- LIE an intentional violation of the truth. Lies are emphatically condemned
in Scripture (John 8:44; 1 Timothy 1:9, 10; Revelation 21:27; 22:15).
Mention is made of the lies told by good men, as by Abraham (Genesis
12:12, 13; 20:2), Isaac (26:7), and Jacob (27:24); also by the Hebrew
midwives (Exodus 1:15-19), by Michal (1 Samuel 19:14), and by David (1
Samuel 20:6). (See ANANIAS.) - LIEUTENANT (only in A.V. Esther 3:12; 8:9; 9:3; Ezra 8:36), a governor
or viceroy of a Persian province having both military and civil power.
Correctly rendered in the Revised Version “satrap.” - LIFE generally of physical life (Genesis 2:7; Luke 16:25, etc.); also used
figuratively (1) for immortality (Hebrews 7:16); (2) conduct or manner of
life (Romans 6:4); (3) spiritual life or salvation (John 3:16, 17, 18, 36); (4)
eternal life (Matthew 19:16, 17; John 3:15); of God and Christ as the
absolute source and cause of all life (John 1:4; 5:26, 39; 11:25; 12:50). - LIGHT the offspring of the divine command (Genesis 1:3). “All the more
joyous emotions of the mind, all the pleasing sensations of the frame, all
the happy hours of domestic intercourse were habitually described among
the Hebrews under imagery derived from light” (1 Kings 11:36; Isaiah 58:8;
Esther 8:16; Psalm 97:11). Light came also naturally to typify true religion
and the felicity it imparts (Psalm 119:105; Isaiah 8:20; Matthew 4:16,
etc.), and the glorious inheritance of the redeemed (Colossians 1:12;
Revelation 21:23-25). God is said to dwell in light inaccessible (1 Timothy
6:16). It frequently signifies instruction (Matthew 5:16; John 5:35). In its
highest sense it is applied to Christ as the “Sun of righteousness” (Malachi
4:2; Luke 2:32; John 1:7-9). God is styled “the Father of lights” (James
1:17). It is used of angels (2 Corinthians 11:14), and of John the Baptist,
who was a “burning and a shining light” (John 5:35), and of all true
disciples, who are styled “the light of the world” (Matthew 5:14). - LIGHTNING frequently referred to by the sacred writers (Nah. 1:3-6).
Thunder and lightning are spoken of as tokens of God’s wrath (2 Samuel
22:15; Job 28:26; 37:4; Psalm 135:7; 144:6; Zechariah 9:14). They
represent God’s glorious and awful majesty (Revelation 4:5), or some
judgment of God on the world (20:9). - LIGN-ALOES (only in pl., Hebrews ‘ahalim), a perfume derived from
some Oriental tree (Numbers 24:6), probably the agallochum or aloe-wood.
(See ALOES).
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