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Sword

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Of the Hebrew was pointed, sometimes two-edged, was worn in a sheath, and suspended from the girdle (Ex 32:27; 1 Sam 31:4; 1 Chr 21:27; Ps 149:6: Prov 5:4; Ezek 16:40; 21:3-5). It is a symbol of...

Spirit

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Heb. ruah; Gr. pneuma), properly wind or breath. In 2 Thess 2:8 it means "breath," and in Eccl 8:8 the vital principle in man. It also denotes the rational, immortal soul by which man is...

Witness of the Spirit

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Rom 8:16), the consciousness of the gracious operation of the Spirit on the mind, "a certitude of the Spirit's presence and work continually asserted within us", manifested "in his comforting us,...

Intercession of the Spirit

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(Rom 8:26, 27 John 14:26). "Christ is a royal Priest (Zech 6:13). From the same throne, as King, he dispenses his Spirit to all the objects of his care, while as Priest he intercedes for them. The...

Familiar spirit

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Sorcerers or necormancers, who professed to call up the dead to answer questions, were said to have a "familiar spirit" (Deut 18:11; 2 Kings 21:6; 2 Chr 33:6; Lev 19:31; 20:6; Isa 8:19; 29:4). Such...

Spirit, Holy

Easton's Bible Dictionary

See HOLY [607]GHOST.

Fear of the Lord the

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Is in the Old Testament used as a designation of true piety (Prov 1:7; Job 28:28; Ps 19:9). It is a fear conjoined with love and hope, and is therefore not a slavish dread, but rather filial...

Adam, the city of

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Is referred to in Josh 3:16. It stood "beside Zarethan," on the west bank of Jordan (1 Kings 4:12). At this city the flow of the water was arrested and rose up "upon an heap" at the time of the...

Fountain of the Virgin

Easton's Bible Dictionary

The perennial source from which the Pool of Siloam (q.v.) is supplied, the waters flowing in a copious stream to it through a tunnel cut through the rock, the actual length of which is 1,750 feet....

Mount of the Amalekites

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A place near Pirathon (q.v.), in the tribe of Ephraim (Judg 12:15).

Mount of the Amorites

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The range of hills which rises abruptly in the wilderness of et-Tih ("the wandering"), mentioned Deut 1:19, 20 "that great and terrible wilderness."

Oreb, The rock of

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The place where Gideon slew Oreb after the defeat of the Midianites (Judg 7:25; Isa 10:26). It was probably the place now called Orbo, on the east of Jordan, near Bethshean.

Salt, The city of

Easton's Bible Dictionary

One of the cities of Judah (Josh 15:62), probably in the Valley of Salt, at the southern end of the Dead Sea.

Shallecheth, The gate of

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I.e., "the gate of casting out," hence supposed to be the refuse gate; one of the gates of the house of the Lord, "by the causeway of the going up" i.e., the causeway rising up from the Tyropoeon...

Shinar, The Land of

Easton's Bible Dictionary

LXX. and Vulgate "Senaar;" in the inscriptions, "Shumir;" probably identical with Babylonia or Southern Mesopotamia, extending almost to the Persian Gulf. Here the tower of Babel was built (Gen...

Wars of the Lord, The Book of the

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Num 21:14, 15), some unknown book so called (comp. Gen 14:14-16; Ex 17:8-16; Num 14:40-45; 21:1-3, 21-25, 33-35, 31. The wars here recorded might be thus designated).

Canaan, the language of

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Mentioned in Isa 19:18, denotes the language spoken by the Jews resident in Palestine. The language of the Canaanites and of the Hebrews was substantially the same. This is seen from the fragments...

Harosheth of the Gentiles

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(Judg 4:2) or nations, a city near Hazor in Galilee of the Gentiles, or Upper Galilee, in the north of Palestine. It was here that Jabin's great army was marshalled before it went forth into the...

Joshua, The Book of

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Contains a history of the Israelites from the death of Moses to that of Joshua. It consists of three parts: (1.) The history of the conquest of the land (1-12). (2.) The allotment of the land to...

Kings, The Books of

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The two books of Kings formed originally but one book in the Hebrew Scriptures. The present division into two books was first made by the LXX., which now, with the Vulgate, numbers them as the...

Maccabees, Books of the

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There were originally five books of the Maccabees. The first contains a history of the war of independence, commencing (B.C. 175) in a series of patriotic struggles against the tyranny of Antiochus...

Perseverance of the saints

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Their certain continuance in a state of grace. Once justified and regenerated, the believer can neither totally nor finally fall away from grace, but will certainly persevere therein and attain...

Ramath of the south

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(Heb. Ramath-negeb). The Heb. negeb is the general designation for south or south-west of Judah. This was one of the towns of Simeon (Josh 19:8). It is the same as "south Ramoth" (1 Sam 30:27;...

Resurrection of the dead

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Will be simultaneous both of the just and the unjust (Dan 12:2; John 5:28, 29 Rom 2:6-16; 2 Thess 1:6-10). The qualities of the resurrection body will be different from those of the body laid in...

Simeon, The tribe of

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Was "divided and scattered" according to the prediction in Gen 49:5-7. They gradually dwindled in number, and sank into a position of insignificance among the other tribes. They decreased in the...

Sinim, The land of

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(Isa 49:12), supposed by some to mean China, but more probably Phoenicia (Gen 10:17) is intended.

Chief of the three

Easton's Bible Dictionary

A title given to Adino the Eznite, one of David's greatest heroes (2 Sam 23:8); also called Jashobeam (1 Chr 11:11).

Covering of the eyes

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Occurs only in Gen 20:16. In the Revised Version the rendering is "it (i.e., Abimelech's present of 1,000 pieces of silver to Abraham) is for thee a covering of the eyes." This has been regarded as...

Fishing, the art of

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Was prosecuted with great industry in the waters of Palestine. It was from the fishing-nets that Jesus called his disciples (Mark 1:16-20), and it was in a fishing-boat he rebuked the winds and the...

Moreh, the Hill of

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Probably identical with "little Hermon," the modern Jebel ed-Duhy, or perhaps one of the lower spurs of this mountain. It is a gray ridge parallel to Gilboa on the north; and between the two lay...

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