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 ...
Women. [N]The position of women in the Hebrew commonwealth contrasts favorably with that which in the present day is assigned to them generally in ea...
Debir [N] [H] [S]oracle town; sanctuary. One of the eleven cities to the west of Hebron, in the highlands of Judah ( Joshua 15:49 ; Judg. 1:11-15 )....
Congregation [N] [S](Heb. kahal), the Hebrew people collectively as a holy community ( Numbers 15:15 ). Every circumcised Hebrew from twenty years old...
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...
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...
Milk [N] [T] [S] Hebrew halabh, new milk, milk in its fresh state (Judg. 4:19 ). It is frequently mentioned in connection with honey ( Exodus 3:8 ; ...
Lamp. [N] [E]That part of the golden candlestick belonging to the tabernacle which bore the light; also of each of the ten candlesticks placed by Sol...
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 ...
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...
Brass [N] [S]which is an alloy of copper and zinc, was not known till the thirteenth century. What is designated by this word in Scripture is properly...
Gaza [N] [H] [S]called also Azzah, which is its Hebrew name ( Deuteronomy 2:23 ; 1?Kings 4:24 ; Jeremiah 25:20 ), strong, a city on the Mediterranea...
Poetry [N] [B]has been well defined as the measured language of emotion. Hebrew poetry deals almost exclusively with the great question of man's relat...
The Book of 1?SamuelChapter 15Chapter Overview: God commands Saul utterly to destroy the Amalekites, ver. 1 - 3. He destroys them, but not utterly, ...
Moabitethe designation of a tribe descended from Moab, the son of Lot ( Genesis 19:37 ). From Zoar, the cradle of this tribe, on the south-eastern bor...
fiery red ?????? [pyrros] : ?As a color fiery red, red (as fire).?1 The same color as the dragon in Revelation Rev. 12:3+. was granted Ultimate powe...
Circumcision [N] [T] [B] [S]cutting around. This rite, practised before, as some think, by divers races, was appointed by God to be the special badge ...
CHAPTER 2 Isaiah 2:1-22 . 1. The inscription. The word--the revelation. 2. Same as Micah 4:1 . As Micah prophesied in Jotham's reign, and ...
1 Kings 17:1 And Elijah the Tishbite, [who] was of the inhabitants of Gilead Which belonged partly to the Reubenites and Gadites, and partly to the ha...
Isaiah [N] [H] [S](Heb. Yesh'yahu, i.e., the salvation of Jehovah). The son of Amoz ( Isaiah 1:1 ; 2:1 ), who was apparently a man of humble rank. H...