EBAL; OBAL e'-bal (`ebhal, bare) or (`obhal): (1) A people and region of Joktanite, Arabia. See Dillmann, Genesis, and Glaser, Skizze, II, 426. The l...
King, Kingship The terms king and kingship are common biblical words, occurringover 2, 500 times in the Old Testament and 275 times in the New Testame...
Arabah [N] [S]plain, in the Revised Version of 2?Kings 14:25 ; Joshua 3:16 ; 8:14 ; 2 Sam 2:29 ; 4:7 (in all these passages the A.V. has plain)...
Ship [S]BuiltBy Noah Genesis 6:13-22 By Solomon 1?Kings 9:26 ; 2?Chronicles 8:17 By Jehoshaphat 1?Kings 22:48 ; 2 Chronicles 20:35 2 Chron...
Murder [N] [T] [E] [S]The Old Testament. Although the Israelites did not have a term that precisely fits our present-day idea of murder, they differen...
Woman [T] [B]was taken out of man ( Genesis 2:23 ), and therefore the man has the preeminence. The head of the woman is the man; but yet honour is to ...
David [N] [E] [H] [S]David was the founder of a dynasty that would rule in Jerusalem for over 350 years. His impact on the history of Israel is seen f...
Father [N] [B] [S]a name applied (1) to any ancestor ( Deuteronomy 1:11 ; 1?Kings 15:11 ; Matthew 3:9 ; 23:30 , etc.); and (2) as a title of respec...
Mason [N]an artificer in stone. The Tyrians seem to have been specially skilled in architecture ( 1 Kings 5:17 1 Kings 5:18 ; 2 Sam 5:11 ). This ar...
Grind( Exodus 32:20 ; Deuteronomy 9:21 ; Judges 16:21 ), to crush small (Heb. tahan); to oppress the poor ( Isaiah 3:5 ). The hand-mill was early us...
Zobah [N] [H]=Aram-Zobah, ( Psalms 60 , title), a Syrian province or kingdom to the south of Coele-Syria, and extending from the eastern slopes of Leb...
Barley [N] [S]a grain much cultivated in Egypt ( Exodus 9:31 ) and in Palestine ( Leviticus 27:16 ; Deuteronomy 8:8 ). It was usually the food of hor...
Wise, wisdoma moral rather than an intellectual quality. To be foolish is to be godless ( Psalms 14:1 ; Compare Judges 19:23 ; 2 Sam 13:13 ). True ...
Coat [S]the tunic worn like the shirt next the skin ( Leviticus 16:4 ; Cant. 5:3 ; 2 Sam 15:32 ; Exodus 28:4 ; 29:5 ). The coats of skins prepare...
Servant, Service The words servant, service, and serve, in various forms, occur well over 1, 100 times in the New International Version. People are...
Harvest [N] [B] [S]the season for gathering grain or fruit. On the 16th day of Abib (or April) a handful of ripe ears of corn was offered as a first-f...
Kish [N] [H] [S]a bow. A Levite of the family of Merari ( 1?Chronicles 23:21 ; 24:29 ). A Benjamite of Jerusalem ( 1?Chronicles 8:30 ; 9:36 ). ...
Scarlet [N] [S]This dye was obtained by the Egyptians from the shell-fish Carthamus tinctorius; and by the Hebrews from the Coccus ilicis, an insect w...
Armourythe place in which armour was deposited when not used ( Nehemiah 3:19 ; Jeremiah 50:25 ). At first each man of the Hebrews had his own arms, b...
Oath [N] [S]a solemn appeal to God, permitted on fitting occasions ( Deuteronomy 6:13 ; Jeremiah 4:2 ), in various forms ( Genesis 16:5 ; 2 Sam 12:...