VIRGIN, VIRGINITY vur'-jin; vur-jin'-i-ti: (1) bethulah, from a root meaning separated, is a woman living apart, i.e. in her father's house, and henc...
PTOLEMY tol'-e-mi (Ptolemaios, but usually called Ptolemy--the Warlike): The name Ptolemy is rather common from the days of Alexander the Great, but ...
ORDAIN; ORDINATION or-dan', or-di-na-shun (Latin ordinare, to set in order to arrange; in post-Augustan Latin to appoint to office; from ordo, gen. or...
SIMON (1) (Simon, Greek form of SIMEON (which see)): The persons of the name of Simon mentioned in the Apocrypha are: (1) Simon the Maccabean (Hasmo...
Psalms 121:6 The sun shall not smite thee by day With its rays, which it shoots forth like darts, and which fly swiftly, and pierce and hurt: hence Ap...
GLORY glo'-ri (substantive): I. METHOD OF TREATMENT II. GENERAL USE OF THE TERM 1. As Applied to External Things 2. As Applied to Yahweh III. THE...
BIBLE, THE, I-III INTRODUCTION bi'-b'-l, (biblia): $ I. THE NAMES$ 1. Bible 2. Other Designations--Scriptures, etc. 3. Old Testament and New Testa...
INTRODUCTION THE first of the twelve minor prophets in the order of the canon (called minor, not as less in point of inspired authority, but simply...
SWEAT swet (ze`ah (Genesis 3:19), yeza` (Ezekiel 44:18); hidros (2 Macc 2:26; Luke 22:44)): In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread (Genesis 3:...
ONIAS o-ni'-as (Onias): There were 3 high priests of the name of Onias, and a 4th Onias who did not become a high priest but was known as the builder...
VINE vin: 1. Hebrew Words: (1) gephen, usually the cultivated grape vine. In Numbers 6:4; Judges 13:14 we have gephen ha-yayin, literally, vine of w...
FLESH @basar, she'er): 1. Etymology: Used in all senses of the word, the latter, however, most frequently in the sense of kin, family, relationship ...
NAZIRITE naz'-i-rit (nazir, connected with nadhar, to vow; nazeir, nazeiraios, as also various words indicating holiness or devotion; the King James V...
JOSHUA (3) Son of Jehozadak (Haggai 1:1,12,14; 2:2,4; Zechariah 3:1,3,6,8,9; 6:11 form (b)) and high priest in Jerusalem, called Jeshua in Ezra-Nehemi...
FIRE fir ('esh; pur): These are the common words for fire, occurring very frequently. 'Ur, light (Isaiah 24:15 the King James Version; compare the Re...
CARE; CAREFULNESS; CAREFUL kar, kar'-fool-ness, kar'-fool: The English word care has such a variety of meanings, and so many Hebrew and Greek words i...
SEAL sel (substantive chotham, seal, signet, Tabba`ath, signet-ring; Aramaic `izqa'; sphragis; verb chatham, (Aramaic chatham); (sphragizo), (katasphr...
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...
HEZEKIAH (2) (chizqiyah, Yahweh has strengthened; also written chizqiyahu, Yah has strengthened him; Hezekias): One of the greatest of the kings of J...
MARK mark: In the King James Version this word is used 22 times as a noun and 26 times as a predicate. In the former case it is represented by 5 Hebr...