Dictionaries :: Edification, Edify, EdifyingVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1NounStrong's Number: g3619Greek: oikodomeEdification, Edify, Edifying:denotes (a) "the act of building" (oikos, "a home," and demo, "to build"); this is used only figuratively in the NT, in the sense of edification, the promotion of spiritual growt

Dictionaries :: DisreputeVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g557Greek: apelegmosDisrepute:from apo, "from," and elencho, "to refute," denotes "censure, repudiation" (of something shown to be worthless), hence, "contempt," "disrepute," Act 19:27, RV, "(come into) disrepute," for AV, "(to be) set at nought." It is ak

Dictionaries :: Disobedience to GodNave's Topical BibleDisobedience to God: Denunciations Against Num 14:11, 12, 22-24; 32:8-13; Deu 18:19; 28:15-68; Lev 26:14-46Disobedience to God: Punishment Of Of the Egyptians by plagues, see PLAGUES. See also SIN, PUNISHMENT OF.Disobedience to God: Instances Of Of Adam and Eve, eating the forb

Dictionaries :: DineEaston's Bible DictionaryDine: (Gen 43:16). It was the custom in Egypt to dine at noon. But it is probable that the Egyptians took their principal meal in the evening, as was the general custom in the East (Luk 14:12).

Dictionaries :: Divorce in the Old TestamentInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaDivorce in the Old Testament: di-vors': 1. Subordinate Position of Woman: Woman, among the Hebrews, as among most nations of antiquity, occupied a subordinate position. Though the Hebrew wife and mother was treated with more consideration than her sister

Dictionaries :: DissemblethKing James DictionaryDissembleth: To Pretend; to Use Deceit.He that hateth DISSEMBLETH with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; when he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart. (Proverbs 26:24-25)

Dictionaries :: DisfigureVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g853Greek: aphanizoDisfigure:primarily means "to cause to disappear," hence (a) "to make unsightly, to disfigure," as of the face, Mat 6:16; (b) "to cause to vanish away, consume," Mat 6:19, 20; (c) in the Passive Voice, "to perish," Act 13:41, o

Dictionaries :: EbedmelechSmith's Bible DictionaryEbedmelech: (a king's servant) an Ethiopian eunuch in the service of King Zedekiah, through whose interference Jeremiah was released from prison (Jeremiah 38:7 ff.; Jeremiah 39:15 ff.) (B.C. 1589)

Dictionaries :: ElciaInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaElcia: el'-shi-a, the Revised Version (British and American) ELKIAH (which see).

Dictionaries :: EliaoniasInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaEliaonias: e-li-a-o-ni'-as (Elialonias): A descendant of Phaath Moab (#/APC 1Esdras 8:31); called "Eliehoenai" in Ezr 8:4.

Dictionaries :: EleasahInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaEleasah: el-e-a'-sa (in Hebrew identical with ELASAH, which see): (1) A descendant of Judah (1Ch 2:39,40). (2) A Benjamite, a descendant of Saul (1Ch 8:37; 9:43). Nave's Topical BibleEleasah: Definition Of Name of two men, or of one man (uncertain which), called also

Dictionaries :: DorEaston's Bible DictionaryDor: dwelling, the Dora of the Romans, an ancient royal city of the Canaanites (Jos 11:1,2; 12:23). It was the most southern settlement of the Phoenicians on the coast of Syria. The original inhabitants seem never to have been expelled, although they were made tributary by David. It was one of Solomon'

Dictionaries :: EffectualKing James DictionaryEffectual: Effective Service; Active Work.But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost. For a great door and EFFECTUAL is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries. (1 Corinthians 16:8-9)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1AdjectiveStrong's Number: g1756Greek: energesEffectual:deno

Dictionaries :: Effectual CallEaston's Bible DictionaryEffectual Call: See CALL.

Dictionaries :: Distinction (Diastole)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Distinction (Diastole):For DISTINCTION (diastole) see DIFFERENCE

Dictionaries :: DistaffEaston's Bible DictionaryDistaff: (Heb. pelek, a "circle"), the instrument used for twisting threads by a whirl (Pro 31:19).International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaDistaff: dis'-taf (pelekh): This word occurs once in Pr 31:19; "spindle" is found in the same passage. In the Revised Version (British and American) the me

Dictionaries :: Drop, DroppingInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaDrop, Dropping: "To drop" expresses a "distilling" or "dripping" of a fluid (Jud 5:4; Pr 3:20; So 5:5,13; Joe 3:18; Am 9:13; compare 1Sa 14:26, "the honey dropped" (margin "a stream of honey")); Job 29:22 and Isa 45:8 read "distil" (the King James Version "drop"). The contin

Dictionaries :: ElegyNave's Topical BibleElegy: David's On Saul and Jonathan: 2Sa 1:17, 19-27. On Abner: 2Sa 3:33, 34. See the Book of Lamentations. See also POETRY; RHETORIC (n/a)

Dictionaries :: Diet of the Jews, TheTorrey's New Topical TextbookDiet of the Jews, The: In Patriarchal Age Gen 18:7,8; 27:4Diet of the Jews, The: In Egypt Exd 16:3; Num 11:5Diet of the Jews, The: In the Wilderness Exd 16:4-12Diet of the Jews, The: Of the Poor, Frugal Rth 2:14; Pro 15:17Diet of the Jews, The: Of the Rich, Luxurious P

Dictionaries :: DibonEaston's Bible DictionaryDibon: pining; wasting. (1.) A city in Moab (Num 21:30); called also Dibon-gad (33:45), because it was built by Gad and Dimon (Isa 15:9). It has been identified with the modern Diban, about 3 miles north of the Arnon and 12 miles east of the Dead Sea. (See Moabite Stone.) (2.) A city of the tribe