Easton's Bible Dictionary

preparatory to the dedication of the wall. On the appointed day the whole population assembled, and the law was read aloud to th ...

F FABLE applied in the New Testament to the traditions and speculations, “cunningly devised fables”, of the Jews on religious q ...

uniformly renders by “wares,” which is the correct rendering of the Hebrew word. It never means “fairs” in the modern sense of t ...

consenting will, and a loving heart, together with a reliance on, a trusting in, or resting in Christ. It is that state of mind ...

with God” (Romans 5:1); and sanctification (Acts 26:18; Galatians 5:6; Acts 15:9). All who thus believe in Christ will certainly ...

sin comes by imputation upon all men, because all were represented by Adam in the covenant of works (q.v.). (See IMPUTATION.) (2 ...

Some interpreters, however, regard the name as designating the bubale, Antelope bubale, the “wild cow” of North Africa, which is ...

occurred A.D. 45. Helena, queen of Adiabene, being at Jerusalem at that time, procured corn from Alexandria and figs from Cyprus ...

(2.) The fast of the fifth month, kept on the ninth of Ab (comp. Numbers 14:27), to commemorate the burning of the city and temp ...

FATHER a name applied (1) to any ancestor (Deuteronomy 1:11; 1 Kings 15:11; Matthew 3:9; 23:30, etc.); and (2) as a title of re ...

FEAST as a mark of hospitality (Genesis 19:3; 2 Samuel 3:20; 2 Kings 6:23); on occasions of domestic joy (Luke 15:23; Genesis 2 ...

affection (Romans 8: 38, 39); enjoyment of his presence (Psalm 4:6); conformity to his image (1 John 2:6; 1:6); and participatio ...

Hebrew word (anakah, a cry, “mourning,” the creature which groans) here used, i.e., the “fan-footed” lizard, the gecko which mak ...

These festivals, besides their religious purpose, had an important bearing on the maintenance among the people of the feeling of ...

(Deuteronomy 28:3, 16; Leviticus 25:31; Mark 6:36, 56). The “open field” is a place remote from a house (Genesis 4:8; Leviticus ...

FILLETS Hebrews hashukum, plur., joinings (Exodus 27:17; 38:17, 28), the rods by which the tops of the columns around the taber ...

(2.) For domestic purposes, such as baking, cooking, warmth, etc. (Jeremiah 36:22; Mark 14:54; John 18:18). But on Sabbath no fi ...

FIREBRAND Isaiah 7:4, Amos 4:11, Zechariah 3:2, denotes the burnt end of a stick (Hebrews ‘ud); in Judges 15:4, a lamp or torch ...

Menephtah loves; who draws towards him his father’s heart, the singer, the prince of archers, who governed Egypt on behalf of hi ...

(4.) Every individual, besides, was required to consecrate to God a portion of the first-fruits of the land (Exodus 22:29; 23:19 ...