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With God all things are possible. This is the Ohio state motto. A twelve-year-old boy recommended it during a motto contest held in the 1950s. This is from Matthew 19:26. “Jesus looked at them and said, ‘With man this is...
Meter is Greek for mother. It is found 83 times in the New Testament according to Strong’s. In Latin mother is mater, which is where maternal and maternity come from. There is the most famous mother: Mary the mother of Jesus. ...
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 KJV This verse is a pretty well-known verse in the Bible. It’s the...
After being sick all week, I looked for a word for sick, but didn’t find one with enough verses, so I decided to look up a word for heal instead. I found therapeuo. From the Lexical Aids at the back of...
There is always something new in this life that you can learn. The world is full of information on a variety of different subjects. Even though you may have read the Bible every year for years, you can still learn something...
I’ve had a couple great teachers over the years. In fourth grade, I had an engaging history teacher. He obviously really enjoyed teaching kids and had a way of making history interesting. He could really tell the story and he would...
Here’s a Greek word that you might know already without knowing it. Pente is the Greek word for five. You would know it from pentagon, a five-sided polygon. A pentapolis is a grouping of five cities. In music, a diapente...
Pipto is a Greek word for fall used in the New Testament. It can mean I fall, I fall under, or I fall prostrate. (biblehub.com) According to Strong’s it occurs 91 times in the New Testament. On Bill Mounce’s website,...
This week’s word is pino. This word is found in the New Testament 73 times according to Strong’s. Pino means I drink. There are a couple of well-known passages in the New Testament where pino is found. There’s the woman...
Ouranos is the Greek word for heaven or sky, used 278 times in the New Testament according to Strong’s. Ouranos in Latin is Uranus. Our seventh planet from the sun, Uranus was named after the Greek God of the sky...
