Fox [N] [S](Heb. shu'al, a name derived from its digging or burrowing under ground), the Vulpes thaleb, or Syrian fox, the only species of this animal...
Joshua 15:53 And Janum Under the word Janum, Jerom writes F12, there is a village called Janua, three miles from Legion to the south, but seems not to...
TAMARISK tam'-a-risk: (1) 'eshel (Genesis 21:33, the King James Version grove, margin tree; 1?Samuel 22:6, the King James Version tree, margin grove;...
TWILIGHT twi'-lit (nesheph): The twilight of Palestine is of short duration, owing to the low latitude, there being scarcely more than an hour betwee...
WILLOWS wil'-oz (`arabhim); itea (Leviticus 23:40; Job 40:22; Psalms 137:2; Isaiah 15:7; 44:4)): In all references this tree is mentioned as beside r...
Earthquake [S]mentioned among the extraordinary phenomena of Palestine ( Psalms 18:7 ; Compare Habakkuk 3:6 ; Nahum 1:5 ; Isaiah 5:25 ). The firs...
Flowers [N] [T]Very few species of flowers are mentioned in the Bible although they abounded in Palestine. It has been calculated that in Western Syri...
Hawk [N] [S](Heb. netz, a word expressive of strong and rapid flight, and hence appropriate to the hawk). It is an unclean bird ( Leviticus 11:16 ; D...
Amalekites, [N]a nomadic tribe of uncertain origin, which occupied the peninsula of Sinai and the wilderness intervening between the southern hill-ra...
Shalmaneser [N] [H](fire-worshipper ) was the Assyrian king who reigned probably between Tiglath-Pileser and Sargon, B.C. 727-722. He led the forces ...
Oak [N] [E](Heb. strong ). There is much difficulty in determining the exact meanings of the several varieties of the term mentioned above. Sometimes...
ASP (pethen (Deuteronomy 32:33; Job 20:14,16; Isaiah 11:8); aspis (Romans 3:13)); Any poisonous snake, or even poisonous snakes in general, would sati...
Great multitudes (ocloi polloi). Note the plural, not just one crowd, but crowds and crowds. And from all parts of Palestine including Decapolis, the...
Letter CXXVII. To Julian, Bishop of Cos.Letter CXXVII. To Julian, Bishop of Cos.(About (1) affairs in Palestine, (2) a letter from Proterius, (3) the ...
Achshaph [E] [H] [S]An ancient city in North Palestine Joshua 11:1 ; 12:20 ; 19:25 [E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dicti...
Hethlon [E] [H] [S]A place on the northern frontier of Palestine Ezekiel 47:15 ; 48:1 [E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dic...
JEMNAAN jem'-na-an (Iemnaan): A city on the coast of Palestine; mentioned among those affected by the expedition of Holofernes (Judith 2:28; 3:1). Th...
Galileans the inhabitants of Galilee, the northern province of Palestine. The apostles were all Galileans by either birth or residence. ( Acts 1:11 )...
Abel-beth-maachah (meadow of the house of oppression ), a town of some importance, ( 2?Samuel 20:15 ) in the extreme north of Palestine, which fell a...
Abel, [N] [E] [H]the name of several places in Palestine, probably signifies a meadow . [N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bib...