Dictionaries :: Left (Adjective)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g710Greek: aristerosLeft (Adjective):is used (a) of the "left" hand, in Mat 6:3, the word "hand" being understood; in connection with the armor of righteousness, in 2Cr 6:7, "(on the right hand and) on the left," lit., "(of the weapons... the ri

Dictionaries :: Kingly Office of ChristEaston's Bible DictionaryKingly Office of Christ: one of the three special relations in which Christ stands to his people. Christ's office as mediator comprehends three different functions, viz., those of a prophet, priest, and king. These are not three distinct offices, but three functions of the one offic

Dictionaries :: LoddeusInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaLoddeus: lod-e'-us (Loddeus; Swete reads Laadaios with Doldaiosas variant in Codex Alexandrinus; the King James Version Daddeus, Saddeus): The captain, who was in the place of the treasury. Ezra sent to him for men who "might execute the priests' office" (1 Esdras 8:46); called "Id

Dictionaries :: Libya; LibyansInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaLibya; Libyans: lib'-i-a, lib'-i-anz: In the Old Testament the word occurs in the King James Version in 2Ch 12:3; 16:8; Na 3:9 for "Lubim" (thus the Revised Version (British and American)). the Revised Version (British and American), however, retains "Libyans" in Da 11:43. I

Dictionaries :: KindnessInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaKindness: kind'-nes (checedh; chrestotes): "Kindness" in the Old Testament is (with one exception) the translation of checedh, "kindness," "favor," "mercy," etc., used chiefly of man but also of God (Ge 20:13; 40:14; 1Sa 15:6; 20:14,15; 2Sa 9:3; Ne 9:17; Ps 141:5; Isa 54:8,10, etc

Dictionaries :: Literature, Sub-Apostolic, 2International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaLiterature, Sub-Apostolic, 2: V. Papias Fragments. 1. Author and Date: Papias is called by his younger contemporary Irenaeus (v.33) a "disciple of John and friend of Polycarp." Eusebius writes (Historia Ecclesiastica, III, 36) that he was episkopos of Hie

Dictionaries :: Lunatic(k)International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaLunatic(k): lu'-na-tik: I. Epilepsy. 1. Incorrect Translation: The English word "lunatic," which in popular speech signifies a sufferer from any mental derangement, whether periodic or chronic, other than congenital idiocy, appears in the King James Version as a transla

Dictionaries :: LeviathanEaston's Bible DictionaryLeviathan: a transliterated Hebrew word (livyathan), meaning "twisted," "coiled." In Job 3:8, Revised Version, and marg. of Authorized Version, it denotes the dragon which, according to Eastern tradition, is an enemy of light; in Job 41:1 the crocodile is meant; in Psa 104:26 it "denotes any larg

Dictionaries :: Know, Known, Knowledge, UnknownVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1VerbStrong's Number: g1097Greek: ginoskoKnow, Known, Knowledge, Unknown:signifies "to be taking in knowledge, to come to know, recognize, understand," or "to understand completely," e.g., Mar 13:28, 29; Jhn 13:12; 15:18; 21:17; 2Cr 8:9; Hbr 10:34; 1

Dictionaries :: LuhithEaston's Bible DictionaryLuhith: made of boards, a Moabitish place between Zoar and Horonaim (Isa 15:5; Jer 48:5).Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryLuhith:made of boardsNave's Topical BibleLuhith: A City of Moab Isa 15:5; Jer 48:5Smith's Bible DictionaryLuhith: (made of tables or boards) The ascent of, a place in Moab

Dictionaries :: Lord, LordshipVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1NounStrong's Number: g2962Greek: kuriosLord, Lordship:properly an adjective, signifying "having power" (kuros) or "authority," is used as a noun, variously translated in the NT, "'Lord,' 'master,' 'Master,' 'owner,' 'Sir,' a title of wide significance, occurring in

Dictionaries :: LinesEaston's Bible DictionaryLines: were used for measuring and dividing land; and hence the word came to denote a portion or inheritance measured out; a possession (Psa 16:6).

Dictionaries :: LiquorInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaLiquor: lik'-er: Every sort of intoxicating liquor except the beverage prepared from the juice of the grape (yayin), according to the usage of the Old Testament, is comprehended under the generic term shekhar (compare shakhar, to "be drunk"), rendered "strong drink" (compare Greek s

Dictionaries :: Kirjath-BaalHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryKirjath-Baal:city of Baal, or of a rulerInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaKirjath-Baal: kur-jath-ba'-al, kir-jath-ba'-al.

Dictionaries :: LebaothHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryLebaoth:lividnessInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaLebaoth: le-ba'-oth, -oth (lebha'oth): An unidentified city in the South of the territory of Judah (Jos 15:32). It is the same as Bethlebaoth of Jos 19:6, which, by a clerical error appears in 1Ch 4:31 as "Beth-biri." Nave's Topica

Dictionaries :: KiriahSmith's Bible DictionaryKiriah: apparently an ancient or archaic word, meaning a city or town. It may be compared to the word "burg" or "bury" in our own language. Closely related to Kiriah is Kereth, apparently a Phoenician form, which occurs occasionally (Job 29:7; Proverbs 8:3). As a proper name it appears in the Bible u

Dictionaries :: LoftInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaLoft: In 1Ki 17:23, changed in the Revised Version (British and American) to "chamber." King James DictionaryLoft: Story; Floor; Roof.And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together. And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being

Dictionaries :: Luke, Gospel According ToEaston's Bible DictionaryLuke, Gospel According To: was written by Luke. He does not claim to have been an eye-witness of our Lord's ministry, but to have gone to the best sources of information within his reach, and to have written an orderly narrative of the facts (Luk 1:1-4). The authors of the first t

Dictionaries :: Lex TalionisNave's Topical BibleLex Talionis: See RETALIATION

Dictionaries :: Lord's Supper; (Eucharist), 1International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaLord's Supper; (Eucharist), 1: u'-ka-rist GENERAL I. DEFINITION II. NEW TESTAMENT SOURCES 1. Textual Considerations 2. Narratives Compared (1) Mark (2) Matthew (3) Pauline (4) Luke 3. Other Pauline Data III. PREPARATION FOR THE