ALLEGORY                             A symbolic story

   ANGEL                                     Messenger

   APOSTLE                                 One "sent forth" (by Jesus)

   BAPTIZE                                  Put under water ( a term used for dyeing cloth)

   BELIAL                                   A false god

   BISHOP                                   Overseer

   CHRIST                                   Anointed ( a Greek word with the same meaning as the Hebrew word Messiah)

   CHURCH                                 (Greek "Ecclesia") meaning an assembly or a congregation, not a building

   DEVIL                                     One up to no good

   DIADEM                                  Crown

   DISCIPLE                                A follower

   DIVERS                                   Many different

   DOMINION                              Rulership

   EVANGELIST                           A messenger of the gospel

   EXORCIST                               Conjurist

   FORNICATION                        Sex outside of marriage

   GEHENNA                                The name of a place - the garbage dump outside Jerusalem

   HALLELUJAH                         "Praise the Lord"

   HEAVEN                                  Literally a high place or high status - also the dwelling place of God

   HELL                                       Literally the covered place or grave - allegorically the fate of the unfaithful

   HOLY                                      Set apart

   JESUS                                      God (Yah) saves

   MANIFEST                               Made visible to the eye or intellect

   MEDIATOR                              A go-between

   MESSIAH                                 Anointed (see also Christ)

   MINISTER                                Servant

   PARADISE                               Garden (of God)

   PARABLE                                 A fictitious story

   PARCHMENT                            Animal skins used to write on

   PHARISEE                                "Separated ones": a religious sect that took a legalistic view of scripture

   PROPITIATION                        A covering (to hide sin)

   PROSELYTE                             A convert to the Jewish religion

   REDEMPTION                           Purchase (a slave's freedom)

   RESURRECTION                       Standing up (from being dead)

   SABBATH                                  Seventh (NB: seventh day of the week = Saturday) - In a wider sense: rest

   SADDUCEE                                A religious political party composed mainly of priests

   SAINT                                        One separated or called apart

   SANCTIFY                                 To separate

   SATAN                                       Adversary - someone opposed to someone else

   SCRIPTURES                             Writings

   SPIRIT                                        Breath or wind

   SOUL                                          Living being

   TORAH                                       The books of the law (the first five books of the Bible)

   YAHWEH                                   The name of God (I am to be who I am to be)



              

   
THE MEANING OF BIBLE RELATED WORDS
THE CHRISTADELPHIANS
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