Hand, Right Hand Hand most frequently represents the ownership, power, or control that its possessor (either an individual or a people) exercises. Thi...
BOTH ONE. He is our peace, Who hath made both one. Ephesians ii. 14. Westminster Abbey, June 21, 1881, at the Jubilee of King's College, London. ...
CHAPTER 2 Zechariah 2:1-13 . THIRD VISION. The man with the measuring-line. The city shall be fully restored and enlarged ( Zechariah 2:2-5 ...
ABIMELECH a-bim'-e-lek ('abhimelekh, father of a king): A name borne by five Old Testament persons. The name of two kings of Philistia; the first wa...
PALESTINE EXPLORATION, 2A III. Era of Scientific Excavation. 1. Southern Palestine: (1) Tell el-Chesy. (Palestine Exploration Fund).--Exploration m...
TEMPLE, A2 II. EZEKIEL'S PROPHETIC SKETCH I. Introductory. 1. Relation to History of Temple: Wellhausen has said that Ezekiel 40-48 are the most im...
Chapter?40The waters of the sanctuary which this prophet saw in vision (ch.?47:1 ) are a proper representation of this prophecy. Hitherto the waters h...
ASHTAROTH; ASHTEROTH-KARNAIM; BEESHTERAH ash'-ta-roth, as'-ta-roth (`ashtaroth; the King James Version Astaroth; Astaroth, the city of Og, king of Bas...
RED SEA (yam-cuph (Exodus 10:19 and often), but in many passages it is simply hayam, the sea' Septuagint with 2 or 3 exceptions renders it by he eruth...
NEHEMIAH ne-he-mi'-a, ne-hem-i'-a (nechemyah, comforted of Yah): 1. Family 2. Youth 3. King's Cupbearer 4. Governor of Judea 5. Death LITERATURE...
CHAPTER 14 Exodus 14:1-31 . GOD INSTRUCTS THE ISRAELITES AS TO THEIR JOURNEY. 2. Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and enca...
ZION zi'-on (tsiyon; Sion): 1. Meaning of the Word 2. The Zion of the Jebusites 3. Zion of the Prophets 4. Zion in Later Poetical Writings and Apo...
XVI. The Race and the Goal. This one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I ...
CHAPTER 1 Matthew 1:1-17 . GENEALOGY OF CHRIST. ( = Luke 3:23-38 ). 1. The book of the generation--an expression purely Jewish; meaning, tab...
CHAPTER 13 Hosea 13:1-16 . EPHRAIM'S SINFUL INGRATITUDE TO GOD, AND ITS FATAL CONSEQUENCE; GOD'S PROMISE AT LAST. This chapter and the fourt...
CHAPTER 19 Ezekiel 19:1-14 . ELEGY OVER THE FALL OF DAVID'S HOUSE. There is a tacit antithesis between this lamentation and that of the Jews...
Symbols and similitudes Trees of life and knowledge Genesis 2:9 Genesis 2:17 ; Genesis 3:3 Genesis 3:24 ; Revelation 22:2 Rainbow Genesis 9:12...
Babel [N] [H](confusion ), Babylon (Greek form of Babel ), is properly the capital city of the country which is called in Genesis Shinar, and in the ...
JERUSALEM, 3 VII. Antiquarian Remains Connected with the Water-Supply. In a city like Jerusalem, where the problem of a water-supply must always have...
GEZER ge'-zer (gezer): A city of great military importance in ancient times, the site of which has recently been thoroughly explored. The excavations...