Douglas Jacoby Podcast

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Hebrew words: Chizqiyyah, Chizqiyyahu, Yechizqiyya, or Yechizqiyyahu (Hezekiah) -- “Yah has strengthened” About 125x in the Bible Further study: Passages covered in this podcast: 2 Kings 18-20 Referred to in passing: 2 Kings 16:20; Numbers 21:4-9; 2 Chronicles 16:12; Judges 6, Isaiah 7, Matthew 4; Further: Parallel accounts: 2 Chronic...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Hebrew words: Yehu' (Jehu) -- Yah(weh) is He, or He is Yah(weh) 54x in the O.T., by my count. (There are three other Jehus as well.) Further study: Passages covered in this podcast: 1 Kings 19:16 2 Kings 9-10 2 Chronicles 22 (parallel passage) Romans 12:11; Proverbs 19:2; John 2:13ff. The kings of Israel and Judah (parallel tracks) Ki...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Hebrew words: 'Elisha' (Elisha) -- "God is salvation," 59x in the Bible 'Gekhazi (Gehazi) -- 12x in the Bible Further study: Elisha: 1 Kings 19; 2 Kings 2-9, 13; Luke 4:27. Gehazi: 2 Kings 4, 5, 8. Did Elisha make a mistake? Click here . Some things we learn about God: His miracles are not arbitrary. Prophetic miracles legitimize the...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Hebrew words: ‘Eliyyah (Elijah) – My God is Yah (Yahweh) 100x in the Bible (71x in the OT, 29x in the NT) Passages covered in this podcast: 1 Kings 19 James 5:17 -- Elijah was effective in prayer! Malachi 4:4-6 -- plus the N.T. passages where John the Baptist is compared to Elijah. 1 Kings 17-21, 2 Kings 1 Even more: Did Elijah go to...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Hebrew words: 'Akh'av  (Ahab)-- father's brother or "The Father is my brother" (a claim to be close to God?), 84x in the OT. 'Izevel  (Jezebel) -- may mean "chaste" (ironic, if so), or (more likely?) refers to the pagan (Canaanite and Phoenician) god Baal (Babylonian Bel). This may even be a wordplay on the word for dung,  zebul  (see...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Hebrew words: Rekhav'am (Rehoboam) -- "The people are enlarged." 51x in the O.T. Yarav'am (Jeroboam) -- "The people contend." About 100x. (Note: Jeroboam II is another king. Usually in Scripture Jeroboam refers to Jeroaboam son of Nebat, the earlier Jeroboam.) Further study: Passages covered in this podcast: 1 Kings 11:26-40, 12:1-33...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Hebrew words: Shlomoh (Solomon) -- means peace, wholeness, soundness, welfare Appears 302x in the Bible Further study: Covered in the podcast: 2 Samuel 12:24, 7:12ff 1 Kings 1:34, 11:43, 4:29-34 Solomonic biblical material: Many Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Canticles, Ps 72, 127 1 Kings 10:1ff, 11:1ff, Deuteronomy 17:16-20 Even deeper: See...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Hebrew words: Yo'av (Joab) -- Yahweh is father, 140x in the O.T. Avi-Shalom (Absalom) -- My father is peace, 109x in O.T. Adhoni-Yahu (Adonijah) -- Yahweh is my lord, 24x in O.T. (There are also 2 other Adonijahs) Further study: Passages covered in this podcast 2 Samuel 12:10-11 Joab: 2 Samuel 3:21,27-29, 8:15-16; 1 Chronicles 11:6; 2...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Hebrew words: Dawid  or  Daweed— David—has a meaning similar to "loveable." He was evidently a very likable person, He was loved by Saul. He was greatly loved by Jonathan. Michal, Saul's daughter, falls in love with him. Appears 1137x in the Bible, compared to Abraham (309x) and even Jesus (918x), who is often called the "Son of David...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Hebrew words: Yehonathan (Jonathan) -- "The Lord has given" Appears about 90x in the OT. Note: there are many Jonathans in the Bible (about 15). But this character is one of the most likeable figures in the O.T. Further study: Passages covered in this podcast 1 Samuel 13:2; 14:1-13; 18:1-4; 19:1; 20:1ff; 23:15-18; 31:2 2 Samuel 2:12,1...

For more additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Hebrew words: Sha’ul – Saul, 422x in the Bible. Note: Saul of Tarsus = 23x; King Saul, 399x. In 1 Sam 9-11, 13-29, 31; 2 Sam 1 etc. Shaul -- mentioned 10x (e.g. Gen 36:37). It is a shame that our English Bibles do not make it clearer when names are repeated. Further study: Passages covered in this podcast: 1 Samuel 9:2; 10:6,9ff,...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Hebrew words: Shmu'el (Samuel) -- "Name of God," or "hear by God." Appears 144x in the Bible. (Numbers 34:20 refers to a different person.) 'Even-ha'ezer (Ebenezer) -- Stone of help (1 Samuel 4:1, 5:1, 7:12). Further study: Passages covered in this podcast: 1 Samuel 2:26 (Luke 2:52); 3:7,21; 4:1; 7:3-4,15-16; 8-15; 16:1-7; 19; 2 Chron...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Hebrew words: 'Eli  (ay-LEE)-- Note, despite the similarity, this is not the Hebrew word "my God," as the initial consonant is different (an ayin, not an aleph). Appears 36x in 1 Samuel 1-4. 'I-kavod  (ee-ka-VODE) -- "There is no glory," or (traditionally) "The glory has departed." Further study: Passages covered in this podcast 1 Sam...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website. Hebrew words: Channah (Hannah) -- 13x in 1 Samuel 1-2. From chen (HAYN, with a very hard 'h'), which means grace . N.T. Anna in the Greek is actually Hannah. Shmuel (Samuel) -- her son Further study: Passages covered in this podcast 1 Samuel 1:1-2:18 Referred to: Genesis 29-30, Numbers 6, Deuteronomy 16:16, Psalm 113:7, Luke 1:46-55 Pa...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Hebrew words: Ruth -- 12x in Ruth and once in Matthew 1:5 No'omi (Naomi) -- 21x in Ruth Mara' -- bitter Bo'az -- "In him is strength," or "quickness" 'Elimelekh (eh-LEE-meh-lekh) -- Elimelech, or "My God is king" Further study: Passages covered in this podcast Ruth 1-4 Leviticus 19:9-10; Genesis 2:24; Genesis 29:20/34:1-3; Hebrews 13:...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Hebrew words: Shimshon (Samson). May be related to the Hebrew word for sun, shemesh; if so, here is a polytheistic overtone. Appears 39x in the Bible Further study: Passages covered in this podcast Judges 13-16 Scripture referred to in passing: Numbers 6:1-21; Romans 8:28; Judges 17:6, 18:1, 19:1; 21:25. More advanced Hebrews 11:32 --...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Hebrew words: Gidh'on (Gideon) -- 41x in Judges 6-8 and Hebrews 11 Yerubba'al (Jerubbaal) -- sounds like Yerubh bo ha-ba'al (Let Baal contend) -- 14x in Judges 9, 1 Samuel 12, and 2 Samuel 11 Further study: Passages covered in the poscast: Judges 6-8 Hebrews 11:32-33. Referred to: Luke 9, Exodus 32, Numbers 21, Genesis 2 Learn about G...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Hebrew words: Devorah ("deVOrah") -- Deborah, Hebrew for bee Appears 9x in the Bible, and only in Judges 4-5 (if we don't include the other Deborah, Rebekah's nurse [Genesis 35].) Further study: Passages touched on in this podcast Judges 4-5 Hebrews 11:32-34 Galatians 3:28 Judges 2:11-19a 2 Timothy 2:21 Advanced Notice that Judges 4 i...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Hebrew words: Khelev (Caleb) -- dog Appears 35x in the OT (compared to 223x for Joshua), in Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, 1 Samuel, and 1 Chronicles Further study: Passages covered in this podcast Numbers 13-14 Joshua 14-15 1 Corinthians 6:19-20; Proverbs 13:12; Hebrews 11:13,39. Quotable quotes “I am long on ideas, but short...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Hebrew words: Yehoshua -- "God has saved", Joshua's new name after: Hoshea -- "He has saved" (Numbers 13:16). Moses was the one who changed his name. Joshua appears 223x in the Bible, 27x before the book of Joshua. Iesous (pronounced yay-SOOSS) -- The word in biblical Greek for both Joshua and Jesus . Further study: Mentioned in this...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Hebrew words: Phinechas – "mouth of brass" or possibly "negro" (in old Egyptian). Appears first in Exodus 6:25, and also in 17 other OT location. Not to be confused with a later Phinehas (son of Eli, 1 Samuel 1:3) and yet another Phinehas in Ezra 8:33. Although his name was imitable, apparently his character was less imitable! Tsamad...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Hebrew words: Bil'am (Balaam in the Greek version) appears 63x in the Bible. The Hebrew Bil'am means "devourer." 'Athon (female donkey, as in this account). Chamor is a male donkey, while pere' means wild donkey. Further study: Passages the podcast covered or referred to: Numbers 22-24 (many verses); 31:1-8, 16 Other O.T. books: Deute...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Hebrew words: Miryam (Mir-yam), Miriam, appears 13x in the Bible. The name was very popular, and several women in the NT are named after the Miriam of the OT. The form of the name usually appears as Maria, though also occasionally as Mariam. In particular, Luke calls the mother of Jesus Mariam. Further study: Passages the podcast cove...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Hebrew words: 'Aharon (pronounced "a-ha-RONE") -- Aaron. Mentioned 353 times in the Bible, only 4x in the NT. 'Egel (pronounced "aygul") -- the calf/bull worshipped in Egypt and Canaan. Either translation works. Further study: Passages the podcast covered or referred to: Exodus 7:7 (also Numbers 33:39 and Deuteronomy 34:7) -- three-ye...

For more notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Hebrew words: Mosheh (mo-SHEH) -- Moses. Although this is an Egyptian name (as in Tutmoses or Tuthmosis), it sounds like the Hebrew mashah, meaning "draw out." Moses appears over 850x in the Bible, 80x in the N.T. Tevah (tay-VAH) -- the word for box or chest, found in Genesis 6:14 (Noah's "ark") and Exodus 2:3 (Moses' basket) Further study:...