Sisera [N] [H] [S](Egypt. Ses-Ra, servant of Ra). The captain of Jabin's army ( Judges 4:2 ), which was routed and destroyed by the army of Barak on ...
Teraphim [N] [H] [S]givers of prosperity, idols in human shape, large or small, analogous to the images of ancestors which were revered by the Romans....
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...
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...
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...
Scribes [T] [S]anciently held various important offices in the public affairs of the nation. The Hebrew word so rendered (sopher) is first used to des...
Leviticus 13:19 And in the place of the boil there be a white rising In the place where the boil was, a white swelling appears: or a bright spot, whit...
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'...
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...
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...
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 ...
Acts 28:10 Who also honoured us with many honours Not with divine honours, with religious adorations, as if they had been so many deities; for these t...
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...
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...
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...
2 Corinthians 4:7 But we have, this treasure in earthen vessels This is a further commendation of the Gospel; and by which the apostle removes an obje...
Job 9:2 I know [it is] so of a truth That is, that God is just, and does not pervert justice and judgment, as Bildad had observed, ( Job 8:3 ) ; Job w...
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...