Heathen [B] [E] [S](Under this heading are grouped all who are not embraced under the Abrahamic covenant)Cast out of Canaan Leviticus 18:24 Levitic...
Myrrh [E] [S](A fragrant gum)A product of the land of Canaan Song of Solomon 4:6 Song of Solomon 4:14 ; 5:1 One of the compounds in the sacred ano...
INNOCENTS, MASSACRE OF THE in'-o-sents, mas'-a-ker, I. MEANING AND HISTORY OF THE TERM II. ANALYSIS OF NARRATIVE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO MOTIVE 1...
Daniel 1:20 And in all matters of wisdom and understanding that the king inquired of them At the time of their examination before him, when he put que...
Mishael [N] [H] [S]who is like God! A Levite; the eldest of the three sons of Uzziel ( Exodus 6:22 ). One of the three Hebrew youths who were trai...
Ezra 6:10 That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven Such as will be acceptable to him, ( Genesis 8:21 ) and pray for th...
Simon (Simwn). One of the common names (Josephus, Ant. XX. 7, 2) and a number of messianic pretenders had this name. A large number of traditions in ...
Leviticus 8:16 And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards Called the omentum: and the caul [above] the liver; the lobe upon the liver, as the ...
He was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him (etaracqh kai pasa Ierosoluma met autou). Those familiar with the story of Herod the Great in Josephus ca...
BALTASAR bal-ta'-sar (Baltasar; the King James Version Balthasar): (1) The Greek of Hebrew, belTesha'tstsar, or belTe'shatstsar, perhaps correspondin...
Nergal-sharezer (prince of fire ) occurs only in ( Jeremiah 39:3 ) and Jere 39:13 There appear to have been two persons in the name among the princes...
For we saw his star in the cast (eidomen gar autou ton astera en th anatolh). This does not mean that they saw the star which was in the east. That w...
Now when Jesus was born (tou de Ihsou gennhqento). The fact of the birth of Jesus is stated by the genitive absolute construction (first aorist passi...
Until the death of Herod (ew th teleuth Hhrwidou). The Magi had been warned in a dream not to report to Herod and now Joseph was warned in a dream to...
Slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem (aneilen panta tou paida tou en Bhqleem). The flight of Joseph was justified, for Herod was violent...
WISE MEN wiz'-men: In addition to the uses of wise specified in the article WISDOM, the adjective is employed occasionally as the technical descripti...
Chaldeesor Chaldeans, the inhabitants of the country of which Babylon was the capital. They were so called till the time of the Captivity ( 2?Kings 25...
1-13. EASTERN WISE-MEN, OR MAGI, VISIT JESUS, THE NEW-BORN KING. (Jerusalem and Bethlehem, B. C. 4.) a?MATT. 2:1-12. ? ? ? a?1 Now when Jesus ...
Matthew 2:1 Now when Jesus was born Several things are here related respecting the birth of Christ, as the place where he was born, in Bethlehem of J...
Overview - Ezra 4 1?The adversaries, being not accepted in the building of the temple with the Jews, endeavour to hinder it. 7?Their letter to Artaxe...