In the Holy Scriptures it is the 'Water of Merom,' Joshua 11:5. In the Babylonian Talmudists it is 'The Sibbechean sea.' Hence is that, Jordan ariseth...
JUDAS joo'-das (Ioudas; Greek form of Hebrew Judah): (1) A Levite mentioned in 1 Esdras 9:23 = JUDAH (3). (2) Judas Maccabeus, 3rd son of Mattathias...
NICANOR (1) ni-ka'-nor, ni'-ka-nor (Nikanor): The son of Patroclus and one of the king's chief friends (2 Macc 8:9), a Syrian general under Antiochus...
NICANOR (2) (Nikanor): One of the seven chosen to superintend the daily ministration of the poor of the Christian community at Jerusalem (Acts 6:5). ...
Numbers 24:24 And ships [shall come] from the coast of Chittim Kittim was the son of Javan, ( Genesis 10:4 ) and so designs some part of Greece: Josep...
Joshua 12:23 The king of Dor, in the coast of Dor, one Of which see ( Joshua 11:2 ) ; it fell to the lot of Manasseh, but never was possessed by them,...
John 10:22 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication That is, of the temple; not as built by Solomon, as Nonnus in his paraphrase suggests; ...
Obadiah 1:19 And [they of] the south shall possess the land of Esau That is, those Jews that shall dwell in the southern part of the land of Judea sha...
Jeremiah 49:2 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord Or, are coming F25; as they did, in a very little time after this prophecy: that I will...
Amos 1:8 I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod The same with Azotus, ( Acts 8:40 ) ; another principal city of the Philistines: this perhaps was ...
LUCIUS (1) lu'-shi-us, lu'-shus (Loukios, Leukios): A Roman consul who is said (1 Macc 15:16) to have written a letter to Ptolemy Euergetes securing ...
ZEALOT; ZEALOTS zel'-ut, zel'-uts: Simon, one of the apostles, was called the Zealot Zelotes from zeloo to rival, emulate, be jealous, admire, desire...
CHAPTER 8 Daniel 8:1-27 . VISION OF THE RAM AND HE-GOAT: THE TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED DAYS OF THE SANCTUARY BEING TRODDEN DOWN. With this chapte...
Acts 16:1 Then came he to Derbe and Lystra Which were cities of Lycaonia, ( Acts 14:6 ) after Paul had gone through Syria and Cilicia; in the last of ...
Amos 1:7 But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza An enemy that shall pull down and destroy the walls of it: this was fulfilled in the times of Uzzi...
Daniel 11:25 And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army That is, Antiochus shall arouse himself, a...
Joshua 11:22 There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel For those that escaped the sword fled elsewhere, particularly to...
HASIDAEANS has-i-de'-anz (Hasidaioi, a transliteration of chacidhim, the pious, Puritans): A name assumed by the orthodox Jews (1 Macc 2:42; 7:13) to...
FOREFRONT for'-frunt (panim): For forefront, front is now generally used, since back-front has gone out of use. Forefront is the translation of panim...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 2. The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts o...