General Bible As Lit Terms

Question 1

Apostasy

Answer 1

an unbelieving and self-willed movement away from God

Question 2

Bible

Answer 2

the Christian scriptures, consisting of the Old and New Testaments

Question 3

Chiasmus

Answer 3

a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order

Question 4

Canon

Answer 4

a general law, rule, principle, or criterion by which something is judged

Question 5

Consecrate

Answer 5

make or declare (something, typically a church) sacred

Question 6

Covenant

Answer 6

sworn group/pact

Question 7

Anthropomorphic

Answer 7

human characteristics or behavior attributed to a god

Question 8

Decalogue

Answer 8

10 commandments

Question 9

Foreshadow

Answer 9

predicts/hints of what is to happen in the future

Question 10

Exile

Answer 10

kicked out/banned from a nation

Question 11

Genesis

Answer 11

the beginning

Question 12

Exodus

Answer 12

Mass departure of people

Question 13

Genealogy

Answer 13

family line

Question 14

Monarchy

Answer 14

government where it is under the rule of a king or queen

Question 15

Matriarch

Answer 15

women who is the head of the family

Question 16

Patriarch

Answer 16

men who are the head of the family

Question 17

Pentateuch

Answer 17

5 books

Question 18

Progeny

Answer 18

descendants of a person

Question 19

Prophecy

Answer 19

a prediction

Question 20

Proverb

Answer 20

a short pithy saying in general use, stating a general truth or piece of evidence

Question 21

Parable

Answer 21

a simple story to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson

Question 22

Prefigure

Answer 22

be an early indication or version of something

Question 23

Type

Answer 23

a category of people or things having common characteristics

Question 24

Sabbath

Answer 24

a day of rest; taken very seriously in the Old Testament

Question 25

Sojourn

Answer 25

a short stay or visit

Question 26

Literal

Answer 26

in a literal manner or sense; exactly

Question 27

Figurative

Answer 27

departing from a literal use of words; metaphorical

Question 28

Yahweh

Answer 28

Hebrew word for God/Jesus

Question 29

Testament

Answer 29

a person’s will, especially relating to personal property

Question 30

Motif

Answer 30

a decorative design or pattern

Question 31

Annunciation

Answer 31

announcement of the incarnation by the angel Gabriel to Mary

Question 32

Crucifixion

Answer 32

an execution of a person by hanging on a cross

Question 33

Resurrection

Answer 33

rising from the dead

Question 34

Blasphemy

Answer 34

the act or offensive way of speaking sacrilegiously about God

Question 35

Disciple

Answer 35

follower

Question 36

Apostle

Answer 36

one of the 12 disciples of Jesus Christ

Question 37

Covet

Answer 37

yearn to possess or have

Question 38

Gospel

Answer 38

first 4 books of the New Testament; Good News

Question 39

Ascension

Answer 39

the act of rising to an important position or higher level

Question 40

Messiah

Answer 40

promised deliverer of the Jewish Nation predicted in the Hebrew Bible.