- LANDMARK a boundary line indicated by a stone, stake, etc.
(Deuteronomy 19:14; 27:17; Proverbs 22:28; 23:10; Job 24:2). Landmarks
could not be removed without incurring the severe displeasure of God. - LAODICEA The city of this name mentioned in Scripture lay on the
confines of Phrygia and Lydia, about 40 miles east of Ephesus (Revelation
3:14), on the banks of the Lycus. It was originally called Diospolis and
then Rhoas, but afterwards Laodicea, from Laodice, the wife of Antiochus
II., king of Syria, who rebuilt it. It was one of the most important and
flourishing cities of Asia Minor. At a very early period it became one of
the chief seats of Christianity (Colossians 2:1; 4:15; Revelation 1:11, etc.).
It is now a deserted place, called by the Turks Eski-hissar or “old castle.” - LAODICEA, EPISTLE FROM (Colossians 4:16), was probably the
Epistle to the Ephesians, as designed for general circulation. It would reach
the Colossians by way of Laodicea. - LAPIDOTH torches. Deborah is called “the wife of Lapidoth” (Judges
4:4). Some have rendered the expression “a woman of a fiery spirit,” under
the supposition that Lapidoth is not a proper name, a woman of a
torch-like spirit. - LAPPING of water like a dog, i.e., by putting the hand filled with water
to the mouth. The dog drinks by shaping the end of his long thin tongue
into the form of a spoon, thus rapidly lifting up water, which he throws
into his mouth. The three hundred men that went with Gideon thus
employed their hands and lapped the water out of their hands (Judges 7:7). - LAPWING the name of an unclean bird, mentioned only in Leviticus
11:19 and Deuteronomy 14:18. The Hebrew name of this bird, dukiphath,
has been generally regarded as denoting the hoope (Upupa epops), an
onomatopoetic word derived from the cry of the bird, which resembles the
word “hoop;” a bird not uncommon in Palestine. Others identify it with
the English peewit. - LASAEA a city in the island of Crete (Acts 27:8). Its ruins are still found
near Cape Leonda, about 5 miles east of “Fair Havens.” - LASHA fissure, a place apparently east of the Dead Sea (Genesis 10:19).
It was afterwards known as Callirhoe, a place famous for its hot springs.
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