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.
Who were Dismas and Gestas? Dismas and Gestas are the names sometimes mentioned as the two thieves crucified on crosses to the right and left of Jesus. In the New Testament accounts of the crucifixion, two men are mentioned, yet their names are never given. The names Dismas and Gestas do not come from the […]
“What should we learn from the life of Deborah?”……Deborah was one of the judges of Israel during a time of oppression. She is called a prophetess and the wife of Lappidoth. The Lord spoke through her as she held court under a tree called "the Palm of Deborah" in Ephraim. The Lord also used her […]