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A translation of the holy Scriptures. This word is not found in the Bible, nevertheless, as frequent references are made in this work to various ancient as well as modern versions, it is fitting...
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Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet, as Omega is the last. These letters occur in the text of Rev 1:8, 11; 21:6; 22:13; and are represented by "Alpha" and "Omega" respectively (omitted in...
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(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...
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(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,...
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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...
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See [595]GOLGOTHA.
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(2 Cor 12:7-10). Many interpretations have been given of this passage. (1.) Roman Catholic writers think that it denotes suggestions to impiety. (2.) Luther, Calvin, and other Reformers interpret...
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(John 11: 54), a town to which our Lord retired with his disciples after he had raised Lazarus, and when the priests were conspiring against him. It lay in the wild, uncultivated hill-country to...
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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...
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See HOLY [607]GHOST.
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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...
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The apostle Paul speaks of Adam as "the figure of him who was to come." On this account our Lord is sometimes called the second Adam. This typical relation is described in Rom 5:14-19.
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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...
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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....
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A place near Pirathon (q.v.), in the tribe of Ephraim (Judg 12:15).
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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."
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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.
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One of the cities of Judah (Josh 15:62), probably in the Valley of Salt, at the southern end of the Dead Sea.
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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...
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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...
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(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).
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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;...
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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...
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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...