Dress [N] [S] Materials used. The earliest and simplest an apron of fig-leaves sewed together ( Genesis 3:7 ); then skins of animals ( 3:21 ). Elijah'...
Prayer [N] [T] [B] [S]is converse with God; the intercourse of the soul with God, not in contemplation or meditation, but in direct address to him. Pr...
Chapter 5151:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet a came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me...
Vengeance [N]An injured party's desire for retribution or repayment from those who harmed him or to demonstrate his innocence against false accusation...
Jordan [N] [E] [H](the descender ), the one river of Palestine, has a course of little more than 200 miles, from the roots of Anti-Lebanon to the hea...
Abstain, Abstinence Forbearance of certain activities as a matter of command and voluntary practice for moral and religious purposes. The word-group t...
Philistines [N] [E] [H](immigrants ), The origin of the Philistines is nowhere expressly stated in the Bible; but as the prophets describe them as th...
John 3:16 For God so loved the world The Persic version reads men: but not every man in the world is here meant, or all the individuals of human natur...
Agriculture. [N] [E]This was little cared for by the patriarchs. The pastoral life, however, was the means of keeping the sacred race, whilst yet a f...
Appear, Appearance The Old Testament. The Hebrew word most commonly used for appearance in the Old Testament is raa [h'a'r]. The seeing of God leads t...
Phenicia [N]( Acts 21:2 ) = Phenice ( 11:19 ; 15:3 ; RSV, Phoenicia), Gr. phoinix, a palm, the land of palm-trees; a strip of land of an average brea...
Poetry, Hebrew. Lyrical poetry . --Of the three kinds of poetry which are illustrated by the Hebrew literature, the lyric occupies the foremost place...
Chapter 1111:2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, 1 Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, a...
CHAPTER 14 Revelation 14:1-20 . THE LAMB SEEN ON ZION WITH THE 144,000. THEIR SONG. THE GOSPEL PROCLAIMED BEFORE THE END BY ONE ANGEL: THE FA...
Altar [N] [E] [S]Structure on which offerings are made to a deity. The Hebrew word for altar is mizbeah [;eBzim], from a verbal root meaning to slaugh...
CHAPTER 21 Ezekiel 21:1-32 . PROPHECY AGAINST ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM, AND AGAINST AMMON. 2. the holy places--the three parts of the temple: t...
Miracle [E]Although English speakers regularly use miracle to refer to a broad range of wondrous events, the biblical concept is limited to those not ...
Suffering [N]The experience of physical pain and/or mental distress. The words and phrases in the Bible expressing this concept are too numerous to li...
Having seen the Father and His glorious throne, John?s attention is now drawn to a scroll held in the Father?s hand. The redeeming Lamb takes the scro...
Habakkuk 2:4 Behold, his soul [which] is lifted up is not upright in him, &c.] This and the following clause describe two sorts of persons differently...