Dictionaries :: GhostEaston's Bible DictionaryGhost: an old Saxon word equivalent to soul or spirit. It is the translation of the Hebrew nephesh and the Greek pneuma, both meaning "breath," "life," "spirit," the "living principle" (Job 11:20; Jer 15:9; Mat 27:50; Jhn 19:30). The expression "to give up the ghost" means to die (Lam 1:19; Gen 25:17

Dictionaries :: GovernmentInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaGovernment: guv'-ern-ment: The government of the Hebrews varied at different periods, of which we may distinguish seven: (1) the nomadic period, from the Exodus to the entrance into Palestine; (2) the period of transition from nomadic to civil life; (3) the monarchy;

Dictionaries :: GoodlyInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaGoodly: good'-li Tobh; kalos, lampros): In the Old Testament various words are translated "goodly," the most of them occurring only once; Tobh (the common word for "good") is several times translated "goodly," chiefly in the sense of form or appearance e.g "a goodley child" (Ex 2:2)

Dictionaries :: Gilonite, TheSmith's Bible DictionaryGilonite, The: native of Giloh (2 Samuel 15:12; 23:34).

Dictionaries :: God, StrangeInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaGod, Strange: stranj: The word "strange," as used in this connection in the Old Testament, refers to the fact that the god or gods do not belong to Israel, but are the gods which are worshipped by other families or nations. In several cases a more exact translation would give

Dictionaries :: GiveInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaGive: (nathan, yahabh, sum; didomi): "Give" is a very common word in the Old Testament. It is most frequently the translation of nathan, "to give" (Ge 1:29; 3:6; Ex 2:9; De 18,20, etc., over 800 instances); nathan is also translated "to give up" (De 23:14; Isa 43:6; Ho 11:8); of yahab

Dictionaries :: GreaterVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g3185Greek: meizonGreater:is the comparative degree of megas (see GREAT, No. 1), e.g., Mat 11:11; in Mat 13:32, the RV rightly has "greater than" (AV, "the greatest among"); Mat 23:17; in Luk 22:26, RV, "the greater (among you)" (AV, "greatest"); in Jam 3:1,

Dictionaries :: God, Image OfInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaGod, Image Of: In Ge 1:26,27, the truth is declared that God created man in His own "image" (tselem), after His "likeness" (demuth). The two ideas denote the same thing-resemblance to God. The like conception of man, tacit or avowed, underlies all revelation. It is given in G

Dictionaries :: GravingEaston's Bible DictionaryGraving: (1.) Heb. hatsabh. Job 19:24, rendered "graven," but generally means hewn stone or wood, in quarry or forest. (2.) Heb. harush. Jer 17:1, rendered "graven," and indicates generally artistic work in metal, wood, and stone, effected by fine instruments. (3.) Heb. haqaq. Eze 4:1, engrav

Dictionaries :: Gederathite, TheSmith's Bible DictionaryGederathite, The: the native of a place called Gederah, apparently in Benjamin (1 Chronicles 12:4).

Dictionaries :: GreedyVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Greedy:For GREEDY see LUCRE

Dictionaries :: HeaddressInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaHeaddress: hed'dres. Smith's Bible DictionaryHeaddress: The Hebrews do not appear to have regarded a covering for the head as an essential article of dress. Hats were unknown. The earliest notice we have of such a thing is in connection with the sacerdotal vestments (Exodus 28

Dictionaries :: GoiimInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaGoiim: goi'-yim (goyim): This word, rendered in the King James Version "nations," "heathen," "Gentiles," is commonly translated simply "nations" in the Revised Version (British and American). In Ge 14:1 where the King James Version has "Tidal, king of nations," the Revised Version (B

Dictionaries :: GledeEaston's Bible DictionaryGlede: an Old English name for the common kite, mentioned only in Deut. 14:13 (Heb. ra'ah), the Milvus ater or black kite. The Hebrew word does not occur in the parallel passage in Leviticus (Lev 11:14, da'ah, rendered "vulture; " in R.V., "kite"). It was an unclean bird. The Hebrew name is from a ro

Dictionaries :: Goah; GoathInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaGoah; Goath: go'-a, go'-ath (go?ah; the King James Version; Septuagint reads ex eklekton lithon): A place named in describing the boundaries of Jerusalem as restored in the "days to come" (Jer 31:39). If Gareb is the Northeast hill, then probably Goah is to be identified with t

Dictionaries :: GrisledKing James DictionaryGrisled: Spotted; Speckled.And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot GRISLED and bay horses. (Zechariah 3:3)

Dictionaries :: GennesaretEaston's Bible DictionaryGennesaret: a garden of riches. (1.) A town of Naphtali, called Chinnereth (Jos 19:35), sometimes in the plural form Chinneroth (11:2). In later times the name was gradually changed to Genezar and Gennesaret (Luk 5:1). This city stood on the western shore of the lake to which it gave its name. N

Dictionaries :: GrudginglyVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Grudgingly:Note: In 2Cr 9:7, the phase ek lupes, lit., "out of sorrow" (ek, "out of," or "from," lupe, "sorrow, grief"), is translated "grudgingly" (RV marg., "of sorrow"); the "grudging" regret is set in contrast to cheerfulness enjoined in giving, as is the reluctance e

Dictionaries :: GluttonousVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g5314Greek: phagosGluttonous:akin to phago, "to eat," a form used for the aorist or past tense of esthio, denotes "a glutton," Mat 11:19; Luk 7:34.

Dictionaries :: FulfilInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaFulfil: fool-fil' (male; pleroo, teleo, with other words): "Fulfill" is used (1) in a sense more or less obsolete, "to fill up," complete (Ge 29:21,28; Ex 23:26; Job 36:17, the Revised Version (British and American) "full," margin "filled up"; Mt 3:15, "to fulfill all righteousne