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Old Testament Vocab
For BI101 w/ Wilson
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 2
10/20/2008

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Term
Yom
Definition
day
Term
Ex Nihilo
Definition

Out of nothing

 

Term
Bara
Definition

To achieve something completely new.

 

First verb in scripture. 

Term
bereshith
Definition
"in the beginning"
Term
Enuma Elish
Definition
Babylonian creation story
Term
tov me'od
Definition
"very good"
Term
ezer kenego
Definition

common - "help mate"

literal - strength equal to

Term
tikkun olam
Definition
mending, fixing, restoring
Term
yada
Definition

"to know" or "to experience"

 

In terms of husband/wife relations. 

Term
Shemot
Definition

"Names"

 

Hebrew name for Exodus

Term
Yam suph
Definition

"Sea of reed"

 

Biblical Red Sea

Term
Transcendence
Definition

self existent and self sufficient

above all and over all

Term
Immanence
Definition

inhabits all

(but is still one)

Term
Theocentric
Definition
Everything points ultimatey to God.
Term
Theomorphized
Definition
made in God's image
Term
Anthropormorphize
Definition
describing God in human aspects
Term
adamah
Definition

"ground"

 

origin of Adam's name

Term
Satan
Definition
"opposition" "opponent"
Term
Total Depravity
Definition

all men are born sinners

every part of man is infected by the fall

Term
protevangel
Definition

First promise of a savior

 

"I will put enmity between you and the women; between your offspring (non-believers) and yours. He (the Messiah) wil cruch your (Satan) head"

Term
Credo ut intelligant
Definition
I believe in order that I might understand.
Term
YHWH
Definition

Yahweh, before vowels added.

Translated as LORD. 

Term
Adonai
Definition

Lord

or 

master

Term
Elohim
Definition

"God"

"Mighty one" 

Term
Wellhausen
Definition

German scholar

First to come out the the Documentary Hypothesis.

Wrongfully insisted that Moses could not have written the Pentateuch. 

Term
charoset
Definition

Part of the Passover Meal (chopped apples, cinnamon, wine)

Represents the mortar the Israelites had to make in Egypt. 

Term
gnat
Definition

3rd Plague


 

 

Decaying frogs = breeding ground for insects

Term
Khamsin
Definition

Arabic word for "50"

Name for really severe sand storm blowing in from the East

Term
canop
Definition
Greek word for gnat, sand flea, mosquito
Term
Pesach
Definition
to skip, leap, or jump over
Term
Hyssop
Definition

Long stalk with leaves at the end.

Used to swab the doorposts during Passover. 

Term
Mezuzah
Definition

"doorframes"

 

Scripture was to be written on the doorframes. Eventually reduced to a small container with scripture inside that people touch as they enter the house. 

Term
Moror
Definition

bitter herbs

 

standard part of Passover celebration representing the bitter lives of foced labor under the Egyptions. 

Term
Shekinah
Definition
dwelling place of the Almighty
Term
Yeshuah
Definition

Deliverance/Deliverer

 

Jesus' name, Yeshua, has the same root

Term
Paean
Definition
a song celebrating God's victory
Term
Manna
Definition

Lit. What is it?

 

Supernaturally provided food for the Israelites that they ate for 40 yrs in the desert.

Term
Amalekites
Definition

First military encounter for Joshua and Israelites.

Lived in the Negev and Sinai peninsula. 

Term
emunah
Definition

steady, firm

 

Moses held his hands thus and the Israelits won the battle against the Amalekites. 

Term
Deuteros
Definition
Wrongfully translated as "second" by Septuagint scholars. Actually means "copy".
Term
nomous
Definition

Law

 

 

Term
Decalogue
Definition
another name for the 10 commandments
Term
cherubim
Definition

winged sphinxes or lions

sat on top of the ark of the covenant

Term
iconoclast
Definition
lit. one who smashes idols
Term
Shem
Definition
Father of the semitic people (Arabs, Israelites, Akkadians)
Term
Nazir
Definition
to be dedicated/consecrated to
Term
Sanhedrin
Definition

highest tribunal law in Jesus' day

70 elders. 

Term
Tzitzit
Definition

"fringes/tassels"

 

Tassels at the four corners of a garmet - each with a cord of blue as a reminder

Term
Debarim
Definition

Lit. words

 

Hebrew name for Deuteronomy

Term
Phylacteries
Definition
Small square leather boxes with pieces of parchment with the teachings of Moses inside them. Tied to hands/foreheads in following of the command to "take these words and impress them on your children".
Term
Magnalia
Definition

the great redemptive acts that God did for his people

 

Deut. 26:5-9

Term
Kerygma
Definition

N.T. equivalent of Magnalia

 

Gospel redemption proclaied in a nutshell

 

I Cor. 15:3,4

Term
Platonic Love
Definition
a kind of deep spiritual comradeship between a man and a woman.
Term
ketubah
Definition

marriage contract

 

read to the bride before final "I do"

Term
huppah
Definition

canopy

 

groom awaits the bride 

Term
kiddushin
Definition

to be set apart/holy"

 

betrothal period

Term
Yom Kippur
Definition

Day of Atonement

 

holiest day of the year

Term
Shema
Definition

"Hear"

A statement of monotheism

 

"Hear O Israel the LORD our God the LORD is One"

Term
Apsu
Definition
divine patron of fresh water
Term
Tiamat
Definition
Divine patron of Salt Water
Term
Aborigines
Definition
First humans in Babylonian creation story.
Made out of the blood and bone of sacrificed Kingu.
Term
Marduk
Definition
principle deity of Babylon
Term
Kingu
Definition
ruler over the 11 gruesome monsters created by Tiamat
Term
Anu
Definition
The Akkadian god of Heaven
Term
Enlil
Definition
the king of Sumerian gods and king of the air.
Term
Tiglath-Pileser
Definition
King of Assyria
Term
Deut 6:4
Definition
Shema - statement of monotheism
Term
Jethro
Definition
Moses' father-in-law
Term
Miriam
Definition
Moses's sister. First women to exercise a ministry gift - prophecy.
Term
Shiphrah and Puah
Definition
Hebrew midwives - let the children live.
Term
Dan
Definition
Northern border of Israel
Term
Beersheba
Definition
southern border of Israel
Term
Mt. Hermon
Definition
most northern part of the country. 9000ft high.
Term
typology
Definition
an event taken from the O.T. that has a greater counterpart in the N.T.
Bronze snake in O.T. Jesus in N.T.
Term
Aaronic Benediction
Definition
"The Lord Bless you and keep you, make his face shine upon you....etc."
ends with "Shalom"
3words
5words
7wordsShalom
Term
Zipporah
Definition
Moses's wife. Bird
Term
Kadesh-Barnea
Definition
headquarters for Israel during the wanderings
Term
Eldad and Midad
Definition
elders who came to Moses and told him to stop the 70 elders from prophesying.
Term
Mt. Nebo
Definition
Mountain from which Moses saw the promised land
Term
Lake Manzelah
Definition
one possible Israelite crossing place - located in the upper region of the Delta.
Term
Midion
Definition
Where Moses fled to
Term
Gershom
Definition
Moses's first child.
Means Alien
Term
lentil
Definition
top of the doorframe
Term
matsah
Definition
unleavened bread
Term
Hagadd Ah
Definition

"explaining" fathers were required to teach children if they asked the meaning of Passover

 

a book that includes scriptures, psalms

Term
Abib
Definition
month Passover started in
Term
Nisan
Definition
month of grain harvest
Term
Extra ecclesiam nulla salus
Definition
"outside the church there is no salvation"
catholic teaching
Term
corporate personality
Definition
Jewish people thought as a community
Term
haburah
Definition
community
Term
qehillah
Definition
congregation
Term
tephillin
Definition
2 small boxes containing bits of torah for prayer and dedication
Term
hamets
Definition

leaven

 

removed from household during passover

Term
Exodus 12
Definition

one of the most important chapters in the Bible

redemption

 

process of passover

Term
Aviv
Definition

First month of the Jewish religious calendar

 

synonymous with the coming of spring

Term
Tishri
Definition

First month of the Jewish civil calendar

 

start of the beginning of the year

Rosh Hashanah. 

Term
Shirat Hayam
Definition

"Song of the Sea"

 

song celebrating Gods victory over the Egyptions at the crossing of the red sea. 

Term
3 Main categories of O.T. Law
Definition

1. Civil Law

2. Ceremonial Law

3. Moral Law (summed up in 10 commandments)

 

Term
Casuistic Style
Definition

"If (when) a man does so and so then such and such will be the penalty"

 

Most laws worded such

heart of Hammurabi law code

Term
Apodictic Style
Definition

"You shall/shall not do so and so"

 

Disinctive aspect of Law Codes

Term
Anthropopathism
Definition
ascribing human emotion to God
Term
10 Commandments
Definition

1. No other gods

2. no idols

3. God's name is holy

4. Sabbath day

5. honor parents

6. No murder

7. No adultery

8. No stealing

9. No false witnesses

10. No coveting

Term
Miqdash
Definition
place of holiness
Term
Mishkan
Definition
"dwelling place"
Term
Laver
Definition
basin made out of polished bronze where priests washed their hands and feet in preparation for sacrifice
Term
Table of Shewbread
Definition

"Bread of the Presence"

 

12 loves of unleavened bread (12 tribes)

Symbolized nation's perpetual gratitude to God for his sustaining bread. 

Term
Bezalel
Definition
craftsman from the tribe of Judah
Term
gadosh
Definition

"to be set apart"

 

 

God's people were set apart in every area of life

Term
Korban
Definition

"draw near/approach"

 

in reference to worship

Term
Succot
Definition

Feast of booths

 

reenacting what happened in the wilderness

 

origin of the first American thanksgiving

Term
Shab'uot
Definition

Feast of week/pentecost

 

50days after Passover

Term
azazel
Definition

scapegoat

sins of the nation on its head

Term
Bemidbar
Definition

"In the wilderness"

 

Hebrew title for Numbers

Term
Gershonites
Definition

branch of the Levites

 

cared for the curtains and covering of the Tabernacle

Term
Kohathites
Definition

branch of the Levites

 

cared for the important items - arc of covenant and other furniture

Term
Merarites
Definition

branch of Levites

 

took care of the framework of the tabernacle - 

Term
Mt. Hor
Definition
place where Aaron dies
Term
Eleazar
Definition
Aaron's son - inherits high priest position
Term
Balak
Definition
king of Moab - employs the services of Balaam - false prophet - to curse Israel.
Term
Bar Kokhba
Definition

"son of the star"

 

false prophet, led failed atempt at independence from Rome. 

Term
Semichah
Definition

"laying on of hands"

 

transferance of power

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