Jesus, the christ HISTORY OFGenealogy of Matthew 1:1-17 ; Luke 3:23-38 Facts before the birth ofThe angel Gabriel appears to Mary (at Nazareth) ...
SCORPION skor'-pi-un (aqrabh; compare Arabic aqrab, scorpion; ma`aleh `aqrabbim, the ascent of Akrabbim; skorpios. Note that the Greek and Hebrew may ...
CHAPTER 24 Isaiah 24:1-23 . THE LAST TIMES OF THE WORLD IN GENERAL, AND OF JUDAH AND THE CHURCH IN PARTICULAR. The four chapters (the twenty...
Dress [N] [S] Materials used. The earliest and simplest an apron of fig-leaves sewed together ( Genesis 3:7 ); then skins of animals ( 3:21 ). Elijah'...
CHAPTER 10 Isaiah 10:1-4 . Fourth strophe. 1. them that decree--namely, unrighteous judges. write grievousness, &c.--not the scribes, but the...
Phenicia [N]( Acts 21:2 ) = Phenice ( 11:19 ; 15:3 ; RSV, Phoenicia), Gr. phoinix, a palm, the land of palm-trees; a strip of land of an average brea...
Dress. [N] [E]This subject includes the following particulars: Materials; Color and decoration; Name, form, and mode of wearing the various articles;...
ARMOR, ARMS ar'-mer, arms. _I. ARMOR IN GENERAL--OLD TESTAMENT_ _II. IN THE NEW TESTAMENT; POLYBIUS_ _III. OFFENSIVE WEAPONS_ 1. Rod 2. Sling 3....
SIEGE sej (matsor (Deuteronomy 28:52,53; 1?Kings 15:27; 2?Kings 25:2; Isaiah 29:3; Ezekiel 4:2); to be besieged, to suffer siege, ba-matsor bo' (Deute...
CHAPTER 12 Acts 12:1-19 . PERSECUTION OF THE CHURCH BY HEROD AGRIPPA I--MARTYRDOM OF JAMES AND MIRACULOUS DELIVERANCE OF PETER. 1-3. Herod th...
CHAPTER 5 Solomon 5:1-16 . 1. Answer to her prayer ( Isaiah 65:24 , Revelation 3:20 ). am come--already ( Solomon 4:16 ); come ( Genesis 28:...
GENESIS, 3 III. The Structure of the Individual Pericopes. In this division of the article, there is always to be found (under 1) a consideration of ...
He is coming The OT Scriptures predicted a ?coming one? (Deu. Deu. 18:15-18; Ps. Ps. 2:1; Ps. 22:1; Ps. 118:26; Isa. Isa. 9:6; Isa. 48:16; Isa. 53:1;...
NUMBER num'-ber: I. NUMBER AND ARITHMETIC II. NOTATION OF NUMBERS 1. By Words 2. By Signs 3. By Letters III. NUMBERS IN OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY I...
CHAPTER 1 - Of the Holy ScripturesThe Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain and infallible ruleof all saving knowledge, faith and obedience,(...
False Prophet Even though the Old Testament does not use the term false prophet, it is clear that such professional prophets existed throughout much ...
Sanctuary [N] [E]In the Old Testament the word miqdas [v'D.qim] (from qds, holy, implying a distinction between space that is sacred versus profane) ...
HAIR har (se`ar, sa`ar, Aramaic se`ar, and their derivatives; thrix, gen. case trichos, kome): 1. Hair Fashions: Hair was worn in different fashions...
ASTRONOMY, III _III. Physiography._ 1. The Circle of the Earth: It has generally been assumed that the Hebrews considered the earth to be a vast cir...
CHAPTER 38 Job 38:1-41 . 1. Jehovah appears unexpectedly in a whirlwind (already gathering Job 37:1 Job 37:2 ), the symbol of judgment ( Ps...