Bene-kedem (the children of the East ), an appellation given to a people or to peoples dwelling to the east of Palestine. It occurs in ( Genesis 29:1...
Horam [N] [H](mountainous ), king of Gezer at the time of the conquest of the southwestern part of Palestine. ( Joshua 10:33 ) [N] indicates this ent...
The NAS New Testament Greek Lexicon?Strong's Number: ? 2449?Browse Lexicon?Original WordWord Originioudaiafeminine of (2453) (with (1093) implied)Tran...
Honey [T] [E] [S]General scriptures concerning Exodus 16:31 ; 2?Samuel 17:29 ; Proverbs 25:27 ; Solomon 4:11 ; Isaiah 7:15 ; Matthew 3:4 ; Luk...
Judea [N]After the Captivity this name was applied to the whole of the country west of the Jordan ( Haggai 1:1 Haggai 1:14 ; 2:2 ). But under the Ro...
Bramble [N] [S] Hebrew atad , Judges 9:14 ; rendered thorn, Psalms 58:9 . The LXX. and Vulgate render by rhamnus, a thorny shrub common in Palestin...
Dearth [S]a scarcity of provisions ( 1?Kings 17 ). There were frequent dearths in Palestine. In the days of Abram there was a famine in the land ( Gen...
Walls. [T]Only a few points need be noticed. The practice common in Palestine of carrying foundations down to the solid rock, as in the case of the t...
PALESTINE EXPLORATION, 1 (as of 1915) || Preliminary Consideration I. ERA OF PREPARATION 1. Outside of Palestine 2. In Palestine (1) Early Chri...
Bee [N] [E](deborah ). ( 1:44 ; Judges 14:8 ; Psalms 118:12 ; Isaiah 7:18 ) Bees abounded in Palestine, honey being a common article of food ( Ps...
The fig tree, and all the trees (thn sukhn kai panta ta dendra). This parable of the fig-tree ( Mark 13:28-32 ; Matthew 24:32-35 ) Luke applies to a...
DEMOPHON dem'-o-fon (Demophon): A Syrian general in Palestine under Antiochus V (Eupator) who continued to harass the Jews after covenants had been m...
Abilene [E] [H] [S]A Roman province in Palestine Luke 3:1 [E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary[H] indicates this ent...
Bee [E] [S]In Palestine Deuteronomy 1:44 ; Judges 14:8 ; Psalms 118:12 ; Isaiah 7:18 Called by hissing Isaiah 7:18 See HONEY[E] indicates this ...
Flint, [N] [E]a well-known stone, a variety of quartz. It is extremely hard, and strikes fire. It was very abundant in and about Palestine. [N] indic...
Terebinth(RSV marg. of Deuteronomy 11:30 , etc.), the Pistacia terebinthus of botanists; a tree very common in the south and east of Palestine. (See ...
Naphtali, Mount, [E]the mountainous district which formed the main part of the inheritance of Naphtali, ( Joshua 20:7 ) answering to Mount Ephraim in...
Gur-baal (abode of Baal ), a place or district in which dwelt Arabians, as recorded in ( 2?Chronicles 26:7 ) It appears from the context to have been...
AMAD a'-mad (`am`adh): A town in northern Palestine, which fell to the tribe of Asher in the division of the land (Joshua 19:26). The modern ruin `Am...
Great multitudes (ocloi polloi). Note the plural, not just one crowd, but crowds and crowds. And from all parts of Palestine including Decapolis, the...