Understand the language of Scripture Explore idioms, metaphors, euphemisms, hyperbole, and other figures of speech in clear, everyday language. Someone became aware of something, gained understanding, or newly perceived a reality. Someone watched over, paid close attention to, favored, judged, or targeted another person. Ezekiel’s model, posture, rationed food, and shaved hair visibly announce Jerusalem’s coming siege and judgment. The person became sad, angry, discouraged, or ashamed. A servant firmly resolves to obey despite shame, opposition, or suffering. Communication was direct, personal, and unusually clear rather than distant or through an intermediary. Even faith that seems very small can rely on God's great power. A person embraced another with intense affection, relief, or grief. God will withhold prophetic revelation so people will desperately seek a word and not find it. A person becomes insensitive, unresponsive, and unable or unwilling to understand. “Father” can refer to an earlier ancestor, tribal head, founder, teacher, or one who gives a group its character. A ministry partner shares discipline, hardship, loyalty, and conflict in gospel service. People are ready now to receive the message and be gathered into God's work. Satanic accusations, temptations, fears, or attacks are pictured as burning arrows stopped by faith. Severe suffering tests and purifies faith like fire tests metal. To install or consecrate a person for priestly service. A group completes a pattern of rebellion until judgment is fully deserved and ripe. A person is powerfully directed, enabled, and controlled by the Holy Spirit. Someone received approval, kindness, or a favorable response from another person. The bride’s clean linen represents the righteous acts granted to and displayed by God’s people. God's direct power, work, or authority. The first portion that represents, consecrates, or guarantees the greater harvest to come. Ordinary human beings, human nature, or merely human resources. Foolishness is portrayed as a seductive woman inviting people toward sin and death.Biblical Expressions
Eyes opened
Eyes upon someone
Ezekiel’s siege model and enacted signs
Face fell / countenance fell
Face set like flint
Face to face / mouth to mouth
Faith like a mustard seed
Fall on someone’s neck
Famine of hearing the word
Fat heart / heart made dull
Father means ancestor or founder
Fellow soldier
Fields white for harvest
Fiery darts of the wicked one
Fiery trial
Fill the hand
Fill up the measure of sin
Filled with the Spirit
Find grace/favor in someone’s eyes
Fine linen is righteous deeds of saints
Finger of God
Firstfruits
Flesh and blood
Folly is a loud woman
Biblical Expressions
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Plain explanations with linked Scripture passages