Jeremiah 29:22 And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which [are] in Babylon A form of cursing; when they cursed anyone, ...
HASIDAEANS has-i-de'-anz (Hasidaioi, a transliteration of chacidhim, the pious, Puritans): A name assumed by the orthodox Jews (1 Macc 2:42; 7:13) to...
JUDAS joo'-das (Ioudas; Greek form of Hebrew Judah): (1) A Levite mentioned in 1 Esdras 9:23 = JUDAH (3). (2) Judas Maccabeus, 3rd son of Mattathias...
Ver. 7-18. Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib And the other twenty three to the following persons in order: Jedaiah, Harim, Seorim, Malchijah...
NICANOR (1) ni-ka'-nor, ni'-ka-nor (Nikanor): The son of Patroclus and one of the king's chief friends (2 Macc 8:9), a Syrian general under Antiochus...
HELPS (1) (antilempseis, 1?Corinthians 12:28): In classical Greek the word antilempsis means remuneration, the hold one has on something, then percep...
LYSIAS lis'-i-as (Lusias): (1) A noble man, and one of the blood royal whom Antiochus Epiphanes (circa 166 BC) left with the government of Southern S...
EXERCISE ek'-ser-siz (`asah; gumnazo, poieo) : Exercise (meaning originally, to drive or thrust out) has different shades of meaning: It means (1) ...
Ver. 35 Women received their dead raised to life again As the widow of Zarephath, and the Shunammite, ( 1 Kings 17:22 ) ( 2 Kings 4:34 2 Kings 4:35 ...
FIRE fir ('esh; pur): These are the common words for fire, occurring very frequently. 'Ur, light (Isaiah 24:15 the King James Version; compare the Re...
Amos 1:7 But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza An enemy that shall pull down and destroy the walls of it: this was fulfilled in the times of Uzzi...
FELLOW fel'-o (chabher, rea`; hetairos): Meant originally a partner, from fe, property, and lag, to lay, then a companion, an equal, a person or indi...
Judges 11:3 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren Being ill used by them, and a man of spirit and courage, and could not bear to be treated with contem...
FORM form (yatsar, to'ar; morphe): (1) To form is to fashion, create, produce. In the Old Testament it is for the most part the translation of yatsar...
JEREMIAH (1) jer-e-mi'-a (a) yirmeyahu, or (b) shorter form, yirmeyah, both differently explained as Yah establishes (so Giesebrecht), whom Yahweh c...
\\INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 3 & 4\\ These two chapters give an account of the building of the temple, of the materials, parts, and form of it, an...
Nehemiah 11:31 The children also of Benjamin, from Geba, dwelt at Michmash, &c.] Geba was a city on the southern border of Benjamin, ( Joshua 18:24 ) ...
Joshua 11:22 There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel For those that escaped the sword fled elsewhere, particularly to...
FORBID for-bid' (kala; koluo): Occurs very seldom in the Old Testament except as the rendering of chalilah (see below); it is once the translation of...
Daniel 8:10 And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven The people of the Jews, the army of the living God, the church militant, among whom were ma...