height of 15 feet or more. It has a grayish bark and long oval leaves, which
when broken off discharge a milky fluid. The fruit resembles an apple, and
hangs in clusters of two or three. When ripe it is of a rich yellow colour,
but on being pressed it explodes like a puff-ball. It is chiefly filled with
air...This is the so-called ‘apple of Sodom.’” Through Samaria, etc. (See
APPLE.)
- ENGINES (1.) Hebrews hishalon i.e., “invention” (as in Ecclesiastes 7:29)
contrivances indicating ingenuity. In 2 Chronicles 26:15 it refers to
inventions for the purpose of propelling missiles from the walls of a town,
such as stones (the Roman balista) and arrows (the catapulta).
(2.) Hebrews mechi kobollo, i.e., the beating of that which is in front a
battering-ram (Ezekiel 26:9), the use of which was common among the
Egyptians and the Assyrians. Such an engine is mentioned in the reign of
David (2 Samuel 20:15).
- ENGRAVER Hebrews harash (Exodus 35:35; 38:23) means properly an
artificer in wood, stone, or metal. The chief business of the engraver was
cutting names or devices on rings and seals and signets (Exodus 28:11, 21,
36; Genesis 38:18). - EN-HAKKORE fountain of the crier, the name of the spring in Lehi
which burst forth in answer to Samson’s prayer when he was exhausted
with the slaughter of the Philistines (Judges 15:19). It has been identified
with the spring ‘Ayun Kara, near Zoreah. - ENMITY deep-rooted hatred. “I will put enmity between thee and the
woman, between thy seed and her seed” (Genesis 3:15). The friendship of
the world is “enmity with God” (James 4:4; 1 John 2:15, 16). The “carnal
mind” is “enmity against God” (Romans 8:7). By the abrogation of the
Mosaic institutes the “enmity” between Jew and Gentile is removed. They
are reconciled, are “made one” (Ephesians 2:15, 16). - ENOCH initiated. (1.) The eldest son of Cain (Genesis 4:17), who built a
city east of Eden in the land of Nod, and called it “after the name of his
son Enoch.” This is the first “city” mentioned in Scripture.
(2.) The son of Jared, and father of Methuselah (Genesis 5:21; Luke 3:37).
His father was one hundred and sixty-two years old when he was born.
After the birth of Methuselah, Enoch “walked with God three hundred
years” (Genesis 5:22-24), when he was translated without tasting death.