JAZER ja'-zer (ya`zer or ya`zeyr; Septuagint Iazen in Codex Alexandrinus; Iazer): In some cases, e.g. Numbers 21:32, the King James Version reads Jaa...
Jerusalem [N] [T] [B] [E] [H] (the habitation of peace ), Jerusalem stands in latitude 31 degrees 46 35 north and longitude 35 degrees 18 30 east of ...
Joshua 15:10 And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto Mount Seir Not that in Idumea, so famous for its being the seat of Esau, which lay rem...
Nob [N] [H] [S]high place, a city of the priests, first mentioned in the history of David's wanderings ( 1?Samuel 21:1 ). Here the tabernacle was then...
SOCOH; SOCO so'-ko (sokkhoh, branches), (sokho (in Chronicles only); Socho, most usual, but many forms in Septuagint and in the King James Version: S...
Overview - Ezekiel 45 1?The portion of land for the sanctuary; 6?for the city; 7?and for the prince. 9?Ordinances for the prince. Treasury of Scrip...
HAZOR ha'-zor (chatsor; Nasor; Codex Sinaiticus, Asor, 1 Macc 11:67): (1) The royal city of Jabin (Joshua 11:1), which, before the Israelite conquest...
by Alfred Edersheim Appendix 1 Massecheth Middoth (Being the Mishnic Tractate Descriptive of the Measurements of the Temple) Middoth is the tenth...
Joshua 13:26 And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim This was their coast from the south to the north, and so describes their eastern border, ...
Overview - Acts 19 1?The Holy Ghost is given by Paul's hands. 8?The Jews blaspheme his doctrine, which is confirmed by miracles. 13?The Jewish exorci...
MEMPHIS mem'-fis: 1. Name: The ancient capital of Egypt, 12 miles South of the modern Cairo. This Greek and Roman form of the name was derived from ...
Bethlehem [N] [S]house of bread. A city in the hill country of Judah. It was originally called Ephrath ( Genesis 35:16 Genesis 35:19 ; 48:7 ; Ruth...
Isaiah 49:12 Behold, these shall come from far This is a prophecy of the conversion of the Jews, or of the Gentiles, or of both, in the latter day, in...
GOLAN; GAULONITIS go'-lan (golan), (Gaulanitis): Golan was a city in the territory allotted to Manasseh in Bashan, the most northerly of the three ci...
BETH-SHEAN; BETH-SHAN beth-she'-an, beth'-shan (beth-shan, or [beth-she'an]; in Apocrypha Baithsan or Bethsa): A city in the territory of Issachar as...
The Book of EzekielChapter 48Chapter Overview: The portion of seven tribes, ver. 1 - 7. The allotment of land for the sanctuary, priests and Levites...
CHAPTER 48 Ezekiel 48:1-35 . ALLOTMENT OF THE LAND TO SEVERAL TRIBES. 1. Dan--The lands are divided into portions of ideal exactness, running...
When I read Pliny of the situation of this city, and compare some things which are said by Josephus and the Talmudists with him, I cannot but be at a ...
MAHANAIM ma-ha-na'-im (machanayim; the Greek is different in every case where the name occurs, Codex Vaticanus and Codex Alexandrinus also giving vari...
GADARA gad'-a-ra (Gadara): 1. Country of the Gadarenes: This city is not named in Scripture, but the territory belonging to it is spoken of as chora...