Booty [S]captives or cattle or objects of value taken in war. In Canaan all that breathed were to be destroyed ( Deuteronomy 20: : 16 ). The pictures...
Rezon [N] [H] [S]prince, son of Eliadah. Abandoning the service of Hadadezer, the king of Zobah, on the occasion of his being defeated by David, he be...
Lionsthe most powerful of all carnivorous animals. Although not now found in Palestine, they must have been in ancient times very numerous there. They...
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...
FastThe sole fast required by the law of Moses was that of the great Day of Atonement (q.v.), Leviticus 23:26-32 . It is called the fast ( Acts 27:9 ...
Copper [N] [S]derived from the Greek kupros (the island of Cyprus), called Cyprian brass, occurs only in the Authorized Version in Ezra 8:27 . Elsewh...
Good, Goodness The main Old Testament words for good/goodness come from the Hebrew word tob [b'f] while the most common New Testament words are kalos ...
Captain [N] [S] Heb. sar ( 1?Samuel 22:2 ; 2 Sam 23:19 ). Rendered chief, Genesis 40:2 ; 41:9 ; rendered also prince, Daniel 1:7 ; ruler, Judges...
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...
Word [N](Heb. dabar [r'b'D]; Gk. logos [lovgo] and rhema [rJh'ma]). The theological meaning of word within Scripture spans a wide theological spectrum...
Lie, Lying To practice deceit, falsehood, and treachery either by word or action. It is the exact opposite of truth. The sanctity of truth is fundamen...
Earthquake [S]mentioned among the extraordinary phenomena of Palestine ( Psalms 18:7 ; Compare Habakkuk 3:6 ; Nahum 1:5 ; Isaiah 5:25 ). The firs...
Genesis 2:18 And the Lord God said Not at the same time he gave the above direction and instruction to man, how to behave according to his will, but b...
2 Samuel 13:13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? &c.] She desires him to consider hey reputation, which would be lost; was she to go into a...
ChildThis word has considerable latitude of meaning in Scripture. Thus Joseph is called a child at the time when he was probably about sixteen years o...
Purity [N](Heb. niqqayon [/y'QIn]; Gk. hagneia [aJgneiva]). The Old Testament. In the Old Testament, the basic sense of the Hebrew word for purity is ...
Linen [N] [S] Heb., pishet, pishtah, denotes flax, of which linen is made ( Isaiah 19:9 ); wrought flax, i.e., linen cloth, Leviticus 13:47 Leviticu...
King [N] [S]is in Scripture very generally used to denote one invested with authority, whether extensive or limited. There were thirty-one kings in Ca...
Name [N]In contemporary Western culture a name rarely possesses significance beyond that of a highly sentimental, perhaps aesthetically conditioned re...
Alliancea treaty between nations, or between individuals, for their mutual advantage. Abraham formed an alliance with some of the Canaanitish princes...