Halohesh
Halohesh (ha-lo'hesh), Father Of Shallum. The Latter Was Ruler Of Half Of Jerusalem At The Time Nehemiah Repaired The Walls (neh. Iii:12). The Hebrew Is Identical With Hallohesh In Spelling. Halt (halt), (heb. Tseh'-lah, Gen. Xxxii: 3t, To Limp). (gr. Xcex6s, Kho-los', Matt. Xviii:8, Crippled). Figurative. Halting Denotes Falling Into ...
Hamath
Hamath (ha'math), (heb. Kham-awth', Fortress), One Of The Smaller Kingdoms Of Syria, Having Zobah On The East And Rehob On The South. This Last Kingdom, Lying Within The Greater Mount Hermon, Is Expressly Said To Have Been Taken Pos Session Of By The Israelites, And, Like Dan, Or Laish, Which ...
Hananiah
Hananiah (h'an'a-ni'ah), (heb. M.,;=2:i„ Khan An-yaw', Jehovah's Goodness). 1. A Chief Captain Of The Army Of King Uz Ziah (2 Chron Xxvi :ri), B. C. 803. 2. Son Of Heman And Chief Of The 16th Course Of Levites ( Chron. Xxv :4, 5, 23), B. C. To14. 3. A False ...
Handicraft
Handicraft (handl-kraft). In The Early Periods To Which Thc Scriptural History Refers We Do Not Meet With Those Artificial Feelings And Unreasonable Prejudices Against Hand Labor Which Prevail And Are So Banefully Influential In Modern Society. The Entire Circle Of Achieve Ment Which Man Had Effected In The Natural World, ...
Hannah
Hannah (harenah), (heti. N'17", Khan-naw', Grace, Favor), Wife Of Elkanah (a Levite Of Eph Ratah) And Mother Of Samuel. (1) A Childless Wife. She Was Very Dear To Her Husband, But Being Childless Was Much Ag Grieved By The Insults Of Elkanah's Other Wife, Peninnah, Who Was Blessed With Children. ...
Haran
Haran (ha'ran), (heb. To, Haw-rawn' , Moun Taineer). 1. One Of The Three Sons Of Terah, Brother Of Abraham And Nahor, And Father Of Lot, Milcah And Iscah. He Died Before His Father Terah; Which, From The Manner In Which It Is Mentioned, Appears To Have Been A Much Rarer ...
Harbonah
H.a.rbonah (har-bo'nah). The Same As Above. Hard (hard). The Various Meanings Of 'hard,' Whether As Adj. Or Adv., May Be Given As Follows: 1. Literally, Not Soft, Only Job Xli :24 ; Ezek. Iii :9; Wisdom Of Sol. Xi :4; Sirach Xl :is, Xlviii: X7. 2. Unfeeling, Cruel (ps. Xciv ...
Hardness Of Heart
Hardness Of Heart (hard'n6s Ov Hart), (gr. Crevnpokapsta, Sklay-rok-ar-dee'ah, Matt. Xix:8; Mark Iii:5; Gr. Raynocrts, Po'ro-sis, Callousness), Des Titution Of Feeling. (see Hard, Ftkurative.) Hare (har), (heb. Ar-neh'beth), Occurs In Lev. Xi:6, And Deut. Xiv:7, And In Both In Stances It Is Prohibited From Being Used As Food, Because It ...
Harlot
Harlot (har'16t), (heb. Zo-naw' ; 7q1.7, Ked-ay-shaw', Whore, Strange Woman, Etc.; N7);;, Nok-ree-yaw'; Za-raw', Etc.). The First Of These English Words, To Which Various Etymologies Have Been Assigned, Signifies A Prostitute For Lust Or Gain. The Mercenary Mo Tive Is More Evident In The Second. The First Hebrew Word (zo-naw') ...
Harmonies
Harmonies (haem6-niz). The Object Of Har Rnonies Is To Arrange The Scriptures In Chronological Order, So That The Mutual Agreement Of The Several Parts May Be Rendered Apparent, And The True Suc Cession Of Events Clearly Understood. With This View Various Scholars Have Compiled Harmonies Of The Old Testament, Of ...
Havilah
Havilah (bav'i-lah), (heb. 711;1t7, Khav-ee Law', Circular). 1. A District In Arabia Felix, Deriving Its Name From The Second Son Of Cush (gen. X :7), Or, Ac Cording To Others, From The Second Son Of Jok Tan (gen. X :29; Comp. Xxv :18). There Can Be No Doubt, However, Of ...
Havoth Jair
Havoth Jair (ha'voth Wir),(heb. 17: :inn, Khav-vothe' Yaw-eer', Buts Or Hamlets Of Jair), Such As Belonged To The Arabians, And A Collection Of Which Is Regarded As Forming A Hamlet Or Village. The District Of Havoth-jair Clair's Hamlets), Mentioned In Num. Xxxii :41, And Deut. :14, Was Beyond The Jordan ...
Hazor
Hazor (ha'zor), (hcb. Khaw-lsore', Vil Lage, Enclosure Or Castle). 1. A Chief City Of North Palestine (josh. Xi No), Near Lakc Merom (huleh), The Seat Of Jabin, A Powerful Canaanitish King, As Appears From The Summons Sent By Him To All The Neighboring Kings To Assist Him Against The Israelites. ...
Heady
Heady (hed'y), (gr. Irpoirurhs,firofi-el-ace', Fall Ing Forward). This Is The Translation In 2 Tim. Iii A. V., Which In Acts Xix:36, Its Only Remaining Occur Rence In The New Testament Is Translated 'rashly' (r. V. `rash'). Heady Is From Tyndale ; And Has Been Adopted By All The Revises Thereafter, ...
Heart
Heart (hart), (heb. Mostly Labe; Gr. Kapota, Kar-dee'ah). The Heart, Among The Hebrews Was Regarded Figuratively And Poetically Not Only As The Seat Of The Passions And Emotions, As Of Love, Pleasure, And Grief, But Also Of The Intellectual Faculties— The Mind, The Understanding. In The Original Scriptures, As Well ...
Heathen
Heathen (he'th'n). The Hebrew Words Vi': Go-yeem', Together With Their Greek Equivalents Tepos, Rein/. Have Been Somewhat Arbi Trarily Rendered "nations," "gentiles.' And "hea Then" In The A. V. It Will Be Interesting To Trace The Manner In Which A Tern), Primarily And Essentially General In Its Signification, Acquired That ...
Heaven
Heaven (he'v"n),(heb. :,t), Gal-gal', Rolling Cloud), The State And Place Of Blessedness In The Life To Come. As We Can Have No Distinct Conception Of Those Joys Which Never Have Been And Never Will Be Ex Perienced By Us Here In Their Full Extent, We Have Of Course No Words ...
Heaviness Heavy
Heavy, Heaviness ( H6v't-n6s), (ifeb. Kaw-bade', Weight). Many Other Words Are Thus Translated. Heavi Ness Occurs Often, But Always With The Meaning Of Grief. Thus (prov. X:1) 'a Wise Son Maketh A Glad Father; But A Foolislt Son Is The Heaviness Of His Mother;' (prov. Xii :25) 'heaviness In The ...
Heber
Heber (heler), (ileb. Ay'ber, Of The Other Side, I. E., Of The River, Immigrant). 1. The Son Of Salah, Who Became The Father Of Pcleg At The Age Of 34 Years, And Dicd At The Age Of 464 (gcn. X:24; Xi:14; Chron. I :25). His Name Occurs In The Genealogy ...
Hebrew Language
Hebrew Language (he'bru Lan'gwaj). The Hebrew Language Is That Which Was The Notional Idiom Of Those Descendants Of Eber Which Received The Distinctive Name Of The People Of Israel, And, As Such, Was That In Which All The Books Of The Old Tcstament (with The Exception Of The Few Chaldee ...
Hebrews
Hebrews (he'bruz), (heb.7;2",ib-ree' ; Plural 1v-1;v, Ib-reent' ; Gr. 'el3pctios, Heb-rah'yes), A Desig Nation Of The People Of Israel. (1) Its Derivation. (1) Some Ascribe The Origin Of The Word To Ay-ber' (hcb. 1;1''); Eher, The Ancestor (gen. X :21) ; See Also The Use Of Eber As A National ...
Hebron
Hebron (he'bron). /. (heb.r;,p, Kheb-rone', A Community; Alliance). (1) Location. It Was Situated In The South Of Palestine And In The Tribe Of Judah, 18 Miles South From Jerusalem, In 31 Deg. 32 Min. 3o Sec. N. Lat., 35 Deg. 8 Min. 2o Sec. E. Long., At The Height Of ...
Helkath Hazzurim
Helkath-hazzurim (hel'kath-haz'zu Rim), Eb. 172,7, Khel-khath' Hats-tsoo-reent', Smoothness Of The Rocks; Others, Field Of The Sharp Edg_es), A Plot Of Ground Near The Pool Of Gibeon (2 Sam. It:16). The Name Was Given From The Bloody Duel Fought There (van De Velde, Alenzoir, P. 32o). Hell (bel), (heb. Sheh-ole', The ...
Hellenist
Hellenist (hellen-ist), (gr. 'exxnyorr4s, Hel Lay-nis-tace., One Who Talks Greek). This Word Is Derived From The Greek Verb Axnvtru.,, Hel-lay-nid'zo, Which In Aristotle Means 'to Talk (good) Greek' (rhetoric, Iii:5,1; 12:1); But, According To The Analogy Of Other Verbs In —qv, It Might Mean 'to Favor The Greeks,' Or 'to ...
Herddian
Herddian (herd-man), (heb. Bo-kare', A Tender Of Oxen; In Distinction From 't'1, A Feeder Of Sheep). Nothing More Strikingly Brings Out The Contrast Between The Egyptians And The Hebrews Than Their Different Estimation Of The Pursuit Of Cattle-raising. While The Latter Had Large Herds And Flocks, And Considered Their Possession ...
Heresy
Heresy (her'e-sy'). This Word Is Derived From The Greek Word Capfcris, Hah-ee' Res-is, Which Orig Inally Meant Simply Choice, For Example Of A Set Of Opinions, But Is Generally Used To Signify Some Fundamental Error Adhered To With Obstinacy. In Cor. Xi :19, On Margin Of R. V., Thc Word ...
Hermas
Hermas (her'mas), (gr. 'epp.ds, Her-mas', Cury, Interpreter), One Of The Christians.at Rome, To Whom Paul Addressed Special Salutations In His Epistle (rom. Xvi:14). Of His History And Station In Life Nothing Is Known. By Several Writers, Ancient And Modern, He Has Been Reputed To Be The Author Of A Work ...
Hermon
Hermon (her'mon), (heb. Kher-mone', The Peak). A Mountain Which Formed The Northernmost Boundary Of The Country Beyond The Jordan Which The Hebrews Conquered From The Amorites (deut. Iii :8), And Which, Therefore, Must Have Belonged To Anti-libanus. Since Modern Travelers Have Made Us Acquainted With The Country Beyond The Jordan, ...
Herodian Family
Herodian Family (he-ro'di-an Fam1-15',), (gr. 'hpcustavoi, Hay-ro-dee-an-oy'). Josephus Introduces Us To The Knowledge Of The Herodian Family In The Fourteenth Book Of His Antiquities. He There Tells Us (ch. I, Sec. 3) That Among The Chief Friends Of Hyrcanus The High Priest Was Au Idumxan, Named Antipatcr, Dis Tinguished For ...
Herodians
Herodians (he- Ro'di-anz), (gr. 'lliudotavol, Hay-ro-dee-an-oy'), A Class Of Jews That Existed In The Time Of Jesus Christ, Whether Of A Political Or Religious Description It Is Not Easy, For Want Of Materials, To Determine. The P.assages Of The New Testament Which Re Fer To Them Are The Following (mark ...
Hesilbon
Hesilbon (hesh'136n), (heb. 1":57, Khesh-bone', Intelligence), A Town In The Southern District Of The Hebrew Territory. Beyond The Jordan, Parallel With, And Twenty-one Miles East Of, The Point Where The Jordan Enters The Dead Sea, And Nearly Midway Between The Rivers Jabbok And Arnon. It Originally Belonged To The Moabites ...
Hexateuch
Hexateuch (heks'5.-trik), (gr. N, Six, And Teuxor, A Book), The First Six Books Of The Old Testa Ment. Many Questions Have Ariscn Concerning The Six Books Which Are Included In The Above Term, And Great Liberties Have Been Taken In The Direc Tion Of Speculations Upon This Subject. Results Are. ...
Hezeiciah
Hezeiciah (hez.'e-ki'ah), (heb. Khiz Kee-yow', Strengthened Of Jehovah, 2 Kings Xviii: To, 14, 15). /. Son Of Ahaz And Abi (abijah), Born B. C. About 744 (2 Kings Xviii:i, 2; 2 Chr011. Xxix;1). (1) Inauguration Of Reform. From The Commencement Of His Reign The Efforts Of Heze Kiah Were Directed ...
High Place
High Place (hi Plas), (heb. Baw-maw', Elevation). As High Places And Groves Arc Almost Con Stantly Associated In Scripture, It Seems Unde Sirable To Separate Them In Our Consideration. By 'high Places' (baw-man0 We Are Content To Understand Natural Or Artificial Eminences, Where Worship By Sacrifice Or Offering Was Made, ...
Hinnamon
Hinnamon Kin'na-mi5n),(heb.i4;;, Kin-naw ?none), Translated 'cinnamon,' Occurs In Three Places Of Scripture; First, About 1600 Years Before The Christian Era, In Exod. Xxx:23, Where It Is Enum Erated As One Of The Ingredients Employed In The Preparation Of The Holy Anointing Oil. It Is Next Mentioned In Prov. Vii:t7, 'i ...
Hir Moab
Hir-moab (kir-mo'ab), (heb. 1.1,`1="77, Keer Mo-awb', The Wall, Stronghold, Or Citadel Of Moab), (is. Xv:i), Called Also Kir-hareseth And K Ir Heres, Meaning Brick-fortress (is. Xvi:7, I I; Jer. Xlviii:31), A Fortified City In The Territory Of Moab. Joram King Of Israel Took The City, And De Stroyed It, Except ...
Hiram
Hiram (hi'ram), (heb. :771, Khee-rawm', High Born); Generally In The Chronicles '7.7", Khoo Rawm' Huram." 1. King Of Tyre, Who Sent An Embassy To David After The Latter Had Captured The Strong Hold Of Zion And Taken Up His Residence In Jeru Salem. It Seems That The Sway Of This ...
History
History (his'tes-1). The Subject Matter Contained In The Biblical History Is Of A Wide And Most Extensive Nature. In Its Greatest Length And Fullest Meaning It Comes Down From The Creation Till Near The Close Of The First Century Of The Christian Era. The Jewish History -contained In The Bible ...
Hittites
Hittites (hletites), (heb. *7211, Khir Tee). The Fact That The 'hittites Were Unknown To Classic History Encouraged A Certain Class Of Critics In The Assertion That There Was No Truth In The Biblical Statements Concerning Them. (1) Early Inscriptions. But As Soon As Thp Key Was Found To The Hieroglyphs ...
Hivites
Hivites (hr Vites), (hebrew Always In The Form Htzkh-iv-vee',"the Llivite"). One Of Thc Nations Of Canaan, Which Occu Pied Palestine Before The Israelites (gen. X :17; T Citron. I :15; Exod. Iii :8, 17; Xxiii :23 ; Josh. Iii: To). They Occupied The Northern And Northeast Ern Part Of The ...
Hobab
Hobab (ho'135.1p), (heb. Kho-bawb', Be Loved). A Kinsman Of Moses And Priest Or Prince Of Midian, A Tract Of Country In Arabia Petura, On The Eastern Border Of The Red Sea, At No Great Dis Tance From Mount Sinai. The Family Of This Indi Vidual Seems To Have Observed The ...
Holiness
Holiness (h6-1i-ne's), (heb. , Ko' Desh; Gr. Ci-yonanm, Hag-ee-o-soo' Nay; In Both Cases "separa .ion," Or "setting Apart," Holy, From Saxon "ha Lig," "whole," "sound"). (1) Holiness Of God. By This Is Meant The Purity And Rectitude Of His Nature. It Is An Essen Tial Attribute Of God, And What ...
Holy Ghost
Holy Ghost (holy Gost), The Third Person In The Trinity. 1. Scriptural Designations (heb.v7.11%. Roo'akh El-o-heent' , Spirit Of God; Or '1.';7'7 Roo' Akh Yeh-ho-vaw', Spirit Of Jehovah; Gr.rei Irvoip.a Trylov, Pnyoo' Man To Hag' Ee-on, "the Holy Ghost," Or The "holy Spirit"). (1) Frequently The Term Is Simply "the ...
Honey
Honey (h5n'y). In The Scripture There Are Three Words Denoting Different Sweet Substances, All Of Which Are Rendered By 'honey' In The Author Ized Version. These It Is Necessary To Distinguish. 1. V-s. Yah'ar, Which Only Occurs In Sam. Xiv :25, 27, 29; Cant. V :t ; And Denotes The ...
Hooks Hook
Hook, Hooks (hituics). 1. Khawkh (heb. Literally, Thorn), A Ring, Such As We Place In The Nose Of A Bull To Lead Him About (2 Kings Xix :28; Is. Xxxvii :29). 2. A Peg, Or Pin, Upon Which The Curtains Were Hung In The Tabernacle (see Tabernacle). 3.. A Vine ...
Hope
Hope, The Rendering Of Several Hebrew And Greek Words—among These Are: 1. Beh'takh (eel). Safety) Means Both The Fact, Security, And The Feeling, Trust (ps. Xvi : 9; Xxii :9, Etc.). 2. Keh'sel (heb. Fatness), Confidence Sometimes Unwisely Entertained (job Viii :14 ; Xxxi :24, Etc.), But Not Always (ps. ...
Hophra
Hophra (hoph'ra), (heb. Khoth-ra', Pharaoh-hophra), King Of Egypt In The Time Of Zedekiah, King Of Judah, And Of Nebuchadnezzar, King Of I3abylon. Ile Formed Alliance With The Former Against The Latter, And His Advance With An Egyptian Army Constrained The Chaldxans To Raise The Siege Of Jerusalem (jer. Xxxvii :5); ...
Horeb
Horeb (ho'reb), (heb. Kho-rabe', Desert). 1. A Mountain Or Range Frequently Mentioned In Scripture. The Special Application Of Horeb And Sinai In The Old Testament Has Been Much Dis Cussed. Robinson And Hengstenherg Think That Horeb Is The Name For The Whole Range, Sinai For A Particular Peak; Gesenius And ...
Hormah
Hormah (h5einah), (heb. Devoted To Destruction), A City Taken From The Canaanites By Judah And Simeon, (judg. I:17; Num. Xxi:3; Josh. Xix:4, Chron. Iv:3o) And Orig Inally Called Zephath. It Was Reduced 'by Joshua (josh. Xii:14; Xv:3o; Sam. Xxx:3o). Horn (horn), (heb. 17, Keh'ren; Gr. Papas, Horn). Its Primary Use ...
Horse
Horse (hors), (heb. Cid, Sus; Gr. Tirros, Hififios), Gen. Xlvii:t7; Xlix:17; Exod. Xiv :9, 23, And In Many Other Places; James Iii:3; Rev. Vi:2, Etc. The Horse Is One Of The Noblest Animals Of The Brute Kind, Celebrated For Comeliness, Swift Ness, Pride, Wantonness, Natural Fierceness, Tame Ableness, Strength And ...
Hosah
Hosah (ho'sah), (heb. 71:-;11, Kho-saw', Hopeful). 1. A City Of Asher, At A Point On The Boundary Line Where It Turned From The Direction Of Tyre Toward Achzib (josh. Xix:29); Possibly The Modern Village Of El Ghazieh Or El Ezziyah, A Little South Of Zidon. 2. A Levitical Door-keeper Of ...
Hosea
Hosea (ho-ze'a), (heb. 1";;71, Ho-shay'ah, De Liverer). (1) Place Of Hosea In The Versions. Hosea Is The First In Order Of The Minor Prophets In The Common Editions Of The Hebrew Scriptures, As Well As Of The Alexandrian And Vulgate Transla Tions. The Arrangement Of Thc Other Writers In The ...
Hospitality
Hospitality (hos'pl"-tal'i-ty). The Practice Of Receiving Strangers Into One's House And Giving Them Suitable Entertainment May Be Traced Back To The Early Origin Of Human So Ciety. It Is Not, However, Confined To Any Age Or To Any Country, But Has Been Observed In All Parts Of The Globe Wherever ...
Hours
Hours (ourz), (chald. Shaw-aw', Proper Ly A Look; Gr. Eva, Ho'rah). The Ancient Hebrews, Like The Greeks (homer, //, Xxi, 3), Were Unacquainted With Any Other Means Of Distinguishing The Time Of Day Than The Natural Divisions Of Morning, Midday, Or Noon, Twilight, And Night (gen. Xv :t2; Xviii :t ...
House
House (haus), (heb. Nn, Bah'yith ; Gr. Aide, Oy-kee'ah). Liouses Are Often Mentioned In Scripture, Sev Eral Important Passages Of Which Cannot Be Well Understood Without A Clearer Notion Of The Houses In Which The Hebrews Dwelt Than Can Be Realized By Such Comparisons As We Naturally Make With Those ...
Hutisility
Hutisility (heb. 71.r, An-aw Vaw', Gentleness, Affliction ; Gr. Rarelvocbpoa6vn, Taki-nof-ros-oo'nay, Lowliness Of Mind; Prov. Xv:33, Et Al.; Acts Xx:19 In R. V. Is "lowliness Of Mind"). Humility Is The Effect Of Divine Grace Operating On The Soul, And Always Characterizes The True Christian. The Heathen Philosophers Were So Lit ...
Hyena
Hyena (ht -6 ' Na), (heb. Isaw-boo'ah, Speckled, Ecclus. Xiii:18). Excepting In Ecclesiasticus. Just Noted, The Word Does Not Occur In The English Bible, Al Though Therc Are Several Passages In The Hebrew Canonical Books, Where Tsawbooah, 'streaked' Or 'variegated,' Is Assumed To Designate The Hyena. The Most Noted Of ...
Hyperbole
Hyperbole (hi-per'bei-161, A Figure Of Speech In Which The Expression Is An Evident Exaggeration Of The Meaning Intended To Be Conveyed, Or By Which Things Are Represented As Much Greater Or Less, Better Or Worse, Than They Really Are. Any One Who Carefully Examines The Bible Must Be Surprised At ...
Hyssop
Hyssop (hrs'srip), ( Heb. Ay-zobe' ; Gr. Tocruaros, Hoos'so-fios). A Great Variety Of Opinions Have Been Entertained Respecting The Plant Called Esobh, Translated 'hyssop' In The Authorized Version Both Of The Old And The New Testaments; But As Yet No Satisfactory Investigation Has Been Made, So As To En Able ...
I A Species Of
I. A Species Of Animals Common To Mountainous Regions. Of The Several Hebrew De Nominations Of This Animal There Is No Doubt, For The Simple Manners Of The Ancient Semitic Nations Mul Tiplied The Names Of The Few Objects They Had Con Stantly Before Their Eyes; And Their Domestic Ani ...
Icenosis
Icenosis (gr. Nivonrts, Ken'ii-sis), A Greek Term Signifying The Act Of Ernptying, Or Self Divesture. It Is Employed To Express The Volun Tary Humiliation Of Christ. It Is Borrowed From The Expression Of Paul, "but Made Himself Of No Reputation," &loin, 6thnocre, Emptied Himself (phil. Ii:7). Tile New Testament Teaching ...
Ichabod
Ichabod (ik'a-b6d), (heb. Ee-kaw Bode' , Where Is The Glory? Inglorious), Son Of Phine Has And Grandson Of Eli. He Is Only Known From The Unhappy Circum Stances Of His Birth, Which Occasioned This Name To Be Given To Him. The Pains Of Labor Came Upon His Mother When She ...
Icikayon
Icikayon (ki-kay'on), (heb. 117p, Kee-kaw Yone'), Occurs Only In Jonah Iv, Where It Is Several Times Mentioned, As In Verses 6, 7,9, To. (1) Gourd. It Is Translated Gourd In Our Au Thorized Version, Probably From The Kol-o-kune' Thay, Koxokopen Of The Septuagint, Often Rendered Cucurbita. In The Margin Of ...
Icing
Icing (icing), (heb. And Chald. Meh'lek, Ruler; Gr. Bcurtneos, Bas-il-yooce'), A Chief Ruler, A Sovereign, One Invested With Supreme Authority Over A Tribe, Country Or Nation. (1) General Use Of The Word. In The Scrip Tures It Is Used With Great Latitude Of Meaning. The Kings Were Local Rulers Over ...
Idbash
Idbash Ficl'bash), (heb. Yid-bawsh', Per Haps Honeyed, Sweet), A Descendant Of Judah (t Chron. Iv:3). By The Phrase "of The Father Of Etam" We Are Probably To Understand That He Was A De Scendant Of The Founder Of Etam, As The List Here Is Largely A Topographical One (b. C. ...
Idum2ea
Idum2ea (id-d-mel), (gr. 'hi:m=1a, Id-oo-nzah' Yah). We Often Meet With The Phrase Eretz Edam, 'the Land Of Edom,' And Once With The Poetic Form Sedeh-edom, 'the Field Of Edom' (judg. V:4). The Inhabitants Are Sometimes Styled Beni-edom, 'the Children Of Edom,' And Poetically Bath-edon, 'the Daughter Of Edom' (lam. Iv:27, ...
Ignorance
Ignorance (ig'n6-rans), (heb. 71a, Shirty Gaw', Lev. Iv:2, 6), The Want Of Knowledge Or Instruction. It Is Often Used To Denote Illiteracy. The Causes Of Ignorance Are Chiefly Three : (i) Want Of Ideas; (2) Want Of A Discoverable Connection Between The Ideas We Have; (3) Want Of Tracing And ...
Iiazael
Iiazael (haz'a-e1), (heb. 17'$m, Khac-aw-ale', Vision Of God). (1) Consults Elisha. An Officer Of Benha Dad, King Of Syria, Whose Eventual Accession To The Throne Of That Kingdom Was Made Known To Elijah (i Kings Xix :15) ; And Who, When Elisha Was At Damascus, Was Sent By His Master, ...
Iii Arphaxad
Iii. Arphaxad, A Personal Name In The Abra Hamic Line. The Word, A Remarkable Compound, Probably Denotes Neighboring To The Chasdim, E., Chaldwans. The Name Appears In Arrhapa Clzitis, A Province In Northern Assyria, The Primi Tive Seat Of The Chasdim, And Near To Which, Or In It, Abraham Was ...
Iii Madal
Iii. Madal The Medes; People Of Iran, To Whom The Sanscrit Language Belonged ; Primeval Inhabitants Of Hindustan. Iv. Javan. The Greeks, Asiatic And European. Iaones (homer, Iliad, Xiii :685). Sons Of Javan: (t) Elisha. Greeks Especially Of The Pclopon Nesus; Hellas; Elis, In Which Is Alisium Caxelawv, Iliad, Ii, ...