Dictionaries :: DesertEaston's Bible DictionaryDesert: (1.) Heb. midbar, "pasture-ground;" an open tract for pasturage; a common (Joe 2:22). The "backside of the desert" (Exd 3:1) is the west of the desert, the region behind a man, as the east is the region in front. The same Hebrew word is rendered "wildernes," and is used of the country lying

Dictionaries :: Dedication, Feast OfInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaDedication, Feast Of: ded-i-ka'-shun (ta egkainia, Joh 10:22): A feast held by the Jews throughout the country for eight days, commencing on the 25th Kiclev (December), in commemoration of the cleansing of the temple and dedication of the altar by Judas Maccabeus after

Dictionaries :: DedanimEaston's Bible DictionaryDedanim: the descendants of Dedan, the son of Raamah. They are mentioned in Isa 21:13 as sending out "travelling companies" which lodged "in the forest of Arabia." They are enumerated also by Ezekiel (Eze 27:20) among the merchants who supplied Tyre with precious things.Hitchcock's Bible Names Dict

Dictionaries :: Corinthians, First Epistle to TheEaston's Bible DictionaryCorinthians, First Epistle to The: was written from Ephesus (1Cr 16:8) about the time of the Passover in the third year of the apostle's sojourn there (Act 19:10; 20:31), and when he had formed the purpose to visit Macedonia, and then return to Corinth (probably A.D. 57).

Dictionaries :: Custom (Usage), Accustom (Verb)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1NounStrong's Number: g1485Greek: ethosCustom (Usage), Accustom (Verb):denotes (a) "a custom, usage, prescribed by law," Act 6:14; 15:1; 25:16; "a rite or ceremony," Luk 2:42; (b) a "custom, habit, manner," Luk 22:39; Jhn 19:40; Hbr 10:25 (AV,

Dictionaries :: CutVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g2875Greek: koptoCut:denotes "to cut by a blow," e.g., branches, Mat 21:8; Mar 11:8. See BEWAIL, LAMENT, MOURN, WAIL.2Strong's Number: g609Greek: apokoptoCut:"to cut off, or cut away" (apo, "from," and No. 1), is used (a) literally, of members of the body, M

Dictionaries :: CupEaston's Bible DictionaryCup: a wine-cup (Gen 40:11,21), various forms of which are found on Assyrian and Egyptian monuments. All Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold (1Ki 10:21). The cups mentioned in the New Testament were made after Roman and Greek models, and were sometimes of gold (Rev 17:4). The art of divining by

Dictionaries :: CrescentsInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCrescents: kres'-ents (saharonim): Moon-shaped necklaces (Jud 8:21,26; Isa 3:18).

Dictionaries :: CookEaston's Bible DictionaryCook: a person employed to perform culinary service. In early times among the Hebrews cooking was performed by the mistress of the household (Gen 18:2-6; Jdg 6:19), and the process was very expeditiously performed (Gen 27:3,4,9,10). Professional cooks were afterwards employed (1Sa 8:13; 9:23). Few ani

Dictionaries :: CupidityNave's Topical BibleCupidity: See AVARICE; COVETOUSNESS; LUST.

Dictionaries :: CorbanEaston's Bible DictionaryCorban: a Hebrew word adopted into the Greek of the New Testament and left untranslated. It occurs only once (Mar 7:11). It means a gift or offering consecrated to God. Anything over which this word was once pronounced was irrevocably dedicated to the temple. Land, however, so dedicated might be red

Dictionaries :: CretesSmith's Bible DictionaryCretes: (Acts 2:11). Cretans, inhabitants of Crete.

Dictionaries :: Cos, or CoosSmith's Bible DictionaryCos, or Coos: (now Stanchio or Stanko). This small island of the Grecian Archipelago has several interesting points of connection with the Jews. Herod the Great conferred many favors on the island. St. Paul, on the return from his third missionary journey, passed the night here, after sailing f

Dictionaries :: Defect; DefectiveInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaDefect; Defective: de-fekt', de-fekt'-iv (hettema, "loss," "a defect"): Occurs in 1Co 6:7: "Nay, already it is altogether a defect in you (the King James Version "there is utterly a fault among you"), that ye have lawsuits one with another." "Defect" means "want or absenc

Dictionaries :: DepressionThematic Subject Guide Depression:Job 4:5; Job 9:16-35Psa 22:1-2Pro 24:10Lam 3:39Mat 27:46Mar 15:34Luk 18:1

Dictionaries :: Dead, Baptism for TheInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaDead, Baptism for The:  ← Dead Sea, TheDead, State of The →

Dictionaries :: Devil, Hath AKing James DictionaryDevil, Hath A: Aramaic Idiom: "is Crazy, Insane".For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He HATH A DEVIL. The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! (Luke 7:33-34)

Dictionaries :: Covenant, the NewInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCovenant, the New: (berith chadhashah, Jer 31:31; he diatheke kaine, Heb 8:8, 13, etc., or nea, Heb 12:24: the former Greek adjective has the sense of the "new" primari1y in reference to quality, the latter the sense of "young," the "new," primarily in reference to time):

Dictionaries :: CountenanceInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCountenance: koun'-te-nans: (1) The noun (see also under the word FACE) is the translation of a variety of Hebrew and Greek expressions, panim; prosopon, being the most frequent. Besides these there are found mar'eh, "appearance," "shape," "comeliness," "visage," ‘ayin,

Dictionaries :: DerbeEaston's Bible DictionaryDerbe: a small town on the eastern part of the upland plain of Lycaonia, about 20 miles from Lystra. Paul passed through Derbe on his route from Cilicia to Iconium, on his second missionary journey (Act 16:1), and probably also on his third journey (18:23; 19:1). On his first journey (14:20,21) he ca