by Dr. Mike Evans | Feb 27, 2017 | Blog
The planets were roughly divided in ancient times (and nowadays by the IAU, the International Astronomical Union) into two types: the Fixed stars and the Moving stars. The moving stars category includes our seven Solar System planets. They are called in Hebrew (in...
by Dr. Mike Evans | Feb 27, 2017 | Blog
The first time a star is mentioned in the Bible, and most of the mentioning afterwards, is in its plural form: ko•cha•vim. “And God made two great lights; the large light to rule the day, and the small light to rule the night; and he made the stars”...
by Dr. Mike Evans | Feb 27, 2017 | Blog
The ‘Plish•tim’ is an ancient nation that historically was a bitter enemy of Israel (they are mentioned in the Bible as a nation 252 times and many more times in different references). The Philistines dwelt mainly in the south, but also in small settlements in...
by Dr. Mike Evans | Feb 27, 2017 | Blog
The source of this word is ceremonial and it has two explanations. The first is learned from the complete expression ‘to make a covenant.’ Actually, in Hebrew it is ‘to cut a covenant.’ The Hebrew root is ‘ba•ter’ (B.T.R) which means ‘to cut.’ That has to do with...
by Dr. Mike Evans | Feb 24, 2017 | Blog
‘Ri•bit’ is the word for interest we use today in the banking and financial fields. Unlike its biblical counterpart, the modern word is ‘cleaned up’ of disparaging and offensive connotations. It simply comes from the root words ‘har•beh’ and ‘rav,’ which mean ‘much’...
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