Finisher
Finisher (gr. Rexeturrrjs, Tel-i-o-tace', Com Pleter), Spoken Of Jesus (heb. Xii:2) As One Who In His Own Person Raised Faith To Its Perfection And So Set Before Us The Highest Example Of Faith (grimm, Gr. Lex., S. V.). Fir (heb.11?, Ber-osh'), Probably The Cypress, Cufiressus Senttevirens, L. This Tree Fulfills ...
First Fruit
First Fruit (ferst Frut), (heb. Rv1r, Ray ,heeth'). No Doubt The Leading Object, As Far As Regards The Offering Of The First Fruits To God, Was, That All The After Fruits And After Gatherings Might Be Consecrated In And Through Them, And It Was Not Less The Dictate Of A ...
Flank
Flank (flank), (heb. 171:%;, Kch'sel, Loin), In The Plural The Internal Muscles Of The Loins Near The Kidneys, To Which The Fat Adheres (lev. Iii:4, 10,15; Vii:4); Hence The Viscera In General, Figuratively For The Inmost Feelings (ps. Xxxviii:7, "loins"). (see Reins.) Flax (flax), (heb. 11-71p;', Pish-law'), A Well Known ...
Flint
Flint (flint), (heb. T"r4t0, Khal-law-meesh' , Perhaps Hardness). The Heb. Word Tsor, For -11v, Tsoor, Is Rendered "rock" (job. Xxviii:9). Flint Is A Form Of Silica, A Mineral Which Occurs In Its Purest Condition As Quartz. Flint Is Found In Bands And Nodules In Certain Calcareous Rocks, Notably In Chalk, ...
Folly
Folly (folty), (mostly Heb.t$, Iv-veh'leth And Neb-aw' Law). The First Word Means Silliness, As In Prov. V:23, Etc.; The Second Word Emptiness (gen. Xxxiv :7, And Many Others). 1. Folly Denotes, In General, Weakness Of Under Standing (ps. Xiv :1 ; Cor. :27; Iv :to), And Somethnes Sin Or Wickcdncss ...
Forehead
Forehead (for'e'd), (heb. May'tsakh, To Shine). The Practice Of Veiling The Face In Public For Women Of The Higher Class—especially Married Women—in The East, Sufficiently Stigmatizes With Reproach The Unveiled Face Of Women Of Bad Char Acter (gen. Xxiv:65 ; Jer. :3). Reference Is Made To This When Israel Is ...
Foreknowledge
Foreknowledge (far-1261'6). As An Attribute Of God, Foreknowledge Is Sim Ply A Special Case Or Aspect Of Omniscience. God Knows All Things, Therefore Not Only The Present And The Past, But The Future Also, Must Lie Open To His Sight. This Is Implied In All His Promises, Whether They Refer ...
Forest
Forest (for'&t),(heb. Yalear, A Thicket). Tracts Of Woodland Are Mentioned By Travelers In Palestine, But Rarely What We Should Call A Forest. The Word Translated By 'forest' Is 11.!', Ya'or, Which Does Not Necessarily Mean More Than 'woodland.' There Are, However, Abundant Inti Mations In Scripture That The Country Was ...
Forgiveness
Forgiveness (for-giv'n6s), (heb. Kaw Far', To Cover, To Hide, To Purge, To Do Away, Deut. Xxi:8, Et Al.; 1'4;1, Naw-saw', To Lift Up, To Take Away, Gen. I:17, Et Al.; 1.11?3, Saw-lakh', And Ciolrnu, Afee'ay-mee, To Send Away, Let Off, Ps. Ciii:3, Et Al., Matt. Vi:12, And Most Of The ...
Fornication
Fornication (heb. R11:40. Taz-nooth' ; Gr. Ropvcia, Por-neah). In Scripture This Word Occurs More Frequently In Its Symbolical Than In Its Ordinary Sense. Figurative. (t) In The Prophets Woman Is Often Made The Symbol Of The Church Or Nation Of The Jews, Which Is Regarded As Affianced To Je Hovah ...
Fortifications Fort
Fort, Fortifications, 'fenced Cities' (fort, Several Hebrew Words Are Thus Translated: Maw-tsood' Net), A Fastness (2 Sam. V:9; Xxii:2, And Five Times In The Psalms); Maw-ooz' 011'7, Dan. Xi:19), A Stronghold, Fortified By Nature And Art; Daw-yake' (r.7r, 2 Kings Xxv:i; Jer.1*:4). Inventions For The Defense Of Men In Social ...
Forwardness
Forwardness (for'werd-nes). 1. Gr. Erovah,spoo-day', Literally Haste, And Gen Erally Of Earnestness In Accomplishing (2 Cor. Viii:8; In Ver. 7 " Diligence "). 2. Gr. Lipothwta, Proth-oo-me'ah (2 Cor. Ix :2; R. X'. " Rea Dint.ss"), I Itera I Predisposition. Foundation (foun-da'shfin I. The Lower Part Of Any Structure, As ...
Fountain
Fountain (foun'tin), The Rendering Of Several Hebrew Words And One Greek Word. 1. Ah'yin (heb. Eyel, A Natural Source Of Living Water (gen. Xvi:7; Deut. Viii:7, Xxxiii:28; I Sam. Xxix:1; Prov. Viii:28, Etc.). 2. Alah-yawn' (heb. A Spring Of Running Water (lev. Xi:36; Josh. Xv:9; Ps. Lxxiv:i5; Prov. Xxv:26); A ...
Fowler
Fowler (foul'ar), (heb. Yaw-koosh', To Lay Snares, Ps. Xci:3; Prov. Vi:5; Jer. V:26; Hos. Ix:8), One Who Took Birds By Means Of Nets, Snares, Decoys, Etc. Among The Egyptians "fowling Was One Of The Great Amusements Of All Classes. Those Who Fol Lowed This Sport For Their Livelihood Used Nets ...
Friend
Friend (heb. Pl, Ray'ah, Associate), A Person With Whom One Has Friendly Intercourse (gen. Xxxviii:i2, 20; 2 Sam. Xiii:3; Job. Ii:tt ; Xix :21, Etc.); Also A Lover,one Beloved Of A Woman (cant. Va6). 1. Flet-ah'ee-ros (gr. Iralpos, Comrade, Matt. Xi: 19, A. V. "fellow"), Used In Kindly Address (matt. ...
Fruits
Fruits (frutz), (heb. ‘7,15eri, Fruit), In General, Vegetable Or Animal (deut.vii:13, Ns; Xxviii:51, Bis). It Originated The English Word 'fruit,' By The D Being Sounded As Ph, And Subsequently Con Verted Into F. Under This Head May Perhaps Be Most Appropriately Noticed A Classification Of Produce Of Great Importance To ...
Gabbatha
Gabbatha (gab'ba-tha), (gr. Yappat3d, Gab Bath-ah' ; Chald. 14:,.1p, Knoll), The Place Mentioned In John Xix:13 Where The Evangelist States That Pontius Pilate, Alarmed At Last In His Attempts To Save Jesus, By The Artful Insinuation Of The Jews, 'if Thou Let This Man Go, Thou Art Not Cmsar's Friend,' ...
Gabriel
Gabriel ‘ga'bri-e1), (heb. The Mighty One Or Hero Of God), The Heavenly Messenger Who Was Sent To Daniel To Explain The Vision Of The Ram And The Lie-goat (dan. Vii), And To Communicate The Prediction Of The Seventy Weeks (dan. Ix:21-27). Under The New Dispensation Lie Was Employed To Announce ...
Gadara
Gadara (gad'a-ra), (gr. L'aaapct, Gad-a-rahl. (1) Gadara Was The Chief City Or Metropolis Of Perxa, Lying In The District Termed Gadaritis, Some Small Distance From The Southern Extremity Of The Sea Of Galilee, Sixty Stadia From Tiberias, To The South Of The River Hierornax, And Also Of The Scheriat-al-mandhur (joseph. ...
Galatia
Galatia (gr. Raxaria, Ah). Galatia Was A Province Of Asia Minor, Bounded On The North By Bithynia And Pa Phlagonia, On The South By Lycaonia, On The East By Pontus And Cappadocia, And On The West By Phrygia And Bithynia. It Derived Its Name From The Gallic Or Keltic Tribes ...
Galilee
Galilee (gal'i-le), (heb. Gaw-lee-law', Circle Region District), The Greek Form Of The Name Given To One Of The Three Principal Divisions Of Palestine, The Other Two Being Judma And Sam Aria. (1) Name. This Name Of The Region Was Very Ancient. It Occurs In The Hebrew Forms Of Galil And ...
Gamaliel
Gamaliel (ga-mali-e1), (heb. "prit',f,% Gam Lee-ale', Reward Of God). 1. Son Of Pedahzur, And The Captain Of The Tribe Of Manasseh (num. Vii :54 ; X :23), Who Was Appointed To Assist Moses In Numbering The People At Sinai (i :to; Ii:2o). He Made An Of Fering, As Tribe Prince, ...
Games
Games (gams). If By The Word Are Intended Mere Secular Amuse Ments. Which Are The Natural Expression Of Vigor Ous Health And Joyous Feeling, Fitted, If Not De Signed, To Piotnote Health, Hilarity, Aqd Friendly Feeling, As Well As To Aid In The Development Of The Corporeal Frame, We Must ...
Garden
Garden (gar'd'n), (heb. Gan ; 714=1, Gan Naw' ; 71.4?, Gin-naw' ; Gr. Id/roc, Kay' Fios). Gan And Its Derivatives Have The Same Generic Mean Ing In Hebrew As Their English Equivalent Garden. Several Gardens Are Mentioned In The Scrip Tures, As The Garden Of Eden (gen. Ii :8, 9, ...
Garden 6
Garden.) 6. An Elegant Phrase, Borrowed From The Feet Occurs In Gal. Ii :i4, Where St. Paul Says : 'when I Saw That They Walked Not Uprightly —literally, 'not With A Straight Foot,' Or 'did Not Foot It Straightly.' 7. Nakedness Of Feet Expressed Mourning (ezek. Xxiv :17). This Must ...
Gashxii
Gashxii (gash'mu), (heb. Gash-maa'), Given As A Variation Of Geshem By The Lexicons (neh. Vi:6). Gatabi(ga'tam),(heb. 1..;1,gah-tawm', Puny), Grandson Of Esau And Fourth Son Of Eliphaz (gen. Xxxvi:t I; Chron. I:36), And A "duke" Of Eliphaz (gen. Xxxvi:t6), B. C. After R74o. Gate (gat), (heb.1v.p, Shah'ar), The Entrance To Enclosed ...
Gath Hepher
Gath-hepher (gath-he'pher), (heb. With The Article 77.10-m, Gath-hah-khay' Fer, Wine Press Of The Well). There Was A Gath-hepher Belonging To The Chil Dren Of Zebulun ( Josh. Xix :to, Sq.), The Birth Place Of The Prophet Jonah (2 Kings Xiv:25), Ly Ing Not Far From Sepphoris On The Road To ...
Gatjlanitis
Gatjlanitis (gaulin-its). See Golan. Gaza (ga'zi), (heb. Az-zaw, Stronghold). Gaza Lies On The Road Leading From Akabah To Hebron, Which Passes Along Nearly The Whole Length Of The Great Wady-el-arabah. It Is On The Seacoast, In Lat. 3rd. 2orn, Long. 34d. 29m. (robin Son), In The Country Of The Philistines ...
Gedaliah
Gedaliah (ge'd'a-lrah), (iieb. Ghed-al Yaw', Made Great By Jehovah). 1. The Son Of Ahikam, And Appointed By Neb Uchadnezzar, Governor Of Judea, After The De Struction Of Jerusalem. He Was Probably Of The Number Of Those Who Quitted The City At The In Stance Of The Prophet', Justly Despairing Of ...
Geeon
Geeon (gi'hon), (heb. I447'1.„{"hce-khonc'). 1. A Fountain Near Jerusalem. The Place Out Side The City To Which The Young Solomon Was Takcn To Be Anointed King Was Called Gthon, But Its Direction Is Not Indicated (t Kings I :33, 38). Subsequently King Hezekiah 'stopped The Upper Water-course (or Upper Out-flow ...
Gehazi
Gehazi (ge-ha'zi), (heb. Gay-khah-zee', Valley Of Vision). The Servant Of Elisha, Whose Entire Confidence He Enjoyed. His History Is Involved In That Of His Master (see Elisha). He Personally Appears In Reminding His Master Of The Best Mode Of Re Warding The Kindness Of The Shunamite (2 Kings Iv :i4). ...
Genealogy
Genealogy (jan't-al'es-p), (from The Greek -jeptaxoyia, Traciny A Family, Compounded Of -yens, Rate, And Xhos, Iscourse), Signifies A List Of Ances Tors Set Down Both In Their Direct And Collateral Order. (1) Care Of Records. We Read Of No Nation Which Was More Careful To Frame And Preserve Tts Genealogical ...
Generation
Generation (jen'er-a'shiin), (heb. ;1;741. To-led-aw' ; Gr. Yevccres. Ghen'es-is, Birth, Nativity; Gr. -141,vill.ia, Ghen'nizy-inah, Offspring; Heb. Dere; Gr. -yeviel,ghen-eh-ah', Period). 1. Considerable Obscurity Attends The Use Of This Word In The English Version, Which Arises From The Translators Having Merged The Various Mean Ings Of The Same Original Word, And ...
Geography
Geography (jt-og'ri-fy.). It Is The Hebrews Who Present Us With The Earliest Written Informa Tion Of A Geographical Kind. In The Account Of Creation Mention Is Made Of A Spot Called Eden, Out Of Which A River, After Watering Paradise, Ran, And 'from Thence It' Was Parted, And Became Into ...
German Evangelical Synod Of
German Evangelical Synod Of North America. This Synod Is Based On The Union Between The Two Great Branches Of Protestantism—the Theran And The Reformed Church, As The Same Was Effected Since 1817 In The Different German States. The Founders Of The Evangelical Synod Were Sionaries, Sent During The Third Decade ...
Gethsetiiane
Gethsetiiane (geth-s6mra-ne), (gr. Febotntavi), Eheth-say-man-ay', Seemingly From Oil Press), The Name Of A Small Field, Or Garden, Just Out Of Jeru Salem, Over The Brook Kidron, And At The Foot Of The Mount Of Olives. That Which Is Now Pointed Out As The Garden In Which Our Lord Underwent His ...
Giants
Giants (ji'ants), (heb. Ghib-bore., For Mighty, Strong One). The English Word Is Derived Immediately From The Latin Gigas, Which Is Only Greek In Roman Letters; And 14-vas, Giant, Itself Is, In All Likelihood, Made Up Of Ytacroat, To Be Born, And 71a, The Earth, Thus Sirifying 'the Earth-born,' In Allusion ...
Gibeah
Gibeah (gib.e-ah), (hebrew Sante As Above). There Were Several Places Of This Name, Which, As Before Remarked (see Geba), Is The Feminine Form Of The Word Gibeali, And Signifies A Hill. Without Doubt All The Places So Named Were Situated Upon Hills. (1) Gibeah Of Judah. Gibeah In The Moun ...
Gibeon
Gibeon (gfb'e-on), (heb. Ghib-hon', Hill City). A Town Celebrated In The Old Testament, But Not Mentioned In The New. ( ) It Was `a Great City,' As One Of The Royal Cities ; And To Its Juris Diction Originally Belonged Beeroth, Chephirah, And Kirjath-jearim (josh. Ix :17; X :2). It ...
Gideon
Gideon (gid'e-on), (heb. 1117., Gkid-ohn', Tree Feller, I. E., Warrior Or Destroyer). He Was Surnamed Jerubbaal Or Jerubbesheth, Fifth Judge In Israel, And The First Of Them Whose History Is Circumstantially Narrated. He Was The Son Of Joash, Of The Tribe Of Manasseh ( Judg. Vi: 11), And Resided At ...
Gier Eagle
Gier-eagle (jer'e'g'1), (the A. V. Uses This Term For Heb. Raw-khawnz', Pharaoh's Chick En, Neofihron Fiercnofiterus. R. V. Uses It For Ibeh'res, Which May Be Translated Ossifrage). An Unclean Bird Mentioned In Lev. Xi:t8; Deut. Xiv•17. This Is Probably The Racham Of The Arabs Or The Egyptian Vulture (neofihron Fier ...
Gilead
Gilead (gfl'e-ad), (heb. "tip, Ghil-awd', Mound Of Witness). 1. Mountain Range. A Group Of Mountains Connected With Lebanon By Means Of Mount Her Mon. It Begins Not Far From The Latter, And Ex Tends Southward To The Sources Of The Brooks Jabbok And Arnon, Thus Enclosing The Whole Eastern Part ...
Gilead
Gilead And Bashan (gil'e-ad And Ba'shan), As Connected With The Pre-mosaic Manassite Con Quest. (1) Legal Rights Of Women. "then Came The Daughters Of Zelophehad . . . And They Stood Before Moses . . . Saying, 'our Father Died In The Wilderness . . . And Had No Sons ...
Gilgal
Gilgal (weal), (heb..,-.:•1?;',ghil-gawf, Circle, Wheel). 1. The Place Where The Israelites Formed Their First Encampment In Palestine, And Which Contin Ued For Some Time To Be Their Headquarters While Engaged In The Conquest Of The Land (josh. Iv: 19, 2o; Ix :6; X :6, 7, Etc.). It Was Here That ...
Girdle
Girdle (gar'd'1). See Arais, Armor; Dress; Priest, Hebrew Priesthood; Abnet. Figurative. (1) God's Girding Himself Im Ports His Giving Noted Displays Of His Almighty Power, And His Readiness To Act (ps. Xciii:t And Xlv:3). (2) His Girding Others With Strength Or Gladness Is His Exciting And Enabling Them To Do ...
Gizrites
Gizrites (gtz'rites). See Gerz1tes, The. Glass (glis), (heb. Ghil-hzw-yone., Is. Iii:234 Mirrors, Polished Metal Plates. (1) How Discovered. Glass, According To Pliny (hist. Nat. Xxxvi :26), Was Discovered By What Is Termed Accident. Some Merchants Kindled A Fire On That Part Of The Coast Of Phoenicia Which Lies Near Ptolemais, ...
Glory
Glory (glo'cy), In The A. V. Represents The Heb. Word "11?, Kaw-bode', Weight,and The Gr..54u, Dox'ah. Full Details As To The Various Hebrew Words Must Be Sought In The Hebrew Lexicon Or In Com Mentaries On The Various Passages. Generally Speaking, The English Term Is Sufficiently Clear From The Context ...
Gnash
Gnash (clash), (heb. Khaw-rak', To Grate The Teeth; Gr. 13p6xtu, Broo'kho), "to Gnash With The Teeth," And "gnashing Of Teeth", Are Expressions Denoting Rage Or Sorrow (job Xvi:9; Lam. Ii:16; Matt. Viii:12; Acts. Vii:54). Gnat (nat), (gr. Ta.lvtog.,, Koh'nohfis, Vulg. Culex Order, Difitera, Linn., Cuncida, Latr.; Occurs In Matt. Xxiii:24). ...
Gnosticism
Gnosticism (nos'ff-stz'm), (gr. -yvaats, No'sis, Knowing). (1) The Decline And Fall Of Philosophy. In The Whole History Of The Human Mind There Is Not A More Instructive Chapter, At Once Strange And Sad, Interesting To Our Curiosity And Mortify Ing Tb Our Pride, Than The History Of Platonism Sinking Into ...
Goblet
Goblet (gohlot), (heb. Ag-gawn.), A Trough Or Receptacle For Washing Garments; Thus Any Laver, Basin, Bowl (cant. Vii:2; Comp. Exod. Xxiv:6,"basin;" Is. Xxii:24, "cup"). In Form And Material The Goblet Was Probably Like Those Found In The Egyptian Ruins, Of Silver, Gold, Bronze, Por Celain And Sometimes Of Wood. God ...
Godliness
Godliness Is In The New Testament The Equivalent Of The Gr. Term Ecialficia,yoo-seh'by-ah (i Tim. Ii:2; Iii:16; Iv:7, 8; Vi:3, 5, 6, T 1; 2 Tim. Iii: 5; Tit. ; Also Acts Iii:i2, R. V., 2 Pet. I:3, 6. 7; 111:11), Except In One Passage (i Tim. Ii:io), Where Oeoaegeta ...
Golan
Golan (golan), (heb. Go-lawn', Captive). A Levitical Town Of Bashan, In The Tribe Of Manasseh (dent. Iv:43; Josh. Xx :8; Xxi :27; 1 Chron. Vi :71), From Which The Small Province Of Gaulonitis (rauxwarts) Took Its Name. The Word Is Recognized In The Present Jolan Or Djolan. Mentioned By Burckhardt ...
Golgotha
Golgotha (g61'go-tha), (gr. Rokyo0d, Gol-goth Ah', Place Of A Skull). The Original Word Signifies 'a Skull,' As Does Its Latin Representative, Calvaria, Calvary. Different Opinions Have Prevailed As To Why The Place Was So Termed. Many Have Held That Golgotha Was The Place Of Public Execution ; And That Hence ...
Goliath
Goliath (go-li'ath), (heb. 71:71;, Exile). 1. The Giant Whom David Slew At Ephes-dam Mim (i Sam. Xvii). In The Account Of The Fight He Is Spoken Of As A Philistine From Gath. He Was So Politically, But It Does Not Follow That He Was Of The Ordinary Philistine Blood. Presum ...
Goner
Goner (go'iner), (heb. Go'mer, Perfec Tion). 1. The Eldest Son Of Japheth, Son Of Noah (b. C: After 2414), Whose Descendants Bochart (phal, In. 8) Supposes To Have Settled In Phrygia (gen. X :3; Comp. Chron. I:5). Most Of The Preters Take Him To Be The Ancestor Of The Celtx, ...
Goshen
Goshen (go'shen), (hcb. Go' Then). 1. A Province Or District Of Egypt In Which Ja Cob And His Family Settled Through The Instru Mentality Of His Son Joseph, And In Which They And Their Descendants Remained For A Period Of 43o Years (gen. Xlv :io; Xlvi :28; Xlvii :27; 1:8; ...
Gospel
Gospel (gos'pel), (anglo-sax. Godshell--.god Story', Not 'good Story'), The Translation From Anglo Sax. Times Of Eurtyyextop In New Testament. In Homer, In The Sing., And In Attic Gr., In The Pl., It Signified A Reward Or A Thank-offering For Good Tidings. In Later Greek (plutarch, In The Pl., Lucian, In ...
Gospel Of 1 John
John, Gospel Of. (1) Authenticity And Credibility. During The Eighteenth Century And The First Ten Years Of The Nineteenth, The Gospel Of John Was Attacked, But With Feeble Arguments, By Some English_ Deists And By Four German Theologians: Bretschneider (probabilia De Evangelii Et Epistolarum Fohannis Ongine Et Indole, 182°) ; ...
Gourd
Gourd (ord). 1. (heb. R7p, Kee-kaw-yone', Nauseous), Occurs Only In Jonah Iv, Where It Is Sev Eral Times Mentioned, As In Verses 6, 7, 9, To. It Is Translated Gourd In Our Authorized Ver Sion, Probably From The Koxodven Of The Sep Tuagint, Often Rendered Cucurbita. In The Margin Of ...
Governor
Governor (gilv'ern-iir), The Translation Ot Several Different Hebrew And Greek Words. 1. Al-loof' (heb.1*, Gentle, Familiar), The 'chief' Of A Tribe Or Family (ex. Xviii:2t ; Num. I:i6; Gen. Xxxiv, 'dukes' Of Edom). 2. Kho-kake' (heb. 1711, Judg. V:9), And Nekh O-kake'oieb.177.'.1, Judg. V:14), Denotes A Ruler In His Capacity ...
Great Sea
Great Sea (grat Se), (hcb. • Gaw-dole' Yawm, Num. Xxxiv:6). The ;mediterranean Sca; Called Also "utmost Sca" And "the Hinder Sca" (joel Ii:2o; Zech. Xiv:8). (see Sea.) The Mediterranean Was Essentially The 'great Sea' And 'hinder Sea' To Thc Writers Of The Bible; Being The Western Boundary Of Thc Holy ...
Grecia
Grecia (gre'ci-a), (hcb. Yaw-vawn'), Usu Ally Rendered Javan (whic1i See); The Latin Form (dan. Viii:21; X:2o; Xi:2) Of Greece (which See). Greece (grees), (heb. Yaw-vawn' ; Gr. 'exxds, He/4as.), Properly That Country In Europe Inhabited By The Greeks (i Mace. I:1), But In Acts Xx:2 Apparently Designating Only That Part ...
Gutter
Gutter (ginger), (heb, 11:4, Tsin-noor'). 1. A Dam Or Trough For Watering Flocks Or Herds (gen. Xxx:38, 4t), But The "gutter Through Which One Might Enter The City Of Jerusalem Was Perhaps Some Privy Entrance, By Which The Filth Of The City Ran Out (2 Sam. V:6-8), Or Probably A ...
Habakkuk
Habakkuk (hab'ak-kilk Or Ha-bak'kuk), (heb. P7;q, Khab-ak-kook', Embrace, Or Perhaps The Name Of A Garden Plant). 1. The Prophet. One Of The Most Distin Guished Jewish Prophets, The Eighth In Order Of The Minor Class, Who Flourished About 6to B. C., The Name Denoting, As Observed By Jerome, As Well ...
Habor
Habor (hd'hor), (heb. Khaw-bore', Join Ing Together). 1. A Country Of Media. To Which Portions Of The Ten Tribes Were Transported, First By Tig Lath-pileser (t Chron. V:26), And Afterward By Shalmancser (2 Kings Xvii :6, Xviii:if ). Ft Is Thought By Some To Be The Same Mountainous Re Gion ...
Hadad
Hadad (ba'cad), (heb. 1:1:1, Had-ad' Fierce). The Name Of The Chief Deity Of The Syrians, And Borne, With Or Without Additions, As A Proper Name, Or More Probably As A Title, Like 'pharaoh' In Egypt, By Several Of The Kings Of Southern Syria. (1) Kings Of Edom. (i ) Hadad, ...
Hadadezer
Hadadezer (had'ad-e"zer), (heb. Had-ad-eh'zer, Adad His Help), Or Hadadrezer, King Of Zobah. He Was A Powerful Monarch In The Time Of David And The Only One Who Seems To Have Been In A Condition Seriously To Dispute With Him The Predominancy In Southwestern Asia. He Was Defeated By The Israelites ...
Hades
Hades (ha.'dez), A Greek Word Iions, Hah'itice, Not To Be Seen), By Which The Septuagint Translates The Hebrew 5181%, Sheol. (1) Definition. It Denotes The Abode Or World Of The Dead, In Which Sense It Occurs Frequently In Thc New Testament, Where It Is Usually Ren Dered 'hell' In Thc ...
Hagar
Hagar (ha'gar), (heb, Haw-gawr', Deriva Tion Uncertain, Perhaps Stranger). (1) Name. A Native Of Egypt And Serrant Of Abraham ; But How Or When She Became An Inmate Of His Family We Are Not Informed. The Name Hagar, Which Is Pure Hebrew, Signifying Stronger, Having Been Probably Given Her After ...
Haggai
Haggai (bag'ga-t),(heb.';..0, Khag-gah'ee, Fes Tive). 1. The Prophet. One Of The Twelve Minor Prophets, And The First Of The Three Who, After The Return Of The Jews From The Babylonian Exile, Prophesied In Palestine. Of The Place And Year Of His Birth, His Descent, And The Leading Incidents Of His ...
Hagiographa
Hagiographa (ha'jr-6g`ra-fa), (gr. *a•ydry Paiba, Hac-ee-oera-f5hah, Holy Writings, Sacred Writ Ings). The Word Ilagiograftha Is First Found In Epiphanius (panarium, P. 58), Who Used It To De Note The Third Division Of The Scriptures, Called By The Jews The Writings, Consisting Of Five Books (see Venstoffs Of Scripture, Targums), Viz. ...
Hailstone
Hailstone (h51'ston), (heb. 114, Eh' Ben Baw-rawd , A Stone Of Hail (josh. X:t I). See Above. Hair (har), (properly Heb. Say-awr% Gr. Ople, Threeks), Is Frequently Mentioned In Scripture And In Scarcely Anything Has The Caprice Of Fashion Been More Strikingly Displayed Than In The Various Forms Which The ...