Shemarim
Shemarim (she-ma'am), Shem Aw-reem', From Shaw'mar, To Keep, To Pre Serve). This Term Is Generally Understood To Denote The Lees Or Dregs Of Wine, And It Is Asserted That The Radical Idea Expresses The Fact That These Pre Serve The Strength And Flavor Of The Wine. There Is Evidently A ...
Sheol
Sheol (she'ol), (heb. Sheh-ole', Hades, Or The World Of The Dead), A Word Usually Derived From • ?%. Shaw-al'," To Ask Or Seek." The Invisible World, Or The Place Of Departed Spirits, In The Intermediate State, Prior To The Res Urrection. The Corresponding Term In Hebrew Is Sheol, Which Is ...
Shepherd
Shepherd (shep-erd), (from Heb. Rq"7, Raw Aw' , To Tend; Gr. Iroli.44v, Poy-mane'). The Shepherd Or "sheep-master" Was Constantly With His Flocks By Night And By Day, To Number, Gather, Feed, Conduct, And Guard Them (gen. Xxxi: 39; Luke Ii .8), And Was Often Attended With A Despised Dog ( ...
Shesh
Shesh (shesh). 1. (heb. Shaysh, Bleached), Also Sheshi (she'shi), Translated Fine Linen In The Authorized Version, Occurs Twenty-eight Times In Exodus, Once In Genesis, Once In I'roverbs, And Three Times In Ezekiel. (1) Distinctions. In The Article Byssus We Have Seen That The Word Bad, Translated Linen, Oc Curs In ...
Shewbread
Shewbread (sho'bred). (1) In The Outer Apartment Of The Tabernacle On The Right Hand, Or North Side, Stood A Table, Made Of Acacia (shittim) Wood, Two Cubits Long, One Broad, And One And A Half High, And Covered With Laminae Of Gold. The Top Of The Leaf Of This Table ...
Shield
Shield (sheld). The Most Ancient Defensive Piece Of Armor Was The Shield,buckler, Roundel. Or Target. Composed Of A Great Variety Of Materials. Very Different In Form And Size, And Therefore In All Nations Bearing A Variety Of Names. The He Brews Used The Word Tsin-navi, For A Great Shield; Defense, ...
Shiloh
Shiloh (shi'loh), Shee-loo'l. 1. The Epithet Applied, In The Prophetic Bene Diction Of Jacob On His Deathbed (gen. Xlix Iio), To The Personage To Whom 'the Gathering Of The Nations Should Be,' And Which Has Ever Been Re Garded By Christians And By The Ancient Jews As A Denomination Of ...
Shimei
Shimei (shim'e-i), (heb. Shim-ee', Renowned). 1. Son Of Gershom The Son Of Levi (num. Iii : 18 ; I Chron. Vi :17, 29; Xxiii :7, 9, To; Zech. Xii : 13) ; Called Shimi In Exod. Vi :17. In I Chron. Vi :29, He Is Called The Son Of Libni, ...
Shion
Shion (shi'on). A. V. Shihon (josh. Xix:19). Ship (ship), (heb. On-ee-yaw', Conveyance; Sefee-naw', A Vessel Celled With A Deck; ]sec, A Ship). In Few Things Is There Greater Danger Of Modern Associations Misleading The Reader Of The Scrip Tures Than In Regard To The Subject Of The Present Article. Both ...
Shishak
Shishak (shi'shak). (heb. Shee-shak'), A King Of Egypt Contemporary With Jeroboam, To Whom He Gave An Asylum When He Fled From Solo Mon (1 Kings Xi:4o). He Was The Sheshenk I Of The Monuments, First Sovereign Of The Bubastite Twenty-second Dynasty. (1) The Origin Of The Royal Line Of Which ...
Shittah
Shittah (shtt'tah), (itch. And Shittim (shit'tim), (ilcb. Shzt-teent'i. (1) These Words Occur In Several Passages Of Exodus, And Indicate The Kind Of Wood Which Was Employed In Making The Various Parts Of The Tab Ernacle While The Israelites Were Wandering In The Wilderness. It Is Mentioned Also As Forming Part ...
Shoulder
Shoulder Is Generally The Rendering Of Heb. Shek-em', The Neck, As The Place To Receive A Burden (gen. Xxi :14 ; Xxiv :15, 45, Etc.). Twice (num. Vi :ig; Deut. Xviii :3) It Represents Heb. Zer-o'ah, The Arm, The Fore Shoulder Offered In Sacrifice. Shoke (heb. Is Used Especially Of ...
Shual
Shual (shtt'al), (heb. Shoo-awl'). This Word And The Term In A. V. For Jackal Are Both Somewhat Arbitrarily Interpreted By The Word 'fox ;' Although That Denomination Is Not Uniformly Employed In Different Texts ( Judg. Xv: 4; Nch. Iv :3; L's. Lxiii :to ; Cant. Ii :i5 ; Lam. ...
Shushan
Shushan (shu'shan), (heb. Shoo-shan'). 1. A Word Which Occurs In Several Passages Of The Old Testament And Is Translated Lily In The Authorized Version. In The Article Krinon We Have Mentioned That Several Plants Have Been Ad Duced As The Lily Of The New Testament, Such As Amaryllis Lute°, Ixiolirion ...
Sidieon
Sidieon (sun'e-on), (heb. Shim-one', Fa Vorable Hearing; Gr. Einakuiv, Simeon). 1. The Second Son Of Jacob, Born Of Leah (gen. Xxix :33), And Progenitor Of The Tribe Of The Same Name (b. C. Before 2000). He Was The Full Brother Of Levi (gen. Xxxiv :25; Xxxv :23), With Whom He ...
Siege Of Laciiish
Laciiish, Siege Of.) After The Battle Of Aitaku And The Retreat Of The Egyptians, Whom He Was Not Prepared To Fol Low, He Captured Ekron And Timnath; Hut The Army Which He Sent To Assault The City Of Jerusa Lem Was Smitten With A Fatal Pestilence. In His Own Annals ...
Siloam Or Shiloah
Siloam Or Shiloah (heb. She Lo'akh), It Is Also Spelled Siloali. The Name Siloali Or Siloam Is Found Only Three Times In Scripture As Applied To Water; Once In Isaiah (viii:6), Who Speaks Of It As Running Water ; Again, As A Pool, In Nell. Iii:15; And Lastly, Also A ...
Simon
Simon (si'mon), (elficop, See'mone), The Same Name, In Origin And Signification, As Simeon. 1. Simon Maccahreus. One Of The Maccabean Family. ( Ste Maccabees.) 2. The Apostle, To Whom Christ Gave The Name Of Peter, After Which He Was Rarely Called By His Former Name Alone, But Usually By That ...
Simplicity
Simplicity (sim-plis'i-tn (het). Tome, Innocence, Integrity), Is Predicated Of The Two Hun Dred Followers Of Absalom In His Conspiracy (2 Sam. Xv:11), Who "knew Not Anything,' E., Of Their Leader's Intention. In Prov. I Simplicity Is The Rendering Of (fiaw-thaw'), To Let Oneself Be Enticed, Se Duced. In The New ...
Sinai
Sinai (heb. Sin-ah'ee; Sept. Zoki, See Nah'). (1) Name. The Hebrew Name, Accord Ing To Some, Denotes A District Of Broken Or Cleft Rocks, And Is Descriptive Of The Region To Which It Is Applied. The Name Is A Very Ancient One, And Its Meaning Not Definitely Fixed. If Semitic, ...
Sitting Sit
Sit, Sitting (sit, Sit'ting), (heb. Yaw Shab' ; Gr. Kath-ed'zom-ahee), The Favor Ite Position Of The Orientals, Who Sit Upon The Floor With Their Feet Crossed Under Them. "in Palestine People Sit At All Kinds Of Work ; The Carpenter Saws, Planes, And Hews With His Hand-adze Sitting Upon The ...
Slander
Slander (slan'cler), (hcb. Dib-baw', An Evil Report), (num. Xiv:36; Ps. Xxxi:13; Prov. X:18). Slave (slay), (heb. Eh'bed; Vulg. Serve's; A. V. Servant And Bondman). It Is Difficult To Trace The Origin Of Slavery. It May Have Existed Before The Deluge, When Violence Filled The Earth, And Drew Upon It The ...
Smith
Smith (smut)), (heb. Tnci, Khaw-rash'). A Workman In Stone, Wood Or Metal, Like The Latin ,hzber, But Sometimes More Accurately Defined By What Follows, As A Workman In Iron, A Smith (i Sam. Is. Xliv:12; Liv:i6; 2 Kings Xxiv:i4; Jer. Xxiv:i ; Xxix:2). In 2 Chron. Xxiv : 12, 'workers ...
Smyrna
Smyrna (smyena), (gr. :....:126ppa, Smoor'nah, Myrrh). A Celebrated Commercial City Of Ionia (piden). V. 2), Situated Near The Bottom Of That Gulf Of The Iegcan Sea Which Received Its Name From It (aida, I. 17, 3), At The Mouth Of The Small River Aides, And 32o Stades North Of Ephesus ...
Snout
Snout (snout), (heb. Af, Nostril, Or Face), The Nose (prov. 4.a Snow (sno), (heb. Skeh'leg, White; Gr. Xtu5v, Khee-one'). In The Historical Books Of Scripture Snow Is Twice Mentioned As Actually Falling (2 Sam. Xxiii: 20 ; T Chron. Xi :22 ; Comp. I Mace. Xiii :22). In The Poetical ...
Sodom
Sodom (socl'om), (heb. Sed-onte', Burnt), A City In The Vale Of Siddim, Where Lot Settled After His Separation From Abraham (gen. Xiii:t2; Xiv:t2 Xix :1). It Had Its Own Chief Or 'king.' As Had The Other Four Cities Of The Plain (gen. Xiv :2, 8, To), And Was Along With ...
Solomon
Solomon (sol'o-mon), (pleb She/-a-mo', Pacific), A Son Of King David By Bath-shcba (a Sam. Xii:21; T Chron. Iii:5). The Reign Of Solomon Over All Israel, Although Second In Importance Only To That Of David, Has So Little Variety Of Incident As To Occupy A Far Less Space In The Bible ...
Sometimes
Sometimes (sum'tims), (gr. Tort, Pot-eh'), (eph. Ii:13; V:8; Col. I:21; Tit. Iii:3), Once, Once Upon A Time, In Reference To The Past. Son (sun), (heb. 1; Bane ; Gr. Vi6s, Hwee-os', Son), A Word Used In Several Senses, Both In The Old And New Testaments. It Denotes: 1. The Immediate ...
Son Of Sirach Wisdom
Wisdom Of Jesus, Son Of Sirach Jezils, Son Ov Si'rak), (gr. Yorkla Via Yetpdx; Lat. Ecclesiasticus); (see Apocrypha), One Of The Books Of The Second Canon (see Deu Tero-canonical Books), Consists Of A Collection Of Moral Sentences After The Manner Of The Prov Erbs Of Solomon (i-ix, Xxiv, Comp. With ...
Sons Of God
Sons Of God. A Variety Of Opinions Has Been Held Regarding The Passage In Gen. Vi :2. 'the Sons Of God Saw The Daughters Of Men That They Were Fair ; And They Took Them Wives Of All Which They Chose.' • (a) Perhaps The Most Ancient Opinion Was That ...
Sottish
Sottish (sot'tish), (heb. Very Ignorant, Stupid, And Foolish, Jer. Iv:22). Soul (sol), (generally The Rendering Of Heb. A Breathing Creature; Gr. Tfritxt), Fisoo Khay', Breath, Etc., The Equivalent Of The Hebrew Term "may Indicate Not Only The Entire Inner Nature Of Man, But Also His Entire Personality, I. E., All ...
South
South (south), The Country, Or Quarter Of The Heavens, Which The Semite, Standing With His Face To The East, Supposes To Be On His Right Hand. An Inp,,rtant Use Of The Word Is As The Name Or Designa Tion Of The Desert Regions Lying At The South Of Judea, Consisting ...
Spider
Spider (spi'dar), (heb. Ak-kaw-beesh'; Sept. Cipcixv77, Spider), Occurs In Job Viii:14; Is. Lix :5. In The Other Instance In Which The Word Is Used In Our Version (prov. Xxx :28), And Where The Hebrew Has Sem-aw-meeth',:r, The Sept. Kal-a-bo'tas, Spotted Liz.ard, And The Vulg. There Is Most Probably A Mistranslation. ...
Spirit
Spirit (spir'it), (heb. Roo'akh, Breath, Wind; Gr. Ruciwy, Tnyoo'mah, Wind, Breath, The Vital Principle, Etc.). The Leading Significations Of The Original Words Thus Rendered May Be Classi Fied As Follows : 1. The Primary Sense Of The Term Is Wind. 'he That Formeth The Mountains And Createth The Wind,' Roo'akh ...
Spurious Revelations
Revelations, Spurious (r6v't-la'shtins, Spirrl-us). See Apocrypha. The Apocalyptic Character, Which Is Occupied In Describing The Future Splendor Of The Messianic Kingdom And Its Historical Relations, Presents It Self For The First Time In The Book Of Daniel, Which Is Thus Characteristically Distinguished Frbm The Former Prophetical Books. In The Only ...
Staff Rod
Rod, Staff, Scepter (heb. Mat Teh', Branch; Also Shay'be4 A Stick For Pun Ishment.) 1. In General It Denotes A Twig, Or Small Branch Of A Tree. 2. It Means, In The Hand Of One Walking, A Staff, Support And Assist On A Journey (exod., Iv:2; Vii :9; I Sam. ...
Standards
Standards (standards). Deh'ffel). Standards And Ensigns Are To Be Regarded As Effi Cient Instruments For Maintaining The Ranks And Files Of Bodies Of Troops; And In Num. Ii :2 They Are Particularly Noticed, The Israelites Being Not Only Enjoined To Encamp 'each By The Standard Of His Tribe And The ...
Star In The East
Star In The East (star In The Est),(gr. Cierripa Dv Rijaparoxi"), Matthew (ch. Ii:2, Sq.) Relates That At The Time Of The Birth Of Our Lord There Came Wise Men (magi) From The East To Jerusalem, To Inquire After The Newly-born King Of The Jews, In Order That They Might ...
Statistics
Statistics. An Early Mosaic Law Required That When The People Were Numbered The Firstborn Of Man And Of Beast Should Be Set Apart, The First To Be Redeemed, And The Others, With One Exception (exod. Xiii :t2, 13; Xxii :29), Offered To God. A Later Enactment (exod. Xxx :r2, 13) ...
Stephen
Stephen (ste'v'n), (gr. Irecbavos, Crown), One Of The Seven First Deacons, And The Prow-martyr Of The Christian Church. There Have Been Various Conjectures Respecting His Early His Tory, But The First Authentic Notice We Find Of Him Is In Acts Vi :5. In The Distribution Of The Com Mon Fund ...
Steward
Steward (streerd), (usually Heb. Sar, Head Person; Gr. Irtrporos, Efiftro-i5os, Manager; Obcovokios, Oyk-o-no'nzos, Overseer), One Who Manages Or Superintends The Affairs Of Another. Thus Eliezer Was The Steward Of Abraham's House (gen. Xv :2) ; Christian Ministers Are The Stewards Of God Over His Church Or Family (tit. I :7; ...
Stoics
Stoics And Epicureans (sto'iks And Ku-re'anz). Reference Is Made In Acts Xvii:t8 To Certain Philosophers Belonging To These Cele Brated Sects As Having 'encountered Paul At Athens.' The Stoics Derive Their Name From 'a Porch'; Because Their Founder Zeno (who Was Born From 36o To 35o Years B. C.) Was ...
Stone
Stone (stun), (usually Heb. Ben ; S•hlah, Lofty; Tsoor, A Cliff; Gr. Xtoos, Lee'thos; Irlrpos, Fietros, Large Stone; ,prioos, Fisay'fos, A Peb Ble). Palestine Is A Stony Country, And It Was Often Necessary To Clear A Field Of Stones Preparatory To Its Cultivation (is. V :2). An Enemy's Fields Were ...
Stork
Stork (stork), (heb. Khas-ee-daw', Affection, Piety, Mercy, Gratitude). This Name Results From A Belief, General Through All Ancient Asia, In The Attachment Of These Birds To Each Other ; Of The Young Towards The Old, And Of The Parents Towards Their Young. But The Lat Ter Part Of This Opinion ...
Strong Drink
Drink, Strong.) Its Root Was Probably Jr, Ya Van Or Yanah, The Primary Idea Of Both Being That Of Turbidness, Or Boiling Up, So Characteristic Of The Appearance Of The Grape Juice As It Rushes Foaming Into The Wine-vat. Yah'yin, In Bible Use, Is A Very General Term, Including Every ...
Sulphur
Sulphur (siir F Fir), ( H Eb. Goireeth', From ';;',gaw-far', To Cover; Whence Gofer, Gen. Vi:14, Which Gesenius Renders "pitch," Such As The Fitly, Etc.) Is Understood To Mean Not Only Pitch, But Some Other Inflammable Substances, Specially Sulphur. Gof-reeth' Is Generally And Properly Rendered Sulphur (brimstone); While Pitch Is ...
Summer
Summer (silm'mer). See Palestine. Sun (heb. Sheh'mesh, To Be Brilliant), The Great Luminary Which God Created At The Be Ginning To Govern The Day. Sunrise And Sunset Are The Only Defined Points Of Time In The Absence Of Artificial Contrivances For Telling The Hour Of The Day. Between These Two ...
Sunday Or Lords Day
Sunday Or Lord's Day. (1) Name And Change Of The Day. Sunday Is The First Day Of The Week, Adopted By The First Christians From The Roman Calendar (lat. Dies Solis, Day Of The Sun), Because It Was Dedicated To The Worship Of The Sun. The Christians Reinterpreted The Heathen ...
Superstitious
Superstitious (gr. Octet Dcwhav, Dice-ee-dahee-mohn', Reverencing The Gods). These Are Words Which Occur Only In The New Testament. Festus, Governor Of Judea, Informed Agrippa, That Paul Had Disputed With The Other Jews Concerning Matters Of Their Own Superstition (acts Xxy :t9), In Which He Spoke Like A True Pagan, Equally ...
Supper Of The Lord
Supper Of The Lord (silp'per Ov The 16rd), (gr. Kuplak6v Seirpov, Ku-ree-a-kon' A'eifi'non), So Called By St. Paul In His Historical Reference To The Passover Supper As Observed By Jesus On The Night In Which He Was Betrayed (1 Cor. X1:20; Matt. Xxvi:20-31). (1) The Passover. As Regards The Day ...
Swine
Swine (s Win), (heb. Khaz-ter'; Gr. Xotpos). Egyptian Pictures, The Parable Of The Prodigal Son, And Christ's Miraculous Cure Of The Demo Niac, When He Permitted Swine To Be Possessed And Destroyed By Rushing Over A Precipice Into The Sea Of Galilee, Furnish Ample Proofs That Dur Ing The Dominion ...
Sycamore
Sycamore (stlea - Mor), (heb. Shaw Kaw,f, And 'irip,slzik-maw'). This Was Not What Is Called Sycamore In This Country, Which Is A Kind Of Maple, And In Some Of Its Characters The Reverse Of- What Is Required. The Septuagint Everywhere Renders It Auntiuvos, Which Signifies The Mulberry. In The Arabic ...
Synagogue
Synagogue (sin 'a-gog),(heb.r3;.f.3 R Bayth Hak-ken-ay'sefh, A Jewish Place Of Worship). (1) Name. The Greek From Which The Word Is Immediately Derived (crum-ycer)), Denotes 'an Assembly; Being Similar In Meaning To Itcancrict, Whence Our 'church' Is Taken. Both Terms Ori Ginally Signified An Assembly Or Congregation ; But Afterwards, By ...
Syria
'syria (syr'i-a), (heb. Ar-awm' , Highland; Gr. Iupfa, Soo-ree'ah, Syria). (1) Territory. It Is Difficult To Define The Limits Of Ancient Syria, As The Name Seems To Have Been Very Loosely Applied By The Old Geographers. In General, However, We May Perceive That They Made It Include The Tract Of ...
Syriac Versions
Syriac Versions (syr'i-ac Ver'shilns). The Old Syriac Version Of The Scriptures Is Often Called The Peshito; A Term In Syriac Which Signifies Simple Or Single, And Which Is Applied To This Version To Mark Its Freedom From Glosses And Allegorical Modes Of Interpretation (haver Nick, Einleit. Erst. Theil. Zweite Abtheil. ...
Tabernacle
Tabernacle (tab'er-na-le1), (heb. O' Hel Mo-ade', Tent Of Assembly, From A Root, To Fix Or Appoint Time And Place Of Meeting). 1. Names. Kimchi Explains The Name Thus: 'and Thus Was Called The Because The Israelites Were Assembled And Congregated There, And Also Because He (jehovah) Met There With Moses,' ...
Table Wwi
Table (wwi), (heb. 17;?, Usually, Shool Khawn', Extended). 1. The Hebrew Table Was Probably Nothing More In General Than A Mat, Or Cloth Spread On The Ground, As Among The Arabs Of To-day (judg. I : 7; I Sam. Xx :29, 34 ; I Kings Ii :7; Ps. Lxix :22). ...
Tabor
Tabor (ta'bor), (heb. Triw-bore'). 1. A Mountain On The Confines Of Zebulun And Naphtali, Standing Out In The Northeast Border Of The Plain Of Esdraelon, The Name Of Which Ap Pears Among Greek And Roman Writers In The Forms Of Itabyrion And Atabyrion, And Which Is Now Known By The ...
Tadmor
Tadmor (taci'mi)r), (heb. Tad-more'). A Town Built By King Solomon (i Kings Ix :18; 2 Chron. Viii :4). The Name Tamar Signifies A Palm Tree, And Hence The Greek And Roman Desig Nation Of Palmyra, 'city Of Palms ;' But This Name Never Superseded The Other Among The Natives,who Even ...
Talmud
*talmud (tarmud), (heb. Law'mad, To Learn). The Talmud Is The Work Which Embodies The Civil And Canonical Law Of The Jewish People. It Contains Those Rules And Institutions By Which, In Addition To The Old Testament, The Conduct Of That Nation Is Regulated. Whatever Is Obligatory On Them, Besides The ...
Tamar
Tamar (ta'mar), Law-mawr'). 1. This Has Been Universally Acknowledged To Denote The 'palm Tree,' Sometimes Called The 'date Tree.' Good Says The Radical Meaning Of The Word Is Straight Or Upright. The Date Tree Is Remark Able For Its Erect And Cylindrical Stem, Crowned With A Cluster Of Long And ...
Tammuz And The Inscriptions
Tammuz And The Inscriptions. "then He Brought Me To The Door Of The Gate Of The Lord's House Which Was Toward The North; And Behold There Sat Women Weeping For Tam Muz" (ezek. Viii :14). This "weeping For Tammuz" Which The Prophet Declares To Be A Greater Abomination Than The ...
Tappuach
Tappuach (tap'-pu-ak). (heb. Tafi T Oirakh), Translated 'apple' In The A. V., Has Been The Subject Of Considerable Difference Of Opinion Among Authors On Biblical Botany. Most Admit That Apple Is Not The Correct Trans Lation, For That Fruit Is Indifferent In Palestine, Being Produced Of Good Quality Only On ...
Tarshish
Tarshish (tar'shish), Tar-sheesh', Subdued). 1. A Celebrated Part Of The Ancient World, About The Exact Position Of Which Opinions Are Much Di Vided (jonah I :3; Iv :2 ; 2 Chron. Ix :2i ; Xx :36, 37; Is. Ii:i6; Xxiiiii, 6, To, 14; Lx :9; Lxvi:19; Jer. X:9; Ezek. Xxvii ...
Tarsus
Tarsus (tar'sus), (gr. Tapo6s, Tar-sos', Was A Celebrated City, The Metropolis Of Cilicia, In Asia Minor, On The Banks Of The River Cydnus, Which Flowed Through It And Divided It Into Two Parts. Tarsus Was A Distinguished Seat Of Greek Phi Losophy And Literature, And From The Number Of Its ...
Taxes
Taxes (taks-82), (from Heb. 12f, Aw-rak', To Value). (1) Origin. These Must Have Been Coeval With The Origin Of Civilized Society. The Idea Of The One Is Involved In That Of The Other; Since So Ciety, As Every Organization, Implies Expense, Which Must Be Raised By The Abstraction Of Prop ...
Teeth Tooth
Tooth, Teeth (tooth, Teth), (heb. Shone; Sept. 66oth, Oef-oos', Ps. Lviii:6; Prov. Xxx:14; Joel I:6). In Ps. Iii:7, Lekh-ee' (heb. Is Used For The Human Jawbone, For That Of An Ass (judg. Xv:t5-17), And For That Of A Leviathan (job Xli:t4). Although Shin-flaky:in Is The General Word For Teeth, Yet ...
Temple
Temple (c6in'p'1), (heb. Hay-kawr , Or Ko' Desk, Sanctuary, Or Bayth-yeh-ho Yaw' , House Of Jehovah). The Septuagint Trans Lation Usually Renders Hay-kawr , 'temple,' By Of Kos, Olkos, House, Or Nah-os, Va6s, Temple; But In The Apocrypha And The New Testament It Is Gen Erally Called Toh Hee-er-on, Rj ...
Temptation Tempt
Tempt, Temptation (tempt, Temp-ta'shiin), Heb. 1, Mar-saw' ; Gr. Rezpaau6s, Ty-ras-mos', Testing, To Try, To Prove). (1) Divine. God Tempted Abraham, By Com Manding Him To Offer Up His Son Isaac (gen. Xxii:1) ; Intending To Prove His Obedience And Faith, To Confirm And Strengthen Him By This Trial, And ...
Temptation Of Christ
Temptation Of Christ (matt. Iv : -i 1; Mark I:12, 13; Luke Iv:1-12). The Popular View Of This Undoubted Portion Of Our Savior's History, Is, That It Is A Narrative Of Outward Transactions; That Our Savior Immedi Ately After His Baptism Was Conducted By The Spirit Into The Wilderness—either The ...
Ten Commandments
Ten Commandments (exod. Xxxiv:28). They Are Found In Exod. Xx 1.t11ou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me. 2. Thou Shalt Not Make Unto Thee Any Graven Image, Or Any Likeness Of Anything That Is In Heaven Above, Or That Is In The Earth Beneath, Or That Is In The ...
Tenon
Tenon (ten'iln), The Dowel Pin Holding The End Of A Plank Of The Tabernacle (exod. Xxvi:17, To; Xxxv1:22, 24). Sec Tabernacle. Tent (tent), (heb. Usually O'hel,.gr. Cricnvi, Skay-nay'). The Patriarchal Fathers Of The Israelites Were Dwellers In Tents, And Their Descendants Pro Ceeded At Once From Tents To Houses. We ...
Teraphim
Teraphim (ter'a-phim), Heb. Ter-aw The Word Tcraphim Signified An Object Or Objects Of Idolatry, As We May Learn From The Ren Derings Of The Septuagint. It Seems Therefore That Teraphim Were Tutelar Household Gods, By Whom Families Expected, For Worship Bestowed, To Be Rewarded With Domestic Prosperity, Such As Plenty ...
The 1 Unitarian Church
Unitarian Church, The. (1) Concerning The Church Doctrine Of The Trinity And Founding Of Denomination. The Church Doctrine Of The Trinity, Which Had Been Defined With Extreme Precision In The Early Creeds, Was Much Questioned Or Denied In The Controver Sies Of The Protestant Reformation. The Point Chiefly At Issue ...
The Boor Of Proverbs
Proverbs, The Boor Of (prov'erbs). That Solomon Was The Author Of The Book Of Proverbs Has Never Been Questioned. Some Have Indeed Thought That He Composed A Part Only Of The Proverbs Included In That Book, And Collected The Others From Various Sources. It Is Probable, Indeed, That He Availed ...
The Epistle To The
Romans, The Epistle To The. This Epistle Claims Our Interest More Than The Other Didactic Epistles Of The Apostle Paul, Be Cause It Is More Systematic, And Because It Ex Plains Especially That Truth Which Became Subse Quently The Principle Of The Reformation, Viz., Righteousness Through Faith. Melanchthon Was So ...