Dictionaries :: RizpahEaston's Bible DictionaryRizpah: coal; hot stone, the daughter of Aiah, and one of Saul's concubines. She was the mother of Armoni and Mephibosheth (2Sa 3:7; 21:8,10,11). It happened that a grievous famine, which lasted for three years, fell upon the land during the earlier half of David's reign at Jerusalem. This calami

Dictionaries :: SecheniasInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaSechenias: sek-e-ni'-as: (1) (Codex Alexandrinus Sechenias; omitted in Codex Vaticanus and Swete): 1 Esdras 8:29 =" Shecaniah" in Ezr 8:3; the arrangement in Ezra is different. (2) (Codex Alexandrinus Sechenias, but Codex Vaticanus and Swete, Eiechonias): Name of a person w

Dictionaries :: RichesInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaRiches: rich'-ez, rich'-iz: Used to render the following Hebrew and Greek words: (1) ?Osher, which should, perhaps, be considered the most general word, as it is the most often used (Ge 31:16; Ec 4:8; Jer 9:23). It looks at riches simply as riches, without regard to any particula

Dictionaries :: RhinocerosInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaRhinoceros: ri-nos'-er-os: This word is found in the King James Version margin to Isa 34:7 ("rhinocerots") for re'emim, the King James Version "unicorns," the Revised Version (British and American) "wild-oxen." The word is quite inappropriate to the passage, which refers to the

Dictionaries :: RehobEaston's Bible DictionaryRehob: street; broad place. (1.) The father of Hadadezer, king of Tobah (2Sa 8:3,12). (2.) Neh 10:11. (3.) The same, probably, as Beth-rehob (2Sa 10:6,8; Jdg 18:28), a place in the north of Palestine (Num 13:21). It is now supposed to be represented by the castle of Hunin, south-west of Dan, on

Dictionaries :: RomeEaston's Bible DictionaryRome: the most celebrated city in the world at the time of Christ. It is said to have been founded B.C. 753. When the New Testament was written, Rome was enriched and adorned with the spoils of the world, and contained a population estimated at 1,200,000, of which the half were slaves, and including r

Dictionaries :: Sealing of the Holy SpiritTorrey's New Topical TextbookSealing of the Holy Spirit: Christ Received Jhn 6:27Sealing of the Holy Spirit: Saints Receive 2Cr 1:22; Eph 1:13Sealing of the Holy Spirit: Is to the Day of Redemption Eph 4:30Sealing of the Holy Spirit: The Wicked Do Not Receive Rev 9:4Sealing of the Holy Spirit: J

Dictionaries :: Rower; RowingInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaRower; Rowing: ro'-er, ro'-ing.

Dictionaries :: Roman; RomansInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaRoman; Romans: ro'-man, ro'-manz.

Dictionaries :: Roe; RoebuckInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaRoe; Roebuck: ro, ro'-buk: the King James Version has "roe" and "roebuck" for tsehi, tsebhiyah. the Revised Version (British and American) usually substitutes "gazelle" in the text (De 12:15, etc.) or margin (Pr 6:5, etc.), but retains "roe" in 2Sa 2:18; 1Ch 12:8; So 3:5; 7:3.

Dictionaries :: RightInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaRight: rit (yashar, mishpaT; dikaios, euthus): Many Hebrew words are translated "right," with different shades of meaning. Of these the two noted are the most important: yashar, with the sense of being straight, direct, as "right in the sight" of Yahweh (Ex 15:26; De 12:25, etc.), in

Dictionaries :: RubyEaston's Bible DictionaryRuby: (Heb. peninim), only in plural (Lam 4:7). The ruby was one of the stones in the high priest's breastplate (Exd 28:17). A comparison is made between the value of wisdom and rubies (Job 28:18; Pro 3:15; 8:11). The price of a virtuous woman is said to be "far above rubies" (Pro 31:10). The exact me

Dictionaries :: Right (Opp. to Left), Right Hand, Right SideVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g1188Greek: dexiosRight (Opp. to Left), Right Hand, Right Side:an adjective, used (a) of "the right" as opposite to the left, e.g., Mat 5:29, 30; Rev 10:5, RV, "right hand;" in connection with armor (figuratively), 2C

Dictionaries :: Scape-Goat, TheTorrey's New Topical TextbookScape-Goat, The: Part of the Sin Offering on the Day of Atonement Lev 16:5,7Scape-Goat, The: Chosen by Lot Lev 16:8Scape-Goat, The: The high priest transferred the sins of Israel to, by Lev 16:21Scape-Goat, The: Sent into the wilderness by the hands of a fit person Lev 16:21,22

Dictionaries :: RhegiumEaston's Bible DictionaryRhegium: breach, a town in the south of Italy, on the Strait of Messina, at which Paul touched on his way to Rome (Act 28:13). It is now called Rheggio.Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryRhegium:rupture; fractureInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaRhegium: re-ji-um: This city (@Rhegion] (Ac

Dictionaries :: Sea of the Plain (Arabah)International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaSea of the Plain (Arabah): (ar'-a-ba).

Dictionaries :: ScentInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaScent: sent: (1) In Ho 14:7, "The scent (margin "his memorial") thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon." "Scent" is used for zekher (so Massoretic Text, but the pointing is uncertain), properly "memorial," whence the Revised Version margin. The English translation comes through t

Dictionaries :: RephaiahHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryRephaiah:medicine or refreshment of the LordInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaRephaiah: re-fa'-ya, re-fi'-a (rephayah, probably "Yah is healing"; Septuagint Rhaphaia(s)) : (1) In David's family, Septuagint also Rhaphal (1Ch 3:21). (2) A captain of Simeon (1Ch 4:42). (3) A

Dictionaries :: RomanHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryRoman:strong; powerfulVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g4514Greek: rhomaiosRoman:occurs in Jhn 11:48; Act 2:10, RV, "from Rome" (AV, "of Rome"); Act 16:21, 37, 38; 22:25-27, 29; 23:27; 25:16; 28:17. For a note on Roman citizenship see CITIZEN, No. 3.

Dictionaries :: Sea, the Molten; Sea, the BrazenInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaSea, the Molten; Sea, the Brazen: mol'-t'n, or (yam mutsaq, yam hanechosheth): This was a large brazen (bronze) reservoir for water which stood in the court of Solomon's Temple between the altar and the temple porch, toward the South (1Ki 7:23-26; 2Ch 4:2-5