Inspiring Words Knight Vision

We are in chapter eighteen of Exodus with our word for today. נָשַׁק kiss, join, meet. It is used 31 times in the Old Testament. Our word can be used in the sense of joining or meeting. Psalm 85:10 Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace נָשָֽׁקוּkiss each other. 1 Kings 19:18 Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and whose mouths h...

We moving into chapter eighteen of Exodus with our word for today. מִדְיָן Midian, a Midianite, strife, contention. It is used 59 times in the Old Testament. An Arabian tribe descended from Abraham. After the death of Sarah his first wife. Genesis 25:1-2 Abraham had taken another wife, whose name was Keturah. She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, מִדְיָ֑ן Midian, Ishbak and Shuah. We see the nation...

We are in chapter seventeen of Exodus with our word for today. כֵּ֣ס seat, throne, chair, seat of honor. It is used just this one time in Old Testament. The root of our word is used 133 times in the Old Testament. We find it used most as the chair of state for a monarch or other official. Exodus 11:5 Every firstborn son in Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sits on the כִּסְא֔ו...

We are in chapter seventeen of Exodus with our word for today, used for the first time in the Bible. נֵס flag, standard, ensign, signal, sign. It is used 21 times in the Old Testament. Our word is used as a sail for a boat or a ship. Isaiah 33:23 Your rigging hangs loose: The mast is not held secure, the נֵ֔ס sail is not spread. It is also used as a warning in the sense of a message informing of d...

We are in chapter seventeen of Exodus with our word for today. סָקַל stone, throw stones at, put to death by stoning. It is used 22 times in the Old Testament. Our word can be used of clearing stones so the land can be used for something beneficial. Isaiah 5:2 He dug it וַֽיְסַקְּלֵ֗הוּ and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines. The other 20 times our word is used in the sense to...

We are moving into chapter seventeen of Exodus with our word for today with both the verb and noun forms. צָמֵא thirst, be thirsty, to feel the need to drink. The verb is used 10 times in the Old Testament. The noun is used 17 times in the Old Testament. The noun is used to identify God’s great compassion in providing for his creation. Isaiah 41:17 The poor and needy search for water, but there is...

We are in chapter seventeen of Exodus with our word for today. רִיב strive, quarrel, attack, contend, complain. It is used 68 times in the Old Testament. We find our word used of people fighting against each other. Genesis 26:20 But the herders of Gerar וַיָּרִ֜יבוּ quarreled with those of Isaac and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they disputed with him. Numbers 20:3...

We are moving into chapter seventeen of Exodus with our word for today. שָׁתָה drink, to drink together, to take in liquids. It is used 217 times in the Old Testament. Our word is used of alcohol. 2 Samuel 11:13 At David’s invitation, he ate וַיֵּ֖שְׁתְּ and drank with him, and David וַֽיְשַׁכְּרֵ֑הוּ made him drunk. Ecclesiastes 9:7 Go, eat your food with gladness, and וּֽשֲׁתֵ֥ה drink your wine...

We are in chapter sixteen of Exodus with our word for today which is actually a phrase. לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה before the LORD, in the presence of the LORD, to the face of the LORD. It is used 229 times in Old Testament. Our word is used a lot in the sense of God speaking or being spoken to. A lot of times it is not translated because the translators think it is just repetitive. But it does add to the m...

We are in chapter sixteen of Exodus with our word for today. מָאֵן refuse, to be unwilling, to show unwillingness or disagreement towards something or some action. It is used 46 times in Old Testament. We find our word used by Jacob in his grief when he thought his son Joseph was dead. Genesis 37:34-35 Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and mourned for his son many days. All his sons an...

We are in chapter sixteen of Exodus with our word for today, used for the first time in the Bible. שַׁבָּת sabbath, seventh day of the week, time of rest. It is used 111 times in Old Testament. We find our word connected to this idea of sacred or holy. Exodus 16:23 He said to them, “This is what the Lord commanded: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of sabbath rest, a holy שַׁבַּת sabbath to the Lord.’” The...

We are in chapter sixteen of Exodus with our word for today, used for the first time in the Bible. שַׁבָּתוֹן sabbath observance, rest period, sabbath celebrations, sabbath feast. It is used 11 times in Old Testament. Our word is used to describe a specifically set a side day of rest from one’s normal daily work. This all started from stopping from the regular day of gathering manna that God provi...

We are in chapter sixteen of Exodus with our word for today, used for the first time in the Bible. מָן manna, a supernatural food that God gave the Israelites in the wilderness after the Exodus; grain or seed. It is used 13 times in Old Testament, 3 times in our chapter. It is described as a seed or grain. Exodus 16:14, 31 A fine, flake-like thing, fine as frost on the ground…It was like coriander...

We are in chapter sixteen of Exodus with our word for today, used for the first time in the Bible. שְׂלָו quail, a small game bird, quails. It is used 4 times in Old Testament. Let’s look at all the uses. Exodus 16:12-13 “I have heard the grumbling of the people of Israel. Say to them, ‘At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread. Then you shall know that I am...

We are in chapter sixteen of Exodus with our word for today, which is actually a phrase. יְהוָ֑ה שָׁמַ֔ע The LORD hears or heard. It is used 26 times in Old Testament. God hears the prayers of his people. Psalm 4:3 Know that the Lord has set apart his faithful servant for himself; יְהוָ֥ה יִ֝שְׁמַ֗עthe Lord hears when I call to him. Psalm 34:17-19 The righteous cry out, and וַיהוָ֣ה שָׁמֵ֑עַ the L...

We are moving into chapter sixteen of Exodus with our word for today. לֶ֫חֶם bread, food, grain. It is used 300 times in Old Testament. We find our word used in a general sense as any food, whether solid or liquid, that is used as a source of nourishment by humans or animals. A good example is when God explains part of the consequences of sin in that food production would be a whole lot more diffi...

We are in chapter fifteen of Exodus with our word for today, used for the first time in the Bible. רָפָא heal, repair, rebuild, healer. It is used 67 times in Old Testament. We find our word used of God healing in a physical sense. 2 Kings 20:4-5 And before Isaiah had gone out of the middle court, the word of the Lord came to him: “Turn back, and say to Hezekiah the leader of my people, Thus says...

We are in chapter fifteen of Exodus with our word for today. נָסָה put someone to the test, give experience, train, try, prove, venture. It is used 36 times in the Old Testament. We see our word used in the sense to put to the test in order to ascertain the nature of something, including imperfections, faults, or other qualities. David refuses the offer to use Saul’s armor because he didn’t have e...

We are in chapter fifteen of Exodus with our word for today, used for the first time in the Bible. לוּן murmur, grumble, to make complaining remarks or noises under one’s breath. It is used 16 times in the Old Testament. Every time it is used it is from people who are unhappy with their leaders. Our word is used one time when the leaders allow themselves to be deceived by the Gibeonites and so the...

We are in chapter fifteen of Exodus with our word for today which is actually a phrase, used for the first time in the Bible. יְהוָ֥ה מָלָֽךְ The Lord will reign. It is used 8 times in the Old Testament. I find it interesting that the noun form of the verb reign is king. So if you reign you are ruling or reigning as the king. Every time our phrase is used it is referring to God. Let’s look at our...

We are in chapter fifteen of Exodus with our word for today. חֶ֫סֶד unfailing love, steadfast love, kindness, loyalty, graciousness, godly action. It is used 245 times in the Old Testament. We have already looked at this word before but there is so much to this word that we will look at it again. One of the aspects of this word is the dynamic of loyalty. Not only is it a steadfast love and an unfa...

We are in chapter fifteen of Exodus with our word for today. חָרוֹן anger, fury, a feeling of intense anger, burning of anger, heat, wrath. It is used 40 times in the Old Testament. Our word is used to qualify the kind of anger that is intense like a burning fire. It is often used to identify God in his response to sin. 2 Kings 23:26-27 Nevertheless, the Lord did not turn away מֵחֲר֤וֹן from the h...

We are in chapter fifteen of Exodus with our word for today which is actually two words both translated the same in English in our chapter. Our first word is גָּאוֹן height, exaltation, eminence, pride, presumption, stateliness, impressiveness in scale or proportion, glory, splendor, loftiness. It is used 49 times in the Old Testament. Our word is used to describe the greatness of nations. Isaiah...

We are in chapter fifteen of Exodus with our word for today. רָעַץ destroy, shatter, destroy completely. It is used 2 times in the Old Testament. The one other time our word is used is after God’s people were involved in great evil He allowed an enemy to destroy them.  Judges 10:7-9 So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines and into the...

We are in chapter fifteen of Exodus with our word for today which is two words both translated the same way in English. Our first word is רָמָה throw, shoot, cast, hurl, throw forcefully. It is used 4 times in the Old Testament, two times in our chapter. The other two times our word is used it is in reference to a bow or one who is an expert in the use of a bow and arrow. Psalm 78:9-10 The men of...