Easton's Bible Dictionary

spoken of as a thing of the past, and consequently the epistle was written subsequently to the council of Jerusalem. The similar ...

hand-writing may reflect the energy and determination of his soul.” (See JUSTIFICATION.) GALBANUM Hebrews helbenah, (Exodus 30: ...

GALILEE circuit. Solomon rewarded Hiram for certain services rendered him by the gift of an upland plain among the mountains of ...

The Galilean accent differed from that of Jerusalem in being broader and more guttural (Mark 14:70). GALILEE, SEA OF (Matthew 4 ...

extraordinary profusion of fish. The great variety and abundance of the fish in the lake attracted to its shores a larger and mo ...

GALLIM heaps, (1 Samuel 25:44; Isaiah 10:30). The native place of Phalti, to whom Michal was given by Saul. It was probably in ...

GAMES (1.) Of children (Zechariah 8:5; Matthew 11:16). The Jewish youth were also apparently instructed in the use of the bow a ...

them (Isaiah 1:8; Mark 12:1), in which their keepers sat. On account of their retirement they were frequently used as places for ...

appointed to collect taxes; but the idea of a military post seems to be the correct one. (3.) Hebrews matstsebah, properly a mon ...

David fled from Saul to Achish, king of Gath (1 Samuel 21:10; 27:2-4; Psalm 56), and his connection with it will account for the ...

against it (Jeremiah 25:20; 47:5; Amos 1:6, 7; Zephaniah 2:4). It is referred to in Acts 8:26. Philip is here told to take the r ...

the father of Cushi (Zephaniah 1:1). (3.) One of the Jewish nobles who conspired against Jeremiah (Jeremiah 38:1). (4.) The son ...

GEHAZI valley of vision, Elisha’s trusted servant (2 Kings 4:31; 5:25; 8:4, 5). He appears in connection with the history of th ...

history of Adam. 37:2, “The generations of Jacob” = the history of Jacob and his descendants. 7:1, “In this generation” = in thi ...

is grouped, viz., Adam (1-3), Noah (4-9), Abraham (10-25:18), Isaac (25:19-35:29), and Jacob (36-50). In this book we have sever ...

GERAH a bean, probably of the carob tree, the smallest weight, and also the smallest piece of money, among the Hebrews, equal t ...

Josephus relates (Ant. 11:8, 2-4) that Sanballat built a temple for the Samaritans on this mountain, and instituted a priesthood ...

GESHEM or Gashmu, firmness, probably chief of the Arabs south of Palestine, one of the enemies of the Jews after the return fro ...

GETHSEMANE oil-press, the name of an olive-yard at the foot of the Mount of Olives, to which Jesus was wont to retire (Luke 22: ...

GIANTS (1.) Hebrews nephilim, meaning “violent” or “causing to fall” (Genesis 6:4). These were the violent tyrants of those day ...