Dictionaries :: LimeEaston's Bible DictionaryLime: The Hebrew word so rendered means "boiling" or "effervescing." From Isa 33:12 it appears that lime was made in a kiln lighted by thorn-bushes. In Amo 2:1 it is recorded that the king of Moab "burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime." The same Hebrew word is used in Deu 27:2-4, and is ther

Dictionaries :: LibertyInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaLiberty: lib'-er-ti (deror, rachabh; eleutheria): The opposite of servitude or bondage, hence, applicable to captives or slaves set free from oppression (thus deror, Le 25:10; Isa 61:1, etc.). Morally, the power which enslaves is sin (Joh 8:34), and liberty consists, not simply in

Dictionaries :: Light (To Light Upon)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Light (To Light Upon):Notes: (1) In Mat 3:16, AV, erchomai, "to come," is translated "lighting;" RV, "coming." (2) In Rev 7:16, AV, pipto, "to fall," is translated "shall... light" (RV, "shall... strike"). See STRIKE. (3) For Act 27:41, RV, see FA

Dictionaries :: MeanInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaMean: men: The noun "meaning" (Da 8:15 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "I sought to understand"; and 1Co 14:11) is synonymous with "signification" but in 1 Macc 15:4 the King James Version it expresses "purpose" (the Revised Version (British and Amer

Dictionaries :: LotanEaston's Bible DictionaryLotan: coverer, one of the sons of Seir, the Horite (Gen 36:20,29).International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaLotan: lo'-tan (loTan): Son of Seir, a chief (the King James Version "duke") of Edom (Ge 36:20,22,29; 1Ch 1:38 f). Smith's Bible DictionaryLotan: (covering) the eldest son of Seir the Ho

Dictionaries :: Lot (2)International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaLot (2):  ← Lot (1)

Dictionaries :: LordEaston's Bible DictionaryLord: There are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered. (1.) Heb. Jehovah, has been rendered in the English Bible LORD, printed in small capitals. This is the proper name of the God of the Hebrews. The form "Jehovah" is retained only in Ex. 6:3; Psa 83:18; Isa 12:2; 26:4, both in the Authorized

Dictionaries :: LibanusInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaLibanus: lib'-a-nus. Smith's Bible DictionaryLibanus: SEE [LEBANON].

Dictionaries :: Luke, the EvangelistInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaLuke, the Evangelist: look, luk. 1. Name: The name Luke (Loukas) is apparently an abbreviation for Loukanos. Old Latin manuscripts frequently have the words CATA LUCANUM as the title of the Third Gospel. (But the form Loukios, is also found in inscriptions synony

Dictionaries :: Lot (1)International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaLot (1): lot: I. Personality. The man who bore the name Lot (lot; Lot) is mentioned for the first time in Ge 11:27, at the beginning of that section of Genesis which is entitled "the generations of Terah." After Terah's 3 sons are named, it is added that the third of these, H

Dictionaries :: MeahEaston's Bible DictionaryMeah: an hundred, a tower in Jersalem on the east wall (Neh 3:1) in the time of Nehemiah.Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryMeah:a hundred cubitsInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaMeah: me'-a (me'ah, "hundred"). Nave's Topical BibleMeah: A Tower in Jerusalem Neh 3:1; 12:39Smith's Bible Dic

Dictionaries :: LikemindedVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g2473Greek: isopsuchosLikeminded:lit., "of equal soul" (isos, "equal," psuche, "the soul"), is rendered "likeminded" in Phl 2:20. In the Sept., Psa 55:13.2Strong's Number: g3675Greek: homophronLikeminded:(homos, "the same," phren, "the mind"), occurs in 1

Dictionaries :: Lucius (1)International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaLucius (1): lu'-shi-us, lu'-shus (Loukios, Leukios): A Roman consul who is said (1 Macc 15:16 ff) to have written a letter to Ptolemy Euergetes securing to Simon the high priest and to the Jews the protection of Rome. As the praenomen only of the consul is given, there has been

Dictionaries :: LibertineEaston's Bible DictionaryLibertine: found only Act 6:9, one who once had been a slave, but who had been set at liberty, or the child of such a person. In this case the name probably denotes those descendants of Jews who had been carried captives to Rome as prisoners of war by Pompey and other Roman generals in the Syrian

Dictionaries :: LemuelEaston's Bible DictionaryLemuel: dedicated to God, a king whom his mother instructed (Pro 31:1-9). Nothing is certainly known concerning him. The rabbis identified him with Solomon.Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryLemuel:God with them, or himInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaLemuel: lem'-u-el (lemu'el, or lemo'-

Dictionaries :: LevisInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaLevis: le'-vis (Leuis): 1 Esdras 9:14, properly the Levite of Ezr 10:15; "Shabbethai the Levite" for "Levis and Sabbateus."

Dictionaries :: LegInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaLeg: (1) shoq, Aramaic shoq; (2) kara‘, dual kera‘ayim; (3) reghel; skelos; the King James Version translates also shobhel, and tse‘adhah, with "leg," but mistakenly): (1) The first Hebrew word (shoq) denotes the upper leg, and is therefore synonymous with THIGH

Dictionaries :: Levi (1)International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaLevi (1): le'-vi (Lewi; Leui; Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek Leuei): (1) The 3rd son of Jacob by Leah. See separate article. (2) (3) Two ancestors of Jesus in Luke's genealogy (Lu 3:24,29). (4) The apostle Matthew. Levi (2) →

Dictionaries :: KirjathjearimSmith's Bible DictionaryKirjathjearim: (the city of forests) first mentioned as one of the four cities of the Gibeonites (Joshua 9:17) it next occurs as one of the landmarks of the northern boundary of Judah, ch (Joshua 15:9) and as the point at which the western and southern boundaries of Benjamin coincided (Joshua

Dictionaries :: LeviteEaston's Bible DictionaryLevite: a descendant of the tribe of Levi (Exd 6:25; Lev 25:32; Num 35:2; Jos 21:3,41). This name is, however, generally used as the title of that portion of the tribe which was set apart for the subordinate offices of the sanctuary service (1Ki 8:4; Ezr 2:70), as assistants to the priests. When