SAFFRON saf'-run (karkom; krokos): Identical with the Arabic kurqum, the same as za`faran, saffron. The source of the true saffron is Crocus sativus ...
Overview - Exodus 39 1?The cloths of service and holy garments. 2?The ephod. 8?The breast-plate. 22?The robe of the ephod. 27?The coats, mitre, and ...
Revelation 21:20 The fifth, sardonyx Which is partly of the sardian, and partly of the onyx stone, which resembles a man's nail, from whence it has it...
Jacinth, [N] [E]a precious stone, forming one of the foundations of the walls of the new Jerusalem. ( Revelation 21:20 ) Called hyacinth in the Revis...
Overview - 1?Chronicles 27 1?The twelve captains for every several month. 16?The princes of the twelve tribes. 23?The numbering of the people is hinde...
Colors. [N]The terms relative to color, occurring in the Bible, may be arranged in two classes, the first including those applied to the description ...
MARBLE mar'-b'-l (shayish, shesh, 'abhne shayish, stones of marble (1?Chronicles 29:2); ritspath bahat wa-shesh we-dhar we-cochareth, a pavement of re...
Fallow-deer Deuteronomy 14:5 (RSV, Wild goat); 1?Kings 4:23 (RSV, roebucks). This animal, called in Hebrew yahmur , from a word meaning to be red...
Cockatrice [N] [S]the mediaeval name (a corruption of crocodile) of a fabulous serpent supposed to be produced from a cock's egg. It is generally supp...
Leviticus 13:34 And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall, &c.] That is, according to Ben Gersom, on the thirteenth day from the first...
The KJV Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Number: 08659 Browse Lexicon Original WordWord OriginXyXrtprobably the same as (08658) (as the region ...
The NAS Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Number: 8659 Browse Lexicon Original WordWord OriginXyXrtprobably the same as (08658) (as the region o...
ANISE; DILL an'-is, or dil; (RVm, anethon): Not the true anise, Pimpinella anisum, as was supposed by the King James Version translators, but Dill, A...
To look upon (orasei). Locative case of orasi, old word (from oraw, to see) for appearance (in appearance) as in Ezekiel 1:5 Ezekiel 1:26 . Like a ...
An alabaster cruse of exceeding precious ointment (alabastron murou barutimou). The flask was of alabaster, a carbonate of lime or sulphate of lime, ...
Camphire [N] [S](Heb. copher), mentioned in Cant 1:14 (RSV, henna-flowers); 4:13 (RSV, henna), is the al-henna of the Arabs, a native of Egypt, pr...
Rose [N] [S]Many varieties of the rose proper are indigenous to Syria. The famed rose of Damascus is white, but there are also red and yellow roses. I...
Mandrakes [E](Heb. dudraim ) are mentioned in ( Genesis 30:14 Genesis 30:16 ) and in Song 7:13 The mandrake, Atropa mandragora , is closely allied t...
Adder [N] [S]( Psalms 140:3 ; Romans 3:13 , asp) is the rendering of, Akshub (coiling or lying in wait), properly an asp or viper, found only in thi...
Overview - Ezekiel 8 1?Ezekiel, in a vision of God at Jerusalem, 5?is shewn the image of jealousy; 7?the chambers of imagery; 13?the mourners for Ta...