Dictionaries :: LivingVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Living:For LIVING see BEHAVIOR, B, No. 1, LIFE, Nos. 2, 6, and LIVE, No. 3, Note

Dictionaries :: LeadersVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Leaders:For LEADERS (Mat 15:14) see GUIDE

Dictionaries :: LowlandInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaLowland: lo'-land (shephelah; compare Arabic sufalat, "the lowest part"): The western part of Palestine, including the maritime plain and the foothills. There has been an attempt to restrict the term to the foothills, at least as far as the more ancient documents are concerned, but

Dictionaries :: KindleVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g681Greek: haptoKindle:properly, "to fasten to," is used in Act 28:2 (in the most authentic mss., some mss. have No. 3), of "kindling a fire." See No. 2. Note: Hapto is used of "lighting a lamp," in Luk 8:16; 11:33; 15:8. For the Middle Voice see TOUCH.2S

Dictionaries :: LingerVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g691Greek: argeoLinger:"to be idle, to linger" (akin to argos, "idle:" see katargeo, under ABOLISH), is used negatively regarding the judgment of the persons mentioned in 2Pe 2:3. In the Sept., Ezr 4:24; Ecc 12:3.

Dictionaries :: Kiriath-SannahInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaKiriath-Sannah: kir-i-ath-san'-a (qiryath sannah; the King James Version Kirjath Sannah): In Jos 15:49 it is called "Debir," and is identical with KIRIATH-SEPHER (which see). Aspolis grammaton, "city of books," is the reading in Septuagint, the most natural explanation

Dictionaries :: Me-JarkonEaston's Bible DictionaryMe-Jarkon: waters of yellowness, or clear waters, a river in the tribe of Dan (Jos 19:46). It has been identified with the river 'Aujeh, which rises at Antipatris.International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaMe-Jarkon: me-jar'-kon (me ha-yarqon; thalassa Hierakon): The Hebrew may mean "yellow wat

Dictionaries :: Love FeastsVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g26Greek: agapeLove Feasts:is used in the plural in Jud 1:12, and in some mss. in 2Pe 2:13; RV marg., "many ancient authorities read 'deceivings,'" (apatais); so the AV. These love feasts arose from the common meals of the early churches (cp. 1Cr 11:21).

Dictionaries :: Long-Suffering of God, TheTorrey's New Topical TextbookLong-Suffering of God, The: Is Part of His Character Exd 34:6; Num 14:18; Psa 86:15Long-Suffering of God, The: Salvation, the Object Of 2Pe 3:15Long-Suffering of God, The: Through Christ's Intercession Luk 13:8Long-Suffering of God, The: Should Lead to Repentance Rom

Dictionaries :: LustEaston's Bible DictionaryLust: sinful longing; the inward sin which leads to the falling away from God (Rom 1:21). "Lust, the origin of sin, has its place in the heart, not of necessity, but because it is the centre of all moral forces and impulses and of spiritual activity." In Mark 4:19 "lusts" are objects of desire.Interna

Dictionaries :: LunaticEaston's Bible DictionaryLunatic: probably the same as epileptic, the symptoms of which disease were supposed to be more aggravated as the moon increased. In Mat 4:24 "lunatics" are distinguished from demoniacs. In Mat 17:15 the name "lunatic" is applied to one who is declared to have been possessed. (See DAEMONIAC.)Vine's

Dictionaries :: LebanonEaston's Bible DictionaryLebanon: white, "the white mountain of Syria," is the loftiest and most celebrated mountain range in Syria. It is a branch running southward from the Caucasus, and at its lower end forking into two parallel ranges, the eastern or Anti-Lebanon, and the western or Lebanon proper. They enclose a long

Dictionaries :: LevelVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Level:For LEVEL see PLACE, Note (4)

Dictionaries :: KillVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g615Greek: apokteinoKill:"to kill," is used (a) physically, e.g., Mat 10:28; 14:5, "put... to death," similarly rendered in Jhn 18:31; often of Christ's death; in Rev 2:13, RV, "was killed" (AV, "was slain"); Rev 9:15, RV, "kill" (AV, "slay"); Rev 11:13, RV

Dictionaries :: Let DownVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g2524Greek: kathiemiLet Down:"to send," or "let down" (kata, "down," hiemi, "to send"), is translated "to let down," with reference to (a) the paralytic in Luk 5:19; (b) Saul of Tarsus, Act 9:25; (c) the great sheet in Peter's vision, Act 10:11; 1

Dictionaries :: Lower (Verb, to Let Down)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Lower (Verb, to Let Down):See LET DOWN, No. 2 (d)

Dictionaries :: LystraEaston's Bible DictionaryLystra: a town of Lycaonia, in Asia Minor, in a wild district and among a rude population. Here Paul preached the gospel after he had been driven by persecution from Iconium (Act 14:2-7). Here also he healed a lame man (8), and thus so impressed the ignorant and superstitious people that they took h

Dictionaries :: LovelyInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaLovely: luv'-li ('ahabh, ‘ahebh; prosphiles): "Lovely" occurs only 4 times. In 2Sa 1:23 it is the translation of ‘ahebh, "to be loved" ("Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant (the King James Version margin "sweet") in their lives"), where it seems to mean "loving" or

Dictionaries :: KishiHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryKishi:hardness; his gravity; his offenseInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaKishi: kish'i (qishi, "snarer," "fowler"): Father of Ethan, one of the singers David "set over the service of song" in the house of the Lord (1Ch 6:31); the "Kushaiah" of 1Ch 15:17 (compare 1Ch 6:44). Nave's To

Dictionaries :: Kiriath-ArbaInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaKiriath-Arba: kir-i-ath-ar'-ba.