Illustrated Bible DictionaryCosimo, Inc., 2006 M10 1 - 724 pages "The fruit of many years of loving labor," Scottish Presbyterian minister Matthew George Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary has become a classic reference for those studying the Bible. Originally published in 1897, three years after Easton's death, it contains almost 4,000 entries and dozens of illustrations and maps. Readers will find definitions of terms ranging from Alpha to Zuzims. In between they'll find entries both obscure and common, such as Emims (a warlike tribe of giants), Hagar (Sarah's handmaid), immortality, meekness, Pentecost (the feast of harvest), seventy weeks (a prophetic period of time before the coming of the Messiah), sling (what David used to slay the giant), and Zorah (Samson's birthplace). |
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... Greek Apollyon- i.e. , destroyer ) of “ the angel of the bottom- less pit " ( Rev. 9:11 ) . It is rendered “ de ... Greeks . It rises in a cleft of the Anti - Lebanon range , about 23 miles north - west of Damascus , and after flowing ...
... Greek Apollyon- i.e. , destroyer ) of “ the angel of the bottom- less pit " ( Rev. 9:11 ) . It is rendered “ de ... Greeks . It rises in a cleft of the Anti - Lebanon range , about 23 miles north - west of Damascus , and after flowing ...
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... Greek equivalent , which is translated " father . " It is a term expressing warm affection and filial confidence . It has no perfect equiva- lent in our language . It has passed into European languages as an ecclesiastical term ...
... Greek equivalent , which is translated " father . " It is a term expressing warm affection and filial confidence . It has no perfect equiva- lent in our language . It has passed into European languages as an ecclesiastical term ...
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... Greek word is rendered " Com- forter , " q.v. ) . It is applied to Christ in 1 John 2 : 1 , where the same Greek word is rendered " Advocate , " the rendering which it should have in all the places where it occurs . Tertullus " the ...
... Greek word is rendered " Com- forter , " q.v. ) . It is applied to Christ in 1 John 2 : 1 , where the same Greek word is rendered " Advocate , " the rendering which it should have in all the places where it occurs . Tertullus " the ...
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... Greek name given to a stone found in the river Achates in Sicily . Age , used to denote the period of a man's life ( Gen. 47:28 ) , the maturity of life ( John 9:21 ) , the latter end of life ( Job 11:17 ) , a generation of the human ...
... Greek name given to a stone found in the river Achates in Sicily . Age , used to denote the period of a man's life ( Gen. 47:28 ) , the maturity of life ( John 9:21 ) , the latter end of life ( Job 11:17 ) , a generation of the human ...
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... Greek . This is called the Septuagint ver- sion , from the tradition that seventy learned men were engaged in executing it . It was , however , not all translated at one time . It was begun B.C. 280 , and finished about B.C. 200 or 150 ...
... Greek . This is called the Septuagint ver- sion , from the tradition that seventy learned men were engaged in executing it . It was , however , not all translated at one time . It was begun B.C. 280 , and finished about B.C. 200 or 150 ...
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Page 472 - So Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor : but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
Page 184 - Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate! And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem...
Page 392 - And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Page 615 - And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.
Page 633 - They being the root of all mankind, the guilt of this sin was imputed, and the same death in sin and corrupted nature conveyed to all their posterity, descending from them by ordinary generation.
Page 391 - Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan; and take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
Page 180 - He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions." So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
Page 10 - Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?