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• 1 Enoch — 1 Enoch is a Jewish apocalyptic book from the Second Temple period known for visions, angels, and final judgment.
• 1 Esdras — 1 Esdras is a Greek retelling of material related to Ezra and Nehemiah, with some additional narrative elements.
• 2 Enoch — 2 Enoch is a Jewish writing about heavenly ascent, revelation, and divine mysteries.
• 4 Ezra — 4 Ezra is a Jewish apocalypse that asks hard questions about evil, judgment, Israel, and the future.
• Church of Ephesus — The Church of Ephesus was a local New Testament congregation in Asia Minor, associated with Paul’s ministry and later addressed by
• Eagle — A large bird of prey used in Scripture as an image of strength, speed, height, care, renewal, and sometimes sudden judgment.
• Eagle and Vulture — Biblical references to large birds of prey and carrion-eating birds, with some passages using terms that may overlap in translatio
• Ear — In Scripture, the ear is both a bodily organ and a symbol of attentive hearing—especially the readiness to receive God’s word and
• Ear-Ring — An ear-ring is an ornamental piece of jewelry worn in the ear. In Scripture, ear-rings appear as personal adornment, gifts, valued
• Early apologists — Early apologists were early Christian writers who defended the faith against pagan criticism, Jewish objections, and false teachin
• Early canonical lists — Early canonical lists are early church documents that record which books were received as Scripture or read publicly in churches.
• Early Christian worship — The gathered worship and devotional life of the first Christians, centered on Jesus Christ and shaped by the apostles’ teaching. I
• Early Church Mission Fields — The regions and peoples reached by the gospel in the apostolic and earliest post-apostolic period.
• Early church offices — The recognized leadership and service roles in the New Testament church, especially elders/overseers and deacons, with other minis
• Early Church practices — The characteristic worship, fellowship, leadership, and ministry patterns of the apostolic-era church as described in the New Test
• Early Eucharistic prayers — Prayers used by early Christians in connection with the Lord’s Supper, especially prayers of thanksgiving, remembrance, and praise
• Early Jerusalem church — The first community of Jesus’ followers in Jerusalem after His resurrection, ascension, and Pentecost, described in Acts as the ea
• Early persecutions — The opposition, suffering, imprisonment, and martyrdom endured by Christians in the earliest period of the church, especially as r
• Earth — The earth is the created world God made and governs. In Scripture, the term can mean the whole world, the inhabited earth, the dry
• Earthquake — A shaking of the earth. In Scripture, earthquakes may accompany God’s revelation, judgment, deliverance, or major redemptive event
• East — East is a geographical direction that can also carry contextual symbolism in Scripture, especially in relation to sunrise, movemen
• East Gate — The East Gate is the gate on the eastern side of Jerusalem’s temple area or city in several biblical passages. It is mainly an arc
• East-West Schism — The East-West Schism was the formal rupture in communion between the Western church centered in Rome and the Eastern church center
• Easter — The Christian celebration of Jesus Christ’s resurrection; in Acts 12:4, older English versions used “Easter,” but the Greek word t
• Eastern Orthodoxy — Eastern Orthodoxy is the historic eastern Christian tradition marked by liturgy, bishops, icons, and strong emphasis on the church
• Ebed-Melech — Ebed-Melech was a Cushite official in the court of Judah during Jeremiah’s ministry. He courageously rescued Jeremiah from a ciste
• Ebenezer — Ebenezer is the name Samuel gave to a memorial stone, meaning “stone of help,” to mark the Lord’s help in Israel’s victory over th
• Eber — Eber is a descendant of Shem and an ancestor in the line that leads to Abraham. Scripture gives him little detail beyond his place
• Ebionism — Ebionism was an early Jewish-Christian heresy that denied the full deity of Jesus and treated Him as a merely human Messiah.
• Ecclesiastes — Ecclesiastes is a wisdom book that tests life under the sun and concludes that true wisdom is to fear God.
• Ecclesiastical — Ecclesiastical means relating to the church, especially its worship, ministry, offices, order, discipline, or government.
• ecclesiology — Ecclesiology is the branch of theology that studies the nature, order, and mission of the church.
• Echoes — Biblical echoes are indirect verbal, thematic, or imagery-based links by which one passage recalls another.
• Echoes of Scripture — Echoes of Scripture is the hermeneutical label for subtle scriptural reuse where later biblical texts evoke earlier texts by thema
• Economic Ethics — Economic ethics is the biblical and moral evaluation of how people earn, use, share, and manage material resources. Scripture emph
• Economic Systems — An economic system is a society’s way of organizing ownership, work, exchange, and the distribution of goods and resources. Script
• economic Trinity — Economic Trinity refers to the Father, Son, and Spirit as revealed in their works of creation, redemption, and application.
• Ecumenical councils — Major church councils that sought to address doctrine, discipline, and unity across the wider historic church; respected for histo
• Eden — Eden is the garden sanctuary where human life, testing, and fellowship with God began.
• Eden as proto-temple — A biblical-theological reading that sees Eden as an early sacred space foreshadowing later tabernacle and temple themes. It is an
• Edict of Milan — Edict of Milan is the imperial decree in AD 313 that granted legal tolerance to Christianity.
• edification — Edification is the building up of believers in faith, love, truth, and maturity.
• Edom — Edom was the nation and territory descended from Esau, Jacob’s brother. In Scripture, Edom often appears as a neighboring rival of
• Edomites — The Edomites were the people descended from Esau, Israel's brother, who lived south of the Dead Sea in the region of Edom. Scriptu
• Edrei — Edrei is a biblical city east of the Jordan River, remembered as the place where Israel defeated Og king of Bashan.
• Education — Education is the instruction and formation of people in knowledge, wisdom, and character. In biblical perspective, it is closely t
• Effects of Sin — The harmful results of human rebellion against God, including guilt, corruption, broken fellowship, suffering, death, and judgment
• effectual call — Effectual call refers to the divine summons that actually brings a person savingly to Christ.
• Effectual Calling — God’s saving call that brings a sinner to respond in repentance and faith in Christ.
• Efficient Cause — Efficient cause is the agent or power that produces an effect or brings something about. In classical philosophy, it answers the q
• Egypt — Egypt is the land of bondage, refuge, and later exodus, often symbolizing oppressive power.
• Egypt & North Africa — A biblical geography entry covering Egypt and the wider North African region as it relates to Israel’s history, the Exodus, prophe
• Egyptian Bondage — Israel’s slavery and oppression in Egypt before the exodus.
• Egyptian chronology — The study of the dates, rulers, and sequence of ancient Egyptian history, used as background for biblical interpretation.
• Egyptian Gods — The false deities worshiped in ancient Egypt. In Scripture, they appear chiefly as part of the idolatrous system God judged in the
• Egyptian religion — The polytheistic religious system of ancient Egypt, which the Bible presents as part of the idolatrous world from which God delive
• Egyptian wisdom literature — Ancient Egyptian instructional writings on conduct, speech, leadership, and orderly living that provide background for understandi
• Ehud — Ehud was a judge of Israel from the tribe of Benjamin whom God used to deliver Israel from Moabite oppression. He is best known fo
• Ekklesia — Ekklesia is the Greek word often rendered assembly or church, and its meaning in a passage must be read in context rather than col
• Ekron — Ekron was one of the five principal Philistine cities in the Old Testament. It appears in narratives about the ark among the Phili
• El — A common Semitic word meaning “god,” used in the Old Testament both as a general term for deity and as a title or name applied to
• El Elyon — El Elyon is a Hebrew title for God meaning “God Most High” or “the Most High God.” In Scripture it emphasizes God’s supreme author
• El Olam — El Olam is a Hebrew title for God meaning “Everlasting God” or “God of eternity.” It emphasizes the Lord’s enduring nature and unf
• El Roi — El Roi is a Hebrew name for God meaning “God who sees me” or “God of seeing.” It appears in Hagar’s encounter with the Lord in Gen
• El Shaddai — El Shaddai is a Hebrew divine title, commonly rendered “God Almighty.” In Scripture it emphasizes God’s supreme power, sufficiency
• El-Bethel — El-Bethel means “God of Bethel.” It is the name Jacob gave to the place where the Lord had revealed Himself to him, marking renewe
• El-Elohe-Israel — The name Jacob gave to an altar at Shechem, meaning “God, the God of Israel” or “El is the God of Israel” (Gen. 33:20). It is a pe
• Elah — An Aramaic word for "God" or "god," used in the Aramaic sections of Ezra and Daniel.
• Elam — Elam was an ancient people and region east of Babylon, mentioned in biblical history, prophecy, and at Pentecost.
• Elamites — The Elamites were the ancient people of Elam, a region east of Mesopotamia. In Scripture, they appear as part of the wider biblica
• Elath — Elath was a biblical city and seaport near the northern tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, associated with Edom and southern Judah. It is a
• Eldad — Eldad was one of the seventy elders appointed to help Moses. In Numbers 11, the Spirit came on him and he prophesied in the camp,
• Elder — A church elder is a qualified spiritual leader in a local congregation who helps oversee, teach, and care for God’s people under C
• Elders and Overseers — In the New Testament, “elders” and “overseers” are closely related terms for local church leaders charged with shepherding, teachi
• Elders and their role — In the New Testament, elders are spiritually qualified leaders appointed to shepherd, oversee, teach, and care for the local churc
• Elders of Israel — The recognized leaders of Israel who represented families, clans, cities, tribes, or the nation in matters of worship, justice, co
• eldership — Eldership is the pastoral office and shared leadership responsibility of those who shepherd and oversee the church.
• Eleazar — A biblical name borne by several men, especially Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest who succeeded his father in priestly service.
• Election — Election is God's gracious choosing in Christ according to His saving purpose.
• Election and predestination — Biblical doctrines describing God’s choosing and foreordaining in salvation and in the outworking of his saving purposes, held alo
• Election of Israel — God’s gracious choice of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob’s descendants to be His covenant people and a vehicle of His redemptive purpose
• Elements of Worship — The biblically grounded acts that belong to the church’s gathered worship, such as prayer, Scripture reading, preaching, singing,
• Elephantine Papyri — A collection of extra-biblical Jewish documents from Elephantine in Egypt, mainly from the fifth century BC, that illuminate Persi
• Eli — Eli was the priest at Shiloh and a judge in Israel who received Hannah, mentored Samuel, and was judged for failing to restrain hi
• Elijah — Elijah was a prophet in Israel during the reign of Ahab who boldly called the nation back to the LORD and confronted Baal worship.
• Elim — Elim was an oasis campsite in the wilderness where Israel rested after the exodus, noted for its twelve springs and seventy palm t
• Elimelech — Elimelech is the husband of Naomi and father of Mahlon and Chilion in the book of Ruth. He was an Ephrathite from Bethlehem in Jud
• Eliphaz — Eliphaz the Temanite is one of Job’s three friends. His speeches contain some true observations about God but wrongly assume that
• Elisha — Elisha was the Old Testament prophet who succeeded Elijah and ministered mainly in the northern kingdom of Israel. God worked many
• Elizabeth — Elizabeth is the wife of Zechariah and the mother of John the Baptist in Luke’s Gospel. She is remembered for her righteousness, h
• Elkanah — Elkanah is the Old Testament man best known as the father of Samuel and husband of Hannah; several other men in Scripture also bea
• Ellasar — Ellasar is the kingdom named in Genesis 14 as the realm of Arioch, one of the kings involved in the war of the kings. Its exact lo
• Elohim — Elohim is a common Hebrew word for God in the Old Testament. It usually refers to the one true God, though in some contexts it can
• Elul — Elul is a Hebrew month name used in the post-exilic period and mentioned in Nehemiah 6:15. It is chiefly a calendar term, not a di
• Elymas — Elymas was a Jewish magician and false prophet who opposed Paul and Barnabas on Cyprus in Acts 13.
• Embalming — The preservation of a dead body for burial. In Scripture it appears mainly in the Egyptian burial context of Jacob and Joseph.
• Ember — A glowing fragment of fire or coal. In biblical language, ember-like imagery is associated with judgment, purification, destructio
• embodiment — Embodiment refers to human life as bodily existence rather than a merely inner or disembodied self.
• EMERALD — A precious green gemstone mentioned in biblical descriptions of jewelry, priestly ornamentation, and visionary splendor. It functi
• Emergence — Emergence is the idea that complex systems can display higher-level properties or behaviors that arise from the interaction of sim
• Emmanuel — Emmanuel means “God with us.” In Scripture it is a name-sign that points especially to Jesus Christ as the promised presence of Go
• Emmaus — Emmaus was the village in Luke 24 where the risen Jesus joined two disciples on the road and was recognized in the breaking of bre
• Emmer Wheat — An ancient wheat variety common in the biblical world and useful for Bible-background study.
• Emotion — Emotion is the affective side of human experience, involving felt response, evaluation, and often bodily and volitional dimensions
• Emotions and ethics — Emotions and ethics studies how feelings such as love, anger, fear, sympathy, and desire relate to moral judgment and action. It a
• Emotions and God — The study of how Scripture's emotional language about God should be understood without denying His perfection, holiness, and immut
• Emotivism — Emotivism is the metaethical view that moral statements chiefly express feelings, attitudes, or approvals and disapprovals rather
• Empirical Evidence — Empirical evidence is evidence gained through observation, experience, measurement, or experiment. It is important in science, eve
• Empowering for service — God’s gracious enabling of believers—especially through the Holy Spirit—to do the ministries, witness, and acts of obedience he as
• empowerment — Empowerment refers to strength or enablement given by God, often through the Spirit, for life, witness, or service.
• En-Gannim — A biblical place-name meaning “spring of gardens.” Scripture uses it for at least two localities: one in Judah and one in Issachar
• Endor — Endor was a town in ancient Israel, remembered especially as the place where Saul sought out a medium before his death.
• Endurance — Endurance is the believer’s Spirit-enabled perseverance in faith, obedience, and hope through trials and over time. In Scripture i
• Enemies and Persecutors — In Scripture, enemies and persecutors are those who oppose, harm, or mistreat God’s people. Believers are commanded not to repay e
• Enemy — An enemy is a person or power set against someone else. In Scripture, the term can refer to personal opponents, hostile nations, s
• Enemy-love ethic — Enemy-love ethic is the thematic label for Jesus' command to love enemies and for the moral pattern built around that command in t
• Engedi — Engedi is a fertile oasis on the western shore of the Dead Sea, remembered in Scripture as a refuge and hiding place—especially fo
• English Reformation — The English Reformation was the sixteenth-century movement by which the church in England broke from papal authority and was resha
• English Standard Version — A modern English Bible translation first published in 2001, widely used in evangelical churches and study settings.
• Enmity — Enmity is deep hostility, alienation, or opposition. In Scripture it can describe human conflict, sinful opposition to God, and th
• enmity with God — Enmity with God is the hostile condition of fallen people standing opposed to God.
• Enoch — Enoch is a man in Genesis who "walked with God" and was taken by God without experiencing death in the ordinary way. Scripture pre
• Enon — Enon is the place near Salim where John the Baptist was baptizing because the water supply was plentiful (John 3:23).
• Enosh — Enosh is the son of Seth in Genesis and an ancestor in the line that leads to Noah. The related Hebrew word can also mean humanity
• Ensign — A banner, standard, or visible signal raised for people to see, gather around, or recognize.
• Enthronement Psalms — A scholarly label for psalms that proclaim the Lord’s reign and celebrate His kingship over all the earth.
• Enthusiasm — Enthusiasm is intense zeal or fervor. In older religious and philosophical usage, it can also mean claimed inward inspiration or e
• Enticement — Enticement is the lure or persuasion toward sin, folly, or disobedience, whether through external influence or inward desire.
• Entry into Canaan — Israel’s God-given entrance into and occupation of the promised land under Joshua, following the exodus and wilderness period.
• Entry into Jerusalem — Jesus’ public entry into Jerusalem shortly before His crucifixion, often called the Triumphal Entry, when He presented Himself as
• Enuma Elish — An ancient Babylonian creation epic used as background material in Bible study, especially in discussions of Genesis 1.
• Epaphras — Epaphras was a New Testament Christian worker closely associated with Paul and the churches in Colossae, Laodicea, and Hierapolis.
• Epaphroditus — Epaphroditus was a Christian from Philippi who served Paul as a trusted messenger and ministry partner and nearly died while carry
• Ephah — A biblical dry measure used for grain and other commodities, roughly a bushel in modern terms, though exact equivalence is uncerta
• Ephai — A Netophathite named among the men who came to Gedaliah after the fall of Jerusalem.
• Ephesians — Ephesians is a Pauline New Testament letter that teaches the believer's union with Christ, the church's unity, and holy living.
• Ephesus — Ephesus was a major city in Roman Asia Minor and a key center for Paul’s ministry, the Ephesian church, and Christ’s message in Re
• Ephod — A sacred priestly garment in Israel’s worship, especially associated with the high priest; in some contexts, the term also appears
• Ephraim — Ephraim is the younger son of Joseph, the tribe descended from him, and at times a prophetic name for the northern kingdom of Isra
• Ephraimites — The Ephraimites were the descendants of Ephraim, Joseph’s son, and one of the tribes of Israel. In Scripture, the name can also be
• Ephrem the Syrian — A fourth-century Syriac Christian teacher, hymn writer, and theologian whose writings shaped early Eastern Christian devotion and
• Ephron — Ephron was the Hittite landowner from whom Abraham bought the cave and field of Machpelah for Sarah’s burial (Genesis 23).
• Epic of Gilgamesh — An ancient Mesopotamian literary work often cited in Bible background study because of its flood account; it is not Scripture and
• Epicureanism — An ancient Greek philosophical school that sought tranquility and freedom from fear, and is mentioned in Acts 17 as part of Paul’s
• Epicureans — Followers of the Greek philosophical school founded by Epicurus, mentioned in Acts 17 as some of the philosophers who heard Paul i
• Epigraphy — Epigraphy is the study and interpretation of ancient inscriptions on durable materials such as stone, metal, clay, or pottery. In
• Epiphenomenonalism — Epiphenomenalism is the philosophical view that mental states are produced by physical brain processes but do not themselves cause
• Episcopacy — Episcopacy is a form of church government in which bishops hold recognized oversight over clergy, doctrine, ordination, and congre
• Episcopalian — A denominational label for Christians in churches governed by bishops, especially within the Episcopal/Anglican tradition. It desc
• Episteme — Episteme is a philosophical term for knowledge understood as stable, reasoned, or theoretically ordered understanding rather than
• Epistemic Possibility — Epistemic possibility refers to what may be true given a person's limited knowledge. It describes uncertainty about what is the ca
• Epistemology — Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that studies knowledge, belief, truth, justification, and the limits of human knowing. Ch
• Epistemology / Epistemological — Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that studies knowledge, belief, justification, and how we know what is true. Epistemologi
• epistle — An epistle is a letter, especially one written in the New Testament to a church or individual believer for teaching, correction, e
• Epistle interpretation — The interpretation of New Testament letters by reading them in their literary, historical, and theological context, with attention
• Epistle of Barnabas — An early Christian writing traditionally linked with Barnabas but not part of the New Testament canon. It is historically importan
• Epistle of Polycarp — An early post-apostolic Christian letter traditionally associated with Polycarp of Smyrna, useful for historical background but no
• Epistle to the Hebrews — The Epistle to the Hebrews is a New Testament book that presents Jesus Christ as the full and final revelation of God, the perfect
• Equality — In Scripture, equality is chiefly about equal worth, dignity, and accountability before God, not sameness of role or function.
• Equestrian — A member of the Roman equestrian order, a high social class beneath the senatorial rank. This is a historical background term rath
• Equivocation — Equivocation is the error of using the same word or phrase in different senses within an argument as if its meaning stayed the sam
• Era — An era is a broad span of history marked by distinctive events, people, or conditions. In Bible study, it is a useful descriptive
• Erastus — Erastus is a New Testament man associated with Paul’s ministry. One passage also describes an Erastus as a city official in Corint
• Eremite — A hermit; a person who seeks solitude for prayer and devotion, especially in later Christian history.
• Eri — Eri is a biblical personal name, listed among the sons of Gad in Israel’s genealogies.
• Esarhaddon — Esarhaddon was an Assyrian king mentioned in the Old Testament. He appears in the historical background of Israel and Judah under
• Esau — Esau was the son of Isaac and Rebekah, the twin brother of Jacob, and the ancestor of Edom.
• Eschatological judgment — Eschatological judgment is God’s final judgment at the end of the age. Scripture presents it as the time when God will judge all p
• Eschatological temple — The eschatological temple is the temple theme as it reaches toward God’s final purposes at the end of the age.
• Eschatology — Eschatology is the Bible's teaching about the last things and God's final purposes for history.
• Eschatology: Intermediate state, the Second Coming, millennium views — The biblical doctrine of last things, including the intermediate state after death, the bodily return of Christ, resurrection, fin
• Eshek — Eshek is a Benjamite name listed in the Old Testament genealogies of 1 Chronicles.
• Eshtaol — Eshtaol was a biblical town on the border area associated with Judah and Dan, remembered especially in the Samson narratives.
• Eshtemoa — A town in the hill country of Judah, later associated with priestly settlement and David’s distribution of spoil.
• Esli — Esli is a biblical name in the genealogy of Jesus recorded in Luke 3:25. Scripture gives no further details about his life.
• Esrom — Esrom is the Greek form of Hezron, a biblical ancestor in the line of Judah and in the genealogy of Jesus.
• essence — Essence refers to what something is at its deepest level.
• Essenes — Essenes are a Jewish separatist group associated with rigorous purity and wilderness community life.
• Essential Property — A property a thing must have in order to be the kind of thing it is. If that property were absent, the thing would no longer be wh
• Esther — Esther is an Old Testament narrative book that shows God's hidden providence preserving His people in exile.
• Eternal death — The final, irreversible state of condemnation under God’s just judgment, often linked with Scripture’s language of the “second dea
• Eternal destinies — Eternal destinies refers to the final, everlasting state of human beings after death, resurrection, and judgment. In Christian tea
• eternal generation — Eternal generation refers to the Son's eternal relation to the Father without implying creation or inferiority.
• Eternal Life — Eternal life is life with God that begins now and continues forever.
• Eternal plan of salvation — God’s eternal purpose to redeem sinners through Jesus Christ, planned before creation and accomplished in history by Christ’s life
• Eternal pre-existence of the Son — The doctrine that the Son of God existed with the Father before the incarnation and did not begin to exist at Bethlehem.
• eternal procession — Eternal procession refers to the Spirit's eternal relation of origin from the Father, and in Western theology from the Father and
• eternal punishment — Eternal punishment is the final, unending judgment of the wicked under God's justice.
• Eternal security — The teaching that God preserves those who are truly saved in Christ so that they will not finally be lost.
• Eternal state — The final, unending condition that follows God’s last judgment, marked by everlasting life for the redeemed and everlasting punish
• eternity — Eternity means God's existence beyond the limits of created time and succession.
• Eternity and Atemporality — The doctrine that God is eternal, together with the theological question of whether he exists beyond time altogether or lives thro
• Ethical Absolutism — The view that some moral truths are universally and always binding. Christians may affirm moral absolutes, but they ground them in
• Ethics — Ethics is the study of moral right and wrong, virtue, duty, and justice. In Christian thought, ethical reflection must be governed
• Ethics (Biblical) — Biblical ethics is the study and practice of right and wrong as revealed in Scripture and grounded in God’s character. It asks how
• Ethiopia — In the Bible, “Ethiopia” usually refers to Cush, a region and people south of Egypt associated with the upper Nile. It is primaril
• Ethiopian Eunuch — The Ethiopian eunuch is the unnamed court official in Acts 8 who heard Philip explain Isaiah 53, believed the gospel about Jesus,
• Ethiopic — Ethiopic refers to the ancient Ethiopian language and script, especially Ge'ez, and to related manuscript and church-history conte
• Ethnan — Ethnan is a minor Old Testament personal name, listed in the Judah genealogy in 1 Chronicles 4:7.
• Ethnocentrism — A modern descriptive term for treating one’s own ethnic group as the norm or superior standard over others.
• Etymological fallacy — The mistake of assuming a word’s origin or earliest form determines its meaning in a passage. In Bible study, a word must be inter
• Etymology — Etymology is the study of a word’s historical origin and development over time. It does not by itself determine what a word means
• Eubulus — Eubulus is a New Testament believer mentioned by Paul in 2 Timothy 4:21. Scripture gives no further certain details about his life
• Eudaimonia — Eudaimonia is a classical Greek ethical term for human flourishing, blessedness, or a life that is truly well lived.
• Eunice — Eunice was the mother of Timothy and a Jewish believer commended for her sincere faith. She helped teach Timothy the Scriptures fr
• Eunuch — A eunuch is usually a man who has been castrated and often served in royal or court settings. In some Bible passages, the term can
• Euodia and Syntyche — Two Christian women in the Philippian church whom Paul urged to "agree in the Lord"; they are mentioned in Philippians as fellow w
• Euphrates — A major river of the ancient Near East that appears in Scripture as a geographic boundary, a historical landmark, and a setting in
• Euphrates River — A major river of the ancient Near East that appears in Scripture as a real geographic marker, part of Israel’s promised boundary,
• Euthanasia — Euthanasia is the intentional ending of a human life to relieve suffering. In Christian ethics, it is generally distinguished from
• Euthyphro Dilemma — The Euthyphro Dilemma is a classic philosophical question about whether moral goodness depends only on God’s command or whether it
• Eutychian / Monophysite controversy — A fifth-century Christological dispute over how Jesus Christ is both fully God and fully man. Orthodox Christianity rejected any t
• Eutychianism — Eutychianism is the error that Christ's divine and human natures were merged into one blended nature.
• Eutychus — Eutychus was a young man in Troas who fell from a third-story window while Paul was speaking and was restored to life. His story i
• Eutychus raised at Troas — The event in Acts 20:7-12 in which Paul raised Eutychus after the young man fell from a window in Troas during a night meeting.
• Evangelical — Evangelical, in its basic sense, means relating to the gospel; in modern usage it usually refers to a Protestant stream that empha
• Evangelical Revival — A season or movement of intensified gospel preaching, repentance, prayer, and spiritual renewal among Christians, often accompanie
• Evangelicalism — Evangelicalism is a Protestant movement centered on conversion, Scripture, the cross, and active witness.
• Evangelion — Evangelion is the Greek word commonly translated “gospel,” meaning good news. In the New Testament it refers especially to the mes
• Evangelism — Evangelism is the proclamation of the gospel with the aim of calling people to repentance and faith in Christ.
• Evangelist — An evangelist is a person who proclaims the good news of Jesus Christ. In the New Testament, the term can refer both to those espe
• Evangelistic preaching — The proclamation of the gospel with the aim of calling unbelievers to repent and believe in Jesus Christ.
• Evangelists — Evangelists are people specially gifted or appointed to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ. In the New Testament, the term can re
• Eve — Eve is the first woman in Scripture.
• Evening Sacrifice — The evening sacrifice was the regular offering presented at the tabernacle and later the temple near the close of the day. In the
• Everlasting Father — “Everlasting Father” is a title in Isaiah 9:6 for the promised Messiah. It speaks of his enduring, fatherly rule and care for his
• Evidential apologetics — A Christian apologetics approach that appeals to publicly accessible evidence—especially historical evidence, fulfilled prophecy,
• Evidentialism — Evidentialism is the view that belief is justified only when supported by adequate evidence. In Christian apologetics, it often re
• Evil — Evil is whatever is morally wrong and opposed to God's holy character and will. In Scripture, it includes sinful acts, corrupt des
• Evil Eye — A biblical idiom for envy, greed, stinginess, or a hostile outlook, not a magical power in the eye.
• Evil Merodach — Babylonian king, son and successor of Nebuchadnezzar, who released Jehoiachin from prison and showed him favor.
• Evil Spirit — An evil spirit is a malevolent spiritual being or harmful spiritual influence opposed to God and active in deception, oppression,
• Evolution — Evolution is the biological theory that populations change over generations through processes such as mutation, inheritance, natur
• Evolution (Historical Debate) — A modern debate about whether biological evolution can be reconciled with Scripture’s teaching that God created all things, especi
• Exaltation — Exaltation refers chiefly to Christ’s being publicly vindicated and raised to the place of highest honor and authority after His h
• exaltation of Christ — exaltation of Christ is a Christological term used to explain who Jesus is or what He did.
• Excavation Techniques — Archaeological methods used to uncover, record, and interpret material remains at ancient sites.
• Excommunication — Excommunication is the church’s formal removal of an unrepentant professing believer from its fellowship and the Lord’s Table. Its
• exegesis — Exegesis is the careful drawing out of a biblical author's intended meaning by close attention to grammar, context, genre, history
• Exegetical theology — Exegetical theology is theological reflection drawn from careful interpretation of Scripture in its grammatical, historical, liter
• exhortation — Exhortation is earnest biblical encouragement or appeal that urges people to believe, obey, persevere, or act faithfully. In Scrip
• Exile — Exile is the removal of God's people from the land as covenant judgment.
• Exile and restoration — A major biblical pattern in which God judges covenant unfaithfulness with exile and then restores his people by mercy, repentance,
• exile and return — Exile and return is the biblical pattern of covenant judgment followed by restoration.
• Exile as theological pattern — A biblical theme in which exile represents judgment for sin, separation from God’s blessing, and the hope of restoration by God’s
• Exile Themes in the Old Testament — The Old Testament theme of exile describes both the historical removal of God’s people from the land and the theological meaning o
• Existence of God — The existence of God is the biblical truth that the one true and living God is real, eternal, and self-existent. Scripture present
• existential crisis — An existential crisis is a season of deep questioning about meaning, identity, mortality, and hope before God.
• existentialism — Existentialism is a diverse philosophical movement that stresses personal existence, freedom, choice, anxiety, and the search for
• Exodus — Exodus tells how God delivered Israel from Egypt and formed them as His covenant people.
• Exodus and Salvation — The exodus from Egypt is a major biblical pattern of salvation: a real historical rescue that Scripture later uses to illuminate G
• Exodus from Egypt — God’s deliverance of Israel from slavery in Egypt under Moses, a foundational redemptive event in Scripture.
• Exodus, Book of — The second book of the Bible. Exodus records Israel’s deliverance from Egypt, God’s covenant with Israel at Sinai, and the instruc
• exorcism — The expulsion of demons by the authority of God, especially as seen in the ministry of Jesus and His apostles.
• Exorcism in the Old and New Testaments — Exorcism is the expulsion of demons by the authority of God. In Scripture, explicit exorcisms are prominent in the New Testament m
• Exorcisms — Acts of casting out demons from persons under demonic influence or oppression, performed in Scripture by Christ and His apostles u
• expiation — Expiation means the removal of guilt and defilement through an atoning sacrifice.
• Explanatory Power — Explanatory power is the ability of a claim, theory, or worldview to account well for the facts it is meant to explain. It is one
• Explanatory Scope — Explanatory scope is the range of facts, data, or experiences that a claim, theory, or worldview can account for. A broader scope
• exploitation — Exploitation is the unjust use of people for gain, power, or advantage in violation of love and justice.
• Expository Preaching — Preaching that explains the meaning of a biblical passage and applies that meaning faithfully to hearers.
• Extent of Atonement — The extent of atonement asks for whom Christ died and how the benefits of His death are applied. Evangelicals agree that Christ’s
• External call — The public proclamation of the gospel that invites people to repent and believe in Christ.
• Extrinsicism — Extrinsicism is the view that a thing’s meaning, value, or relation is imposed from outside rather than belonging to it intrinsica
• Eye — In Scripture, the eye may refer to physical sight or, figuratively, to perception, attention, desire, moral focus, envy, or lust.
• EYESALVE — Eyesalve is a figure for spiritual sight and discernment in Christ’s message to Laodicea. It points to the need for the spirituall
• Ezekiel — Ezekiel is a major prophetic book that announces judgment, exile, restoration, and the holiness of God's name.
• Ezra — Ezra is an Old Testament history book that records return from exile, temple restoration, and renewed covenant obedience.
• Ezra the scribe — Ezra was a priest and skilled scribe whom God used to lead exiles back to Jerusalem and to call the restored community to obey the
• Plain of Esdraelon — The broad fertile plain in northern Israel, commonly associated with the Jezreel Valley, that served as an important route and set