Bible Studies
Word Studies
Slow Down. Follow the Word Through Scripture.
How We Will Study
A Hebrew or Greek word is not a theological vending machine. A dictionary entry can show a range of possible meanings, but it cannot decide which meaning belongs in a particular sentence, paragraph, or book.
Word Studies will identify the word, observe its possible semantic range, trace its actual biblical usage, notice the author and surrounding context, and compare occurrences before reaching a conclusion. Strong’s numbers can help us locate words; they cannot do the interpreting for us.
The goal is patient, contextual reading: let Scripture show how the word is being used, then test the claims we have heard against that evidence.
Study Companion Guides
Keep the Evidence in Front of You.
The Study Companion will help you track occurrences, surrounding context, observations, semantic range, competing claims, and your final interpretation in one place.
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Torah — תּוֹרָה
Law, Instruction, Teaching—and What the Hebrew Word Can Actually Tell Us
What does Torah actually mean? Trace the Hebrew word through parental teaching, priestly rulings, Levitical procedures, the Torah of Moses, Psalms, Prophets, Jeremiah 31, and the Greek nomos bridge—then test what the word can and cannot prove.
Shema — שְׁמַע
Hear, Listen, Obey—and What the Hebrew Verb Can Actually Tell Us
Does shema really mean “hear and obey”? Trace the Hebrew verb through ordinary hearing, understanding, prayer, covenant obedience, the Shema, the prophets, the Psalms, and Yeshua’s greatest-commandment answer before deciding what the word itself can—and cannot—prove.
Charis — χάρις
Grace, Favor, Gift, Thanks—and What the Greek Word Can Actually Tell Us
Does charis simply mean “unmerited favor”? Trace grace through the Greek Old Testament, ordinary favor, thanks, generosity, justification, Romans 6, Titus 2, good works, ministry, speech, and Yeshua before deciding what the word itself can—and cannot—prove.
Pistis — πίστις
Faith, Trust, Faithfulness—and What the Greek Word Can Actually Tell Us
Does pistis simply mean belief? Faithfulness? Allegiance? Trace the word through the Gospels, Habakkuk, Paul, Hebrews, James, Revelation, and the disputed “faith of Christ” passages before deciding what the Greek word can—and cannot—prove.
Hamartia — ἁμαρτία
Sin, “Missing the Mark,” Wrongdoing—and What the Greek Word Can Actually Tell Us
Does the Greek word for sin really mean “missing the mark”? Trace hamartia through Greek usage, Hebrew Scripture, the Septuagint, Yeshua, Romans, First John, sacrifice, lawlessness, and the surprising distinction hidden inside Romans 3:23.
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Topical Studies
Bring the doctrine. Open the Bible. Test it.
Start with a question, doctrine, or teaching you have heard and trace it across Scripture. Topical Studies compare passages, examine competing interpretations, test common claims, and build conclusions from the biblical evidence.
Explore →Book Studies
Read the argument from beginning to end.
Work through whole biblical books in context. Follow the author’s argument, audience, structure, repeated themes, historical setting, and connection to the rest of Scripture instead of building doctrine from isolated verses.
Explore →People of the Bible
Meet them inside the story.
Study the people of Scripture as real men and women living inside Yehovah’s unfolding covenant story. Examine their faith, failures, choices, relationships, cultural setting, and role in the larger biblical narrative without flattening them into simple heroes and villains.
Explore →Passage Studies
Stay with the passage long enough to hear it.
Take one famous, difficult, debated, or frequently misunderstood passage and examine its paragraph, chapter, audience, language, historical setting, and biblical context before deciding what it means.