The Expository Glossary

Expository Glossary

Expository and theological terms from the teaching, each with its definition and the scripture it rests on.

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HABIT: Disposition; a usual way of doing a thing often.
HABITATION: A dwelling place; residence; a place in which to live.
HATEFULLY DESTRUCTIVE NATURE: Shaped in iniquity and born in sin; violence; unforgiving; the mind desires to satisfy its perverted nature.
HATRED: To be jealous; to be resentful; malicious and unjustifiable feelings towards others.
HEART: Consciousness; the seat of reflection. The heart consists of the faculty of perception, understanding, feeling, judging and determination. The totality of mans inner or immaterial nature. It is the seat of the deepest and innermost feelings. It is the control center for all emotions, appetites, affections and will. You might say that it is the center of the breath of life. This is the place where affections are interpreted, emotions are released, appetites are accepted, will is birthed and personality is formed. Wisdom and understanding reside in the heart (1 Kings 3:12, Proverbs 16:23). It is also a synonym for mind (2 Chronicles 9:23), sense (Proverbs 11:12), or perceptive nature (2 Kings 5:26).
HEIGHT: 1. Your station or position in God. 2. High rank, heavenly places. 3. Dominion over principalities and powers. 4. Majesty of the sons of God. 5. Acceptance in the beloved. (Ephesians 1:19; 6:10). To understand what it means to be seated in heavenly places with Christ (Ephesians 1:3); the highest limit, greatest degree, extreme; the distance from the bottom to the top.
HERESIES: Religious belief opposed to the doctrines of the Word of God; any opinion opposed to ordained and established views. An opinion, especially a self-willed opinion, which is substituted for submission to the power of truth and leads to division and the formation of sects. An erroneous opinion.
HIGH PRIEST: One who goes before God on behalf of the people.
HIGH THING: Any action, feeling, mindset or relationship that exalts itself against or above the knowledge of God.
HOLINESS: Your relationship with God that is acceptable unto Him.
HOLY GHOST: The spirit of the godhead bodily living in you.
HOMOSEXUALITY: Characterized by or involving sexual attraction felt by one for another person of the same sex.
HOPE: Joyful expectation.
HOPE DEFERRED: When something you expected to happen did not happen and caused you to become frustrated (Proverbs 13:12).
HOST: A force or army organized especially for war; angels; stars; an encampment.
HUMAN SPIRIT: Air in motion; breath of life; consciousness.
HUMILITY: Not to be offended by abasement (being brought low); humiliation.
HUNGER: To crave or seek righteousness with eager desire.