Dictionaries :: Kingdom of God (Of Heaven), TheInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaKingdom of God (Of Heaven), The: (he basileia ton ouranon; he basileia tou theou): I. MEANING AND ORIGIN OF THE TERM 1. Place in the Gospels 2. "Kingdom of Heaven" and "Kingdom of God" 3. Relation to the Old Testament (Daniel, etc.) II. ITS US

Dictionaries :: Lowring (To Be)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g4768Greek: stugnazoLowring (To Be):"to have a gloomy, somber appearance" (akin to stugnos, "somber, gloomy," from a root stug--, "to hate;" cp. stugetos, "hateful," Tts 3:3), is said of the human countenance, Mar 10:22, RV, "his countenance fell" (A

Dictionaries :: LothasubusInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaLothasubus: loth-a-su'-bus (Lothasoubos): One of those who stood by Ezra at the reading of the law (1 Esdras 9:44); called "Hashum" in Ne 8:4.

Dictionaries :: KingsTorrey's New Topical TextbookKings: Israel Warned against Seeking 1Sa 8:9-18Kings: Sin of Israel in Seeking 1Sa 12:17-20Kings: Israel in Seeking, Rejected God as Their King 1Sa 8:7; 10:19Kings: Israel asked for, that they might be like the nations 1Sa 8:5,19,20Kings: First Given to Israel in Anger Hsa 13:11Kings:

Dictionaries :: LodgeEaston's Bible DictionaryLodge: a shed for a watchman in a garden (Isa 1:8). The Hebrew name melunah is rendered "cottage" (q.v.) in Isa 24:20. It also denotes a hammock or hanging-bed.International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaLodge: loj (lin; kataskenoo, etc.): To stay or dwell, temporarily, as for the night (Ge 32:13,21

Dictionaries :: MeatInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaMeat: met (broma, brosis): In the King James Version used for food in general, e.g. "I had my meat of herbs" (2 Esdras 12:51); "his disciples were gone away into the city to buy meat," the Revised Version (British and American) "food" (Joh 4:8). The English word signified whatever is

Dictionaries :: LucreEaston's Bible DictionaryLucre: from the Lat. lucrum, "gain." 1Ti 3:3, "not given to filthy lucre." Some MSS. have not the word so rendered, and the expression has been omitted in the Revised Version.International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaLucre: lu'-ker, loo'-ker (betsa'>; kerdos): Literally, "gain" (1Sa 8:3; Tit 1:7),

Dictionaries :: MeasureEaston's Bible DictionaryMeasure: Several words are so rendered in the Authorized Version. (1.) Those which are indefinite. (a) Hok, Isa 5:14, elsewhere "statute." (b) Mad, Job 11:9; Jer 13:25, elsewhere "garment." (c) Middah, the word most frequently thus translated, Exd 26:2, 8, etc. (d) Mesurah, Lev 19:35; 1Ch 23:29. (e

Dictionaries :: KorahitesEaston's Bible DictionaryKorahites: that portion of the Kohathites that descended from Korah. (1.) They were an important branch of the singers of the Kohathite division (2Ch 20:19). There are eleven psalms (42-49; 84; 85; 87; 88) dedicated to the sons of Korah. (2.) Some of the sons of Korah also were "porters" of th

Dictionaries :: LibrariesInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaLibraries: li'-bra-riz, li'-brer-iz: 1. The Bible a Library 2. Mythological and Apocryphal Libraries 3. Libraries for the Dead 4. Memory Libraries 5. Prehistoric and Primitive Libraries 6. Mesopotamian Period 7. Patriarchal Period 8. Egyptian Period 9.

Dictionaries :: Measuring ReedInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaMeasuring Reed: (qeneh hamiddah; kalamos): Used in Eze 40:5 ff; 42:16; 45:1; Re 11:1; 21:15,16. The length of the reed is given as 6 cubits, each cubit being a cubit and a palm, i.e. the large cubit of 7 palms, or about 10 ft. See CUBIT. Originally it was an actual reed used

Dictionaries :: LevyEaston's Bible DictionaryLevy: (1Ki 4:6, R.V.; 5:13), forced service. The service of tributaries was often thus exacted by kings. Solomon raised a "great levy" of 30,000 men, about two per cent. of the population, to work for him by courses on Lebanon. Adoram (12:18) presided over this forced labour service (Ger. Frohndienst;

Dictionaries :: LicentiousnessNave's Topical BibleLicentiousness: See ADULTERY; LASCIVIOUSNESS

Dictionaries :: Left HandEaston's Bible DictionaryLeft Hand: among the Hebrews, denoted the north (Job 23:9; Gen 14:15), the face of the person being supposed to be toward the east.

Dictionaries :: Kiriath-JearimInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaKiriath-Jearim: kir-i-ath je'-a-rim, kir-i-ath je-a'-rim (qiryath-ye‘-arim, "city of thickets"; Septuagint he polis Iareim; the King James Version Kirjathjearim): One of the four chief cities of the Gibeonites (Jos 9:17); a city, of Judah (Jos 15:60), evidently an ancie

Dictionaries :: Lost SheepNave's Topical BibleLost Sheep: Parable Of Mat 18:12, 13; Luk 15:4-7

Dictionaries :: KirEaston's Bible DictionaryKir: a wall or fortress, a place to which Tiglath-pileser carried the Syrians captive after he had taken the city of Damascus (2Ki 16:9; Amo 1:5; 9:7). Isaiah (Isa 22:6), who also was contemporary with these events, mentions it along with Elam. Some have supposed that Kir is a variant of Cush (Susiana)

Dictionaries :: Lign-AloeNave's Topical BibleLign-Aloe: A Tree Not identified by naturalists, Num 24:6.

Dictionaries :: Meals, Meal-TimeInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaMeals, Meal-Time: melz: Bread materials, bread-making and baking in the Orient are dealt with under BREAD (which see). For food-stuffs in use among the Hebrews in Bible times more specifically see FOOD. This article aims to be complementary, dealing especially with th

Dictionaries :: Lign AloesSmith's Bible DictionaryLign Aloes: SEE [ALOES, LIGN ALOES].