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  1. How Many Years From Adam to Jesus? About 4,000 or 5,500, and the Bible Gives No TotalThe Bible never gives a total, but adding up the genealogies produces roughly 4,000 years from the Hebrew text and about 5,500 from the Greek Septuagint.
  2. Who Was Hannah in the Bible? Samuel’s Mother, Her Prayer and Her SongHannah was a wife of Elkanah and the mother of the prophet Samuel, and her story, set in the eleventh century BC, is told in 1 Samuel 1–2.
  3. Is Lilith in the Bible? One Verse at Most, Isaiah 34:14Lilith appears in the Bible at most once, in Isaiah 34:14, among the wild creatures of ruined Edom.

People, places and timelines

  1. How Long Did It Take Noah to Build the Ark? Up to 100 Years, by Age 600
  2. Who Was Jezebel in the Bible? Ahab’s Queen, Baal, Naboth and Her Death
  3. Bible Study: When and why was Saul’s name changed to Paul?
  4. Who Was Nicodemus in the Bible? The Pharisee Who Came by Night
  5. When and Where Was Noah Born? 1,056 Years After Creation, Place Unknown

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Animals and plants

  1. Roses in the Bible: What They Mean, From the Rose of Sharon to the White Rose
  2. What Does the Dove Represent in the Bible? The Holy Spirit Dove and the Christian Dove
  3. What Does a Vineyard Symbolize in the Bible? God’s People
  4. Are Butterflies in the Bible? No, but Christians See New Life
  5. Are Lemons Mentioned in the Bible? No. These Are the Fruits It Names

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What Christians believe

  1. What Does Imago Dei Mean? Being Created in the Image of God
  2. The Seven Princes of Hell Are Not in the Bible — They Are from 1589
  3. What Are God’s Promises in the Bible, and How Many? About 8,810
  4. Who Is God in Christianity? The One Creator, Father, Son and Holy Spirit
  5. What Is the Will of God? What the Bible Says and How to Know It

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Symbols and what they mean

  1. What Is an Altar in the Bible? A Place of Sacrifice, From Noah to the Cross
  2. What Does Oil Represent in the Bible? Anointing, the Holy Spirit, Healing and Joy
  3. What Shoes Symbolise in the Bible: Reverence, Contracts and Freedom
  4. Salt in the Bible: Meaning, Uses and How Many Times It Appears (41 in the KJV)
  5. What Does the Number 7 Mean in the Bible? Completion and Rest

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Sin, sex and daily life

  1. Bible Study: What does the Bible say about anal sex?
  2. Is Tarot Reading a Sin, and Are Tarot Cards Against Christianity?
  3. What Did Jesus Say About Money and Wealth? No One Can Serve God and Mammon
  4. What Does the Bible Say About Suicide? Life, Mercy and Hope
  5. What Was the Sin of Sodom and Gomorrah? Pride, Cruelty and Sexual Sin

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Jesus, holidays and the end times

  1. How Far Did Jesus Carry His Cross? About 500 to 650 Metres, by Tradition
  2. 616 Really Is in Some Manuscripts — and It Points at the Same Name
  3. What Is the Mark of the Beast? What Revelation 13 Says
  4. How Many Lashes Did Jesus Get? The Gospels Don’t Say (39 Is Jewish Law)
  5. The Meaning of Washing of Feet in the Bible, and Why Jesus Washed His Disciples’ Feet

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Verses and passages explained

  1. Matthew 11:28-30 Meaning: “My Yoke Is Easy, and My Burden Is Light”
  2. What Are the Beatitudes? The Eight Blessings of Matthew 5 Explained
  3. Matthew 5:31-32 Meaning: What Jesus Said About Divorce
  4. What Is the Armor of God? The Six Pieces of Ephesians 6
  5. What Is the Abundant Life in John 10:10, and How Do We Live It?

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Names, words and meanings

  1. What Does Elohim Mean in the Bible? The Hebrew Word for God
  2. One Accord Meaning in the Bible: Of One Mind, 13 Times in the KJV
  3. Calvary Means Skull: It Is the Latin for Golgotha, and It Is One Verse
  4. Atticus Is Not in the Bible — Atticus Aemilius in The Chosen Is Fictional
  5. What Does Adonai Mean? “My Lord,” the Hebrew Title for God

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More questions

  1. Meaning of Eternal Life: What Jesus Said and the Churches Teach
  2. Covenants in the Bible: The Usual Five and Who Counts Differently
  3. Tzitzit: What the Fringes on a Jewish Prayer Shawl Mean
  4. The Golden Rule Across Religions, in Each Tradition’s Own Words

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