Dictionaries :: EkrebelInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaEkrebel: ek'-re-bel (Ekrebel): Appears only in #/APC Judith 7:18. It lay on the brook Mochmur, South of Dothart. It is identical with Akrabbein, of which Eusebius (Onomasticon) speaks as the capital of the district of Akrabattine. It corresponds to the modern ‘Akrabeh, 8 mi

Dictionaries :: DoorsEaston's Bible DictionaryDoors: moved on pivots of wood fastened in sockets above and below (Pro 26:14). They were fastened by a lock (Jdg 3:23,25; Sgs 5:5) or by a bar (Jdg 16:3; Job 38:10). In the interior of Oriental houses, curtains were frequently used instead of doors. The entrances of the tabernacle had curtains (E

Dictionaries :: Distribute, DistributionVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1VerbStrong's Number: g1239Greek: diadidomiDistribute, Distribution:lit., "to give through," (dia, "through," didomi, "to give"), as from one to another, "to deal out," is said of "distributing" to the poor, Luk 18:22; Act 4:35, "distribution was made," or

Dictionaries :: EdarEaston's Bible DictionaryEdar: tower of the flock, a tower between Bethlehem and Hebron, near which Jacob first halted after leaving Bethlehem (Gen 35:21). In Mic 4:8 the word is rendered "tower of the flock" (marg., "Edar"), and is used as a designation of Bethlehem, which figuratively represents the royal line of David as s

Dictionaries :: DressEaston's Bible DictionaryDress: (1.) Materials used. The earliest and simplest an apron of fig-leaves sewed together (Gen 3:7); then skins of animals (3:21). Elijah's dress was probably the skin of a sheep (2Ki 1:8). The Hebrews were early acquainted with the art of weaving hair into cloth (Exd 26:7; 35:6), which formed the

Dictionaries :: DullVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1AdjectiveStrong's Number: g3576Greek: nothrosDull:"slow, sluggish, indolent, dull" (the etymology is uncertain), is translated "dull" in Hbr 5:11 (in connection with akoe, "hearing;" lit., "in hearings"); "sluggish," in 6:12. See SLOTHFUL, SLUGGISH. In the Sept., Pro 22:29. C

Dictionaries :: Dignity, DignitiesVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g1391Greek: doxaDignity, Dignities:primarily denotes "an opinion, estimation, repute;" in the NT, always "good opinion, praise, honor, glory, an appearance commanding respect, magnificence, excellence, manifestation of glory;" hence, of angelic po

Dictionaries :: EglaimEaston's Bible DictionaryEglaim: two ponds, (Isa 15:8), probably En- eglaim of Eze 47:10.Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryEglaim:drops of the seaInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaEglaim: eg'-la-im ('eghlayim; Agaleim): A place named in Isa 15:8, possibly in the South of Moab. Eusebius (Onomasticon) identifies

Dictionaries :: Elect, Elected, ElectionVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1AdjectiveStrong's Number: g1588Greek: eklektosElect, Elected, Election:lit. signifies "picked out, chosen" (ek, "from," lego, "to gather, pick out"), and is used of (a) Christ, the "chosen" of God, as the Messiah, Luk 23:35 (for the verb in Luk 9:35 se

Dictionaries :: EliasimusInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaEliasimus: e-li-as'-i-mus (Eliasimos; the King James Version Elisimus): One who had married a foreign wife (1 Esdras 9:28).

Dictionaries :: DionysiusEaston's Bible DictionaryDionysius: the Areopagite, one of Paul's converts at Athens (Act 17:34).Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryDionysius:divinely touchedInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaDionysius: di-o-nish'-i-us (Dionusios, surnamed "the Areopagite"): One of the few Athenians converted by Paul (Ac 17:34)

Dictionaries :: EliamEaston's Bible DictionaryEliam: God's people. (1.) The father of Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah (2Sa 11:3). In 1Ch 3:5 his name is Ammiel. (2.) This name also occurs as that of a Gilonite, the son of Ahithophel, and one of David's thirty warriors (2Sa 23:34). perhaps these two were the same person.Hitchcock's Bible Names Di

Dictionaries :: DogmatismNave's Topical BibleDogmatism: See COMMANDMENTS, OF MEN

Dictionaries :: EliakimEaston's Bible DictionaryEliakim: whom God will raise up. (1.) The son of Melea (Luk 3:30), and probably grandson of Nathan. (2.) The son of Abiud, of the posterity of Zerubbabel (Mat 1:13). (3.) The son of Hilkiah, who was sent to receive the message of the invading Assyrians and report it to Isaiah (2Ki 18:18; 19:2

Dictionaries :: EhudEaston's Bible DictionaryEhud: union. (1.) A descendant of Benjamin (1Ch 7:10), his great-grandson. (2.) The son of Gera, of the tribe of Benjamin (Jdg 3:15). After the death of Othniel the people again fell into idolatry, and Eglon, the king of Moab, uniting his bands with those of the Ammonites and the Amalekites, crosse

Dictionaries :: Dispute, Disputer, DisputingVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1NounStrong's Number: g1261Greek: dialogismosDispute, Disputer, Disputing:denotes, primarily, "an inward reasoning, an opinion" (dia, "through," suggesting separation, logismos, "a reasoning"), e.g., Luk 2:35; 5:22; 6:8; then, "a deliberating, questioni

Dictionaries :: ElectrumInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaElectrum: e-lek'-trum: The Revised Version, margin rendering of chashmal, of Eze 1:4,27; 8:2 Septuagint elektron, Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 AD.) electrum). Both the King James Version and the English Revised Version have "amber" while the American Standard Revised

Dictionaries :: DishanEaston's Bible DictionaryDishan: antelope, the youngest son of Seir the Horite, head of one of the tribes of Idumaea (Gen 36:21,28,30).Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryDishan:a threshingNave's Topical BibleDishan: Son of Seir Gen 36:21, 30; 1Ch 1:38Smith's Bible DictionaryDishan: (antelope) the youngest son of Seir t

Dictionaries :: Door-PostsEaston's Bible DictionaryDoor-Posts: The Jews were commanded to write the divine name on the posts (mezuzoth') of their doors (Deu 6:9). The Jews, misunderstanding this injunction, adopted the custom of writing on a slip of parchment these verses (Deu 6:4-9, and 11:13-21), which they enclosed in a reed or cylinder and f

Dictionaries :: DischargedVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g2673Greek: katargeoDischarged:means "to reduce to inactivity." "Discharged" is the RV translation of the word in Rom 7:2, 6 (AV, "is loosed," and "are delivered"). In ver. 2 the meaning is that the death of a woman's first husband makes void her status a