Gracious Gifts
These three items were given to a baby Jesus and his family.
What is gold, frankincense and myrrh?
This is the fundamental unit of time, established by one complete rotation of the earth on its axis.
What is a day?
The Bible says that if a person were to treat his enemy kindly, he would heap this upon his head.
What are fiery coals?
This plant brought great relief to Jonah until Jehovah caused a worm to attack it, resulting in its withering.
What is a bottle-gourd plant?
The bible record is written in these three languages.
What is Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek?
This type of gift is given to subvert justice.
What is a bribe?
The basic Hebrew unit of weight and of monetary value.
What is a shekel?
This man was so impressed by a dancer that he had John the Baptizer beheaded at his birthday party.
Who is Herod?
This small plant is rich in protein and carbohydrates. A stew made from this plant was sold for a famously high price.
What is lentil?
Though usually the word "tongue" is translated "language," anchient hebrew also used this facial feature to mean "language."
What is lip?
This man famously gave a gift of 200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams, 30 milk camels with their calves, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.
Who is Jacob?
A linear measure roughly corresponding to the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger.
What is a cubit?
A capable wife is known as this to her husband.
What is a crown?
This larva literally cuts away leaves of vegetation piece by piece, feeding to make it's beautiful transformation.
What is a caterpillar?
This is the translation of the name of the city where a massive god-defying tower to the heavens was being constructed.
What is confusion? (Ba'bel in hebrew)
The men who did not bring a gift when seeking King Saul's approval were labeled this epithet.
What is good-for-nothing?
A heavy weight and the largest in the bible record, this is the weight of the hailstones refered to at Revelation 16:21. This much weight in gold would be over $250,000.00 USD.
What is a talent?
This three-syllable word could refer to the chief member of a family, tribe, nation, or government. Literally translates to family head.
What is a patriarch?
This stock grain was plentiful in the Promised Land. It featured prominently in the life story of Ruth. Often this grain can be used to make flour for bread and cakes instead of wheat.
What is barley?
This is the name of a famous Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures that was in use during the first century c.e.
What is the Septuagint?
This group of people was taken by Jehovah as a gift for the house of Aaron, as those to carry on the service of the sanctuary.
Who are the Levites?
The smallest liquid measure mentioned in the Bible. One of these measure of oil was part of the prescribed offering by a cleansed leper.
What is a Log?
The high priest wore one of these made of fine linen, with a gold plate tied to its front with a blue cord.
What is a turban?
There are numerous superstitious beliefs ascribing magical powers to this plant. The Genesis record reports that Rachel agreed to exchange with her sister Leah an opportunity to have the marital due from her husband Jacob for some of this plant.
What is a mandrake?
When Jesus was on earth, Palestine had become a multilingual region where Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, and this language were spoken. This language was the primary administrative language of the Roman empire.
What is Latin?