Nouns
This broke out in heaven following the birth of the Kingdom (Revelation 12:7)
WAR
To impress on us that we should “not return to the things behind,” Jesus Christ urges that we remember this person [4 words] (Luke 17:31, 32)
THE WIFE OF LOT
Farming implement mentioned as suitable for getting rid of “troublesome plants” (Isaiah 7:25)
HOE
Before he was chosen to be a prophet, Amos engaged in this seasonal occupation [3 words] (Amos 7:14)
NIPPER OF FIGS
This large wild animal is mentioned only once in the Scriptures (Psalm 80:13)
BOAR
When Abraham purchased the cave of Machpelah from Ephron the Hittite for 400 silver shekels, he intended to use it as this [2 words]
BURIAL PLACE
Contemptuously described in the Scriptures as harsh, bad, good-for-nothing, and senseless, he was struck dead by Jehovah (1 Samuel 25:3, 17, 25, 36-38)
NABAL
Used in the Bible to symbolize the authority of parents over their children (Proverbs 29:15)
ROD
One who disperses seed by hand (John 4:36)
SOWER
By means of this standard Hebrew weapon, Phinehas pierced through both Zimri and Cozbi and brought a halt to the scourge that killed 24,000 Israelites on the Plains of Moab (Numbers 25:6-15)
SPEAR
Gideon used this to make sure that Jehovah would keep his promise to save Israel by means of him (Judges 6:36-40)
FLEECE
Job’s companion Bildad is the only one of these named in the Scriptures (Job 8:1)
SHUHITE
The channel that brought water to a pool near the King’s Garden (Nehemiah 3:15)
CANAL
Jesus said that he would come in this manner (Revelation 16:15)
THIEF
Among the things that Agur found too wonderful to comprehend was the way of this bird in the heavens (Proverbs 30:18, 19)
EAGLE
The large copper vessel used by the priests for washing themselves in the courtyard of Solomon’s temple was called this because of the large quantity of water it could contain (2 Chronicles 4:6)
SEA
Hosea’s wife (Hosea 1:3)
GOMER
This fragrant shrub is mentioned only in The Song of Solomon (Song of Solomon 1:14; 4:13; 7:11)
HENNA
Barabbas, set free by Pilate in place of Jesus, was guilty of this crime (Luke 23:25)
MURDER
Josiah’s royal secretary, who reported to him on the progress of the temple repair work and read to the king from the “book of the law” that was found there (2 Kings 22:8-10)
SHAPHAN
Paul encountered these Greek philosophers when he was preaching in the marketplace at Athens (Acts 17:16-21)
STOICS
Peter healed this man of Lydda who was paralyzed for eight years (Acts 9:32-34)
AENEAS
Job likened the sayings of his false comforters to proverbs of these (Job 13:12)
ASHES
Calling the scribes and the Pharisees this, Jesus mentioned that they “strain out the gnat but gulp down the camel” [2 words] (Matthew 23:24)
BLIND GUIDES
The principal idol god of the Ammonites (Zephaniah 1:5, King James Version)
MALCHAM