Bible Dictionary and Concordance


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one anotherA group, association, two or more people, often people who do something together, having some form of relationship. DTP The disciple is not an island but has become part of a family that has similar goals, purposes in focus. We are called out of this world to come together a body of believers under the headship of Jesus Christ.
onyxA semiprecious variety of agate with layered colours. It was one of the twelve stones used in the priest's breastplate, representing one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Onyx represented the tribe of Asher.
open / opened To make a way through, to unlock, to expose something to full view, to gain access. DTP Christ opens many doors and ways for His disciples to walk through. The doors He opens for us to go through require faith and trust in Him. Disciples need to be obedient in order to follow His perfect will.
oppress / oppressed Browbeat, subjugate, break down, demoralize, persecute. DTP This word well describes what the devil tries to do to people in the spiritual realm. He tries to oppress our lives into some form of bondage. When the disciple is feeling oppressed, it is a good time to pray and, through the name and blood of Jesus Christ, take authority over oppression, whether that oppression is personally experienced or is affecting some other person.
oppressedTo be burdened down in one mind and spirit. oppress - Jer 30:20; oppressed - 1 Sam 12:4; Acts 7:24; harm - Matt 15:22; vexed, torment - Mark 5:7; Luke 8:28; 20:11; Rev 6:8, 7:3, 9:5, 10, 14:10, 11; entreated, persecute - John 5:16; persecuted - Acts 7:52, 9:4, 26:11, 14; brow beaten, subjugated, broken, insult.
oppressionAffliction, persecution, tribulation, domination, cruelty, harassment, repression, subjugation. DTP The enemy tries to distract us from our walk with Christ by afflicting us through a variety of cruel and oppressive ways. By remaining close to Christ and by looking constantly to Him, we can be set free from the oppression of Satan.
oppressorDespot, persecutor, bully, tyrant, dictator, authoritarian.
oracle / oraclesProphecy, vision, revelation, prediction. This is an old English word for the word prophet as well as for the words which that person would speak. God would speak through a person (words of prophecy) with a message concerning current or future things.
ordain / ordainedTo be picked, chosen or designated by the people and appointed to a specific task by the anointing of oil or the laying on of hands. It can also mean to be set aside a person or a thing for service of our Lord Jesus Christ. A common ordination statement is, "(name of person) having proven a Divine gift and calling, and having evidenced preparation in the preaching and teaching of the scriptures, was publicly commissioned and endorsed as worthy to perform the functions and offices usually pertaining to an Ordained Minister of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ by authority of (name of authorizing body) on this (day and year) at (location). (Signatures of elders)."
orderTo charge, command, a decree, law, ordinance or a statute, a system or a way of doing things. DTP God is a God of order. He expects and commands that we walk according to His ways and will. To walk outside of the order of God is to be disobedient, thus sinning before the face of God. In creation He brought all things into a divine order; that is why, when we look at creation, we can see the evidence of a Divine Maker. The church is also to be a place of order, following the patterns that have been given to us by the Word of God.
ordinance / ordinancesA divine rule or command or order; it can also be a statute or regulation. DTP God has given to Israel and to the church divine ordinances that we are to follow and by which we should live.
orthodoxyBeliefs; set of doctrines; conforming to the Christian faith as represented in the creeds of the early church. Eastern Orthodox churches are numerous in Eastern Europe and Russia, but they are also established in many other countries.
outstretched armA picturesque description of how God's efforts reach everywhere. He can work in individual lives, in our churches, as well as on our behalf in the spirit realm. He has no limitations.
outstretched handA picturesque description of how God's efforts reach everywhere. He can work in individual lives, in our churches, as well as on our behalf in the spirit realm. He has no limitations.
outwardThe outside of something, seeing the exterior, to look at something, the first glance or appearance. DTP The disciple needs to have spiritual eyes to look past the outward appearance into the heart of things. What appears on the outside may not be an accurate assessment of that which lies within the person's heart. Outward appearances can be deceiving.
overcome / overcame / overcomethTo prevail over, defeat, conquer, overpower. DTP In our own strength there are many things that we cannot overcome but, joined together with God, we are able to overcome the challenges of this world and those presented by Satan. Greater is He that is in us that he that is in the world. Christ desires the disciples to live as overcomers.
overseer / overseersThe Greek word is episkopos. (See 1 Timothy 3:1-7). Elder, one who has experience and wisdom from God to give direction and oversight to others; they can be appointed by the community of people in the church. They can also be appointed for ministry and leadership by the denomination to which a church belongs.

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