Decapolis
Decapolis (gr. Ackdroxts, Dek Aft'ol-is, Ten Cities). This Appears To Denote, Not, As Is Frequently Stated, A Particular Province Or District, But Cer Tain Ten Cities, Including The Adjacent Villages (joseph. 1/it. Sec. 65), Which Resembled Each Other In Being Inhabited Mostly By Gentiles, And In Their Civic Institutions And ...
Deluge
Deluge.) Scorn Has Been Cast Upon The Fact That Abraham Came From "ur Of The Chaldees." It Has Been Claimed That The Family Of Terah Was Aramean, And Not Chaldean; That It Belonged To Flaran; And That Its Chaldean Origin Was A Myth. Ur Has Been Found, However, On The ...
Deluge_2
Deluge (del'ilj). The Narrative Of A Flood, Given In The Book Of Genesis (vii, Viii), By Which, According To The Literal Sense Of The Description, The Whole World Was Overwhelmed And Every Terrestial Creature Destroyed, With The Exception Of One Human Fam Ily And The Representatives Of Each Species Of ...
Demetrius
Demetrius (gr. As Above.) (1) Demetrius I. Demetrius Soter, King Of Syria, Reigned Twelve Years (b. C. 175). He Was Son Of Seleucus Iv., Surnamed Philopater ; But, Being A Hostage Of Rome When His Father Died, His Uncle, Antiochus Epiphanes, Who In The In Terim Arrived In Syria. Procured ...
Demoniac
Demoniac (gr. Balpovfogat, Dahtt-mon.hrzom-ahtt, To Be Tinder The Power Of A Demon, Rendered A Devil," Pos Sessed Of An Evil Spiriti. Demonized Persons, In The New Testament, Are Those Who Were Supposed To Have A Demon Or De Mons Occupying Them, Suspending The Faculties Of Their Minds And Governing The ...
Deserts
Deserts (ddz'erts), Ar-aw-baw'). In The East, Wide, Extended Plains Arc Usually Liable To Drought, And Consequently To Barrenness. Hence The Hebrew Language Describes A Pion', A Desert, And An Unfruitful Waste, By The Same Word, Rabah. The Term, Which Is In General Rendered 'wilderness, Mid-bawr', Means, Properly, A Gracing Tract, ...
Deutero Canonical Books
Deutero-canonical Books (d'uvr-6 K3tn8n'i-kal A Term Applied In Modern Times To Denote Those Sacred Books Which, Originally Denominated Eeelesiastiealand Apocryphal, Were Not The Jewish Or I Lebrew Canon, But, As Being Con Tained In The Old Greek Versions, Were Publicly Read In The Early Christian Church. (see Canon; Ai.00ryt'11a.) It ...
Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy (gr. Aeu Repoy6ptov, Deu-ter-on-om'ee-on, Repetition Of The Law), The Greek Name Given By The Alexandrian Jews To The Fifth Book 1. Contents. It Comprises That Series Of Ad Dresses Which The Lawgiver Delivered (orally And By Writing, I :5 ; Xxviii :58, Etc.) To Assembled Israel In The Second ...
Devotions
Devotions Formerly Meant The Objects Of Worship, And Not The Acts Themselves. In The Former Sense It Is Used Correctly In Acts Vvii:23, By Which Paul Means The Temples, Altars, Shrines And The Likes. Dew Web. The Various Passages Of Scripture In Which Dew Is Mentioned, As Well As The ...
Diadem
Diadem Th Et: I Ii Lirew Words Are Thus Translatell 1. Ttaw-neef 111 El).7;7i, Something Woundabout The Head!, Spoken Of The Turban Of Men (job. Xxix I4). 2. Thefee-raw' (i Cin Let, Is, Xxviii:5), A Royal Tiara. 3. (i Lel). R, The Tiara Of The High Priest, Ezek. Xxi 26). ...
Diana
Diana (di-vria Or Di-an'a), (gr."aprekas, Ar'tem Is, Artemis), A Celebrated Goddess Of The Heathen, And One Of The Twelve Superior Deities. In The Heavens She Was Luna, Or Meni (the Moon), On Earth Diana, In Hell Hecate. She Was Invoked By Women In Childbirth Under The Name Of Lucina. She ...
Dinah
Dinah (di'nah),(heb. 71, Dee-naw', Judgment Perh. Judged), Daughter Of Jacob By Leah (gen. Xxx:21), And Therefore Lull Sister Of Simeon And Levi. While Jacob's Camp Was In The Neighborhood Of Shechem, Dinah Was Seduced By Shechem, The Son Of Hamar, The Hivite Chief Or Head-man Of The Town. Partly From ...
Dionysius The Areopagite
Dionysius The Areopagite And Pseudo-dionysius (di'o-nrsi-us The Ar'e Op'a-jlte), (gr. Atov6etos,dee-on-oo'see-os). The Name Of 'dionysius The Areopagite' Enliv Ens The Scanty Account Of Success Which Attended The Visit Of Paul To Athens (acts Xvii :34). Noth Ing Further Is Related Of Him In The New Testa Ment; But Ecclesiastical Historians ...
Disciples Of Christ
Disciples Of Christ (cifs-si'pls 61, The Religious People Who Are Generally Known As Disciples Of Christ, Or Christians, Represent A Movement In The Church In The Interest Of Unity, Peace And Union, By A Return In Faith And In Life To The Christianity Described In The New Testa Ment. The ...
Diseases Of The Jews
Diseases Of The Jews (cliz-ez'e'z, Jriz). The Most Prevalent Diseases Of The East Are Cutaneous Diseases, Malignant Fevers, Dysentery And Ophthalmia. (1) Of The First Of These The Most Remarkable Are Leprosy And Elephantiasis. (see Leprosy.) To The Same Class Also Belongs The Singular Dis Ease Called The Mad D'aleppo, ...
Dispensation
Dispensation (gr. Okov Okaa, Oy-kon-onz-ee'ah, Management Of Household; Hence English Economy. (1) These Are Otherwise Called "the Ways Of God," And Denote Those Schemes Or Methods Which Are Devised And Pursued By The Wisdom And Good Ness Of God, In Order To Manifest His Perfections And Will To Mankind, For ...
Ditra
Ditra (du'ra), (heb. Doo-raw'), The Plain In Which Nebuchadnezzar Set Up His Golden Image (dan. Iii:1). Traces Of The Name Have Been Idly Sought In Quarters Too Distant From Babylon To Have Been Historically Possible, As It Is Clear From The Con Text That 'the Plain Of Dura' Could Be ...
Divination
Divination (dtv't-n5'shiln), (1icb. Sem, Lot), Is A General Term.descri:,tive The Vari Ous Illtifory Arts An( Tend!: Practiced For The Dis Covery Of Things Secret Or Future. The Human Mind Has Always Shown A Strong Curiosity To Ascertain The Course Of Fortune And The Issue Of Present Or Contemplated Schemes; And ...
Dodavah
Dodavah (d&j'a-rah), (i Leb. Do-dot71.1 Hoe, Beloved Of Jehovah), Father Of Eliezer, Who Condemned Jehoshaphat's Alliance With Alm :lill (2 Citron. Xx:37) B.c. Before 895. Properly Dodd Va Dodo (e18'do), Hcb. ',i'm, Do-do', Amatory). 1. Dodo, The Ahohite, Was The Father Of Elea Zar, The Second Of The Three Who ...
Doehan
Doehan (dok'han) Or Dochan, (heb. Do'khan), Occurs In Ezek. Ivlo; Where The Prophet Is Directed To Take Unto Him Wheat, And Barley, And Beans, And Lentils, And Millet (dokhart) And Htches, And To Put Them Into One Vessel, And To Make Bread Thereof For Himself. The Hebrew Word Dokhun Is ...
Double
Double (ltib"1), Which Is The Translation Of Several Hebrew And Greek Words, Has Many Meanings. Thus The Br I, Astelate (which See) Was To Be Made Of Two Thicknesses Of Cloth (exod. Xxxix:9). Figurative. (i) God's People Receive Of His Hand Double For All Their Sins. The Jews In Their ...
Dough
Dough (do), (heb. Per, Bow-tsake', Swelling From Fermentation, Exod. 39; Jer. Vii:18, Etc.). The Israelites Subsisted For A Month On The Bread Prepared From The Dough Which They Brought With Them In Their Kneading Troughs On Their Shoulders (exod. Xii:34). In Oriental Countries The Process Of Fermentation Is Often Dispensed ...
Doves Dung
Doves' Dung (cluv's Dung), (heb. Khar-ay'yo-neem', 2 Kings Vi:25, Which In The Mar Gin Is Written Dib-yonim, Both Meaning The Same Thing . (1) In The Above Compounds, Khir And Dib Be Ing Prefixed To Yonim, The Plural Form For Doves, The Literal Meaning Is As Above Translated. By Many ...
Dowry
Dowry (dou-rd, (hch. M,'har, Price Paid For A Wife, Gcn. Xxx/v:12; F.xod. Xxii:17; Sam. Xviii:25; 7„eh'hed, A Gift, Gen. Xxx:2o). In The East The Bridegroom Offers To The Father Of His Bride A Sum Of Money, Or Value To His Satisfaction, Before He Can Expect To Receive His Daughter In ...
Doxologies
Doxologies (doks'61-6•112), (gr. So(oxo-yia, Dox Giving Glory), Ascriptions Of Glory Or Praise To God. (1) Scriptural. These Are Frequently Found In The Psalms (e. G., Xcvi :6; Cxii ; Cxiii:t), And Were Used In The Synagogue. The Apostles Very Naturally Used Them (rout. Xi :30 ; Eph. ; I Tim. ...
Dragon
Dragon (drag'on), In Our Version Is Used For The Two Hebrew Words Than, R, And Than-neen', It Occurs Principally In The Plural Form (job Xxx :29; Ps. Xliv:t9; Is. Xiii :22; Xxxiv :i3 ; Xxxv: 7: Jer. ; Xiv :6; Xlix :33; And Micah I :8). These Texts, In General, ...
Dream
Dream (drem), (heb. Khal-ante' ; Gr. Vap, On'ar). Of All The Subjects Upon Which The Mind Of Man Has Speculated, There Is Perhaps None Which Has More Perplexed Than That Of Dreaming. Whatever May Be The Difficulties Attending The Subject, Still We Know That It Has Formed A Chan Nel ...
Dress
Dress (dre's), Is Used In Scripture In The Follow Ing Senses: 1. To Till The Soil (heb. N;;, ,rw-bad', To Serve, Gen. Ii:i5; Deut. Xxviii:39; Gr. Gheh-ore Gheh'o, Heb. Vi:7). 2. Preparation Of Food (heb. Aw-saw', To Make, Gen. Xviii:7, 3; I Sam. Xxv:i8; 2 Sam. Xii:4, Etc.). 3. Trimming ...
Drink
Drink (drink), (heb. Shaw-thaw' ; A Prim. Root), To Imbibe (lit. Or Fig.). It Denotes Not Only The Drinking Of A Fluid To The Satisfying Of Thirst, Or To Create A Sober Cheerfulness (gen. Xliii :34 ; John Ii:io) ; But The Receiving Or Enduring Of Things Good Or Bad. ...
Dudaim
Dudaim (du-da'im), (heb. Du-claw Yine). (1) This Word, In Its Plural Form. Occurs Only In Two Places Of Scripture; First In Gen. Xxx 16 : And Secondly, In Cant. Vii :13. In The Passage It Is Mentioned Several Times: 'reuben Went Out In The Days Of Wheat Harvest, And Found ...
Dumar
Dumar (divmah), Leg. Doo-maw% Si Lence). ' 1. A Son Of Ishmael, Most Probably The Founder Of An Ishmaclite Tribe Of Arabia, ;old So Giving Name To The Principal Place Or District Inhabited By That Tribe (gen. Xxv :t4; T Citron. I:30; Is. Xxi:11). 2. The Region Occupied By The ...
Dunkers
Dunkers (diin'kers), (the German Baptist Brethren) In 1708 A Small Company—eight Persons—met On The Bank Of The Eder At Schwarzenau, Ger Many, And Were Baptized. This Was The Begin Ning Of A New Religious Sect. A Desire To Follow More Closely In The Footsteps Of The Master, And The Conviction ...
Dwell
Dwell (dw61), (hcb. Yaw-shab', To Re Main), To Have A Fixed Residence In A Place. Flgurailve. (i) God Dwells In Light, In Re Spect Of His Delight In, And Independent Possession Of, His Own Glorious Excellencies, And In Respect Of His Glorious Residence Amidst Rays Of Inexpres Sible Glory In ...
Eagle
Eagle (e'g'1), (heb. Vt, Neh'sher Raw Khawm' ; Gr. Der6s, Ah-et-as'). (1) The Eagle, In Zoology. Forms A Family Of Several Genera Of Birds Of Prey, Mostly Distin Guished For Their Size, Courage, Powers Of Flight, And Arms For Attack. The Bill Is Strong And Bent Into A Plain Pointed ...
Earnest
Earnest (eeriest), Ar-hrab-ohn', Pledge), Money Which In Purchase Is Given As A Pledge That The Full Amount Will Subsequently He Paid. The Hebrew Word Ar-aw-batte') Was Used Generally For Fdedge (gal. Xxxviii:17 ), Surely (l'rov. Xvii:t8) And Hos/acre (2 Kings Xiv:t4). (1) Hesyehius Explains Arrabohn By Proclaim, Sank-what Given Beforehand. ...
Earrings
Earrings Ii.ertngs (1) No Custom Is More Ancient Or Universal Than That Of Wearing Earrings. Front Which It Would Appear To He A Very Natural Idea To Attach Such An Ornament To The Pendulous Lobe Of The Ear There Are Words In Hebrew Denoting Ear Rings, Viz., • -4, An'-ghee/, ...
Earth
Earth •rthl. (1) There Arc Two Words In Hebrew Which Are Translated Sometimes By Earth And Some Times Be /and. These Are Eh' Retz, And Ad-ow-maw', Both Of Which Are Rendered By -yi) In The Septuagint, And This -a Is Rendered By 'earth,' Land,' 'ground,' Its The New Ment. The ...
Earthenware
Earthenware (erth"n-war). See Pot Ter. Garthquake (erth-kwak), (heb. Rah' Ash, Vibration; Gr. Eflegds, Sice-mos'). The Quaking Of The Earth ; A Vibratory Or Un Dulatory Movement Extending Superficially Over A Wide Area, And Downward, It Is Believed, From A Mile Or Two To More Than Thirty Miles. The Vi Brations ...
Easter
Easter (es'ter), (gr. Irficxa, Fias'khah, From Heb. Fieh'sakh, The Passover). The Occurrence Of This Word In The A. V. Of Acts Xii :4—"intending After Easter To Bring Him Forth To We People"—is Chiefly Noticeable As An Ex Ample Of The Want Of Consistency In The Translators. In The Earlier English ...
Eating 1
Eating (1) The Ancient Hebrews Did Not Eat Indifferently With All Persons; They Would Have Esteemed Themselves Polluted And Dishonored By Eating With Those Of Another Religion, Or Of An Odious Profession. In Joseph's Time They Neither Ate With The Egyptians Nor The Egyptians With Them (gen. Xliii :32) ; ...
Ebal
Ebal And Gerizim, Mounts (e'bal And Ger'i-gm), (heb. No, Har-ay-bawl' , Mount Of Stone, And Rn?, Gher-ee-zeeme, Desert Dwellers). Ebal And Gerizim, Two Mountains Of Samaria, Form The Opposite Sides Of The Valley Which Con Tained The Ancient Town Of Shechem, The Present Nabulus. From This Connection It Is Best ...
Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes (heb. 'o-heh'feth, Preacher.) (1) The Hebrew Name. This Book Has Ob Tained Its Hebrew Name From The Designation Of The Principal Person Mentioned In It, Who Is Thus Self-styled In Several Passages. The Feminine Ter Mination Of The Name Has Given Rise To The Opinion That Kohcleth Means A ...
Eclipse
Eclipse (e-klips'). The Hebrews Do Not Seem To Have Philosophized Much On Eclipses, Which They Considered As Visible Marks Of Cod's Auger (see Joel Ii:to, 31; Iii:15; Job Ix:71. Ezekiel (xxxii: 7), And Job (xxxvi:32), Speak More Particularly, That God Covers The Sun With Clouds When Lie De Prives The ...
Edification
Edification (edri-ff-ka'shiln), (gr. Oltcoso/475, Oy-kod-onz-ay', Building), Means Building Up. A Building Is Therefore Called An Edifice. (1) Applied To Spiritual Things, It Signifies The Advancing. Improving, Adorning, And Comforting The Mind. A Christian May Be Said To Be Edified When He Is Encouraged And Animated To Fresh Prog Ress In ...
Edrei
Edrei (e'd're-i),(heb. Ed-reh'ee, Mighty). 1. One Of The Metropolitan Towns Of The King Dom Of Bashan, Beyond The Jordan. It Was Here That Og, The Gigantic King Of Bashan, Was Defeated By The Israelites, And Lost His Kingdom (num. Xxi :33-35; Deut. I :4 ; Iii:i-3). Edrei Afterwards Belonged To ...
Education
Education (ed-11-ki'shiln). (1) Of Secular Education, In Our Sense Of The Word, The Jews Knew Little, But They Enjoined The Duty And Enjoyed The Privilege Of Religious And Moral Training At Home And In Public Worship Far More Than Any Nation Of Antiquity. They Learned From Their Parents And Their ...
Eglon
Eglon (egion), (heb. 1. A Moabite King Who, Assisted By The Am Monites And Arnaleknes Subdued The Israelites Be Yond The Jordan, And The Southern Tribes Un This Side The River, And Made Jericho The Seat, Or One Of The Seats, Of His Government (b. C. T527). This Subjection To ...
Egypt
Egypt (e'j)'tpt), (heb. Mists-rah'yim ; Gr. At-rtnrros, Whence The Modern Kopt Through The Arabic Qibt). 1.'general Features. (1) Topography. An Cient Egypt Was Divided Into Three Geographical Sections—upper Egypt In The South ; Middle Egypt In The Center ; And Lower Egypt, Or The Delta. In The North. Upper Egypt ...
Eladah
Eladah (rich. God Has Decked), Son Of Tahath, A Descendant Of Ephraim (1 Chron. Elah (nab), (heb. Ay-law', Oak Or Tere Binth). 1. Son Of Baasha, King Of Israel. After A Reign Of Two Years (b. C. He Was Assassinated While Drunk, And All His Kinsfolk And Friends Cut Off, ...
Elath
Elath (e'lath), (heb. Rnl, Ay-lath', A Grove), Or Eloth (e'loth), (heb. Ay-iiith', A Grove). It Was A City Of Idumma, Having A Port On The Eastern Arm Or Gulf Of The Red Sea, Which Thence Received The Name Of Sinus Elaniticus (gulf Of Akaba). According To Eusebius, It Was Ten ...
Elder
Elder (lirder), (heb. 111,, Zaw-kane% Old). (1) Since In Ancient Times Older Persons Would Naturally Be Selected To Hold Public Offices, Out Of Regard To Their Presumed Superiority In Knowledge And Experience, The Term Came To Be Used As The Designation For The Office Itself, Borne By An In Dividual, ...
Eleazar
Eleazar (e'le-5'zar), (heb. El-aw Zawr', God Is Helper); This Was An Exceedingly Com Mon Name Among The Hebrews. 1. Eldest Son Of Aaron (exod. Vi :23, 25), Who Acted In His Father's Lifetime.as Chief Of The Tribe Of Levi (num. :32) (b. C. 1619), And At His Succeeded Him In ...
Electa Or Eclecta
Electa Or Eclecta (gr.'eknekr7), Ek-lek-tay', Chosen). She Was, As Is Generally Believed, A Lady Of Quality, Who Lived Near Ephesus, To Whom John Addressed His Second Epistle, Cautioning Her And Her Children Against Heretics, Who Denied The Di Vinity Of Christ, And His Incarnation. Some Think Electa, Which Signifies Chosen, ...
Elephant
Elephant (el'i.s.-fant), (gr.1xlcpat,el-eh'phas, Ivory; For The Meaning Of Shen-hab-beem', See The Word Occurs Frequently In The 1st And 2nd Hooks Of Maccabees. It Is Not Mentioned In The A.v. Of The Canonical Scriptures Except In The Marginal Readings ( Job X1:15; T Kings X :22; 2 Chron. Ix :2t). The ...
Eleutheropolis
Eleutheropolis (gr. Tx(votp6irexo, El-voo-ther-op'o-lic, A Free City), A Place Not Named In Scripture, But Which Was An Episcopal City Of Such In The Of Ensehius And Jerome That They Assumed It As The Point Whence To Estimate The Distances And Posi Tions Of Other Cities In Southern Palestine. It Continued ...
Elhanan
Elhanan (el-ha'nan), (heb. El-khaw Nawn', God Is Gracious). 1. A Warrior Of The Time Of David, Who Dis Tinguished Himself Against The Philistines. Accord Ing To 2 Sam. Xxi :19, He Was The Son Of Jaare Oregim, The Bethlehemite, And Slew Goliath The Gittite. The A.v. Inserts The Words "the ...
Eliezer
Eliezer (het). S Elee-eh' Ser, God Of Help). This Is The Same Name As Eleazar-whence Came The Abbreviated Lazar Or Lazarus Of The New Testament. It Is Proper To Note This Here, Because The Parable Which Describes Lazarus In Abraham's Bosom (luke Xvi :23) Has Been Sup Posed To Contain ...
Elihoreph
Elihoreph (el'i-ho'reph), (heb. Ee-kho' Ref, God Of Autumn), He And His Brother Ahiah Were Of The Scribes Of Solomon (i Kings Iv. 3), B.c. To15. Elii117 (e-li'hu), (heb. El-ee-hoo', My God Is He). 1. One Of Job's Friends, Described As 'the Son Of Barachel, A Buzite, Of The Kindred Of ...
Elijah
Elijah (e-li'jah), (heb. ";:t,, Ay-lee-yaw', God Jehovah). This Wonder-working Prophet Is Introduced To Our Notice Like Another Melchizedek (gen. Xiv:18; Heh. Vii :3). Without Any Mention Of His Father Or Mother, Or Of The Beginning Of His Days. From This Silence Of Scripture As To His Parentage And Birth, Much ...
Elisha
Elisha (e-li'sha), (heb. El-ec-shaw', God The Deliverer). (1) Call. For The Manner And The Circum Stances In Which Elisha Was Called To The Prophetic Office, See Elijah. (2) Successor To Elijah. Anxious To Enter At Once Upon The Duties Of His Sacred Office, Elisha Determined To Visit The Schools Of ...
Elishah
Elishah (heb. Elee-shaw', God Is Salvation). A Son Of Javan (gen. X :4). Who Seems To Have Given Name To 'the Isles Of Elishah,' Which Are De Scribed As Exporting Fabrics Of Purple And Scarlet To The Markets Of Tyre (ezek. Xxvii:7). If The Descendants Of Javan Peopled Greece, We ...
Elkanah
Elkanah (erica-nab), Hcb. El-kaw God The Jealous Or God Creates), The Name Of Several Descendants Of Korah Mentioned In The Old Testament, For We Are Expressly Told That "the Children Of Korah Died Not' In The Rebellion Of Korah (num. Xxvi:11). 1. The Chief One Is The Husband Of Hannah ...
En Gedi
En-gedi (en-ge'di), (heb. Ant Arch'ace, Kids' Fountain). 1. A City Of Judah, Which Gave Its Name To A Part Of The Desert To Which David Withdrew For Fear Of Saul (josh. Xv :62 ; I Sam. Xxiv:1-4). Its More Ancient Hebrew Name Was Hazezon-tamar ; And By That Name It ...
Encampment
Encampment (an-kfimp'ment). (1) The Following Renderings Are Given In The O. T. (heb. Ri;q', Makh-an-eh', From Khaw Navf, To Sit Down, To Fiitch Tent): A Term Applied To Any Band Or Company Presenting A Regular And Settled Appearance; A Standing Camp; A Predatory Or Nomad Party At Rest (gen. Xxxii:21); ...
Enoch
Enoch (e'nok), (heb. Khan-oke', Initiated Or Initiating; Perhaps Teaching Or Teacher). 1. Son Of Cain (gen. Iv:17), After Whom The First City Noticed In Scripture Was Called. (b. C. 4041.) It Was East Of Eden, And Its Name Is Thought To Be Preserved In Hanuchta, Which Ptolemy Places In The ...
Entreat
Entreat (én-tret'). 1. Gr. To Abuse, To Use Shame Fully, Luke Xviii:32; Gr. Xpdouni, Khrah'om-ahee. Acts Xxvii:3, In Same Sense. 2. Gr. ?pun-dal, Er-oh-tall'oh, Phil. Iv:3 (a. V., "intreat"), To Ask, Pray, Beseech. Envy (6n'vk), (heb. Kin-aw'; Gr.i66.6vos, Fthon'os). 1. Feeling Of Uneasiness And Displeasure At The Prosperity Of Another, ...
Ephesus
Ephesus (eph'e-sus), (gr.'ecbcoos, Ef'es-os), An Old And Celebrated City, Capital Of Lonia,one Of The Twelve Ionian Cities In Asia Minor In The Mythic Times. (1) Location. It Lay On The River Cayster, Not Far From The Coast Of The Icarian Sea, Between Smyrna And Miletus. It Was Also One Of ...