Bible Vocabulary

3. - good news, or teaching about Jesus
6. - a student or follower who learns from a leader
8. - to serve someone or follow leadership; to put your wants under another’s
9. - the practice of worshiping idols or false gods
10. - to honor, praise, or credit for being great
12. - a coat of wool; often taken from sheep
14. - an Old Testament name for many local false gods; can mean “lord” or “ruler”
15. - a place for growing grapevines
21. - a binding agreement between two or more people; a promise
22. - to increase, fill, and overflow
25. - a government official that helps apply and enforce the law
26. - something that is revealed or shown; God’s communication to us
29. - the way God worked through human writers to record Scripture; God-breathed
31. in Scripture, a tent compound where God showed His presence to Israel
32. - in ancient times, a hard floor or pit where people squeezed grapes to make wine

1. - an important teaching or belief, often by a religious group
2. - to give honor and praise to someone; in Scripture, to point toward God’s glory
4. - sacred writings; another name for the Bible
5. - to take joy from something good; in Scripture, to appreciate God’s gifts
7. - a letter; one of the 21 letters in the New Testament
11. - to tell people that they have done wrong
13. - special blessings or grace; goodwill
16. – to distrust; a feeling of uncertainty or unbelief about something
17. - the ability to use knowledge well; insight and understanding
18. - the part of us that wants to sin; our mortal weakness
19. - to make holy or sacred; to set apart for a special purpose
20. - to lift higher; to call attention to
21. - to become like something or someone
23. - someone who shares a spiritual message
24. - when something wrong is erased or canceled
27. - a promise or record; the name for the two major divisions of books in the Bible
28. - a story that pictures or illustrates a lesson
30. - to separate grain from the rest of the plant