JESUS je'-zus (Iesous, for yehoshua`): (1) Joshua, son of Nun (the King James Version Acts 7:45; Hebrews 4:8; compare 1 Macc 2:55; 2 Esdras 7:37). (...
POTSHERD pot'-shurd (cheres): A piece of earthenware (Job 2:8; Psalms 22:15; Isaiah 45:9). the Revised Version (British and American) renders the wor...
SIRACH, BOOK OF si'-rak, or The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach: I. NAME II. CANONICITY III. CONTENTS IV. TEACHING 1. Religion 2. Morals 3. M...
STRANGER AND SOJOURNER (IN THE APOCRYPHA AND THE NEW TESTAMENT) The technical meaning attaching to the Hebrew terms is not present in the Greek words ...
GLORIFY glo'-ri-fi: The English word is the equivalent of a number of Hebrew and Greek words whose essential significance is discussed more fully und...
TONGUE tung: Almost invariably for either lashon, or glossa the latter word with the cognates heteroglossos, of strange tongues (1?Corinthians 14:21)...
PHINEES fin'-e-es (Phinees; Codex Vaticanus (Swete), Pheinees (1 Esdras 8:2)): (1) Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron (1 Esdras 5:5; 8:2,29; 2 Es...
MITRE mi'-ter In the King James Version this word renders two Hebrew words, both of which, however, come from the same stem, namely, tsanaph, to coil ...
MAID; MAIDEN mad, mad'-'n: Used in the King James Version in the sense of a girl or young female; of an unmarried woman or virgin, and of a female se...
PERFORM per-form' (Fr. parfournir, to furnish completely, to complete finish entirely): In modern English, through a mistaken connection with form, p...
PHINEHAS fin'-e-as, -az, fin'-e-has, -haz (pinechac, mouth of brass): (1) Son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron (Exodus 6:25; compare 1?Chronicles 6:4...
LIKE; LIKEN; LIKENESS; LIKING lik, lik'-n, lik'-nes, lik'-ing: (1) As a noun, like in modern English is virtually obsolete, except in the phrase and ...
Knowing (eidote). Second perfect active participle of oida (eidon), a so-called causal participle=since we know, the third participle with the princi...
Zechariah 5:4 I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts The roll was come forth, and was flying abroad; but the curse and wrath of God, signified...
RULER rool'-er: 1. In the Old Testament: (1) moshel, ruler, prince, master (tyrant), applied to Joseph in Egypt (Genesis 45:8; compare Psalms 105:21...
THIGH thi (yarekh; Aramaic yarekhah (Daniel 2:32); meros (Judith 9:2; Sirach 19:12; Revelation 19:16); as part of a sacrificial animal (Exodus 29:22, ...
TOBIT, BOOK OF to'-bit: 1. Name 2. Canonicity 3. Contents 4. Fact or Fiction? 5. Some Sources 6. Date 7. Place of Composition 8. Versions 9. ...
Heal, Health With characteristic realism the Bible accepts the prevalence in God's world of ill-health and affliction, although originally it had no p...
GLORY glo'-ri (substantive): I. METHOD OF TREATMENT II. GENERAL USE OF THE TERM 1. As Applied to External Things 2. As Applied to Yahweh III. THE...
FIRE fir ('esh; pur): These are the common words for fire, occurring very frequently. 'Ur, light (Isaiah 24:15 the King James Version; compare the Re...