PHARAOH fa'-ro, fa'-ra-o (par`oh; Pharao); Egyptian per aa, great house):em; the King James Version Pharacim): One of the families of temple-servants...
Alliances. [N]On the first establishment of the Hebrews in Palestine no connections were formed between them and the surrounding nations. But with th...
HOST OF HEAVEN (tsebha' hashamayim): The expression is employed in the Old Testament to denote (1) the stars, frequently as objects of idolatry (Deu...
Ahab [N] [E] [H](uncle ). Son of Omri, seventh king of Israel, reigned B.C. 919-896. He married Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal king of Tyre; and in obe...
AHAB a'-hab ('ach'abh, Assyrian a-cha-ab-bu; Septuagint Achaab, but Jeremiah 29:21, Achiab, which, in analogy with '-h-y- m-l-k, (')-h-y-'-l, etc., in...
Rulers (Appointed and removed by God)See GOVERNMENT, GOD INChastised Daniel 4 See NATIONMonarchicalSee KINGSPatriarchal Genesis 27:29 Genesis 27:...
ELDER IN THE OLD TESTAMENT el'-der, (zaqen): Among primitive peoples authority seems naturally to be invested in those who by virtue of greater age a...
Temple, SolomonsBefore his death David had with all his might provided materials in great abundance for the building of the temple on the summit of Mo...
JEHORAM; JORAM je-ho'-ram, written also in the abbreviated form, (yehoram, yoram, Yahweh is high; the Revised Version (British and American) retains J...
Persia [E] [H] [S]An empire which extended from India to Ethiopia, comprising one-hundred and twenty-seven provinces Esther 1:1 ; Daniel 6:1 Govern...
HAMATH ha'-math (chamath; Hemath, Haimath; Swete also has Hemath): The word signifies a defense or citadel, and such designation was very suitable fo...
Arms, Armor. The subject naturally divides itself into-- I. Offensive weapons: Arms. II. Defensive weapons: Armor. I. Offensive weapons. -- Apparentl...
Footnotes(1 )He came in with a slow and stately step; he spoke with a broken utterance, sometimes with a kind of disjointed sobs rather than words. He...
COMMERCE kom'-ers (emporia): $ I. Old Testament Times.$ 1. Early Overland Commerce: There were forces in early Hebrew life not favorable to the dev...
Zerah [N] [E] [H](rising (of the sun)). A son of Reuel, son of Esau, ( Genesis 36:13 ; 1?Chronicles 1:37 ) and one of the dukes or phylarchs of the ...
OF THE RESPECTIVE DUTIES OF HUS- BAND AND WIFE. I SHALL begin with the respective duties of a husband and wife, which are summed up in these two ge...
Manasseh [N] [H] [S]who makes to forget. God hath made me forget (Heb. nashshani), Genesis 41:51 . The elder of the two sons of Joseph. He and his b...
TREASURE; TREASURER; TREASURY trezh'-ur, trezh'-ur-er, trezh'-ur-i (otsar, genaz, genez, ganzakh, chocen matmon, mickenah, mikhman, `athudh, saphan; g...
HEZEKIAH (2) (chizqiyah, Yahweh has strengthened; also written chizqiyahu, Yah has strengthened him; Hezekias): One of the greatest of the kings of J...
Footnotes(1 )Luke xi. 10.(2 )Prov. xvii. 28, lxx.(3 )Is. ii. 3, lxx.(4 )Phil. iii. 14.(5 )i.e., confessed or denied himself a Christian. The Benedicti...