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A key-word search index to the contents of this site, entries that begin with the letter E, section Elias to Esau. (The other sections under E are E to Elections, Eschatê to Exiles and Exodus to Ezra.)

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Elias, Elijah, Elijah's (Hebrew Eliyah, Eliyahuw)

• On Elijah, John the Baptist, and the coming Elijah (Elias) who is mentioned in the New Testament. → et02c.htm
• 1 Kings 17:6 – was it "ravens" that took bread and meat to Elijah, or should the translation instead be "Arabians" or "merchants"? → et02c.htm
• Moses – Jesus the Second Moses – parallels between Moses and Jesus – the seat of Moses – Jesus, Moses and Elijah. → eo08c.htm
• For those who are interested: A free, printable word-search puzzle with words related to Elijah. → puzzle50-p.pdf (More puzzles. → ep01.htm)
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Eliezer (Moses' son) → (eo08c.htm)

Elijah – Look above, under the heading "Elias".

Elim → (eo06f.htm)

Ellên, ellênikos (hellên, hellênikos) → eg01c.htm

Elpis (Hebrews 10:23 et cetera), and elpizô

• Many bible-versions translate the Greek word elpis as "hope", and some even make it into "faith" (in Hebrews 10:23). But, elpis did not mean "faith", and even the translation "hope" is a bit misleading. The noun elpis meant "expectation" – either of good or bad things. (Yes, that could be seen as "hope" or "fear", but still, it would be wrong to say that "elpis meant hope" since it could also mean "fear". It simply referred to anticipation/expectation of things either good or bad.)
  • Related words in old Greek: The verb elpô (and elpizô and elpomai), which had a similarly two-fold meaning – "to expect (in a hopeful way)", and "to expect anxiously", "to fear". (Elpô was also used in the meaning "to think", "to deem", "to suppose".) The adjective elpistos meant to be expected"; elpistikos meant "producing expectation". Elpisteon, "one must expect"; elpismos, "expectation".
• The point here is that elpis did not mean "faith". Some render it that way in Hebrews 10:23, but that is an error. For more on elpis and other things in Hebrews 10:23 with context, see the essay eb10b.htm, and even the essay ea04c.htm.
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Elzevier ("Elzevir") – Look under the heading "Textus Receptus".

EMTV (bible-translation) → es09c.htm

"End time"

• The two witnesses. → et01e.htm – et02c.htm
• The "end time Elijah". → et02c.htm
• The great multitude (and the 144,000). → et03c.htm
• What is the timing of the great persecution ("tribulation")? → et04c.htm – Look also under the heading "Tribulation".
• Prophetic trumpets of different kinds. → et06d.htm
• The Great Judgment. → et07e.htm
• Revelation 14:11 – Will some men or angels be tormented for "ages and ages"? → et08b.htm
• Does God have a "7000-year plan"? → et09b.htm
• The rising up of the dead. → eb09c.htm
• The fate on the "lost" ten tribes of Israel in the "end time". → ey01b.htm – ey07d.htm
• The line of king David and the "end time". → ey12b.htm
• Revelation 7 and 15 show the great multitude being in Heaven, together with the 144,000. → eb04c.htm
• Some talk about "church eras", including an "end time era". It appears that the "church eras" dogma was invented by the American Freemason and Baptist preacher William Miller (1782-1849). For more on this, see the essay ea03d.htm and look also under the heading "Era, eras".
• The Old Covenant's high days as symbolic of the events of the "end time". – Look under the heading "High days".
• The Enemy sowed tares (darnel), among the seed God had sowed. The "tares" or "darnel" would remain here on Earth, along with humans, all the way to the "end time". → ew11c.htm
• When will Gog and Magog and their armies, invade the land of Israel? → et10b.htm
• What does the Bible say about parousia or "rapture"? → eg05b.htm
• Look also under the headings "Latter", "Last, last hour, last days" and "Time, times, timings".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Enemy, enemies

• On Satan, mankind's arch enemy. → ed04c.htm
• Matthew 13, the parable of the darnel, the wicked seed sown by the enemy. → ew11c.htm
• "The gate of his enemies" (Genesis 22:17). → ey03c.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Engage, engaged, engagement – Look under the heading "Betroth, betrothal, betrothed".

England – Look under the heading "Britain".

Eng-RV (bible-translation) → es09c.htm

Ensample, ensamples – Look under the heading "Example, examples".

Enter, entered, entering

• Of the grown-up Israelites who left Egypt, only Joshua and Caleb were allowed to enter the Promised Land (see Numbers 14:28-38).
• "Entering a rest" – Hebrews 3:11 and 18 and 4:3, 5, 8, 9, 10 and 11 talk about a "rest" and "entering a rest". What that meant, is easier to understand if one knows that the "Rest" in question was a place of rest (a place that one could "enter", if one was allowed). The apostle Paul was talking about a heavenly counterpart to the earthly place of rest where Joshua had taken ancient Israel – see Deuteronomy 12:9 and Joshua 1:15, 22:4 and 23:1, and compare those passages with Hebrews 3:11 and 18 and 4:3, 5, 8, 9, 10 and 11). What the (Place of) Rest of Hebrews 4:9 meant for the saints on the practical level, as well as what the apostle Paul meant by the words katapausis, katapauô and sabbatismos in the epistle to the Hebrews, is explained in the essays ex11b.htm and eb05b.htm.
• See even the essay ex03c.htm, and look under the heading "Sabbatismos".
• Regarding entering Heaven, see even the essay eb04c.htm.
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Entolê → ec07d.htm

Entos

• On the Greek word entos Luke 17:21. → eo01b.htm
• On the use of the word entos in the LXX in Song of Solomon 3:10 and certain other passages, in regard to Luke 17:21. → eo01b.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Ephesian, Ephesians, Ephesus (Ephesos)

• For essays at this site that quote Paul's letter to Ephesus, look a bit further down.
• Some ancient writers have claimed (for whatever reason) that the letter which we call "Ephesians" was first sent to the saints in Laodicea, and then perhaps also to the saints in Ephesus. Perhaps it is for that reason, that the compilers of certain Greek texts have put the words en ephesô in Ephesians 1:1 in brackets. But, we cannot know how that really was.
• Ephesus (Ephesos) was a town in what today is the western part of Asiatic Turkey, close to the Mediterranean coast. There are different interpretations of the origin and meaning of the name Ephesos, but the facts are that its meaning is not known with certainty.
• In the Greek text of the New Testament, the words ephesos, ephesios and ephesinos occur in around 20 passages, from Acts 18:19 to Revelation 2:1.
• Acts 20 records how the apostle Paul reminded the elders from Ephesus that it was "more blessed to give than to receive", and that by working the same way as Paul had done, they were to support the infirm. He told those elders to be on the giving side, just as he himself had been. → em02c.htm
• Notes on the apostle Paul's letter to the saints in Ephesus, and some background information on the situation in that city in those days. → ea14c.htm
• In Revelation 2:1, the words tô angelô tês ephesinês ekklêsias are to be interpreted literally, "the messenger of the assembly in Ephesus". Not "angel", but simply "messenger" which is what the word angelos (αγγελος) literally meant. In other words, those words in Revelation 2:1 obviously refer to some person (courier) who transported the words of the Lord in a letter written down by the apostle John, to the saints and believers in Ephesus. → See the footnote in the essay ea03d.htm.
• Some talk about "church eras", and call one of them "the Ephesus era". It appears that the "church eras" dogma was invented by the American Freemason and Baptist preacher William Miller (1782-1849). For more on this, see the essay ea03d.htm and look also under the heading "Era, eras".
• Ephesians – passages in Paul's letter to the saints and believers in Ephesus, mentioned at this site:
  • Ephesians 1
    • 1 → (es04-2.htm)
    • 5 → eb03d.htm
    • 10-14 → eb05b.htm
    • 11 → eb03d.htm
    • 12-14 → eb07d.htm
    • 13 → eb01c.htm – ec09b.htm – et03c.htm – (et04c.htm)
    • 13-14 → ec02d.htm
    • 18 → eb02c.htm
    • 21 → (ed06c.htm)
    • 22 → ea14c.htm
  • Ephesians 2
    • 2 → ea09b.htm – (ea14c.htm) – (eo02d.htm) – ew11c.htm
    • 7-9 → ec12c.htm
    • 11-18 → ec07d.htm
    • 19 → eb05b.htm
    • 19-22 → ea05c.htm
    • 20 → (ea01d.htm) – (eo03d.htm)
  • Ephesians 3
    • 1 → (ea14c.htm)
    • 3-5 → ed06c.htm
    • 7 → ee01c.htm
    • 9-10 → ed06c.htm
    • 13 → (et04c.htm)
    • 17-21 → ea14c.htm
  • Ephesians 4
    • 1-28 → ea14c.htm
    • 4 → eb02c.htm
    • 4-7 → ea08b.htm
    • 10-12 → ee01c.htm
    • 11 → ea08b.htm
    • 13-14 → ec02d.htm
    • 14-15 → es05c.htm
    • 24 → eo11b.htm
    • 24-25 → eo05c.htm
    • 30 → eb01c.htm – et03c.htm – (eb02c.htm) – (ec12c.htm) – (et04c.htm)
  • Ephesians 5
    • 6 → ea14c.htm – ew11c.htm
    • 10-17 → ew04d.htm
    • 13-19 → ea14c.htm
    • 20 → eb11c.htm
    • 24 → ea14c.htm
    • 27 → (ea14c.htm)
    • 32 → ea14c.htm
  • Ephesians 6
    • 2 → em07b.htm – ec07d.htm
    • 5-9 → eo16b.htm
    • 12 → ee04c.htm – (ed06c.htm)
    • 20 → (ea14c.htm)
    • 21 → ee01c.htm
• Look also under the headings "Paul" and "Saint, saints, sainthood".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Ephraim, Ephraimite, Ephraimites

• Ephraim was a son of Joseph (born by the Egyptian woman Asenath, her second son, see Genesis 41:50-51).
• Ephraim was "adopted" by his grandfather Jacob, see Genesis 48:5.
• Ephraim's descendants came to form the tribe of Ephraim, a part of the tribe of Joseph which was one of Israel's tribes.
  • On Joseph's birthright, which was transferred to his sons Ephraim and Manasseh, what it really was. → ey04c.htm
  • Where are the tribes Ephraim and Manasseh in our day? → ey01b.htm – ey11b.htm – (ey16b.htm)
  • Look also under the heading "Tribes of Israel".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Ephratah (Hebrew Ephraath), Ephrath, Ephrathite, Ephrathites

• Ephratah (Ephrath) was another name for Bethlehem, a town in Judea (see Genesis 35:19 and 48:7). An "Ephrathite" was the same as a Bethlehemite, which is to say, an inhabitant of Bethlehem. – Look also under the heading "Bethlehem".
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Epicurean (Acts 17:18)

• The Epicureans (epikoureios, epikoureiôn, Acts 17:18) were a Greek, materialistic sect of philosophers, followers of the teachings of Epikouros (circa 341-270 BCE).
• The word epikouria/epikourias in the Greek text of Acts 26:22 is not in any way connected to those philosophers, but simply means "aid", "help".
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Epignosis and gnosis → ea14c.htm – eo07d.htm

Epiphaneia → et07e.htm

Episkopê – Look below, under the heading "Episkopos"

Episkopos

• In the Greek text of the New Testament, the words episkopos, presbuteros and diakonos were all used interchangeably, of elders. There was no "hierarchy" with "ranks". → ee01c.htm – ee02b.htm – ea08b.htm
• On the word episkopê (Luke 19:44, Acts 1:20, 1 Timothy 3:1 and 1 Peter 2:12). → ee01c.htm
• On the word episkopos (Acts 20:28, Philippians 1:1, 1 Timothy 3:2, Titus 1:7 and 1 Peter 2:25). → ee01c.htm
• On the word episkopeô in Hebrews 12:15. → ea12c.htm
• The word episkopeô occurs even in 1 Peter 5:2. There, it was used in a symbolic way – Peter used the linguistic picture of a shepherd keeping watch in order to protect a flock so that wild beasts (such as wolves) could not get at it. The essays ea08b.htm, ee05b.htm, ea15c.htm and em08c.htm mention that verse.
• The English word "bishop" is a corruption of the Greek noun episkopos. → ea08b.htm
• Look also under the headings "Diakonos", "Presbuteros", "Elders", "Assembly", "Clergy", "Lay, lay people, layman, laymen", "Ordain", "Church" and "Preach, preacher".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Epistle, epistles

• Epistle = letter. The English word "epistle" comes from the Latin epistola, originally from the Greek epistolê which simply meant "letter". (Literally, epistolê meant something that was sent by a messenger, such as a message, an order, or a commission. The noun epi-stolê came from the verb epi-stellô, "to send to", "to send as a message or letter".)
• The translators of the 1769 KJ version were not consistent but rendered epistolê sometimes as "letter", sometimes as "epistle".
• Look also under the headings "James", "John", "Jude", "Paul", "Peter" and "Letter, letters".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Episunagôgê (Hebrews 10:25 and 2 Thessalonians 2:1)

• The word epi-sun-agôgê was composed of the preposition epi, the preposition sun, "together", and the noun agôgê. (The primary meaning of agôgê was "carrying away" but it could also refer to other things, especially when combined with other words.)
• More on the episunagôgê, "gathering together" or "carrying away", of Hebrews 10:25 and 2 Thessalonians 2:1. → eb10b.htm – ea04c.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Epsilon

• Where the essays at this site contain Greek words, the letter epsilon (Ε, ε) is mostly displayed as a "normal" e, while eta (Η, η) is transcribed into an ê (e with a circumflex). (Sometimes, modern-day Greek letters may be used.)
• Look also under the heading "Greek".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Equal, equality

• Jesus told his disciples that they were brothers – that is, equal. → ea05c.htm – ea07b.htm – ea09b.htm – eb08c.htm – ee01c.htm – ee02b.htm – ee03c.htm – ee04c.htm – es06d.htm – es05c.htm
• Look also under the headings "Rank, ranks", "Assembly", "Author, authorised, authority, authorities", "Fellow, fellowshipping", "Ekklêsia", "Brother, brotherhood", "Worship", "Ordain", "Church", "Elders", "Diakonos", "Episkopos", "Presbuteros" and "Preach, preacher".
• Paul to the believers in Corinth: "For I do not mean that others should be eased and you burdened; but by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may supply their lack, that their abundance also may supply your lack—that there may be equality" (2 Corinthians 8:14-15). → em07b.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Equinox

• Were the equinoxes a factor in the timing of the Old Covenant's high days? → ex09c.htm – ex02c.htm
• Easter is connected with the spring equinox, but that has to do with an ancient idol, a goddess of fertility and sunrise whose feast was celebrated at the spring equinox. – Look under the heading "Easter".
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Era, eras ("church era", "church eras")

• Some talk about "seven church eras" or "seven eras of the church". It appears that the "church eras" dogma was invented by the American Freemason and Baptist preacher William Miller (1782-1849). For more on this, see the essay ea03d.htm and look also under the heading "Era, eras".
  • Regarding Matthew 16:18 and the "true church" dogma. → ea01d.htm
  • On the origin and meaning of the word "church". → eg06b.htm
• Look also under the heading "Church".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Erasmus, Erasmian

• "Erasmus" or "Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus" (circa 1466-1536) was a Dutch, Catholic monk and priest whose real name was Gerrit Gerritszoon. He produced a Greek NT text for the Basel book printer Johann Froben. For more on Gerritszoon and the text produced by him, look under the heading "Textus Receptus".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Ereb → ex09c.htm

Erets

• In the Bible, the Hebrew word erets and the Greek word gê had several meanings – "land", "country", "ground", "soil", "earth", "world". Sometimes English translations mislead, such as by writing "Earth" when the translation should be "land", "soil", "ground" or similar.
• (The word erets in Leviticus 16:22) → ex05b.htm
• (The word erets in Isaiah 65:22) → et07e.htm
• Look also under the headings "Earth", "Land, lands", "Country" and "World".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Erga

• On the word ergon in the Greek text of Matthew 23:4. → eo12c.htm
• Look also below, under the heading "Ergazomenous".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Ergazomenous versus periergazomenous in the Greek text of 2 Thessalonians 3:11. → ea10c.htm

Err, erred, erring, error, errors

• How to avoid certain common errors or mistakes in bible study. Easy keys to understanding the Bible in a better way. → eg02c.htm
• Some claim that the KJ version is "without error". Is that true? And, what about the so-called "Textus Receptus"? → es03c.htm
• Look also under the headings "Wrong" and "Right".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Eruthra thalassa, Erythrean sea, Red Sea, Yam Suph

• Did the name Yam Suph or Yam Cuwph refer to the Red Sea, or to a "reed sea" as some have claimed? And, why does the 1769 KJ version never translate the word suph as "reed"? → eo06f.htm
• Which part of the Red Sea did the Israelites cross over, during the Exodus? → eo06f.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Esau, the son of Isaac and Rebecca, twin brother of Jacob

• Esau the son of Isaac sold his birthright to his twin-brother Jacob. → ey04c.htm – ea12c.htm
• Joshua 24:4 and Deuteronomy 2:4-5 record that the Lord gave Esau land by Mount Seir, a large area that later came to be called "the land of Edom" (that is, "the land of Esau").
• Why is Esau mentioned in Hebrews 12:15? Jewish tradition has it that Esau was an immoral person, and also that he lay with a woman (virgin) who was betrothed to someone else, in that way defiling her. → ea12c.htm
• Mount Seir (the land of Edom) is mentioned also in connection with the Israelites' journey to the Promised Land, after the Exodus. → eo06f.htm (See even the map in that essay.)
• Many English bible-versions say that Jacob "supplanted" his brother Esau. The origin and meaning of the word "supplanted" in Genesis 27:36 is explained under the heading "Regarding the word 'supplanted'" in the essay ey04c.htm.
• Look also under the headings "Isaac", "Rebekah", "Jacob" and "Israel".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

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