- OTHNI a lion of Jehovah, a son of Shemaiah, and one of the temple
porters in the time of David (1 Chronicles 26:7). He was a “mighty man of
valour.” - OTHNIEL lion of God, the first of the judges. His wife Achsah was the
daughter of Caleb (Joshua 15:16, 17; Judges 1:13). He gained her hand as a
reward for his bravery in leading a successful expedition against Debir
(q.v.). Some thirty years after the death of Joshua, the Israelites fell under
the subjection of Chushan-rishathaim (q.v.), the king of Mesopotamia. He
oppressed them for full eight years, when they “cried” unto Jehovah, and
Othniel was raised up to be their deliverer. He was the younger brother of
Caleb (Judges 3:8, 9-11). He is the only judge mentioned connected with
the tribe of Judah. Under him the land had rest forty years. - OUCHES an Old English word denoting cavities or sockets in which
gems were set (Exodus 28:11). - OVEN Hebrews tannur, (Hos. 7:4). In towns there appear to have been
public ovens. There was a street in Jerusalem (Jeremiah 37:21) called
“bakers’ street” (the only case in which the name of a street in Jerusalem is
preserved). The words “tower of the furnaces” (Nehemiah 3:11; 12:38) is
more properly “tower of the ovens” (Hebrews tannurim). These resemble
the ovens in use among ourselves.
There were other private ovens of different kinds. Some were like large jars
made of earthenware or copper, which were heated inside with wood (1
Kings 17:12; Isaiah 44:15; Jeremiah 7:18) or grass (Matthew 6:30), and
when the fire had burned out, small pieces of dough were placed inside or
spread in thin layers on the outside, and were thus baked. (See
FURNACE.)
Pits were also formed for the same purposes, and lined with cement. These
were used after the same manner.
Heated stones, or sand heated by a fire heaped over it, and also flat irons
pans, all served as ovens for the preparation of bread. (See Genesis 18:6; 1
Kings 19:6.)
- OWL (1.) Hebrews bath-haya’anah, “daughter of greediness” or of
“shouting.” In the list of unclean birds (Leviticus 11:16; Deuteronomy
14:15); also mentioned in Job 30:29; Isaiah 13:21; 34:13; 43:20; Jeremiah