STRANGER AND SOJOURNER (IN THE APOCRYPHA AND THE NEW TESTAMENT) The technical meaning attaching to the Hebrew terms is not present in the Greek words ...
SERPENT-CHARMING -charm'-ing: Allusion to this art, widely practiced by the ancients (see references in DB, under the word; especially Bothart, Hiero...
WATCHMAN woch'-man (tsopheh, shomer, metsappeh, notser): Used to designate a sentinel on the city walls (2?Samuel 18:25; 2?Kings 9:18; Psalms 127:1; ...
SETH; SHETH seth, sheth (sheth; Seth): (1) The son born to Adam and Eve after the death of Abel (Genesis 4:25; 5:3; 1Ch 1:1; Sirach 49:16; Luke 3:38)...
ROE; ROEBUCK ro, ro'-buk: the King James Version has roe and roebuck for tsehi, tsebhiyah. the Revised Version (British and American) usually substit...
REVERENCE rev'-er-ens: In the Old Testament, reverence occurs as the translation of two Hebrew words, yare' and shachah. The root idea of the former ...
MATTER mat'-er: This word being a very general term may express various ideas. the Revised Version (British and American) therefore frequently change...
TAKE tak: Most of the very numerous examples of this word are still in good use and only a few call for special attention. To take in the sense of ca...
Blessed be (euloghto). No copula in the Greek (estw, let be, or estin, is, or eih, may be). The verbal adjective (from eulogew) occurs in the N.T. on...
?1. The 14 books of the Septuagint included in the Vulgate but considered uncanonical by Protestants because they are not part of the Hebrew Scripture...
DECEASE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND APOCYPHRA de-ses' (rapha', plural repha'im, ghosts, shades, is translated by dead, dead body, and deceased in both t...
Genesis 49:11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine Which may be understood either of the tribe of Judah, and signif...
REPAIR re-par' (machceh, refuge): In Joel 3:16, for the King James Version The Lord will be the hope of his people the King James Version margin rend...
RETAIN re-tan': Several Hebrew words are thus translated: chazaq, to hold fast (Judges 7:8; 19:4; Job 2:9 the King James Version (the Revised Version...
CHEER; CHEERFULNESS cher, cher'-fool-nes: The English word cheer meant: (1) originally face, countenance (Greek kara, head, through Old French, cher...
WASH; WASHING wosh, wosh'-ing: The two usual Hebrew words for wash are rachats, and kabhac, the former being normally used of persons or of sacrifici...
VISITATION viz-i-ta'-shun, vis-(pequddah; episkope): In Biblical writings, the divine investigation or inspection of men's character and deeds with a...
REFRESH; REFRESHING re-fresh', re-fresh'-ing: Refresh occurs a few times in the Old Testament as the translation of naphash, to take breath, figurati...
JESHUA; JESHUAH jesh'-u-a, je-shu'-a (yeshua`, Yahweh is deliverance or opulence; compare JOSHUA): (1) the King James Version Jeshuah, head of the 9t...
Appendix 3: EXTRA CANONICAL BOOKS. In addition to the books that have been generally recognized among Protestants as worthy of a place in the ...