Easton's Bible Dictionary

26:14-45; Deuteronomy 28), and the other nations, the Amorites, Hittites, etc., were the goyim, the heathen, with whom the Jews ...

(3.) Metaphorical meaning of term. Isaiah 14:13, 14; “doors of heaven” (Psalm 78:23); heaven “shut” (1 Kings 8:35); “opened” (Ez ...

shoulder (Leviticus 7:34; Numbers 6:20). The first fruits offered in harvest-time (Numbers 15:20, 21) were heave offerings. HEB ...

HEBREW LANGUAGE the language of the Hebrew nation, and that in which the Old Testament is written, with the exception of a few ...

the Moabite stone, was probably that in which the ancient Hebrew was written down to the time of the Exile, when the present squ ...

supreme authority and the transcendent glory of the gospel are clearly set forth, and in such a way as to strengthen and confirm ...

Marquis of Bute in 1866, and by the late Emperor Frederick of Germany (then Crown-Prince of Prussia) in 1869. One of the largest ...

HEIR Under the patriarchs the property of a father was divided among the sons of his legitimate wives (Genesis 21:10; 24:36; 25 ...

HELEB fatness, one of David’s warriors (2 Samuel 23:29). HELED this world, (1 Chronicles 11:30); called Heleb (2 Samuel 23:29). ...

battle was that “David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker” (2 Samuel 3:1). (See GIBEON.) ...

HELMET (Hebrews kob’a), a cap for the defence of the head (1 Samuel 17:5, 38). In the New Testament the Greek equivalent is use ...

HEN common in later times among the Jews in Palestine (Matthew 23:37; Luke 13:34). It is noticeable that this familiar bird is ...

HERD Genesis 13:5; Deuteronomy 7:14. (See CATTLE.) HERDSMAN In Egypt herdsmen were probably of the lowest caste. Some of Joseph ...

Phygellus, probably on account of the perils by which they were beset (2 Timothy 1:15). HERMON a peak, the eastern prolongation ...

was the apparition of something divine. And when he spoke and made an oration to them, they gave a shout, saying, ‘It is the voi ...

HEROD PHILIP I. (Mark 6:17), the son of Herod the Great by Mariamne, the daughter of Simon, the high priest. He is distinguishe ...

HEROD THE GREAT (Matt. 2:1) married | —————————————————————————— | | | | MARIAMNE, the Asmonean MARIAMNE MALTHACE CLEOPATRA gran ...

HERON (Leviticus 11:19; Deuteronomy 14:18), ranked among the unclean birds. The Hebrew name is ’anaphah, and indicates that the ...

On the death of Sargon and the accession of his son Sennacherib to the throne of Assyria, Hezekiah refused to pay the tribute wh ...

HEZION vision, the father of Tabrimon, and grandfather of Ben-hadad, king of Syria (1 Kings 15:18). HEZIR swine or strong. (1.) ...