Douglas Jacoby Podcast
A podcast dedicated to sharing the audio files of Douglas Jacoby's International Teaching Ministry. Our goal is to help people "think about faith." Douglas Jacoby is an international Bible teacher. After serving as a minister on church staff for 20 years, he continues to work as a freelance teacher and consultant. With degrees from Drew, Harvard, and Duke, Douglas is a writer, speaker, podcaster, and biblical tour guide. He has visited over 130 nations. He is the principal of the Athens Institute, and Professor of Theology at the Seminar of the Rockies. Audio, video, and written material from the International Teaching Ministry are available online at an extensive website (10,000 pages), https://www.douglasjacoby.com.
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 20 minutes
- Episodes
- 879
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
OT Characters: Uzziah
For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.
Hebrew words:
- ‘Uzziyyahu (contraction of Azariah, ‘Azaryah) = “Yah(weh) is my strength.”
- The king is mentioned several dozen times in the B…
OT Characters: Hezekiah
For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.
Hebrew words:
- Chizqiyyah, Chizqiyyahu, Yechizqiyya, or Yechizqiyyahu (Hezekiah) -- “Yah has strengthened”
About 125x in the Bible
Further st…
OT Characters: Jehu
For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.
Hebrew words:
- Yehu' (Jehu) -- Yah(weh) is He, or He is Yah(weh)
- 54x in the O.T., by my count. (There are three other Jehus as well.)
Further…
OT Characters: Elisha & Gehazi
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Hebrew words:
- 'Elisha' (Elisha) -- "God is salvation," 59x in the Bible
- 'Gekhazi (Gehazi) -- 12x in the Bible
Further study:
- Elisha: 1 Kings …
OT Characters: Elijah
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Hebrew words:
- ‘Eliyyah (Elijah) – My God is Yah (Yahweh)
- 100x in the Bible (71x in the OT, 29x in the NT)
Passages covered in this podcast:
- 1…
OT Characters: Ahab & Jezebel
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Hebrew words:
- 'Akh'av (Ahab)-- father's brother or "The Father is my brother" (a claim to be close to God?), 84x in the OT.
- 'Izevel (Jezebe…
OT Characters: Jeroboam & Rehoboam
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Hebrew words:
- Rekhav'am (Rehoboam) -- "The people are enlarged." 51x in the O.T.
- Yarav'am (Jeroboam) -- "The people contend." About 100x. (…
OT Characters: Solomon
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Hebrew words:
- Shlomoh (Solomon) -- means peace, wholeness, soundness, welfare
- Appears 302x in the Bible
Further study:
- Covered in the podcast…
OT Characters: Joab, Absalom & Adonijah
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Hebrew words:
- Yo'av (Joab) -- Yahweh is father, 140x in the O.T.
- Avi-Shalom (Absalom) -- My father is peace, 109x in O.T.
- Adhoni-Yahu (Adoni…
OT Characters: David
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Hebrew words:
- Dawid or Daweed—David—has a meaning similar to "loveable." He was evidently a very likable person,
- He was loved by Saul.
- He wa…
OT Characters: Jonathan
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Hebrew words:
- Yehonathan (Jonathan) -- "The Lord has given"
- Appears about 90x in the OT. Note: there are many Jonathans in the Bible (about…
OT Characters: Saul
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Hebrew words:
- Sha’ul – Saul, 422x in the Bible.
- Note: Saul of Tarsus = 23x; King Saul, 399x. In 1 Sam 9-11, 13-29, 31; 2 Sam 1 etc.
- Sha…
OT Characters: Samuel
For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.
Hebrew words:
- Shmu'el (Samuel) -- "Name of God," or "hear by God." Appears 144x in the Bible. (Numbers 34:20 refers to a different person.…
OT Characters: Eli
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Hebrew words:
- 'Eli (ay-LEE)-- Note, despite the similarity, this is not the Hebrew word "my God," as the initial consonant is different (a…
OT Characters: Hannah
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Hebrew words:
- Channah (Hannah) -- 13x in 1 Samuel 1-2. From chen (HAYN, with a very hard 'h'), which means grace.
- N.T. Anna in the Greek is…
OT Characters: Ruth
For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.
Hebrew words:
- Ruth -- 12x in Ruth and once in Matthew 1:5
- No'omi (Naomi) -- 21x in Ruth
- Mara' -- bitter
- Bo'az -- "In him is strength," or "qu…
OT Characters: Samson
For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.
Hebrew words:
- Shimshon (Samson). May be related to the Hebrew word for sun, shemesh; if so, here is a polytheistic overtone.
- Appears 39x in…
OT Characters: Gideon
For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.
Hebrew words:
- Gidh'on (Gideon) -- 41x in Judges 6-8 and Hebrews 11
- Yerubba'al (Jerubbaal) -- sounds like Yerubh bo ha-ba'al (Let Baal conte…
OT Characters: Deborah
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Hebrew words:
- Devorah ("deVOrah") -- Deborah, Hebrew for bee
- Appears 9x in the Bible, and only in Judges 4-5 (if we don't include the other…
OT Characters: Caleb
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Hebrew words:
- Khelev (Caleb) -- dog
- Appears 35x in the OT (compared to 223x for Joshua), in Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, 1 Samuel,…