Word List

A Bible Study in EasyEnglish (2800 word vocabulary) on Psalms 120 to 134

Keith Simons

EasyEnglish is a system of simple English designed by Wycliffe Associates (UK). This commentary has not yet received Advanced Theological Checking.

A word list at the end explains words with a *star by them.

Last part: Psalms 135 and 136; and the Songs of Ascent

Word List

Jewish ~ a word that describes something with a relationship to the *Jewish people.

Jewish (people) ~ the people who are born from the families of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Lord ~ This word usually means ‘master’. But it is also the word that the *New Testament writers used to translate God’s most holy name. So in the *New Testament, it often means ‘God’. In translations of the *Old Testament, the word LORD (in capital letters) translates God’s most holy name. And the word Lord (with just the first letter as a capital) is often a title for God.

New Testament ~ the later part of the Bible, which is about Jesus and the first Christians.

Old Testament ~ the first part of the Bible. It includes books by, and about, Moses, Samuel, David, Solomon, Ezra, and the *prophets.

prophet ~ a servant of God. God spoke his messages to the prophets. And sometimes, he showed them future events before those events happened.

rumour ~ a report which may not be correct.

sacrifice ~ a gift to God. Usually, people killed an animal as a sacrifice, and they gave it as their gift to God.

tribes ~ the groups of families in Israel. The members of each tribe came from the family of one of Jacob’s sons.

uphill ~ a description of a journey if the ground is not level, so the person must walk up a hill.

worship ~ to give honour to God; to praise God.

This book is in EasyEnglish Level B (2800 words), which was developed by Wycliffe Associates (UK).

September 2010