Gods and Goddesses, Pagan God early and clearly commanded the descendants of Abraham not to have any other gods besides him ( Exod 20:3 ). This strict...
Chapter 88:1 And it came to pass in the a sixth year, in the b sixth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, [as] I sat in my house, and the elders ...
IDOLATRY i-dol'-a-tri (teraphim, household idols, idolatry; eidololatreia): There is ever in the human mind a craving for visible forms to express re...
The Book of EzekielChapter 8Chapter Overview: God in vision brings Ezekiel to Jerusalem, ver. 1 - 4. There he sees the image of jealousy, ver. 5, 6....
Ezekiel 1:1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year Either from the last jubilee, as R. Joseph Kimchi F18, Jarchi, and Abendana; or from the time th...
Ezekiel 9:2 And, behold, six men Either angels the form of men; or the generals of Nebuchadnezzar's army, as Kimchi interprets it; whose names are, Ne...
ASHTORETH ash'-to-reth, ash-to reth (`ashtoreth; plural `ashtaroth; Astarte): 1. Name and Origin 2. Attributes of the Goddess 3. Ashtoreth as a Moo...
1 Corinthians 11:10 For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head, &c.] The generality of interpreters, by power, understand the veil, or c...
BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA, RELIGION OF _I. DEFINITION_ 1. First Period 2. Second Period 3. Third Period _II. THE SOURCES_ _III. THE HISTORY_ _IV. TH...
FEASTS AND FASTS fests (mo`edh, an appointed day or an assembling, chagh, from chaghagh, to dance or possibly to make a pilgrimage; tsom, fast, ta`ani...
Joshua 10:13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed The sun that came out of his chamber like a bridegroom, and rejoiced as a strong man to run ...
Agriculture [N] [S]Tilling the ground ( Genesis 2:15 ; Genesis 4:2 Genesis 4:3 Genesis 4:12 ) and rearing cattle were the chief employments in anci...
CALENDAR kal'-en-dar (Latin calendarium, an account book, from calendae, day on which accounts were due): The Hebrew or Jewish calendar had three sta...
INTRODUCTION The name Ezekiel means (whom) God will strengthen [GESENIUS]; or, God will prevail [ROSENMULLER]. His father was Buzi ( Ezekiel 1:3 ...
Chapter?8God, having given the prophet a clear foresight of the people?s miseries that were hastening on, here gives him a clear insight into the peop...
CHAPTER 28 Ezekiel 28:1-26 . PROPHETICAL DIRGE ON THE KING OF TYRE, AS THE CULMINATION AND EMBODIMENT OF THE SPIRIT OF CARNAL PRIDE AND SELF-...
PHOENICIA; PHOENICIANS fe-nish'-i-a, fe-nish'-anz: 1. The Land 2. The Colonies 3. The People 4. Arts and Manufactures 5. Commerce and Trade 6. L...
Ezekiel, Theology of Ezekiel and his contemporaries confronted what for the Israelites was the most traumatic possible challenge to their faith: the d...
Idolatry [N] [E] [S] Forbidden Exodus 20:2 Exodus 20:3 ; Deuteronomy 5:7 CONSISTS IN Bowing down to images Exodus 20:5 ; Deuteronomy 5:9 W...
ELAM; ELAMITES e'-lam, e'-lam-its (`elam; Ailam; Jeremiah 49:36. Codex Sinaiticus 'the original scribe' reads Elam) The scene of the events of 1?Samu...