Dictionaries :: FlagEaston's Bible DictionaryFlag: (Job 8:11), rendered "meadow" in Gen 41:2, 18; probably the Cyperus esculentus, a species of rush eaten by cattle, the Nile reed. It also grows in Palestine. In Exd 2:3, 5, Isa 19:6, it is the rendering of the Hebrew suph, a word which occurs frequently in connection with yam; as _yam suph_,

Dictionaries :: Fortune, Changes OfNave's Topical BibleFortune, Changes Of: Changes Of See illustrated in lives of: Joseph, from slave to prime minister; Pharoah's butler and baker, Gen 40; David, from shepherd boy to king, noting the vicissitudes (changing phases). See also JEROBOAM; HAMAN; MORDECAI; ESTHER; JOB; DANIEL.

Dictionaries :: ForbearInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaForbear: for-bar' (chadhal; anechomai): In the Old Testament chadhal, "to leave off," is the word most frequently translated "forbear" (Ex 23:5, etc.); damam, "to be silent," chasakh, "to keep back," mashakh, "to draw or stretch out," occur once each; the Revised Version (British a

Dictionaries :: FlyEaston's Bible DictionaryFly: Heb. zebub, (Ecc 10:1; Isa 7:18). This fly was so grievous a pest that the Phoenicians invoked against it the aid of their god Baal-zebub (q.v.). The prophet Isaiah (Isa 7:18) alludes to some poisonous fly which was believed to be found on the confines of Egypt, and which would be called by the Lo

Dictionaries :: Exodus, TheInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaExodus, The: ek'-so-dus: I. THE ROUTE 1. The Starting-Point 2. Rameses to Succoth 3. Succoth to Etham 4. Passage of the Sea 5. Other Views of the Route II. THE DATE 1. Old Testament Chronology 2. Date of Conquest of Palestine 3. Date of Exodus 4. O

Dictionaries :: EzelEaston's Bible DictionaryEzel: a separation, (1Sa 20:19), a stone, or heap of stones, in the neighbourhood of Saul's residence, the scene of the parting of David and Jonathan (42). The margin of the Authorized Version reads, "The stone that sheweth the way," in this rendering following the Targum.Hitchcock's Bible Names Dicti

Dictionaries :: Feast of Purim, or Lots, TheTorrey's New Topical TextbookFeast of Purim, or Lots, The: Instituted by Mordecai Est 9:20Feast of Purim, or Lots, The: To commemorate the defeat of Haman's wicked design Est 3:7-15; 9:24-26Feast of Purim, or Lots, The: Began Fourteenth of Twelfth Month Est 9:17Feast of Purim, or Lots, The: Laste

Dictionaries :: ForemanNave's Topical BibleForeman: See MASTER WORKMAN

Dictionaries :: EzoraInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaEzora: e-zo'-ra (Ezora, the King James Version Ozora): He and his six sons "gave their hands to put away their strange wives" (#/APC 1Esdras 9:20,34 =" Machnadebai" of Ezr 10:40).

Dictionaries :: FettersKing James DictionaryFetters: Bonds; Chains.He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant: Whose feet they hurt with FETTERS: he was laid in iron: Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him. The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free. (Psalm 105:

Dictionaries :: FirebrandEaston's Bible DictionaryFirebrand: Isa 7:4, Amo 4:11, Zec 3:2, denotes the burnt end of a stick (Heb. 'ud); in Jdg 15:4, a lamp or torch, a flambeau (Heb. lappid); in Pro 26:18 (Eph 6:16), burning darts or arrows (Heb. zikkim).International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaFirebrand: fir'-brand ('udh, used for a burning s

Dictionaries :: FrontletsEaston's Bible DictionaryFrontlets: occurs only in Exd 13:16; Deu 6:8, and Deu 11:18. The meaning of the injunction to the Israelites, with regard to the statues and precepts given them, that they should "bind them for a sign upon their hand, and have them as frontlets between their eyes," was that they should keep them

Dictionaries :: ExistVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g5225Greek: huparchoExist:primarily, "to make a beginning" (hupo, "under," arche, "a beginning"), denotes "to be, to be in existence," involving an "existence" or condition both previous to the circumstances mentioned and continuing after it. This is important

Dictionaries :: ForeshipInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaForeship: for'-ship (Ac 9,7:30). Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g4408Greek: proraForeship:denotes the forward part of a ship, "the prow," Act 27:30; in ver. 41 (AV, "forepart") in contrast to prumna, "the stern."

Dictionaries :: FleshhookNave's Topical BibleFleshhook: Used in the Tabernacle Exd 27:3; 38:3; Num 4:14; 1Sa 2:13, 14Fleshhook: Made of Gold 1Ch 28:17Fleshhook: Made of Brass (Bronze) 2Ch 4:16

Dictionaries :: Fierce, FiercenessVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1AdjectiveStrong's Number: g434Greek: anemerosFierce, Fierceness:signifies "not tame, savage" (from a, negative, and hemeros, "gentle"), 2Ti 3:3. Epictetus describes those who forget God as their Creator, as resembling lions, "wild, savage and fierce" (anemeroi)

Dictionaries :: ExtraditionNave's Topical BibleExtradition: General Scriptures Concerning 1Ki 18:7, 10; Jer 26:21-23; Act 9:2, 14; 22:5

Dictionaries :: FencedKing James DictionaryFenced: Fortified; Protected.But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the FENCED cities because of the inhabitants of the land. (Numbers 32:17)

Dictionaries :: Filth; Filthiness; FilthyInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaFilth; Filthiness; Filthy: filth, fil'-thi-nes, fil'-thi (tso'ah, Tum'ah; rhupoo): The word once translated "filth" in the Old Testament is tso'ah, "excrement" or "dung," elsewhere translated "dung" (Isa 4:4, used figuratively of evil doings, sin, "the filth of th

Dictionaries :: ExquisiteInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaExquisite: eks'-kwi-sit (akribes): The Greek word means "accurate" "searched out," equivalent to exquisitus from which "exquisite" is derived. It also means in argument "close," "subtle." In Ecclesiasticus 18:29, we have, "They poured forth exquisite parables," the Revised Versio