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A Hebrew Word for the Day: Key Words from the Old Testament is unavailable, but you can change that!

The purpose of A Hebrew Word for the Day is to share the richness of the Hebrew language words used in the Old Testament and help make them practical in the reader's Christian living. Simply because words matter, the words of the Bible matter most. And in a day when words don't seem to mean much, the need for precision in Christian doctrine and practice has never been more critical. For each day...

bāchan As one Hebrew authority observes, Scripture declares that “men are beset by tempters who try to make men as much as possible like themselves.”224 Indeed, not only is man in himself inclined toward sin, but there are other forces at work to draw him even further into evil. So what tool does Satan use to draw us into sin? Among several others, he uses temptation. The Hebrew verb bāchan () appears about thirty times and means to try or prove and refers
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