Ishbah
Ishbah (nvei; Sept. 6 'iccrd; Alex. 'ieo- Apd), The Father Of Eshtemoa, And Apparently The Son Of Ezra By His Egyptian Wife Bithiah (t Chron. Iv. 17 ; Comp. Bertheau, Exegct. Ha'b. In Loc.)—t. Ishbak 1€0-gd. And Lopcin; Yesboc), A Son Of Abmham By Keturah, And Founder Of One Of ...
Ishmael B Elisa
Ishmael B. Elisa (in: 3,u4n 5n3n:v4 ,21.)). This Renowned Rabbi, Who Is One Of The Principal Interpreters Of The Pentateuch Or Law (rinn) Mentioned In The Mishna, Was The Son Of The High-priest Elisha B. Fabi, Whom Josephus Xx. 7) Erroneously Calls Ishmael B. Fabi. He Was Born About A.d. ...
Isidorus Hispalensis
Isidorus Hispalensis; Bishop Of Seville (hispalis), Was Born About A.d. 570 At Cartha Gena, Of Which City His Lather Severianus Was The Prfect. In The Year 600 Or 6ox He Succeeded His Brother Leander In The Episcopate Of Seville. He Presided At The Second Council Of Seville (a.d. 619) And ...
Isidorus Pelus1ota
Isidorus Pelus1ota, An Exegetical Writer Of The Early Part Of The 5th Century. He Was A Native Of Alexandria (ephraem Of Antioch In Pho Tins, Cod. 288), And If We May Believe Nicephorus Wirt. Eccl. Xiv. 30) Was A Disciple Of Chrysostom. From Two Of His Extant Letters (i. Epp. ...
Island On Isle
Isle, Island On; Sept. Pfjcros, Vulg. Hi Sula). The Hebrew Word Is Invariably Translated Either By The Former Or By The Latter Of These Eng Lish Words, Which, Having The Same Meaning, Will Be Considered As One. It Occurs In The Three Fol Lowing Senses. First, That Of Dry Land ...
Israel
Israel 6nitr, For 5,..1 Rntr, Contender Or Wrestler With God, Gen. Xxxii. 28 ; Hos. Xii. 4), The Name Received From God By The Patriarch Jacob On The Occasion Of The Mysterious Interview On Peniel. Jacob Having Made Preparation For Meeting His Brother Esau On His Return From Padan-aram, Sent ...
Issachar
Issachar (1ztt,' "'; Sept. 'iro-cixap). 1. A Son Of Jacob And Leah, Bcorn 1749, Who Gave Name To One Of The Tribes Of Israel (gen. Xxx. Is ; Num. Xxvi. 25). 2. The Tribe Called After Issachar. Jacob, On His Death-bed, Speaking Metaphorically Of The Character And Destinies Of His ...
Issue
Issue. L "fpn, The Puerperal Hxmor • : Rhage (lev. Xii. 7) ; The Ceremonial Uncleanness Caused By Which Had To, Be Atoned For And Cleansed. 2. The ^yuph Aipappacra Who Was Cured By Our Lord (matt. Ix. 2o ; Mark V. 25 ; Luke Viii. 44) Suffered From Some ...
Italian Versions
Italian Versions. The Earliest Version Of The Scriptures Into The Modern Italian Is Said To Have Been Made By Giacomo Da Viraggio (jacobus Voragine), Archbishop Of Genoa, In The Begin Ning Of The 13th Century. This Rests Exclusively On The Authority Of Sixtus Senensis (biblioth. Sanct., Lib. 4), And There ...
Italy
Italy Prama). This, Like Most Geographical Names, Was Differently Applied At Different Periods. In The Earliest Times The Name Italy' Included Only The Little Peninsula Of Calabria (strabo, V. T). The Country Now Called Italy Was Then Inhabited By A Number Of Nations Distinct In Origin, Language, And Government : ...
Ittin
Ittin Prim Ii. This Ver Sion, Which Is Distinctly Quoted By The Name Of The Targum Of Akilas The Proselyte (zh+p31 -in), Is Greek, And Agrees For The Most Part With The Fragments Preserved Of Aquila's Translation. Iii. The Description Given Of ?t3,7 = Aquila, Is Almost The Same As ...
Ituraea
Ituraea Provpala), A District Of Syria On The Northern Border Of Bashan, Which Formed Part Of The Tetrarchy Of Philip The Brother Of Herod (luke Iii. 1). Strabo Mentions The Country Of The Lturaeans As Adjoining The Territory Of Chalcis On The One Side And Trachonitis On The Other, And ...
Itzchaki
Itzchaki, Also Called Ben ,asus, Pny,/ Tnt..,w, Rninn (comp. Ibn Ezra, Introduction To His N'tnc), And By The Long Arabic Name Of Abu Braham Isaac Ibn Kastar (or Saktar), Ben 7asus, Was Born A.d. 982 At Toledo, And Died In To57. This Daring Grammarian, Commentator, And Philo Sopher, Who Was ...
J Joseph Johlsoiin
Johlsoiin, J. Joseph, Was Born In Fulda, 1777. Being The Son Of A Rabbi, He Was Instructed From His Early Youth In The Original Language Of The O. T., In Which He Afterwards Greatly Distinguished Himself. He Left His Native Place Early In Life, And Went To Frankfort-on-the-maine, Where He ...
J W F Hezel
Hezel, J. W. F., A German Orientalist And Theologian, Was Born At Koenigsberg, May 16, 1754. Having Received His First Instruction From His Father, Who Was A Protestant Pastor, He Subse Quently Repaired To The University Of Jena, 1772. In 1786 He Was Appointed Professor Of The Oriental Languages At ...
Jaare Oregim
Jaare Oregim (n+a-lin Rrovrin Small (doubtful 1), According To The Massorah] Lxx. 'apnerrytp.), 2 Sam. Xxi. 19 ; A Bethlehemite, Father Of Elhanan, Who In That Passage Is Reported To Have Slain Goliath The Gittite. In Order To Re Concile This Statement With The One Contained In R Sam. Xvii., ...
Jaazaniah
Jaazaniah (n4nw, Or With 't Parag. Mtn' ; Lxx. ; Vulg. Yezoltias). 1. One Of Zedekiah's Captains Of The Forces,' Who Escaped Capture By The Army Of Nebuchad Nezzar And To Whom, With His Troops, Gedaliati, After His Appointment As Governor Of Juda, Gave Assurances Of Safety (2 Kings Xxv. ...
Jaazer
Jaazer And Jazer (n!t1), And113.7,, ` Jehovah Helps ;"ianp; Yiner), A Town Of Gilead (i Chron. Xxvi. 31), Situated Near Heshbon (vi. St [66]). It Was Originally Occupied By The Amorites, And Was Taken By The Israelites After The Defeat Of Sihon (num. Xxi. 31-32). It Must Have Been A ...
Jabbok
Jabbok (rw, Perhaps = Pouring Out ; ' 'iap(inc And 'ia136k ; Yaboe ; In Joseph. 'iagdk-xos), A Stream Which Falls Into The Jordan From The East, About Midway Between The Lake Of Tiberias And Dead Sea. It Was On The Banks Of The Jabbok That The Remarkable Interview Took ...
Jabin
Jabin Discerner ; Sept. 'lapiv). 1. King Of Hazor, And One Of The Most Powerful Of All The Princes Who Reigned In Canaan When It Was In Vaded By The Israelites. His Dominion Seems To Have Extended Over All The North Part Of The Coun Try; And After The Ruin ...
Jabneel
Jabneel 6t9z+, God Causeth To Be Built ;' . ; Alex. Lapvi)x ; Yebneel). T. A Town On The North-western Border Of Tudah, Situated In The Plain Of Philistia, West Of 'ekron, And Between Mount Baalah And The Sea. Yabneel Is Only Mentioned In Josh. Xv. ; But A Comparison ...
Jacques Saurin
Saurin, Jacques, Was Born At Nismes In 1677. After Serving Some Time As A Soldier He Devoted Himself To Study, And In 17o9 Became Pastor Of The French Church At The Hague, Vvhere He Died In 173o. He Acquired Much Fame As A Preacher, And His Sermons, Of Which 12 ...
Jahaza Jahaz
Jahaz, Jahaza, Jahazaii, And Jaii Zah (r14 And Rqr.r, Perhaps I. Ltsj, Tram Pled Down ;"iacract And Gaud ; Yam), A Town In The Territory Of The Amorites, On The Confines Of The Eastern Desert, Where The Israelites Gained The Decisive Victory Over Sihon (num. Xxi. 23 ; Deut. Ii. ...
Jair
Jair Jehovah Enlightens ; "iatp; T. A Descendant Of Manasseh By His Grandmother, And Of Judah By His Grandfather. His Grand Mother Was Probably An Heiress, And Therefore Jair Was Reckoned To The Tribe Of Manasseh (t Chron. 5, 22, 23). When The Israelites En. Tered Eastern Palestine, Jair Led ...
Jakeh
Jakeh The Pious Or Obedient, From The Unused Root 7,, Derived From The Arab. 2, . Ta Venerate ; Viii. To Fear God, To Be Pious,' Ges.) Oc Curs Only In Prov. Xxx. As A Proper Name. Yet, That It Is A Proper Name Is Disputed. Stuart, How Ever, Admits ...
Jambres Jannes Jambri
Jambres. [jannes.] Jambri (lxx.'iczkcppi,'ial.cppetv; Joseph. Reads, Ol ' Apapaiov Ralses; Vulg. Yanibri), Apparently A Mighty Man In The City Of Medaba, With Whom We First Become Acquainted In The First Book Of Maccabees (ch. Ix. 36). Jonathan, Who Succeeded His Brother Judas In The Government Of The Jews (u.c. 161), ...
James Macknight
Macknight, James, D.d., Was Born 17th Sept. 1721, At Irvine, In Ayrshire, Where His Father Was Parish Minister. At The Age Of 14 He Entered The University Of Glasgow, And, Having Completed The Usual Course Of Study There, He Went To Leyden, For The Purpose Of Extending His Theological Acquire ...
James Peirce
Peirce, James, Was Born In The East Of London In The Year 1673, And Was Brought Up, In Conse Quence Of The Early Death Of Both His Parents, In The Family Of Matthew Mead, One Of The Ejected Ministers Of 1662, And Then Pastor Of The Noncon Formist Congregation At ...
James Ussher
Ussher, James, Was Born At Dublin 4th January 1580, And Was Educated At Trinity College, Of Which He Was One Of The First Three Scholars Ma Triculated. In 16or He Was Ordained ; In 1603 He Became Chancellor Of St. Patrick's ; And Soon After Professor Of Divinity At The ...
Jannes And Jambres
Jannes And Jambres Eiawijs Kal Prifjs), Two Of The Egyptian Magicians Who At Tempted By Their Enchantments (n+th, Occulter Artes, Gesenius) To Counteract The Influence On Pharaoh's Mind Of The Miracles Wrought Hy Moses. Their Names Occur Nowhere In The Hebrew Scrip Tures, And Only Once In The N. T. ...
Janoah
Janoah (nir, Rest ; ; Alex. 'iapcf.rx ; 7anoe), A Town Of Northern Palestine, Situated Ap Parently Between Abel-beth-maachah And Kedesh, And Within The Boundaries Of Naplitali. It Was Taken, With Several Other Cities, On The First Invasion Of Palestine By Tiglath-pileser, King Of Assyria (2 Kings Xy. 29). It ...
Japheth
Japheth (rm., ; Vulg. Japhetlz), One Of The Three Sons Of Noah, Of Whom The Whole Earth Was Overspread' (gen. Ix. 19). It Is Uncer Tain Whether He Was The Eldest Or The Second Son. When The Three Are Mentioned Together, The Order Invariably Is Shem, Ham, And Japheth, And ...
Japheth B Ali Ha Levi
Japheth B. Ali Ha-levi (41t 4n), Of Bassra, Called In Arabic Abu Ali Hassan B. Ali Al-levi Al-boy-17 (4.69n .,1) In Ion +sr .0t..1 'invzti,), A Very Eminent Karaite Grammarian And Commentator Of The O. T. Who Flourished About 950-99o, And Who So Distinguished Himself Through His Literary Labours That ...
Jareb 14
Jareb (:14; Sept. Qapela), Supposed By Some To Be The Name Of A King, By Others That Of The Place Where Lie Was King, Whilst Others Regard The Word As An Appellative Of The King (hos. V. 13 ; X. 6). All Are Agreed That The King Meant Is The ...
Jarmuth
Jarmuth (nnv, Lofty ;' 'ieptiota And ',loa ; Yerimoth), An Ancient Royal City Of Canaan, And One Of The Five Which Joined In The League Against The Gibeonites, And Were Defeated By Joshua (josh. X. 3). Its King Was Hanged With The Others At Makkedah (ver. 23 Ch. Xii. R1). ...
Javan
Javan T; Sept. 'icuilap). 1. The Fourth In Order Of The Sons Of Japheth, And The Father Of Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, And Dodanim (gen. X. 2, 4). 2. In Later Books The Designation Of A Place, Which Is Coupled With Tarshish, Pul, Lud, Tubal, And The Isles Afar Off,' As ...
Jean Daill
Daill, Jean, Esteemed In His Own Day The Greatest Writer Of The Reformed Church Since The Time Of Calvin, Was Born At Chatelleraut, Jan. 6, 1594. After Studying At Poitiers And Saumur, He Became (in 1612) Tutor To The Grandsons Of M. Du Plessis Mornay, And He Travelled With Them ...
Jean A Str Uc
A Str Uc, Jean, A Celebrated French Physician, Was The Son Of A Protestant Minister, And Was Born At Sauves, In Lower Languedoc, Loth March 1684. He Taught Medicine First At Montpelier, And After Wards In The College Of France At Paris. He Died 5th May 1766, At The Age ...
Jebusite Odit
Jebusite Odit ; 'icpcarraeos ; Yebusaus). • : The Genealogy Of This Ancient Tribe Is Given, With Numerous Others, In That Invaluable Loth Chapter Of Genesis. At Ver. 15, We Read, ` And Canaan Begat Sidon, His First-born, And Heth, And The Yebusite.' Lt Is Worthy Of Note, That While ...
Jedidja Salomon Di Norzi
Norzi, Jedidja Salomon Di, B. Abraham, Was Born In Mantua About 156o, And Derived His Family Name From The Fact That His Parents Resided In Norzi Or Norica, A Small Town In The District Of Spoleto. He Studied Under Samuel Cases, And, Through His Great Piety And Profound Learning, Was ...
Jehoahaz
Jehoahaz (ir,inirr, God-sustained ; Sept. Leacixap). T. Son Of Jehu, King Of Israel, Who Succeeded His Father In B.c. 856, And Reigned Seventeen Years. As He Followed The Evil Courses Of The House Of Jeroboam, The Syrians Under Hazael And Benhadad Were Suffered To Prevail Over Him ; So That, ...
Jehohanan
Jehohanan Otro, Whom Jehovah Bestows =ocobca Pos, Ges., Or Rather, He To Whom Jehovah Is Gracious, Or The Grace Of Jehovah : Lxx. 'iwakty, 'iwycioat, ; Vulg. Yokanan). The Name Of Several Persons. A Military Leader Under Jehoshaphat, Next To Adnah, Who Was First In Command (2 Chron. Is ; ...
Jehoiachin 44it
Jehoiachin ( ;4;4:it, Appointed By Yekovah ; Sept. 'icoaxi,a), By Contraction Jecomall And Coniah, Nineteenth King Of Judah, And Son Of Jehoiakim. 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 Age According To ...
Jehoiakim
Jehoiakim (ot''ir14, Established By Yehavah ; Sept. 'iwaxiii), Originally Eliakim, Second Son Of Josiah, And Eighteenth King Of Judah. On The Death Of His Father The People Raised To The Throne His Younger Brother Jehoahaz ; But Three Months After, When The Egyptian King Returned From The Euphrates, He Removed ...
Jehoram
Jehoram (niro, Exalted B_v Yehovah ; Sept. '1wpcip.), Eldest Son And Successor Ofjeh Oshaph At, And Fifth King Of Judah, Who Began To Reign (separately) In E.c. 889, At The Age Of Thirty-five Years, And Reigned Five Years. It Is Indeed Said In The General Account That He Began To ...
Jehosiiaphat
Jehosiiaphat Cuntnro, Whom 7ehovah Judges ; Sept. 'icea-codz,), The Fourth King Of Judah, And Son Of Asa, Whom He Succeeded In B. C. 914, At The Age Of Thirty-five, And Reimed Twenty-five Years. He Commenced His Reign Byfortifying His Kingdom Against Israel ; And Having Thus Secured Himself Against Surprise ...
Jehovah
Jehovah (rwr), The Proper And Incommuni Cable Name Of The Most High God. As Usually Known, These Are The Points Appropriate To 4j1n, And Are Affixed To Mr14 In Order That In Reading, The Former May Be Substituted For The Latter, So As To Avoid The Utterance Of The Peculiar ...
Jehu Vat
Jehu (vat, H Ova H S ; Sept. 'io0; Cod. Alex. Dna), Tenth King Of Israel, And Founder Of Its Fourth Dynasty, Who Began To Reign In B. C. 884, And Reigned Twenty-eight Years. Jehu Held A Command In The Israelite Army Posted At Ramoth Gilead To Hold In Check ...
Jehudah
Jehudah, Called In Arabic By The Long Name Of Abulhag'ag' .ussu.zr Ibn Jahja Ibn Shimun Alsabtz A Lmaghrebi, A Distinguished Philosopher, Mathemati Cian, Astronomer, Physician, Poet, And Commentator, Who Was Born At Ceuta, Arab. Sebta (septum), About 116o. He Fled From His Native Place About 1185, In Consequence Of The ...
Jehudaii Leb B Ben Zeb
Ben-zeb, Jehudaii Leb. B. Benjamin-zeb, A Distinguished Grammarian And Lexicographer ; He Was Born In A Small Town In Poland, Not Far From Cracow, In 1766, And Died At Vienna, February 25, 1811. Having Devoted Himself To The Study Of Philosophy And Philology, He Resorted In 1787 To Berlin, Where, ...
Jehudijah Mimi
Jehudijah (mimi; 'asia; Alex. 'iola ; Yn Dezia). Though This Appears As A Proper Name In The E. V., T Chron. Iv. 18, As Well As In The Lxx., There Can Be Little Doubt That It Is Really An Appel Lative, And Should Be Translated The Jewess,' As In The ...
Jeiiudah Iia Levi B Samuel
Jeiiudah Iia-levi B. Samuel, Called In Arabic Abulhassan, By Ibn Ezra And Other Jewish Writers Etlidin .15;-; Min% This Dis Tinguished Hebraist, Poet, And Moml Philosopher, Was Born In Castile About To86, And Displayed His Mastery Of The Hebrew Language As Well As His Great Poetical Genius At The Early ...
Jekuthiel
Jekuthiel (9nimp,, Goth's My Hop ; Lxx. Xerclix ; Vulg. Icuthiel), A Proper Name Occurring Chren. Iv. 18. This Passage, As It Dow Stands, Is In Utter Confusion. To Remedy This, Michaelis And Others Have Proposed To Trans Fer The Last Clause Of Ver. 18 To The Middle Of Ver. ...
Jekutiiiel B Jehudah Cohen
Jekutiiiel B. Jehudah Cohen, Also Called Salman Nakdon, E., The Punctuator, And By Con Traction Lehavi (4z"n+ =mtv Tm Troti 9n+111p,), A Distinguished Massorite And Editor Of The Hebrew Scriptures, Who Flourished In Prague 'about A.d. 1(250-'300. He Edited A Very Correct Text Of The Pentateuch And The Book Of ...
Jephthah
Jephthah (rot+, Apoter ; Sept. 'ie0ocie), Ninth Judge Of Israel, Of The Tribe Of Manasseh. 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 Brothers, Who Refused Him Any Share ...
Jerah Itv
Jerah (itv% Month, From The Same Root As Itt' The Moon ; Sept. 'iapix ; Alex. 'iapd8; 'are), A Son Of Joktan (gen. X. 26 ; Chron. 20). As He Is Placed Next In Succession To Hazarmaveth, We May Conclude That The Region Colonized By Him Was In Or Near ...
Jeremiah
Jeremiah Orovr And Nyl,, Raised Up Or Appointed By Cod ; Sept. 'iepel.cias). I. Life. The Prophet Jeremiah Was The Son Of Hilkiah, A Priest Of Anathoth, In The Land Of Benjamin [ana Thoth]. Many Have Supposed That His Father Was The High-priest Of The Same Name (2 Kings Xxii. ...
Jericho
Jericho Orli', And Irr14, And ; The Firs Form Of The Name Would Signify Cit,y Of The Moon,' But The Second, A Fragrant Place ; 'irpcxco' ; 2cricho), A Well-known City Of Canaan, Situated In The Valley Of The Jordan, About Eight Miles From The Mouth Of That River. Nothing ...
Jeroboam I D931
Jeroboam I. (d931+ ; Sept. Lepcepoci3o, The T ;t: Son Of Nebat, And First King Of Israel, Who Became King B.c. 975, And Reigned 22 Years. He Was Of The Tribe Of Ephraim, The Son Of A Widow Named Zeruiah, When He Was Noticed By Solomon As A Clever And ...
Jerubbesheth
Jerubbesheth. [jexuanam...] Jeruel, Wilderness Of 6i.v11+ "alp ; Sept. 1`71pijyot 'le Poix), The Scene Of The Discomfiture Of The Ammonites, Moabites, And Other Arab Tribes Who Invaded Judma In The Reign Of Jehoshaphat (2 Chron. Xx. 16). Although Not Mentioned Elsewhere, The Situation Of This Region May Be Determined With ...
Jerusalem
Jerusalem. Gates Are Often Mentioned In Scripture As Places At Which Were Holden Courts Of Justice To Administer The Law And Determine Points In Dispute ; Hence Jxdges In The Gate Are Spoken Of (gen. Xix. ; Xxiii. Ro, Is ; Xxxiv. 2o ; Deut. Xvi. 18 ; Xvii. 8 ...
Jesus
Jesus Cincrofis ; Relit% Son Of Sirach, - : Called Arnong The Jews Wind Ben-sira, The Cele Brated Author Of The Book Of Sirach, Or Ecclesiasti C7is, Flourished In Jerusalem About B. C. 310-270. This Date Is Obtained From The Following Facts : 1. Ben Sira Celebrates In Xliv. 21, ...
Jether
Jether (11:1?). Exod. Iv. 18 (lxx. 'iob.6p; Vulg. 7ethro; Arab. ‘1.,i)j.; Pesh. Ko3l1....; Targ. Jon. And Samar. 1'1111), The Father-in-law Of Moses, Generally Called Jethro. This Abbreviated Form Is Enumerated By The Midrash As The First Of The Seven (or, According To Another Version, Eight) Names By Which This Midianite ...
Jethro
Jethro (inrp, Exod. ; Nn+, Exod. Iv. Is; Lxx. '106p). The Priest And Emir Ciri) Of Midian, Possibly A Descendant Of Abraham And Keturah, And Therefore Not Of Necessity An Idola Trous Priest. According To The Midrash (fol. 53, 54) He Had Been One Of Pharaoh's Musicians, And Had Got ...
Jetiiel Wv
Jetiiel &wv ; Sept. 'ici1/2x ; Vulg. 7ahiel, Less Frequently Yehie/). 1. One Of The Lineal De Scendants Of Gershon, By His Son Laadan, And The Founder Of One Of The Great Patriarchal Houses Of The Levites (i Chron. Xxiii. 8). The Members Of This Family Or Clan Are Termed ...
Jewell
Jewell, John, D.d., Was Born At Buden In Devonshire 1522 ; Was Sent To Oxford At 13, Be Came B.a. And Tutor Of Merton Five Years After Wards, And Subsequently Professor Of Rhetoric At Corpus Christi College. During The Early Part Of His University Career, While Henry Viii. Was Still ...
Jews Tiie Jew
Jew, Jews Tiie (4-nro, T+ilrr, Or N4!itirr ; . . . • •chald. 1,niro; Sept. And N. T. 'iousaios, Ol Loli Saici). The Term Jew' Seems To Have Come Into Use First As The Designation Of A Subject Of The King Dom Of Judah (2 Kings Xvi. 6 • Xxv. ...
Jezaniah
Jezaniah, Occurring In Its Shorter Form Ri')1' *:-: Ger. Xlii. 1), And The Longer One (xl. S), Is The Name Given By The Prophet To The Man Who, In The History (2 Kings Xxv. 23), Is Described Under The Longer Name Of Jaazaniah Orl,i,44) As One Of Zedckiah's Captains Of ...
Jezreel
Jezreel (9nrt+), What God Planteth 7,1 'leppa€x, 'ieg-pahx, A.nd 'icts'7')x ; Yezrael), An Ancient City Of Canaan, Situated On The Western Declivity Of Mount Gilboa, Overlooking The Grcat Plain To Which It Gave The Name Esdraelon. On The Northern Side Of The City, Between The Parallel Ridges Of Gilboa And ...
Jiphthah El
Jiphthah-el *rim Goa' Opens ; Rat Cint0 And Cds-ar7x ; Alex. 'ir09-ahx ; 7phtakel And Yephthae/). The Vatican Text Of The Lxx., In Josh. Xix. 14, Joins The Word 91, Valley,' With The Proper Name, Thus Making Panpailx ; And In Ver. 27 The Translators Appear To Have Read '):1 ...
Joab
Joab God-fatherea'; Sept. 'iwcip), One Of The Three Sons Of Zeruiah, The Sister Of David, And Captain Of The Host ' (generalissimo) Of The Army During Nearly The Whole Of David's Reign. He First Appears Associated With His Two Brothers, Abishai And Asahel, In The Command Of David's Troops Against ...
Joachim Camerarius
Camerarius, Joachim, Belonged To An Ancient Noble Family, Of The Name Of Liebhard, Which He Exchanged For That Of Came2-arins, From The Circumstance That Several Of His Ancestors Had Filled The Office Of Chamberlain (kammerer) To The Bishops Of Bamberg. He Was Bons At Bamberg, April 12, 1500. In 1515 ...
Joacim Lxx
Joacim (lxx. 'iceaktiu). R. (vulg. Yoachn) Jehoiakim (1 Esd. 37, 38, 39). 2. (vulg. Yoachin) Jehoiachin (i Esd. 43). 3. (vulg. Yoacim), Son Of Zerubabel Esd. V. 5). This Passage, However, Is Apparently Cornipt. The Leaders Of The Fit St Caravan Of The Jews Who Returned From Babylon Were, As ...
Joanna
Joanna Occurs In The A. V. Both As The Name Of A Man And As The Name Of A Woman. R. ('iwavav T. R. 'iwappar.) The Son Of Rhesa, And One Of The Ancestors Of Our Lord. Lord A. C. Hervey Would Identify Him Yvith Hananiah, The Son Of Zerub ...
Joannes Georgius Dorsche Dorscheus
Dorscheus, Joannes Georgius (dorsche, J. G.), One Of The Most Distinguished Lutheran Theologians Of The Sixteenth Century. He Was Born At Strasburg, Nov. 19, 1597. After The Comple Tion Of His Preparatory Studies, He Entered Upon The Work Of The Christian Ministry As Pastor At Ensis Heim, In The Year ...
Joannes Maldonatus
Maldonatus, Joannes, Was Born At Casas De La Reina, In Estremadura, In 1534, Studied At Salamanca, And Was Distinguished In His Youth For His Knowledge Of Greek And Philosophy. He Took The Vows And Habit Of The Society Of Jesus At Rome In 1562. He Was Sent By The Jesuit ...
Joash
Joash (vt,ir, God-given ; Sept. 'emir), A Con Traction Of Jelloasx R. Son Of Aha Ziah And Eighth King Of Judah, Who Began To Reign In B. C. 878, At The Age Of Seven, And Reigned Forty Years. Joash, When An Infant, Was Secretly Saved By His Aunt Jehoshebah, Who ...
Jobs Disease
Job's Disease. The Opinion That The Malady Under Which Job Suffered Was Elephan Tiasis, Or Black Leprosy, Is So Ancient, That It Is Found, According To Origen's Hexapla, In The Rendering Which One Of The Greek Versions Has Made Of Ch. Ii. 7. It Was Also Entertained By Abulfeda (hist. ...
Jochebed
Jochebed Gear-glorified ; Sept. 'icexa F3e5), Wife Of Amram, And Mother Of Miriam, Moses, And Aaron. In Exod. Vi. 20, Jochebed Is Expressly Declared To Have Been The Sister Of Am Ram's Father, And Consequently The Aunt Of Her Husband. As Marriage Between Persons Thus Re Lated Was Aftenvards Forbidden ...
Johanan
Johanan Cy? Of Yehavah ; The Con Tracted Form Of Yehohanan ; Sept. 'itoocir And 'icecippav), One Of The Officers Who Came And Recog Nised Gedaliah As Governor Of Juthea After The De Struction Of Jerusalem, And Who Appears To Have Been The Chief In Authority And Influence Among Them. ...