Dictionaries :: DelicacyInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaDelicacy: del'-i-ka-si (to strenos): Found only in Re 18:3, King James Version: "The merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies." the Revised Version (British and American) has very properly changed delicacies to "wantonness," and "luxury" in the

Dictionaries :: Degrees, Songs OfInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaDegrees, Songs Of: (shir ha-ma‘aloth; Septuagint ode ton anabathmon; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A. D.) canticum graduum, the Revised Version (British and American) "a song of ascents"): The title prefixed to 15 psalms (Pss 120-134) as to the significance

Dictionaries :: Devotedness to GodTorrey's New Topical TextbookDevotedness to God: A Characteristic of Saints Job 23:12Devotedness to God: Christ, an Example Of Jhn 4:34; 17:4Devotedness to God: Grounded Upon The mercies of God Rom 12:1 The goodness of God 1Sa 12:24 The call of God 1Th 2:12 The death of Christ 2Cr 5:15

Dictionaries :: DeaconEaston's Bible DictionaryDeacon: Anglicized form of the Greek word diaconos, meaning a "runner," "messenger," "servant." For a long period a feeling of mutual jealousy had existed between the "Hebrews," or Jews proper, who spoke the sacred language of palestine, and the "Hellenists," or Jews of the Grecian speech, who had a

Dictionaries :: CounterfeitInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCounterfeit: koun'-ter-fit (kibdelos, anatupoo, homoioo): "Counterfeit" occurs as the translation of kibdelos, "mixed with dross," "not genuine" (The Wisdom of Solomon 15:9, "to make counterfeit things," the Revised Version (British and American) "mouldeth counterfeits," "spuri

Dictionaries :: CrimeNave's Topical BibleCrime: Partial Lists Of Eze 22:8-12, 27-30; Hsa 4:1, 2; Mat 15:19; Mar 7:21, 22; Rom 1:24, 29-32; 3:14-18; 13:9; 1Cr 5:11; Gal 5:19-21 See under terms by which various crimes are known, ADULTERY; ARSON; HOMICIDE; THEFT, and the like. See PUNISHMENT.Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testam

Dictionaries :: DebirEaston's Bible DictionaryDebir: oracle town; sanctuary. (1.) One of the eleven cities to the west of Hebron, in the highlands of Judah (Jos 15:49; Jdg 1:11-15). It was originally one of the towns of the Anakim (Jos 15:15), and was also called Kirjath-sepher (q.v.) and Kirjath-sannah (49). Caleb, who had conquered and taken p

Dictionaries :: Crime; CrimesInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCrime; Crimes: krim, krimz: This. term is used in English as the equivalent of the Hebrew mishpaT, "judgment," "verdict" (Eze 7:23); zimmah, "a heinous crime" (Job 31:11); ?asham =" a fault," "sin" (Ge 26:10, English Versions of the Bible "guiltiness"); and Greek aitia, "case

Dictionaries :: DesireInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaDesire: de-zir':The verb "to desire" in the Scriptures usually means "to long for," "to ask for," "to demand," and may be used in a good or bad sense (compare De 7:25 the King James Version). the Revised Version (British and American) frequently renders the more literal meaning of t

Dictionaries :: Debate (Av)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Debate (Av):For the AV DEBATE (Rom 1:29; and 2Cr 12:20), see STRIFE.

Dictionaries :: Course, ByKing James DictionaryCourse, By: In Portion, Part; in Turn.If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that BY COURSE; and let one interpret. (1 Corinthians 14:27)

Dictionaries :: CountervailInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCountervail: koun-ter-val' (shawah, "equalize"): To thwart or overcome by acting against with equal force; thus, "The enemy could not countervail the king's damage" or loss (Es 7:4 the American Standard Revised Version reads "The adversary could not have compensated for the kin

Dictionaries :: CowardiceNave's Topical BibleCowardice: General Scriptures Concerning Lev 26:36, 37; Deu 20:8; 32:30; Jos 7:5; 23:10; Jdg 7:3; Job 15:24; 18:11; Pro 28:1; 29:25; Isa 51:12, 13; Gal 6:12; 2Ti 4:16Cowardice: Reference Concerning See COURAGECowardice: Instances Of Adam, in attempting to shift responsibility for his sin upon Ev

Dictionaries :: CraveVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Crave:Note: The word "crave," found in the AV of Mar 15:43, translates the verb aiteo, "to ask" (RV, "asked for"). See ASK.

Dictionaries :: DegreesNave's Topical BibleDegrees: Steps Or In the dial of Ahaz, 2Ki 20:9-11.

Dictionaries :: DestructionEaston's Bible DictionaryDestruction: in Job 26:6, 28:22 (Heb. abaddon) is sheol, the realm of the dead.International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaDestruction: de-struk'-shun: In the King James Version this word translates over 30 Hebrew words in the Old Testament, and 4 words in the New Testament. Of these the most

Dictionaries :: Dead, Half DeadVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g2253Greek: hemithanesDead, Half Dead:from hemi, "half," and thnesko, "to die," is used in Luk 10:30.

Dictionaries :: Decrees of GodEaston's Bible DictionaryDecrees of God: "The decrees of God are his eternal, unchangeable, holy, wise, and sovereign purpose, comprehending at once all things that ever were or will be in their causes, conditions, successions, and relations, and determining their certain futurition. The several contents of this one

Dictionaries :: CrippleInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCripple: krip'-'-l (cholos): Only occurs in Ac 14:8, denoting the congenitally lame man at Lystra. In the King James Version (1611) the word is spelled "creeple." It originally meant one whose body is bent together as in the attitude of creeping. This was probably a case of infanti

Dictionaries :: Deutero-Canonical, BooksInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaDeutero-Canonical, Books: du-ter-o-ka-non'-i-kal: A term sometimes used to designate certain books, which by the Council of Trent were included in the Old Testament, but which the Protestant churches designated as apocryphal (see APOCRYPHA), and also certain books