NANAEA na-ne'-a (Nanaia; the King James Version Nanea): A female deity worshipped by the Assyrians, Babylonians and Persians and other Asiatic people...
Psalms 28:1 Unto thee will I cry This denotes the distress the psalmist was in, fervency and ardour in prayer, resolution to continue in it, and singu...
ABED-NEGO a-bed'-ne-go (Hebrew and Aramaic `abhedh neghgo; Daniel 3:29, `abhedh negho'): According to many, the nego is an intentional corruption of...
Another view is that the tribes, after being carried into Assyria, intermarried with other peoples and became the Samaritans, considered as ?half-Jews...
Proverbs 31:4 [It is] not for kings, O Lemuel It is not fit for them, it is very unbecoming them; it is dishonourable to them, to such as Lemuel was, ...
Deuteronomy 32:17 They sacrificed to devils, not to God Their sacrifices being continued, when it was the will of God they should cease, were reckoned...
Fear God and give glory to Him It seems unlikely that the words that John heard the angel say constitute the entire gospel message delivered to the e...
Letter CCXXVIII.(1) Letter CCXXVIII.(1) To the magistrates of Colonia. I Have received your lordships' letter, and offered thanks to God most holy, t...
Proverbs 31:2 What, my son? &c.] What shall I call thee? though thou art a king, can I address thee in more suitable language, or use a more endearing...
Chapter 33:1 And the word of the LORD came unto a Jonah the second time, saying, (a) This is a great declaration of Gods mercy, that he receives him a...
And when she was baptized (w de ebaptisqh). First aorist passive indicative of baptizw. The river Gangites was handy for the ordinance and she had no...
NEAPOLIS ne-ap'-o-lis (Neapolis; Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek, Nea Polis): A town on the northern shore the Aegean, originally belon...
Psalms 138:8 The Lord will perfect [that which] concerneth me Or will, or may the Lord perform for me F24: all things in providence; all that he had a...
Ecclesiastes 5:12 The sleep of a labouring man [is] sweet, whether he eat little or much Or of a servant F9, who enjoys sleep equally as a king; a til...
Leviticus 23:42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days So that it seems they were not obliged to dwell in them on the eighth day, which was an holy convo...
Matthew 10:30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.] A proverbial expression, showing the perfect knowledge God has, and the exquisite car...
Exodus 1:6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren It is a notion of the Jews, that Joseph died before any of his brethren, (See Gill on Genesis 50:26) ...
Ruth 4:17 And the women her neighbours gave it a name Josephus says F17 Naomi gave it, by the advice of her neighbours; very probably on the eighth da...
GETHSEMANE geth-sem'-a-ne (Gethsemanei (for other spellings and accents see Thayer, under the word); probably from the Aramaic gath shemanim, oil pres...
Chapter 2323:2? Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: sit in Cf. Ezra 7:6 Ezra 7:25 Ezra 7:26 . Jesus' disciples were to honour...