Easton's Bible Dictionary

VASHTI beautiful, the queen of Ahasuerus, who was deposed from her royal dignity because she refused to obey the king when he d ...

(6.) Radhidh (Cant. 5:7, R.V. “mantle;” Isaiah 3:23). The word probably denotes some kind of cloak or wrapper. (7.) Masak, the v ...

Codex ALEXANDRINUS: Fifth Century. — John 1:1. Ev arch nv o logov kai o logov h~ prov tov Qªeoºn kai Qªeoºn hn o logov Codex CLA ...

of a number of translators who differed greatly both in their knowledge of Hebrew and of Greek; and that from the earliest times ...

most accurate. This translation of the Old Testament seems to have been made not from the original Hebrew but from the LXX. This ...

was properly the first Authorized Version, Henry VIII. having ordered a copy of it to be got for every church. This took place i ...

sour wine (posea) daily made use of by the Roman soldiers. They gave it to Christ, not in derision, but from compassion, to assu ...

Deuteronomy 23:18; Judges 11:30, 39; 1 Samuel 1:11; Jonah 1:16; Acts 18:18; 21:23). VULTURE (1.) Hebrews da’ah (Leviticus 11:14 ...

W WAFERS thin cakes (Exodus 16:31; 29:2, 23; Leviticus 2:4; 7:12; 8:26; Numbers 6:15, 19) used in various offerings. WAGES Rate ...

7:9-12; 20:30; Mark 13:1, 2). The term is used metaphorically of security and safety (Isaiah 26:1; 60:18; Revelation 21:12-20). ...

WARD a prison (Genesis 40:3, 4); a watch-station (Isaiah 21:8); a guard (Nehemiah 13:30). WARS OF THE LORD, THE BOOK OF THE (Nu ...

WATCHINGS (2 Corinthians 6:5), lit. “sleeplessnesses,” the result of “manual labour, teaching, travelling, meditating, praying, ...

WEAVING, WEAVERS Weaving was an art practised in very early times (Exodus 35:35). The Egyptians were specially skilled in it (I ...

WELL (Hebrews beer), to be distinguished from a fountain (Hebrews ‘ain). A “beer” was a deep shaft, bored far under the rocky s ...

from Palestine in great quantities (1 Kings 5:11; Ezekiel 27:17; Acts 12:20). Parched grains of wheat were used for food in Pale ...

word is used of the wilderness of Beersheba (Genesis 21:14), on the southern border of Palestine; the wilderness of the Red Sea ...

WILLOWS (1.) Hebrews ‘arabim (Leviticus 23:40; Job 40:22; Isaiah 15:7; 44:3, 4; Psalm 137:1, 2). This was supposed to be the we ...

February to June, as the west wind (Luke 12:54) does from November to February. The south was a hot wind (Job 37:17; Luke 12:55) ...

(7.) Tirosh, properly “must,” translated “wine” (Deuteronomy 28:51); “new wine” (Proverbs 3:10); “sweet wine” (Micah 6:15; R.V., ...

In addition to wine the Hebrews also made use of what they called debash, which was obtained by boiling down must to one-half or ...