- EMBROIDER The art of embroidery was known to the Jews (Exodus
26:36; 35:35; 38:23; Judges 5:30; Psalm 45:14). The skill of the women in
this art was seen in the preparation of the sacerdotal robes of the high
priest (Exodus 28). It seems that the art became hereditary in certain
families (1 Chronicles 4:21). The Assyrians were also noted for their
embroidered robes (Ezekiel 27:24). - EMERALD Hebrews nophek (Exodus 28:18; 39:11); i.e., the “glowing
stone”, probably the carbuncle, a precious stone in the breastplate of the
high priest. It is mentioned (Revelation 21:19) as one of the foundations of
the New Jerusalem. The name given to this stone in the New Testament
Greek is smaragdos, which means “live coal.” - EMEROD See HAEMORRHOIDS.
- EMIMS terrors, a warlike tribe of giants who were defeated by
Chedorlaomer and his allies in the plain of Kiriathaim. In the time of
Abraham they occupied the country east of Jordan, afterwards the land of
the Moabites (Genesis 14:5; Deuteronomy 2:10). They were, like the
Anakim, reckoned among the Rephaim, and were conquered by the
Moabites, who gave them the name of Emims, i.e., “terrible men”
(Deuteronomy 2:11). The Ammonites called them Zamzummims (2:20). - EMMANUEL God with us, Matthew 1:23). (See IMMANUEL.)
- EMMAUS hot baths, a village “three-score furlongs” from jerusalem,
where our Lord had an interview with two of his disciples on the day of
his resurrection (Luke 24:13). This has been identified with the modern
el-Kubeibeh, lying over 7 miles north-west of Jerusalem. This name,
el-Kubeibeh, meaning “little dome,” is derived from the remains of the
Crusaders’ church yet to be found there. Others have identified it with the
modern Khurbet Khamasa i.e., “the ruins of Khamasa”, about 8 miles
south-west of Jerusalem, where there are ruins also of a Crusaders’ church.
Its site, however has been much disputed. - EMMOR an ass, Acts 7:16. (See HAMOR.)
- ENCAMP An encampment was the resting-place for a longer or shorter
period of an army or company of travellers (Exodus 13:20; 14:19; Joshua
10:5; 11:5).
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