Word & Spirit · A Study Library
Greek and Hebrew word studies for disciples who make disciples. Each guide takes one word of Scripture, traces it through the text, and holds it up to the light — for personal study, discipleship, and teaching. Open any study below.
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The Deity of Christ — Jesus is God: five converging lines of Scripture.
אֶחָדechad
The Trinity — one God, eternally three Persons: Father, Son, Spirit.
יְהוָהYHWH
The Nature of God — the great I AM — holy, loving, sovereign, unchanging.
בָּרָאbara
Creation — God made all things by His word — good, bearing His image.
ΠνεῦμαPneuma Hagion
The Holy Spirit — His person and His work in the believer.
ἑπτάhepta pneumata
The Seven Spirits — one Spirit, sevenfold (Isa 11:2; Rev 4:5).
πνεῦμαpneuma · ruach
Spirit — breath, wind, Spirit: the word and what it means.
βαπτίζω ἐν πνεύματιbaptizō en pneumati
Baptism in the Holy Spirit — received at salvation, yet more to receive — keep being filled.
hamartia
The Reality of Sin — what it is, how it separates, and the lasting cure.
σταυρόςstauros
The Cross — Christ in our place — sin borne, justice satisfied, finished.
ἠγέρθηēgerthē
The Resurrection of Christ — He is risen — bodily, attested, alive forevermore.
χάριςcharis
Grace — unearned favor, and the gifts it pours out.
μετάνοιαmetanoia
Repentance — a changed mind that turns and lives.
πίστιςpistis
Faith — trust that saves, and never stays alone.
δικαιοσύνηdikaiosynē
Righteousness — declared right, then made right.
σῴζωsōzō
Saved, Healed, Delivered — the fullness of one word.
ζωήzōē
Life — the new and eternal life of God in us.
διαθήκηdiathēkē
The Covenant — God binds Himself to us — the New Covenant in His blood.
ὑπομονήhypomonē
Kept & Persevering — held by God, called to endure.
huiothesia
Sonship & Identity in Christ — no longer orphans — beloved, secure, seated in Christ.
ψυχήpneuma·psychē·sōma
Spirit, Soul & Body — made in His image — one whole person, wholly His.
μένωmenō
Abiding — remaining in Christ, the branch in the vine.
μεταμορφόομαιmetamorphoō
Sanctification — transformed into His likeness, by daily surrender.
ἅγιοςhagios
Holiness — set apart for God; gift and pursuit.
καρπόςkarpos
The Fruit of the Spirit — the character of Christ — one fruit, nine facets.
ἀφίημιaphiēmi
Forgiveness — releasing the debt, and being released.
ἀγάπηagapē
The Love of God — self-giving love, greatest of all — defined by the cross.
שָׁלוֹםshalom
Shalom (Peace) — wholeness — peace with God, of God, and with one another.
ἐλπίςelpis
Hope — confident expectation — the anchor of the soul.
חָכְמָהchokmah · sophia
Wisdom — the principal thing, begun in the fear of the Lord.
graphē
The Word of God — God-breathed, living, and true — our final authority.
διδαχήdidachē
Sound Doctrine — the teaching of Christ and the apostles.
προσευχήproseuchē
Prayer — speaking and listening to the Father — bold and surrendered.
μαθητήςmathētēs
Discipleship — disciples who make disciples — Christ's multiplication mandate.
εὐαγγελίζωeuangelizō
Evangelism — preach the good news to all — and make disciples, not converts.
θεμέλιονthemelion
Apostolic Church Planting — Paul's pattern — found, establish leaders, entrust, return, correct.
basileia
The Kingdom of God — His reign, now and not yet.
ἐξουσίαexousia
Authority — the delegated right to act in Jesus' name.
δύναμιςdynamis
Power — the Spirit's might at work in and through us.
ὄνομαonoma
The Name — the authority and presence of Jesus.
αἷμαhaima
The Blood — what it purchased and how it cleanses.
ἐκβάλλωekballō
Casting Out — deliverance from demons in His name.
δαιμον-daimonizomai
Demons & the Believer — owned, no; oppressed, possible.
ἰάομαιiaomai · therapeuō
Healing — cure and care, held with pastoral wisdom.
ekklēsia
The Church — the called-out, gathered people of God.
βάπτισμαbaptisma
Water Baptism — full immersion — buried with Christ, raised to new life.
κοινωνίαkoinōnia
Communion — a real sharing in Christ — His death proclaimed until He comes.
ἐπίθεσις χειρῶνepithesis cheirōn
Laying On of Hands — real impartation — used with discernment.
ἁπλότηςhaplotēs
Biblical Prosperity — radical, open-handed generosity.
יְהוָה יִרְאֶהYahweh Yireh
God's Provision — Jehovah-Jireh — the Lord will provide.
κατάραkatara
Curses & Freedom — how a curse binds — and how the cross breaks it.
πρεσβύτεροςpresbyteros / diakonos
Elders & Deacons — the two offices Christ gave His church to govern and serve.
κεφαλήkephalē
Women in Ministry & Headship — honored, gifted, serving — within God's order of headship.
diakonia
Service — the grace of the towel — meeting practical needs.
διδασκαλίαdidaskalia
Teaching — opening the Word so others understand and obey.
παράκλησιςparaklēsis
Exhortation — coming alongside to strengthen and comfort.
μεταδίδωμιmetadidōmi
Giving — sharing what you have, simply and gladly.
προΐστημιproistēmi
Leading — standing before, to guide and to guard.
ἐλεέωeleeō
Mercy — compassion that acts, offered with gladness.
logos sophias
Word of Wisdom — a God-given word of what to do.
λόγος γνώσεωςlogos gnōseōs
Word of Knowledge — a fragment the Spirit reveals, to open hearts.
πίστιςpistis
The Gift of Faith — certainty to believe God for the impossible.
ἰάματαcharismata iamatōn
Gifts of Healings — why the double plural — many gifts, many cures.
δυνάμειςenergēmata dynameōn
Working of Miracles — God's power breaking into the natural.
προφητείαprophēteia
Prophecy — God's word that builds up and testifies to Jesus.
διάκρισιςdiakriseis pneumatōn
Discerning of Spirits — telling what spirit is truly at work.
γλῶσσαglōssa
Tongues — the Spirit's utterance, in its several kinds.
ἑρμηνείαhermēneia glōssōn
Interpretation of Tongues — rendering a tongue so the whole church is built up.
apostolos
Apostle — a sent one, to lay foundations and pioneer.
προφήτηςprophētēs
Prophet — a voice that keeps God's people aligned to His word.
εὐαγγελιστήςeuangelistēs
Evangelist — a herald of the good news, who brings people to Jesus.
ποιμήνpoimēn
Pastor (Shepherd) — a shepherd to feed, lead, and guard the flock.
διδάσκαλοςdidaskalos
Teacher — grounding the church in truth, to maturity.
These studies were prepared as study aids for The Gathering — researched, drafted, and carefully reviewed against Scripture. They are offered to help you trace God's Word, not to replace the Scriptures themselves or the teaching of the local body.
The guides are written in English. Their Scripture renderings are literal, made for study and word-tracing — not a licensed translation; read them alongside your own Bible (The Gathering recommends the NKJV). Greek and Hebrew follow the standard critical and Majority texts. Typefaces are open-licensed.
Test everything by the Word; hold fast what is good (1 Thess 5:21).