Smith's Bible Dictionary

•The editions of Beta and Elzevir .—The Greek text of Beta (dedicated to Queen Elizabeth) was printed by H. Stephens in 1565 and ...

(followers of Nicolas), a sect mentioned in (Revelation 2:6,15) whose deeds were strongly condemned. They may have been identica ...

of the equator. It has been traced upward for about 2700 miles, measured by its course, not in a direct line, and its extent is ...

(limpid, pure), a place mentioned by this name in (Numbers 32:3) only. If it is the same as BETU-NIMRAH, ver. 36, it belonged to ...

the presumed site of Nineveh seemed to consist of mere shapeless heaps or mounds of earth and rubbish. Unlike the vast masses of ...

etc., etc. All refer to public or national events; the hunting-scenes evidently recording the prowess and personal valor of the ...

Nisan [Month] Nisroch (the great eagle) an idol of Nineveh, in whose temple Sennacherib was worshipping when assassinated by his ...

he begat three sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth. In consequence of the grievous and hopeless wickedness of the world at this time, Go ...

perished by the flood. The language of the book of Genesis does not compel us to suppose that the whole surface of the globe was ...

to the Euxine Sea and the Persian Gulf on the one hand and the Gulf of Finland on the other, would open up by three separate cha ...

(rest), the fourth son of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 8:2) Non (fish). Nun, the father of Joshua. (1 Chronicles 7:27) Noph [Memphis] ...

•Seventy, as compounded of 7 X 10, appears frequently e.g. seventy fold. (Genesis 4:24; Matthew 18:22) Its definite use appears ...

Nuts are mentioned among the good things of the things which the sons of Israel were to take as a present to Joseph in Egypt. (G ...

•A man whose sons are enumerated in the genealogy of the tribe of Judah. (1 Chronicles 3:21) (B.C. 470.) •A descendant of Issach ...

After the death of Uzzah, the ark, which was being conducted from the house of Abinadab in Gibeah to the city of David, was carr ...

Of the numerous substances, animal and vegetable, which were known to the ancients as yielding oil, the olive berry is the one o ...

into volumes, like the modern synagogue rolls. (Psalms 40:7; Jeremiah 36:14; Ezekiel 2:9; Zechariah 5:1) The original character ...

Masorah or elsewhere, it is occasionally difficult to find them: occasionally also it is difficult to decipher them. No satisfac ...

testimony of the MSS. that, in endeavoring to establish the true text, we must first have recourse. The comparative purity of th ...

situations. It is of moderate height, with knotty gnarled trunk and a smooth ash-colored bark. It grows slowly, but lives to an ...