Today’s Chef Special: “NEW JERUSALEM” (Gk. Ierousalēm kainē) Strong’s #2419; #2537 Revelation 21:2, “And I saw the holy city, the NEW JERUSALEM, descending out of heaven from God, all arrayed like a bride beautified and adorned for her husband;” (AMPC) The Greek term denotes ‘the brand-new Jerusalem.’ The New Jerusalem that comes out of heaven is plainly…
Month: December 2021
Today’s Chef Special: “CLOSE RELATIVE”
Today’s Chef Special: “CLOSE RELATIVE” (Heb. ga’al) Strong’s #1350 Ruth 3:2, “Boaz is a CLOSE RELATIVE of ours, and he’s been very kind by letting you gather grain with his young women. Tonight he will be winnowing barley at the threshing floor.” (NLT) The Hebrew word refers to a relative who acted as a protector…
Today’s Chef Special: “JESUS”
Today’s Chef Special: “JESUS” (Gk. Iēsous) Strong’s #2424 Matthew 1:21-23, “She will bear a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS [the Greek form of the Hebrew Joshua, which means Savior], for He will save His people from their sins [that is, prevent them from failing and missing the true end and scope of life,…
Today’s Chef Special: “SING PRAISE”
Today’s Chef Special: “SING PRAISE” (Heb. zamar) Strong’s #2167, Judges 5:3, “Hear, O kings; give ear, O princes; I will sing to the Lord. I will SING PRAISE to the Lord, the God of Israel.” (AMPC) This Hebrew word usually refers to singing which exalts God, sometimes to singing accompanied with a musical instrument (Psalm…
Today’s Chef Special: “TOGETHER”
Today’s Chef Special: “TOGETHER” (Gk. epi to auto) Strong’s #1909; #847, Acts 1:15, “Now on one of those days Peter arose among the brethren, the whole number of whom gathered TOGETHER was about a hundred and twenty.” (AMPC) This Greek idiom means ‘toward the same thing’ or ‘in the same place’; it conveys the idea…
Today’s Chef Special: “IDOLATRY”
Today’s Chef Special: “IDOLATRY” (Gk. eidōlolatreia) Strong’s #1495, 1 Corinthians 10:14, “Therefore, my dearly beloved, shun (keep clear away from, avoid by flight if need be) any sort of IDOLATRY (of loving or venerating anything more than God).” (AMPC) This word refers to the practice of worshiping idols. Related Greek words are translated ‘idolater’ in…
Today’s Chef Special: “ILLUSTRATION”
Today’s Chef Special: “ILLUSTRATION” (Gk. paroimia) Strong’s #3942, John 10:6, “Jesus used this parable (ILLUSTRATION) with them, but they did not understand what He was talking about.” (AMPC) The Greek word can mean ‘proverb’ (as in 2 Peter 2:22, “There has befallen them the thing spoken of in the true PROVERB, The dog turns back…
Today’s Chef Special: “KNOW”
Today’s Chef Special: “KNOW” (Gk. ginōskō) Strong’s #1097, Hebrews 8:11, “And it will nevermore be necessary for each one to teach his neighbor and his fellow citizen or each one his brother, saying, KNOW (PERCEIVE, HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF, AND GET ACQUAINTED BY EXPERIENCE WITH) the Lord, for all will KNOW Me, from the smallest to…
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