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The Latin language springs forth from the Greek language which derives from Hebrew. Each letter of the Hebrew Aleph-Bet, & consequently each letter of the Latin Alpha-Bet, points to the Messiah. Messiah is the Alpha & the Omega, the Aleph & the Tav, the A & the Z (Revelation 1:8,11; 21:6; 22:13). There are numerous languages which use the Latin script, especially the Romance languages. All of these languages trace back to the Hebrew language and are shadow pictures of Messiah. Shadows of Messiah - Alphabet

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Messiah from א-ת

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God (English)

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The etymology of God is has two primary themes. Sacrifice or oblation given to a deity and the concept of goodness/gathering. In the end, both these streams of thought lead to one place...the throne of YHWH.

Most trace the word God back to the Indo-European 'ghut' which means the one who is invoked or called upon. The being to whom one gives sacrifices, offerings and libations.

Psa 65:2 To You who hears prayer, all flesh comes.

The Proto-Indo-European word 'ghuto' means to pour out from the root 'gheu' which means to pour a libation, or also to pour out in the sense of forming an idol.

ALL flesh seeks YHWH as can be seen in the above verse (Psalm 65:2). The problem is that man has been deceived by the adversary to make idols that are put in the front of the face of the Father. Everyone who seeks “God” is seeking the true and Living Elohim of Heaven for there is only One True Elohim (John 17:3; Romans 3:29; Jeremiah 32:27; John 1:9; Numbers 27:16) see Shadows of Messiah - Psychology. Sadly, most have been deceived into worshiping an Image of who they think He is, not the Truth. Instead of pouring a libation or giving an offering to the True One, mankind has been deceived into making images and idols of Him which become more and more corrupted over time leading them astray ever more. For more detail on this see Mark of the Beast - the Great Counterfeit.

Etymologists further link 'ghut' to the Indo-Germanic root 'div' meaning to shine or give light and 'thes' meaning to implore or call upon. From hence comes the Indo-Iranian deva, Sanskrit dyaus (gen. divas), Latin deus, Greek theos, Irish and Gaelic dia, all of which are generic names; also the Greek Zeus.

The Letter of Aristeas written in the 2nd century BC has the author saying the following to Ptolemy in reference to the translating of the Torah into Greek {Septuagint}: "Since the law which we wish not only to transcribe but also to translate belongs to the whole Jewish race, what justification shall we be able to find for our embassy while such vast numbers of them remain in a state of slavery in your kingdom? In the perfection and wealth of your clemency release those who are held in such miserable bondage, since as I have been at pains to discover, the God who gave them their law is the God who maintains your kingdom. They worship the same God – the Lord and Creator of the Universe, as all other men, as we ourselves, O king, though we call him by different names, such as Zeus or Dis. This name was very appropriately bestowed upon him by our first ancestors, in order to signify that He through whom all things are endowed with life and come into being, is necessarily the ruler and lord of the Universe. Set all mankind an example of magnanimity by releasing those who are held in bondage.’ {Letter of Aristeas 15-16}

Aristeas is deriving the above meaning of Ζευς 'Zeus' from ζην 'zen' meaning to live and Δια 'Dia' from δυι 'dui' meaning through. To live through.

Notice the connection that 'ghut' has between sacrifice/worship and light and to 'live through.'

Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Joh 1:2 He was in the beginning with God.
Joh 1:3 All things came into being through Him, and without Him not even one thing came into being that has come into being.
Joh 1:4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men;
Joh 1:9 He was the true Light; He enlightens every man coming into the world.

In Hebrew, the word for light is אור 'or' which is the origin of the Egyptian gods 'Ra' and 'Horus.' In Maori the word for sun is 'ra' while in Chinese sun is 'ri' and light is 'ruo' both tracing back to אור. In Irish 'or' means god.

Many reading this may cringe that Zeus branches out from the same word that God does but this is a perfect example of the above statements about the worship of the true God being perverted over time by the nations. The word Zeus comes from 'zen' mentioned above in Greek but traces even further back to the Hebrew word טוב 'tov' meaning good {E-Word - Isaac Mozeson pg 247}.

Isaac Mozeson's research on the origin of the English word 'divine' further illustrates this concept. Mozeson traces 'divine' back to טוב 'tov' which is commonly translated as good. Other words that trace back to טוב are the Latin word 'divus' which means divine or god as well as the Latin word 'deus' which means god or diety. The Germanic god 'tiwaz' or 'tiw' traces back to טוב as well. The Assyrian deity טבת 'tevet' is an even more clear connection.

The Hindu god, or good spirit 'deva' is a derivative of טוב through a reversal of the letters. The same thing can be said for 'buddha' which means the 'enlightened one.'

Morgan Peter Kavenaugh in his book The Origin of Language and Myths came to the same conclusion. "I have shown elsewhere that the English word God, the German Gott, the Persian Bhoda and the Hindustani Khuda are all derived from the same root as that which appears in Celtic Aeddon or Guydion, the Germanin Odin, Woden or Goutan and the Indian Buddha or Gotama”"

Psa 106:1 HalleluYah! Give thanks to YHWH, for He is good; for His mercy endures forever.

Psa 106:1 הללויה הודו ליהוה כי־טוב כי לעולם חסדו׃

GOD - The English word God is identical with the Anglo-Saxon word for “good,” and therefore it is believed that the name God refers to the divine goodness. {New Unger's Bible Dictionary}

The English word God continues from the Old English God (guþ, gudis in Gothic, gud in modern Scandinavian, God in Dutch, and Gott in modern German), which is thought to derive from Proto-Germanic *ǥuđán.

The earliest uses of the word God in Germanic writing is often cited to be in the Gothic Bible or Wulfila Bible, which is the Christian Bible as translated by Wulfila (a.k.a. Bishop Ulfilas) into the Gothic language spoken by the Eastern Germanic, or Gothic Tribes. The oldest parts of the Gothic Bible, contained in the Codex Argenteus, is estimated to be from the fourth century. During the fourth century, the Goths were converted to Christianity, largely through the efforts of Bishop Ulfilas, who translated the Bible into the Gothic language in Nicopolis ad Istrum in today's northern Bulgaria. The words guda and guþ were used for God in the Gothic Bible.

The Codex Argenteus, "Silver Book", is a 6th century manuscript, originally containing bishop Ulfilas's 4th century translation of the Bible into the Gothic language. The highlighted section is the Gothic cognate of "God."

גד עד עת
God has a strong etymological connection the Hebrew words עת, עד, גד. All three of these words can be pronounced as 'god' or 'got' in Hebrew as the ע 'ayin' can have the 'gh' sound. A good example is the word עמרה 'Gomorrah' which has passed down to us today with the G sound but is spelled in Hebrew with the 'ayin.'

עת is the Hebrew word for time. Literally עת (et) pictographically means to ‘see the cross’, and in ancient Hebrew thinking meant to ‘see the mark.’ What is this ‘mark’? It is the sun setting (death) and rising (resurrection) above the horizon. This is further seen in the definition of the Hebrew word קף.

In Hebrew, words that are associated with time are usually linked to the sun.

The word for hour שעה is related to the sun

This comes from the root ‘שע’ which is a picture of a shepherd watching over his flock. ‘Sha’ is also the root of the word Yeshua.

The word for day is associated with the sun:

The English word day comes from the Latin word 'die' or 'dies' which is also the source of the Spanish word for day 'dia.' 'Die' is a reversal of the Hebrew word עת. 'Die' or 'dies' in Latin meaning 'day' traces back to 'Dyēus' which means 'god' or 'daytime sky.' 'Dyeus' traces back to 'ghut' as mentioned above. עת may have passed down in some cultures as 'gut' or 'got' as can be seen in the Arabic word for tomorrow 'ghadan.' The German word for day 'tag' is a reversal of עת. For more on the connection between the Sun & the Son see Shadows of Messiah - Astronomy

As seen above, עת means to 'see the mark or cross.' This literally means to see the sun at the horizon (cross). Further displaying this concept is קף which means 'the sun speaks' as it travels through the sky 'marking or speaking/commanding' the times and seasons.

עת ‘et’ is also related to speaking.

This word is only used one time in Scripture.
Isa 50:4 The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned (Heb. limmud – disciple), that I should know how to speak (עות) a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.

The word ‘learned’ here is the Hebrew word ‘limmud’ which is the Hebrew word for a disciple. A disciple is one who is yoked to His Master and walking with Him. This is the meaning of the word ‘signs’ in Genesis 1:14.

‘He wakeneth morning by morning’. This is pointing to the rising of the sun each day which is a picture of the resurrection. ‘He wakeneth/opens mine ear’ is also a link to this. Psalm 40:6 speaks of the Messiah as having His ears opened but then in Hebrews 10:5 this verse is quoted speaking of Him being given a body. The body of Messiah is made up of many different parts connected by 'sinews' (Ezekiel 37:6, 8; Ephesians 4:16). What is the Hebrew word for sinew? גיד from the root גד which is pronounced 'god.' More on this below.

The Hebrew word for 'god' is אל which has an identical meaning to the above word את.

Being yoked to the 'older ox' is the definition of discipleship mentioned above in Isaiah 50:4.

Mat 11:29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, because I am meek and lowly in heart, “and you will find rest to your souls.”
Mat 11:30 For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.

Going back to the עת time connection...

The English word 'eternal,' which is often used as a title of the Most High, traces back to עת and further displays the god-time connection. In Hebrew the word for 'eternity' is עד.

עד pictographically means to see the door. A gathering of people to a tent of meeting to worship the Most High. As seen above, secular etymologists trace the English word 'god' back to the Indo-European word 'ghut' which means to invoke a deity. This is clearly seen in the Hebrew word עד which is pronounced 'ayd' but could have been passed down as 'gad' or 'god' as the above example of Gomorrah shows.

One of the Hebrew words for a congregation of people who are gathered together is עדה which comes from the above root עד. This is seen in Isaiah 43:12, translated as witnesses. This theme of a body of people being gathered together will be discussed in more detail in the next section.
Isa 43:12 I declared, and I saved, and I proclaimed; and there is not an alien god among you. And you are My witnesses, says YHWH, and I am God.

Good & God
The English word God is identical with the Anglo-Saxon word for “good,” and therefore it is believed that the name God refers to the divine goodness. {New Unger's Bible Dictionary}

"Good has transparent etymology: gather and -gether are related to it. Their root means “fit, suitable.” This circumstance is borne out by numerous cognates in and outside Germanic. That is “good” which has been “fixed,” “assembled,” “put together” in a proper way." {Good God and Etymology - By Anatoly Liberman}

The English word 'good' traces back to the Hebrew גד which is pronounced 'gad' or 'god' and has the meaning of gathering together or a troop. There was a pagan god named 'god' but is this the origin or, like Zeus, Adonis and Baal, did this become a proper name after the nations corrupted the faith of the One True God?

Isa 65:11 But you are those who forsake YHWH, who forget My holy mountain; who array a table for Fortune {גד}, and who fill mixed wine for Fate.

גד has the following meaning:

The pictographic meaning is ג 'gimmel' which means a foot, as in traveling and the ד which means a door. Traveling to the door...notice the connection to the above word עד. A cognate of גד is גדד 'gadad' which further displays this concept of a gathering or troop.

The English word gathering traces back to גדר which also comes from the root גד.

2Th 2:1 And, brothers, we entreat you, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of our gathering together to Him,

How does Messiah gather mankind unto Himself?

Joh 12:32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.

Is it any surprise that the word goat in English traces back to גדי in Hebrew which means a kid of the flock (Genesis 38:17). גדי is related to the Hebrew word סה 'seh' which is usually translated as lamb but literally means one of the flock. What is the root of גדי?

Isaac Mozeson says that the Hebrew word for wood/tree עץ branches from עד. This is seen in the German word 'outh' meaning wood. 'Utan' which means forest in Malay, 'a-ta' which means wood in Cherokee {E-Word pg 446}. Wood...tree...sacrifice of the flock...gathering together...

Further linking this concept of wood and gathering (עד / גדד) is the 2 sticks mentioned in Ezekiel 37. They are gathered together by the Shepherd (Ezekiel 37:24)...

Again, עד means to see the door. Who is the door?

Joh 10:9 I am the door. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in, and will go out, and will find pasture.

Joh 10:11 I am the Good Shepherd! The Good Shepherd lays down His life on behalf of the sheep.

Joh 10:14 I am the Good Shepherd, and I know those that are Mine, and I am known by the ones that are Mine.

Joh 10:15 Even as the Father knows Me, I also know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.

Joh 10:16 And I have other sheep which are not of this fold. I must also lead those, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock, one Shepherd.

Recall that סה 'seh' in Hebrew can mean lamb, goat or cattle.

Joh 1:29 On the morrow, John sees Jesus coming toward him and said, Behold! The Lamb of God, taking away the sin of the world!

Joh 1:36 And looking at Jesus walking, he said, Behold, the Lamb of God!

1Co 5:7 Then purge out the old leaven so that you may be a new lump, even as you are unleavened. For also Christ our Passover was sacrificed for us.

Deu 16:2 And you shall sacrifice a Passover to YHWH your God of the flock, and of the herd (בקר cattle), in the place which He shall choose to cause His name to dwell there.

Lamb...goat...cattle

Recall that the word for 'god' in Hebrew is אל which literally means the strong ox (cattle). Literally, looking up on Messiah on the cross was equivalent to seeing God אל.

The Cross teaches Yahshua is YHWH

Gen 22:11 And the Angel of YHWH called to him from the heavens and said, Abraham! Abraham! And he said, Behold me.
Gen 22:12 And He said, Do not lay your hand on the boy, nor do anything to him. For now I know that you are a God-fearer, and you have not withheld your son, your only one, from Me.
Gen 22:13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked. And behold! A ram behind him was entangled in a thicket by its horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it for a burnt offering instead of his son.
Gen 22:14 And Abraham called the name of that place YHWH Will See; so that it is said until this day, In the mount of YHWH it will be seen.

Gen 22:14 ויקרא אברהם שׁם־המקום ההוא יהוה יראה אשׁר יאמר היום בהר יהוה יראה*׃

*Literally, in/on the mountain YHWH will be seen.
Abraham calls the place YHWH Yireh (YHWH will be seen) Yireh is in the Kal stem, 3rd person masculine singular future tense.
Joh 8:56 Your father Abraham leaped for joy that he should see My day, and he saw, and rejoiced.
Joh 8:57 Then the Jews said to Him, You do not yet have fifty years, and have You seen Abraham?
Joh 8:58 Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Before Abraham came to be, I AM!

On the mountain YHWH will be seen. Yayrah’eh is in the Niphal stem 3rd person masculine singular future tense. Truly YHWH will provide HIMSELF as a lamb in the place of Isaac (mankind).
Gen 22:7 And Isaac spoke to his father Abraham and said, My father. And he said, Behold me. And he said, Behold, the fire and the wood! But where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
Gen 22:8 And Abraham said, My son, God will see to the lamb for Himself, for a burnt offering. And the two of them went together.
Joh 8:28 Then Jesus said to them, When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I AM; and from Myself I do nothing; but as My Father taught Me, these things I speak.

Joh 19:19 And Pilate also wrote a title and put it on the cross. And having been written, it was: JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

Joh 12:32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, I will draw all to Myself (John 8:28 Messiah states this is how they will know He is ‘I AM’).
Joh 12:33 But He said this, signifying by what kind of death He was about to die.
Joh 12:34 The crowd answered Him, We heard out of the Law that The Christ remains to the age. And how do You say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?
Joh 12:35 Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while the Light is with you. Walk while you have the Light, that darkness not overtake you. And the one walking in the darkness does not know where he is going.
Joh 12:36 While you have the Light, believe into the Light, that you may become sons of Light. Jesus spoke these things, and going away He was hidden from them.
Joh 12:37 But though He had done so many miraculous signs before them, they did not believe into Him,
Joh 12:38 so that the Word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he said, “Lord, who has believed our report? And the arm of the Lord, to whom was it revealed?” Isa. 53:1 (the Arm of YHWH = the Malak of YHWH…more on this below)
Joh 12:39 Because of this they could not believe, because Isaiah said again,
Joh 12:40 “He has blinded their eyes” and “has hardened their heart,” “that they might not see with the eyes” and “understand with the heart,” “and be converted,” “and I should heal them.” Isa. 6:10
Joh 12:41 Isaiah said these things when he saw His glory, and spoke about Him.
Albert Barnes commentary Joh 12:41 -
When he saw his glory – Isa_6:1-10. Isaiah saw the Lord (in Hebrew, יהוה Yahweh) sitting on a throne and surrounded with the seraphim. This is perhaps the only instance in the Bible in which Yahweh is said to have been seen by man, and for this the Jews affirm that Isaiah was put to death. God had said Exo_33:20, “No man shall see me and live;” and as Isaiah affirmed that he had seen Yahweh, the Jews, for that and other reasons, put him to death by sawing him asunder. See Introduction to Isaiah, Section 2.
By his glory is meant the manifestation of him – the Shechinah, or visible cloud that was a representation of God, and that rested over the mercy-seat. This was regarded as equivalent to seeing God, and John here expressly applies this to the Lord Jesus Christ
John affirms that it was the glory of the Messiah that Isaiah saw, and yet Isaiah affirms that it was Yahweh; and from this the inference is irresistible that John regarded Jesus as the Yahweh whom Isaiah saw.
The pictographs of יהוה speak of Him being revealed through the nails in His Hands

Joh 20:27 Then He said to Thomas, Bring your finger here and see My hands, and bring your hand and thrust into My side, and be not unbelieving, but believing.
Joh 20:28 And Thomas answered and said to Him, My Lord and my God!

The Blood of bulls and goats can’t take away sins, they were shadows pictures pointing to Messiah.
Heb 10:4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
Only the blood of Yahshua can atone for & take away our sins
Joh 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
Rom 11:27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
Isa 43:25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

The Covenant was cut in Messiah.

Isa 42:6 I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

Isa 49:5 And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.
Isa 49:6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Isa 49:8 Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;

Going back to the description of the GOOD Shepherd in John 10, it is seen that through His death He gathers His sheep unto Himself through a door/gate. This is seen in the Hebrew word גדר which means a gate or to fence in and gather a herd.

Gathering together is linked with Etymology, for more on this see the section on gathering in Shadows of Messiah - Etymology. This is mentioned because גד 'god' is also the word for coriander seed. Manna was likened unto coriander seed (Exodus 16:31; Numbers 11:7). מנ is the word for ‘manna’ in Hebrew which Messiah defined as Himself (John 6:30-63). This manna was described as the Word in Exodus 16:4.

The matter of a day in its day ‘davar-yom b’yom’

Exo 16:4 ויאמר יהוה אל־משׁה הנני ממטיר לכם לחם מן־השׁמים ויצא העם ולקטו דבר־יום ביומו למען אנסנו הילך בתורתי אם־לא׃

גדר is also the source of the English word 'garden.' The Good Shepherd leads us to this 'garden' (Psalm 23:2). גד has the pictographic meaning of the foot and the door.

The letter ג ‘gimmel/gam’ has the meaning of gathering. Literally, it is a picture of the foot walking towards water. The imagery of the Shepherd leading His sheep to the still waters (Psalm 23:2) is seen here. The word in Psalm 23:2 for ‘still’ displays this concept.

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon of the Bible pg 22

The word in Hebrew for pool, or collection/gathering of waters is אגם which comes from this root גם. As seen in Genesis 1:9-13click here, this collection of waters is a picture of the body of Messiah being gathered together. This study has numerous connections and goes into much more depth pertaining to the concept of gathering at the waters and the Word.

The word in Hebrew for light אר has the meaning of order. It also means to gather, as in the gathering of things together and placing them orderly in a box. Or it could be said, gathering together His people and placing them in the Garden where the still waters are located. Recall that the etymology of god is associated with light...
Psa 43:3 O send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me and bring me to the mount of Your holiness and to Your tabernacles.

As mentioned above, Messiah is this Light...the life of men (John 1:4).

Lev 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood*, and I have given it to you on the altar, to atone for your souls; for it is the blood which makes atonement for the soul.
*b’dam he…literally in His blood. This phrase = 58

It is through the blood of the Lamb of Elohim that we enter into covenant with the Most High and are brought into the camp of the righteous. The gates of the righteous are opened (Psalm 118:20) so that we can enter in through the door of the sheepfold who is the Messiah (John 10:7).

The name Noah = 58

Noah comes from the word nuach meaning rest.
Nuach comes from the root:

‘Nuach’ is first used in reference to the Garden of Eden.
Gen 2:15 And YHWH God took the man and put (nuach) him into the Garden of Eden, to work it and to keep it.
This is the picture that Psalm 23 paints. The end of the exile where the Good Shepherd leads us to the still waters. The pictograph meaning of this word (nuach) also can mean the seed inside the walls as in His people in the camp.
The garden = 58

The kingdom, His rest, His nuach is the garden of Eden restored.

Where does Life or blood pump from? The heart. Blood pumping through the heart is pictographically displaying the letter dalet. גד 'god' walking or gathering to the heart...the life...the blood of Messiah...

The blood pumping through the 4 chambers of the human heart display this idea of the door moving back and forth...The 4 valves represent the 4 living creatures which are surrounding the throne of Elohim, pictured in our bodies by the heart. In Revelation 4-5, John describes this throne and links the crucifixion to this...

Amazingly, the word crucifixion comes from the Hebrew ספח ‘saphach’ which means to gather and bloodshed.

Rev 5:6 And I saw, and behold, in the midst of the throne, and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, was a Lamb standing, as having been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, having been sent out into all the earth.
Rev 5:7 And He came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him sitting on the throne.
Rev 5:8 And when He took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having harps, and golden bowls full of incenses, which are the prayers of the saints.
Rev 5:9 And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy are You to receive the scroll, and to open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood purchased us to God out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
Rev 5:10 and made us kings and priests to our God; and we shall reign over the earth.
Rev 5:11 And I saw, and I heard a sound of many angels around the throne, and the living creatures, and the elders, and their number was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands,
Rev 5:12 saying with a great voice, Worthy is the Lamb having been slain to receive the power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing.
Rev 5:13 And every creature which is in Heaven, and in the earth, and underneath the earth, and the things that are on the sea, and the things in all of them, I heard saying: To Him sitting on the throne, and to the Lamb be the blessing and the honor and the glory and the might forever and ever.

Lord (English)

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The word 'Lord' is the most used word in the English Bible (Authorized 1611 version). {Excluding words like 'and', 'the', 'of', 'to', 'for' etc.}. This list was compiled from the following site Popular Bible Words . This is entirely appropriate as He is the Word.

The word 'lord' comes from the Old English 'hlafweard' which means a guardian, or master of a house. Literally, 'hlaf' means bread, loaf and 'weard' means keeper or guardian.

From the Old English to Middle English 'hlafweard' had shortened to 'lafweard' or 'lafford' and from there to 'lord.'

The Meaning of "LORD"
"There was a word in the Old English, hlafweard, which translated as “warden (or keeper)” of the loaf. At one time in English history, the “Lord” of the castle had the power of life and death. That is, he could order a man killed and it happened. It was one of the responsibilities of the “Lord” to determine how much bread was alloted to each household. Thus, the translation of hlafweard meant “the one who deals out the daily bread.”

"When Jesus declared Himself the “bread of life (John 6:32-35),” He, in effect, declared Himself the hlafweard. We have no eternal “bread of life” except that given by Jesus. We have no life except that He gives it."

"Just as the Englishman of 1066 did not eat except by the grace of the hlafweard, even so we today do not eat of the eternal bread of life except through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ."

What is our daily bread? The Word.

The Scriptures liken the Word to bread/food.
Deu 8:3 And He has humbled you, and caused you to hunger, and caused you to eat the manna, which you had not known, and your fathers had not known, in order to cause you to know that man shall not live by bread alone, but man shall live by every Word that proceeds from the mouth of YHWH.

Psa 102:4 My heart is stricken and dried like grass, so that I forget to eat my bread.
TARGUM
5. My heart is smitten like grass and will dry up; for I have forgotten the Torah of my instruction.

Messiah is the bread from Heaven that gives Life (John 6:30-63)
Joh 6:33 For the bread of God is He coming down out of Heaven and giving life to the world.
Joh 6:48 I am the Bread of life.

Keep in mind that Messiah is the Word/Bread that COMES DOWN from heaven. This will make a strong connection to the etymology of Lord after looking at the Hebrew origin...

Manna is likened unto the Word
Exo 16:4 And YHWH said to Moses, Behold, I AM! Bread will rain from the heavens for you. And the people shall go out and gather the matter of a day in its day, so that I may test them, whether they will walk in My Law or not.

The matter of a day in its day ‘davar-yom b’yom’...davar=word

Exo 16:4 ויאמר יהוה אל־משׁה הנני ממטיר לכם לחם מן־השׁמים ויצא העם ולקטו דבר־יום ביומו למען אנסנו הילך בתורתי אם־לא׃

Table of Showbread (Lechem Paniym)

Yahshua is His paniym (presence, face)
Psa 42:5 O my soul, why are you cast down and moan within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet thank Him for the salvation of His presence.

Psa 44:3 For they did not inherit the land with their own sword; yea, their own arm did not save them. But it was Your right hand (Messiah Exo 15) and Your arm (Messiah Isa 53) and the light of Your face, because You favored them.
Heb 1:3 who being the shining splendor of His glory, and the express image of His essence, and upholding all things by the Word of His power, having made purification of our sins through Himself, He sat down on the right of the Majesty on high, Psa. 110:1
The bread of the Presence sat upon a table. The Hebrew word for table is Shulchan. Coming from the root shalach meaning to send out. It is the word that is translated as Apostle.
Apostles take for the Bread of Life to the world
Isa 52:7 How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him proclaiming good news, making peace heard, bearing tidings of good, making heard salvation (Heb. yeshua), saying to Zion, Your God reigns.
Joh 4:32 But He said to them, I have food to eat which you do not know.
Joh 4:33 Then the disciples said to one another, No one brought Him food to eat?
Joh 4:34 Jesus said to them, My food is that I should do the will of Him who sent Me, and that I may finish His work.
Joh 6:51 I am the Living Bread that came down from Heaven. If anyone eats of this Bread, he will live forever. And indeed the bread which I will give is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

For more on the Bread-Word connection see Shadows of Messiah - Biology & Shadows of Messiah - Alphabet

Isaac Mozeson traces 'laford' back to the Hebrew word רד which has the meaning of a ruler who walks among the people.

This word is fascinating in connection with the Most High. As seen in, Shadows of Messiah - 4th dimension, the heavens are likened to a veil. The Man who came through the door (or came from the 4th dimension/heaven) is Messiah who 'descended' to earth to walk amongst men as their Lord (Ephesians 4:8; Philippians 2:5-11).

Reading and talking trace back to this same concept. In Hebrew the word for calling out/reading is קרא 'qara.' YHWH proclaimed (qara) the name of YHWH whenever He physically manifested Himself to Israel (Exodus 33:17-23; 34:5-8).

Reading and talking trace back to this same concept. In Hebrew the word for calling out/reading is קרא 'qara.' YHWH proclaimed (qara) the name of YHWH whenever He physically manifested Himself to Israel (Exodus 33:17-23; 34:5-8).

Qara is the word for read, the Torah is the "physical" manifestation of YHWH on the earth. When YHWH "qara'd" He physically manifested Himself, and proclaimed who/what He is. This is what the reading of the Torah does. The Torah proclaims the Name of the Holy One, as it is said in Revelation 19, His Name (שם shem- character) is the Word.

The Word is read (qara) at meetings (miqra) (Exodus 24:7-8; Deuteronomy 17:19; 31:11-12; Joshua 8:34-35; Nehemiah 8:8, 18; 9:3; Luke 4:16; Acts 15:21).

Calling on His Name brings salvation and is associated with the physical manifestation of the Most High (Matthew 26:53; Jeremiah 29:10-14; Psalm 91:14-16; 86:7-9; 50:15, 23; 18:3; 55:6, Romans 10:13; Acts 2:21; 22:14-16; Joel 2:32; 1 Corinthians 1:2)....For more on the concept of 'qara' see Call on the Name of YHWH.

There are 12 Hebrew and Greek words translated as 'Lord' in the Bible. How many loaves of bread where in the Tabernacle?
Lev 24:5 And you shall take flour, and shall bake twelve cakes with it; two tenths shall be in the one cake.

The most used word in the Bible is the Hebrew word יהוה, the Sacred Name of the Most High. This is translated as LORD 6884 times in the Scriptures. There is much controversy on whether or not this Name should be spoken out loud, and if so what the pronunciation is. It is not the purpose of this study to go into depth on this subject. I find it entirely appropriate that the most used word in the Word is the Name of the Most High for His Word is His Name (Revelation 19:13).

אדון 'Adon' and אדוני 'Adonai' are translated as Lord and come from the same root in Hebrew דן 'dan.'

Notice the similarity in meaning between דן 'dan' and רד 'rad' which both mean lord or ruler and are associated with doors (John 10:9).

2 times in Scripture, the word גביר 'gabbiyr' is translated as Lord. 'Gibbor' has the meaning of a warrior or might man.

Notice that גבר comes from the root בר. This is the word used in reference to Messiah as the King in Psalm 2.
Psa 2:12 Kiss the Son (bar), lest He be angry, and you perish from the way, when His wrath is kindled but a little. Oh the blessings of all those who flee to Him for refuge!

This Son is the Lord

Psa 110:1 A Psalm of David. A declaration of YHWH to my Lord: Sit at My right hand, until I place Your enemies as Your footstool.

Psa 45:3 Gird Your sword on Your thigh, Mighty One (gibbor); with Your glory and Your majesty.
Psa 45:4 And ride prosperously in Your majesty, on the matter of truth and meekness and right, and Your right hand shall teach You fearful things.
Psa 45:5 Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the King's enemies; peoples fall under You.
Psa 45:6 Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; the scepter of Your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness.

Another word translated as Lord in the Bible is from the Aramaic word מרא 'mare.'
Dan 2:47 The king answered Daniel and said, Your God truly is a God of gods and a Lord of kings, and a Revealer of secrets, since you could reveal this secret.

The parent root of מרא is :

Who is the Word? Messiah. The Lord.
Luk 2:11 because today a Savior, who is Christ the Lord, was born to you in the city of David.

1Co 15:23 But each in his own order: Christ, the firstfruit; afterward those of Christ at His coming.
1Co 15:24 Then is the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God, even the Father, when He makes to cease all rule and all authority and power.

Paul associates Messiah as the firstfruits with Him being the Lord in the next verse:
1Co 15:25 For it is right for Him to reign until He puts all the hostile ones under His feet; This is a quote from Psalm 110 mentioned above.

The number 3 is associated with the Lord. שליש 'shaliysh' is translated as the Lord and literally means 3.

This word is usually referring to captains but the following verse is extremely interesting in light of the current study. Notice the imagery to the Tabernacle/Temple with the Light of His Face represented as the Menorah, and the feeding of 'bread.'

Psa 80:3 O God, turn us again, and make Your face shine, and we will be saved!
Psa 80:4 O YHWH God of Hosts, until when will You smoke against the prayer of Your people?
Psa 80:5 You made them eat with the bread of tears; yea, You made them drink with tears a third time (KJV measure).
Psa 80:6 You make us a strife for our neighbors, and our enemies laugh to themselves.
Psa 80:7 O God of Hosts, turn us again, and cause Your face to shine, and we will be saved.

This word 'shaliysh' is also translated as 'measure' in the following verse in reference to the creation.

Isa 40:12 He who has measured in His hand the waters and the heavens by a span meted out; and enclosed in the measure (shaliysh) the dust of the earth, and weighed in the balance the mountains, and the hills in the scales,

The interesting thing about this verse is that His Hand is used to measure out creation. It is through His Hand that His people are redeemed. The Sabbath links these themes of the work of His Hands together. The 10 commandments are recorded in Exodus 20 & Deuteronomy 5. Exodus 20 says we are to keep the sabbath as a remembrance of creation, Deuteronomy 5 says it is because we are to remember He is our Redeemer (Exodus 20:8-11 & Deuteronomy 5:12-15). Interestingly, the bread of presence was changed every Sabbath day (Leviticus 247-8). A remembrance of the Lord, the guardian of the loaves (Matthew 12:8; Mark 2:28; Luke 6:5).

The number 3 is intimately linked with the Lord

1Jn 5:5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? {The Lord - Psalm 2:7, 12; 110:1}
1Jn 5:6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
1Jn 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
1Jn 5:8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
1Jn 5:9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
1Jn 5:10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
1Jn 5:11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. {For more on the link between bread & life see Shadows of Messiah - Biology}

Pro 22:19 That thy trust may be in the LORD {Psalm 2:12}, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
Pro 22:20 Have not I written to thee excellent things (shalyish) in counsels and knowledge,
Pro 22:21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?

The word κύριος 'kurios' in Greek is translated as Lord.
Kurios probably traces back to the Hebrew word קרן'qeran.' The horn was associated with power and dominion in Biblical times.

1Sa 2:10 They who strive with YHWH will be smashed; He thunders in the heavens against him. YHWH judges the ends of the earth and gives strength to His king; and He exalts the horn of His anointed.
Psa 89:24 But My faithfulness and My mercy is with him; and his horn shall be exalted in My name.
Luk 1:68 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He visited and worked redemption for His people.
Luk 1:69 And He raised up a Horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David;
Luk 1:70 even as He spoke through the mouth of His holy prophets from the age before:
Luk 1:71 Salvation from ones hostile to us, and from the hand of all the ones hostile to us,
Luk 1:72 to execute mercy with our fathers, and to remember His holy covenant,
Luk 1:73 the oath which He swore to our father Abraham,
Luk 1:74 to give to us, that we being delivered out of the hand of those hostile to us, in order to serve Him without fear,
Luk 1:75 in consecration and righteousness before Him all the days of our life.

The horn/shofar is also linked with the Word.

The Voice of Messiah is likened to a shofar...
Rev 1:10 I came to be in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
Rev 1:11 saying, I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last; also, What you see, write in a scroll, and send to the seven assemblies of Asia: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.

The Greek word δεσπότης 'despotēs' is translated as Lord. Despotes means a master or Lord in Greek. It is a combination of δέω 'deō' which means to bind or fasten and 'posis' which means a husband.

Isaac Mozeson traces this word back to the Hebrew תם which means completeness or the taming of an animal. This is what 'housebroken' comes from. This was the command to Adam in the beginning to be Lord over the earth, to have dominion (רדה 'radah') seen in
Gen 1:26 And God said, let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creepers creeping on the earth.

Ultimately this is fulfilled in Messiah Yahshua, the Last Adam.

1Co 15:45 So also it has been written, "The" first "man", Adam, "became a living soul;" the last Adam a life-giving Spirit. Gen. 2:7
1Co 15:46 But not the spiritual first, but the natural; afterward the spiritual.
1Co 15:47 The first man was out of earth, earthy. The second Man was the Lord out of Heaven. Gen. 2:7

In Genesis 25:27 Jacob is described as a 'plain' man, one who dwells in tents. This word 'plain' comes from תם. Again, notice the link to the meaning of Lord. The master of the house.

Finally, the word ῥαββονί 'rhabboni' in Greek is translated as Lord. 'Rhabboni' comes from the Hebrew word:

Ab (Latin)

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Ab (Latin)

Whitaker's Latin Dictionary

PREP - ABL -
by (agent), from (departure, cause, remote origin (time); after (reference);

The most common translation of this word is 'from' or 'away from.'

The obscure English word 'ab' derives directly from this Latin word.

'Ab' traces back to the Greek 'apo.'

The Latin word 'ab' which ultimately means 'from the source' comes from the Hebrew word 'min' and then traces back and links to the Hebrew word 'ab' which means 'Father' who is the source of all.

The first use of 'ab' in the Latin Vulgate is found in Genesis 1:6.

Gen 1:6 dixit quoque Deus fiat firmamentum in medio aquarum et dividat aquas ab aquis

Gen 1:6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

It is interesting that this word is first used in reference to the dividing of the waters as the Latin word 'ab' traces back to water.

'Ab' means water in Arabic and the Latin prefix 'ab' is used for liquids. However, the most significant connection to water is seen in the Hebrew letter Mem.

The Letter Mem

The Hebrew letter Mem is related to the Latin word ab as it is a preposition with very similar meaning. It means to comes from or originate from something.

The letter Mem is a picture of waters. In Ancient Hebrew the letter looked something like this:

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon of the Bible pg 27

In the beginning all things came forth from or originated from water.

Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth;
Gen 1:2 and the earth being without form and empty, and darkness on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God moving gently on the face of the waters,
Gen 1:3 then God said, Let light be! And there was light.

The letter Mem is also connected to the womb (place of origin).

The numerical value of Mem is 40 which is connected to water (the Flood 40 days and nights of water) and the womb, as an average human pregnancy takes about 40 weeks and it is believed that it takes 40 days from conception to the initial 'formation' of the fetus. The salinity of sea water is also the same as the 'waters' of the womb. The rebirth is also linked to 40 as Messiah Yahshua was baptized in the Jordan by John after 40 days of temptation in the wilderness.

A Womb and a Tomb
Mem is already associated with water and cleansing, but the depth of symbolism goes even further. In both Jewish and Christian understanding, immersion/baptism is a place of death and rebirth. Our old self dies, and our we are born again, clean and renewed. As if this simple symbolism were not enough, the letter Mem literally illustrates this concept.

There are two forms of the letter Mem, one used at the beginning or middle of words (open), and one only used to end a word (closed).
This concept of the letter Mem being a picture of the womb, reveals an important mystery of the Messiah being born from a virgin (closed womb/mem).

Isa 7:14 So, The Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold! The virgin will conceive and will bring forth a son; and she shall call His name Immanuel.
Isa 9:6 For a Child is born; to us a Son is given; and the government is on His shoulder; and His name is called Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Isa 9:7 There is no end to the increase of His government and of peace on the throne of David, and on His kingdom, to order it, and to sustain it with justice and with righteousness, from now and forever. The zeal of YHWH of Hosts will do this.
In the Hebrew text an amazing mystery is revealed showing that the Prince of peace will come from the closed womb. The closed mem should only occur at the end of a word, but in the text it occurs in the middle. This is the only time in Scripture that this happens.

In Genesis 8, Noah sends forth a dove to when the waters had subsided enough for the earth to be seen. This too, is a symbol of rebirth. All throughout Scripture, the number 3 is associated with resurrection as can be seen in the Book of Jonah and the resurrection of Messiah for examples. On the third day, the earth came forth out of the waters and brought forth life.
Gen 1:9 And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be collected to one place, and let the dry land appear. And it was so.
Gen 1:10 And God called the dry land, Earth. And He called the collection of the waters, Seas. And God saw that it was good.
Gen 1:11 And God said, Let the earth sprout tender sprouts, the plant seeding seed, the fruit tree producing fruit according to its kind, whichever seed is in it on the earth. And it was so.
Gen 1:12 And the earth bore tender sprouts, the plant seeding seed according to its kind, and the fruit tree producing fruit according to its kind, whichever seed is in it. And God saw that it was good.
Gen 1:13 And there was evening, and there was morning the third day.
The Spirit is linked with rebirth
1Pe 3:18 Because even Christ once suffered concerning sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God; indeed being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit;
Rom 8:11 But if the Spirit of the One having raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the One having raised the Christ from the dead will also make your mortal bodies live through the indwelling of His Spirit in you.
Born Again from Above click here by the Spirit/Word

Joh 3:3 “Yes, indeed,” Yeshua answered him, “I tell you that unless a person is born again from above, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.”
Joh 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

Tit 3:5 He saved us, not by works of righteousness which we have done but according to His compassion, through the washing of rebirth, and renewal by the Set-apart Spirit,
1Pe 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
1Jo 3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
Jam 1:18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
Jas 1:21 On account of this, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of evil, in meekness receive the implanted Word being able to save your souls.

Jonah’s name, who was ‘resurrected’ after 3 days and nights in the belly of the fish, means a dove. Again the link between the Spirit and rebirth.
H3124
yônâh
BDB Definition:
Jonah = “dove” יונה

The imagery of the dove in connection with the waters and origin/birth/rebirth is seen in Genesis 1

Gen 1:2 and the earth being without form and empty, and darkness on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God moving gently on the face of the waters,

‘The Spirit of Elohim hovered over/moving over the waters’

The word translated as hovered comes from the following:

Here we see imagery of a bird hovering over its nest. YHWH/Yahshua is described in this same imagery.

Deu 32:10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste, a howling wilderness. He encircled him and cared for him; He guarded him as the pupil of His eye.

Mat 23:37 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one killing the prophets and stoning those sent to her. How often I desired to gather your children in the way a bird gathers her chicks under her wings! And you did not desire it.

A replay of this was seen when the virgin Mary conceived and brought forth the Messiah…the Light of the world. The Spirit hovered over her ‘waters/womb’, the Seed (the Word) was implanted and she brought forth the Tree of Life.
Luk 1:35 And answering, the angel said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you, and for this reason that Holy One being born of you will be called Son of God.

Psa 139:13 For You have possessed my inward parts; You wove me in the womb of my mother.
Psa 139:14 I will thank You, for with awesome ways I am distinguished; Your works are marvelous, and my soul knows it very well.
Psa 139:15 My bones were not hidden from You when I was made in secret; when I was woven in the depths of the earth.

Yet again the dove is seen in connection with the 'rebirth'

Mat 3:16 And having been baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water. And, behold! The heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God coming down as a dove, and coming upon Him.

Messiah comes from (ab) eternity
Mic 5:2 et tu Bethleem Ephrata parvulus es in milibus Iuda ex te mihi egredietur qui sit dominator in Israhel et egressus eius ab initio a diebus aeternitatis

Mic 5:2 And you, Bethlehem Ephratah, being least among the thousands of Judah, out of you He shall come forth to Me to become One ruling in Israel; and His goings forth have been from of old, from the days of eternity.

In Micah 5:2 the link between 'ab' and the letter Mem is seen again as the Hebrew phrase 'memay olam' 'from days of eternity' where the prefix 'mem' is translated as 'ab' into the Vulgate.

Another interesting connection is seen here in that 'eternity' is from the Hebrew world 'olam' which means beyond the horizon in ancient Hebrew thought. What was beyond the horizon? The sea. This is where the sun sets in the West. Hence, 'from eternity' is linked to the original waters of creation before anything came into being. As seen above in Whitaker's definition, 'ab' has the meaning of a 'remote origin' as in 'time.'

Yahshua is the Living Waters (the source of all things)

Isa 12:2 Behold, God is my salvation {H3444}; I will trust, and not be afraid: for Yah YHWH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation {H3444}.
Isa 12:3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation {H3444}.

H3444 ישׁוּעה yeshû‛âh
salvation, deliverance

Jer 2:13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Jer 17:13 O LORD, the hope {H4723 mikveh=collection of water/pool...baptism***} of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth (John 8), because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.

***Gal 3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

Those who have been baptized into Messiah have become a type of firstfruits of His creatures. As seen in the study on אביב (aviv), the firstfruits come forth from the source* (origin) of all.

*Interestingly, the etymology of the English word 'source' comes from the French 'sourse' which means a fountainhead of a stream or river. Again the connection to the waters at the beginning.

אביב comes from the root אב (Father). Aviv is referring to the next generation of the crop which came from the parent. Aviv points to the Messiah who came forth from the Father (John 8:42; 16:28) and His body that comes forth from Him (John 17:18; 20:21).

Another connection between 'ab' (Latin) and 'ab' (Hebrew) is the letter Mem in the Aramaic square script. The letter Mem is formed by combining the letter כ (kaf) and ו (vav).

Mem

Kaf is the picture of a hand. Vav is a picture of a nail. A nail in the hand. This connects to the name YHWH even further:

As seen above, the English word 'source' derives from the picture of a fountainhead of a stream or river. This links to the Hebrew word 'maqor' which is pictured by a hole in the hand.

Psa 36:9 For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
H4726
מקר / מקור
mâqôr
BDB Definition:
1) spring, fountain

Notice the connection between the word for fountain and giving birth. Out of the side of Messiah came forth water and blood to give birth to His Bride.

This again links back to 'min'/Lat. 'ab.' 'Min' derives from the Hebrew root מן which has the meaning of continuation through the blood/DNA of a parent.

'Min' comes from the following root:

Notice that this word traces back to the blood/kind that is inherited from the father (אב).

The English word 'from' comes from the Gothic 'fram' which corresponds to the Proto-Indo-European 'pr' which traces back to the Greek word 'pro.' 'Pro' means 'before, forward, in place of' which again traces back to the Hebrew word 'min.'

Messiah came from the Father

Joh 8:42 Then Jesus said to them, If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I went forth and have come from God. For I have not come from Myself, but that One sent Me.
Joh 13:3 Jesus knowing that the Father has given all things into His hands, and that He came out from God, and goes away to God,
Joh 16:27 for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me, and have believed that I came out from God.

From Heaven
Joh 6:32 Then Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Moses has not given you the bread out of Heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread out of Heaven.
Joh 6:33 For the bread of God is He coming down out of Heaven and giving life to the world.
Joh 6:34 Then they said to Him, Lord, always give us this bread.
Joh 6:35 Jesus said to them, I am the Bread of life; the one coming to Me will not at all hunger, and the one believing into Me will not thirst, never!
Joh 6:42 And they said, Is this not Jesus the son of Joseph, of whom we know the father and the mother? How does this One now say, I have come down out of Heaven?

All things come forth FROM Messiah
Col 1:16 For all things were created in Him, the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, the visible and the invisible; whether thrones, or lordships, or rulers, or authorities, all things have been created through Him and for Him.
Col 1:17 And He is before all things, and all things have subsisted in Him

Abase (English)

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Abase (English)

Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Abase
ABA'SE, v.t. [Fr abaisser, from bas, low, or the bottom; W. bais; Latin and Gr. basis; Eng. base; It. Abbassare; Sp. bare, low. See Abash.]

1. The literal sense of abase is to lower or depress, to throw or cast down, as used by Bacon, "to abase the eye."* But the word is seldom used in reference to material things.

2. To cast down; to reduce low; to depress; to humble; to degrade; applied to the passions, rank, office, and condition in life.

Those that walk in pride he is able to abase. Dan 4.

Whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased, Mat 23. Job 40. 2 Cor 11.

*Abase traces back to the Hebrew word 'anah' which has this very meaning in relation to the eye. More on this below.

Php 2:5 For think this within you, which mind was also in Christ Jesus,
Php 2:6 who subsisting in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God,
Php 2:7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a slave, having become in the likeness of men
Php 2:8 and being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, having become obedient until death, even the death of a cross.
Php 2:9 Because of this also God highly exalted Him and gave Him a name above every name,
Php 2:10 that at the name of Jesus "every knee should bow," of heavenly ones, and earthly ones, and ones under the earth,
Php 2:11 and "every tongue should confess" that Jesus Christ is "Lord," to the glory of God the Father. Isa. 45:23

This portion of Scripture in Philippians 2 describes perfectly the picture of Messiah seen in the word 'abase.' He humbled Himself in order to save mankind and therefore was/is exalted above all. Therefore, every knee shall bow to Him. Abase is used to translate two Hebrew words. Anah, which means to be afflicted, humbled (verses 7-8) and shaphel which has a similar meaning. Shaphel comes from the root meaning of prayer, as in kneeling and speaking to one in authority (verses 10-11).

Abase comes from the the Latin word bassus (low, base; base)

A cognate of 'bassus' is the Greek word 'basis.' This is the origin of the English word 'base' which means to step, a pedestal, or a foot. As seen above in Webster's dictionary 'basis' both in Latin & Greek are derivatives of the English word 'abase.'

G939
βάσις
basis
Thayer Definition:
1) a stepping, walking
2) that with which one steps, the foot
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from baino (to walk)

Messiah 'abased' Himself by leaving the bosom of the Father (Philippians 2:5-11) to come to earth, which is His footstool (which is related to the Latin/Greek 'basis') (Isaiah 66:1) to dwell/walk among men (John 1:14; 1 John 1:1; Leviticus 26:12)

Abase is used to translate the following words in Scripture:

H6031 anah
H8213 shaphel
H8214 shephal

G5013 tapeinoo

H6031 anah

'Anah' means to be afflicted or humbled.

ענה comes from the root ען

Here it is seen that 'anah' (humble, abased) is linked with a shepherd keeping an eye on his flock. Psalm 113:6: 11:4; 33:13 & Proverbs 15:3 speak of the Good Shepherd (John 10:11) 'humbling/abasing' Himself to look upon the earth and heavens.

Psa 18:35 You have also given me the shield of Your salvation; and Your right hand holds me up; and Your condescension (Heb. anavah) has made me great.
KJV
Psa 18:35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.

2Co 10:1 And I myself, Paul, call on you through the meekness and gentleness of Christ (I, who indeed to look upon, am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you);

Isa 53:4 Surely He has borne our sicknesses, and He carried our pain; yet we esteemed Him plagued, smitten by God, and afflicted (anah).
Isa 53:7 He was oppressed, and He was afflicted (anah), but He did not open His mouth. He was led as a lamb to the slaughter; and as a ewe before her shearers is dumb, so He opened not His mouth.

Anah is also translated as 'afflict' and is the word used in relation to afflicting oneself on Yom Kippur. This is interesting in relation to this study and the picture of 'abase' meaning the Messiah leaving Heaven to come to earth as Yom Kippur is picture of this very thing.

When He returns He will not be in a state of abasement but in Glory
Isa 31:4 For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase (anah) himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.

H8213 shaphel
H8214 shephal

Psa 113:1 HalleluYah! Praise, O servants of YHWH; praise the name of YHWH.
Psa 113:2 Blessed is the name of YHWH from now on and forevermore.
Psa 113:3 From the rising of the sun to its going, YHWH's name is to be praised.
Psa 113:4 YHWH is high above all nations; His glory above the heavens.
Psa 113:5 Who is like YHWH our God, who exalts Himself to dwell;
Psa 113:6 Who humbles (shaphel) Himself to consider all in the earth and the heavens!
Psa 113:7 He raises up the poor from the dust; He lifts the needy out of the dunghill,
Psa 113:8 in order to make him sit with nobles, with the nobles of his people.
Psa 113:9 He causes the barren to live in the house as the joyful mother of sons. HalleluYah!

Shaphal comes from the root פל

Our Mediator
1Ti 2:5 For God is one, also there is one Mediator of God and of men, the Man Christ Jesus,
Heb 7:25 And from this He is able to save to the end completely the ones drawing near to God through Him, forever living to intercede on their behalf.
Heb 7:26 For such a High Priest was fitting for us: holy, harmless, undefiled, and separated from sinners, and having become higher than the heavens;
Heb 7:27 who has no need, as do the high priests, to offer sacrifices day by day, first for His own sins, then for those of the people. For He did this once for all, offering up Himself.

Our High Priest suffered (anah) so that He might be able to intercede (פל) on our behalf
Heb 2:5 For He did not put the coming world under angels, about which we speak,
Heb 2:6 but one fully testified somewhere, saying, "What is man, that You are mindful of him; or the son of man, that You look upon him?
Heb 2:7 You made him a little less than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor; and "You set him over the works of Your hands.
Heb 2:8 You subjected all things under his feet." Psa. 8:4-6 For in order to subject all things under him, He left nothing not subjected to him. But now we do not yet see all things being subject to him;
Heb 2:9 but we do see Jesus crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death was made a little less than the angels, so that by the grace of God He might taste of death for all.
Heb 2:10 For it was fitting for Him, because of whom are all things, and through whom are all things, having brought many sons to glory, to perfect Him as the Author of their salvation through sufferings.
Heb 2:11 For both the One sanctifying and the ones being sanctified are all of one; for which cause He is not ashamed to call them brothers,
Heb 2:12 saying, "I will announce Your name to My brothers; I will hymn to You in the midst of the assembly." Psa. 22:22
Heb 2:13 And again, "I will be trusting on Him." Isa. 8:17 And again, "Behold, I and the children whom God gave to Me." Isa. 8:18
Heb 2:14 Since, then, the children have partaken of flesh and blood, in like manner He Himself also shared the same things, that through death He might cause to cease the one having the power of death, that is, the devil;
Heb 2:15 and might set these free, as many as by fear of death were subject to slavery through all the lifetime to live.
Heb 2:16 For indeed He does not take hold of angels, "but He takes hold of" "the seed of Abraham." Isa. 41:8, 9
Heb 2:17 For this reason He ought by all means to become like His brothers, that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the things respecting God, in order to make propitiation for the sins of His people.
Heb 2:18 For in what He has suffered, being tried, He is able to help those being tried.

G5013 tapeinoo
G5013
ταπεινόω
tapeinoō
Thayer Definition:
1) to make low, bring low
1a) to level, reduce to a plain
1b) metaphorically to bring into a humble condition, reduce to meaner circumstances
1b1) to assign a lower rank or place to
1b2) to abase
1b3) to be ranked below others who are honoured or rewarded
1b4) to humble or abase myself by humble living
1c) to lower, depress
1c1) of one’s soul bring down one’s pride
1c2) to have a modest opinion of one’s self
1c3) to behave in an unassuming manner
1c4) devoid of all haughtiness
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from G5011

Humbled
Php 2:8 and being found in fashion as a man, He humbled (tapeinoo) Himself, having become obedient until death, even the death of a cross.

We should walk (Gk/Lat. basis) as He walked (1John 2:6)

Mat 23:12 And whoever will exalt himself shall be humbled, and whoever will humble (tapeinoo) himself shall be exalted.
Jas 4:10 Be humbled (tapeinoo) before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
1Pe 5:6 Then be humbled (tapeinoo) under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in time;
1Pe 5:7 "casting all your anxiety onto Him," because it matters to Him concerning you. LXX-Psa. 54:23; MT-Psa. 55:22

Connecting humbling/abasing self during prayer
Luk 18:9 And He also spoke this parable to some of those relying on themselves, that they are righteous, and despising the rest:
Luk 18:10 Two men went up into the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax collector.
Luk 18:11 The Pharisee was standing, praying these things to himself: God, I thank You that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unrighteous, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.
Luk 18:12 I fast twice on the sabbath; I tithe all things, as many as I get.
Luk 18:13 And standing at a distance, the tax collector would not even lift up his eyes to Heaven, but smote on his breast, saying, God, be merciful to me, the sinner!
Luk 18:14 I say to you, This one went down to his house having been justified, rather than that one. For everyone exalting himself will be humbled. And the one humbling (tapeinoo) himself will be exalted.

KJV
Luk 18:14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased (tapeinoo); and he that humbleth (tapeinoo) himself shall be exalted.

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