Stork
Stork (rrron, Chasidah). In Egypt, The Two Species Collectively Are Called Anasek; The White, More Particularly, Belari ; In Arabic Zakid, Zadig-(?), Abuhist, Heklek, Hesles, And Hadji Los Ing, The Three Last-mentioned Expressing The Pecu Liar Clatter Which Storks Make With Their Bills, And Hadji, Or Pilgrim, Denoting Their Migratory ...
Succoth
Succoth (rijnn ; 2xnvat ; 2curxwb-ci ; Alex. Tavxd) ; Socoth), A Towl In The Valley Of The Jordan. It Had Its Origin, As Well As Its Name, In The Tempor Ary Sojourn Of Jacob On His Way From Padanaram To Palestine. And Jacob Journeyed To Succoth, And He Built ...
Supplication
Supplication, When Addressed Externally To Man, Cannot Possibly Be Exhibited In Any Other Forms Than Those Which Are Used In Supplication To God. Uplifted Hands, Kneeling, Prostration, Are Common To Both. On The Egyptian Monuments, Doubt That A Similar Practice Existed Among The Jews ; Especially When We Refer To ...
Swine
Swine Corm Chazir). We Have Already No• Ticed These Animals [chazir], Chiefly As They Occur In A Wild State, And Here Refer To The Domesticated Breeds Only, Because They Appear To Have Been Re Peatedly Introduced And Reared By The Hebrew People, Notwithstanding The Strong Prohibitions In The Law Of ...
Sycamore
Sycamore Is A Species Of Fig, Iv. Ficus Syco Morns Of Botanists, And The Same As Silikmol. J. F. R. Sychar C.f..tx4 : And .,.7.,uxdp ; Sichar, And Sychar). This Name Is But Once Mentioned, And It Has Created Considerable Controversy. Our Lord Left Judma. For Galilee, And,' The Evangelist ...
Syene
Syene ; Sept. Eink), A City Of Egypt, Situated In The Thebais, On The Southern Extremity Of The Land Towards Ethiopia (ptol. Iv. 5 ; Plin. Hist. Nat. V. 10 ; Xii. ; Strabo, Pp. 787, 815). Ezekiel, Describing The Desolation To Be Brought Upon Egypt Through Its Whole Extent, ...
Symon Patrick
Patrick, Symon, D.d., Successively Bishop Of Chichester (consecrated A.d. 1689) And Ely (translated 1691), One Of The Brightest Ornaments Of The English Church, Was Born At Gainsborough, In Lincolnshire, In 1626 ; Was Educated At Queen's College, Cambridge, Of Which He Became Fellow In 1648, And Of Which, Thirteen Years ...
Synagogue
Synagogue (7.,uva-yce-y7), Npoo-evr6,11poo-eux Thina ; Heb. Molar' Ron, 6eri Ma, 5r; ; Aramaic Town Tillnd), The Jewish Place Of Worship, Wherein Our Saviour Performed Some Of His Greatest Miracles (matt. Xii. 9 ; Mark I. 23 ; Luke Xiii. 11) And Uttered Some Of His Most Sublime Sayings (luke Iv. ...
Syria
Syria, A Province And Kingdom Of Western Asia, The Name, Extent, And Boundaries Of Which Have Been Subjects Of No Little Difficulty To Both Sacred And Classic Geographers. The Name Syr I A Does Not Occur In Hebrew ; But In The A. V. It Is The Usual, Though Not ...
Syriac Versions I
Syriac Versions. I. The Old Syriac Version Of The Scriptures Is Often Called The Peshito, A Word Which Signifies Simple Or Single, Applied To The Work To Mark Its Freedom From Glosses And Allegorical Interpretations. The Version Is Simple And Literal, Unencumbered With Allegorising Addi Tions, Or Mystical, Glossarial Expositions. ...
System Of Battle
Battle, System Of. Though The He Brews, In Their Mode Of Conducting Warlike Opera Tions, Varied Somewhat In The Course Of Ages, And Are Elsewhere Shewn To Have Been Swayed By The Practice Of Greater And More Military Nations, Still, From The Period When The Institution Of Royalty Gave Rise ...
Tabor
Tabor E-nzrl; Ratopthp ; 0a134 ; 'iragu'plov). I. A Mountam On The Confines Of Zebulun And Naplitali, Standing Out In The North-east Border Of The Plain Of Esdraelon, The Name Of Which Appears. Among Greek And Roman Writers In The Forms Of Itabyrion And Atabyrion, And Which Is Now Known ...
Tachash
Tachash (eintl), A Word Of Uncertain Mean Ing, But Which Is Generally Believed To Be The Name Of An Animal The Skins Of Which Were Used To Cover The Tabernacle (exod. Xxv. 5 ; Xxvi. 14 ; Num. Iv.. 6, 8, Etc.), And Shoes Or Sandals Made Of Which Were ...
Talmud
Talmud. The Talmud (1111,1) Is The Work Which Embodies The Canonical And Civil Law Of The Jews. It Contains Those Rules, Institutions, Pre Cepts, And Interpretations, By Which The Jewish People Profess To Be Guided, In Addition To The O. T. Whatever Is Obligatory On Them, Besides The Law, Is ...
Tam M Uz
Tam M Uz (tivrt ; Sept. O Eau,u0t5i), A Syrian Deity, For Whom The Hebrew Idolatresses Were Ac Customed To Hold An Annual Lamentation (ezek. Viii. 14). This Idol Was The Same With The Phce Nician Adon Or Adonis, And The Feast Itself Such As They Celebrated. Silvestre De Sacy ...
Tamar
Tamar Ran), A Town Built By King Solomon (1 Kings Ix. 18 ; 2 Chron. Viii. 4). The Name Tamar Signifies A Palm-tree, And Hence The Greek And Ro Man Designation Of Palmvita, City Of Palms ;' But This Name Never Superseded The Other Among The Natives, Who Even To ...
Tanneen
Tanneen Or, Pl. Vnn), A Generic Name For A Large Animal Of The Serpen't Class. It Is Used For A Land Serpent (exod. Vii. 9, X. 12 ; Deut. Xxxii. 33 ; Ps. Xci. 13 ; Jer. Li. 34), And Also Of Some Monster Of The Deep (gen. I. 21 ...
Tappuach 11s171
Tappuach (11)s171), Translated Apple' In The A. V., Has Been The Subject Of Considerable Differ Ence Of Opinion Among Authors On Biblical Botany. Most Admit That App/e Is Not The Correct Translation, For That Fruit Is Indifferent In Palestine, Being Pro Duced Of Good Quality Only On Mount Lebanon, And ...
Tarshish
Tarshish (uithro, A Celebrated Part Of The Ancient World, About Ihe Exact Position Of Which Opinions Are Much Divided. In This Case, However, As In Many Other Scriptural Difficulties, That Is Clear Which Is Important, While The Doubtful Or The Hid Den Is Of Comparatively Little Moment. We May, Or ...
Tarsus
Tarsus (tapo-bs), A Celebrated City, The Me Tropolis Of Cilicia, In Asia Minor, On The Banks Of The River Cydnus, Which Flowed Through It, And Divided It Into Two Parts. Iience It Is Sometimes By Greek Writers Called Taperof In The Plural, Per Haps Not Without Some Reference To A ...
Tatasa
Tatasa (an Ally ?) Kheerapsara, Scribe Of Books Of The Klieta, Peesa, Teetara, Krabetusa, Axkma (an Ally ?) Sa.marus, Tatara, Matreema, Brother Of [the King Of ] The Kheta, Rabsununa, (an Ally ?) Tuatasa (an Ally ?) The Former Names Are Evidently Pure Hebrew, Though The Significations Of Some (ephron, ...
Taxes
Taxes Of Some Kind Must Have Been Coeval With The Origin Of Civilised Society. The Idea Of The One Is Involved In That Of The Other ; Since Society, As Every Organisation, Implies Expense, Which Must Be Raised By The Abstraction Of Property From The In. Dividuals Of Which It ...
Teeth 0 Tooth
Tooth, Teeth (0 ; Sept. 6.3en, Quasi Moi5r, From Esco, `to Eat ;' Vulg. Dens, Quasi Edens, Eating'). The Hebrew Word Is Usually Derived From Mv, 'to Change' Or 'repeat ' Because The Teeth Are Changed, Or Replaced By Others. It Occurs, First, With Reference To The Literal Member Itself ...
Telem 06d
Telem 0:6d; Totep, ; Telenz), One Of The Cities Which Are Described As The Uttermost Of The Tribe Of Judah Toward The Coast Of Edom Southward' (josh. Xv. 24). It Is Not Again Mentioned Except We Regard It As Identical With Telaim—a Theory Which Seems Highly Probable (reland, P. Io29). ...
Teman
Teman (pnvi, On The Rig-ht = Iv, Also The Southern Quarter ; Eat,acip ; Theman ; Illeridies ; Auster ; Gent. Noun, 4)n',11 ; Oalltaplrns; The Manites), The Name Of A People And Country Taking Their Appellation From The Oldest Son Of Eliphaz The Son Of Esau (gen. Xxxvi. It). ...
Temple
Temple (9yriri, Or ;lin+ Marl+ Nsz, Csr6n Rn). The Word Is A Par • 1 Ticipia Noun From The Root 7r1, Capere, Excipere, And Reminds Us Strongly Of The Roman Temphim, From Teilepos, 71/..w4.1, Locus Liberatus Et Effatus. The Septuagint Translation Usually Renders :+rl By Oticos Or Va6s, But In ...
Temple Of Babel Belus
Belus, Temple Of. [babel, Tower Of.] Ben (p., Son) Is Often Found As The First Element Of Proper Names ; In Which Case The Word Which Follows It Is Always To Be Considered Dependent On It, In The Relation Of Our Genitive. The Word Which Follows Ben May Either Be ...
Temptation Of Our Lord
Temptation Of Our Lord (matt. Iv. 1- ; Mark I. 12, 13 ; Luke Iv. 1-12). The Popu Lar View Of This Undoubted Portion Of Our Saviour's History Is, That It Is A Narrative Of Outward Transac Tions ; That Our Saviour Immediately After His Bap Tism Was Conducted By ...
Tenah
T'enah (rin:p1) Is Universally Translated Fig And Fig-tree In Both Ancient And Modem Versions, And, No Doubt, Correctly So. It Has From The Earliest Times Been A Highly-esteemed Fruit In The East ; And Its Present, As Well As Ancient Arabic Name, Is Teen. The Fig-tree, Though Now Success Fully ...
Tent
Tent Crew); ;ir ;yr?: Kcig,p07). The Patriarchal Fathers Of The Israelites Were Ers In Tents, And Their Descendants Proceeded At Once From Tents To Houses. We Therefore Read But Little Of Huts Among Them ; And Never As The Fixed Habitations Of Any People With Whom They Were Conversant. By ...
Teraphim
Teraphim (n,tin). This Word Is In- The A. V. Always Rendered Either By Teraphint,' Or By Images' With Teraphim ' In The Margin, Except In Sam Xv. 23 ; Zech. X. 2, Where It Is Represented By Iciolahy," Idols.' The Singular Of The Word Does Not Occur, Though In R ...
Tetrarch
Tetrarch (terpcipvis; Letrarcha). This Word, As Its Etymolog,y Indicates, Originally Signi Fied The Ruler Of The Fourth Part Of A Country Ere Tpapxla Or Rerpasapxfa). Such Were The Four An Cient Divisions Of Thessaly (eurip. Alcest. 1154; Pliot. In Voc. ; Strabo, Ix. 5), Revived By Philip (dem. Phil. Iii. ...
Thaddaeus Anton Dereser
Dereser, Thaddaeus Anton, A Learned Roman Catholic Priest, Was Born At Fahr In 1755. Having Completed His Studies At Wiirzburg And Heidelberg, He Taught Philosophy And Theology In The Latter Place. In 17s3 He Became Professor Of The Oriental Languages And The Interpretation Of Holy Scripture In The University Of ...
The Abomination Of Desolation
The Abomination Of Desolation. In Dan. Ix. 27, Dc= Rpt.?; Literally, The Abomination Of The Desolater, Which, Without Doubt, Means The Idol Or Idolatrous Apparatus Which The Desolater Of Jerusalem Should Establish In The Holy Place. This Appears To Have Been A Prediction Of The Pollution Of The Temple By ...
The Ascension And The
The Ascension And The Vision Of Isaiah Avaparex.?a, "opacces 'haatov), Although For A Long Time Lost To The World, Was A Work Well Known To The Ancients, As Is Indicated By The Allusions Of Justin Martyr, Origen, Tertullian, And Epiphanius. The First Of These Writers (dial. C. Tryph., Ed. Par., ...
The Canonicity Of These
The Canonicity Of These Additions.-all These Additions Are Regarded As Canonical By The Roman Church. Both The Greek And Latin Fa Thers Commonly Quote Them As Parts Of Daniel's Prophecy (comp. Irenxus, Cont. Her., Iv. 11, 44 ; St. Clement Of Alexandria, Stromata, Iv. ; Tertid Lian De Idol, Xviii. ...
The Climate
The Climate Of Syria Greatly Resembles That Of Palestine. The Summits Of Hermon And Lebanon Are Crowned With Perpetual Snow, And The High Altitudes Along These Ranges Are As Cool As The South Of England ; But On The Other Hand The Low Marshy Plains Of The Interior Are Very ...
The Epilogue
The Epilogue (xii. 8-14) Gives The Solution Of The Problem Contained In The Prologue. All Human Efforts To Obtain Real Happiness In The Face Of The Assumption Therein Stated Are Vain (xii. 8) ; This Is The Experience Of The Wisest And Most Pains Taking Coheleth (9, To) ; The ...
The Book Of Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes, The Book Of, One Of The Three Canonical Volumes, The Other Two Being Pro Verbs And The Song Of Songs, Which Have Come Doevn To Us By Tradition As The Production Of Solo Mon The Son Of David. I. The Title Of The Book And Its Signification.— This Book ...
The Book Of Job
Job, The Book Of. We Shall Consider, First, The Contents Of This Book ; Secondly, Its Object ; Thirdly, Its Composition ; And, Lastly, The Country, Descent, And Age Of Its Author. L Contents.—in The Land Of Uz, Belonging To The Northern Part Of Arabia Deserta, Lived An Up Right, ...
The Dispersion
Dispersion, The (of The Jews), Acaolropd (2 Maccab. I. 27 ; Jam. I. I ; I Pet. I. I ; John Vii. 35 ; Joseph. Antiy. Xii. I. 3, Etc.; Lxx. For R65 1116 [11:3 Which It Also Renders Ciroucia, Nerouccaia, Is The Collective Name Given To All Those Descendants ...
The Elzevirs
Elzevirs, The. The Real Name Of This Family, Who Are Supposed To Have Come Originally From Liege Or Louvain, Was Elzevier. They Were Printers And Booksellers At Utrecht, The Hague, Amsterdam, And Leyden, But Especially At The Two Latter Places. They Were Inferior In Learning, And In Their Greek And ...
The Epistle To The
Romans, The Epistle To The. This Epistle Claims Our Interest More Than The Other Didactic Epistles Of The Apostle Paul, Because It Is More Systematic, And Because It Explains Especially That Truth Which Became Subsequently The Principle Of The Reformation—viz., Righteousness Through Faith. Melanchthon Was So Fond Of This Epistle ...
The Exodus
Exodus, The. The Intention Of Jehovah To Deliver The Israelites From Egyptian Bondage Was Made Known To Moses From The Burning Bush At Mount Horeb, While He Kept The Flock Of Jethro, His Father-in-law. Under The Divine Direction Moses, In Conjunction With Aaron, Assembled The Elders Of The Nation, And ...
The Feast Of Tabernacles
Tabernacles, The Feast-of (mon An; Sept. Iopr37 O-ropio'v ; N. T. And Josephus 0-k7/y0777 -y1a ; Philo Ownvai), The Third Of The Three Great Annual Festivals, The Other Two Being The Feasts Of Passover And Pentecost, On Which The Whole Male Population Were Required To Appear Before The Lord In ...
The Feast Of Passover
Passover, The Feast Of (art, Nlynn Ar Mod, 110z71), The First Of The Three Great Annual Festivals—the Other Two Being Pentecost And The Feast Of Tabernacles—on Which The Male Popula Tion Appeared Before The Lord In Jerusalem. I. Name And Its Signification.—the Name Ripp [from Ma, To Pass Through, To ...
The Feast Of Wood Carrying
Wood-carrying, The Feast Of Cinnp C"vii), One Of The Annual Festivals Instituted After The Babylonish Captivity. I. Name Of The Festival Ana' Its Significance.— The Name Wyvrt Inp Or Ttyr Inp, Which Liter Ally Denotes The Wood-offering, „cao0bptci, Theria, Or Its Fuller Phrase, Tr,v3) 5cy Mlu Nr, The Feast Of ...
The Fifth Book Of
Maccabees, The Fifth Book Of, An Im Portant Chronicle Of Jewish Affairs, Which Was For The First Time Printed In Arabic In The Paris Poly Glott (1645), And Was Thence Copied Into The Lon Don Polyglott (1657). I. Title Of The Book-the Name, The Fifth Book Of Maccabees, Has Been ...
The First Book Of
Esdras, The First Book Of, Is The First Of The Apocryphal Books In The English Translations Of The Bible (viz., Coverdale, Matthews, Taverner, The Geneva Bible, Cranmer's Bible, The Bishops' Bible, The A. V.), Which Follow Luther And The Translators Of The Zurich Version, Who Were The First That Separated ...
The First Book Or
Baruch, The First Book Or Epistle Of, Is Given In The Paris And London Polyglots In Syriac And Latin. T. The Design Of This Epistle.—the Design Of This Epistle Is To Comfort The Nine Tribes And A Half Who Were Beyond The River Euphrates, By Assuring Them That The Sufferings ...
The First Maccabees
Maccabees, The First Book Of, One Of The Five Apocryphal Productions Which Have Come Down To Us Under This Common Title. I. Title And Position Of The .book.—in The Editions Of The Sept. Which We Follow, This Book Is Called The First Of Maccabees (maxxa(3alcov Ci), Because In The Mss. ...
The Fourth Maccabees
Maccabees, The Fourth Booic Of, Though Not Given In The Roman Vulgate, And Therefore Not Inserted In The Apocrypha Contained In The Bibles Translated By The Reformers, Yet Exists In Greek In Two Leading Texts. One, Which, On Account Of Its More Extensive Circulation, May Be Called The Re Ceived ...