Dictionaries :: OnsetVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Onset:For ONSET, Act 14:5, RV, see ASSAULT and IMPULSE

Dictionaries :: NophEaston's Bible DictionaryNoph: the Hebrew name of an Egyptian city (Isa 19:13; Jer 2:16; 44:1; 46:14,19; Eze 30:13,16). In Hsa 9:6 the Hebrew name is Moph, and is translated "Memphis," which is its Greek and Latin form. It was one of the most ancient and important cities of Egypt, and stood a little to the south of the modern

Dictionaries :: NeriahHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryNeriah:light; lamp of the LordInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaNeriah: ne-ri'-a (neriyah, "whose lamp is Yah"): The father of Seraiah and of Baruch, Jeremiah's friend and secretary (Jer 32:12,16; 36:4,8,32; 43:3). In Baruch 1:1 the Greek form of the name, Ner(e)ias, is given, and t

Dictionaries :: NimrimInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaNimrim: nim'-rim (me nimrim; Codex Vaticanus Nebrein; Codex Alexandrinus Ebrim (Jer 48:34); to hudor tes Nimreim (Isa 15:6)): The meaning appears to be "pure" or "wholesome water." The name occurs only in Isa 15:6 and Jer 48:34 in oracles against Moab. In each case it is mentioned i

Dictionaries :: NebatEaston's Bible DictionaryNebat: sight; aspect, the father of Jeroboam, the king of Israel (1Ki 11:26, etc.).Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryNebat:that beholdsInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaNebat: ne'-bat (nebhaT): Father of Jeroboam I (1Ki 11:26, and frequently elsewhere). The name occurs only in the phrase "

Dictionaries :: NeckEaston's Bible DictionaryNeck: used sometimes figuratively. To "lay down the neck" (Rom 16:4) is to hazard one's life. Threatenings of coming judgments are represented by the prophets by their laying bands upon the people's necks (Deu 28:48; Isa 10:27; Jer 27:2). Conquerors put their feet on the necks of their enemies as a si

Dictionaries :: Next DayVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Next Day:Notes: (1) For aurion, "tomorrow," translated "next day" in Act 4:3, and epaurion, "on the morrow," Mat 27:62; Jhn 1:29, 35; 12:12; Act 14:20; 25:6, see MORROW. (2) For echo, Act 20:15, see NEXT, No. 3. (3) For epeimi, without the noun hemera, "day," see

Dictionaries :: ObilEaston's Bible DictionaryObil: a keeper of camels, an Ishmaelite who was "over the camels" in the time of David (1Ch 27:30).Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryObil:that weeps; who deserves to be bewailedInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaObil: o'-bil ('obhil, "camel driver"): An Ishmaelite who was "over the camels" i

Dictionaries :: NitreEaston's Bible DictionaryNitre: (Pro 25:20; R.V. marg., "soda"), properly "natron," a substance so called because, rising from the bottom of the Lake Natron in Egypt, it becomes dry and hard in the sun, and is the soda which effervesces when vinegar is poured on it. It is a carbonate of soda, not saltpetre, which the word ge

Dictionaries :: Old Wives'Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g1126Greek: graodesOld Wives':an adjective, signifying "old-womanish" (from graus, "an old woman"), is said of fables, in 1Ti 4:7.

Dictionaries :: Nehemiah, the Book OfSmith's Bible DictionaryNehemiah, the Book Of: like the preceding one of Ezra, is clearly and certainly not all by the same hand. SEE [EZRA], [EZRA, BOOK OF]. By far the most important portion, indeed is the work of Nehemiah but other portions are either extracts from various chronicles and registers or suppl

Dictionaries :: NeroEaston's Bible DictionaryNero: occurs only in the superscription (which is probably spurious, and is altogether omitted in the R.V.) to the Second Epistle to Timothy. He became emperor of Rome when he was about seventeen years of age (A.D. 54), and soon began to exhibit the character of a cruel tyrant and heathen debauchee. I

Dictionaries :: NibhazEaston's Bible DictionaryNibhaz: barker, the name of an idol, supposed to be an evil demon of the Zabians. It was set up in Samaria by the Avites (2Ki 17:31), probably in the form of a dog.Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryNibhaz:budding; prophesyingInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaNibhaz: nib'-haz (nibhchaz): G

Dictionaries :: NeighborhoodVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Neighborhood:Note: This, in Act 28:7, RV, translates a phrase consisting of the dative plural of the article followed by peri, "around," governed by the preposition en, "in," "in the neighborhood of (that place)," AV, "in the (same quarters)," lit., "in the (parts) arou

Dictionaries :: No Wise (In), Anywise (In)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g3364Greek: ou meNo Wise (In), Anywise (In):a double negative, strongly expressing a negation, is translated "in no wise" in Mat 5:18, 20, RV (AV, "in no case"); Mat 10:42; Luk 18:17; Jhn 6:37; Act 13:41; Rev 21:27; in Mat 13:14 (twice, RV

Dictionaries :: NighthawkSmith's Bible DictionaryNighthawk: The Hebrew word so translated (Leviticus 11:10; 14:15) probably denotes some kind of owl.

Dictionaries :: OnychaEaston's Bible DictionaryOnycha: a nail; claw; hoof, (Heb. sheheleth; Exd 30:34), a Latin word applied to the operculum, i.e., the claw or nail of the strombus or wing-shell, a univalve common in the Red Sea. The opercula of these shell-fish when burned emit a strong odour "like castoreum." This was an ingredient in the sac

Dictionaries :: MuthlabbenSmith's Bible DictionaryMuthlabben: "To the chief musician upon Muth‐labben" is the title of Psalm 9:1 which has given rise to infinite conjecture. It may be either upon the death (muth) of the fool (labben) as an anagram on Nabal or as Gesenius, "to be chanted by boys with virgins' voices," i.e. in the soprano.

Dictionaries :: NereusEaston's Bible DictionaryNereus: a Christian at Rome to whom Paul sent his salutation (Rom 16:15).Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryNereus:same as NerInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaNereus: ne'-rus, ne'-re-us (Nereus): The name of a Roman Christian to whom with his sister Paul sent greetings (Ro 16:15). Nereus

Dictionaries :: Olive-TreeEaston's Bible DictionaryOlive-Tree: is frequently mentioned in Scripture. The dove from the ark brought an olive-branch to Noah (Gen 8:11). It is mentioned among the most notable trees of Palestine, where it was cultivated long before the time of the Hebrews (Deu 6:11; 8:8). It is mentioned in the first Old Testament p