The verb διδωμι ( didomi ) means to give and is used largely on a par with the English verb "to give". It describes the willingly ...

The verb εγειρω ( egeiro ) means to awaken, incite, rouse or rise. There's no proper English equivalent of this verb but it indicates th...

Check out our free online concordance of New Testament Greek. It lists all words that occur more than 3 times, and offers links to their res...

The name Philologus occurs only once in the Bible, namely at the end of Paul's letter to the Romans ( Romans 16:15 ). Since Christianit...

God is happy to see people unite and approach Him, but the Tower-builders were wrong about thinking that stacking stones (literally 'wor...

Contrary to pagan musings, when a person's breathing departs from him/her, it doesn't go anywhere, it just stops. But at the promise...

The verb ακουω ( akouo ) means to hear (hence our English word "acoustic"). It probably comes from a combination of the prefix α (...

There were quite a few cities and settlements named Neapolis (= New City) in the ancient world. Creating colonies was all the fad but coming...

The root-verb צחק ( sahaq ) means to laugh, or rather: to have fun, in pretty much the same range of applications as in English (Genesis 39:...

There's only one man named Nicodemus in the Bible but he plays quite a part. His name appears only in the gospel of John (a mere 5 time...