Othniel [Ôö╝├äth’nÔöÇ┬íel] powerful one or lion of god. A son of Kenaz, younger brother of Caleb, who, after the death of Joshua, judged Israel for forty years. He is the first to be mentioned among the "Judges" (Josh. 15:17Judg. 1:133:9, 11: 1 Chron. 4:13). The Othniel mentioned in 1 Chronicles 27:15 is probably the same […]
Obadiah [Ôö╝├«badÔöÇ┬¢’ah] –servant or worshiper of jehovah. Among the Semitic peoples many names, such as the one before us, were common, occurring frequently in the Old Testament. Little or nothing is known about the Obadiahs of the Bible, but the name has also been found on an ancient Hebrew seal. The pious governor of Ahab's […]
Onesimus [Ôö╝├«nÔöÇ├▓s’ÔöÇ┬ímÔö╝┬ís]…profitable. The slave of Philemon, …Paul's convert (Col. 4:7-9Philemon 10-19).…Onesimus ran away from his master and came into contact with Paul, who led him to Christ after they met in Rome. Paul urged him to return to his master and entreated Philemon to receive Onesimus, not as a slave, but as a brother in […]
“What should we learn from the life of Noah?”……We first hear about Noah in Genesis 5, which begins with "this is the book of the generations of Adam." This is a recurring phrase in Genesis, and chapter 5 details the godly line of Seth as opposed to the worldly line of Cain (Genesis 4:17-24). Assuming […]
Noah, Noe[NÔö╝├¼’ah] rest. 1. The son of Lamech of the posterity of Seth-the tenth from Adam. He died at the age of 950 years (Gen. 5:29, 30, 326:8). The LXX version says that the name is a play on the statement, "This same shall give us rest." The Man Who Built the Ark Nothing is […]
Noah Found Grace by Henry Morris III, D.Min. * But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.…Genesis 6:8…But Noah found favor with the Lord. The word "grace" (Or favour)appears for the first time in the Bible in this verse. Noah lived in the midst of the most heinously evil society the world had […]
Nimrod [NÔöÇ┬ím’rÔö╝├àd] VALIANT, STRONG or HE THAT RULES. A son of Cush, son of Ham. Nimrod was a mighty hunter and a potent monarch whose land bore his name (Gen. 10:8, 9; 1 Chron. 1:10; Micah 5:6).