Gershom [GÔö£Ôòùr'shÔö╝├àm]-A STRANGER THERE. The first-born son of Moses and Zipporah. He was born in Midian Exod. 2:22…Later she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom,(Gershom sounds like a Hebrew term that means "a foreigner there.") for he explained, "I have been a foreigner in a foreign land." Exod. 18:3 (Moses' first […]
“What should we learn from the tribe of Gad?”……Answer: Israel's 12 tribes, of which Gad was one, were named for Jacob's children (or grandchildren, in the cases of Ephraim and Manasseh). "Israel" was God's name for Jacob (Genesis 32:22-30); therefore, the phrase "children of Israel" is a way of referring to Jacob's descendants. Jacob's son […]
Gaius Gaius [GÔöÇ├╝’ius]-I AM GLAD. This common Roman name is shared by four men, and some writers find it difficult to differentiate between them. A companion of Paul and native of Macedonia. He was seized in the riot at Ephesus (Acts 19:29). A man of Derbe in Lycaonia and likewise a companion of Paul. This […]
Ezra, Ezrah [ÔöÇ├Âz’rÔöÇ├ó] –help or my helper. The head of one of the twenty-two courses of priests that came up from exile with Zerubbabel and Jeshua (Neh. 10:2-812:1, 13). Probably the Azariah of Ezra 7:1. A descendant of Judah through Caleb (1 Chron. 4:17). The famous scribe and priest descended from Hilkiah the high priest […]
Eliam [ÔöÇ├ÂlÔöÇ┬¢’am] –god is one of the family or god's founder of the people. The father of Bath-sheba, wife of David (2 Sam. 11:3).Called also Ammiel.
Dan [DÔöÇ├ón] –he that judges. The fifth son of Jacob, and first of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid. Dan was the full brother of Naphtali and founder of a tribal family (Gen. 30:6Exod. 31:6). The name Dan also describes the most northern city of Canaan. "Dan even to Beersheba" (2 Sam. 24:15). The Man Whose Name is […]
“Why is it important to study the various characters in the Bible?”……The Bible is filled with characters, literally and figuratively. Perhaps the best way to describe how the Bible portrays its characters is “human” because they are, in fact, human. The Bible is true and the people that inhabit its pages were real people with […]