Daniel 24 25 Quotation from Isaiah 40:6-8 (partly like the LXX, partly like the Hebrew). For (dioti). As in verse 1?Peter 1:16 (dia and oti), ...
Juniper, [N] [E]( 1 Kings 19:4 1 Kings 19:5 ; Job 30:4 ; Psalms 120:4 ) a sort of broom, Genista monosperma, G. raetam of Forskal, answering to th...
Overview - Isaiah 40 1?The promulgation of the Gospel. 3?The preaching of John Baptist. 9?The preaching of the apostles. 12?The prophet, by the omni...
In that he is made low (en th tapeinwsei autou). In his low estate. Play on tapeinwsi (from tapeinow, Philippians 3:7 ), like tapeino of verse Jame...
Chapter 2828:1? Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat val...
2 Samuel 10:9 When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind Or the face of it F23; armies appeared both before and behi...
1 Kings 7:19 And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch Or such as was in the porch of the temple; the wor...
Jeremiah 49:26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets Or verily F15 so Jarchi interprets it as an oath; Jehovah swearing that so it should ...
Overview - James 1 1?We are to rejoice under the cross; 5?to ask patience of God; 13?and in our trials not to impute our weakness, or sins, to him, 1...
Hophni [N] [E](pugilist ) and PHINEHAS (brazen mouth ), the two sons of Eli, who fulfilled their hereditary sacerdotal duties at Shiloh. Their brutal...
FITCHES fich'-iz (the English word fitch is the same as vetch): (1) qetsach (Isaiah 28:25,27; the Revised Version, margin has black cummin (Nigella s...
Sermon LXXIV. [CXXIV. Ben]]Sermon LXXIV. [CXXIV. Ben]] On the words of the gospel, John v. 2, Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, etc....
1 Corinthians 7:36 But if any man think This some understand of a man that is engaged, or betrothed to a virgin, and protracts marriage, who may use h...
Isaiah 40:6 The voice said, cry Not the same voice as in ( Isaiah 40:3 ) , nor the voice of an angel, as Aben Ezra; but a voice from the Lord, as Jarc...
Letter CCCXLII.Letter CCCXLII. Basil to Libanius. All who are attached to the rose, as might be expected in the case of lovers of the beautiful, are n...
Overview - James 1 1?We are to rejoice under the cross; 5?to ask patience of God; 13?and in our trials not to impute our weakness, or sins, to him, 1...
Jezreel, Valley oflying on the northern side of the city, between the ridges of Gilboa and Moreh, an offshoot of Esdraelon, running east to the Jordan...
Isaiah 28:4 And the glorious beauty which is on the head of the fat valley Meaning the riches and fruitfulness of the ten tribes, and especially of Sa...
Lebanon [T] [E] [H] [S](A mountain range)Northern boundary of the land of Canaan Deuteronomy 1:7 ; 3:25 ; 11:24 ; Joshua 1:4 ; 9:1 Early inhabit...
BEANS benz (pol; Arabic ful): A very common product of Palestine; a valuable and very ancient article of diet. The Bible references are probably to t...