the seventh day of the week on which Jews did not do their normal work, but ‘rested’.

"For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy." (Exodus 20:11)

to slaughter, kill; metaphorically anything offered to God

"Therefore I urge you brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship." (Romans 12:1)

a political party among the Jews at the time of Christ. Their name means "the righteous". They were the social elite in Israel and denied the existence of angels and the possibility of life after death. They also rejected the oral law. The Sadducees controlled the priesthood during the time of Jesus.

"But when [Jesus] saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptising, he said to them: "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?" (Matthew 3:7)

Holy one, one of God's people.

"Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus." (Ephesians 1:1)

set apart, made holy, dedicated, consecrated.

"It is God's will that you should be sanctified; that you should avoid sexual immorality; . . ." (1 Thessalonians 4:3)

adversary

"Jesus turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men." (Matthew 16:23)

One who saves

"But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen." (2 Peter 3:18)

A clerk, especially a public servant, secretary or recorder. In the New Testament, a scribe was one who copied, studied and taught the law.

"So Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah, and as Jeremiah dictated, Baruch wrote on it all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words were added to them." (Jeremiah 36:32)

Literally ‘fiery creatures’. Beings with six wings each which Isaiah saw in his vision of the Lord in the temple. Seraphim is the plural of seraph.

"Above him were seraphim, each with six wings; With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying." (Isaiah 6:2)

to disobey God’s commandments

"Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness." (1 John 3:4)

that which breathes, the breathing substance/being, life, creature

"And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul". (Genesis 2:7)

wind, breath or spirit. The ‘spirit’ of a person is their inner being or character. The "Holy Spirit" or "Spirit of God" is God's power and, sometimes, his character.

"All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them." (Acts 2:4)

"So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature." (Galatians 5:16)

dwelling place, tent, portable temple of worship

"Make the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, with cherubim worked into them by a skilled craftsman." (Exodus 26:1)

sanctuary, place of worship

"When all the work King Solomon had done for the temple of the Lord was finished, he brought in the things his father David had dedicated—the silver and gold and the furnishings— and he placed them in the treasuries of the Lord's temple." (1 Kings 7:51)

The trial of a person’s integrity or an enticement to sin.

"People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction." (1 Timothy 6:9)

A particular language of any people.

"Cretans and Arabians—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own our tongues!" (Acts 2:11)