Illyricum
Illyricum (gr. 'ixxvpuc6p, Il-loo Ree-kon', Lit. Illyrian; Derivation Unknown), A Country Lying To The Northwest Of Macedonia, And Answering Nearly To That Which Is At Present Called Dalmatia; By Which Name Indeed The Southern Part Of Illyricum Itself Was Known. It Lies On The East Of The Gulf Of Venice, ...
Immortality
Immortality (fm-mzir-tal'i-ty"). The Quality Of Never Ceasing To Live Or Exist; Exemption From Death And Annihilation; Life Destined To Endure Without End. Immortality Is 'one Of The Doctrines Of Natu Ral Religion. At Death The Body Dies, And Is Dis Solved Into Its Elements. The Soul Being Dis Tinct From ...
Impittation
Impittation (tm-0-ta'shim), (lieb. 67.1t, Soom ; Or C'11), Seem ; Gr. Xoylopuzi, /og-idzom-ahee). The Verb Impute Occurs Fifteen Times In The Authorized Version ; The Noun Imputation Not At All. The Calvinistic Doctrine Is That Adam's Sin Of Disobedience In Paradise Is Imputed To All His Natural Descendants, Making Each ...
Imposition Of 1 Hands
Hands, Imposition Of. (1) Old And Ilfew Testament. Laying On Hands, Or Imposi.ion Of Hands, Is Understood In Different Ways Both In The Old And New Testa Ment. It Is Often Taken For Ordination And Conse Cration Of Priests And Ministers, As Well Among The Jews As Christians (num. Viii ...
Imposition Of Hands
Imposition Of Hands (im'p6-zisb'tin), An Ecclesiastical Action, By Which A Bishop Lavs His Hand On The Head Of A Person In Ordination, In Con Firnaation, Or In Uttering A Blessing. This Practice Is Also Usually Observed By The Different Churches At The Ordination Of Their Min Isters; When The Clergymen ...
Incense
Incense (tn'sens), (hebrew Usually R7:p., Ket O'reth). A Perfume Which Gives Forth Its Fragrance By Burning, And, In Particular, That Perfume Which Was Burnt Upon The Altar Of Incense. (see Altar ; Cen Ser). Indeed The Burning Of Incense Seems To Have Been Considered Among The Hebrews So Much Of ...
India
India (in'di-5.), (heb. 1171, Ho' Doo). This Name Occurs Only In Esther I Viii : 9, Where The Persian King Is Described As Reigning 'from India Unto Ethiopia, Over A Hundred And Seven And Twenty Provinces.' It Is Found Again, However, In The Apocrypha, Where India Is Men Tioned Among ...
Infinity
Infinity (in-fin'f-t57), (heb. Infinity Is Taken In Two Senses Entirely Differ Ent, I. E., .in A Positive And A Negative One. Posi Tive Infintty Is A Quality Being Perfect In Itself, Or Capable Of Receiving No Addition. Negative Is The Quality Of Being Boundless, Unlimited, Or End Less. That God ...
Infirmity
Infirmity (in-ferrul-t51, (heb. Makk Al-aw', Sickness, Prov. Xviii:14; Gr. Eureevela, As Ihen'i-ah, Weakness Or Frailty Of Body). (1) Disease Or Weakness Of The Body (lev. Xii: 2; I Tim. V:23). (2) Outward Afflictions, Reproaches, Persecu Tions, And Temptations (heb. V:2; 2 Cor. Xii:5, To). (3) Spiritual Weakness, And Defects In ...
Inheritance
Inheritance (in-116111-ans), (heb. Nakh-al-aw'). The Laws And Observances Which Determine The Acquisition And Regulate The Devolution Of Property Are Among The Influences Which Affect The Vital Interests Of States; And It Is Therefore Of High Consequence To Ascertain The Nature And Bearing Of The Laws And Observances Relating To This ...
Inscription Of Nebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar, Inscription Of. The Famous Inscription Of Nebuchadnezzar Which Was Recovered From The Ruins Of Babylon Is Now In The India House In London. (1) Carved Upon Stone. This Long Record Of His Triumphs Has Been Written Upon Ten Stone Columns And It Contains In All Five Hundred And Eight ...
Inscriptions Of Meneptah
Meneptah, Inscriptions Of. Modern Scholars Agree With Manetho In The Opinion That Meneptah, The Son And Successor Of Rameses Ii, Was The Pharaoh Of The Exodus. Manetho Calls Him "amenephthes, The Son Of Rameses," And In The Inscriptions Found At Bubas Tis He Is Represented As The General Of The ...
Inspiration
Inspiration (in-spi-ra-shiln), (heb. Nesh'aw-maw; Lat. Insfiiratio, A Breathing Into). This Word Is Sometimes Used To Denote The Ex Citement And Action Of A Fervent Imagination In The Poet Or Orator. But Even In This Case There Is Generally A Reference To Some Supposed Divine In Fluence, To Which The Excited ...
Intercession
Intercession (in'ter-sesh'un), (heb. Pazv-g.ah', To Come Upon; Gr. Ivrtryxdvco, En-toong Kkan'o, To Meet With, To Come Between). (1) Intercession Of Christ. His Interposing For Sinners By Virtue Of His Being A Aiediator. 0) As To The Fact Itself, It Is Evident, From Many Places Of Scripture, That Christ Pleads With ...
Interpretation
Interpretation (in-ter'prt-ta'shiln) Of T'fre Old Testament. 1. Introduction. The Science Of The Interpre Tation Of Scripture Has Passed Through As Long And Tortuous A Course As Chemistry Or Astronomy. As Alchemy And Astrology Led Up To These Sciences, So The Efforts Of Jews And Christians To Explain The Scriptures Have ...
Ir Nahash
Ir-nahash (ir-na'h'ash), (heb. Eer Naw-khawsh', City Of The Serpent), A City Of Judah Which Some Supposed To Have Been Named From The Abundance Of Serpents In Its Neighborhood, But More Probably From A Person Named Nahash, Or From An Image Of The Animal Worshiped Here (1 Chron. Ivn 2). It ...
Isaac
Isaac (i'zak), (heb. Yits-khawk', Laugh Ter, I. E.. Mockery ;r17.ti".., Yis-khawk., He Will Laugh, In Ps. Cv:9; Jer. Xxxiii:26; Amos Vii:9, 16; Gr. 'iaadtc,ee-sah-ak'). The Only Son Of Abraham And Sarah, Born In His Parents' Old Age. The Promise Of A Son Had Been Made To Them When Abraham Was ...
Isaiah
Isaiah (i-za'ya Or I-zd'ya.), (heb. Yesk Ah-yaw'hoo; Lxx, 'ikea* 1. Life And Times Of The Prophet Isaiah. The Heading Of This Book Places The Prophet Un Der The Reigns Of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, And Hez Ekiah, Kings Of Judah; And An Examination Of The Prophecies Themselves, Independently Of The Head ...
Ishbak
Ishbak (fsh'bak),(heb. P.,-,yish-bawk', Leav Ing), A Son Of Abraham By Keturah (gen. Xxv:2; Chron. I:32), Whose Descendants Comprised A Tribe In Northern Arabia. Pool Thinks That The Location Of The Settlements Of This People May He Recovered In The Name Of The Valley Called Sabak, Or Sibak In The Dahna, ...
Ishhaelite
Ishhaelite (heb. Hak-yish-maw-ay-lee', Chron. Ii:t 7; Hah -,t, Yish-men-ay-lee', Xxvii:3o;" Item' , Gen. Xxxvii:25; Hah-yish-mek Ay-leem', Gen. Xxxvii:27, 28), A Descendant Of Ish Mael. The Term Appears To Have Been A General Name For The Abrahamic Peoples Of The East Country, The Bene-kedem. The Name Is Applied In Its Strict ...
Ishmael
Ishmael (islfma-e1), (heb. Yish Maw-ale', God Hears). /. Abraham's Eldest Son, Borne Trshim By Hagar (gen. Xvi:ii) Fourteen Years Beruce The Birth Of Isaac (b. C. About 2248), The Circumstances Of Whose Birth, Early History, And Final Expulsion From His Father's Tents Are Related In The Articles Abraham And Hagar ...
Island Ii Isle
Isle, Island (ii, Viand), (heb. Ee, Habit Able Places). The Hebrew Word Is Invariably Translated, Either By The Former Or By The Latter Of These English Words, Which, Having The Same Inean Mg, Will Be Considered As One. It Occurs In The Three Following Senses: First, That Of Dry Land ...
Issachar
Issachar (is'sa-kar), (hcb. Yis-saws Kawr', He Will Bring Reward). 1. Che Ninth Son Of Jacob. Son Of Jacob And Leah, Born B. C. About 2000, Who Gave Name To One Of The Tribes Of Israel (gen. Xxx:i8; Num. Xxvi:25). 2. The Tribe Of Issachar. (1) Character Istics. Jacob, On His ...
Itelita
Itelita (mel'i-ta.), (gr. Isiex(r7j, Melita), An Island In The Mediterranean, Oil Which The Ship Which Was Conveying St. Paul As A Pris Oner To Rome Was Wrecked, And Which Was The Scene Of The Interesting Circumstances Recorded In Acts Xxviii (1) Name. Melita Was The Ancient Name Of Malta, And ...
Ittirma
Itt:irma (tt'u-r'a Or Re'd), (gr. 'froupctict, Ee Too-nzh'yah), A District In. The Northeast Of Pales Tine, Forming The Tetrarchy Of Philip. The Name Is Supposed To Have Originated With Yet-oor", Or Jetzt); Enclosure, Nomadic Camp, One Of Ishrnael's Sons (i Chron. I :31). In Chron. V :19, This Name Is ...
Iviusical Instruments
Iviusical Instruments (mri'zi-kal Tn' Stru-ments). It Is Less Difficult To Determine The General Char Acter Of The Hebrew Instruments Of Music, Than To Identify The Particular Instruments Which Are Named In The Hebrew Scriptures. We See Certain Instruments Different From Our Own In Use Among The Modern Orientals, And We ...
Ivory
Ivory (rv&d, (heb. Shen-hab-beent', Ivory Tusk. 1 Kings X:22; 2 Chr011. Ix:21; Rev. 'elephant's Tooth,' Or Simply 'elephant,' Is A Common Name For Ivory, Not Only In The Oriental Languages And In Greek, But Also In The Western Tongues; Although Itt All Of Them Teeth Of Other Species May Be ...
Iyiourning
Iyiourning (morning), (heb. 5z?$, Aw-bar, La Ment, Mourn). This Head Embraces Both The Outward Expres Sions Of Sorrow For The Dead, Referred To In The Scriptures, And Those Expressions Which Were In Tended To Exhibit Repentance, Etc. These Subjects Will Be Pursued According To Townsend's Chrono Logical Arrangement, And Since ...
J1jbelee
J1jbelee Arebi-le), (heb. 14",yo-bale', Lev. Xxv:8; Vulg. Annusjubilei, Orjubileus). According To Some, A Period Of Fifty Years, Ac Cording To Others, Of Forty-nine Years, The Termi Nation Of Which Led To Certain Great Changes In The Condition Of The Hebrews, All Of Which Seem To Have Been Designed And Fitted ...
Jabal Jubal
Jabal; Jubal; And Tubal-ca1n.) The 1110s1 Re Markable Circumstance In Connection With Lamech Is The Poetical Address Which Ile Is Very Abruptly Introduced As Making To His Wives. This Is Not Only Remarkable In Itself, But Is The First And Most Ancient Piece Of Poetry In The Hebrew Scriptures; And, ...
Jabin
Jabin (ja'bin), (heb. Yaw-been', Discc:rner, Intelligent). 1. A King Of Hazor, And One Of The Most Pow Erful Of All The Princes Who Reigned In Canaan When It' Was Invaded By The Israelites. His Do Minion Seems To Have Extended Over All The North Part Of The Country ; And ...
Jacob
Jacob (wkob), (heb. Yah-ak-obe', Heel Catcher, I. E., Supplanter). I. The Second Son Of Isaac By His Wife Re Bekah. Her Conceiving Is Stated To Have Been Su Pernatural. Led By Peculiar Feelings She Went To Inquire Of The Lord. And Was Informed That She Was Indeed With Child, That ...
Jadon
Jadon (ja'clon), (heb. 11t, Yaw-done', Judge), Called The Meronothite; He Assisted In Repairing The Walls Of Jerusalem (neh. Iii:7), B. C. 445. . Jael (ja'el), (heb.1,??:,yaw-ale', Wild Goat). Wife Of Heber, The Kenite. When Sisera, The General Of Jabin, Had Been Defeated, He Alighted From His Chariot, Hoping To Escape ...
Jailer
Jailer (jal'ar), (gr. 6e612006xcle, Des-maf-oo7ax, Guard Of A Prisoner), The Keeper Of Paul And Silas When Imprisoned At Philippi (acts Xvi:23, 27, 36). Jaer (jd'ir), (heb. L'r,yaw-ere', Enlightener). 1. A Son Of Segub, Of The Tribe Of Manasseh By His Mother, And Of Judah By His Father. Lie Appears To ...
James
James (jarnz),(gr. 'idsauf3os, Ce-ak'o-bos). Three Persons Of This Name Are Mentioned In The New Testament. /. James, The Son Of Zebedee (matt. Iv: 2i) And Brother Of The Evangelist John (nlark V:37). Their Occupation Was That Of Fishermen, Probably At Bethsaida, In Partnership With Simon Peter (luke V:to). On Comparing ...
Jathneel
Jathneel (jath'ni-e1), (heb. Yath Nee-ale' , Whom God Bestows), Fourth Son Of Mesh Elemiah, A Doorkeeper In The Tabernacle (1 Chron. Xxvi:2), B. C. To14. Jattir (jaetir), (heb.172, Yat-teer', Redun Dant), One Of The Nine Cities Which Were Given Out Of Judah To The Levites Of Kohath's Family (josh. Xv:48; ...
Javelin
Javelin (javlin). See Arnis, Armor. Jaw (ja), (heb., Usually 171;', Lekh-ee', Ren Dered Jawbone), Jaws, Ps. Xxii:i5; Jaw Teeth, Prov. Xxx:14. Jazer (heb. Yah-zare', Chron. Vi:81; Xxvi:31), A City Of Gilead On The East Of Jordan, Taken From The Amoritcs (num. .xxi:321, And Afterwards Given To The Levites. It Is ...
Jehoaddan
Jehoaddan Lja-ho-ad'dan), (itch. Eh Ho-ad- Dawn' , Jehovah Pleased, Same As Jelload.thi, Queen To King Joash, (2 Kings Xiv:2; 2 Chron. Xxv:1), B. C. 862-837. Jehoahaz (je-he'a-haz),(heb. Yeh-ho Aw-khawz' , Jehovah Sees). 1. Son Of Jehu, King Of Israel, Who Succeeded His Father (b. C. 856), And Reigned Seventeen Years ...
Jehoiachin
Jehoiachin (je-hoi'a-kin),(heb.r;‘,11*.„ Yeh Ho-yaw-keen' , Jehovah Will Establish), By Contrac Tion Jeconiah And Coniah, Nineteenth King Of Judah, Ard Son Of Jehoiakim. (1) Reign. When His Father Was Slain, B. C. 599, The King Of Babylon Allowed Him, As The Rightful Heir, To Succeed. He Was Then Eighteen Years Of ...
Jehoiakibi
Jehoiakibi (je-hoi'a-larn), (heb. =7,17, Yeh Ho-yaw-keene Jehovah Established). 1. Name And Family. Jehoiakim Was The Second Son Of Josiah And Eighteenth King Of Judah. His Name Was Originally Eliakim But Its Equiva Lent, Jehoiakim, Was Bestowed Upon Him By Pha Raoh-necho, The Egyptian King. He Was The Second Son Of ...
Jehovah
Jehovah (je-hti'vab),(heb.v".,yeh-ho-vaw'), Or Rather Perhaps Jahveh (heb. Yalz-veh', The Existing One), According To The Reading Sug Gested By Ewald, Havernick, And Others—the Name By Which God Was Pleased To Make Himself Known Under The Covenant;to The Ancient Hebrews (exod. Vi:2, 3). Lxx Generally Render It By 6 K6ptos, Ho Koo'ree-os, ...
Jehozadaic
Jehozadaic (je-tv5z'a-dalc), Yeh Ho-tsaw-dawk.,jebovah Makes Just), Son Of Sera Iali, A High-priest During The Reign Of Zedekiah (1 Citron. Vi:14, 15). He Succeeded His Father In The Office Of High Priest (1 Chron. Vi :14, 15) ; But Suffered Captiv Ity Under Nebuchadnezzar. Elsewhere The Name Is Jozanak. (b. C. ...
Jephthah
Jephthah (jefifthah),(heb.r7f, Yif-lawkhr, Opener). The Ninth Judge Of Israel, Of The Tribe Of Manas Seh. He Was The Son Of A Person Named Gilead By A Concubine. After The Death Of His Father He Was Expelled From His Home By The Envy Of His Broth Ers, Who Refused Him Any ...
Jephthahs Vow
Jephthah's Vow. Volumes Have Been Written On The Subject Of 'jephthah's Rash Vow :' The Question Being Whether, In Doing To His Daugh Ter 'according To His Vow,' He Really Did Offer Her In Sacrifice Or Not. The Negative Has Been Stoutly Maintained By Many Able Pens, From A Natural ...
Jeremiah
Jeremiah (jer'e-mrah), (heb. R,7,ym Yir Meh-yaw', Jah Will Rise). /. A Native Of Libnah, The Father Of Hamutal, Josiah's Wife, Who Was Mother Of Jelloahaz (2 Kings Xxiii :3t ) And Zedekiah (xxiv :18 ; Jer. :1). (b. C. Before 632.) 2. A Gadite Warrior Who Joined David In The ...
Jericho
Jericho (jer'i-ko), (heb, 1117„ Yer-ee-kho., Fragrant). A Town In The Plain Of The Same Name, Not Far From The River Jordan, At The Point Where It Enters The Dead Sea. It Lay Before The Israelites When They Crossed The River, On First Entering The Prom Ised Land; And The Account ...
Jeroboam
Jeroboam (jer'o-bo'am), Aleb. T;'?7,:, Yaw Rob-awne , People Will Contend). /. The First King Of Israel. He Was Of The Tribe Of Ephraim, The Son Of Nebat, An Eph Raimite, By A Woman Named Zeruiah (1 Kings Xi :26). (1) Noticed By Solomon. He Was Noticed By Solomon As A ...
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (je-ru'sa-i6m), (heb. Yer Oo-shaw-lame' , Founded Peaceful). Jerusalem Has Been The Theme For Song And Story From The Earliest Ages. "beautiful For Situ Ation, The Joy Of The Whole Earth, Is Mount Zion, On The Sidcs Of The North, The City Of The Great King" (ps. Xlviii :2). "jerusalem ...