Dictionaries :: PoolEaston's Bible DictionaryPool: a pond, or reservoir, for holding water (Heb. berekhah; modern Arabic, birket), an artificial cistern or tank. Mention is made of the pool of Gibeon (2Sa 2:13); the pool of Hebron (4:12); the upper pool at Jerusalem (2Ki 18:17; 20:20); the pool of Samaria (1Ki 22:38); the king's pool (Neh 2:14);

Dictionaries :: Redeem, RedemptionVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1VerbStrong's Number: g1805Greek: exagorazoRedeem, Redemption:a strengthened form of agorazo, "to buy" (see BUY, No. 1), denotes "to buy out" (ex for ek), especially of purchasing a slave with a view to his freedom. It is used metaphorically (a) in Gal 3:13;

Dictionaries :: ReapVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g2325Greek: therizoReap:"to reap" (akin to theros, "summer, harvest"), is used (a) literally, Mat 6:26; 25:24, 26; Luk 12:24; 19:21, 22; Jam 5:4 (2nd part), AV, "have reaped;" (b) figuratively or in proverbial expressions, Jhn 4:36 (twice), 37, 38, with

Dictionaries :: QuarantineNave's Topical BibleQuarantine: See SANITATION, QUARANTINE

Dictionaries :: Powerful, PowerfullyVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1AdjectiveStrong's Number: g1756Greek: energesPowerful, Powerfully:See ACTIVE.A-2AdjectiveStrong's Number: g2478Greek: ischurosPowerful, Powerfully:"strong, mighty," akin to ischus (see POWER, A, No. 3), is translated "powerful" in 2Cr 10:10, AV (RV, "strong").

Dictionaries :: Pure, Pureness, PurityVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1AdjectiveStrong's Number: g53Greek: hagnosPure, Pureness, Purity:"pure from defilement, not contaminated" (from the same root as hagios, "holy"), is rendered "pure" in Phl 4:8; 1Ti 5:22; Jam 3:17; 1Jo 3:3; see CHASTE.A-2AdjectiveStrong's Number: g2513Greek:

Dictionaries :: Prophecies by JesusThematic Subject Guide Prophecies by Jesus:Mat 8:11-12; Mat 10:23; Mat 10:34; Mat 11:23; Mat 12:39-40; Mat 13:24-50; Mat 16:18; Mat 16:21; Mat 16:28; Mat 17:22-23; Mat 20:18-19; Mat 21:33-44; Mat 23:34-39; Mat 24:1; Mat 24:4-5;Mat 24:14; Mat 24:23-26; Mat 25:1; Mat 26:2; Mat 26:13; Mat 26:21; Mat 26:23-25; Mat 26:

Dictionaries :: ReadingInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaReading: red'-ing (miqra'; anagnosis): As a noun occurs once in the Old Testament (Ne 3:8) and 3 times in the New Testament (Ac 13:15; 2Co 3:14; 1Ti 4:13), each time with reference to the public reading of the Divine Law. The verb "to read" (qara'; anaginosko) occurs frequently bot

Dictionaries :: PressInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPress: pres: As a verb is used in the Revised Version (British and American) as a translation of no less than 13 Greek and Hebrew words (rather more in the King James Version). All the Revised Version (British and American) uses are modern. In the King James Version may be noted The

Dictionaries :: Pray, PrayerVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1VerbStrong's Number: g2172Greek: euchomaiPray, Prayer:"to pray (to God)," is used with this meaning in 2Cr 13:7; 2Cr 13:9, RV, "pray" (AV, "wish"); Jam 5:16; 3Jo 1:2, RV, "pray" (AV, wish). Even when the RV and AV translate by "I would," Act 26:29, or "wished for," Ac

Dictionaries :: Red SeaEaston's Bible DictionaryRed Sea: The sea so called extends along the west coast of Arabia for about 1,400 miles, and separates Asia from Africa. It is connected with the Indian Ocean, of which it is an arm, by the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb. At a point (Ras Mohammed) about 200 miles from its nothern extremity it is divided i

Dictionaries :: QuarriesEaston's Bible DictionaryQuarries: (1.) The "Royal Quarries" (not found in Scripture) is the name given to the vast caverns stretching far underneath the northern hill, Bezetha, on which Jerusalem is built. Out of these mammoth caverns stones, a hard lime-stone, have been quarried in ancient times for the buildings in the

Dictionaries :: Privy, (Being Privy To)King James DictionaryPrivy, (Being Privy To): Being Aware or Knowledgeable Of.But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, and kept back part of the price, his wife also BEING PRIVY TO it, and brought a certain part, and laid it, at the apostles' feet. (Acts 5:1-2)

Dictionaries :: ReapingInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaReaping: rep'-ing (qatsar; therizo): Reaping in ancient times, as at present, consisted in either pulling up the grain by the roots or cutting it with a sickle (see SICKLE), and then binding the stalks into bundles to be carried to the threshing-floor. If the Egyptian sculptures ar

Dictionaries :: Receive, ReceivingVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1VerbStrong's Number: g2983Greek: lambanoReceive, Receiving:denotes either "to take" or "to receive," (I) literally, (a) without an object, in contrast to asking, e.g., Mat 7:8; Mar 11:24, RV, "have received" (the original has no object); (b) in contrast

Dictionaries :: QuailsEaston's Bible DictionaryQuails: The Israelites were twice relieved in their privation by a miraculous supply of quails, (1) in the wilderness of Sin (Exd 16:13), and (2) again at Kibroth-hattaavah (q.v.), Num 11:31. God "rained flesh upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea" (Psa 78:27). The words

Dictionaries :: QuarantaniaEaston's Bible DictionaryQuarantania: a mountain some 1,200 feet high, about 7 miles north-west of Jericho, the traditional scene of our Lord's temptation (Mat 4:8).

Dictionaries :: Punishment EternalThematic Subject Guide Punishment Eternal:Isa 34:8-10Dan 12:2Mat 3:12; Mat 10:28; Mat 18:8; Mat 25:41; Mat 25:46Mar 3:29Luk 3:17Jhn 5:29Hbr 6:2; Hbr 10:28-31Rev 14:10-11; Rev 19:3; Rev 20:10

Dictionaries :: Red Sea, Passage OfEaston's Bible DictionaryRed Sea, Passage Of: The account of the march of the Israelites through the Red Sea is given in Exd 14:22-31. There has been great diversity of opinion as to the precise place where this occurred. The difficulty of arriving at any definite conclusion on the matter is much increased by t

Dictionaries :: ProfanityNave's Topical BibleProfanity: References Concerning See BLASPHEMY; OATHProfanity: Of the Name of God See GOD, under Miscellaneous Sub-topics; of the Sabbath, see SABBATH