Dictionaries :: JozacharEaston's Bible DictionaryJozachar: Jehovah-remembered, one of the two servants who assassinated Jehoash, the king of Judah, in Millo (2Ki 12:21). He is called also Zabad (2Ch 24:26).Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryJozachar:remembering; of the male sexNave's Topical BibleJozachar: One of the Two Servants of Joash King

Dictionaries :: KedemothEaston's Bible DictionaryKedemoth: beginnings; easternmost, a city of Reuben, assigned to the Levites of the family of Merari (Jos 13:18). It lay not far north-east of Dibon-gad, east of the Dead Sea.Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryKedemoth:antiquity; old ageInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaKedemoth: ked'-e-

Dictionaries :: JezliahInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaJezliah: jez-lia. Nave's Topical BibleJezliah: A Benjamite 1Ch 8:18Smith's Bible DictionaryJezliah: (whom God will preserve) a Benjamite of the sons of Elpaal (1 Chronicles 8:18). (B.C. 588)

Dictionaries :: JezreelEaston's Bible DictionaryJezreel: God scatters. (1.) A town of Issachar (Jos 19:18), where the kings of Israel often resided (1Ki 18:45; 21:1; 2Ki 9:30). Here Elijah met Ahab, Jehu, and Bidkar; and here Jehu executed his dreadful commission against the house of Ahab (2Ki 9:14-37; 10:1-11). It has been identified with the m

Dictionaries :: JudgesSmith's Bible DictionaryJudges: The judges were temporary and special deliverers, sent by God to deliver the Israelites from their oppressors; not supreme magistrates, succeeding to the authority of Moses and Joshua. Their power only extended over portions of the country, and some of them were contemporaneous. Their first w

Dictionaries :: JoakimHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryJoakim:rising or establishing of the LordInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaJoakim: jo'-a-kim (Ioakeim; the King James Version Joacim): (1) Jehoiakim, king of Judah and Jerusalem (1 Esdras 1:37-39; Baruch 1:3). (2) Jehoiachin, son of (1) (1 Esdras 1:43). (3) Son of Jeshua (1

Dictionaries :: JubileeEaston's Bible DictionaryJubilee: a joyful shout or clangour of trumpets, the name of the great semi-centennial festival of the Hebrews. It lasted for a year. During this year the land was to be fallow, and the Israelites were only permitted to gather the spontaneous produce of the fields (Lev 25:11,12). All landed propert

Dictionaries :: Justice of GodEaston's Bible DictionaryJustice of God: that perfection of his nature whereby he is infinitely righteous in himself and in all he does, the righteousness of the divine nature exercised in his moral government. At first God imposes righteous laws on his creatures and executes them righteously. Justice is not an opti

Dictionaries :: Jerahmeel; JerahmeelitesInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaJerahmeel; Jerahmeelites: je-ra'-me-el, je-ra'-me-el-its (yerachme'el, "may God have compassion!"): (1) In 1Ch 2:9,25,26,27,33,42, he is described as the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah by Tamar his daughter-in-law (Ge 38). In 1Sa 27:10 is ment

Dictionaries :: Judgment (Hall Of), Judgment HallVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Judgment (Hall Of), Judgment Hall:For HALL OF JUDGMENT, JUDGMENT HALL, see HALL.

Dictionaries :: JudeEaston's Bible DictionaryJude: = Judas. Among the apostles there were two who bore this name, (1) Judas (Jud 1:1; Mat 13:55; Jhn 14:22; Act 1:13), called also Lebbaeus or Thaddaeus (Mat 10:3; Mar 3:18); and (2) Judas Iscariot (Mat 10:4; Mar 3:19). He who is called "the brother of James" (Luk 6:16), may be the same with the Ju

Dictionaries :: Jezreel, Vale OfInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaJezreel, Vale Of:

Dictionaries :: JezelusInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaJezelus: je-ze'-lus, jez'-e-lus (Iezelos): (1) In 1 Esdras 8:32; called "Jahaziel" in Ezr 8:5. (2) In 1 Esdras 8:35; called "Jehiel" in Ezr 8:9.

Dictionaries :: JehozadakEaston's Bible DictionaryJehozadak: Jehovah-justified, the son of the high priest Seraiah at the time of the Babylonian exile (1Ch 6:14,15). He was carried into captivity by Nebuchadnezzar, and probably died in Babylon. He was the father of Jeshua, or Joshua, who returned with Zerubbabel.Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionar

Dictionaries :: JehubbahHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryJehubbah:hiding, bindingInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaJehubbah: je-hub'-a (yechubbah, meaning unknown): A descendant of Asher, mentioned in 1Ch 7:34, where Qere is wechubbah, "and Hubbah," but Kethibh is yachbah; the Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus follows the Qere. Nave's Topica

Dictionaries :: JuniperEaston's Bible DictionaryJuniper: (Heb. rothem), called by the Arabs retem, and known as Spanish broom; ranked under the genus genista. It is a desert shrub, and abounds in many parts of Palestine. In the account of his journey from Akabah to Jerusalem, Dr. Robinson says: "This is the largest and most conspicuous shrub of

Dictionaries :: John, the ApostleInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaJohn, the Apostle: Sources of the Life of John: The sources for the life of the apostle John are of various kinds, and of different degrees of trustworthiness. There are the references in the Synoptic Gospels, which may be used simply and easily without any preliminary

Dictionaries :: JezaniahHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryJezaniah:nourishment, or weapons, of the LordInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaJezaniah: jez-a-ni'-a (yezanyahu, probably "Yahweh hears"; compare JAAZANIAH): In Jer 40:8, and also 42:1 where Septuagint has "Azariah," as in 43:2 (see Driver, Jer) = JAAZANIAH, (1) (which see).

Dictionaries :: JonamInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaJonam: jo'-nam (Ionam, Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek; Ionan, Textus Receptus of the New Testament; the King James Version Jonan): An ancestor of Jesus in Luke's genealogy (Lu 3:30). Smith's Bible DictionaryJonam: (gift or grace of God) the form given to JONAN in th

Dictionaries :: Judah at (Upon) the JordanInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaJudah at (Upon) the Jordan: (yehudhah ha-yarden): A place marking the eastern limit of the territory of Naphtali (Jos 19:34). It is generally thought among scholars that the text is corrupt; but no very probable emendation has been suggested. Thomson (L B, II, 46