Dictionaries :: FellowInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaFellow: fel'-o (chabher, rea?; hetairos): Meant originally a "partner," from fe, "property," and lag, "to lay," then "a companion," "an equal," "a person or individual," "a worthless person." (1) As "companion" it is the translation of chabher, "associate," "companion," "friend"

Dictionaries :: FishpoolNave's Topical BibleFishpool: General Scriptures Concerning Sgs 7:4

Dictionaries :: Flat NoseInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaFlat Nose: (charum; Septuagint koloborin): Used only in Le 21:18 as the name of a deformity which disqualified a member of a priestly family for serving the altar. The root of the word signifies "to cut off" or "to cut flat," and in the Revised Version, margin "slit nose" is s

Dictionaries :: ExecutionerEaston's Bible DictionaryExecutioner: (Mar 6:27). Instead of the Greek word, Mark here uses a Latin word, speculator, which literally means "a scout," "a spy," and at length came to denote one of the armed bodyguard of the emperor. Herod Antipas, in imitation of the emperor, had in attendance on him a company of specul

Dictionaries :: Fro and FromVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Fro and From:For FRO and FROM; see †, p. 9 W. E. Vine provided the following footnote on page 9 of his expository dictionary: In the following pages † indicates that the word referred to (preposition, conjunction, or particle) is not dealt with in this volu

Dictionaries :: Ezion-GeberEaston's Bible DictionaryEzion-Geber: the giant's backbone (so called from the head of a mountain which runs out into the sea), an ancient city and harbour at the north-east end of the Elanitic branch of the Red Sea, the Gulf of Akabah, near Elath or Eloth (Num 33:35; Deu 2:8). Here Solomon built ships, "Tarshish ships

Dictionaries :: Fetched a CompassKing James DictionaryFetched a Compass: Made a Circuit; Wandered up and Down.And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days. And from thence we FETCHED A COMPASS, and came to Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli. (Acts 28:12-13)

Dictionaries :: Feast of Sabbatical Year, TheTorrey's New Topical TextbookFeast of Sabbatical Year, The: A Sabbath for the Land Lev 25:2Feast of Sabbatical Year, The: Kept Every Seventh Year Exd 23:11; Lev 25:4Feast of Sabbatical Year, The: Surplus of Sixth Year to Provide For Lev 25:20-22Feast of Sabbatical Year, The: Enactments Respectin

Dictionaries :: Felix; AntoniusInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaFelix; Antonius: fe'-liks, an-to'-ni-us (Phelix, from Latin felix, "happy"): A Roman procurator of Judea, appointed in succession to Cumanus by the emperor Claudius. The event which led to the introduction of Felix into the narrative of Ac was the riot at Jerusalem (Ac 21:2

Dictionaries :: First-BornEaston's Bible DictionaryFirst-Born: sons enjoyed certain special privileges (Deu 21:17; Gen 25:23,31,34; 49:3; 1Ch 5:1; Hbr 12:16; Psa 89:27). (See BIRTHRIGHT.) The "first-born of the poor" signifies the most miserable of the poor (Isa 14:30). The "church of the first-born" signifies the church of the redeemed. T

Dictionaries :: Eziongaber, or EziongeberSmith's Bible DictionaryEziongaber, or Eziongeber: (giant's backbone) (Numbers 33:35; 2:8; 1 Kings 9:26; 22:48; 2 Chronicles 8:17) the last station named for the encampment of the Israelites before they came to the wilderness of Zin. It probably stood at Ain el‐Ghudyan, about ten miles up what is no

Dictionaries :: ExileEaston's Bible DictionaryExile: (1.) Of the kingdom of Israel. In the time of Pekah, Tiglath-pileser II. carried away captive into Assyria (2Ki 15:29; Isa 10:5,6) a part of the inhabitants of Galilee and of Gilead (B.C. 741). After the destruction of Samaria (B.C. 720) by Shalmaneser and Sargon (q.v.), there was a general

Dictionaries :: FleshEaston's Bible DictionaryFlesh: in the Old Testament denotes (1) a particular part of the body of man and animals (Gen 2:21; 41:2; Psa 102:5, marg.); (2) the whole body (Psa 16:9); (3) all living things having flesh, and particularly humanity as a whole (Gen 6:12,13); (4) mutability and weakness (2Ch 32:8; Isa 31:3; Psa 78:3

Dictionaries :: FishEaston's Bible DictionaryFish: called dag by the Hebrews, a word denoting great fecundity (Gen 9:2; Num 11:22; Jon 2:1,10). No fish is mentioned by name either in the Old or in the New Testament. Fish abounded in the Mediterranean and in the lakes of the Jordan, so that the Hebrews were no doubt acquainted with many species.

Dictionaries :: Frying-PanEaston's Bible DictionaryFrying-Pan: (Heb. marhesheth, a "boiler"), a pot for boiling meat (Lev 2:7; 7:9).International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaFrying-Pan: fri'-ing-pan.

Dictionaries :: FitchesEaston's Bible DictionaryFitches: (Isa 28:25,27), the rendering of the Hebrew ketsah, "without doubt the Nigella sativa, a small annual of the order Ranunculacece, which grows wild in the Mediterranean countries, and is cultivated in Egypt and Syria for its seed." It is rendered in margin of the Revised Version "black cumm

Dictionaries :: ForcesEaston's Bible DictionaryForces: of the Gentiles (Isa 60:5,11; R.V., "the wealth of the nations") denotes the wealth of the heathen. The whole passage means that the wealth of the Gentile world should be consecrated to the service of the church.International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaForces: for'-sis (chayil): (1) T

Dictionaries :: Feast of the Passover, TheTorrey's New Topical TextbookFeast of the Passover, The: Ordained by God Exd 12:1,2Feast of the Passover, The: Commenced the fourteenth of the first month at even Exd 12:2,6,18; Lev 23:5; Num 9:3Feast of the Passover, The: Lasted Seven Days Exd 12:15; Lev 23:6Feast of the Passover, The: Called The

Dictionaries :: FirkinEaston's Bible DictionaryFirkin: Used only in Jhn 2:6; the Attic amphora, equivalent to the Hebrew bath (q.v.), a measure for liquids containing about 8 7/8 gallons.International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaFirkin: fur'-kin (metretes): The liquid measure used in Joh 2:6 to indicate the capacity of the water-pots mentione

Dictionaries :: EyelidsNave's Topical BibleEyelids: Painted Eze 23:40