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32761 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. God, Names of.31
… significant character indications in their own names, necessarily would regard the names of the Deity as expressive of His nature. The very phrase "name …
32762 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. God, Names of.43
… a God of awe, or even terror. Its monotheistic character is in harmony with its use in the Abrahamic times, and is further corroborated by its parallel in Septuagint …
32763 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Godliness; Godly.2
… God," "according to God" (e.g. "godly sorrow," 2 Corinthians 7:10 ). Godliness, as denoting character and conduct determined by the principle of love or fear of God in …
32764 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Government.4
… marked character, called by a new name. The "judge" (shophet) was not the ruler of a nation, but the chieftain of a tribe, winning and maintaining his authority by …
32765 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Greece, Religion in Ancient.48
… the gods in worship is something more subtle, more intimate than in myth. No stress is laid on human form or the vagaries of human character in the gods of worship …
32766 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Greece, Religion in Ancient.67
… , rational character of this worship is characteristic of Greek religion.
32767 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Greece, Religion in Ancient.73
… Greek gods were superior members of the social universe, so Greek worship was for the most part social, even human, in its character.
32768 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Heavens, New (and Earth, New).20
… created character as the reason why heaven and earth can be shaken, an exegesis which would involve us in the difficulty that among that which remains there …
32769 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Heavens, New (and Earth, New).21
… -centered character of the future life that the role to be played in it by the renewed earth recedes into the background. Revelation, on the other hand, recognizes …
32770 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Hebrews, Epistle to The.74
… . General Character of the Readers: The readers, like the writer, received the gospel first from "them that heard" ( Hebrews 2:3 ), from the personal disciples of the …
32771 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Hellenism; Hellenist.8
… different character, and the great repute of her shrine dates from the 5th century. If the Zeus of Olympia was predominantly the benign god of the sky, to whom …
32772 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Hezekiah (2).4
… , the God of Israel." It is as the king who "clave to Yahweh" ( 2 Kings 18:6 ) that the Hebrew mind sums up his royal and personal character.
32773 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. High Place.6
… other gods their objectionable character is obvious, but even the worship of Yahweh in the high places was intermixed with heathen practices ( Hosea 4:14 …
32774 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Hittites.61
… characters), now in the Ashmolean Museum, we find noticed the goddess Ischara, whose name, among the Kassites, was equivalent to Istar. The Hittite gods are represented …
32775 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Hittites.64
… the gods, they are of a votive character.
32776 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Holiness.23
… of character in the distinct ethical sense is ascribed to God. The injunction, "Be ye holy; for I am holy" ( Leviticus 11:44; 19:2 ), plainly implies an ethical conception …
32777 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Holiness.37
… saintly character (compare 1 Corinthians 1:2, 14 with 1 Corinthians 5:1 ff).
32778 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Holiness.39
… ethical character as a realized fact, it always assumes it as an ideal and an obligation. It is taken for granted that the Holy Spirit has taken up His abode …
32779 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Holy Spirit, 1.49
… character of the recipient. The end in view is not personal, merely to the agent, but concerns theocratic kingdom and implies the covenant between God and …
32780 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Holy Spirit, 1.55
… Moral Character: The activity of the Spirit in the Old Testament is not limited to gifts for service. Moral and spiritual character is traced to the Spirit's …