Vine’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words

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“This verb occurs about 1,040 times (995 in Hebrew and 47 in Aramaic) in the Bible. Essentially yada˓ means: (1) to know by observing and reflecting (thinking), and (2) to know by experiencing.” (Volume 1, Page 130)

“Basically this verb is equivalent to the English ‘to love’ in the sense of having a strong emotional attachment to and desire either to possess or to be in the presence of the object.” (Volume 1, Page 141)

“The significance of rhema (as distinct from logos) is exemplified in the injunction to take ‘the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,’ Eph. 6:17; here the reference is not to the whole Bible as such, but to the individual scripture which the Spirit brings to our remembrance for use in time of need, a prerequisite being the regular storing of the mind with Scripture.” (Volume 2, Page 683)

“The Bible also refers to the heavenly court as the ‘sons of God’ (Job 1:6). God called the elders of Israel the ‘sons [kjv, ‘children’] of the Most High’ (Ps. 82:6). In Gen. 6:2, the phrase ‘sons of God’ is variously understood as members of the heavenly court, the spiritual disciples of God (the sons of Seth), and the boastful among mankind.” (Volume 1, Page 26)

“Matt. 11:29; here the contrast seems to be to the burdens imposed by the Pharisees. Christ’s ‘rest’ is not a ‘rest’ from work, but in work, ‘not the rest of inactivity but of the harmonious working of all the faculties and affections—of will, heart, imagination, conscience—because each has found in God the ideal sphere for its satisfaction and development’ (J. Patrick, in Hastings Bib. Dic.” (Volume 2, Page 529)