Bible Word Play Trivia

1. Here's my code for letters of the alphabet: 1 (ABC), 2 (DEF), 3 (GHI), 4 (JKL), 5 (MNO), 6 (PQR), 7 (STU), 8 (VWX), 9 (YZ). What New Testament man am I referring to when I use the numbers 62726?

From Quiz 'Secret Codes' for New Testament Men

Answer: Peter

The correct answer is Peter. He was one of the original Twelve Disciples and once boasted he would never deny Christ. However, Peter would end up denying even knowing Christ on three different occasions just prior to the crucifixion. Later, Perter would become an unstoppable force in the early church, risking all to preach the Gospel message.

From Quiz 'Secret Codes' for Old Testament Men

Answer: Adam

Adam, of course, was the first man. He was the husband of Eve and the father of Cain, Abel and Seth as well as an unstated number of sons and daughters. According to Genesis 2:20 in the NKJV, Adam gave names to all cattle, birds of the air and "to every beast of the field."

From Quiz 'Secret Codes' for Biblical Women

Answer: Eve

Eve, the first woman and wife of Adam, is the correct answer. According to Genesis 3:20, Adam named his wife Eve because she was "the mother of all living." She was the mother of Cain, Abel and Seth and an unstated number of other sons and daughters.

From Quiz 'Secret Codes' for Bible Books

Answer: Genesis

Genesis is the first book in the Hebrew Bible as well as the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. The book provides an account of the creation of the world as well as details about the lives of the three patriarchs of the Israelite nation -- Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Tradition holds the book was written by Moses.

From Quiz A Bible Quiz With Really Bad Poetry -- #3

Answer: Seth

Seth was the third son of Adam and Eve, being born after Cain and Abel. According to Genesis 5:8 he lived nine hundred and twelve years, which wasn't unusual for Bible characters shortly after the beginning of creation. Going strictly by Scripture, Seth's life was not out of the ordinary, with his name appearing nine times in the Old Testament using the NKJV. However, it's a different story when one reads Luke 3:8 in the New Testament. The verse includes Seth in the genealogy of Jesus Christ. Also included are Seth's father Adam and Seth's son Enosh.

From Quiz A Bible Quiz With Really Bad Poetry -- #2

Answer: Eve

Eve, of course is the correct answer. After being created by God, Genesis 3:20 states Adam, the world's first man, called her Eve as "she would become the mother of all the living." According to Scripture, Eve was convinced by a serpent to eat forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden and, afterwards, Adam did likewise. As a result, they were driven out of Eden. Scripture tells of Adam and Eve being the parents of Cain, Abel and Seth as well as an unstated number of other sons and daughters.

From Quiz A Bible Quiz With Really Bad Poetry -- #1

Answer: Adam

Adam, of course, is the correct answer. The creation of the first man is recorded in Genesis 1:26-28 with Scripture stating God created him in His own image. The name Adam first appears in Genesis 2:19. According to notes in the NKJV Study Bible, Adam simply means 'the man'. After Adam was called upon by God to give names to all the animals that had been created, Scripture tells of God creating Eve, the first woman.

From Quiz QWERTYUIOP Names & Words in the Bible

Answer: Peter

Peter is the correct answer. His name is formed entirely from the top line on your computer keyboard. Peter is known for a number of things, including walking on water for an ever so brief period of time and denying three times he even knew Christ just prior to His crucifixion. For details about Peter walking on water, see Matthew 14:27-33. Meanwhile, details about Peter denying he knew Christ can be found in Matthew 26:69-75. Peter was also known as Simon, but that is not a QWERTYUIOP name.

From Quiz The Tribes of Israel

Answer: Joseph

Joseph was the son of Jacob by his much loved wife Rachel. As such, he was greatly favoured by Jacob. This caused much anger and resentment among his brothers, so much that they plotted to kill him, eventually settling for selling him to the Ishmaelites.

From Quiz They Passed By Here

Answer: Galilee

The Sea of Galilee features many times in the Gospels in the New Testament. The clue in the question refers to the time when Jesus and His disciples were travelling by boat across the sea of Galilee. A strong storm arose and the disciples feared the boat would sink. Jesus, who was asleep, got up and rebuked the storm which immediately calmed down.

From Quiz We're So Sorry, Uncle Albert

Answer: Ruth

...RUT, He... Ruth is one of the two women to have books of the Bible named after them (the Bibles used by the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christian denominations also include a third one). She wasn't a Jew by birth but her loyalty to her mother-in-law, after both were widows, earned her a place in Jesus' genealogy.

From Quiz They Are From the Bible

Answer: Joseph

...San JOSE PHone... Joseph was the husband of Mary, the virgin chosen by God to give birth to His son, Jesus. Despite knowing of Mary's pregnancy before marriage, Joseph obeyed God and married her. When Herod gave orders to kill all the male children, Joseph again obeyed God and moved his family to Egypt to save Jesus from Herod's evil plans.

From Quiz Element Symbols and Biblical People

Answer: Cain

Cain was the oldest son of Adam and Eve and was therefore the first person to be born through childbirth. Cain gave fruit as an offering to God. However, God was more pleased with Abel's offering (portions from some of Abel's flock). Cain was upset with God and killed Abel. Cain was banished from the land and lived his life in a place called Nod (located near Eden). The story of Cain and Abel can be found in Genesis 4:1-16.

From Quiz Jokes With a Biblical Theme

Answer: David

David is the correct answer. He's the straightest of the four men because he was a 'ruler', having served as a king of Israel. The account of David becoming the king of Judah is found in the second chapter of 2 Samuel. The fifth chapter is devoted to details about David becoming king of all the tribes of Israel.

From Quiz Bible add a word

Answer: Aaron

We're talking about Mr Ron Howard, child star of "The Andy Griffith Show." Aa+ron = Aaron, brother of Moses. Exodus 15:20.

From Quiz Biblical Elements

Answer: Genesis

Genesis is the first book of the Bible and is regarded as the first of the five books called the Torah. Genesis contains the familiar stories of the Creation, Adam and Eve, Noah's ark, and Abraham. Genesis introduces the basic fundamentals of humanity such as the sin of murder as well as sacrifice to God.

From Quiz Bible Books

Answer: Romans

The line of Caesars ruled over the Roman Empire.

From Quiz Chemical Symbols, Bible Edition -- Men

Answer: Cain

Cain is the correct answer. Cain, of course, was the world's first murderer with Scripture telling of him killing his younger brother Abel in a severe fit of jealousy. See Genesis 4:1-15 for details. Here are the symbols for the three different elements in the question: calcium (Ca), iodine (I) and nitrogen (N).

From Quiz Chemical Symbols, Bible Edition -- Women

Answer: Bathsheba

Put the symbols together, and you get the name 'Bathsheba'. (Ba for barium, Th for thorium, S for sulfur, He for helium and Ba once again for barium.) Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah, had an adulterous affair with King David. When Bathsheba became pregnant as a result of the affair, David ended up orchestrating the death of Uriah and taking her as his wife. Later, David and Bathsheba would become parents of Solomon, a noted king of Israel.

From Quiz 'Secret Codes' for New Testament Men

Answer: Andrew

Andrew was the brother of Peter and one of the original Twelve Disciples. According to Scripture, he and Peter were fishermen who lived in Bethsaida, a fishing community on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. While Peter was boisterous and extroverted, Scripture paints a picture of Andrew as being reserved and quiet.

From Quiz 'Secret Codes' for Old Testament Men

Answer: Abraham

Abraham is the correct answer. He was the husband of Sarah and the father of Isaac. Abraham was also the father of Ishmael, the son of Hagar, a handmaiden of Sarah. Abraham, originally known as Abram, is the patriarch of the Israelite nation.

From Quiz 'Secret Codes' for Biblical Women

Answer: Rachel

Rachel is the correct answer. She was the wife of Jacob and the mother of two boys -- Joseph and Benjamin. According to Genesis 35:18, Rachel died giving birth to Benjamin.

From Quiz 'Secret Codes' for Bible Books

Answer: Exodus

Exodus is the correct answer. The book, in order of appearance, is second in both the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. The book provides an account of ten plagues being unleashed on Egypt followed by an exodus of the Israelites out of the country. Tradition holds the book was written by Moses.

From Quiz A Bible Quiz With Really Bad Poetry -- #3

Answer: Methuselah

Methuselah is the correct answer. According to Genesis 5:27, he was nine hundred and sixty-nine years old when he died. That's seven years more than Jared, the second oldest man in the Bible. Genesis 5:20 states Jared was nine hundred and sixty-two years old when he died. Meanwhile, the third oldest man in the Bible was Adam, who lived to be nine hundred and thirty years, as per Genesis 5:5. Other Bible people who were long in the tooth were Canaan (nine hundred and ten years, as per Genesis 5:14) and Enosh (nine hundred and five years, as per Genesis 5:11).

From Quiz A Bible Quiz With Really Bad Poetry -- #2

Answer: Jonah

Correctly unscramble the letters and you come up with 'Jonah'. After receiving divine instructions to go to Nineveh to preach a message of repentance, Jonah tried to run from God by boarding a ship bound for Tarshish. Shortly afterwards, the ship ended up being battered by a severe storm and the crew members threw Jonah overboard because they were of the opinion he caused the storm. After being tossed overboard, Scripture tells of a gigantic fish swallowing Jonah and he ended up spending three days and three nights in its stomach. After the fish regurgitated Jonah onto dry land, he followed God's instructions and headed to Nineveh to preach to the people. According to notes in the NKJV Study Bible, Nineveh was in modern day Iraq.

From Quiz A Bible Quiz With Really Bad Poetry -- #1

Answer: Bathsheba

Bathsheba was taking a bath when King David, who was on the rooftop of his palace, first saw her. 2 Samuel 11 tells of David having an adulterous affair with Bathsheba while her soldier husband, Uriah, was away in battle. After she became pregnant, David tried to convince Uriah an adulterous affair had not taken place but the king's scheming was in vain. Scripture goes on to tell of David orchestrating the death of Uriah and then taking Bathsheba as his wife. However, the child that was conceived as a result of their tryst died shortly after birth. Later, David and Bathsheba would become parents of Solomon, the man who would eventually replace David as king.

From Quiz QWERTYUIOP Names & Words in the Bible

Answer: Er

Er, the son of Judah, was the first husband of Tamar, as per Genesis 38:6. Scripture goes on to state Er was was "wicked in the sight of the LORD and the LORD killed him." No further details are given. Tamar would marry Onan, Er's younger brother, and he too would be struck dead by the LORD. In addition to being a QWERTYUIOP name, Er is one of a handful of names in the Old and New Testament that can be formed entirely on the left side of your computer keyboard. Out of the four possible answers, it must be pointed out there is no such name as 'Wire' in Scripture.

From Quiz The Tribes of Israel

Answer: Simeon

Simon + E Simeon was the second son of Jacob and Leah. Some traditions give the meaning of his name as "He has heard my sufferings". Since Leah is described as not being loved or at least not being loved as much as Rachel by their husband Jacob, she is said to have derived solace from the sons she bore Jacob while her sister remained barren.

From Quiz They Passed By Here

Answer: Sinai

Mount Sinai is first mentioned in the book of Exodus in the Old Testament. Moses spent forty days atop this mountain from where he received the Ten Commandments from God.

From Quiz We're So Sorry, Uncle Albert

Answer: David

The youngest of Jesse's eight sons, David was chosen by God to lead the people of Israel and Judah after Saul fell out of favour by rejecting God's word. He was also a talented musician and poet and is credited with having written the majority of the Psalms.

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