Jeshua
Jeshua (jesh'u-a.), (heb. Yay-shoo'ah. Jehovah Helps). 1. One Of The Towns In Which The People Of Judah Lived After Their Return Front Captivity (neh. Xi:26). According To Schwarz It Is Vesta.. Five Miles East Of Ekron (palest. P. Z6) ; Prob Ably The Yeshua Of Robinson (research. Iii, 145, Sq.). ...
Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ Krist), (gr. 'incrolls Xptcrros :incras 6 Xptar6s), The Ordinary Designation Of The Incarnate Son Of God, And Savior Of Man Kind. This Double Designation Is Not, Like Simon Peter, John Mark, Joses Barnabas, Composed Of A Name And A Surname, But, Like John The Bap Tist, Simon Magus, ...
Jeush
Jeush (west* (heb. 1:11":',yeh-oosh', Collect Ing; Strong; Hasty). 1. Oldest Son Of Esau, By Aholibamah (gen. Xxxvi :5, 14, 18; Chron. I :35), Born In Canaan, But Later Lie Became A "duke" Of The Edomites B. C. After 196,0. ' 2. The First Mentioned Of The Sons Of Bilhan ; ...
Jezebel
Jezebel (jez'e-bel), (heb. Ee-zeh'bel, Chaste), Daughter Of Ethbaal, King Of Tyre, And Consort Of Ahab, King Of Israel (b. C. 9i8). (1) Induces Idolatry. This Unsuitable Alli Ance Proved Disastrous To The Kingdom Of Israel; For Jezebel Induced Her Weak Husband Not Only To Connive At Her Introducing The Worship ...
Jezreel
Jezreel (jez're-e1), (heb. Yiz-reh Ale', Sown By God). /. A Descendant Of Judah, Onc Of The Family Of The Father, Or Founder, Of Etam (1 Chron. Iv:3). It Is Probable, From The Association Of Names In This Passage That He Was The Founder Of The Town In Judah By His ...
Jitstification
Jitstification (heb. Tsaw-duk', To Make Or Declare; Gr. Aucaulina, Dik Ah-yo'nee-ah), Judicial Sentence, Declaration Of Right; Thus, Judicial Acquittal, The Opposite Of Con Demnation. 1. Theological Statement. Justification May Be Defined, In Its Theological Sense, As The Non Imputation Of Sin, And The Inmutation Of Righteous Ness. That There Is ...
Joash
Joash (wash), (heb. Given By Jehovah), A Contraction Of Jehoash. /. Son Of Ahaziah And Eighth King Of Judah, Who Began To Reign In B. C. 878, At The Age Of Seven, And Reigned Forty-one Years. (1) Saved As An Infant. Joash, When An In Fant, Was Secretly Saved By ...
Joatham
Joatham (jo'a-ttarn), (gr. 'ioni0a/a, Ee-o-ah' Tham). Jotham, Son Of Uzziali (matt. I:9). Job (job).. I. (heb. 71`,yobe, Returning), The Third Named Of The Sons Of Issachar (gen. Xivi:13), Called Jashub (num. Xxvi:24; Chron. Ii. (heb. 711:, Ee-yobe', Persecuted), An Ara Bian Patriarch And The Hero Of The Book Which Bears ...
Joed
Joed Oared), (heb. Yo-ade', Jehovah His Witness), A Benjamite, Son Of Pedaiah (nell. Xi:7) And Grandson Of Sallu, Which Last Was A Benjamite Living At Jerusalem After The Captivity (b. C. Be Fore 536). Joel (wel), (heb. Yo-ale', Jehovah His God). 1. The Son Of Pethuel, A Person Otherwise Unknown ...
Johanan
Johanan (jo-ha'nan), (heb. Wr, Yo-khaw Nawn', God-bestowed). 1. One Of The Officers Who Came And Recognized Gedaliah As Governor Of Judxa Aftcr The Destruc Tion Of Jerusalem, And Who Appears To Have Been The Chief In Authority And Influence Among Them. He Penetrated The Designs Of Ishmael Against The Governor, ...
John The Baptist
John The Baptist Barrtars, Ee-o-an'ace Ho Bafi-tis-tac1, John The Baptizer), The Forerunner Of Jesus Christ, Or Simply 'icadvvns, John, When The Reference Is Clear, As In Matt. Iii:4; Iv:12; Lat. Joannes, Tacit. Misty:1z. (1) Birth And Early Life. His Parents Were Zacharias And Elisabeth, The Latter A Cousin Of Mary, ...
Jonadab
Jonadab (jon'a-dab), (heb. Tv, Yo-naw Dawb', Contraction Of Yek-ho-naw-dawb', Jehovah Impels). /. A Nephew Of David, A Crafty Person, Whose Counsel Suggested To This Cousin Amnon The Means By Which He Accomplished His Abominable Design Upon His Half-sister Tamar (2 Sam. Xiii :4, 5). 2. (1) Descendant Of Rechab. A ...
Jonah
Jonah (jo'nah), (heb. Yo-naw', A Dove; Sept. 'howls, Ee-o-nas'), The Fifth In Order Of The Minor Prophets. No Era Is Assigned To Him In The Book Of His Prophecy, Yet There Is Little Doubt Of His Being The Same Person Who Is Spoken Of In 2 Kings Xiv :25. His ...
Jonathan
Jonathan (jon'a-than), (heb. Yo-naw Mown', God-given). /. A Levite Descended From Gershom, The Son Of Moses (judg. Xviii :30). It Is, Indeed, Said, In Our Common Copies, That The Gershom From Whom This Jonathan Sprang Was 'the Son Of Manasseh ;' But Some Supposed That In The Name Of Moses ...
Joppa
Joppa (j6p'pa). (heb. Or Nt;', Yaw-fo', Beauty; Gr. '1677,7, Ee-oit.'15ay, Which Name Is Still Preserved In The Arabic Yafa Or Jaffa), A Seaport Town And Haven On The Coast Of Palestine, Situated On An Eminence, In A Sandy Soil, About Forty Miles Northwest Of Jerusalem, And Nine Miles West Northwest ...
Joseph
Joseph (jo'sel), (heb. 1;1', Yo-safe, Increaser, Adding). /. Son Of Jacob And Rachel, Born Under Peculiar Circumstances, As May Be Seen In Gen. Xxx :24 ; On Which Account, And Because He Was The Son Of His Old Age (xxxvii :3), He Was Be Loved By His Father More Than ...
Joshua
Joshua (josh'u-a), (heb. Yeh-ho-shoo' Ah, Jehovah Saves). The Name Is Rendered By Jo Seplius, The Septuagint, And The Ncw Testament, Ee-ay-soos, Jesus. In The Same Manner Is Spelt The Name Of The Au Thor Of The Apocryphal Book Ecclesiasticus. This Is The Name Of Four Persons In The Old Testament, ...
Josiah
Josiah (jo-srah), (heb. Ri:re'1"‘, Yo-shee-yaw, Founded By Jah). The Sixteenth King Of Judah, And Son Of Amon Whom He Succeeded On The Throne (b. C. 639), At The Early Age Of Eight Years, And Reigned Thirty-one Y Ears. (1) Accession To The Throne. As Josiah Thus Early Ascended The Throne, ...
Jotham
Jotham (wtham), (heb. :17n, Yo-thasutn', God Is Upright). /. The Youngest Of Gideon's Seventy Legitimate Sons ; And The Only One Who Escaped When The Rest Were Massacred By The Order Of Abimelech (judg. Ix :5). When The Fratricide Was Made King By The People Of Shechem, The Young Jotham ...
Journey
Journey (jur'ny.), (heb. Deh'rek, A Re Moval From One Place To Another). A Day's Journey Is Reckoned About Sixteen Or Twenty Miles. To This Distance, Around The He Brew Camp, Were The Quails Gathered For Food For The People (num. Xi :31). Shaw Computes The Eleven Days' Journey From Sinai ...
Judah
Judah (jii'dah),(heb. ;171'4 Ye-hoo-daw' , Cele Brated). /. The Fourth Son Of Jacob And Leah (b. C. About 1916). The Narrative In Genesis Brings This Patriarch More Before The Reader, And Makes Known More Of His History And Character Than It Does In The Case Of Any Other Of The ...
Judas Or
Judas Or Jiide (jfedas), (gr. Lo135as, Das, The Greek Form Of The Hebrew Judah). 1. The Patriarch Judah (matt. 1:2, 3). 2. A Man Who Lived In Damascus, And With Whom Saul Lodged After His Conversion (acts Ix:11), In The Street, "that Is Called Straight." No Further Mention Of Him ...
Judges
Judges (jiij'es). This Name Is Applied To Fifteen Persons Who At Intervals Presided Over The Affairs Of The Israelites During The 35o Years (ac Cording To Usher's Chronology) Which Elapsed From The Death Of Joshua To The Accession Of Saul. (1) Rulers Of The People. The Term Judges, Used In ...
Judgment Hall
Judgment-hall (julment Hall), (gr. Him Firahee-to'ree-on, Prmtorium, Occurs In Matt. Xxvii:27; Mark Xv:16; John Xviii:28, 33; Xix:9; Acts Xxiii:35; Phil. I:13, In All Which Places The Vulgate Has Prxtorium. The English Version, However, Uses Prxtorium Once Only, And Then Unavoidably (mark Xv:t6), 'the Hall Called Prxtorium.' In All The Other ...
Judicial Blindness Or Hardness
Judicial Blindness Or Hardness. A Term Used To Denote Moral Incorrigibility And Spiritual Blindness (mark Iii :5). "being Grieved For The Blindness—hardness--of Their Hearts." So (rom. Xi :25). "blindness—hardness—in Part Hath Happened To Israel" (eph. Iv A). "because Of The Blindness—hardness—of Their Hearts" (2 Cor. "their Minds Were Blinded"—hard (-fled; ...
Judith
Judith (gedith),(heb. Rinry"„ Yek-hoo-deeth' Jewess). I. Daughter Of Beeri The Hittite And Esau's Wife (gen. Xxvi:34)• Ii. Judith Is The Name Of One Of The Apocryphal Or Deutero-canonical Books Of The Old Testament, Is Placed In Manuscripts Of The Alexandrine Ver Sion Between The Books Of Tobit And Esther. In ...
Kabala Or Kabbalah
Kabala Or Kabbalah (kab'bi-igh), Usu Ally Anglicized Cabala (heb.11.,.5;z, Kab-baw-law'). This Word Is An Abstract, And Means Reception, A Doctrine Received By Oral Transmission; So That With Mere Reference To Its Etymological Significa Tion, It Is The Correlate Of The Hebrew Word Tra Dition. The Term Kabbalah Is Employed In ...
Kadmonites
Kadmonites (kad'mon-ites), (heh, ‘;':713, Hak-kad-mo-nec', The Kadmonite), One Of The Na Tions Of Canaan, Which Is Supposed To Have Dwelt In The Northeast Part Of Palestine, Under Mount Hermon, At The Time That Abraham Sojourned In The Land (gen. Xv:19). As The Kadmonites Were "bene-kedcm" (heb. Judg. Vi:33), A. V. ...
Kaneh
Kaneh (kah'neb), (heb. Kaw-nell'), Oc Curs In Several Places Of The Old Testament, In All Of Which, In The Authorized Version, It Is Trans Lated Reed; As In Kings Xiv:15; 2 Kings Xviii:21; Lob X1:21 ; Is. Xix.6 ; Xxxv:7; Xxxvi:6; Xlii:3; 'zek. Xxix:6. (1) Reed. The Greek Word Rcaxagos,kal'anz-os, ...
Karpas
Karpas (kar'pas), (heb. Kar-fias', Green), Occurs In The Book Of Esther I:6, In The Description Of The Hangings "in The Court Of The Garden Of The King's Palace," At The Titne Of The Great Feast Given In The City Shushan, Or Susan, By Ahasuerus, Who "reigned From India Even Unto ...
Kcajci 7
Kcajci (7) The Year Of Jubilee. The Land Was Je Hovah's And Could Not, Therefore, Be Permanently Alienated. Every Fiftieth Year, Whatever Land Had Been Sold Returned To Its Former Owner. The Value And Price Of Land Naturally Rose Or Fell In Proportion To The Number Of Years There Were ...
Kenites
Kenites (ken'ites), (heb. Kay-nee.), A Tribe Of People Dwelling Among The Amalekitcs (i Sam. Xv :6; Comp. Num. Xxiv :2o, 2 I), Or Occupying In Semi-nomadic Life The Same Region With The Latter People In Arabia Petrxa. Vv-hen Saul Was Sent To Destroy The Amalekites. The Kenites, Who Had Joined ...
Ketzach
Ketzach (ket'sak), (heb. Ri4p, Keh-tsakh.), Written Kezach And Ketsah, Occurs Only In Is. Xxviii:25, 27, And Is Translated Filches, That Is, Vetches, The Authorized Version (1) Different Plants. It Is No Doubt From The Difficulty Of Proving The Precise Meaning Of Ket "adz, That Different Plants Have Been Assigned As ...
Ketzioth
Ketzioth (ketz-t-oth), (heb. Ritvsp, Kets-ee' Oth), Is Translated Cassia In The Authorized Ver Sion, And Is Said To Be Derived From A Hebrew Word Meaning To Cut Of (1) Cassia. It Therefore Denotes 'pieces Cut Off,' Or 'fragments,' And Hence Is Applicable To Cassia. But Many Of These Derivations Have ...
Kidron
Kidron (lad 'ron), (heb. 177, Kid-rone', D Usky, Gloomy). The Brook Or Winter Torrent Which Flows Through The Valley Of Jehoshaphat (as It Is Now Called), On The East Side Of Jerusalem. 'the Brook Kidron' Is The Only Name By Which 'the Valley' Itself Is Known In Scripture ; For ...
Kingdom
Kingdom (king-di:1m), (heb. Mam-law Kaw'). (1) In General. (1) The Country Or Countries Subject To One King (deut.iii:4). (2) The Power Of Acting As King, Or Of Supreme Administration (i Sam. Xviii:8; Xx:30. (2) Kingdom Of God. God's Universal Do Minion Over All Things, Is Called His "kingdom:" Thereby He ...
Kingdom Of 1 Israel
Israel, Kingdom Of. (1) Rivalry Of Ephraim And Judah. The Separation Of The Hebrew Nation Into Two Parts, Of Which One Was To Embrace Ten Of The Tribes, And Be Distinctively Named Israel, Had Its Origin In The Early Power And Ambition Of The Tribe Of Ephraim. The Rivalry Of ...
Kinswoman Kinsman
Kinsman, Kinswoman And Kinsfolk (kinz'man, Kinz'wo—om'an, Kinz'fok). Several Hebrew Words Are Thus Translated. 1. Sheh-ayr' ("q, Num. Xxvii:11; "kinswoman," Lev. Xviii:12, 13; "kinswomen," Xviii:17). 1110-dah' (1.1-31', "kins Woman," Prov. Vii:4). Kaw-robe', (1-11'2, Literally, Near, "kinsfolk," Job Xix:14;"kinsmen," Ps. Xxxviii: Ii). 2. Soong-ghen-ace' (gr. Avy-yer4s, Relative, "kinsfolk," Luke Ii:44; Xxi:16). 3. ...
Kippod
Kippod (icip-p&v),(heb. Tcp, Kifi-fioa'e'). This Name Occurs But Three Times In Scripture ( Is. Xiv: 23; Xxxivoi; And Zeph. Ii:14), And Has Been Vari Ously Interpreted—owl, Osprey, Tortoise, Porcupine, Otter, And In The Arabic, Bustard. (1) Various Translations. Now, In Is. Xiv: 23, 'i Will Make It A Possession For ...
Kirjath Baal
Kirjath-baal (kir'jath-ba'al), (heb. Rir5.) Keer-yath' Bah'al, City Of Baal). This City Is More Usually Called Kirjath-jearini (josh. Xv:6o; Xviii:14). (heb. Rrw.71 Ry:tp, Keer-yath' Khoo-tsoth', City Of Streets), A Town In Moab (num. Xxii:39), To Which Balak Accompanied Balaam After His Arrival In Moab. The Place Has Not Been Identified, Though ...
Kirjathaim
Kirjathaim (kirrja-tha'im), (heb. In117,17. Keer-yaw-thah'yint, Double Town). One Of The Most Ancient Towns In The Coun Try East Of The Jordan, As It Was Possessed By The Gigantic Emim (gen. Xiv :5), Who Were Ex Pelled By The Moabites (deut. :9, To), Who In Their Turn Were Dispossessed By The ...
Kishon
Kishon (ici'shon), (heb. 1"7-:"7.5. Kee-shone', Winding). The Incorrect Form Of Kishion (josh. Xxi:28). In Chron. Vi:72, The Name Kedesh Ap Pears In Its Place In The Lists. The Most Important River In Palestine Next To The Jordan. After Traversing The Plain Of Acre, It Enters The Bay Of The Same ...
Kison
Kison (ki'son), An Incorrect Form Of Kishon (ps. Lxxxiii:9). (see Kisuox). Kiss (kis), (heb. Naw-shak' ; Gr. Oanua Firay-mah). Kissing The Lips By Way Of Affection Ate Salutation Was Customary Among Near Relatives Of Both Sexes, Both In Patriarchal And In Later Times (gen. Xxix:ii; Cant. Viii:1). Originally The Act ...
Kneading Troughs
Kneading-troughs (ned-ing-trofs), (heb. Tnish-eh'reth). In The Description Of The Departure Of The Israelites From Egypt, (exod. Xii: 34) We Read That "the People Took Their Dough Be Fore It Was Leavened, Their Kneading-troughs Being Bound Up In Their Clothes, Upon Their Shoulders." Persons Who Knoav How Cumbersome Kneading Troughs Were, ...
Knock
Knock (n6k), (heb. R;1daw-fakr ; Gr. Rpotlw, Kroo'o ; Cant. V:2, Judg. Xix:22, "beat:" Matt. Vii:7; Rev. Iii:2o, Etc.). Missionaries In Oriental Countries State That, As In Ancient Times, Orientals Never Knock When About To Enter A Room, But Without Warning Or Ceremony Walk In. For Scriptural References To Knocking ...
Knowledge
Knowledge (norej), (heb. Day-aw'). The Word Denotes: 1. The Infinite Understanding Of God, By Which He Perfectly Perceives And Comprehends Himself, And All Things Possible Or Real (i Sam. Ii :3). 2. A Speculative Knowledge, By Which A Man Has A Merely Rational Perception Of Things Natural Or Divine, Without ...
Kopher Or Copher
Kopher Or Copher (ko'pher), (heb. Ktf-fer), Occurs Twice In Canticles, And Is In Both Places Translated Camfihire In The Authorized Ver Sion. (1) Camphor. Thus (i :t4), 'my Beloved Is Unto Me As A Cluster Of Camphire (kopher) In The Vineyards Of En-gedi;' And In Iv :13, 'thy Plants Are ...
Korah
Korah (ko'rah), (heb. Ko'rakh, Ice). /. A Levite, Son Of Lzhar, The Brother Of Am Ram, The Father Of Moses And Aaron, Who Were Therefore Cousins To Korah (exod. Vi :21). (1) Jealousy. From This Near Relationship We May Conjecture That The Source Of The Discontent Which Led To The ...
Kussemeth
Kussemeth (kils-se'meth), (heb. Koos Seh'meth), Occurs In Three Places Of Scripture. (1) Variously Rendered. In The Authorized Version It Is Translated Rye In Exod. Ix :32; Is. Xxviii .25, And Filches In Ezek. Iv :9 ; But Its True Meaning Still Remains Uncertain. It Was One Of The Cultivated Grains ...
Laanah
Laana.h (ia-an'ab), (heb. Lah-an-aw'), Translated Wormwood, Occurs In Several Passages Of Scripture, In Most Of Which It Is Employed In A Figurative Sense. Thus, In Deut. Xxix :18, 'lest There Be Among You A Root That Beareth Gall And Wormwood,' Is Applied To Such Israelites As Should Worship For Eign ...
Lachish
Lachish (la"kish), (heb. 1:"."7.1?, Law-kheesk; Sept. Adxis, Lachis), A City In The South Of Judah, In The Plain Between Adoraim And Azekah (josh. X: 3, 5, 31; Xv:39). It Was Rebuilt And Fortified By Rehoboam (2 Chron. Xi :9), And Seems After That Time To Have Been Regarded As One ...
Laish
Laish (la'ish), (heb.1::".32, /ah'yish, A Lion). 1. A Place In The North Of Palestine (judg. Xviii :7, 14), About Four Miles From Paneas, At The Head Of The Jordan. It Was Taken By The Danites And Included Within Their Territory. It Is Called Also Leshem And Dan (josh. Xix :47; ...
Lamb Of God
Lamb Of God (yarn Ov God), (gr. Dizvos 060d, Anz-nos'theh-oe'), A Title Given To Christ Jesus Our Lord (john I:29, 36; Comp. Acts Viii:32; I Pet. I:19). As The Lamb Was The Symbol Of Sacrifice, Jesus Christ Is Called "the Sacrifice Of God," Or The Divine Sacrifice (john I:29; Comp. ...
Lamentations
Lamentations (lam'en-ta'shims), This Book Is Called By The Hebrews 71;'.$,ey-kawt,'how,' From The First Word Of The Book; But Sometimes They Call It Im=.7,kee-notht, Tears, Or 'lamentation,' In Allusion To The Mournful Character Of The Work, Of Which One Would Conceive, Says Bishop Lowth, 'that Every Letter Was Written With A ...
Lance
Lance (lams), (heb. Kee-dohn.), Jer. 1:42; Elsewhere "spear." (see Arms, Armor.) Lancet (lan'set), (heb. 117.1, Ro'makh, To Hurl). This Word Is Found In 1 Kings Xviii:28 Only; Else Where "spear." (see Arms, A Rmor.) Land (land). 1. The Whole Continent Of The Earth, As Distin Guished From The Sea (matt. ...
Lanip
Lanip (vamp), (heb. Ti;12,1v-fieett; Whence, Perhaps, Gr. Xcuords, La/vas, "lamp ," The P. Being Introduced In Place Of The Hebrew L'; Lat. La/vets, And Our La/v). (1) Oil 'used. Lamps Are' Very Often Men Tioned In Scripture; But There Is Nothing To Give Any Notion Of Their Form. Almost The ...
Laodicea
Laodicea (1a-ifid-i-se'a.), (gr. Aaoalketa, Lah-oa' Ik'i-ah, Justice Of The People). There Were Four Places Of This Name, Which It May Be Well To Distinguish, In Order To Prevent Them From Being Confounded With One Another. The First Was In The Western Part Of Phrygia, On The Borders Of Lydia ; ...
Laver
Laver (la'var), (heb. '.11"'p And '1;, Kee-yore', Something Round,a Basin; Sept. Nourpbv, Loo-tron'), A Basin To Contain The Water Used By The Priests In Their Ablutions During Their Sacred Ministrations. (1) Tabernacle Laver. There Was One Of Brass (fabricated Out Of The Metal Mirrors Which The Women Brought From Egypt, ...
Law Of Moses
Law Of Moses (heb. Rfp 71:11:71, To-raw' Illo-sheh'), Signifies The Whole Body Of Mosaic Leg Islation. The Moral Law Was Most Solemnly Proclaimed By God Himself, After A Terrible Thunder, Light Ning, And Earthquake, And From The Midst Of The Flames Of Fire ; And Was Divided Into Ten Precepts, ...
Lazarus
Lazarus (laz'a-rils), (gr. Lartzar-os), An Abridged Form Of The Hebrew Name Eleazer. I. An Inhabitant Of Bethany, Brother Of Mary And Martha, Who Was Honored With The Friendship Of Jesus, By Whom He Was Raised From The Dead After He Had Been Four Days In The Tomb. This Great Miracle ...
Le13anon
Le13anon.) The Soil Is Good, And The Water Abundant From The Numerous Mountain Springs On Each Side, But The Concentration Of The Sun's Rays Renders The Summer Heat Excessive. These Are The Sources Of That Fertility For Which The Valley Has, In All Ages, Been Renowned; But Only A Small ...