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...
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...
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...
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...
Asherah [B] [E](straight ), the name of a Phoenician goddess, or rather of the idol itself (Authorized Version grove). Asherah is closely connected w...
Overview - Judges 18 1?The Danites send five men to seek out an inheritance. 3?At the house of Micah they consult with Jonathan, and are encouraged o...
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 ...
Teraphim. [N] [E] [H]This word occurs only in the plural, and denotes images connected with magical rites. The derivation of the name is obscure. In ...
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...
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...
Merchant [N]The Hebrew word so rendered is from a root meaning to travel about, to migrate, and hence a traveller. In the East, in ancient times, merc...
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...
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...
Bread [N] [T] [S]among the Jews was generally made of wheat ( Exodus 29:2 ; Judg. 6:19 ), though also sometimes of other grains ( Genesis 14:18 ; Jud...
Dream [N]God has frequently made use of dreams in communicating his will to men. The most remarkable instances of this are recorded in the history of ...
Job 21:18 They are as stubble before the wind Or how oft are they as stubble? &c. or how oft does God do the above things, so that they are, or become...
Fire [N] [T] [B] [S] For sacred purposes. The sacrifices were consumed by fire ( Genesis 8:20 ). The ever-burning fire on the altar was first kindled...
Amalekitea tribe that dwelt in Arabia Petraea, between the Dead Sea and the Red Sea. They were not the descendants of Amalek, the son of Eliphaz, for ...
Midianites [N] Descended form Midian, son of Abraham by Keturah Genesis 25:1 Genesis 25:2 ; 1?Chronicles 1:32 Dwelt east of Jordan, beside Moab ...
Gideon [N] [H] [S]called also Jerubbaal ( Judges 6:29 Judges 6:32 ), was the first of the judges whose history is circumstantially narrated (Judg. 6-...