The Prophetical Books Prophets were men raised up of God in times of declension and apostasy in Israel. They were primarily revivalists and patriots, ...
Chapter 2525:1? Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. Keturah As Sarah stands for the mother of us all, i.e. of those who, by grac...
Book Introduction - Genesis Read first chapter of Genesis GENESIS is the book of beginnings. It records not only the beginning of the heavens and the ...
Chapter 99:1? And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. and said unto them The Noahic...
Chapter 33:19? Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of ...
Chapter 88:8? For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel a...
James (Iakwbo). Grecised form (nominative absolute) of the Hebrew Iakwb (so LXX). Common name among the Jews, and this man in Josephus (Ant. XX.9.1) ...
Chapter 77:15? But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. mercy Verses 14 and 15 state the prin...
EMERODS em'-er-odz `ophalim, techorim: These words are used in the account of the plague which broke out among the Philistines while the captive Ark ...
Chapter 1111:1? And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: The Davidic kingdom The order of ...
Tiberias [N] [H] [S]a city, the modern Tubarich, on the western shore of the Sea of Tiberias. It is said to have been founded by Herod Antipas (A.D. 1...
CART kart (`aghalah): The Hebrew word has been translated in some passages cart, and in others wagon. In one verse only has it been translated chario...
MEDICINE med'-i-sin, med'-i-s'-n (gehah, teruphah, rephu'ah): These words are used in the sense of a remedy or remedies for disease. In Proverbs 17:2...
The Historical Books The Historical Books of the Old Testament, usually so called, are twelve in number, from Joshua to Esther inclusive. It should, h...
LONGEVITY lon-jev'-i-ti: In the part of Genesis ascribed to the Priestly Code (P), the names and genealogies of the patriarchs are given (Genesis 5; ...
ADRA a'-dra. See ARAD (city). \ADRAMMELECH\ and \ANAMMELECH\ a-dram'-el-ek and a-nam'-el-ek ('adhrammelekh and `anammelekh, apparently, according to ...
KIR kur, kir (kir): 1. Meaning: The meaning of Kir is inclosure or walled place, and it is therefore doubtful whether it is a place-name in the true...
MEGIDDO; MEGIDDON me-gid'-o, me-gid'-on (meghiddo, meghiddon; Magiddo, Mageddon, Magdo): A royal city of the Canaanites, the king of which was slain ...
RECHAB; RECHABITES re'-kab, rek'-a-bits (rekhabh, rekhabhim): Rechab is the name of two men of some prominence in the Old Testament records: (1) A B...
Translator's Biographical Notice.TRANSLATOR'S BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE. [a.d. 309.] According to the common account Pamphilus was a native of Berytus, the ...