by keepit11_wp | Feb 22, 2019 | Word Studies
Word Study: WORSHIP What is “Worship” as used in Scripture? In the New Testament, there are nine Greek words translated into English as “worship”. However, only one is used extensively. “proskuneoo” is the word most often used and translated as...
by keepit11_wp | Feb 22, 2019 | Word Studies
Word Study: FORGIVE What is “Forgive (as well as its variations of forgiving, forgiveness, forgave, forgiven)” as used in Scripture? What does it mean to forgive someone? What does it mean that God, in Christ, has forgiven those who trust in Christ? What...
by keepit11_wp | Feb 22, 2019 | Word Studies
Word Study: Repent What is “Repent” as used in Scripture? In the New Testament, there are two main Greek words used: 1. The verb “metanoeoo”, translated as repent, repented; this is the root word. It is a compound word from “meta”, meaning...
by keepit11_wp | Jun 3, 2018 | Word Studies
What is “Faith” as used in Scripture? In the New Testament, the Greek word is “pistis”, and is translated as “faith” in nearly every instance. It is derived from the Greek word “peitho”, which is translated “persuasion”. (also translated as confidence,...
by keepit11_wp | Nov 13, 2015 | Word Studies
Word Study: Christian What is a “Christian”? What does the word mean in Scripture? It is used quite often in a variety of settings, but does the Word of God use it the way people today do? The word is only used three times in the New Testament: Acts...
by keepit11_wp | Nov 7, 2015 | Word Studies
Word Study: Baptism In the language of the New Testament, the word of baptism and its various uses is “baptidzo”. Its most direct meaning is, “to be immersed in or with” something. Most often, baptism is associated with water baptism, the Christian ordinance given...
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