Inspiring Words Knight Vision

As we continue in our journey through the Bible, we are still in Genesis chapter 6. Our word for today is נחם regret, be sorry, console oneself, be comforted, to be grieved, to groan. It is used 108 times in the Old Testament. What is interesting about this word is that it is used in quite a range of meaning from comfort and console all the way to regret. We see our word in Psalm 23:4 Even though...

Our word for today is actually two words both can be translated earth, land or ground. The first one will sound familiar to you. אֲדָמָה earth, ground, land. It is used 222 times in the Old Testament. And it sounds like Adam that is because it shares the root word אָדָם Man, Adam. We see both in Genesis 6:1 where אָדָם man begins to multiply on the face of the אֲדָמָה earth. Our word for ground is...

Our word for today is the umbrella word that God uses to describe the consequences of sin or rebellion against Him. It is מות die, dying, death, perish. It is used 840 times in the Old Testament. If you recall we have already had this word of the day back in Genesis chapter 3. So why are we looking at it again? Well because in reading through the Bible when you get to chapter five this word just d...

Our word for today helps us understand why Cain didn’t just make things right with God. In Genesis 4 we clearly see that he had both the ability and choice not to sin. God says in verse 7 “If you do well, will you not be accepted?” this was after God had accepted Abel’s offering but rejected Cain's. So, we can’t accuse God of not giving Cain an opportunity to do the right thing. So then why i...

Our word for today is first used in the Bible in Genesis chapter four because there was no need for it until after sin entered the world. The word is חרה burn, be or become hot, angry, be kindled, cause to burn. It is used 92 times in the Old Testament. In looking at how this word is used it is interesting what people become hot or angry about. A good example of this is Jonah where we see him bein...

Our word for today is first used in the Bible in Genesis chapter four because there was no need for it until after sin entered the world. The word is מִנְחָה offering, gift, tribute, present. It is used 211 times in the Old Testament. Over half of the time (113) it is used in the first five books of the Bible referred to as the Law. And 35 times in Leviticus because in this book God lays out the k...

Our word for today is actually two words that share the same root word. Here is what I mean. עָרוּם cunning, cleaver, crafty, shrewd. It is used 11 times in the Hebrew Bible, our Old Testament. It is used in the book of Proverbs in a positive sense in knowing how to maneuver in one’s current circumstance. For instance, in Proverbs 22:3 The prudent עָרוּם  sees danger and hides himself. But it can...

To Adam and Eve, along with everyone following after them instead of ט֖וֹב מְאֹ֑ד very good we have not only מות death hanging over our heads but in the meantime our word for today ארר curse. It is used 63 times in the Hebrew Bible, our Old Testament. The basic idea of this word is that it is something that is placed over you that is heavy. And we definitely see in chapter three of Genesis that li...

Our word for today is the umbrella word that God uses to describe the consequences of sin or rebellion against Him. It is מות die, dying, death, perish. It is used 840 times in the Hebrew Bible our Old Testament. Remember back in chapter one טוֹב was the umbrella word God used to describe what he created was ט֖וֹב מְאֹ֑ד very good. So the umbrella word for all the wonder of God’s creation was the...

In Genesis chapter three we find our word for today is רַע evil, distress, injury, calamity. It is used 347 times in the Hebrew Bible our Old Testament. This is the contrast to our earlier word טוֹב good that we saw back in chapter two it is also in this chapter used alongside רַע evil. In this chapter we see the serpent lie and lead Adam and Eve to sin against God. What is interesting is that the...

In the second chapter of Genesis, we see a shift from God referring to himself as just אֱלֹהִים to יהוה  אֱלֹהִים. This new name God uses to identify himself is our word for today. יהוה is used 6,826 times in the Hebrew Bible our Old Testament. The phrase of LORD God is used 10 times in chapter two. The Bible translates LORD with all caps instead of just YHWH God because they are honoring the trad...

Our word for today is first used in the Bible in the context of God creating. We see our all-powerful God making value judgments about his work that it was good. This is our word טוֹב  good, pleasant, desirable, merry, agreeable. It is used 480 times in the Hebrew Bible our Old Testament. We see this word used seven times during his creating everything that exists, always in the phrase that God sa...

The Hebrew word for God אֱלֹהִים is used 2,597 times in the Old Testament. What is interesting about the form of the word is that it is plural “Gods” some say that is because God is so big that it is a way to express his majesty calling this the literary device of the “Majestic Plural.” Christians say that this is the trinity which is consistent with the rest of the Bible where Jesus the son is id...

John 1:1 the Holy Spirit writes through John “In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God.” So our word for today is λόγος. This is the Greek word from the common Greek or Koine Greek in the New Testament, used 329 times. The idea is word, message, reasoning, understanding. The Greeks were interested in how life fit together. They were into philosophy and finding t...

A great part of Knight Vision is the Inspiring Word. Words are like windows they give us insight into another’s perspective. When God uses a word, we can see things the way he does. God knows how life works because he created it for us, for our benefit, and for our enjoyment starting now and into eternity. By joining me for just a couple minutes a day can help you see life the way God does. I want...