Midianites [N] Descended form Midian, son of Abraham by Keturah Genesis 25:1 Genesis 25:2 ; 1?Chronicles 1:32 Dwelt east of Jordan, beside Moab ...
2 Timothy 2:14 Of these things put them in remembrance Meaning either his hearers, or those to whom he was to commit the things he had heard of the ap...
Gibeah [N] [H] [S]a hill or hill-town, of Benjamin ( 1?Samuel 13:15 ), better known as Gibeah of Saul ( 11:4 ; Isaiah 10:29 ). It was here that the t...
Bread [N] [T] [S]among the Jews was generally made of wheat ( Exodus 29:2 ; Judg. 6:19 ), though also sometimes of other grains ( Genesis 14:18 ; Jud...
Congregation [N] [S](Heb. kahal), the Hebrew people collectively as a holy community ( Numbers 15:15 ). Every circumcised Hebrew from twenty years old...
Fire [N] [T] [B] [S] For sacred purposes. The sacrifices were consumed by fire ( Genesis 8:20 ). The ever-burning fire on the altar was first kindled...
DwellingsThe materials used in buildings were commonly bricks, sometimes also stones ( Leviticus 14:40 Leviticus 14:42 ), which were held together by...
Deborah [N] [H] [S]a bee. Rebekah's nurse. She accompanied her mistress when she left her father's house in Padan-aram to become the wife of Isaac ( ...
Women. [N]The position of women in the Hebrew commonwealth contrasts favorably with that which in the present day is assigned to them generally in ea...
Brass [N] [S]which is an alloy of copper and zinc, was not known till the thirteenth century. What is designated by this word in Scripture is properly...
Scribes [T] [S]anciently held various important offices in the public affairs of the nation. The Hebrew word so rendered (sopher) is first used to des...
Gaza [N] [H] [S]called also Azzah, which is its Hebrew name ( Deuteronomy 2:23 ; 1?Kings 4:24 ; Jeremiah 25:20 ), strong, a city on the Mediterranea...
Moab [N] [H] [S]the seed of the father, or, according to others, the desirable land, the eldest son of Lot ( Genesis 19:37 ), of incestuous birth. ...
Moabitethe designation of a tribe descended from Moab, the son of Lot ( Genesis 19:37 ). From Zoar, the cradle of this tribe, on the south-eastern bor...
Sisera [N] [H] [S](Egypt. Ses-Ra, servant of Ra). The captain of Jabin's army ( Judges 4:2 ), which was routed and destroyed by the army of Barak on ...
Leviticus 13:19 And in the place of the boil there be a white rising In the place where the boil was, a white swelling appears: or a bright spot, whit...
Acts 28:10 Who also honoured us with many honours Not with divine honours, with religious adorations, as if they had been so many deities; for these t...
1 Kings 17:1 And Elijah the Tishbite, [who] was of the inhabitants of Gilead Which belonged partly to the Reubenites and Gadites, and partly to the ha...
fiery red ?????? [pyrros] : ?As a color fiery red, red (as fire).?1 The same color as the dragon in Revelation Rev. 12:3+. was granted Ultimate powe...
Agriculture. [N] [E]This was little cared for by the patriarchs. The pastoral life, however, was the means of keeping the sacred race, whilst yet a f...