Topical Encyclopedia
In biblical terms, the word "issue" can refer to several different concepts, ranging from physical conditions to matters of moral and spiritual significance. The term is used in various contexts throughout the Bible, each carrying its own implications and teachings.
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Physical Conditions: · One of the most notable uses of the term "issue" in the Bible pertains to physical ailments, particularly those involving a discharge from the body. In
Leviticus 15, the Law of Moses provides detailed instructions regarding ceremonial cleanliness related to bodily discharges. For example,
Leviticus 15:2 states, "Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any man has a bodily discharge, the discharge is unclean." This passage outlines the procedures for purification and the impact of such conditions on communal and religious life.
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Moral and Spiritual Matters: · The concept of "issue" can also extend to moral and spiritual dilemmas or controversies. In
Proverbs 4:23 , the heart is described as the source of life's issues: "Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow the springs of life." Here, the "issues" are the outcomes or consequences of one's inner thoughts and attitudes, emphasizing the importance of maintaining a pure and righteous heart.
3.
Genealogical and Lineage Contexts: · The term "issue" is sometimes used in genealogical contexts to refer to offspring or descendants. In the King James Version, for example, the word "issue" is used to denote children or progeny, though modern translations like the Berean Standard Bible may use terms like "descendants" or "children" instead. This usage underscores the importance of lineage and heritage in biblical narratives, as seen in the genealogies of Genesis and the Gospels.
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Legal and Inheritance Contexts: · In the context of inheritance and legal rights, "issue" can refer to the rightful heirs or those entitled to receive an inheritance. The Bible contains numerous laws and narratives concerning inheritance rights, such as the daughters of Zelophehad in
Numbers 27, who petitioned for their right to inherit their father's property in the absence of male heirs.
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Symbolic and Prophetic Uses: · Symbolically, "issue" can represent the outcomes of divine judgment or blessing. In prophetic literature, the consequences of Israel's faithfulness or unfaithfulness to God are often described in terms of the "issues" that will arise, whether they be blessings for obedience or curses for disobedience.
In each of these contexts, the concept of "issue" serves to highlight the interconnectedness of physical, moral, and spiritual dimensions of life as understood in the biblical worldview. The term underscores the importance of purity, righteousness, and faithfulness in one's personal and communal life, as well as the significance of lineage and inheritance in the unfolding of God's covenantal promises.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any enclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air from a bellows, of people from a house.
2. (n.) The act of sending out, or causing to go forth; delivery; issuance; as, the issue of an order from a commanding officer; the issue of money from a treasury.
3. (n.) That which passes, flows, or is sent out; the whole quantity sent forth or emitted at one time; as, an issue of bank notes; the daily issue of a newspaper.
4. (n.) Progeny; a child or children; offspring. In law, sometimes, in a general sense, all persons descended from a common ancestor; all lineal descendants.
5. (n.) Produce of the earth, or profits of land, tenements, or other property; as, A conveyed to B all his right for a term of years, with all the issues, rents, and profits.
6. (n.) A discharge of flux, as of blood.
7. (n.) An artificial ulcer, usually made in the fleshy part of the arm or leg, to produce the secretion and discharge of pus for the relief of some affected part.
8. (n.) The final outcome or result; upshot; conclusion; event; hence, contest; test; trial.
9. (n.) A point in debate or controversy on which the parties take affirmative and negative positions; a presentation of alternatives between which to choose or decide.
10. (n.) In pleading, a single material point of law or fact depending in the suit, which, being affirmed on the one side and denied on the other, is presented for determination. See General issue, under General, and Feigned issue, under Feigned.
11. (v. i.) To pass or flow out; to run out, as from any enclosed place.
12. (v. i.) To go out; to rush out; to sally forth; as, troops issued from the town, and attacked the besiegers.
13. (v. i.) To proceed, as from a source; as, water issues from springs; light issues from the sun.
14. (v. i.) To proceed, as progeny; to be derived; to be descended; to spring.
15. (v. i.) To extend; to pass or open; as, the path issues into the highway.
16. (v. i.) To be produced as an effect or result; to grow or accrue; to arise; to proceed; as, rents and profits issuing from land, tenements, or a capital stock.
17. (v. i.) To close; to end; to terminate; to turn out; as, we know not how the cause will issue.
18. (v. i.) In pleading, to come to a point in fact or law, on which the parties join issue.
19. (v. t.) To send out; to put into circulation; as, to issue notes from a bank.
20. (v. t.) To deliver for use; as, to issue provisions.
21. (v. t.) To send out officially; to deliver by authority; as, to issue an order; to issue a writ.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
ISSUEish'-u:
(1) (moledheth, tse'etsa'im; sperma, "seed"): Offspring, descendants (Genesis 48:6Isaiah 22:24Matthew 22:25 the King James Version).
(2) (zirmah; yatsa' (verb); rhusis): A gushing of fluid (semen,Ezekiel 23:20; water, 47:8; blood,Luke 8:43). See next article.
ISSUE (OF BLOOD)
(zobh, zubh; rhusis, haimorrhoos): When used as a description of a bodily affection the word signifies:
(1) A discharge, the consequence of uncleanness and sin (Leviticus 15:2Numbers 5:2). As such it was one of the judgments which were to afflict the family of Joab (2 Samuel 3:29);
(2) a hemorrhage, either natural (Leviticus 12:7, where the word used is maqor, literally, a "fountain"), or the consequence of disease (Matthew 9:20Mark 5:25Luke 8:43).
BLOOD, ISSUE OF
ish'-u.
SeeBLOODY FLUX.
Greek
4511. rhusis -- a flowing... a flowing. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: rhusis Phonetic Spelling:
(hroo'-sis) Short Definition: a flowing, an
issue Definition: a flowing, an
...2213. zetema -- an inquiry
... Word Origin from zeteo Definition an inquiry NASB Word Usageissue (1),
points of disagreement (1), questions (3). question,issue....
131. haimorroeo -- to lose blood
... diseased with anissue of blood. From haima and rheo; to flow blood, ie Have a
hoemorrhage -- diseased with anissue of blood. see GREEK haima. see GREEK rheo....
1271. dianoia -- the mind, disposition, thought
... thoroughly, from side-to-side," which intensifies 3539 , "to use the mind," from
3563 , "mind") -- properly, movement from one side (of anissue) to the other...
1831. exerchomai -- to go or come out of
... From ek and erchomai; toissue (literally or figuratively) -- come (forth, out),
depart (out of), escape, get out, go (abroad, away, forth, out, thence...
627. apologia -- a speech in defense
... 627 (from 575 , "from" and 3056 , "intelligent reasoning") -- properly, a well-reasoned
reply; a to adequately address theissue(s) that is raised....
1826. exeimi -- to go forth
... depart, get to land, go out. From ek and eimi (to go); toissue, ie Leave (a place),
escape (to the shore) -- depart, get (to land), go out. see GREEK ek....
5056. telos -- an end, a toll
... Noun, Neuter Transliteration: telos Phonetic Spelling: (tel'-os) Short Definition:
an end, purpose, tax Definition: (a) an end, (b) event orissue, (c) the...
1252. diakrino -- to distinguish, to judge
... 2), judge (1), judged (1), made distinctions (1), made...distinction (1), misgivings
(2), pass judgment (1), regards...as superior (1), tookissue (1), waver (1...
1607. ekporeuomai -- to make to go forth, to go forth
... From ek and poreuomai; to depart, be discharged, proceed, project -- come (forth,
out of), depart, go (forth, out),issue, proceed (out of). see GREEK ek....
Strong's Hebrew
2231. zirmah -- anissue (a fluid)... 2230, 2231. zirmah. 2232 . an
issue (a fluid). Transliteration: zirmah Phonetic
Spelling: (zir-maw') Short Definition:
issue. Word Origin fem.
...2101. zob -- anissue (of fluid)
... 2100, 2101. zob. 2102 . anissue (of fluid). Transliteration: zob Phonetic
Spelling: (zobe) Short Definition: discharge. Word...issue. From...
6631. tseetsa --issue, offspring, produce
... 6630, 6631. tseetsa. 6632 .issue, offspring, produce. Transliteration: tseetsa
Phonetic Spelling: (tseh-ets-aw') Short Definition: offspring....
4161. motsa -- a place or act of going forth,issue, export...
... a place or act of going forth,issue, export, source, spring. Transliteration: motsa
or motsa Phonetic Spelling: (mo-tsaw') Short Definition: exits....
6849. tsephiah -- perhaps offshoot
... 6848b, 6849. tsephiah. 6850 . perhaps offshoot. Transliteration: tsephiah
Phonetic Spelling: (tsef-ee-aw') Short Definition:issue....issue....
6363b. pitrah -- that which separates or first opens
... 6363a, 6363b. pitrah. 6364 . that which separates or first opens.
Transliteration: pitrah Short Definition:issue. Word Origin from...
4138. moledeth -- kindred, birth, offspring
... relatives (6). begotten, born,issue, kindred,. From yalad; nativity (plural
birth-place); by implication, lineage, native country...
4726. maqor -- a spring, fountain
... Word Origin from qur Definition a spring, fountain NASB Word Usage flow (3),
fountain (14), well (1). fountain,issue, spring, wellspring....
3318. yatsa -- to go or come out
... forth (9), going (20), going forth (8), gone (23), gone forth (10), grow (1), grows
(1), hardly* (1), has (3), imported* (2), indeed go (1),issue (2), issued...
2100. zub -- to flow, gush
... flow, gush out, have a runningissue, pine away, run. A primitive root; to
flow freely (as water), ie (specifically) to have a (sexual...
Library
The Question atIssue
... CHAPTER 5 THE QUESTION ATISSUE. NEITHER Mark nor John mentions where Jesus
was born. Mark 1:9 says: "Jesus came from Nazareth of...
How a FortunateIssue Will be of no Avail to Evil Doers, While Bad...
... The Conferences of John Cassian. Chapter XII. How a fortunateissue will be of no
avail to evil doers, while bad deeds will not injure good men....
Issue Joined with those who Assert that the Son is not with the...
... Chapter VI.Issue joined with those who assert that the Son is not with the Father,
but after the Father. Also concerning the equal glory. 13....
The Woman who Suffered from anIssue of Blood was no Type of the...
... Against Heresies: Book II Chapter XXIII."The woman who suffered from anissue
of blood was no type of the suffering ??on. 1. Moreover...
The Statue which the Woman with anIssue of Blood Erected.
... Book VII. Chapter XVIII."The Statue which the Woman with anIssue of Blood
erected. 1. Since I have mentioned this city I do not...
Christ Returns to the West Side of Genesareth. --Healing of the...
... CHAPTER VII. CHRIST'S FIRST GENERAL MINISTRY IN GALILEE. Section 133. Christ Returns
to the west side of Genesareth."Healing of theIssue of Blood....
Of the Excellent Value which Sacred Love Gives to the Actions...
... CHAPTER VI. OF THE EXCELLENT VALUE WHICH SACRED LOVE GIVES TO THE ACTIONS WHICH
ISSUE FROM ITSELF AND TO THOSE WHICH PROCEED FROM THE OTHER VIRTUES....
Library Edition of the British Poets.
...ISSUE FOR THE SECOND YEAR. The Publisher begs to announce that theIssue
for the Second Year will consist of the Poetical Works of....
Chapter xiii.
... [372] For the deeds themselves which go forth from us to human society, have
an uncertainissue; and therefore He has called them darkness....
His Great Controversy
... CHAPTER IX HIS GREAT CONTROVERSY. Paragraphs 145-162. 146-148. THE QUESTION ATISSUE.
149-153. THE SETTLEMENT OF IT. 149, 150. By Peter; 151. By Paul; 152, 153....
Thesaurus
Issue (59 Occurrences)... 1. (n.) The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any enclosed place;
egress; as, the
issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air from
...Impurity (42 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 15:25 And if a woman have anissue of her blood many days not in the time
of her impurity, or if she have anissue beyond the time of her impurity...
Emission (7 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting
into circulation;issue; as, the emission of light from the sun; the emission...
Toucheth (45 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 15:7 And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath theissue shall wash
his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even....
Impure (28 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 15:25 And if a woman have anissue of her blood many days not in the time
of her impurity, or if she have anissue beyond the time of her impurity...
Trial (45 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) The formal examination of the matter inissue in a cause before a competent
tribunal; the mode of determining a question of fact in a court of law; the...
Bleeding (9 Occurrences)
... Matthew 9:20 Behold, a woman who had anissue of blood for twelve years came
behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment; (See NIV)....
Allows (7 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 15:3 And this shall be his uncleanness in hisissue: whether his flesh
run with hisissue, or his flesh be stopped from hisissue, it is his...
Success (29 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) That which comes after; hence, consequence,issue, or result, of an endeavor
or undertaking, whether good or bad; the outcome of effort....
Spring (122 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (vi) To leap; to bound; to jump. 2. (vi) Toissue
with speed and violence; to move with activity; to dart; to shoot....
Resources
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