Hin [S]A measure for liquids, and containing one-sixth or one-seventh of a bath. Jewish authorities disagree as to the exact capacity. Probably equiva...
Flavius Claudius Julianus became ruler of Rome in A.D. 361 upon the death of his uncle Constantine. He favored Judaism over Christianity and sought t...
My time is not yet come (o kairo o emo oupw parestin). Only use with verse Luke 8 of kairo in this Gospel, elsewhere crono ( John 5:6 ) or more oft...
Powers The uses of this biblical term fall into two major divisions: referring to miraculous powers and to angelic beings belonging to the hierarchy o...
SICYON sish'-i-on (Sikuon, Sukuon, Sukion): Mentioned in 1 Macc 15:23 in the list of countries and cities to which Lucius the Roman consul (probably ...
BELIAL be'-li-al, bel'-yal (beliya`al; Beliar): This name, occurring very frequently in the Old Testament, has the sense of worthlessness (compare 2?...
CHAPTER 26 Matthew 26:1-16 . CHRIST'S FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS DEATH, AS NOW WITHIN TWO DAYS, AND THE SIMULTANEOUS CONSPIRACY OF THE JEWISH ...
With a great sum (pollou kepalaiou). The use of kepalaiou (from kepalh, head) for sums of money (principal as distinct from interest) is old and freq...
Luke 3:24 Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, &c.] These two, Grotius says, are omitted in the ancient exemplars; and he thinks t...
He rehearsed (exhgeito). Imperfect middle of exhgeomai, old verb to lead out, to draw out in narrative, to recount. So Paul is pictured as taking his...
Church and state ECCLESIASTICAL POWER SUPERIOR TO CIVILAppoints kings 1?Samuel 10:1 Directs administration 1?Samuel 15:1-4 Reproves rulers 1?...
ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH e-thi-o'-pi-an u'-nuk eunouchos: A man who occupied a leading position as treasurer at the court of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians...
Machpelah [N] [H] [S]portion; double cave, the cave which Abraham bought, together with the field in which it stood, from Ephron the Hittite, for a fa...
Thyatira, [N] [E] [H] a city on the Lycus, founded by Seleucus Nicator, lay to the left of the road from Pergamos to Sardis, 27 miles from the latter...
BETHESDA be-thez'-da (Bethesda; Textus Receptus of the New Testament, John 5:2 (probably beth chicda', house of mercy); other forms occur as Bethzatha...
DISPERSION, THE dis-pur'-shun, (diaspora): 1. Golah and Dispersion 2. Purpose of Dispersion 3. Causes of Dispersion 4. Extent of Dispersion 5. Th...
Proselyte [S]is used in the LXX. for stranger ( 1?Chronicles 22:2 ), i.e., a comer to Palestine; a sojourner in the land ( Exodus 12:48 ; 20:10 ; 22...
MICHAEL mi'-ka-el, mi'-kel (mikha'el, who is like God? Michael): (1) The father of Sethur the Asherite spy (Numbers 13:13). (2) (3) Two Gadites (1?C...
PTOLEMY tol'-e-mi (Ptolemaios, but usually called Ptolemy--the Warlike): The name Ptolemy is rather common from the days of Alexander the Great, but ...
CHRISTS, FALSE fols (pseudo-christoi). 1. Christ's Warnings: In His discourse on the last things, uttered by Him on the Tuesday of the week of His ...