Dictionaries :: KislevInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaKislev: kis'-lef (kiclew; the King James Version Chisleu, the Revised Version (British and American) "Chislev"): The 9th month of the Jewish year, corresponding to December. The word is found in Ne 1:1 and Zec 7:1. The derivation is uncertain.

Dictionaries :: LumpVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g5445Greek: phuramaLump:denotes "that which is mixed or kneaded" (phurao, "to mix"); hence, "a lump," either of dough, Rom 11:16 (cp. Num 15:21); 1Cr 5:6, 7; Gal 5:9 (see under LEAVEN); of potter's clay, Rom 9:21.

Dictionaries :: Legends (Inscriptions)Nave's Topical BibleLegends (Inscriptions): "Holiness to the Lord" Engraved on the high priest's mitre, Exd 28:36; 39:30; on bells of horses, on pots and bowls, Zec 14:20.Legends (Inscriptions): "This Is Jesus, the King of the Jews" Mat 27:37Legends (Inscriptions): Precepts Written On door p

Dictionaries :: LovingkindnessInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaLovingkindness: luv-ing-kind'-nes (hecedh): "Lovingkindness" in the King James Version always represents this word (30 times), but of hecedh there are many other renderings, e.g. "mercy" (frequently), "kindness" (38), "goodness" (12). The word is derived from chacadh, meanin

Dictionaries :: Like; Liken; Likeness; LikingInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaLike; Liken; Likeness; Liking: lik, lik'-n, lik'-nes, lik'-ing: (1) As a noun, "like" in modern English is virtually obsolete, except in the phrase "and the like," which is not found in English Versions of the Bible. "The like," however, occurs in 1Ki 10:20

Dictionaries :: LetushimHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryLetushim:hammermen; filemenInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaLetushim: le-too'-shim, le-tu'-shim (leTushim): A Dedanite tribe in North Arabia (Ge 25:3). With it are connected the ASSHURIM and LEUMMIM (which see). Nave's Topical BibleLetushim: A Son of Dedan Gen 25:3Smith's

Dictionaries :: LeafEaston's Bible DictionaryLeaf: of a tree. The olive- leaf mentioned Gen 8:11. The barren fig-tree had nothing but leaves (Mat 21:19; Mar 11:13). The oak-leaf is mentioned Isa 1:30; 6:13. There are numerous allusions to leaves, their flourishing, their decay, and their restoration (Lev 26:36; Isa 34:4; Jer 8:13; Dan 4:12,14,21

Dictionaries :: Kirjath-HuzothEaston's Bible DictionaryKirjath-Huzoth: city of streets, Num 22:39, a Moabite city, which some identify with Kirjathaim. Balak here received and entertained Balaam, whom he had invited from Pethor, among the "mountains of the east," beyond the Euphrates, to lay his ban upon the Israelites, whose progress he had no

Dictionaries :: Lion, TheTorrey's New Topical TextbookLion, The: Canaan Infested By 2Ki 17:25,26Lion, The: Described As Superior in strength Jdg 14:18; Pro 30:30 Active Deu 33:22 Courageous 2Sa 17:10 Fearless even of man Isa 31:4; Nah 2:11 Fierce Job 10:16; 28:8 Voracious Psa 17:12 Majestic in movement P

Dictionaries :: LeeVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Lee:Note: This forms part of the RV rendering of two verbs, (1) hupopleo, "to sail under" (i.e., under the lee of), from hupo, "under," pleo, "to sail," Act 27:4, 7 (AV, "sailed under"); (2) hupotrecho, "to run in under" (in navigation), "to run under the lee of" (hupo, a

Dictionaries :: Kin, Next OfInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaKin, Next Of: 

Dictionaries :: MeaningVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g1411Greek: dunamisMeaning:"power, force," is used of the significance or force of what is spoken, 1Cr 14:11. See MIGHT, POWER.

Dictionaries :: LibyaEaston's Bible DictionaryLibya: the country of the Ludim (Gen 10:13), Northern Africa, a large tract lying along the Mediterranean, to the west of Egypt (Act 2:10). Cyrene was one of its five cities.Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryLibya:the heart of the sea; fatNave's Topical BibleLibya: Region North of Egypt Eze 30:5;

Dictionaries :: Levirate LawEaston's Bible DictionaryLevirate Law: from Latin levir, "a husband's brother," the name of an ancient custom ordained by Moses, by which, when an Israelite died without issue, his surviving brother was required to marry the widow, so as to continue his brother's family through the son that might be born of that marri

Dictionaries :: LewdVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Lewd:For LEWD and LEWDNESS see VILE and VILLANY

Dictionaries :: Lose, (Suffer) Loss, LostVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g622Greek: apollumiLose, (Suffer) Loss, Lost:signifies (I) In the Active Voice, (a) "to destroy, destroy utterly, kill," e.g., Mat 10:28; Mar 1:24; 9:22; (b) "to lose utterly," e.g., Mat 10:42, of "losing" a reward; Luk 15:4 (1st

Dictionaries :: LebanaInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaLebana: le-ba'-na, leb'-a-na (lebhana'), or family of returning exiles (Ezr 2:45; Ne 7:48; compare #/RAPC 1Es 5:29). Smith's Bible DictionaryLebana: (white) one of the Nethinim whose descendants returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 7:48). He is called Lebanah.

Dictionaries :: LeesEaston's Bible DictionaryLees: (Heb. shemarim), from a word meaning to keep or preserve. It was applied to "lees" from the custom of allowing wine to stand on the lees that it might thereby be better preserved (Isa 25:6). "Men settled on their lees" (Zep 1:12) are men "hardened or crusted." The image is derived from the crust

Dictionaries :: MeaniInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaMeani: me-a'-ni: the King James Version = the Revised Version (British and American) "Maani" (1 Esdras 5:31).

Dictionaries :: LotEaston's Bible DictionaryLot: (Heb. goral, a "pebble"), a small stone used in casting lots (Num 33:54; Jon 1:7). The lot was always resorted to by the Hebrews with strictest reference to the interposition of God, and as a method of ascertaining the divine will (Pro 16:33), and in serious cases of doubt (Est 3:7). Thus the lot