transcriptions of the OT and NT texts
Can you advise where to find transcriptions (i.e. pronunciation, e.g. dawar; I don’t mean transliteration – dābār) of the hebrew (OT) and greek (NT) texts?
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Was casting the lot in Acts 1:26 a vote or a lottery?
When choosing a replacement for Judas, there are two candidates, and in Acts 1:26, we read (ESV):
And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
Was this like a vote, or was i…
Luke 5:32. I have not come to call the righteous to repentance, but sinners [duplicate]
What do you think Jesus meant by saying these words?
Is He saying that there are righteous people among the sinners? If so, then Paul theology that "everybody is a hopeless sinner" seems contradictory.
What does fire mean in the context of "divided tongues, as it were of fire" (Acts 2:3)?
Acts 2:3 (YLT):
3 and there appeared to them divided tongues, as it were of fire; it sat also upon each one of them,
What does fire mean in this context? And how is the fire related to the divided tongues? How should we make sense of the…
Is Psalm 83 an imprecatory prayer or a prophecy or both?
Many people view Psalm 83 as a prophecy about a war involving the tribes listed or their descendants.
5 With one mind they plot together;
they form an alliance against you— 6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
of Moab and the Hagrites…
Dr. Mel Robeck: Evangelism at Azusa Street Mission (Azusa Lecture 2025)
Dr. Cecil M. Robeck Jr. will present the Twentieth Annual Azusa Lecture on Tuesday, Nov. 11, at 7 p.m. in the Lee University Chapel….
In Psalm 139 – Does God use His Book (סִפְרְךָ) to document ‘our design’ or ‘our time’ on Earth?
In Psalm 139 – Does God use His Book (סִפְרְךָ) to document ‘our design’ or ‘our time’ on Earth?
Tehillim (Psalms) 139:16 [MT] : "Your eyes saw my unformed body, and on Your Book they were all written; days have been formed and one of…
Was Paul being sarcastic when he claimed that he didn’t recognize Ananias?
Related: Was Paul literally predicting that God would strike Ananias?
From Acts 23:1-5 (NIV):
1 Paul looked straight at the Sanhedrin and said, “My brothers, I have fulfilled my duty to God in all good conscience to this day.” 2 At this t…
Where was Samuel?
1 Samuel 28:19 says (my paraphrase) tomorrow you and your sons will die and "be with me". Samuel had been summoned from after death. Samuel was godly. I expected that he would have been awaiting Jesus and that Saul would have be…
Does God give the Abrahamic blessings in varying measures to Christians?
Does God give the Abrahamic blessings,Genesis 12:1-3 in varying measures to Christians?
If so, what makes them vary? Is it because of varying degrees of hardships encountered, because the greater your destiny, the greater your hardships?
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Does God share all things with Jesus?
"and what is mine is all yours, and what is yours is mine; and I have been glorified in them. " Bible LXX Pbro. Guillermo jünemann beckchaefer
and all things that are mine are yours and yours are mine and I am glorified in th…
Isn’t Elohim in Bible plural in all cases
Elohim is recognized as being in plural form when talking about false gods…
However when talking about the Hebrew God, I have read that Elohim is thought to be referring to God in singular form. Is this correct?
Consider Genesis 1:26
Let …