Edward Harwood
Harwood, Edward, Dr., An Arian Minister Of Considerable Attainments, But Whose Moral Repu Tation Was Far From Unblemished. He Was Bom In 1729. After Residing In Bristol And Other Places As A Classical Teacher And A Preacher, He Removed To London, Where He Died 1794, In Very Reduced Circumstances. Besides ...
Edward Pocock
Pocock, Edward, Was Born At Oxford, In The Year 1604. Having Studied At Magdalen Hall, And Corpus Christi College, In The University Of His Native City, He Became B.a. In 1622 ; M.a., 1626 ; B.d., 1636; And D.d., 1660. In The Year 1628 He Was Admitted Probationer Fellow Of ...
Edward Robinson
Robinson, Edward, D.d., Was Born At Southington, Cormecticut, In 1794. He Studied At Hamilton College, New York, And At Andover, Massachusetts ; At The Latter Of Which He Became Assistant Professor Of Biblical Literature In 1821. In 1826 He Visited Europe, And Spent Some Time At Paris, Halle, And Berlin, ...
Effects
Effects (produced By) Tiie Fatiier. In The First Two Of These Parallel Propositions There Is An Ellipsis Of The Verb ; But This The Mind Natur Ally Supplies From The Analogy Of The Last In Which The Verb Is Enunciated (see Henderson On Inspira Tion, P. 181). 5. It Has ...
Eglon
Eglon (?;) ; Sept. 'e-yx6a), One Of The Fine Canaanitish Towns Which Formed The Confederacy Against The Gibeonites, Under The King Of Jeru Salem (josh. X. 3). It Lay In The Shephelah Or Plain Of Philistia, Near Lachish (xv. 33, 39). After The Victory At Gibeon, And The Death Of ...
Egypt
Egypt. —the Name By Which Egypt Is Com Monly Known In The Bible Appears In A Dual Form, ]'iv], Perhaps With Reference To The Two Great Divisions Of The Country Into Upper And Lower ; Or The Part Through Which The Nile Flows In One Undivided Stream, And That Which ...
Egyptian Versions
Egyptian Versions. After The Death Of Alexander The Great, The Greeks Multiplied In Egypt, And Obtained Important Places Of Trust Near The Throne Of The Ptolemies. The Greek Language Accordingly Began To Diffuse Itself From The Court Among The People ; So That The Proper Language Of The Country Was ...
Ekes Or Jeres 11
Ekes Or Jeres (11$) Occurs In Numerou€ Places Of Scripture, But Authors Are Not Agreed Or The Exact Meaning Of The Term : Celsius (hierabot. I. 106, Sq.), For Instance, Conceives That It Is A General Name For The Pine Tribe, To The Exclusion Of The Cedar Of Lebanon, Which ...
Ekron
Ekron ; Sept. 'arkapdiv), One Of The Royal Cities Of The Philistines. Its Situation Is Pointed Out With Considerable Minuteness In Scrip Ture. It Is Described As Lying On The Northern Bor Der Of Philistia (josh. Xiii. 3), And Of The Territory Allotted To Judah (xv. Ii). It Stood On'the ...
Elath
Elath (ths;), Termed In The Sept. Aixoiv ; In Joseph. (anaq. Viii. 6. 4) A/xamj ; In Jerome, Ailath ; By The Greeks And Romans, 'exdva. It Is Now Called Ailah. These Several Names Are Only Variations Of The Original Hebrew Word. It Was A City Of Idumma, Having A ...
Elder
Elder (ipt ; Sept. Literally, One Of The Older Men, And Because, In Ancient Times, Older Persons Would Naturally Be Selected To Hold Public Offices, Out Of Regard To Their Presumed Superiority In Knowledge And Experience, The Term Came To Be Used As The Designation For The Office Itself, Borne ...
Eleazar
Eleazar. —eleazar, The Son Of Simon, Was One Of The Principal Leaders In The First Revolt. He Twist Be Distinguished From Eleazar, The Son Of Ananias, Of Whom Little Or Nothing Is Known (joseph. Bell. 5'hd. Ii. 17. 2; 2o. 4). Coins Were First Published And Attributed To Eleazar By ...
Electa Or Eclecta
Electa Or Eclecta ('ekxekry5). Accord Ing To Grotius, Wetstein, And Some Other Critics, This Word Is Used As A Proper Name In The Address Of John's Second Epistle, '0 Ilpeo-ptirepos 'exxemj, Xvpig--` The Presbyter To The Lady Eclecta.' This Meaning Is Advocated By Bishop Middleton In His Treatise On The ...
Elehanan Elhanan Elchanan
Elhanan [elchanan, Elehanan], (0,3, Lxx. ; Vulg. Adeodatzts) [cf. Man, Pm+, 'iteatnnris, Phoen. Hannibal] ; One Of David's Heroes, Further Described In 2 Sam. Xxi. 19, As Ro; Vnix P, 'the Son Of Yaare Ore A Bethlehemite ' [lxx. Pi Zs' Acutely-au ; Vulg. Filius Salttis Polymitarius ; Son Of ...
Eleph
Eleph Is The Rendering In The A. V. And The Vulgate Of Rit..?,;1, The Name (with Its Prepositive Art.) Of One Of The Second Group Of Cities Which Fell Within The Tribe Of Benjamin ; It Occurs In Josh. Xviii. 23. The Lxx. Version Unites The Preceding 3hv (zela) With ...
Elephant
Elephant (a/oas) Occurs Only In 1 Maccab. Vi. 34, Etc. Bochart Imagined Ti+.2mt;) Shenhab Bim To Be A Contraction Of Vzrip-pi Shenkahabbint, Because Alikhaban Is One Of The Arabic Names Of The Elephant ; And Thence Inferred That Schin Denoting Tooth, The Remaining Part Of The Word, Habbinz Or Habbehim, ...
Eleutheropolis
Eleutheropolis ('exevoepor6xts), An Im Portant Town Of Southern Palestine. It Is Fre Quently Mentioned By Eusebius As A Central And Well-known Point From Which The Directions And Distances Of Other Towns Were Reckoned (onomast. S.v. Esthemo, Sephela, 7ermus, Etc.; Reland, Pal. P. 411). Jerome Says, Omnis Australis Regio De Elentheropoli ...
Eliada
Eliada A Compound Of 9n, Cod, And To Know [` Dens Cognovit,' According To Simonis, Onomast. P. 488. 'whom God Knoweth,' Gesenius, Lex. (robinson) S. V. ; So Fiirst, Hebr. Wort. I. 92]). This Name Occurs As S. One Of The Younger Sons Of David, Born To Him In Jerusalem ...
Eliakim
Eliakim (a+p41i, Whom God Hath Lied Vtp Sept. 'extaid,ic And 'exuuifil2). I. Son Of Helkiah And Prefect Of The Palace, Or Minister Of The Royal House—' Over The House,'—under Hezekiah (is. Xxxvi. 3). There Is No Solid Reason For Regarding Him As A Priest, Or For Rendering R1'3r1-9v By Templi, ...
Elias Levita
Elias Levita (properly Elia Iia-levi Ben Ascher, Aschkenasi, I.e., The German) Was Born About The Year 1470, At Neustadt, On The Aisch, Near Nuremburg. So Much Of His Life Was Spent In Italy, That Certain Writers (e. , Bartolocci, Biblioth. Rabbis,. I. 135, And Basnage, Histoire Des Yzeij:,, Vol. V., ...
Eliezer
Eliezer. This Is The Same Name As Eleazar Whence Came The Abbreviated Lazar Or Lazarus Of The N. T. It Is Proper To Note This Here, Because The Parable Which Describes Lazarus In Abraham's Bosom (luke Xvi. 23) Has Been Supposed To Con Tain A Latent Allusion To The Name ...
Elijah Vilna
\vilna, Elijah, Also Called The Pious (twin). This Remarkable Hebraist And Commentator, Who Endeavoured To Produce A Reformation Among The Jews In Poland At The Same Time That Mendelssolin And Wessely Were Labouring To The Same Effect In Germany [mendelssohn ; Wessely], Was Born At Wilna I72o. His Natural Endowments ...
Elim
Elim ; Sept. A/xcip), The Second Station At Which The Israelites Encamped After The Passage Of The Red Sea. When They Had Sung Their Song Of Triumph Over The Host Of Pharaoh, They Went Three Days' Journey Into The Wilderness Of Shur, And Found No Water.' They Then Reached The ...
Elisha
Elisha (j/t,i+t..,,, God The Deliverer ; Sept. 'enco-acg). The Manner, And The Circumstances, In Which Elisha Was Called To The Prophetic Office Have Been Noticed In The Article Elijah. Anxious To Enter At Once Upon The Duties Of His Sacred Office, Elisha Determined To Visit The Schools Of The Prophets ...
Elkanah
Elkanah (non ; Lxx. 'extcavd ; Vulg. Elcana), ' God - Acquired ' [cf. ; Phcen. Etc.), A Name Of Not Unfrequent Currence In The O. T., More Especially Among The Descendants Of Levi's Second Son, Kohath (kehath). T. A Son' Of Korah, And Founder Of One Of The Korahite ...
Embalming
Embalming. Embalming Is The Art Of Pre Serving Bodies By The Use Of Medicaments. Two Ancient Kinds Of Embalming Are Mentioned In Scripture, The Egyptian And The Jewish. I. Ancient Egyptian Embalming Is Twice Spoken Of ; Jacob And Joseph Having Died And Been Em Balmed In Egypt. Before Noticing ...
Emerods
Emerods Printed With The Vowels Belonging To W-inn Which Is Invariably The Keri For It, Perhaps Euphemistically ; Meaning Inheres, Tuberationes), The Word Used In The E. V. To Denote The Disease With Which God Threatens To Punish The Disobedient Israelites (deut. Xxviii. 27), And Which He Inflicted On The ...
Emmaus
Emmaus ('euua6vs). We Read In Luke Xxiv. That On The Day Of Our Lord's Resurrection, Two Of The Disciples Went From Jerusalem To A Village Called Emmaus. Jesus Appeared To Them On The Way, Walked With Them To The Village, Joined Them In Their Evening Meal, And Then Revealed Himself ...
En Gannim
En-gannim Sept. Alex. 'lltryap Vl,a), A Town Of Palestine, Allotted To The Tribe Of Issachar, And Situated In The Plain Of Esdraelon (josh. Xix. 21). It Was Assigned Out Of That Tribe To The Levites (xxi. 29). The Same Town Appears To Be Called Anew (t1j3,/) In I Chron. Vi. ...
En Gedi
En-gedi (lm, Kids' Fountain ; Sept. 'ev Ya3r1f), A City Of Judah, Which Gave Its Name To A Part Of The Desert To Which David Withdrew For Fear Of Saul ( Josh. Xv. 62 ; I Sam. Xxiv. 1-4). Its More Ancient Hebrew Name Was Hazezon-tamar ; And By That ...
En Rimnion
En- Rimnion. These Words Occur Together, In The Masoretic Text, In The Following Passages ; (i) Josh. Xv. 32 ; (2) Xix. 7; (3) 1 Chron. Iv. 32; (4) Neh. Xi. 29. In (i) They Appear As Undoubtedly The Names Of Two Cities, Both In The Original And In The ...
Encampments
Encampments. Of The Jewish System Of Encampment The Mosaic Books Have Left A Detailed Description. From The Period Of The Sojourn In The Wilderness To The Crossing Of The Jordan The Twelve Tribes Were Formed Into Four Great Armies, Encamping In As Many Fronts, Or Forming A Square, With A ...
Engines Of War
Engines Of War Were Certainly Known Much Earlier Than The Greek Writers Appear To Admit, Since Figures Of Them Occur In Egyptian Monuments, Where Two Kinds Of The Testudo, Or Pent-house, Used As Shelters For The Besiegers, Are Represented, And A Colossal Lance, Worked By Men Who, Under The Cover ...
English Versions
English Versions. R. The Earliest Eng Lish Version In Prose Of Any Book Of The Bible Was Made About The Time When Edward The Third Ascended The Throne, By William De Schorham. The Ms. Is In The British Museum, Containing The Psalter In Latin And English. Immediately After, Richard Rolle, ...
Engraving
Engraving. The Following Are The Terms By Which This Art Is Indicated In The Hebrew Scrip Tures-(t), ; Ppr) , (3), Trim; (4), Or Inn (5), 50n; (6), Inn ; Rthpp ; (s), There Is Much Indistinctness In The Terms Of The Ancient Art Of The Jews, Arising From The ...
Ephraim
Ephraim (tinn5 ; Sept. 'ecbpata, The Younger Son Of Joseph, But Who Received Prece Dence Over The Elder In And From The Blessing Of Jacob (gen. Xli. 52 ; Xlviii. R). That Blessing Was An Adoptive Act, Whereby Ephraim And His Brother Manasseh Were Counted As Sons Of Jacob In ...
Epistie To The Hebrews
Hebrews, Episti.e To The. In The Received Text This Composition Appears As Part Of The Canonical Scriptures Of The N.t., And Also As The Production Of The Apostle Paul For Neither Of These Assumptions Is The Evidence Allowed On All Hands To Be Conclusive ; And Hence The Greatest Diversity ...
Epistle
Epistle. Epistles Are Probably As Old As The Art Of Writing. Verbal Messages Seem To Have Been The Usual Way Of Communication Between Persons At A Distance From One Another In The Primitive Conditions Of Society, But There Is No Proof That There Was No Other Way. In The Ho ...
Epistle Of Barnadas
Barnadas, Epistle Of. The Title Of This An Cient Composition Is Found In The Stichometries (or Catalogues Of The Sacred Books) Of The Ninth Century ; But From That Period To The Seventeenth Century The Work Itself Remained Entirely Unknown. Jacob Sirmond, A Jesuit, In Copying The Transcript Of A ...
Epistle Of Jude
Jude, Epistle Of. The Last In Order In The Canon Of The Catholic Epistles. Canonicity.—this Epistle Is Not Cited By Any Of The Apostolic Fathers; The Passages Which Have Been Adduced As Containing Allusions To It (henn., Past. Vis., Iv. 3 ; Clem. Rom., Ep. Ad Car., Cll. Xi. ; ...
Epistle To Colossians
Colossians, Epistle To The.—that This Epistle Is The Genuine Production Of The Apostle Paul Is Proved By The Most Satisfactory Evidence, And Has Never Indeed Been Seriously Called In Question (see Lardner, Credibility; Davidson, Introa'. Ii. 426). The Objections Which Schwegler, Baur, Etc., Have Urged Against The Authenticity Of This ...
Epistle To Piiilemon
Piiilemon, Epistle To. That This Epistle Was Written By The Apostle Paul Is The Constant Tradition Of The Ancient Church. Ignatius Probably Alludes To Ver. 20 (ad Ephes. 2; Ad 12; Ad Polycarp. 6) ; It Is Ascribed To St. Paul In The Muratori Canon ; It Is Expressly Cited ...
Epistle To Titus
Titus, Epistle To. The Genuineness Of This Epistle Is Attested By A Large Body Of Evidence, And Seems Never To Have Been Questioned Except By The Heretic Marcion, And That Upon The Most Frivo Lous Grounds (tertullian, Aa'v. Marcion. V. 21), Until, In Recent Times, It Was Attacked By Eichhorn ...
Epistle To The I
Ephesians, Epistle To The. I. This Epistle Expressly Claims To Be The Production Of The Apostle Paul (i. 1; R); And This Claim The Writer In The Latter Of These Passages Follows Up By Speak Ing Of Himself In Language Such As That Apostle Is Accustomed To Use In Describing ...
Epistle To The Philippians
Philippians, Epistle To The. Of This Part Of The Apostle Paul's Writings The Genuineness Has Been Generally Admitted. Professing To Be Written By That Distinguished Servant Of Christ, It Bears On Every Part Of It The Impress Of His Peculiar Style, Manner Of Thought, And Form Of Doctrine ; And ...
Epistles Of The N
Epistles Of The N. T. In Directing Our Inquiry First Of All Towards The Relation In Which The Epistles Stand To The Other Component Parts Of The N. T., We Find That Both The O. And N. T. Have Been Arranged By Divine Wisdom After One And The Same Plan. ...
Epistles To Timothy
Timothy, Epistles To. The Common Au Thorship Of These Two Epistles Has Seldom Been Denied ; Nor, If Denied, Could The Denial Be Success Fully Maintained, So Marked And So Numerous Are The Points Of Resemblance Between The Two, Except Upon The Assumption That The One Kas Been Made Up ...
Epistles To The First
Corinthians, Epistles To The. First Epistle. The Testimony Of Christian Anti Quity Is Full And Unanimous In Inscribing This In Spired Production To The Pen Of The Apostle Paul (lardner's Credibility, Works, Vol. Ii. Plur. Loc. ; Davidson, Introd. Ii. 253, Ff. ; Schott, Isagoge In N. T., Pp. 236, ...
Epistles To The Thessalonians
Thessalonians, Epistles To The. Fl Rst Epistle. —the Authenticity And Canonical Authority Of This Epistle Have Been From The Earliest Ages Admitted ; Nor Have These Points Ever Been Called In Question, Either In Ancient Or Modem Times, By Those Who Have Received Any Of St. Paul's Epistles. Besides Two ...