- DRAGON WELL (Nehemiah 2:13), supposed by some to be identical
with the Pool of Gihon. - DRAM The Authorized Version understood the word ‘adarkonim (1
Chronicles 29:7; Ezra 8:27), and the similar word darkomnim (Ezra 2:69;
Nehemiah 7:70), as equivalent to the Greek silver coin the drachma. But
the Revised Version rightly regards it as the Greek dareikos, a Persian gold
coin (the daric) of the value of about 1 pound, 2s., which was first struck
by Darius, the son of Hystaspes, and was current in Western Asia long
after the fall of the Persian empire. (See DARIC.) - DRAUGHT-HOUSE (2 Kings 10:27). Jehu ordered the temple of Baal to
be destroyed, and the place to be converted to the vile use of receiving
offal or ordure. (Comp. Matthew 15:17.) - DRAWER OF WATER (Deuteronomy 29:11; Joshua 9:21, 23), a servile
employment to which the Gibeonites were condemned. - DREAM God has frequently made use of dreams in communicating his
will to men. The most remarkable instances of this are recorded in the
history of Jacob (Genesis 28:12; 31:10), Laban (31:24), Joseph (37:9-11),
Gideon (Judges 7), and Solomon (1 Kings 3:5). Other significant dreams
are also recorded, such as those of Abimelech (Genesis 20:3-7), Pharaoh’s
chief butler and baker (40:5), Pharaoh (41:1-8), the Midianites (Judges
7:13), Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 2:1; 4:10, 18), the wise men from the east
(Matthew 2:12), and Pilate’s wife (27:19).
To Joseph “the Lord appeared in a dream,” and gave him instructions
regarding the infant Jesus (Matthew 1:20; 2:12, 13, 19). In a vision of the
night a “man of Macedonia” stood before Paul and said, “Come over into
Macedonia and help us” (Acts 16:9; see also 18:9; 27:23).
- DREDGE (Job 24:6). See CORN.
- DREGS (Psalm 75:8; Isaiah 51:17, 22), the lees of wine which settle at
the bottom of the vessel. - DRESS (1.) Materials used. The earliest and simplest an apron of
fig-leaves sewed together (Genesis 3:7); then skins of animals (3:21).
Elijah’s dress was probably the skin of a sheep (2 Kings 1:8). The
Hebrews were early acquainted with the art of weaving hair into cloth
(Exodus 26:7; 35:6), which formed the sackcloth of mourners. This was