Guides to reading the Bible
What helps you read it better, explained plainly and with the Bible in hand.
- The names of God in Hebrew: Elohim, YHWH, Adonai and moreWhat Elohim, YHWH, Adonai, El Shaddai, YHWH Tsevaot and Elyon mean, where they first appear and why our translation leaves them as they are in the Hebrew.Read the guide
- What an interlinear Bible is and how to read itAn interlinear Bible puts the Hebrew or the Greek beneath each phrase of the translation. What it is, what it is for, what Strong's numbers are and how to read ours, free.Read the guide
- How to read the Bible in Hebrew without knowing HebrewFive simple steps to look at the Hebrew behind the Bible in English, with examples: ruach (spirit), chesed (loyal love) and shalom (peace).Read the guide
- What Sheol is in the BibleIn the Old Testament, Sheol is the place of the dead. What the Bible says about it, why it is not the same as hell and what hope it announces in the face of death.Read the guide
- Does God relent? What nacham means in HebrewThe Bible says that God does not change and also that he “relented.” What the Hebrew verb nacham means, why we do not translate “repented” and how those verses are understood together.Read the guide
- What a covenant is in the Bible: from Noah to the new covenantBerit, “covenant,” is one of the key words of the Bible. What a covenant is, God’s covenants with Noah, Abraham, Israel and David, and the new covenant announced by Jeremiah and fulfilled in Jesus.Read the guide