Our Daily Devotional

BABEL “gate of God.” This term appears twice, and only in the book of Genesis. In the first mention (Gen. 10:10) it is the name of the place first mentioned as the beginning of Nimrod’s

AGUR Son of Jaqué, and author of a collection of proverbs (Proverbs 30:1-14). Jerome and many other fathers believed that it was a symbolic name for Solomon. This is highly unlikely, since a paternal name

EAGLE Several animals receive this name in Palestine; It is generally applied to the most powerful of the birds of prey and, with it, to other species of predatory animals, which is why it is

STING This term translates different Hebrew words; thus, for example, the pointed stick that farmers use to excite the oxen in plowing. Ecclesiastes compares the words of the wise to the thorn (Eccl. 12:11). The

HOT WATERS Place or town that marked the northern end of Joshua’s conquests (Joshua 11:8; 13:6). Probably in the region of Sidon and perhaps on the seashore; has not been identified

BITTER WATERS When a man suspected that his wife was unfaithful, the wife was brought before the priest, in a solemn ritual, she had to drink the bitter waters. They were prepared in a clay

WATER In the East it is one of the most important budgets in life. Water in Holy Scripture means happiness and security (Ez. 47:1). The Israelite addresses God as the fountain of living water (Jer.

(a) Agrippa I. Grandson of Herod the Great, he is called Herod in the NT. His full name was Marcus Julius Agrippa Herod. Josephus informs us that he was the son of Aristobulus (Ant. 18:5,

WORSHIP Worship of God has been described as “the honor and adoration paid to Him on account of what He is in Himself and what He is to those who give it to Him.” It

AGRICULTURE Agriculture was and still is the main occupation of the Hebrews and, therefore, the basis of their economic life.