Our Daily Devotional

OIL For the Hebrews, it was mainly olive oil. In the description of the wealth of the land, one of the things mentioned is “a land flowing with oil…”; Among the blessings mentioned with which

THANKSGIVING The expression of gratitude to God for His benefits given; in the OT sacrifices were offered in thanksgiving (Lev. 7:12, 13; 22:29, etc.). In the thanksgiving offering, which was a peace sacrifice, the question

ACAZ “sustained”. Son of Jotham, who reigned sixteen years, from the year 734 B.C. (2 Kings 16:1). He was distinguished by his idolatry and contempt for the true God, and many of Isaiah’s prophecies are

ACAYA Originally a Greek state north of the Peloponnese (modern Morea); included Corinth and its isthmus; In NT times, all of Greece was divided between Macedonia and Achaia, under Roman administration; Achaia was a senatorial

ACHAN “disturbing”. Son of Carmi, of the tribe of Judah, who disobeyed the divine command by taking a part of the spoils of Jericho (Josh. 6:18-19; 7:1-26; 1 Chron. 2:7), for which reason the The

ACAICO “belonging to Achaia.” A believer who, with Stephanas and Fortunatus, visited Paul in Ephesus. They comforted Paul in spirit (1 Cor. 16:17). The note at the end of the epistle states that it was

ACAD One of the four Babylonian cities over which Nimrod reigned (Gen. 10:10), located in the land of Shinar, and which gave its name to the adjacent region. Probably the same name in the Sumerian

ACACIA There are several types that grow in Egypt and Palestine, the most common being “Acacia seyal”. Its wood was extensively used in the construction of the tabernacle, and also the ark, the table of

AHAB Hebrew, “brother of the father.” (a) Seventh king of Israel, who succeeded his father Omri in 918 BC. and he reigned twenty-two years. He married Jezebel, daughter of Ed-Baal, king of Tyre, an ambitious

HOOPOE Bird the size of a thrush, with a long, thin and somewhat curved beak, with a graceful double crest, with dirty habits and a strident voice, declared unclean by Moses (Lev. 11:19; Deut. 14:18).