Bible Words Defined

(In Topical Order)

Christian Scriptures were originally written in the Hebrew and Greek languages. The writings relate ‘some’ of the Eternal One’s interaction with mankind. Our Bibles reveal many insights and examples that are intended to instruct, lead, and guide us so we become more godly people. The words of Scripture however do not always agree with our translations.  This list helps clarify the Scriptural meanings of the words of our Bible.

Scripture and Bibles

• • • 1. Word-of-God: Eternal One’s spoken expression (Greek – logos); goes forth from God to perform His will
      2. Scripture: Hebrew and Greek writings, conveying interactions with the Eternal One about life on earth
      3. Bibles: Translations of Scripture into different languages; based on translator’s beliefs and understanding
      4. Belief: What is believed (thought or understood) to be true, right or wrongly
      5. Truth: Greek – “agreement of essence and appearance,” in and out; in-fullness; wholeness
      6. Partial-Truth: Elements of truth tainted with error and miss-perceptions
      7. Rightly-Dividing: To handle accurately the word of truth; avoiding lame or crooked perceptions
      8. Revelation: Illumination; an inspired insight (Revelation 22:6-9)
      9. Ideology: System of belief; i.e. Christian, Jewish, Moslem, Hindu, Buddha, Socialism, Satanism
      10. Theology: The study and teaching about the Eternal One and His ways among us

The Most-High God

• • • 11. Eternal One: Creator of all-natural things (our universe); source of all natural life
      12. Alpha and Omega: Beginning and End; a time-related perception of the Eternal One who always ‘is’
      13. The I AM: He who is, was, and is to come; the present ‘is’ is always listed before the past and future
      14. Name of God: Identity; recognizes a personage with specific character and purpose
      15. Eternity: Realm without beginning or end; infinity; reality we partake of, then enter upon physical death
      16. Father-God: Initiator of human life; source of our initial beginning – of life; loving teacher and guide
      17. Son-of-God: Most mature example for children; explains God’s character, attitude and personality (CAP)
      18. Holy-Spirit: The presence of God that dwells “in our midst,” “among us” and “with us,” as our guide
      19. Three-in-One: The Eternal One coming to us as three personalities; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
      20. Jesus-Christ: God’s spoken expression, birthed as a man; to reveal God’s heart and clarify His will for us

Creates Man and Gives Purpose

1. 1. 1. 21. Spirit: Source of life from the Eternal One; links us to the spirit realm and enables our interaction
         22. Body: Natural form that links us to the natural realm and facilitates our interaction in the natural world
         23. Soul: Consciousness that registers our activity; function of mind, will & emotion
         24. Mind: Thoughts; ability to think and reason about interactions; relating to natural and spiritual life
         25. Will: Result of thoughts and feelings that directs actions; conclusions, understanding, personal beliefs
         26. Emotion: Feelings; ability to feel and sense impressions about natural and spiritual experiences
         27. Carnal-Mind: Natural thinking; reasoning and perceptions that ignore the guidance of the Eternal One
         28. Spiritual-Mind: Thinking, reasoning and perceptions that agree with the Eternal One’s guidance
         29. Heart: Expressions of our spirit, soul and body; an expressive result of what we think, feel and believe
         30. CAP: Character, Attitude, and Personality traits of our expressive heart
         31. Character: Moral fiber; as honest or deceitful, kind or mean, loyal or shifty, charitable or selfish
         32. Attitude: Temperament; as loving or hateful, humble or proud, flexible or rigid
         33. Personality: Illustrates four Social Behaviors; analytical, supportive, organized, or outgoing
         34. Purpose: We are created to live as “images and likenesses” of God; to “reflect and resemble” His heart
         35. Image-of-God: The Hebrew means ‘reflection’. We are designed to reflect God – as a mirror
         36. Likeness-of-God: The Hebrew means ‘resemblance’. We are designed to resemble God – as a child

God Dwells with Believers

• • • 37. Child-of-God: Everyone is an offspring, with spirit; Children are maturing offspring following God’s lead
      38. Habitation-of-God: While God inhabits eternity, His presence also dwells with us (Psalm 33:14; 84:1)
      39. God-With-Us: In us as a source of life; with, among, and in our midst as a presence; in ‘us’ not ‘me’
      40. Christ: Anointing; empowering presence of God; in the life of Jesus; in our lives
      41. Baptisms: Immersions; in water and in the anointing presence of God’s Holy Spirit
      42. Anti-Christ: Old English ‘anti’ meant ‘instead of’; efforts to be as Christ, mediators between us and God
      43. Christians: Believers in the Eternal One and followers of Jesus Christ as God’s example of the way to live
      44. Israel: Interactive gatherings of ‘people of faith’; God calls them “My People”
      45. Church: Greek ecclesia; interactive gatherings of believers caring for and supporting one another
      46. Tabernacle: Made to visualize God’s presence; with levels of intimacy — outer court, inner, and holy place
      47. Temple: The house Solomon built; Today – God’s dwelling among the lives of worshippers
      48. Body-of-Christ: The many membered ‘interactive lives’ of followers of Christ Jesus
      49. Bride-of-Christ: The body of Christ in ‘cleansing and refreshing’ modes
      50. Christianity: A religion; man’s organized efforts to relegate and control the belief and worship of God
      51. Gentile: The Hebrew ‘gowy’ and Greek ‘ethnos’ both mean “nations”; organized groups of people
      52. Kingdom-of-God: Governing rule and reign of God in earthly lives; full of good and not-so-good variables
      53. God-Rule: Guidance; God’s rule comes to us as a thoughtful insight, a sense and a feeling
      54. God-Reign: Influencing oversight that provides direction in the affairs of life
      55. Rod-of-Iron: Greek; a stabilizing shepherd’s staff; to protect and correct

Living and Dying Progressions

• • • 56. Life: Levels of physical, soulish and spiritual activity in this world
      57. Death: A lack of life; inactivity; void of physical and/or spiritual participation
      58. Resurrection: The resurgence of natural and/or spiritual activity, beyond the restrictions of inactivity
      59. Eternal Life: Greek zoe; spiritual quality of life we can know in this life to overcome natural difficulties
      60. Sin: A state of separation from God; motivation to act apart from God’s guidance (2 Corinthians 5:21)
      61. Saved: Greek – sozo, to save, deliver; life-long process of delivering from destructive behavior
      62. Salvation: Ongoing process of walking through this life ‘in’ God’s fellowship rather than away from Him
      63. Born Again: An awakening and invitation to experience intimate interaction with God
      64. Transformation: The active progress of change; developing what has begun into levels of maturity
      65. Faith: An agreeing response to what God is doing, saying, and where He is leading
      66. Fear-of-God: Awesome respect and reverence of God’s magnificence; the beginning of wisdom
      67. Prayer: A two-way communication; between people and God; includes requests and hearing
      68. Worship: Expressive activity that seeks to honor and glorify; actions and lifestyle (John 4:23-24)
      69. Prophesy: Enlightening words of encouragement; a witness of God’s involvement
      70. Liberty: The freedom to responsibly choose personal preferences, directions, and activities

Sources of Wisdom

• • • 71. Perfection: Maturity; God is the only Perfect One; our CAP grows into levels of maturity
      72. Principalities: Greek means ‘beginnings’; we struggle with what we’ve learned sensing it is lacking
      73. Tree-of-Life: Spoken expressions of God; preferred source of wisdom
      74. Flaming-Sword: Guards the Tree of Life; the cutting and cleansing action of repentance
      75. Heaven-of-Scripture: Elevated areas of authority and involvement in this natural world
      76. Angels: Messengers of the Eternal One; can appear as a spirit, a personage, and as insights
      77. Tree-of-Good-and-Evil: Natural life; wisdom from contrasting elements; productive and destructive
      78. Good: Beneficial; productive; positive and useful result of pleasant thoughts and actions
      79. Evil: mischievous; Inferior; destructive; negative and corrupt results of ill thoughts and actions
      80. Extremes: Result of good and evil excesses; positions of far-left and far-right; out of balance
      81. Balance: Inclusive; recognition of differences as contributing complements; void of extremes
      82. Devil: Greek – accuser, any who seeks to separate (as Judas – John 6:70); as by slander or malicious gossip
      83. Satan: Greek – adversary, any who opposes God’s interests (Peter – Mark 8:33; harmful adversary Job 1:6-12)
      84. Lucifer: Hebrew – Shining one; used once in KJV (Isaiah 14:12-16) of a man – king of Babylon; not an entity
      85. Hell-of-Scripture: The Greek gehenna and hades and the Hebrew sheol; unseen place of cleansing
      86. Gehenna: Greek; gorge or valley where garbage was dumped, fire continued to burn to get rid of waste
      87. Hades: Greek – grave, pit; the unseen habitation of souls; beyond this natural visible world
      88. Sheol: Hebrew – the unseen state of existence; the realm/existence beyond natural sight
      89. Everlasting: Hebrew – ages; time-related; Greek – of and for ages; ‘times’ in this natural realm
      90. Fire: A cleansing, refining, and purifying element; destroys dross; a characteristic of God (Hebrews 12:29)
      91. Lake-of-Fire: A restrictive cleansing activity for all who refuse to willingly receive from the Eternal One

Heart of God

• • • 92. God-Love: God’s first basic essence; enduring; measureless; unfailing (Ephesians 3:19; Romans 8:35-39)
      93. God-Light: God’s second central essence; void of darkness; enlightening everywhere received (1 John 1:5)
      94. Forgiving: God’s forgiveness is absolute; without condition; remembered no more (Luke 23:34)
      95. Graceful: The tolerant heart of God; who extends mercy in times of need (Hebrews 4:6; 2 Corinthians 12:9)
      96. Merciful: Compassionate extension of grace; unmerited favor; lovingkindness (Luke 6:36; Hebrews 8:12)
      97. Faithful: Trustworthy and dependable; despite our faithlessness (2 Timothy 2:13; Romans 3:3-4; 9:15-16);
      98. Judges: Corrective treatment of an ill attitude, activity, or state of being
      99. Unpunished: Leaves unclean, unfree of error. God will not leave us in such a condition
      100. Fruit-of-Spirit: Love, Joy, peace, patience, kind, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control
      101. Will-of-God: The Greek denotes passion, fire, love and desire; not as a strength to bend to His