The Attributes of God's Word

 Jennifer Lynn Joy © 2005

 The attributes of God’s word are not confined to time or space, as in the same manner that HE is not confined to time or space. Although HE created time and space for the parameters of HIS creation, God lives outside and yet inside of time and space. HIS creation speaks, expresses, declares, proclaims and exemplifies HIS characteristics so clearly. The following is a sampling of the attributes of the spoken and written Word of the LORD GOD!

Word Definitions and Scripture References 

Apple ~ the pupil or ball of the eye (#380 Strong’s).

Keep my commandments and live, And my teaching as the apple of your eye. (Proverbs 7:2)

Bread ~ bread, loaf (#740 Strong’s).

"I am the living bread that came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread also which I will give for the life of the world is My flesh." (John 6:51)

Burning ~ kindle, to set on fire, consume: burn light (#2545 Strong’s).

They said to one another, "Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He was explaining the Scriptures to us?"  (Luke 24:32)

Delight ~ enjoyment, delight, pleasure (#8191 – Strong’s).

I long for Your salvation, O LORD, And Your law is my delight. (Psalm 119:174)

Fire ~ fire, burning, fiery, flaming, hot (#784 Strong’s).

But if I say, "I will not remember Him Or speak anymore in His name," Then in my heart it becomes like a burning fire Shut up in my bones; And I am weary of holding it in, And I cannot endure it. (Jeremiah 20:9)

Fountain ~ source of water, even when naturally flowing; also of tears, blood. Happiness, wisdom: fountain, issue, spring, well (-spring) (#4726 Strong’s).

The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, To turn aside from the snares of death. (Proverbs 13:14)

Gold ~ to shimmer, gold, something gold-colored as oil, a clear sky: - gold (-en), fair weather (#2091 Strong’s).

The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of the LORD are true; they are righteous altogether. They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb. (Psalm 19:9-10. Also Psalm 119:127)

Hammer ~ to pound, a hammer (#6360 Strong’s)

“Is not My word like Fire?” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer which shatters a rock.” (Jeremiah 23:29)

Honey ~ syrup, honey, honeycomb (#1706 Strong’s).

The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of the LORD are true; they are righteous altogether. They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb. (Psalm 19:9-10)

Lamp ~ to glisten, a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light: - candle, lamp, light (#5216 Strong’s).

Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path. (Psalm 119:105. Also II Peter 1:19)

Light ~ illumination or luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.) – bright, clear, day light, lightning, morning, sun (#216 Strong’s).

For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching is light; And reproofs for discipline are the way of life. (Proverbs 6:23)

Milk ~ milk (#1051 Strong’s).

Like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation, if you have tasted the kindness of the Lord. (I Peter 2:2-3)

Mirror ~ mirror, glass (#2072 Strong’s).

For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; for {once} he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was. (James 1:23-24)

Meat ~ nourishment, rations: food, meat (#5160 Strong’s).

For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food. For everyone who partakes {only} of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is an infant. But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil. (Hebrews 5:12-14)

Pure ~ beloved, pure, choice, clean, clear, pure (#1249 – Strong’s).

The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. (Psalm 19:8)

Truth ~ stability, certainty, truth, trustworthiness, assured, establishment, faithful, right, sure, true, verity (#571 – Strong’s).

Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And Your law is truth. (Psalm 119:142)

Seed ~ sowing, parentage, seed (#4701 Strong’s).

For you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring word of God. For, "ALL FLESH IS LIKE GRASS, AND ALL ITS GLORY LIKE THE FLOWER OF GRASS. THE GRASS WITHERS, AND THE FLOWER FALLS OFF, BUT THE WORD OF THE LORD ENDURES FOREVER." And this is the word, which was preached to you. (I Peter 1:23-25. Also Matthew 13:18-23 and James 1:18)

Silver ~ money, price, silver (#3701 Strong’s).

The words of the LORD are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times. (Psalm 12:6)

Sure ~ to build up or support, to render or be firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet, to be true or certain, steadfast (#539 – Strong’s).

The law of the LORD is perfect, restoring the soul; The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. (Psalm 19:7)

Sword ~ a knife, dirk, war, judicial, punishment: - sword (#3162 Strong’s). 

For the word of the God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12)

Water ~ water (#5204 Strong’s).

So that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless. (Ephesians 5:26-27)

Word ~ something said including the thought; a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; computation; Divine Expression:-account, cause, communication, concerning doctrine, matter, preaching, speech, tidings, treatise, utterance, work, reason, word  (#3056 Strong’s).

 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John 1:1)

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Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE^®, © Copyright The Lockman Foundation, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978.

Strong, James. The New Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1984.

		FEBRUARY 2006 For the Nation of Japan THE INHERITANCE OF HIS GLORY! Sent to: Brenda Takano, Chiba, Japan  Scriptures: Exodus 15:17, Psalm 106, Exodus 34:9, Numbers 27:7-11, Hebrews 9:15, I Peter 1:4, Hebrews 11:8, Acts 20:32, Acts 26:18, Acts 20:32, Acts 26:18, Ephesians 1, Colossians 1:12-13, Colossians 3:24, Ephesians 3, Revelation 21, Revelation 22 and Hebrews 1:4. Handmade by Jennifer Lynn Joy