of their dead, and the countless armies march on (Joel 2:8, 9). If a door or a
window be open, they enter and destroy everything of wood in the house.
Every terrace, court, and inner chamber is filled with them in a moment.
Such an awful visitation swept over Egypt (Exodus 10:1-19), consuming
before it every green thing, and stripping the trees, till the land was bared
of all signs of vegetation. A strong north-west wind from the
Mediterranean swept the locusts into the Red Sea.”, Geikie’s Hours, etc.,
ii., 149.
- LO-DEBAR no pasture, (2 Samuel 17:27), a town in Gilead not far from
Mahanaim, north of the Jabbok (9:4, 5). It is probably identical with Debir
(Joshua 13:26). - LODGE a shed for a watchman in a garden (Isaiah 1:8). The Hebrew
name melunah is rendered “cottage” (q.v.) in Isaiah 24:20. It also denotes a
hammock or hanging-bed. - LOG the smallest measure for liquids used by the Hebrews (Leviticus
14:10, 12, 15, 21, 24), called in the Vulgate sextarius. It is the Hebrew unit
of measure of capacity, and is equal to the contents of six ordinary hen’s
eggs=the twelfth part of a him, or nearly a pint. - LOIS the maternal grandmother of Timothy. She is commended by Paul
for her faith (2 Timothy 1:5). - LOOP a knotted “eye” of cord, corresponding to the “taches” or knobs
in the edges of the curtains of the tabernacle, for joining them into a
continuous circuit, fifty to a curtain (Exodus 26:4, 5, 10, 11). - LORD There are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
(1.) Hebrews Jehovah, has been rendered in the English Bible LORD,
printed in small capitals. This is the proper name of the God of the
Hebrews. The form “Jehovah” is retained only in Exodus 6:3; Psalm 83:18;
Isaiah 12:2; 26:4, both in the Authorized and the Revised Version.
(2.) Hebrews ‘adon, means one possessed of absolute control. It denotes a
master, as of slaves (Genesis 24:14, 27), or a ruler of his subjects (45:8), or
a husband, as Lord of his wife (18:12).
The old plural form of this Hebrew word is ’adonai. From a superstitious
reverence for the name “Jehovah,” the Jews, in reading their Scriptures,
whenever that name occurred, always pronounced it ’Adonai.