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Some words in Scripture carry whole mountains in them. These studies open the original Hebrew and Greek behind the words you pray — so the next time you say them at the altar, you know what you are standing on.
חֶסֶד
HebrewHesed · HEH-sed
The love that will not let go
Psalm 136:1
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HebrewShalom · shah-LOHM
Nothing missing, nothing broken
Numbers 6:26
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HebrewRuach · roo-AHKH
The breath that makes dry bones live
Genesis 1:2
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HebrewQodesh · KOH-desh
Set apart for the fire
Leviticus 20:26
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HebrewTodah · toh-DAH
The sacrifice that opens heaven's gate
Psalm 50:23
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HebrewYirah · yir-AH
The awe that becomes wisdom
Proverbs 9:10
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GreekAgapē · ah-GAH-pay
Love that chose before it felt
1 Corinthians 13:13
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GreekCharis · KHAH-rees
Favor you could never pay for
Ephesians 2:8
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GreekLogos · LOH-gos
The Word through whom all things were made
John 1:1
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GreekDunamis · DOO-nah-mis
Dynamite at the altar
Acts 1:8
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GreekKoinonia · koy-noh-NEE-ah
One altar, many stones
Acts 2:42
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GreekDoxa · DOH-xah
The weight that fills the house
2 Corinthians 3:18
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