Hill Heb. gib'eah, a curved or rounded hill, such as are common to Palestine ( Psalms 65:12 ; 72:3 ; Psalms 114:4 Psalms 114:6 ). Heb. har, prop...
Harness Heb. 'asar, to bind; hence the act of fastening animals to a cart ( 1 Samuel 6:7 1 Samuel 6:10 ; Jeremiah 46:4 , etc.). An Old English wo...
Overview - Numbers 13 1?The names of the men who were sent to search the land. 17?Their instructions. 21?Their acts. 26?Their relation. Treasury of Sc...
Fruit [B]a word as used in Scripture denoting produce in general, whether vegetable or animal. The Hebrews divided the fruits of the land into three c...
Chapter 2121:13? They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. grave Heb. Sheol, (See Scofield Habakkuk?2:5) 21:19? God laye...
Furnace [N] [S] Chald. attun, a large furnace with a wide open mouth, at the top of which materials were cast in ( Daniel 3:22 Daniel 3:23 ; Compare ...
Fatling A fatted animal for slaughter ( 2?Samuel 6:13 ; Isaiah 11:6 ; Ezekiel 39:18 . Compare Matthew 22:4 , where the word used in the original, s...
Thorn [N] Heb. hedek ( Proverbs 15:19 ), rendered brier in Micah 7:4 . Some thorny plant, of the Solanum family, suitable for hedges. This is probabl...
A technical term or phrase carries a uniform meaning wherever it appears. Thus, its meaning is somewhat independent of context. For example, the phras...
Soothsayer [N] [S]one who pretends to prognosticate future events. Baalam is so called ( Joshua 13:22 ; Heb. kosem, a diviner, as rendered 1?Samuel 6...
Goat [N] [S] Heb. 'ez, the she-goat ( Genesis 15:9 ; 30:35 ; 31:38 ). This Hebrew word is also used for the he-goat ( Exodus 12:5 ; Leviticus 4:23 ...
Chapter 103103:4? redeemeth Heb. goel, Redemp. (Kinsman type). (See Scofield Isaiah?59:20) . 103:11? fear Also Psalms 103:13, (See Scofield Psalms?1...
Pine tree. [E]Heb. tidhar . ( Isaiah 41:19 ; 60:13 ) What tree is intended is not certain: but the rendering pine, seems least probable of any. Shem...
Basin [N] [S]or Bason. A trough or laver (Heb. aggan') for washing ( Exodus 24:6 ); rendered also goblet (Cant 7:2 ) and cups ( Isaiah 22:24 ). A...
Two of the women who play key roles in the Book of Revelation are cities: Babylon and the New Jerusalem. This is no accident as one is the city of ma...
Chapter 2727:13? But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation. redeemed Heb. goel, Redemp. (Kinsman typ...
Gold [N] [T] [S] Heb. zahab, so called from its yellow colour ( Exodus 25:11 ; 1?Chronicles 28:18 ; 2 Chr 3:5 ). Heb. segor, from its compactnes...
Leaven [T] [B] [S] Heb. seor ( Exodus 12:15 Exodus 12:19 ; 13:7 ; Leviticus 2:11 ), the remnant of dough from the preceding baking which had fermen...
Overview - 1?Peter 1 1?He blesses God for his manifold spiritual graces; 10?shewing that the salvation in Christ is no news, but a thing prophesied of...
living creatures See commentary on Revelation 4:6. elders In favor of the view that the elders are the redeemed, they are distinguished from angels bo...