Word by Word Through the Bible

A Devotional Dictionary of Scripture. 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 405 essential Scripture words, A to Z, grouped into 10 sections: Beginnings: Genesis and the Patriarchs, Exodus, Law and the Wilderness, Kings, Prophets and Exile, The Psalms and the Wisdom Books, Waiting and the Prophetic Hope, The Gospels: The Word Arrives, The Cross and the Empty Tomb, The Spirit and the Early Church, Living the Word Day by Day, The Word Fulfilled. 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.