were Jews in Laodicea. In subsequent times it became a Christian city of eminence, the see of
bishop and a meeting-place of councils. The Mohammedan invaders destroyed it, and it is now a
scene of utter desolation, as was prophesied in (Revelation 3:14-22) and the extensive ruins near
Denislu justify all that we read of Laodicea in Greek and Roman writers. Another biblical subject
of interest is connected with Laodicea. From (Colossians 4:16) it appears that St. Paul wrote a letter
to this place when he wrote the letter to Colossae. Ussher’s view is that it was the same as the
Epistle to the Ephesians, which was a circular letter sent to Laodicea among other places. The
apocryphal Epistola ad Laodicenses is a late and clumsy forgery.
Laodiceans
the inhabitants of Laodicea. (Colossians 4:16; Revelation 3:14)
Lapidoth
(torches), the inhabitants of Laodicea. (Colossians 4:16; Revelation 3:14)
Lapwing
(Heb. duciphath) occurs only in (Leviticus 11:19) and in the parallel passage of (14:18) amongst
the list of those birds which were forbidden by the law of Moses to be eaten by the Israelites.
Commentators generally agree that the hoopoe is the bird intended. The hoopoe is an occasional
visitor to England, arriving for the most part in the autumn. Its crest is very elegant; each of the
long feathers forming it is tipped with black.
Lasea
(Acts 27:8) a city of Crete, the ruins of which were discovered in 1856, a few miles to the
eastward of Fair Havens.
Lasha
(fissure), a place noticed in (Genesis 10:19) as marking the limit of the country of the Canaanites.
It lay somewhere in the southeast of Palestine. Jerome and other writers identify it with Callirrhoe,
a spot famous for hot springs, near the eastern shore of the Dead Sea.
Lasharon
(the plain), one of the Canaanite towns whose kings were killed by Joshua. (Joshua 12:18)
Latin
the language spoken by the Romans, is mentioned only in (John 19:20) and Luke 23:38
Latin Versions
[See Vulgate, The, THE]
Lattice
this word is used for a latticed window or simply a network placed before a window or balcony.
Perhaps the network through which Ahaziah fell and received his mortal injury was on the parapet
of his palace. (2 Kings 1:2) (The latticed window is much used in warm eastern countries. It
frequently projects from the wall (like our bay windows), and is formed of reticulated work, often
highly ornamental, portions of which are hinged so that they may be opened or shut at pleasure.
The object is to keep the apartments cool by intercepting the direct rays of the sun, while the air is
permitted to circulate freely.—Fairbairn. [See House and Window]
Laver
In the tabernacle, a vessel of brass containing water for the priests to wash their hands and feet
before offering sacrifice. It stood in the fore offering sacrifice. It stood in the court between the
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altar and the door of the tabernacle. (Exodus 30:19,21) It rested on a basis, i.e. a foot, which, was
well as the laver itself, was made from the mirrors of the women who assembled at the door of