Saturday, May 4, 2024, 11:12 AM
Site: Thirdmill Online Courses
Course: The Book of Joshua (eJOS)
Glossary: Glossary for Lessons 1-2
A
AchanMan who sinned by secretly keeping some of the plunder from Jericho |
AiThe second city that Israel attacked in Canaan |
AmoritesAnother name for the Canaanites |
C
CharamHebrew word meaning to devote wholly to the Lord, or to destroy in devotion to the Lord |
G
GibeonitesPeople who lived in the heart of Canaan, but deceived Israel into making a peace treaty with them by claiming that they were from outside of Canaan |
J
JerichoThe first city that Israel conquered in Canaan |
JordanName of the river bordering Canaan, that the Israelites crossed to enter the Promised Land. |
JoshuaIn Hebrew, this is the same as the name "Jesus." |
P
PentateuchThe first five books of the Bible |
Primary HistoryPhrase used by Bible scholars to refer to the history that stretches from Genesis through Kings |