Joshua, Book of. Named from Joshua the son of Nun, who is the principal character in it. The book may be regarded as consisting of three parts: The c...
Songsof Moses ( Exodus 15 ; Numbers 21:17 ; Deuteronomy 32 ; Revelation 15:3 ), Deborah (Judg. 5), Hannah ( 1?Samuel 2 ), David ( 2?Samuel 22 , and...
Jerubbaal [N] [H]contender with Baal; or, let Baal plead, a surname of Gideon; a name given to him because he destroyed the altar of Baal (Judg. 6:32...
Micah [N] [H] [S]a shortened form of Micaiah, who is like Jehovah? A man of Mount Ephraim, whose history so far is introduced in Judg. 17, apparently...
Ehud [N] [H] [S]union. A descendant of Benjamin ( 1?Chronicles 7:10 ), his great-grandson. The son of Gera, of the tribe of Benjamin ( Judges 3:15...
Heifer. [N] [E]( 1?Samuel 6:7-12 ; Job 21:10 ; Isaiah 7:21 ) The heifer or young cow was not commonly used for ploughing, but only for treading out...
Samson [N] [H] [S]of the sun, the son of Manoah, born at Zorah. The narrative of his life is given in Judg. 13-16. He was a Nazarite unto God from his...
Achsah [N] [H] [S]anklet, Caleb's only daughter ( 1?Chronicles 2:49 ). She was offered in marriage to the man who would lead an attack on the city of ...
Riddle [N] [S](Heb. hodah). The oldest and, strictly speaking, the only example of a riddle was that propounded by Samson (Judg. 14:12-18 ). The para...
Bee [N] [S]First mentioned in Deuteronomy 1:44 . Swarms of bees, and the danger of their attacks, are mentioned in Psalms 118:12 . Samson found a sw...
Kenaz [N] [H] [S]hunter. One of the sons of Eliphaz, the son of Esau. He became the chief of an Edomitish tribe ( Genesis 36:11 Genesis 36:15 Genes...
Jebus [N] [H] [S]trodden hard, or fastness, or the waterless hill, the name of the Canaanitish city which stood on Mount Zion ( Joshua 15:8 ; Joshua ...
Agag [N] [H] [S]flame, the usual title of the Amalekite kings, as Pharaoh was of the Egyptian. A king of the Amalekites referred to by Balaam ( Numbe...
Barley [N] [S]a grain much cultivated in Egypt ( Exodus 9:31 ) and in Palestine ( Leviticus 27:16 ; Deuteronomy 8:8 ). It was usually the food of hor...
Timnah [N] [H] [S]a portion. A town of Judah ( Joshua 15:10 ). The Philistines took possession of it in the days of Ahaz ( 2?Chronicles 28:18 ). It w...
Asher, [N] [E] [H]Apocrypha and New Testament, Aser (blessed ), the eighth son of Jacob, by Zilpah, Leahs handmaid. ( Genesis 30:13 ) (B.C. 1753.) Th...
Ambassador, [E]a person of high rank employed by a government to represent it and transact its business at the seat of government of some other power...
Rehob [N] [H] [S]street; broad place. The father of Hadadezer, king of Tobah ( 2 Samuel 8:3 2 Samuel 8:12 ). Nehemiah 10:11 . The same, proba...
Wolf [N] [S]Heb. zeeb, frequently referred to in Scripture as an emblem of treachery and cruelty. Jacob's prophecy, Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf ( G...
Zebah [N] [H] [S]man-killer, or sacrifice, one of the two kings who led the vast host of the Midianites who invaded the land of Israel, and over whom ...