Mattathias [N] [E] [H](gift of Jehovah ), the Greek form of Mattathiah. Son of Amos, in the genealogy of Christ. ( Luke 3:25 ) (B.C. after 406.) Son ...
Psalms 79:7 For they have devoured Jacob The posterity of Jacob, the people of the Jews, typical of the church of God, made havoc of by the Romish ant...
ELEAZAR el-e-a'-zar, e-le-a'-zar ('el-`azar; Eleazar, God is helper): (1) The 3rd son of Aaron by Elisheba (Exodus 6:23; Numbers 3:2). He married on...
Daniel 11:28 Then shall he return into his land with great riches That is, Antiochus, with the spoils of Egypt, and the gifts and presents he had rece...
FUGITIVE fu'-ji-tiv (paliT, from palaT, to escape; na`, from nua`, to waver; nophel, from naphal, to fall; bariach, beriach and mibhrach, from barach,...
\\INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 83\\ \\\\. This is the last of the psalms that bear the name of Asaph, and some think it was written by him on occasion of D...
Appendix 3: EXTRA CANONICAL BOOKS. In addition to the books that have been generally recognized among Protestants as worthy of a place in the ...
\\INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 62\\ \\\\. Concerning Jeduthun, \\see Gill on Ps 39:1\\, title. Kimchi thinks this psalm was written concerning the captivit...
POSIDONIUS pos-i-do'-ni-us (Posidonios, al. Posidonios and Poseidon): One of the three envoys sent by the Syrian general Nicanor to treat with the Je...
HAVOC hav'-ok: Devastation, to make havoc of is the translation of lumainomai, to stain, to disgrace; in the New Testament to injure, destroy (Acts 8...
EXHORTATION ek-sor-ta'-shun (paraklesis): The Greek word translated exhortation (paraklesis) signifies, originally, a calling near or for (as an advo...
TIMOTHEUS ti-mo'-the-us (Timotheos): (1) A leader of the children of Ammon who was on several occasions severely defeated by Judas Maccabeus (1 Macc ...
In the days of Jonathan the Asmonean, They came together to build the city, and he approached to the wall of the brook, which is on the east; and they...
Daniel 11:31 And arms shall stand on his part Powerful armies sent by him into Judea; garrisons of soldiers placed in Jerusalem; mighty generals and c...
Daniel 11:32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall be corrupted by flatteries That forsook the law of God, the book of the covenant, and ...
Mark 12:5 And again he sent another That is, another servant, or set of men, it may be in the times of the Maccabees, who were used in a very inhuman ...
1 Samuel 5:2 When the Philistines took the ark of God And had brought it to Ashdod: they brought it into the house of Dagon; a temple dedicated to th...
MATTATHIAS mat-a-thi'-as (Mattathias). The persons of this name in the Apocrypha are: (1) Mattathias the father of the Maccabees. See ASMONEANS; MAC...
Daniel 8:11 Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince host Either the high priest Onias, whom he disposed of his office, and put Jason a wicked man...
ELYMAIS el-i-ma'-is (Elumais): This name, representing the Old Testament Elam (see ELAM), was given to a district of Persia lying South of Media and ...