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The First-Year Reader's A-to-Z Dictionary of Scripture Words. You are reading your Bible and you hit a word you have seen a hundred times without ever pinning it down. You do not want a lecture from a seminary. You want to know what the word means, where it shows up, and why it matters on the page in front of you. This volume covers 412 essential Scripture words, A to Z, grouped into 10 sections: Starting Out: God, Jesus and the Spirit, How the Bible Is Put Together, Words You Hear at Church, Reading and Understanding Scripture, Prayer and Talking With God, What Salvation Actually Means, Bible People: A First Introduction, Bible Places: A First Introduction, Objects, Food and Daily Life, Words That Frighten Beginners. Every entry gives you the same things in the same order, so you always know where to look: how to say the word out loud, where it comes from in Hebrew or Greek, what it plainly means, a short “Good to know” background note, three or four key passages, a kitchen-table moment that shows the word at work in ordinary life, a verse to sit with, and cross-references to related words. Written for ordinary readers, in plain English, with the warmth of a friend explaining something across the table rather than a reference book lecturing from a shelf. Also inside: a 30-day reading walk for taking the words a little at a time.