Dictionaries :: Height; HeightsInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaHeight; Heights: hit, The English terms represent a large number of Hebrew words (gobhah, marom, qomah, rum, etc.). A chief thing to notice is that in the Revised Version (British and American) "height" and "heights" are frequently substituted for other words in the King Ja

Dictionaries :: HezirEaston's Bible DictionaryHezir: swine or strong. (1.) The head of the seventeenth course of the priests (1Ch 24:15). (2.) Neh 10:20, one who sealed Nehemiah's covenant.International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaHezir: he'-zer: (1) (chezir; the Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus, Chezein; Codex Alexandrinus, Iezeir): A Levite

Dictionaries :: HierapolisEaston's Bible DictionaryHierapolis: sacred city, a city of Phrygia, where was a Christian church under the care of Epaphras (Col 4:12,13). This church was founded at the same time as that of Colosse. It now bears the name of Pambuk-Kalek, i.e., "Cotton Castle", from the white appearance of the cliffs at the base of whi

Dictionaries :: HuppimHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryHuppim:a chamber covered; the sea-shoreInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaHuppim: hup'-im (chuppim, "coast-people"): Probably a variant form of HUPHAM (which see). From the only mention made of him (Ge 46:21; 1Ch 7:12,15), his direct descent is difficult to establish. Nave's Top

Dictionaries :: HeelInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaHeel: hel (‘aqebh): "The iniquity of my heels" (Ps 49:5 the King James Version) is a literal translation, and might be understood to indicate the Psalmist's "false steps," errors or sins, but that meaning is very doubtful here. the Revised Version (British and American) gives "in

Dictionaries :: Home-BornInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaHome-Born: hom'-born ('ezrach): A native-born Hebrew, as contrasted with a foreigner of different blood. The same Hebrew word is found in Le 16:29; 18:26 and elsewhere, but is translated differently. Home-born in Jer 2:14 is a translation of the phrase yelidh bayith, where it mea

Dictionaries :: HollowInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaHollow: hol'-o (kaph, nabhabh): "Hollow" is the translation of kaph, "hollow" (Ge 32:25,32, "the hollow of his thigh," the hip-pan or socket, over the sciatic nerve); of nabhabh, "to be hollow" (Ex 27:8; 38:7; Jer 52:21); of sho‘-al, "hollow" (Isa 40:12, "Who hath measured the

Dictionaries :: HoritesEaston's Bible DictionaryHorites: cave-men, a race of Troglodytes who dwelt in the limestone caves which abounded in Edom. Their ancestor was "Seir," who probably gave his name to the district where he lived. They were a branch of the Hivites (Gen 14:6; 36:20-30; 1Ch 1:38,39). They were dispossessed by the descendants of E

Dictionaries :: Hosea, Prophecies OfEaston's Bible DictionaryHosea, Prophecies Of: This book stands first in order among the "Minor Prophets." "The probable cause of the location of Hosea may be the thoroughly national character of his oracles, their length, their earnest tone, and vivid representations." This was the longest of the prophetic bo

Dictionaries :: HeavensInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaHeavens: hev'-'nz (shamayim; ouranoi): On the physical heavens see ASTRONOMY; WORLD. Above these, in popular conception, were the celestial heavens, the abode of God and of the hosts of angels (Ps 11:4; 103:19-21; Isa 66:1; Re 4:2; 5:11; compare Da 7:10), though it was recognized t

Dictionaries :: HomosexualityThematic Subject Guide Homosexuality:Gen 19:1-13Lev 18:22; Lev 18:29; Lev 20:13Rom 1:26-27; Rom 1:321Cr 6:9-111Ti 1:8-10

Dictionaries :: HomeInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaHome: hom (bayith, "house," maqom, "place," ‘ohel, "tent" (Jud 19:9), shubh, "to cause to turn back," tawekh, tokh, "middle," "midst" (De 21:12); oikos, "house," "household," endemeo, "to be among one's people," oikos idios, "one's own proper (house)"): This term in Scripture doe

Dictionaries :: HolinessEaston's Bible DictionaryHoliness: in the highest sense belongs to God (Isa 6:3; Rev 15:4), and to Christians as consecrated to God's service, and in so far as they are conformed in all things to the will of God (Rom 6:19,22; Eph 1:4; Tts 1:8; 1Pe 1:15). Personal holiness is a work of gradual development. It is carried on

Dictionaries :: Ge-HarashimInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaGe-Harashim: ge-ha-ra'-shim (ge'charashim): In 1Ch 4:14, the King James Version renders "valley of Charashim." In Ne 11:35, English Versions of the Bible renders "valley of craftsmen"; here it is named with Lod and Ono. Something of the name perhaps survives in Khirbet Hirsa, E

Dictionaries :: Good and EvilNave's Topical BibleGood and Evil: Choice Between By Adam and Eve, Gen 3.Good and Evil: Exhortation to Choose Between Jos 24:15Good and Evil: Conflict Between Rev 16:13-21Good and Evil: Subjective Conflict Between Rom 7:9-25

Dictionaries :: GospelsEaston's Bible DictionaryGospels: The central fact of Christian preaching was the intelligence that the Saviour had come into the world (Mat 4:23; Rom 10:15); and the first Christian preachers who called their account of the person and mission of Christ by the term evangelion (= good message) were called evangelistai (= ev

Dictionaries :: God Revealed in NatureThematic Subject Guide God Revealed in Nature:Job 12:7-11; Job 37:1-24Psa 8:1-9; Psa 19:1-6Act 14:17; Act 17:23-28Rom 1:18-20; Rom 10:16-18

Dictionaries :: GiloniteInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaGilonite: gi'-lo-nit.

Dictionaries :: God (Without)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g112Greek: atheosGod (Without):cp. Eng., "atheist," primarily signifies "godless" (a, negative), i.e., destitute of God; in Eph 2:12 the phrase indicates, not only that the Gentiles were void of any true recognition of God, and hence became morally "go

Dictionaries :: GentlenessInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaGentleness: jen'-t'-l-nes (‘anah; epieikeia, chrestotes): In 2Sa 22:36 ‘anah, "to bend low," "to condescend," is translated "gentleness," "Thy gentleness hath made me great," the Revised Version, margin "or condescension"; so also Ps 18:35, where the word is ‘anwa