Smith's Bible Dictionary

in man, and of the need of expiation by sacrifice to renew the broken covenant between man and God. In considering this subject, ...

seeing and hearing. In addition to this, the air is wonderfully clear, both for seeing and hearing. Dean Stanley says that “from ...

•After a long interval the name appears in the lists of Nethinim who returned from the captivity with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:53; Ne ...

objectionable in the condition of Hebrew servants. In respect to marriage there were some peculiarities which, to our ideas, wou ...

Slime translated bitumen in the Vulgate. The three instances in which it is mentioned in the Old Testament are illustrated by tr ...

doubt as to its being an ordinary occurrence in the winter months. (Psalms 147:16; 148:8) The snow lies deep in the ravines of t ...

name of Sodom, (Genesis 13:10-13) gives more certain indication of the position of the city. Abram and Lot are standing together ...

thunder-storm accompanied by a discharge of meteoric stones, (and that these set on fire the bitumen with which the soil was sat ...

than the children of men,” the face “bright, and ruddy” as his father’s, (Song of Solomon 5:10; 1 Samuel 17:42) bushy locks, dar ...

illustration of it. The pattern-instance is, in all its circumstances, thoroughly Oriental. (1 Kings 3:16-28) •In reference to t ...

1:1; Ecclesiastes 2:1) ... and therefore there came, its in the confessions of the preacher, the great retribution. Solomon, Wis ...

(saviour of his nation) was a Jew at Corinth who was seized and beaten in the presence of Gallio. See (Acts 18:12-17) (A.D. 49.) ...

water-pipes with their rubbish, build in the windows and under the beams of the roof, and would stuff your hat full of stubble i ...

Spinning The notices of spinning in the Bible are confined to (Exodus 35:25,26; Proverbs 31:19; Matthew 6:28) The latter passage ...

from the Chalybes of the Pontus, the iron smiths of the ancient world. The hardening of iron for cutting instruments was practic ...

impulse upon him, and dragged him out of the city to the place of execution. Those who took the lead in the execution were the p ...

to have a close connection with Christian morality; but the morality of stoicism is essentially based on pride, that of Christia ...

red beak and legs contrasting finely with the pure white of its plumage. (Zechariah 6:9) In the neighborhood of man it devours r ...

strangers presents a strong contrast to the rigid exclusiveness of the Jews at the commencement of the Christian era. The growth ...

marking the spot at which the brass founderies were placed for casting the metal work of the temple. (Dr. Merrill identifies it ...