Leaven
Leaven And Ferment (lev'n And Far. Ment). In Hebrew We Find Two Distinct Words, Both Translated Leaven In The Common Version Of The Bible. This Is Unfortunate, For There Is The Same Distinction Between Seh-ore', -14 '2.7 And Mates', Ti.?r.,1, In The Hebrew, As Between Leaven And Ferment In The ...
Lebanon
Lebanon (16b7a-non), (heb. Leb-atu Nohn', White From The Snow On Its Peaks), A Famous Mountain In The South Of Syria, And North Of Canaan. When Taken At Large, It Is About Three Hundred Miles In Circumference, And Consists Of Two Large Mountains, Lebanon Or Libanus, And Antilibanus. Hills Of Less ...
Left Handed
Left-handed (16whind'ed), (heb. 13;15, Liter Yod Yemin, Shut, As To His Right Hand, Judg. Iii:t5; Xx :16). Denotes One Who Is Unable Skillfully To Use His Right Hand, And Also, Perhaps, One Who Is Ambidexter, E., Who Can Use Both Hands Equally Well, Although This Latter Meaning Is A Doubtful ...
Legerdemain
Legerdemain (lerer-de--man). See Magi. Legion (leym), (gr. At--yettzr, Leg-ee-one', A Greek Lorm Of The Latin Legio), A Division Of The Roman Army. It Always Comprised A Large Body Of Men; But The Number Varied So Much At Differ Ent Times That There Is Considerable Discrepancy In The Statements With Reference ...
Leopard
Leopard (lep'grd), (heb. Naw-mare', Cant. Iv:8; Is. Xi:6; Jen V:6, Xiii:23; Hos. Xiii:7; Hab. I:8; Dan. Vii:6; Rev. Xiii:2; Ecclus. Xxviii:23). Though Zoologists Differ In Opinion Respecting The Identity Of The Leopard And The Panther, And Dispute, Supposing Them To Be Distinct, How These Names Should Be Respectively Applied, And ...
Leprosy
Leprosy (le'p'r&syr), (hcb. Isaw-rah'• Ath, A Smiting ; Gr. Neirpa, Let-rah, From Xertr, A Scale), Is A Name That Was Given By The Greek Physicians To A Scaly Disease Of The Skin. A General Term. During The Dark Ages It Was Indiscriminately Applied To All Chronic Dis Eases Of The ...
Letushin
Letushin (le-turshim), (heb. 1:41.-71?, Let-oo Sheem', Have Ground, Sharpened). The Second Son Of Dedan ; Grandson Of Abra Ham And Keturali (gen. Xxv :3), And Progenitor Of An Arabian Tribe, Which Has Not Been Traced Out. (b. C. After 2°2.4.) (le-iim'mim), Web. Leh-oom Mem', Peoples). Otte Of The Descendants Of ...
Leviathan
Leviathan (16-v1'a-than), (heb. Liv Yaw-thaw/1.), Job Iii:8; Xli:t; Ps, Lxxiv:t4; Civ:26; Is. Xxvii:t. (set ; Crocodile ; Ldzagon). Gesenius Very Justly Remarks That This Word, Which Denotes Any Twisted Animal, Is Especially Ap Plicable To Every Great Tenant Of The Waters, Such As The Great Marine Serpents And Crocodiles, And. ...
Levirate Marriage
M.arria.ge, Levirate Levir-r10, The Marriage Of A Childless Widow To Her Hus Band's Brother Or Nearest Of Kin, According To An Cient Israelitish Law. Judah, Jacob's Son By Leah, Had Married A Canaanitish Woman (gen. Xxxviii:2). His First Born Son Was Er (ver. 3). Judah Took A Wife For Him ...
Levites
Levites (le'vites), (i I Eh. ')t.7.' P, Bane Son Of Levi, Or Simply Lay-yee'; Usually In The Plural And With The Article :273, Sons Of Levi • Sept. Atarat, Levitae), The Descendants Of Levi, Through His Sons Gershon, Kohath, And Nlerari, Whose Descendants Formed So Many Sub-tribes Or Great Families ...
Leviticus
Leviticus (1t-vit't-kils), In The Hebrew Canon, Is Called 8:11?„ Kaw-raw', The Word With Which It Begins; The Third Buuk Uf Muses. /. Contents. Leviticus Contains The Further Statement And Development Of The Sinaitic Legisla Tion, The Beginnings Of Which Are Described In Exodus. It Exhibits The Historical Progress Of This ...
Libanus Or Lebanon
Libanus Or Lebanon (lib'a-nus Or Leb'a Non), (heb. 11.4?, Leb-aw-nohn; Gr. Ali3avos, Libanus, For The Heb. Leban,in'), Thc Name Of A Long Chain Of Mountains On The Northern Border Of Palestine. (1) Name And Location. The Term Libanus Is More Convenient In Use Than The Hebrew Form Lebanon, As Enabling ...
Libneh
Libneh (lib'neh), (heb. ;1.#?, Lib-neh'), Occurs In Two Places Of Scripture, Viz., Gen., Xxx:37; Hos. Iv:t 3, And Is Supposed To Indicate Either The White Poplar Or The Stora.r Tree. The Libneh Is First Mentiored In Gen. Xxx :37, As One Of The Rods Which Jacob Placed In The Water ...
Libya
Libya (lib'y-a), (gr. Atf3on, Lib-oo'ay). This Name In Its Largest Acceptation, Was Used By The Greeks To Denote The Whole Of Africa. But Libya Proper, Which Is The Libya Of The New Testament (acts Ii:to), And The Country Of The Lubim In The Old, Was A Large Tract, Lying Along ...
Libyans
Libyans (lib'y-anz), (heb. Olt?, Loo-beem'). The Word Thus Rendered In Dan. Xi:43 Should Be Lublin; In Jer. Xlvi :9 It Is Libyans. Lice (lic), (heb. Kin-eene), Occurs In Exod. Viii :t6, 17, 18; Ps. Cv:3t ; Vulg. Muscas. The Name Of The Creature Employed In The Third Plague Upon Egypt, ...
Lieutenants
Lieutenants (16.-ten'ants),(heb:61'47.4tm, Akh-ash-dar-fien-eenz'), The Official Title Of Viceroys Who Governed The Provinces Of The Persian Empire (esth. Iii:12; Viii:o; Ix:3; Ezra Viii:36; Called 'prince' In Dan. Ill:2; Vi:i). Life (lif), (heb. Khall'ee, Life Or Lives; 74;.!, Neh'fesh, Breath; Gr. N.6, Dzo-ay', Life Activity; Fisoo-khay', Breath). The Word Has Several Significations ...
Life Of 1 Jes17s
Jes17s The Christ, Life Of. (1) Records And Chronology. Palestine Was A Small Country On The Far Eastern Edge Of The Great Roman Empire. The Jewish People Were Despised And Ignored Because They Were A Small Oriental Nation, Bigoted And Exclusive In Spirit, Austere In Morals, And Fanatical In Religion. ...
Light
Light (lit), (heb. 1*, Ore), Is Represented In The Scriptures As The Immediate Result And Off Spring Of A Divine Command (gen. I:3). The Earth Was Void And Dark, When God Said, 'let Light Be, And Light Was.' This Is Represented As Having Preceded The Placing Of 'lights In The ...
Liihith
Liihith Offhith),(heb.:"1.?, Loo-khoth'; Rri7*, Loo-kheeth', Floored). A Town In The Land Of Moab, Between Ar And Zoar,and Ravaged By The Assyrians And Chaldeans (is. Xv :5 ; Jer. Xlviii :5). It Is Evident That It Was An Elevated Station, But Whether A Town On A Hill, Or A Place For ...
Likhi
Likhi (lieb. /ik-khee', Learned), A Manassite, The Third Named Of The Sons Of Shem Ida, The Son Of Manasseh (t Chron. Vii:t9). He Left Few, If Any, Descendants, (b. C. After 195o). Lnarro (lik'ing), In The A. V. Used Both As A Noun, Meaning Condition, Plight (job Xxxix:4), "their Young ...
Lily Work Ow
Lily Work Ow, Wfirk), (heb. Shoo Shan', Lily; 71'm, Mah-as-th', Work), Part Of The Ornamentation Of The Two Pillars Which Were Erected (2 Chron. Iii.15), Before The Temple (comp. Kings Vii:t9, 22). (see Ten1ple.) Lime (lim), (heb. Seed), A Material Named Only Three Times In The Bible (deut. Xxvii:2, 4 ...
Linen
Linen (lin'en). Several Hebrew And Greek Words Are Translated Linen, Among Them The Fol Lowing: 1. Pish-teh' (heb. R1:7)1p-kr, Carded) Is Ren Dered "linen" In I.ev. Xiii:47, Sq.: Deut. Xxii :it; Jer. Xiii :i, Etc.; And "flax" In Josh. Ii :6; Judg. Xv :14 ; Prov. Xxxi :33; Is. Xix ...
Litcas
Litcas Ou'cas), (gr. Aowcas, Loo-kas'), The Friend And Companion Of St. Paul Durin His Imprison Ment At Rome (philern. 24). He Is The Same As Luke, The Beloved Physician, Who Is Associated With Demas In Col. Iv:t4, And Who Remained Faith Ful To The Apostle When Others Forsook Him (2 ...
Literature Of The 1
Hebrews, Literature Of The. 1. Its 23eginning. The Hebrews Have Held A Place In The History Of Nations Since About Moo B. C. Prior To David's Time The Conditions Of Life With Which The People Struggled Were Such As To Preclude Any Real Unity Of Action Or Thinking And Any ...
Litter
Litter On'ter). The Word Translated Litter, In Is. Lxvi:2o, Is =, Tsawb, And Is The Same Which, In Num. Vii:3, Denotes The Wains Or Carts Drawn By Oxen, In Which The Materials Of The Tabernacle Were Removed From Place To Place. The !saw() Was Not, Therefore, A Litter, Which Is ...
Liver
Liver (tiv'er), (heb. Kaw-bade', Meaning To Be Heavy), Occurs In Exod. 22; Lev, I11:4, 10, 15; 1v:9; V11:4 ; V111:16, 25 ; Ix:io, 19; Prov. Vii:23; Lam. Ii:i T; Ezek. Xxi:2r; It Is Ap Plied To The Liver, The Heaviest Of The Viscera, As We In English Use The Word ...
Loaf
Loaf Oaf), (heb. 1:;;, Kik-kawr', Circle; Gr. &pros, Ar'tos ; Occasionally :1:.)1?, Lekh'ent, Bread), A Biscuit, Or Round Or Oval Cake, The Usual Form Of Bread Among The Orientals (exod. Xxix:23; Judg. Viii:5; I Sam. X:3; Chron. Xvi:3; Matt. Xtv:i7; Mark Vi:38, Etc.). (see Bread.) (15'ana'mi), (heb. '77-1) Lo-am' Mee, ...
Loctjst
Loctjst Oulkiist), (heb. R973, Ar-beh.),generic Term; Order, Hemifitera; Species, Gryllus, Lin Nxus. It Is An Insect Remarkable For Numbers And Voracity, And Hence One Of The Most Dreadful Scourges Of Eastern Countries. Locusts, When Mature, Can Fly To A Considerable Height, And, Oc Casionally Alighting For Food And Rest, They ...
Longevity
Longevity (16n-j6v1-ty). The Lengthened Ages Of Some Of The Ante And Postdiluvian Fathers, As Given By Moses In The Hebrew Text, Are As Fol Lows: Infidelity Has In Various Ages Attacked Revelation Because Of The Supposed Absurdity Of Assigning To Any Class Of 'nen This Lengthened Term Of Exist Ence. ...
Lord
Lord, A Saxon Word Signifying Ruler Or Gov Ernor. In The A. V. The Word Lord Is Used Without Much Discrimination For All The Names Applied To God; Which Cannot Be Helped, As Our Language Does Not Afford The Same Number Of Distinguishing Titles As The Hebrew. When, However, The ...
Lords Prayer
Lord's Prayer (lord's Prar), The Common Title Given To The Only Form Of Prayer Which Our Lord Himself Taught His Disciples, And Which Is Re Corded In Matt. Vi:o-i3; Luke Xi:2-4. "the Lord's Prayer Is The Prayer Of Prayers, As The Bible Is The Book Of Books And The Apostles' ...
Losses Loss
Loss, Losses (16s, Los'es). Under The Law Of Nioses, The Following Were The Regulations Respect Ing /osscs: If Two Men Strove Together, And As A Result One Should Be Disabled From Work, The Other Must Pay For The Lost Time (exod. Xxi: 19) ;claims For Losses From Trespass,or Forany Lost ...
Luther League Of America
Luther League Of America (1 E'the R Leg Ov A-mer-l-ka). This Organization Is In Connection With The Evangelical Lutheran Church, Whiell Is The Old Est And Largest Ot Protestant Communions In The World. (see Lutheran Church, Evangelical.) 1. Various Youngpeople's Societies. With The Rise And Spread Of The "endeavor" Move ...
Lydda
Lydda (lyd'd1), (heb. /0(4 Gr. Anoct, Hut Dah). A Town Within The Limits Of The Tribe Of Eph Raim, Nine Miles East Of Joppa, On The Road Be Tween That Port And Jerusalem. It Bore In Hebrew The Name Of Lod, And Ap Pears To Have Been First Built By ...
Lydia
Lydia (wel'i-6.), (gr. Ayala, Derived Front .1t056s Its Founder). 1. A Province In The West Of Asia Minor, Sup Posed To Have Derived Its Name From Lud, The Fourth Son Of Shem (gcb. X:22). (sbc Nations, Dispersion Of.) It Was Bounded On The East By Greater Phrygia, On The North ...
Maacait Or Maachah
Maacait Or Maachah (ma'a-kah), (heb. Ni) P_, Mah-ak-aw., Depression). 1. A City And Region At The Foot Of Mount Her Mon, Not Far From Geshur, A District Of Syria (josh. Xiii :13; 2 Sam. X:6, 8; T Chron. Xix :7). Hence The Adjacent Portion Of Syria Is Called Aram-maacah, Or ...
Maaseiah
Maaseiah ( Ma'a-se'ya.), (heb. 1-3)1?. Mah-as-ay-yaw', Or Riri:v17_:, Mah-as-ay-yaw'hoo, Work Of Jehovah). 1. A Descendant Of Jeshua, The Priest, Who Put Away His Foreign Wife After The Captivity (ezra X :18). (b. C. 459.) 2. A Priest, One Of The "sons" Of Harim, Who Also Divorced His Foreign Wife (ezra ...
Maccabees
Maccabees (mak'ka-beez). 1. Name. The Etymology Of The Name Is Very Uncertain. Some Have Claimed That' It Was Formed From The Combination Of The Initial Letters Of The Hebrew Sentence, "who Among The Gods Is Like Unto Thee, Jehovah" (exod. Xv ), Which Is Posed To Have Been Inscribed Upon ...
Macedonla
Macedonla. (rnac'e-do'ni-a), (gr. Marce5ovia, Mak-cd-on-ee'ah, From The Mythical Founder Mace Don). A Country Lying To The North Of Greece Proper, Having On The East Thrace And The Iegwan Sea, On The West The Adriatic And Illyria, On The North Dardania And Mwsia, And On The South Thessaly And Epirus. The ...
Madire
Madire (manfre), (iieb Mam -ray, Fatness.) 1. An Amoritish Chief, Who, With His Broth Ers Atter And Esheol, Was In Alliance With Abra Ham (gen. Xiv :13, 24). (b. C. About 225o.) 2. In The A. V. 'the Oaks Of Mamre,"plain Of Mamre' (gen. Xiii :18; Xviii :1), Or Simply ...
Madness
Madness (mad'nes), (heb. Shig-gaw One', Raving). The Epithet Mad Is Applied To Sev Eral Descriptions Of Persons In Scripture. 1. To One Deprived Of Reason (acts Xxvi :24; T Cor. Xiv :23). 2. To One Whose Reason Is Depraved, And Over Ruled By The Fury Of His Angry Passions (acts ...
Magdeel
Magdeel Fmag'di-e1), (heb. 8-7f), Mag-dee Ale', God Is Renown). A Descendant Of Esau (gen. Xxxvi :43 ; I Chron. I:54), And Chief Among The Edomites In Mount Seir. (b. C. Before 1619.) Magi (ma'ji), (heb Mag , Gr. Iici-yot, Mag'oy, A. V. "wise Men '' In Matt. Ii 1, 7, ...
Magic
Magic (rnag'ilc), (from Heb. Kkeh'ret, To Engrave, And So To Draw Magical Lines Or Circles). (1) Definition. Niagic Was The Art Of Influ Encing Future Events And Changing Their Course By Dark And Secret Means. The Magician Was Be Lieved To Stand In Connection With Demons, And Even With The ...
Maktesh
Maktesh (mak'tesh),(heb. Mak-taysh' ; Depression). The Name Of A Quarter Or District In Or Near Jerusalem, Perhaps One Of The Adjacent Valleys Zeph. :it), Either Kidron Or The One Separating The Temple From The City. Malachi (heb. Mal-aw-kee' ; Sept. Maxaxtar, Mal-ah-kee' As). The Last Of The Minor Prophets, And ...
Manasseh
Manasseh (ma-nas'seh), (heh. 71v2.=, Men Ash-sheh', Who Makes Forget, See Gen. Xli:51). 1. The Patriarch. The Elder Of The Two Sons Of Joseph, Born In Egypt (gen. Xli :51 ; Xlvi: 2o) Whom Jacob Adopted As His Own (xlviii:t) —by Which Act Each Became The Head Of A Tribe In ...
Maoch
Maoch (mvolc), (heb. 714.1"?, Maw-oke', Poor, A Poor One, A Breast Band). The Father Of Achish, King Of Gath, To Whom David Fled For Safety (i Sam. Xxvii :2). (b. C. Before Woo.) Naon (rna'on), (heb. Maw-ohn'). 1. A Town In The Tribe Of Judah (josh. Xv: 55). Which Gave ...
Mareshah
Mareshah (ma-re'sha), (het). Ntar-ay Thaw', Summit). 1. A Town In The Tribe Of Judah (josh. Xv:44), Rebuilt And Fortified By Rehoboam (2 Chron. Xl: 8). The Ethiopians Under Zerah Were Defeated By Asa In The Valley Near Mareshah (2 Chron. Xiv:9-t3). It Was Laid Desolate By Judas Macca Bxus, On ...
Marishes
Marishes (mar'ish-es), An Old Form Of Marsh (which See). Mark (mark), (gr. 31dpkos, Mar'kos, From The Common Latin Name Marcus). According To Ecclesiastical Testimonies The Evangelist Mark Is The Same Person Who In The Acts Is Called By The Jewish Name John, Whose Roman Surnatne Was Marcus (acts Xii :12, ...
Marriage
Marriage (tulerij), (heb. O-nawh'). (1) Divine Origin. The Divine Origin Of Mar Riage, And The Primitive State Of The Institution, Are Clearly Recorded In The Instance Of The First Human Pair (gen. Ii A-25), Whence It Appears That Woman Was Made After Man To Be 'a Helper Suited To Him.' ...
Marriage Processions
Marriage Processions. The Proces Sion Accompanying The Bride From The House Of Her Father To That Of The Bridegroom Was Gen Erally One Of Great Pomp, According To The Cir Cumstances Of The Married Couple; And For This They Often Chose The Night. Hence, In The Parable Of The Ten ...
Martha
Martha (mar'tha), (gr. Map0a, Mar' Tha ; Heb. N72, Mar'thaw, Perhaps /ray), Sister Of Lazarus And Mary, Who Resided In The Same House With Them At Bethany. (see Lazarus.) From The House At Bethany Being Called 'her House,' In Luke X:38, And From The Leading Part Which Alartha Is Always ...
Martyr
Martyr (mar'tar), (gr. Ndprvs,mar'toos,a Wit Ness). This Word Means Properly A Zvitness, And Is Applied In The New Testament-0) To Judicial Witnesses (matt. Xviii :16; Xxvi:65; Mark Kiv: 63; Acts Vi :13; Vii :58; 2 Cor. Xiii :1 ; I Tim. V :19; Heb. X:28). The Septuagint Also Uses It ...
Marvel
Marvel (mar'v61), (heb. Daw-law., To Separate, To Distinguish). The Word Means: 1. To Be Struck With Sur Prise At The Sight Or Thought Of Anything Strange And Uncommon (jer. Iv:9). 2. To Exercise A Reverential Regard To; Or With Wonder To Adore And Serve (rev. Xiii:13)• Marvels Or Wonders. 1. ...
Master
Master (rnas'ter). The Rendering In The A. V. Of Several Hebrew And Greek Words: 1. Bak'al (hcb. ,l"±, Owner), Master In The Prevalent Sense, E. G., "the Master Of The House" (exod. Xxii:8; Judg. Xix:23). 2. Aw-a'otre' (heb. .171; Gr. Kbptos, Koo'ree-os), Properly Lord, And Usually So Rendered. 3. Oor ...
Matthew
Matthew (math'thu), (gr. Maroaios, Mat Thah'yos, Probably From The Hebrew Mattathias, "gift Of Jehovah"). (1) Name And Family. According To Mark Ii :14. Matthew Was A Son Of Alphxus. It Is Gen Erally Supposed That Jacobus, Or James, The Son Of Alphxus, Was A Son Of Mary, The Wife Of ...
Matthias
Matthias (mat-thi'as), (gr. Marelas, Ntat Thee'as, Gift Of Jehovah, Equivalent To Matthew), One Of The Seventy Disciples Who Was Chosen By Lot, In Preference To Joseph Barsabas, Into The Number Of The Apostles, To Supply The Deficiency Caused By The Treachery And Death Of Judas (acts I:23-26). This Is The ...
Meadow
Meadow (m&1'6), The Rendering Of Two Words: 1.. Aw'khoo (heb. 1ms, Gen. Xli:2, 18), Probably An Egyptian Term. In Job Viii:2 This Word Seems To Mean A Reed Or Rush. In Judg. Xx:33 The Word Translated ' Meadow ' Probably Means An Open Plain, Or A Region Strifified Of Wood, ...
Meal Timm Meals
Meals, Meal Timm (mels, Tim). (1) When And How Served. The Meals Of The Israelites Consisted Of A Simple Breakfast In The Morning And Two Other Daily Meals, One At Midday (gen. Xviii :1 ; Xliii :16, 25 ; Ruth Ii ; Kings Xx :16) And The Other Some Time ...
Measuring Line
Measuring Line (mezhqtr-ing Lin). See Weights And Measures. Neat (met). This Word Does Not Appear To Be Used In The Bible In The Sense Of Animal Food, Which Is Denoted Uniformly By "flesh." Perhaps The Following May Be Exceptions: "savory Meat" (gen. Xxvii :4) ; "corn And Bread And Meat" ...
Mediator
Mediator (gr. Mecrirns, Lace, Mediator), Is A Word Peculiar To The Scrip Tures (see Beza, Anna. In Gr. Test.), And Is Used, In An Accommodated Sense, By Many Of The Ancient Fathers, To Denote One Who Intervenes Between Two Dispensations. Hence It Is Applied To John The Baptist, Because He ...