| Abomination |
Detestable. Differing
Hebraic terms used in the Old Testament for this one English word
describe specific areas of actions considered particularly
detestable to God. Each Hebrew word used is unique, describing a
specific behavior with varying degrees of abhorrence. |
| Addict |
One who surrenders his/her
will over to a behavior or substance habitually and becomes
psychologically dependent on that behavior or substance. |
| Adultery |
A violation of the covenant
of marriage through sexual intercourse of one of the marriage
partners with a third party. |
| Bigotry |
Closed minded; intolerant and
opinionated. |
| Catamite |
A boy slave kept by a
pederast. |
| Chamberlain |
An attendant on a sovereign
or lord in his bedchamber |
| Conservative |
Traditionally accepted
methods of doctrinal interpretation. |
| Deductive (Reasoning) |
A logical philosophical
approach to reasoning beginning with universal truth to determine
individual truth; from the general to the particulars; starting with
the whole and reasoning to the part. |
| Effeminate |
Having feminine qualities of
softness or weakness. A person of over-refined mannerisms. |
| Emasculate |
To deprive a man of virile or
procreative power; to castrate |
| Ethnocentric |
Regarding one's own group to
be superior to others |
| Fornication |
Voluntary sexual intercourse
between an unmarried woman and a man. |
| Fundamentalism |
The belief system emphasizing
the literal inerrancy of the Scriptures. |
| Gigolo |
A male prostitute who caters
to women. |
| Greek (Language) |
Language of the
Hellenes; dominant language of the world at the time of Christ due
to the influence of Greek culture after the conquests of Alexander
the Great. The Greek dialect "Koine" was the common language used
in writing the New Testament. |
| Harlot |
A woman who engages in
promiscuous sexual intercourse for pay. |
| Hebrew (Language) |
The primary Semitic language
used in writing the Old Testament. It was the ancient language of
the descendants of Abraham through Isaac and Jacob. Aramaic was
also used in writing the Old Testament being a Hebraic derived
dialect. |
| Homophobic |
Having an irrational fear of
homosexuality. |
| Hustler |
A male prostitute who caters
to men |
| Idiom |
A language or expression
peculiar to a particular people or region. |
| Idolatry |
The worship of a physical
object as a god or an immoderate attachment or devotion to something
other than God. |
| Immorality |
Acts contrary to established
standards of good behavior. |
| Inductive (Reasoning) |
A logical philosophical
approach to reasoning by determining universal truth beginning with
individual truth; from the particulars to the general; starting with
part and reasoning to the whole. |
| Infamous |
Bad reputation or
disgraceful. |
| Intrinsic |
Belonging to the basic
constitutional nature of something. |
| Invert |
A homosexual. This word was
coined prior to 1611, before the King James Version was published. |
| Isolationist |
One who keeps to themselves
by abstaining from political entanglements |
| Judaizers |
The early Christian
Church being predominantly Jewish struggled over the issue of
non-Jewish converts. At first it was thought that before becoming a
Christian, one must first become a Jew, receiving circumcision.
However, Peter was shown that God had accepted the Gentiles as they
were and later Paul expounded on the doctrine of salvation by grace
alone. The Jerusalem council upheld his teaching. Some continued
to insist that the Law of Moses must be observed to the letter and
became known as the party of the circumcision or Judaizers. |
| Lecherous (Lecchouris) |
Given over to an inordinate
indulgence of sexual activity. |
| Molester |
One who makes
annoying sexual advances, sometimes having injurous effect |
| Orthodox |
The conventional point of
view as established by conservative doctrinal interpretation |
| Pederast |
An older man who keeps young
boys as his sexual slave. This practice was common in the ancient
world. Practitioners were not necessarily homosexuals. |
| Pervert |
One given over to some form
of extreme sexual abnormality. |
| Prejudice |
A preconceived judgment or
opinion based on insufficient knowledge or partial inconclusive
evidence. An irrational attitude of hostility directed against an
individual or group because of their adjudged inferior
characteristics. |
| Promiscuous |
Having multiple sexual
partners without any commitments between them. |
| Prostitute |
A person who engages in
promiscuous sexual intercourse for pay. |
| Rape |
Violent acts of a sexual
nature performed by the force of an individual over another without
their consent. |
| Sissy |
An effeminate man or boy
often thought of as a coward. |
| Sodomite |
A male temple-cult
prostitute. (This word has no relationship to homosexuality except
by those who have mistakenly interpreted Genesis 18-19 as a story of
male homosexual rape.) |