We can see God’s desire to have a family remains active as this theme spans the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. In chapter one, we were introduced to God’s concept of family. Here, in chapter two, we’ll look at how our relationship with God was made possible after man was banished from The Garden of Eden. Remember from chapter one, Eden was defined by five words which build the understanding that God chose Eden as the dwelling place for His Family. Our relationship with God can only be made possible by another concept: “Atonement”. Let’s look at what it is, what it means and how it impacts our lives today.
The word atonement is specific in origin from people of the Middle English period who sought a relationship with Yahweh after the separation in Eden. From Hebrew, a term that we will use later is kaphar. It means to cover, expiate, condone, or have reconciliation. It is the idea of appeasing, pacifying, or forgiving. Kaphar is probably derived from another Hebrew word: Kippurim, a condition of reconciliation or a restoration of broken trust or relationship.
Atonement, an English word, comes to us from the Middle English period. It literally is a state of being at onement, hence, the word atonement.
The Bible presents its theological importance as being an avenue of resolving the problem of broken fellowship between Yahweh and man.
Kaphar is an important word in scripture. It first appears in Genesis 6:14 where Noah is given instruction to build an ark and cover it with pitch (bitumen
[1]) inside and out. In the same way that Noah covered the boat, God covered us with the blood of Jesus Christ.
Most of the time, Kaphar is used with reference to covering or hiding sin with the blood of a sacrifice. This brings us to another concept which results in the necessity for atonement, the concept of sin. Sin separates us from God, while atonement unites us with God.
The word sin first appears in Genesis 4:7 which is the Hebrew word chattath – an offense, sometimes habitual. What we see in Eden is a willingness to believe that we exist for ourselves and live life in such a way as to serve our own interest. (This, of course is the offense. We were created for a relationship with God). In this condition of sin, we have failed to be what God created us to be – Family. In being deceived by Lucifer, Adam and Eve divorced Yahweh as their Father and became children of Satan, (John 8:44). God banished man from Eden, the place God had set aside for His family.
“The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the Tree of Life and eat, and live forever.” (Genesis 3:22 NIV)
The implication is best summed up as Paul says in Romans 6:23:
“For the wages of sin is death”. (NIV)
[2]The wages of sin is found in the currency of blood. God requires that one day the life blood be surrendered through death. He relents somewhat by developing a system of substitution that becomes a written code when God establishes it with Moses, among the people Israel. For Adam and Eve, the “wages of sin” was collected when God made garments for them from the skins of animals. The animals surrendered their blood as currency, paying for sin.
Let’s look at two verses pertaining to Adam and Eve receiving these garments:
1) “And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons.” (Genesis 3:7 KJV)
2) “And he said, I heard Thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.” (Genesis 3:10 KJV)
Adam and Eve acknowledged their physical condition. In verse seven the writer says “they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together”. In verse ten Adam is still naked. But didn’t Adam and Eve cover themselves in verse seven? The Hebrew word used in both verses for “naked” is eyrom – nudity, nakedness. Eyrom is derived from arom – to be cunning, prudent, crafty, sly, bare, slick and smooth.
For the first time, Adam realizes something that had happened as a result of pursuing his own interest.
The fig leaves were sufficient for covering their physical condition, but God was interested in covering their spiritual condition; the relationship between God and His Family. In verse 10, Adam is still saying that he is naked because of his spiritual condition. He now is not a child of God, but a child of Satan, being that he was obedient to deception.
In spite of Adam and Eve’s desire to pursue their own interest, God saw their remorse in their efforts to hide. This was probably something they should have considered before eating from the tree. Since evil was a foreign concept to them, never having been disobedient, they probably did not have the imagination to reach across disobedience to envision the consequences. They may have, as some people do, believed that if they physically died it would be to no ones consequence. What they didn’t realize is that they would be spiritually dead and nonexistent to God. God relented and prepared garments of animal skin, shedding the guiltless blood to atone for the guilty.
God spoke to Lucifer in Genesis 3:14-15 telling of God’s plan to restore man to fellowship with Yahweh.
“And I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your offspring and hers; He will crush your head, and you will strike His heel.” (Genesis 3:15 NIV)
This is imagery of the battle between Satan and Jesus Christ. First, see the heel above the head. Satan’s position is low, far below that of God. Only in the delivery of the killing blow will Satan have an opportunity to catch the bottom of the foot.
“Enmity”, (enah in Hebrew) is hostility and hatred.
“Between” (beyn in Hebrew) is distinction; which comes from biyn – separate mentally, understand.
In understanding “enmity” and “between”, we can see that the two parties are going to have differences and a struggle will ensue, a mental battle because of these differences. God Himself will put the struggle between them by implementation of the law and Satan’s power over the flesh to tempt man to break the law. Just as Lucifer won his battle over the flesh to destroy God’s relationship with man; God will win the war by destroying the power that Satan has over the flesh in fighting His own battle from within the flesh. Enmity, as used in Genesis 3:15, is consistent with the message of I Peter 4:12-13.
“Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ.” (I Peter 4:12-13NIV)
“Painful trial”, from the Greek word purosci, is a fiery test of trying circumstances.
“Suffering” is translated from the Greek word peirasmon: written in the genitive case (belonging to the sufferer) is defined as a trial
The understanding that we should have from both Genesis 3:15 and I Peter 4:12-13 is that there will be a struggle of the mind to resist the flesh and be obedient to God.
As Christ is put to the test of resisting temptation, we can feel privileged that we share in the very type of struggle Christ had to go through. Because, every victory is to God’s glory.
“Woman” (in Genesis 3:15) has another surprising definition. From Hebrew, ‘ishshah can and probably should be understood as wife. Why? Well, in Matthew 22:1-14, Jesus tells a parable of a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. A man who was not wearing wedding cloths, (likened to someone not atoned for, not covered, but naked) was thrown out and not permitted to celebrate with the others. In Revelations 19:7 John speaks of the Lamb (Christ) going to retrieve His bride, (the church; the family of God). The very first messianic verse of the Bible, Genesis 3:15 speaks of God redeeming His family. “Woman” from Genesis 3:15 actually says that God will redeem His bride, the church, as John speaks of in Revelations 19:7.
Finally, “offspring” is “zera” in Hebrew: Offspring, seed, grain, sowing a crop, issue, progeny, posterity, family, and race. “Offspring” refers to one offspring (zera). Only one of her seed will struggle with Satan in effort to have his interest undermine Satan’s interest.
It will not be announced for sometime, but eventually, the Jews will hear from Isaiah, and in Isaiah 9:6 he tells the Jews:
“
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” (Isaiah 9:6 NIV)
Kain and AbelThis verse, with some reflection on Genesis 3:15 will reveal to the Jews that God Himself is going to inhabit Eve’s seed and while in the flesh resist Satan.
For me, Genesis 3:15 sends my imagination running. What does atonement look like to God’s first humans? Let’s make a model of atonement from the story of Cain killing his brother Able.
I realize that scholars and theologians are settled with the idea that Cain killed Abel out of jealousy. Abel seemed so much more righteous than Cain.
Hypothetically, I’m suggesting that Cain may have had some insight into God’s plan, and that Cain thought that Abel was a key figure in it.
God had emphasized by illustration the covering (atoning) of sin. That an offspring of Eve would stand in as the atoning element being that animal blood does not equate to human blood, and God has promised that it will be her offspring who will struggle with Satan in defeating Satan’s deceptive power. (Remember enah, beyn, and \ or biyn?) The battle is literally will over flesh.
Did Cain think….
“I was born first; I can’t be the promised child… I can’t even offer pleasing gifts. But Abel, he always pleases God. He must be the one. Guess it’s up to me.”
“Now Cain said to his brother Abel, ‘Let’s go out to the field.’ And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.” (Genesis 4:8 NIV)
From the King James Version “killed” is the word “slew”. The Theological Workbook of the Old Testament
© says that “slew” is the Hebrew word haragh. It says:
“The first occurrence of haragh is in Genesis 4:8, describing the murder of Abel. However, it can refer to a formal execution” [such as haragh’s usage in II Samuel 4:11, 12].
Did Cain attempt to offer Abel as a sacrifice because Abel was a righteous man and Eve’s offspring? Did Cain have ‘good intentions’ and attempt the offering of Abel to atone for man and restore the broken relationship between God and mankind? This is just something to think about. It is not important to salvation. But, included in this text as a way of illustrating what factors might be considered in choosing an atonement offering.
Other Examples of AtonementOne characteristic of religion is the inability for man to not influence the structure of his religion to suit the behavior of its patrons. “one defining characteristic of religion is the futile attempts by a human being to manipulate structures, forms and behaviors in order to please the deity.
Yahwists do not influence God’s requirements for what people want to call a “religion”. In fact we do not have a “religion” but a relationship. The difference is that we have a living God who leads by example. He demonstrated to Adam and Eve what was required by Him so that they could renew their commitment to having a relationship with Him. What are required are atonement (acceptance of Christ as our sacrafice for sin), acknowledgement of God, and a pure heart (Ps. 51:17). This is the best we can do (not that we are doing anything but accepting the righteousness imputed to us in Christ) to cover the sin tainted flesh so that when God looks at us, He will see us as blameless. God atoned for Adam and Eve and for us at the shedding of Christ’s blood.
Perhaps the sacrificing that is seen in ancient and in few modern religions is due to first, not knowing Yahweh and then the concept of atonement filtering its way through civilizations with no understanding, or significance, due to the absence of a true relationship with The Living God.
The Tower of BabelOne example in ancient near eastern civilization of an attempt to atone for its people appears in the story of the Tower of Babel. Nimrod, mimicking atonement, used pitch in building the tower in the way that God had instructed Noah to use to build the Ark. I’ll begin my explanation with the ark so that you will see more easily why I have chosen to label Nimrod a “copy cat”.
“And God said to Noah, ‘The end of all flesh is come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold I will destroy them with the earth. Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.’ ” (Genesis 6:13-14 KJV)
In verse 14, the first “
[3]pitch” is Kapher, in Hebrew. We saw it previously at the beginning of this chapter in preparation to discuss the concept of atonement. Kapher originally meant to cover. Over time it came to be used for appeasement, placate, or reconciliation; atonement. Here, in Genesis 6:14 the first “pitch” is cover. The second “
[4]pitch” is a little different in concept, leaning toward a price paid for atonement. (For Israelites, the symbolism of payment is seen in paying the required “sanctuary shekel” in bringing their guilt offering [Leviticus 5:14-16]).
Kapher in Genesis 6:14 is specifically related to the material used to “cover”: Bitumen.
Kopher is the effect that kapher had. When God looked on the earth in its tempest of swirling, turbulent, unsettled water, the ark would be seen as having atoning qualities and God would not destroy it.
Nimrod’s Tower of Babel in Genesis 11 is a migdalah, a Hebrew word that means rostrum, podium, or platform. (More commonly, you will see the word ziggurat is used instead of migdalah.) An odd definition for something that history has classified a “tower”. The Tower of Babel was in fact a tower, and its site thought to exist in Iraq.
Migdalah in Hebrew is used, possibly because its intent is of dual purpose. It is a podium because it was the center of attention in Babel. A platform because they believed that their God would step down from the sky descending and ascending its staircase as it visited its patrons.
Obviously, Nimrod had established a government center that also served as a place of worship.
“And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.” (Genesis 11:4, KJV)
“City” is the Hebrew word Iyr from uwr. Iyr is a city (a city that is guarded, maybe a mere encampment or base. Uwr has the idea of opening the eyes. It may be that the two ideas exist here and “city” may be a place that was built with the intent to open the eyes in a spiritual sense. I prefer this idea over others, given the fact that there was concern for being “scattered” (“scattered” may actually be considered as “spiritually lost”) and given consideration to other words in this passage, the idea shapes up well.
“Top” from Hebrew is Rosh bearing the idea of someone of authority; a captain, commander, chief – self-appointed, appointed, or elected. It may even be a priest.
The marquee in this verse is “name”. Why, because in the Hebrew language the word
[5]shem is translated to English as “name”. Shem is a proper name as in the son of Noah. It was this son that Noah referred to when he prophesied, saying: “Blessed is the God of Shem”. Or, happy is the God of Shem. Why? Shem is an ancestor to Abram. It is out of Shem’s lineage that the Messiah would come.
I want to believe that ‘shem’ is used with the assumption that Nimrod was seeking to unify his people. In this case, the scripture would read something like: “Let’s make a name for ourselves”. But what would make the city such a favorable place that its inhabitants would stay there? It would have to be the purpose of the migdalah; that is, it must have been a temple. And, because of the migdalah, their God would find favor with them.
We should note that God was not talking to the people of Canaan. The people of Canaan would have no idea of what God’s plan was or of how to worship God. These people must have known about the prophetic statements of Noah pronouncing a curse on the lineage of Canaan and the blessing to God that was going to come from the line of Shem. We all want to win favor with God. I think that this was their goal.
The plan seems to be that Nimrod would build this city with its migdalah which would provoke a spiritual awakening, Finding its’ patrons in Babel, their god would stay at the “top”, or with the ‘Rosh’ [authority] of the migdalah and visit its’ patrons.
The similarity to the ark that Noah built is seen in Genesis 11:3:
“And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.” (KJV)
“Slime” is translated from chemar, a Hebrew word that conveys the idea of rising to the surface. James Strong calls it Bitumen.
The basket that was made for Moses in Exodus 2 was treated in the same way that the ark of Noah was and the tower of Nimrod. They were all coated with bitumen. Slime (chemar) is used on Moses’ ark as well. (Ark is the basket used in floating Moses to Pharaoh’s daughter.) The basket here is the same Hebrew word for Ark. Through the “ark”, God again rescues mankind. Noah’s Ark, Moses little ark, the Ark of the Covenant.
The blessing that was received in the accounts of Noah and Moses is given because what occurred was a part of God’s plan. The counterfeit that Nimrod staged was frustrated by God because it was not something that God asked for. The people involved did not have Yahweh’s interest in mind. Nor, were they acknowledging Him. Character is the recipient of God’s blessing. If we examine the genealogies of Noah’s three sons, we will see that Nimrod appears in the lineage of Ham in Genesis 10:8. Canaan was also in the lineage of Ham. It was Canaan and his descendents who would receive a curse for the negative character of Ham. Genesis 9:26 informs us that God’s favor would be with the line of Shem.
Why didn’t the curse fall directly to Ham instead of his children’s descendants? My suggestion is that Ham was atoned for in the cover of the ark. It may be that Canaan had been born after the ark had come to rest and Noah and his family came out of it.
Atonement as an InstitutionWhat began as a concept for those of prebiblical \ patriarchal history became an institution for Israel. On the eve of the plague of the first born, the Israelites had done as God had instructed them. They slaughtered the lamb or goat that they had chosen four days earlier: “on eve of the plague at twilight” (Exodus 12:6). They put some of its blood above the door and doorpost of their homes as God had instructed so that He would see it and not allow the plague to destroy those inside. In doing this, they consecrated themselves as God’s people (Exodus 19:6). God decreed the Passover to be a lasting ordinance (Exodus 12:14), the first of about a dozen sacred feasts with exact, specified requirements given by God.
The sacrifice of the Passover host atones for (covers) the people by the surrender of its blood as a substitute for theirs. God told Moses in Leviticus 17:11 to tell Aaron and his sons that He gives the life blood of the acceptable sacrifice animals to them to make atonement for one’s life.
Christ as AtonementThe New Testament writers saw great significance in Christ’s blood being poured out on the eve of Passover. John identified Him as being “the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” For Jesus to be seen as the atoning element of an offering and qualify to “take away the sins of the world”, Jesus had to be perfect as a lamb without defect (Leviticus 4:3). Peter called Jesus “The Christ of God!” (Luke 9:20). Thomas exclaimed “My Lord and my God!” after verifying the wounds that Christ received in the crucifixion (John 20:28). In his exclamation, Thomas testified that Christ had waged a successful war against the power of Satan to tempt the flesh to break God’s law. And, that Jesus saved Himself by His own blood and not the blood of goats and rams or bulls and lambs
[6] Hebrews 9:12 which signified to Thomas that God inhabited the “zera” of Eve and now has offered Himself in our place.
Every year before Easter ministers around the world discuss the last words of Jesus. I’ve rarely heard discussion on Matthew 27:45 or Mark 15:34:
“’Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” – which means, ‘My God, my God, why have You forsaken Me?’” (NIV)
Given accurate meaning, Jesus felt abandoned, but what did that tell Matthew and Mark?
My guess is that, as the scapegoat was sent out into the desert and left there with the sins of the community upon him (Leviticus 16:10, 21-22) Jesus had the sins of the world placed on Him and God had to withdraw His spirit from Jesus. Jesus was left alone just before He died
Luke 23:44 gives us another significant insight that fulfills the Law. The Passover lamb was to be slain at twilight. Luke says:
“It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.” (NIV)
Christ fulfilled His role as the sacrificial lamb in all that was required of the Law. So much is said of Christ in His role by the writers of the various letters that I will not elaborate much further on this. I will, however, recommend that you read Hebrews for a concise dissertation. In my opinion the author covers well the multiple complexities of atonement and it will serve as a reference to you as you teach others in their quest for a relationship with God.
Sacrifice and OfferingThe institution of atonement consisted of five sacrifices: the burnt offering, meat (grain) offering, peace (fellowship) offering, the sin offering, and the trespass (guilt) offering.
The Burnt Offering: The popular teaching of the burnt offering is that it was for expressing devotion to God. My understanding of the expression is that devotion comes through the will of the worshiper to freely bring this offering. It was not mandatory. The worshiper took part in the slaughter of the animal (Leviticus 1:4-5), and the entire animal was left to burn on the altar (Leviticus 1:9). The burnt offering may be any one of the following animals without any defects: a bull, ram, or male bird that was either a dove or pigeon. These were given in accordance with the worshiper’s economic ability.
The Meat (Grain) Offering: The meat offering is known as the grain offering for obvious reason. It was of grain (flour – Leviticus 2:1). It was to be presented with the peace offering, the sin offering, and the burnt offering (Leviticus 9:3-4; Numbers 6:14-15; Numbers 28:3-6). The grain offering of a priest was to be offered entirely and none of it was to be eaten (Leviticus 6:23). The amount of flour offered was measured in accordance to what was being sacrificed as a burnt offering (Numbers 28:12-13). Only a handful of flour was thrown on the altar for worshipers other than priest. The remaining flour was given to the priest and baked without yeast or honey in their holy meals (Numbers 6:14-17). Salt was the only seasoning to be mixed with the flour.
The Peace (Fellowship) Offering: The King James Version uses the word “peace” in the title of this offering because it is translated from the Hebrew word “Shelem” - sacrifice in thanks: - peace offering.
The element could be any animal from a flock or a herd that had no defects. The offerer and the priest shared in communion as they were in service to God. Hence the word fellowship is also given this offering (Leviticus 7:14-15; 31-34).
The Sin Offering: To be offered when an unintentional sin had been discovered by the offender(s) (Leviticus 4:2).
If a priest sinned, his sin brought guilt on the entire community (Leviticus 4:3). Another anointed priest accepted a young bull from him after he had slaughtered it (one without defect) and carried it into the Tent of Meeting. When the offending priest has dipped his finger in the blood of the bull and sprinkled it seven times before the curtain of the sanctuary he then put some blood on the horns of the Altar of Fragrant Incense that is in the Tent of Meeting. The rest of the blood is poured out at the base of the altar to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. Most of the inner parts, head, legs, flesh, and skin is taken outside the camp and burned. What is not taken outside is burned on the Altar of Burnt Offering (Leviticus 4:5-12).
If the entire community sins unintentionally, they were to offer a goat with a young bull for the burning (Leviticus 4:13-21; Numbers 15:22-26).
A leader who discovers that he has sinned must bring a male goat without defect (Leviticus 4:22-26).
Any single member of the community was to offer a female goat. He is to lay his hand on its head and slaughter it in the place where the burnt offering was slaughtered. The priest would finish atonement for him (Leviticus 4:22-35).
The sin offering was mandatory. Anyone who acknowledged his sin but did nothing to atone for it, or sinned intentionally, was to be cut off from his people (Numbers 15:30, 31). This parallels what the writer of Hebrews said concerning the continued, careless sins of an individual after being complete and mature in Christ (Hebrew 10:26). For such a person, there is no more sacrifice for sin.
The Trespass (Guilt) Offering: The Trespass Offering is different from the Sin Offering in that it required restitution in sins that have involved stolen or damaged property. The animal to be sacrificed would always be a ram. Whereas the Sin Offering was determined by who committed the sin; (I.E. priest, leader, a member of the community and by what they could afford.) The Trespass Offering required that 20% of the value of the offering be paid to the priest who made atonement (Leviticus 5:16).
Much insight and time would be required for us to see just how Jesus fulfilled the various sacrificial offerings. We’re not going to attempt to look for all of them. But, I’ve listed a few:
Offerings
Fulfilled in JesusThe Burnt Offering (color coded. What the Law required - Vs. - How Jesus fulfilled the Law)
· Without defect (Leviticus 1:3)
· Laying hands on and slaying, (A kind of exchange where the animal received the sin of the worshiper, and the worshiper had to experience the suffering and death of the sacrificial animal, Leviticus 1:4-5).
· Burnt Offering means: which goes up in smoke, an ascent, stairs, ascending, (Leviticus 1:3; 1:4).
· Cleansed the temple before bringing the offering (Exodus 29:36-37).
· Hebrews 2:10
· Hebrews 4:15, James 5:11
· Christ ascended into Heaven (Mark 16:19, Luke 24:51, Acts 1:9, Ephesians 5:2)
· Jesus cleared the temple on Monday before being crucified, acting as High Priest before offering the atoning sacrifice (Matthew 21:10-17, Mark 11:15-18).
The Peace (Fellowship) Offering (Color Coded. What the Law required - Vs. - How Jesus fulfilled the Law)
· Symbolized peace and fellowship (Leviticus 7:14-15, 31-34)
· John 14:27, Romans 5:1, Ephesians 2:14
The Sin Offering (Color Coded. What the Law required - Vs. - How Jesus fulfilled the Law)
· The priest offered sacrifice for himself before offering for the community (Leviticus 9:7)
· Hebrews 5:9 – The idea here, is to cleanse ones self, so as to be fit to atone for others.
Day of Atonement (Color Coded. What the Law require - Vs. - How Jesus fulfilled the Law)
· Entrance to the Holy of Holies (Leviticus 16:3,6,11)
· Scapegoat (Leviticus 16:20-21).· Isolated after sins were placed on (Leviticus 16:21).
· The other goat was for the atonement of the people (Leviticus 16:15)
· Hebrews 10:19-20
· Hebrews 9:28a
· Matthew 27:46
· Hebrews 9:28b
The Trespass (Guilt) Offering (What the Law required - Vs. - How Jesus fulfilled the Law)
· Pay 20% worth of your offering to the priest (Leviticus 5:16)
· Christ paid the sanctuary shekel to fulfill the law (Matthew 17:24-27).
[1] Bitumen, any of various naturally occurring mixtures of hydrocarbons and their nonmetallic derivatives. Article – Encarta Encyclopedia Encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761578282Bitumen.html?
[2] Lev. 17:11, “Since the life of a living body is in its blood, I have made you put it on the altar, so that atonement may thereby be made for your own lives, because it is the blood, as the seat of life, that makes atonement”
© Copy write 1980 by Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
[3] Kapher, #3722 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
[4] Kopher, #3724 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance. Kopher: Village, pitch; a cypress flower; a redemption price, sum of money, ransom or bribe.
[5] James Strong cites shem as having two meanings in the Hebrew language, both spelled identically. #8034 from Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance seems to be an adverb or a predicate adjective; being famous, or having notoriety. #8035 is a noun – name. See Terabian manual again for correct formatting of footnotes.
[6]Hebrews 9:12, “He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption. (Hebrews 9:12 - NIV)
