WHALE hwal: (1) ketos (Sirach 43:25 (the Revised Version (British and American) sea-monster); The So of Three Children verse 57 (the Revised Version ...
WISDOM OF SOLOMON, THE || I. NAME II. CANONICITY III. CONTENTS 1. The Wisdom Section, The Wisdom of Solomon 1:1-11:14 2. The Historical Section, ...
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...
FACE fas: In Hebrew the translation of three expressions: (1) panim (2) `ayin, literally, eye and (3) 'aph, literally, nose, nostril, already note...
SHOULDER shol'-der (shekhem, katheph, zeroa` or zerowa`, or zero`ah, shoq; omos, brachion (Sirach 7:31 only)): The meanings of the Hebrew words are r...
?EXPOSITION Verse 3. Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light. The Psalmist enters into detail as to the heavenly hosts. As all,...
WHEEL hwel: (1) 'ophan, is the usual word (Exodus 14:25, etc.). In Proverbs 20:26; Isaiah 28:27 the rollers of a threshing wagon are meant (see AGRIC...
DEGREE de-gre' (ma`alah, a going up or ascent, hence, a staircase or flight of steps; rank: tapeinos, low): By derivation it should mean a step down ...
SATAN, SYNAGOGUE OF The expression occurs neither in the Hebrew nor in the Greek of the Old Testament, nor in Apocrypha. Three passages in the Old Tes...
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...
TOBIT, BOOK OF to'-bit: 1. Name 2. Canonicity 3. Contents 4. Fact or Fiction? 5. Some Sources 6. Date 7. Place of Composition 8. Versions 9. ...
Genesis 2:9 And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food That is, out of the ground of ...
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...
Introductory Note by the Editor.Introductory Note by the Editor.The four books of St. Augustin On Christian Doctrine (De Doctrina Christiana, iv libri...
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...
YOKE yok: (1) The usual word is `ol (Genesis 27:40, etc.), less commonly the (apparently later) form moTah (Isaiah 58:6, etc.; in Nab 1:13 moT), whic...
THIGH thi (yarekh; Aramaic yarekhah (Daniel 2:32); meros (Judith 9:2; Sirach 19:12; Revelation 19:16); as part of a sacrificial animal (Exodus 29:22, ...
1 Samuel 13:5 And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel To prevent their further encroachments on them, and designs agains...
LOOK look: (1) The uses of the simple verb in English Versions of the Bible are nearly all good modern English. In Isaiah 5:2, however, He looked tha...
SURE; SURELY shoor, shoor'-li: In modern English is used chiefly in the phrases to be sure or to make sure, and as a simple adjective it is usually e...