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| Earing:
[er'-ing] Derived from the Latin arare, to plough or ploughing... |
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| Early:
[ur'-li] The word generally refers to the hour of dawn or soon after,
or the... |
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| Earnest:
[ur'-nest] A pledge or token given as the assurance of the fulfillment... |
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| Earring(s):
[er'-ring] An ornamental pendant which hangs from the ears, worn... |
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| Earth:
[urth] 1. Material which the surface of the earth is composed, 2.
The... |
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| Ebal:
[e'-bal] 1. A people and region of Joktanite, Arabia, 2. Son of Shobal,
the... |
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| Ecbatana:
[ek-bat'-a-na] The capital of northern Media, also called Achmetha... |
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| Ecclesiastes, The Book of: [e-kle-zi-as'-tez] Hebrew Koheleth or "Preacher"... |
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| Eden:
[e'-d'-n] 1. The first residence of man, called Paradise in the Septuagint...
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| Edom:
[e'-dum] The country which the Lord subsequently gave to Esau, the... |
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| Eglon:
[eg'-lon] 1. A king of Moab in the period of the Judges who, in alliance
with Ammon and Amalek, overcame Israel and... |
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| Ehud:
[e'-hud] 1. Son of Bilhah and great-grandson of Benjamin the patriarch,
2. Son of Gera, of the tribe of Benjamin, the... |
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| El-Paran,
Paran: [pa'-ran] A desert or wilderness stretching from the Southwest
of the Dead Sea, to Sinai along the west... |
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| Eliakim:
[e-li'-a-kim] 1. The son of Melea and probably grandson of Nathan,
2. The son of Abiud, 3. The son of Hilkiah and... |
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| Eliasaph:
[e-li'-a-saf] 1. Son of Deuel, prince of the tribe of Gad in the Exodus,
2. Son of Lael, prince of the Gershonites... |
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| Eliezer:
[el-i-e'-zer] 1. Abrahams chief servant, 2. Second son of Moses and
Zipporah, 3. One of the sons of Becher, 4. A... |
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| Elihu:
[e-li'-hu] 1. A friend of Job and disputants in the book of Job, 2.
A forefather of Samuel the prophet, 3. In 1 Chronicles... |
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| Elijah:
[e-li'-ja] 1. The great prophet of the times of Ahab, king of Israel,
2. A head of a father's house of the tribe of Benjamin... |
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| Elimelech:
[e-lim'-e-lek] A man of the tribe of Judah and kinsman of Boaz, who
dwelt in Bethlehem in the days of the judges... |
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| Eliphaz:
[el'-i-faz] The first and most prominent of the three friends of Job,
who came to comfort him when they heard of his... |
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| Elisha:
[e-li'-sha] A disciple and successor of Elijah, prophet of the kingdom
of Israel. He was the son of Shaphat and lived... |
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| Emek-Keziz:
[e-mek-ke'-ziz] A town in Benjamin named between
Beth-hoglah and Beth-arabah, and therefore to be... |
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| Emmanuel,
Immanuel: [i-man'-u-el] The son to be born to a virgin bride,
as told in the prophecy of Isaiah to King Ahaz. His... |
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| Ephah:
[e'-fa] 1. The name of 3 persons in the Old Testament, both male and
female, 2. A dry measure of about 1 bushel in... |
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| Ephesians,
The Book of (Epistle to the): [ih-fee-zhuhnz] written by the apostle
Paul during his first captivity at Rome... |
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| Ephraim:
[e'-fra-im] 1. The second son of Joseph, 2. The portion of Canaan
named after Josephs son, 3. A city which Jesus... |
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Wood (Forest) of: [woo d uhv e'-fra-im] A rough country, abounding
in rocks, stones and scrub, with occasional... |
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| Epistle(s):
[e-pis'-'-l] A written communication, a term inclusive of all forms
of written correspondence, in vogue from an early... |
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to the Colossians (Book of Colossians): [ko-losh'-ans] Written
by the apostle Paul during his first captivity at Rome... |
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to the Corinthians, First (Book of 1 Corinthians): [ko-rin'-thi-anz]
Written by the apostle Paul toward the close... |
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to the Corinthians, Second (Book of 2 Corinthians): [ko-rin'-thi-anz]
Written a few months subsequent to the... |
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| Epistle
to the Ephesians (Book of Ephesians): [ih-fee-zhuhnz] written
by the apostle Paul during his first captivity at Rome... |
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| Epistle
to the Galatians (Book of Galatians): [guh-ley-shuhnz] Written
by the apostle Paul not long after his journey through... |
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to the Hebrews (Book of Hebrews): [he'-brooz] Reminds new Jewish
Christians of the supreme authority, glory... |
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| Epistle
of James (Book of James): [jamz] The author was James the Less,
the Lord's brother, one of the twelve apostles... |
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of John, First (Book of 1 John): [jon] The fourth of the catholic
or "general" epistles. It was evidently written by John... |
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of John, Second (Book of 2 John): [jon] Addressed to an individual
woman. One who had children, and a sister and... |
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of John, Third (Book of 3 John): [jon] Written for the purpose
of commending the kindness and hospitality of Caius... |
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| Epistle
of Jude (Book of Jude): [jood] Author was probably Jude, one
of the brethren of Jesus, the subject of the preceding... |
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| Epistle
of Peter, First (Book of 1 Peter): [pe'-ter] addressed to "the
strangers scattered abroad", i.e., to the Jews of the... |
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of Peter, Second (Book of 2 Peter): [pe'-ter] This epistle contains
eleven references to the Old Testament. It also... |
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to Philemon (Book of Philemon): [fi-le'-mon] Written from Rome
at the same time as the epistles to the Colossians... |
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| Epistle
to the Philippians (Book of Philippians): [fi-lip'-i-anz] Written
by Paul during the two years when he was "in bonds"... |
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| Epistle
to the Romans (Book of Romans): [raw-mahns] The object of apostle
Paul in writing to this church was to... |
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to the Thessalonians, First (Book of 1 Thessalonians): [thes-a-lo'-ni-anz]
Apostle Paul's first epistle (letter) was... |
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to the Thessalonians, Second (Book of 2 Thessalonians): [thes-a-lo'-ni-anz]
Apostle Paul's second letter gives... |
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| Epistle(s)
to Timothy (Book of 1 and 2 Timothy): [tim'-o-thi] Apostle Paul
speaks of himself as having left Ephesus for... |
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to Titus (Book of Titus): [ti'-tus] Apostle Paul's letter to his friend
and assistant gives instruction and warning on how... |
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| Erech:
[e'-rek] One of the cities of Nimrods kingdom in the land of Shinar.
Often mentioned with Babylon, Calneh and Eridu, it... |
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| Esau:
[e'-so] Son of Isaac and twin brother of Jacob. He was induced to
selling his birthright to Jacob and also lost his fathers... |
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| Esdud,
Eshdud: [ash'-dod] A Philistine city, about midway between Gaza
and Joppa and 3 miles from the Mediterranean. It... |
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| Esther:
[es'-ter] A Jewish orphan who became the queen of Xerxes. With the
threat of Haman killing the Jews throughout the... |
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| Esther,
The Book of: [es'-ter] The authorship of this book is unknown.
It must have been obviously written after the death of... |
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| Eve:
[ev] The name given in Scripture to the first woman and later designated
as the mother of the human race. The account... |
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| Exile:
[ek'-sil] Nebuchadnezzar, in the fourth year Jehoiakim, invaded Judah
and carried away royal youths, including Daniel... |
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| Exodus:
[ek'-so-dus] The deliverance of the Israelites when they were brought
out of the land of Egypt. The time of their... |
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| Exodus,
The Book of: [ek'-so-dus] Exodus is the name given in the LXX.
to the second book of the Pentateuch (q.v.). It... |
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| Ezbai:
[ez'-ba-i] Father of Naarai, who was one of Davids thirty mighty men... |
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| Ezekiel:
[e-ze'-ki-el] One of the four greater prophets, was the son of a priest
named Buzi, and was taken captive in the... |
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| Ezekiel,
The Book of: [e-ze'-ki-el] consists mainly of three groups of
prophecies. After an account of his call to the prophetical... |
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| Ezora:
[e-zo'-ra] Ezora and his six sons were selected by Ezra the priest
as those who had married foreign wives, adding to... |
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| Ezra:
[ez'-ra] 1. A priest who returned with Zerubbabel from Babylon, 2.
father of Jethro, 3. The distinguished priest who is the... |
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| Ezra,
The Book of: [ez'-ra] This book is the record of events occurring
at the close of the Babylonian exile. It was at one time... |
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