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A solemn bond setting the terms between God and his people — strung from Noah and Abraham to Sinai and David, and renewed in the ‘new covenant’ Christians read in Christ.
Oct 31, 2026
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Hebrew ruach and Greek pneuma both begin as ‘wind’ or ‘breath,’ then stretch across the breath of life, the soul, unseen persons — and the Holy Spirit the glossary treats apart.
Oct 29, 2026
In Scripture it is mostly an outsider’s word for Israel — and it may come from a root meaning “to pass over.”
Oct 27, 2026
From the kings of Canaan to the Davidic throne and the kingdom of God.
Oct 19, 2026
The word Jesus used for final judgment was a real valley outside Jerusalem — its history, and how the church has read it
Sep 20, 2026
The Greek word the New Testament uses for the realm of the dead — the counterpart to Sheol, and not the final hell
