Dictionaries :: JudahEaston's Bible DictionaryJudah: praise, the fourth son of Jacob by Leah. The name originated in Leah's words of praise to the Lord on account of his birth: "Now will I praise [Heb. odeh] Jehovah, and she called his name Yehudah" (Gen 29:35). It was Judah that interposed in behalf of Joseph, so that his life was spared (Ge

Dictionaries :: Jerechu; JerechusInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaJerechu; Jerechus: jer'-e-ku, jer'-e-kus the King James Version (1 Esdras 5:22).

Dictionaries :: Joash (2)International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaJoash (2): (yo?ash, "Yahweh has aided"): (1) A Benjamite, or, more probably, a Zebulunite (1Ch 7:8). (2) One of David's officers; Joash was "over the cellars of oil" (1Ch 27:28). ← Joash (1)

Dictionaries :: JordanEaston's Bible DictionaryJordan: Heb. Yarden, "the descender;" Arab. Nahr-esh-Sheriah, "the watering-place" the chief river of Palestine. It flows from north to south down a deep valley in the centre of the country. The name descender is significant of the fact that there is along its whole course a descent to its banks; or

Dictionaries :: JobabEaston's Bible DictionaryJobab: dweller in the desert. (1.) One of the sons of Joktan, and founder of an Arabian tribe (Gen 10:29). (2.) King of Edom, succeeded Bela (Gen 36:33,34). (3.) A Canaanitish king (Jos 11:1) who joined the confederacy against Joshua.Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryJobab:sorrowful, hatedInternation

Dictionaries :: Jonah, the Book OfInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaJonah, the Book Of: This little roll of four short chapters has given rise to almost as much discussion and difference of opinion as the first four chapters of Genesis. It would be presumptuous to think that one could, in a brief article, speak the final word on the ques

Dictionaries :: KhanInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaKhan: kan, kan.

Dictionaries :: JewelsNave's Topical BibleJewels: Betrothal Presents Of Gen 24:53Jewels: Borrowed from Egyptians by Israelites Exd 3:22; 11:2; 12:35Jewels: Dedicated to the Tabernacle Exd 35:22; Num 31:50-52Jewels: Regarded by Jacob as Obnoxious to Holiness Gen 35:4; Exd 33:4-6; Isa 3:18-21Jewels: Tokens of Love Eze 16:11-13Jewels: W

Dictionaries :: JerahmeelitesSmith's Bible DictionaryJerahmeelites: (descendants of Jerahmeel) The, the tribe descended from the first of the foregoing persons (1 Samuel 27:10). They dwelt in the south of Judah.

Dictionaries :: Judas IscariotInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaJudas Iscariot: is-kar'-i-ot (Ioudas Iskariotes, i.e. ‘ish qeriyoth, "Judas, man of Kerioth"): One of the twelve apostles and the betrayer of Jesus; for etymology, etc., see JUDAS. I. Life. Judas was, as his second name indicates, a native of Kerioth or Karioth. T

Dictionaries :: JorkoamNave's Topical BibleJorkoam: Descendant of Caleb 1Ch 2:44Smith's Bible DictionaryJorkoam: (paleness of the people) either a descendant of Caleb the son of Hezron, or the name of a place in the tribe of Judah (1 Chronicles 2:44).

Dictionaries :: Judah, Kingdom OfEaston's Bible DictionaryJudah, Kingdom Of: When the disruption took place at Shechem, at first only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David. But very soon after the tribe of Benjamin joined the tribe of Judah, and Jerusalem became the capital of the new kingdom (Jos 18:28), which was called the kingdom of

Dictionaries :: JezneelHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryJezneel:seed of God

Dictionaries :: Judgment, LastInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaJudgment, Last: 1. A Transcendental Doctrine: In Christian theology the Last Judgment is an act in which God interposes directly into human history, brings the course of this world to a final close, determines the eternal fate of human beings, and places them in surroundi

Dictionaries :: JucalHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryJucal:mighty; perfectInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaJucal: joo'-kal. Nave's Topical BibleJucal: See JEHUCALSmith's Bible DictionaryJucal: (powerful) son of Shelemiah (Jeremiah 38:1).

Dictionaries :: JezoarHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryJezoar:clear; whiteInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaJezoar: je-zo'-ar. Nave's Topical BibleJezoar: Son of Helah 1Ch 4:7Smith's Bible DictionaryJezoar: (whiteness) the son of Helah, one of the wives of Asher (1 Chronicles 4:7).

Dictionaries :: JeremiasInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaJeremias: jer-e-mi'-as (Ieremias): (1) Named among the sons of Baani as one of those who had married foreign wives (1 Esdras 9:34). In Ezr 10:33 we find, "Jeremai" among the sons of Hashum. In 1 Esdras it should come in 9:33 before Manasses. (2) See JEREMIAH (general art.).

Dictionaries :: John, Third Epistle OfEaston's Bible DictionaryJohn, Third Epistle Of: is addressed to Caius, or Gaius, but whether to the Christian of that name in Macedonia (Act 19:29) or in Corinth (Rom 16:23) or in Derbe (Act 20:4) is uncertain. It was written for the purpose of commending to Gaius some Christians who were strangers in the p

Dictionaries :: Jupiter and MercuryInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaJupiter and Mercury: 

Dictionaries :: JehucalEaston's Bible DictionaryJehucal: able, the son of Shelemiah. He is also called Jucal (Jer 38:1). He was one of the two persons whom Zedekiah sent to request the prophet Jeremiah to pray for the kingdom (Jer 37:3) during the time of its final siege by Nebuchadnezzar. He was accompanied by Zephaniah (q.v.).Hitchcock's Bible