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…
Today’s Chef Special: “FULLNESS OF THE GODHEAD”
Today’s Chef Special: “FULLNESS OF THE GODHEAD” Colossians 2:9, “For in Him dwells all THE FULLNESS OF THE GODHEAD bodily;” (NKJV). (Gk. plērōma tēs theotētos) Strong’s #4138; #2320 The Greek word plērōma indicates ‘plenitude’ and ‘totality.’ The Gnostics used the word to describe the totality of all deities. Both Paul and John used the word to…
Today’s Chef Special: “VISION”
Today’s Chef Special: “VISION” Daniel 8:1, “In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar a VISION appeared to me, Daniel, after the one that appeared to me at the first.” (AMPC). (Heb. chazon) Strong’s #2377 The Hebrew word for a dream or a vision is derived from a common Hebrew verb meaning ‘to…
Today’s Chef Special: “MERCY”
Today’s Chef Special: “MERCY” Psalm 123:2, “Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, and as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, until He has MERCY and loving-kindness for us.” (AMPC). (Heb. chanan) Strong’s #2603 This term signifies…
Today’s Chef Special: “MIGHTY MEN”
Today’s Chef Special: “MIGHTY MEN” 2 Samuel 23:8, “These are the names of the MIGHTY MEN whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth, a Tahchemonite, chief of the Three [heroes], known also as Adino the Eznite; he wielded his spear and went against 800 men, who were slain at one time.” (AMPC). (Heb. gibbor) Strong’s #1368 This word…
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