COL-HOZEH kol-ho'-ze (kol-chozeh, all seeing; Septuagint omits): A man whose son Shallum rebuilt the fountain gate of Jerusalem in the days of Nehemi...
SHALLUN shal'-un (shallun, not in the Septuagint): Another form of Shallum, the son of Col-hozeh. He was the ruler of the district of Mizpah. He assi...
DEMAS de'-mas (Demas, popular): According to Colossians 4:14; 2?Timothy 4:10; Philemon 1:24, one who was for a time a fellow-worker with Paul at Rome...
MAKAZ ma'-kaz (maqats): One of the cities of the 2nd of the 12 districts or prefectures which supplied victuals for Solomon (1?Kings 4:9). It is asso...
APPHIA af'-i-a, ap'-fi-a (Apphia, dative case of Apphia; in Philemon 1:2, though Apphia, Amphia, and Appia, also occur): A Christian of Colosse, prob...
SHAPHIR sha'-fer (shaphir, glittering; kalos; the King James Version Saphir): One of a group of towns mentioned in Micah 1:10-15. From the associatio...
MORTIFY mor'-ti-fi (Romans 8:13 the King James Version and the English Revised Version, thanatoo, the English Revised Version margin make to die, and ...
PARBAR par'-bar (parbar (1?Chronicles 26:18), and parwarim, translated precincts (the King James Version suburbs in 2?Kings 23:11); Septuagint pharour...
APPLES OF SODOM sod'-um: Josephus (BJ, IV, viii, 4) says that the traces (or shadows) of the five cities (of the plain) are still to be seen, as well...
COLONY kol'-o-ni (kolonia, Greek transliteration of Latin colonia, from the root, col, cultivate): The word occurs but once (Acts 16:12) in reference...
An entire class of internal evidence falls into the general category of differences which have been noticed between the epistles and the book of Reve...
NOB nob (nobh; Codex Vaticanus Nomba; Codex Alexandrinus Noba, and other forms): An ancient priestly town to which David came on his way South when h...
BREECHES brich'-iz, brech'-iz: A garment, extending from the waist to or just below the knee or to the ankle, and covering each leg separately. Breec...
CANA, OF GALILEE ka'-na, (Kana tes Galilaias): This was the scene of Christ's earliest miracle, when, at the marriage feast, He turned water into win...
AHASBAI a-has'-bi ('achacbay, blooming): The father of Eliphelet, a Maacathite, a soldier in David's army (2?Samuel 23:34). He was either a native of...
SHEWBREAD, THE sho'-bred lechem ha-panim, bread of the presence; he prothesis ton arton (Hebrews 9:2); the American Standard Revised Version showbread...
ONESIMUS o-nes'-i-mus (Onesimos, literally, profitable, helpful (Colossians 4:9; Philemon 1:10)): 1. With Paul in Rome: Onesimus was a slave (Philem...
NAPHTALI naf'-ta-li (naphtali; Nephthaleim): I. THE PATRIARCH 1. Name 2. Circumstances of His Birth 3. Historical and Traditional Details II. TRI...
BELSHAZZAR bel-shaz'-ar (belsha'tstsar; Baltasar, Babylonian Bel-shar-usur): According to Daniel 5:30, he was the Chaldean king under whom Babylon wa...
FULLNESS fool'-nes: The translation of pleroma, which is generally, but not invariably, rendered fullness in the New Testament. Etymologically, plero...