?1. The 14 books of the Septuagint included in the Vulgate but considered uncanonical by Protestants because they are not part of the Hebrew Scripture...
HARNESS har'-nes: A word of Celtic origin meaning armour in the King James Version; it is the translation of shiryan, a coat of mail (1?Kings 22:34; ...
Psalms 79:2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven For such there were, both at the time of the Babyl...
EUPATOR u'-pa-tor (Eupator, of noble father): The name given to Antiochus V who had succeeded his father Antiochus IV (Epiphanes), 164 BC, while stil...
Guide to Book AbbreviationThe following table lists (in alphabetical order) the names of each of the books of the Bible and it's corresponding shortes...
GADDIS gad'-is (A Gaddis; Kaddis; the King James Version Caddis): Surname of John, the eldest brother of Judas Maccabeus (1?Maccabees 2:2). Copyright...
Maccabees, Books of. Four books which bear the common title of Maccabees are found in some MSS. of the LXX. Two of these were included in the early c...
GAZARA ga-za'-ra (Gazara, Gazera): A fortress of great strength in Judea, which figures often in the Maccabean wars. To this place Judas pursued Gorg...
MACCABEES, BOOKS OF, 1-2 mak'-a-bez, I. 1 MACCABEES 1. Name 2. Canonicity 3. Contents 4. Historicity 5. Author's Standpoint and Aim 6. Date 7....
STOCK stok: In English Versions of the Bible is used for: (1) The stem of a tree, whether alive (Job 14:8; Isaiah 40:24) or cut down (Isaiah 44:19; ...
ENGINE en'-jin (2?Chronicles 26:15; Ezekiel 26:9; 1?Maccabees 6:51; 13:43). See SIEGE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliograph...
FOOLERY fool'-er-i: The plural fooleries occurs Ecclesiasticus 22:13 King James Version: Talk not much with a fool .... and thou shalt never be defi...
MACCABEES, BOOKS OF, 3-5 III. 3 Maccabees. 1. Name: The name 3 Maccabees, though occurring in the oldest manuscripts and VSS, is quite unsuitable, b...
EXTREME; EXTREMITY eks-trem', eks-trem'-i-ti We have the adjective extreme in 2?Esdras 5:14, extreme fear, the Revised Version (British and American) ...
Psalms 79:1 O God, the Heathen are come into thine inheritance The land of Canaan, divided among the children of Israel by lot and line for an inherit...
GAZERA ga-ze'-ra (Gazera): (1) A fortress of Judea (1?Maccabees 4:15; 7:45); in the Revised Version (British and American) always GAZARA (which see)....
Psalms 79:3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem, &c.] Without any concern of mind, or remorse of conscience; without any fear ...
TIMOTHEUS ti-mo'-the-us (Timotheos): (1) A leader of the children of Ammon who was on several occasions severely defeated by Judas Maccabeus (1 Macc ...
GALGALA gal'-gal-a (Gallgala): Greek equivalent for Gilgal. The word occurs in 1?Maccabees 9:2 in connection with Arbela, in Galilee--The way to Galg...
SALU sa'-lu (calu'; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus Salmon; Codex Alexandrinus Salo; the King James Version has Salom in 1 Macc 2:26): A prince and the h...