Dictionaries :: FringesInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaFringes: frin'-jis (tsitsith, "tassel, lock" (Nu 15:38,39), gedhilim, "twisted threads," "festoons" (De 22:12)): Tassels worn by the Israelites on the four corners of their garments as reminders of "all the commandments of Yahweh," in accordance with the law set out in Nu 15:37-41

Dictionaries :: FreedomEaston's Bible DictionaryFreedom: The law of Moses pointed out the cases in which the servants of the Hebrews were to receive their freedom (Exd 21:2-4,7,8; Lev 25:39-42,47-55; Deu 15:12-18). Under the Roman law the "freeman" (ingenuus) was one born free; the "freedman" (libertinus) was a manumitted slave, and had not equa

Dictionaries :: FisherEaston's Bible DictionaryFisher: Besides its literal sense (Luk 5:2), this word is also applied by our Lord to his disciples in a figurative sense (Mat 4:19; Mar 1:17).

Dictionaries :: ExpresslyVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g4490Greek: rhetosExpressly:meaning "in stated terms" (from rhetos, "stated, specified;" from rheo, or ero, "to say;" cp. rhema, "a word"), is used in 1Ti 4:1, "expressly."

Dictionaries :: FoeVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g2190Greek: echthrosFoe:an adjective signifying "hated, hateful, or hostile," is used also as a noun denoting "an enemy," translated "foes" in Mat 10:36 and the AV of Act 2:35. See ENEMY.

Dictionaries :: Fear of the Lord TheEaston's Bible DictionaryFear of the Lord The: is in the Old Testament used as a designation of true piety (Pro 1:7; Job 28:28; Psa 19:9). It is a fear conjoined with love and hope, and is therefore not a slavish dread, but rather filial reverence. (Deu 32:6; Hsa 11:1; Isa 1:2; 63:16; 64:8.) God is called "the

Dictionaries :: Freckled SpotInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaFreckled Spot: frek'-'-ld, (bohaq; Septuagint alphos, called in the Revised Version (British and American) "a tetter," and described as a bright shining spot (beharoth lebhenoth): These white eruptions did not render the person so marked ceremonially unclean (Le 13:39). This

Dictionaries :: ExcellentInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaExcellent: ek'-se-lent ?addir, yattir (Aramaic); diaphoroteros, kratistos: The translation of various Hebrew words, chiefly of ?addir, "great," "honorable" (Ps 8:1,9; 16:3; 76:4); yattir, "surpassing," is Aramaic, occurring in Da 2:31; 4:36; 5:12,14; 6:3. Other words are bachar,

Dictionaries :: FightingVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1NounStrong's Number: g3163Greek: macheFighting:"a fight, strife" (akin to B, No. 3, under FIGHT), is always used in the plural in the NT, and translated "fightings" in 2Cr 7:5; Jam 4:1; Tts 3:9, RV (for AV, "strivings"); "strifes" in 2Ti 2:23. See STRIFE.B-1AdjectiveStron

Dictionaries :: ExpiationEaston's Bible DictionaryExpiation: Guilt is said to be expiated when it is visited with punishment falling on a substitute. Expiation is made for our sins when they are punished not in ourselves but in another who consents to stand in our room. It is that by which reconciliation is effected. Sin is thus said to be "cove

Dictionaries :: FeignInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaFeign: fan (badha, nakhar; plastos): Occurs (1) in the sense of "to devise," "invent" as the translation of badha'," to form," "to fashion" (Ne 6:8, "Thou feignest them out of thine own heart"; compare 1Ki 12:33, English Versions of the Bible "devised of his own heart"); of plasto

Dictionaries :: Eyes, Covering, of TheInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaEyes, Covering, of The: kuv'-er-ing: In Ge 20:16, means forgetfulness of the past, a willingness to overlook the wrong to which Sarah had been exposed. ← Eyes, Blinding of TheEyes, Diseases of The →

Dictionaries :: Fiery HeatInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaFiery Heat: fi'-er-i, fir'-i het: In De 28:22, where the King James Version has "an extreme burning."

Dictionaries :: ForecastInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaForecast: for-kast';( vb.) (chashabh): To forecast is both to plan or scheme beforehand and to consider or see beforehand. It is in the first sense that it is used in Da 11:24,25 (the King James Version) as the translation of chashabh, "to think," "meditate," "devise," "plot," "He

Dictionaries :: FowlerEaston's Bible DictionaryFowler: the arts of, referred to Psa 91:3; 124:7; Pro 6:5; Jer 5:26; Hsa 9:8; Eze 17:20; Ecc 9:12. Birds of all kinds abound in Palestine, and the capture of these for the table and for other uses formed the employment of many persons. The traps and snares used for this purpose are mentioned Hsa 5:1

Dictionaries :: First-Begotten, FirstbornVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g4416Greek: prototokosFirst-Begotten, Firstborn:"firstborn" (from protos, "first," and tikto, "to beget"), is used of Christ as born of the Virgin Mary, Luk 2:7; further, in His relationship to the Father, expressing His priority to, and pr

Dictionaries :: Ezra, Book OfEaston's Bible DictionaryEzra, Book Of: This book is the record of events occurring at the close of the Babylonian exile. It was at one time included in Nehemiah, the Jews regarding them as one volume. The two are still distinguished in the Vulgate version as I. and II. Esdras. It consists of two principal divisions:

Dictionaries :: FoundingNave's Topical BibleFounding: See MOLDING

Dictionaries :: FreightVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g1546Greek: ekboleFreight:lit., "a throwing out" (from ekballo, "to throw out"), denotes "a jettison, a throwing out of cargo," Act 27:18, lit., "they made a throwing out," RV, "they began to throw the freight overboard," AV, "they lightened the ship." In th

Dictionaries :: FrogsNave's Topical BibleFrogs: Plague Of Exd 8:2-14; Psa 45; 105:30Frogs: Symbolical Rev 16:13