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Hebrew

4 entries tagged Hebrew · 4 terms.

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Bohan

The Hebrew verb bāḥan, used in the Old Testament for testing or assaying, the slow examination by which God or a watchful human discovers what is actually inside a heart, a city, or a piece of metal before it is trusted with weight.

Choq

Choq (חֹק) is the Hebrew word for a fixed decree or appointed boundary set by God, a limit established by the One with authority to set it, which holds because He upholds it.

Dabar

Hebrew for word, deed, or thing; the active speech of God that does not merely describe but accomplishes what it is sent to do.

Gevul

Hebrew for boundary, border, or limit; a load-bearing biblical concept for the difference between the bounds God sets, which hold, and the bounds humans set, which do not.