Letter CXXVII. To Julian, Bishop of Cos.Letter CXXVII. To Julian, Bishop of Cos.(About (1) affairs in Palestine, (2) a letter from Proterius, (3) the ...
Achshaph [E] [H] [S]An ancient city in North Palestine Joshua 11:1 ; 12:20 ; 19:25 [E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dicti...
Hethlon [E] [H] [S]A place on the northern frontier of Palestine Ezekiel 47:15 ; 48:1 [E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dic...
JEMNAAN jem'-na-an (Iemnaan): A city on the coast of Palestine; mentioned among those affected by the expedition of Holofernes (Judith 2:28; 3:1). Th...
Galileans the inhabitants of Galilee, the northern province of Palestine. The apostles were all Galileans by either birth or residence. ( Acts 1:11 )...
Abel-beth-maachah (meadow of the house of oppression ), a town of some importance, ( 2?Samuel 20:15 ) in the extreme north of Palestine, which fell a...
Abel, [N] [E] [H]the name of several places in Palestine, probably signifies a meadow . [N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bib...
Piece of gold. The rendering pieces of gold, as in ( 2?Kings 5:5 ) is very doubtful; and shekels of gold) as designating the value of the whole quant...
Joshua 15:53 And Janum Under the word Janum, Jerom writes F12, there is a village called Janua, three miles from Legion to the south, but seems not to...
TAMARISK tam'-a-risk: (1) 'eshel (Genesis 21:33, the King James Version grove, margin tree; 1?Samuel 22:6, the King James Version tree, margin grove;...
TWILIGHT twi'-lit (nesheph): The twilight of Palestine is of short duration, owing to the low latitude, there being scarcely more than an hour betwee...
WILLOWS wil'-oz (`arabhim); itea (Leviticus 23:40; Job 40:22; Psalms 137:2; Isaiah 15:7; 44:4)): In all references this tree is mentioned as beside r...
Earthquake [S]mentioned among the extraordinary phenomena of Palestine ( Psalms 18:7 ; Compare Habakkuk 3:6 ; Nahum 1:5 ; Isaiah 5:25 ). The firs...
Flowers [N] [T]Very few species of flowers are mentioned in the Bible although they abounded in Palestine. It has been calculated that in Western Syri...
Hawk [N] [S](Heb. netz, a word expressive of strong and rapid flight, and hence appropriate to the hawk). It is an unclean bird ( Leviticus 11:16 ; D...
Amalekites, [N]a nomadic tribe of uncertain origin, which occupied the peninsula of Sinai and the wilderness intervening between the southern hill-ra...
Shalmaneser [N] [H](fire-worshipper ) was the Assyrian king who reigned probably between Tiglath-Pileser and Sargon, B.C. 727-722. He led the forces ...
Oak [N] [E](Heb. strong ). There is much difficulty in determining the exact meanings of the several varieties of the term mentioned above. Sometimes...
ASP (pethen (Deuteronomy 32:33; Job 20:14,16; Isaiah 11:8); aspis (Romans 3:13)); Any poisonous snake, or even poisonous snakes in general, would sati...
MULBERRY; TREES mul'-ber-i, (bekha'im; Septuagint apioi, pear trees (2?Samuel 5:23; 1Ch 14:14, margin balsam-trees; Ps 84:6, the King James Version Ba...