CHAPTER 1 Ecclesiastes 1:1-18 . INTRODUCTION. 1. the Preacher--and Convener of assemblies for the purpose. See my Preface. Koheleth in Hebrew...
HEAD hed (ro'-sh, Aramaic re'sh, and in special sense gulgoleth, literally, skull, cut-off head (1?Chronicles 10:10), whence Golgotha (Matthew 27:33; ...
Psalms 68:30 Rebuke the company of spearmen Or, of the reed F4; that is, men that use and fight with spears, like to reeds, as Kimchi and Ben Melech i...
?EXPOSITION Verse 6. The LORD preserveth the simple. Those who have a great deal of wit may take care of themselves. Those who have no worldly craft a...
OATH oth (shebhu`ah, probably from shebha`, seven, the sacred number, which occurs frequently in the ritual of an oath; horkos; and the stronger word ...
CHAPTER 21 Jeremiah 21:1-14 . ZEDEKIAH CONSULTS JEREMIAH WHAT IS TO BE THE EVENT OF THE WAR: GOD'S ANSWER. Written probably when, after havi...
Obedience [B]General scriptures concerning Genesis 18:19 ; Exodus 19:5 ; 20:6 ; 24:7 ; Numbers 9:23 ; 14:24 ; Deuteronomy 5:10 ; Joshua 14:6-...
CHAPTER 2 Malachi 2:1-17 . REPROOF OF THE PRIESTS FOR VIOLATING THE COVENANT; AND THE PEOPLE ALSO FOR MIXED MARRIAGES AND UNFAITHFULNESS. 1. ...
CHAPTER 47 Isaiah 47:1-15 . THE DESTRUCTION OF BABYLON IS REPRESENTED UNDER THE IMAGE OF A ROYAL VIRGIN BROUGHT DOWN IN A MOMENT FROM HER MAG...
CHAPTER 2 Solomon 2:1-17 . 1. rose--if applied to Jesus Christ, it, with the white lily (lowly, 2?Corinthians 8:9 ), answers to white and ru...
Faith [T] [B] [E]General scriptures concerning 2?Samuel 22:31 ; Psalms 2:12 ; 5:11 ; 7:1 ; Psalms 9:9 Psalms 9:10 ; 18:30 ; 32:10 ; Psalms 3...
CHAPTER 1 Obadiah 1:1-21 . DOOM OF EDOM FOR CRUELTY TO JUDAH, EDOM'S BROTHER; RESTORATION OF THE JEWS. 1. Obadiah--that is, servant of Jehova...
CHAPTER 2 Jeremiah 2:1-37 . EXPOSTULATION WITH THE JEWS, REMINDING THEM OF THEIR FORMER DEVOTEDNESS, AND GOD'S CONSEQUENT FAVOR, AND A DENUNC...
CHAPTER 3 Zechariah 3:1-10 . FOURTH VISION. Joshua the high priest before the angel of Jehovah; accused by Satan, but justified by Jehovah th...
CHAPTER 33 Isaiah 33:1-24 . THE LAST OF ISAIAH'S PROPHECIES AS TO SENNACHERIB'S OVERTHROW. Isaiah 33:1 Isaiah 33:8 Isaiah 33:9 , describe...
CHAPTER 22 THIRD SERIES. Job 22:1-30 . AS BEFORE, ELIPHAZ BEGINS. 1. Eliphaz shows that man's goodness does not add to, or man's badness ta...
HOPE hop: 1. In the Old Testament: In the Revised Version (British and American) the New Testament hope represents the noun elpis (52 t), and the ve...
MEALS, MEAL-TIME melz: Bread materials, bread-making and baking in the Orient are dealt with under BREAD (which see). For food-stuffs in use among th...
Marriage [N] [T] [E] [S]An intimate and complementing union between a man and a woman in which the two become one physically, in the whole of life. Th...
6:1? Now it came to pass on a sabbath1, that he was going through the grainfields; and his disciples plucked the ears, and did eat, rubbing them in th...