Our Daily Devotional

ABSALOM “father of peace.” Third son of David. He was notable for his beauty and for the abundance of his hair (2 Sam. 1:25, 26). Amnon, another son of David, fell in love with his

ABRAHAM (ABRAM) = «Father of elevation». His name was altered by God, who called him ABRAHAM. There is no known etymological explanation for the change from Abram to Abraham. The text comments on this change

ABORTION The laws of the Ancient East (Babylonian and Assyrian) punished when a pregnant woman was mistreated, distinguishing various shades of punishment, depending on the consequences suffered by the injured woman. The Code of Hammurabi

LOATHING It is an emotion that leads the person who feels it to a strong opposition against the object of this intense aversion. The Bible marks hatred as the motive for homicide punishable by death,

TO ABHOR The Spanish verb is loaded with emotional tones and means, sometimes, to abhor; others, abandon or leave and, finally, get bored with a person or situation. These various nuances also enter into biblical

ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION This expression is found in Dn. 11:31; 12:11; Matt. 24:15; Mr. 13:14. It is therefore related to the great tribulation mentioned by the Lord in the Gospel passages. Daniel’s prophecy had a

ABOMINATION This word is used in the OT in reference to any iniquity as considered by God. It also designates what was not appropriate for the service of God, such as animals with defects presented

LAWYER One who takes up another’s cause, to whom one appeals for help, defender (1 Jn. 2:1). The same Greek word is translated “Comforter” (John 14:16, 26; 15:26; 16:7). We see then that it applies

ABNER “father of light.” Son of Ner, Saul’s uncle, he was the king’s cousin (1 Sam. 14:51). He was the general of Saul’s army when David killed Goliath, and he introduced David to Saul (1

ABLUTIONS Name given in Heb. 9:10 to the ceremonial washings prescribed by the Law of Moses (Lev. 6:27, 28; 8:6; 11:25, 28, 40; 15:5, 6, 7, 11, etc.); With this washing, and the passage of