| Abraham | A man of God who lived many years before Jesus.
The father of the Jews and many other peoples.
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| Adam | The first man made by God. |
| adultery | Having sex with a person you are not married too. |
| adulterous | The act of adultery |
| altar | Holy table for making sacrifices to God. |
| Amen! | May it be so!
A word said at the end of a prayer or hymn, meaning 'so be it' or 'I agree'. |
| amphitheater | A large round building made of many layers(tiers) of seats around a central open space, used for sport, fighting or drama |
| ancestors | forefathers, fathers, grandparents, forbearer, forerunner, descendant |
| angel | A 'heavenly being or person sent by God. |
| apostle | A man sent by God directly to tell the Good News of Jesus. |
| Asia Minor | That part of Turkey which is in Asia |
| assurance | a positive declaration that a thing is true.
2 a solemn promise or guarantee. |
| atoning | Something done to make up for wrong doing. |
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| baptize | Dip someone in water as a sign that God has changed their old life. A symbol of the New Life. |
| baptizer (baptiser) | The person who baptizes people |
| behaviour | The things people say or do which show how good or bad they are. |
| benediction | the words of a blessing, usually at the end of a religious service |
| betray | to give away, help the enemy, inform against, |
| blaspheme | To speak against God or religion |
| bless | To make holy by means of a religious act.
To give honour or glory to a person
To call upon God for protection
To worship or glorify God. |
| blessing | Kindness and happiness, given to a person by God. |
| Caesar | King who ruled all the Roman people in the days of Jesus. |
| chaff | Broken pieces of the skin from grain seeds like wheat. |
| chastisement | discipline, correction, punishment |
| Christ | A name given to Jesus. Messiah or Saviour. It means the person who is sent to save people from God's punishment for bad ways. The only One who can make people right with God.
The One who will come again soon to rule over God's kingdom. |
| Christian | Person who follows and believes in Jesus Christ. |
| church | A group of people who follow and believe in Jesus Christ. (NOT a church building.) |
| circumcise | Cut off of loose skin from the tip of the sex part of a boy or man. God told Abraham to do this to family and their children.
It was very important for Jews to obey this law and to have this special mark of the Jew. |
| cock | Male chicken which calls out and makes a loud noise early in the day. Cockerel. Rooster. |
| conceive | When a baby begins life inside the mother. |
| condemnation | punished as by the law |
| confirm | To prove true, to strengthen the true |
| consecrated | made for use of God only |
| contradiction | a number of things or thoughts which are opposite to each other |
| covenant | An agreement between two or more people. Agreement between God and the people or a person. |
| cross | Two pieces of wood fixed together. The Romans punished people by nailing them to a cross to die. Jesus died this way.
The cross is now the symbol or sign of the Christian church. |
| crown | A hat in the shape of a circle worn by a king or given to someone as a reward. Also, a reward in heaven. |
| curse | 1) To use bad words. Say something bad to a person.
2) The unhappiness that comes to a person because of the bad words. |
| idolatry (idolatrous) | Worshipping a person or object in place of the true God. |
| immorality | impure,sinful,wickedness,corruption |
| incarnation | Taking on the human form and body.
God's coming to earth in the human form of Jesus. |
| incense | Something that gives a sweet smell when it burns. Used in worshipping God at the temple in Jerusalem. |
| incest | sexual relationship between people who are not allowed to marry as too closely related. |
| incestuous | The act of incest. |
| infallible | Not able to make mistakes or be wrong. |
| inferior | lower |
| inheritance | something that is inherited. |
| inherit |
1 Receive (property, rank, title, etc.) by legal descent or succession.
2 Get (a quality or characteristic) genetically from one's parents or ancestors.
3 Succeed as an heir (a younger son rarely inherits). |
| intercessions | a prayer offered to God for the benefit, advantage of another person |
| interrogation | To examine, to question, may also include physical pressure. |
| mediator | a go between in an argument or discusion |
| mesmerize | can control a persons will |
| Mesopotamia | Greek word meaning "between two rivers" A fertile area of land covering the upper and middle of the Euphrates. Later used to mean the whole Tigris - Euphrates valley, i.e. Iraq today |
| mock | fake, make-believe, make fun of, ridicule,copy or imitate in an unkind way |
| myrrh | Sweet-smelling spice which helps to take away pain. |
| mysticism | The belief that knowledge of God can be gained by contemplation or thinking about it. |
| parable | A ‘parable’ is a story which illustrates a teaching to help understand the listeners understand the teaching. See Matt 13:13 |
| Passover | The time each year when the Jews remember how God saved them from being slaves in Egypt. They came to Jerusalem, to meet in the temple and to share food together. A feast. |
| patriarch's | Abraham, Isaac and Jacob |
| Pentecost | The time each year when the Jews thank God for their food.
Also the time when God gave the Holy Spirit to the church. |
| Pestilence | Diseases and infections which have no cure. |
| Pharisees | Group of Jews who thought they kept all of God's laws. They did not like the teaching of Jesus. They thought they did not have any wrong ways, so they became very proud. |
| prejudice | A judgement or opinion formed before an event or with no examination. A bias against anything, may involve injure or pain. |
| profane | not showing respect to God or holy objects |
| proselyte | Someone who has converted from one opinion of religion to another |
| salvation | Protected from evil. The saving of a person from the power of evil and the punishment. |
| Sanctify | To make holy or sacred. To set apart for sacred use. To make free from evil or sin. |
| sanctified | made holy |
| Sanctification | The act of making it sacred |
| sanctuary | holy place of God |
| scourge | A whip usually of nine cords joined together at the handle. Often pieces of sharp stone or bone are attached to the free end of each cord. This causes considerable damage to the persons flesh. |
| sensual | depending on the senses only and not on the intellect or spirit; carnal, fleshly (sensual pleasures)
given to the pursuit of sensual pleasures or the gratification of the appetites; self-indulgent sexually or in regard to food and drink; voluptuous, licentious. |
| showbread(shewbread) | Bread set or put before the face or presence of God. Consists of twelve baked cakes of fine flour. |
| superiority | being greatest, the best |
| supernatural | Effect or event due to something not natural, not according to Laws of Nature
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| superstitious | Believing in things supernatural |
| Synagogue of Freedman | A group of Jews from foreign countries who had once been "Slaves of Rome" and now lived in Jerusalem. |
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