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...
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)....
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) ...
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; ...
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...
MOCK; MOCKER; MOCKING mok, mok'er, mok'-ing (hathal, la`agh, empaizo): To mock is the translation of hathal, to play upon, mock, deride (Judges 16:10...
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....
FURY fu'-ri (alastor, not to forget, significant of revenge): Occurs only in 2?Maccabees 7:9 the King James Version, Thou like a fury (the Revised Ve...
EXAMPLE eg-zam'-p'-l (tupos, a pattern, hupodeigma, copy representation hupogrammos, a writing-copy, example): A typical, representative, or illustra...
Overview - 1?Chronicles 2 1?The sons of Israel. 3?The posterity of Judah by Tamar. 13?The children of Jesse. 18?The posterity of Caleb the son of Hez...
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...
POSIDONIUS pos-i-do'-ni-us (Posidonios, al. Posidonios and Poseidon): One of the three envoys sent by the Syrian general Nicanor to treat with the Je...
MATTATHIAS mat-a-thi'-as (Mattathias). The persons of this name in the Apocrypha are: (1) Mattathias the father of the Maccabees. See ASMONEANS; MAC...
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 ...
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...
ELEAZAR el-e-a'-zar, e-le-a'-zar ('el-`azar; Eleazar, God is helper): (1) The 3rd son of Aaron by Elisheba (Exodus 6:23; Numbers 3:2). He married on...
Overview - Ezra 2 1?The number that return of the people; 36?of the priests; 40?of the Levites; 43?of the Nethinims; 55?of Solomon's servants; 61?of t...
EXHORTATION ek-sor-ta'-shun (paraklesis): The Greek word translated exhortation (paraklesis) signifies, originally, a calling near or for (as an advo...
Daniel 11:33 And they that understand among the people shall instruct many, &c.] Such as had a better understanding of divine things than others, had ...
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). ...