Bread, Bread of Presence Bread was the essential food of the ancient Israelites. Indeed, the very word bread could be used generically for any kind of...
Dog [S]frequently mentioned both in the Old and New Testaments. Dogs were used by the Hebrews as a watch for their houses ( Isaiah 56:10 ), and for gu...
Maachah [N] [H] [S]oppression, a small Syrian kingdom near Geshur, east of the Hauran, the district of Batanea ( Joshua 13:13 ; 2 Sam Joshua 10:6 J...
Oath [N] [S]a solemn appeal to God, permitted on fitting occasions ( Deuteronomy 6:13 ; Jeremiah 4:2 ), in various forms ( Genesis 16:5 ; 2 Sam 12:...
Gibeah [N] [H] [S]a hill or hill-town, of Benjamin ( 1?Samuel 13:15 ), better known as Gibeah of Saul ( 11:4 ; Isaiah 10:29 ). It was here that the t...
Weaving, weaversWeaving was an art practised in very early times ( Exodus 35:35 ). The Egyptians were specially skilled in it ( Isaiah 19:9 ; Ezek. 2...
Awe, Awesome Webster's dictionary defines awe as mingled dread, veneration, and wonder. English Bible translations employ the words awe or awesome alm...
Father [N] [B] [S]a name applied (1) to any ancestor ( Deuteronomy 1:11 ; 1?Kings 15:11 ; Matthew 3:9 ; 23:30 , etc.); and (2) as a title of respec...
Iron [N] [T] [S]Tubal-Cain is the first-mentioned worker in iron ( Genesis 4:22 ). The Egyptians wrought it at Sinai before the Exodus. David prepared...
Wheat [N] [S]one of the earliest cultivated grains. It bore the Hebrew name hittah , and was extensively cultivated in Palestine. There are various s...
EntertainEntertainments, feasts, were sometimes connected with a public festival ( Deuteronomy 16:11 Deuteronomy 16:14 ), and accompanied by offering...
Famine [N] [T] [S]The first mentioned in Scripture was so grievous as to compel Abraham to go down to the land of Egypt ( Genesis 26:1 ). Another is ...
Murder [N] [T] [B] [S]Wilful murder was distinguished from accidental homicide, and was invariably visited with capital punishment ( Numbers 35:16 Nu...
Ezekiel 27:24 These were thy merchants in all sorts of things Either all before mentioned throughout the chapter, or rather those only in the precedin...
Concubine [E] [S]Female slave who functioned as a secondary wife and surrogate mother. The Hebrew word for concubine (pileges [v,g,lyiP]) is a non-Sem...
Requirement By right and authority, our Creator makes certain demands or claims upon us his creatures. God requires us to give up our life to him by d...
Overview - 1?Corinthians 13 1?All gifts, 3?how excellent soever, are nothing worth without charity. 4?The praises thereof, 13?and prelation before h...
Zechariah 1:1 In the eighth month The month Marchesvan, called the month Bul, in ( 1 Kings 6:38 ) which answers to part of our October, and part of No...
Ship [S]BuiltBy Noah Genesis 6:13-22 By Solomon 1?Kings 9:26 ; 2?Chronicles 8:17 By Jehoshaphat 1?Kings 22:48 ; 2 Chronicles 20:35 2 Chron...
Zion [N] [B] [H] [S]sunny; height, one of the eminences on which Jerusalem was built. It was surrounded on all sides, except the north, by deep valle...