DEPOSIT
A deposit is something entrusted to another for safekeeping. The New Testament applies the idea both to the Christian faith committed to believers and to a person’s entrusting of life and future to God.
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Deputy
Deputy is an older translation for an official or governor. In the New Testament it commonly refers to a Roman proconsul who exercised judicial and administrative authority over a province.
Derbe
Derbe was a city in the eastern part of Lycaonia visited by Paul on his missionary journeys. Paul preached there and made many disciples; Gaius of Derbe later traveled with him.
DESCRY
To descry, in older English, means to explore or examine. In Judges 1:23 it describes the house of Joseph sending men to spy out Bethel.
Desert
In the Bible, a desert or wilderness is generally an uncultivated, sparsely inhabited region that could still provide seasonal pasture. The wilderness was also a setting of testing, judgment, solitude, and divine provision.
DESIRE
To desire means to long for, ask for, seek, or require something. Desire may be good or evil depending on its object and motive, and Scripture often distinguishes holy longing from sinful craving.
Desire of all nations
“The desire of all nations” occurs in Haggai’s prophecy and has traditionally been understood by Christians as a title pointing to the Messiah. The passage also speaks of the nations’ desirable treasures being brought to God’s house.
DESOLATE
Desolate means lonely, forsaken, laid waste, comfortless, barren, or without inhabitants. Scripture uses the word for individuals, cities, lands, and conditions of spiritual or emotional abandonment.
Desolation, Abomination of
The abomination of desolation is a defiling sacrilege associated with Daniel’s prophecy and later applied by Jesus to the profanation of the holy place. It signifies a conspicuous sign of idolatrous opposition and approaching judgment.
DESPAIR
Despair is the condition of being overwhelmed by trouble or seeing no apparent way forward. Paul describes believers as afflicted and perplexed, yet not driven into utter despair.
DESSAU
Dessau is the Revised Version form of Lessau, a name found in the Apocryphal historical writings.
Destroyer
The Destroyer is a supernatural agent associated with carrying out divine judgment. Scripture uses the term for the agent who struck Egypt’s firstborn and for an angel connected with other judgments and plagues.
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