Jordan River. Jacob met the angels of God there, and its name means "two camps." It later became the capital from which Ish-bosheth reigned, and David took refuge there during Absalom's rebellion.

• Kyrios

  Kyrios (κύριος) is a Greek word meaning "lord" or "master." The Septuagint used it to render the name of God, and in the New Testament it is the principal title for Jesus Christ.

• Psalm 76

  Psalm 76 is a psalm of Asaph, a twelve-verse song praising God, who dwells in Zion, for breaking the armies of the enemy and arising to save the meek of the earth.

• Bethel

  Bethel, meaning "house of God," is a place in the land of Canaan. Jacob encountered God there in a dream, and after the division of the kingdom it became the site of one of the northern kingdom of Israel's golden calf altars.

• Psalm 84

  Psalm 84 is a psalm of the sons of Korah that expresses longing for the house of God (the temple) and celebrates the blessedness of pilgrims who journey to Zion. It is widely known for the line "a day in thy courts is better than a thousand."

• Psalm 145

  Psalm 145 is a twenty-one-verse psalm of praise bearing the superscription "David's Psalm of praise." It celebrates the greatness and grace of God the King, his everlasting kingdom, and his care for all creatures.