Adoption Act of leaving one’s natural family and entering into the privileges and responsibilities of another. In the Bible, adoption is one of several family-related terms used to describe the process of salvation and its subsequent benefits. God is a father who graciously adopts believers in Christ into his spiritual family and grants them all […]

ACTS OF THE APOSTLES : The Book that give the history of early Christianity from the Ascension of Christ to the end of two years of Paul Imprisonment in Rome. I. TITLE OF THE BOOK:  An early MS has the Title  “ACTS” ( GK. Praxeis, “doings, transactions, achievements”). Others early titles are “Acts Of the […]

Abraham, Abram : etymology uncertain but interpreted as “Father Of  a multitude” [ Genesis 17:5, perhaps a play on words] his original name, use from Genesis 11:26 to 17:5, was abram H92, possibly short form abiram H53 “[ my] father is exalted” [ see. Abiram] ). Son of TERAH, Fouder  Of the Hebrew Nations and […]

Aaron ( derivation uncertain, possibly an Egyptian name; Greek Aaron G2). The Oldest son of AMRAM and JOCHEBED, of the tribe of LEVI, and the brother MOSES and MIRIAM ( Exodus 6:20, Numbers 26:59). He was born during the Captivity in Egypt, before PHAROAH’S edict that all male infants should be destroyed and was three […]

                                                ABBREVIATIONS GENERAL ABBREVIATIONS AKK —————————- AKKADIAN ANE—————————–  ANCIENT NEAR EAST ANET—————————- ANCIENT NEAR EAST TEXT  RELATING TO THE OLD TESTAMENT , ed. J.B. Pritchard, 3rd. Edition ( 1969 ). AOR —————————— […]