Dictionaries :: CreatureEaston's Bible DictionaryCreature: denotes the whole creation in Rom 8:39; Col 1:15; Rev 5:13; the whole human race in Mar 16:15; Rom 8:19-22. The living creatures in Eze 10:15, 17, are imaginary beings, symbols of the Divine attributes and operations.International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCreature: kre'-tur: The

Dictionaries :: DemonEaston's Bible DictionaryDemon: See DAEMON.Smith's Bible DictionaryDemon: In the Gospels generally, in James 2:19 and in Revelation 16:14 the demons are spoken of as spiritual beings, at enmity with God, and having power to afflict man not only with disease, but, as is marked by the frequent epithet "un‐clean," with

Dictionaries :: Covering of the EyesEaston's Bible DictionaryCovering of the Eyes: occurs only in Gen 20:16. In the Revised Version the rendering is "it (i.e., Abimelech's present of 1,000 pieces of silver to Abraham) is for thee a covering of the eyes." This has been regarded as an implied advice to Sarah to conform to the custom of married wom

Dictionaries :: DevourVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g2068Greek: esthioDevour:is a strengthened form of an old verb edo, from the root ed--, whence Lat., edo, Eng., "eat." The form ephagon, used as the 2nd Aorist Tense of this verb, is from the root phag--, "to eat up." It is translated "devour" in Hbr 10:27; e

Dictionaries :: Desire of All NationsEaston's Bible DictionaryDesire of All Nations: (Hag 2:7), usually interpreted as a title of the Messiah. The Revised Version, however, more correctly renders "the desirable things of all nations;" i.e., the choicest treasures of the Gentiles shall be consecrated to the Lord.International Standard Bible Encyc

Dictionaries :: DetermineInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaDetermine: de-tur'-min: (1) "To resolve," "decide." This is the primary meaning of the word and it is also the one that is the most common. In the New Testament the Greek word krino, is translated "determine," and it has the above meaning (Ac 20:16; 25:25; 1Co 2:2). The word o

Dictionaries :: CucumberInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCucumber: ku'-kum-ber (qishshu'im; sikuos): One of the articles of food for which Israel in the wilderness looked back with longing to Egypt (Nu 11:5). Cucumbers are great favorites with all the people of Palestine. Two varieties occur, Cucumis sativus (Arabic, Khyar), originally

Dictionaries :: Cross, CrucifyVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1NounStrong's Number: g4716Greek: staurosCross, Crucify:denotes, primarily, "an upright pale or stake." On such malefactors were nailed for execution. Both the noun and the verb stauroo, "to fasten to a stake or pale," are originally to be distinguished from the eccl

Dictionaries :: Demon; Demoniac; DemonologyInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaDemon; Demoniac; Demonology: dem'-mon, de-mo'-ni-ak, de-mon-ol'-o-ji (daimonion, earlier form daimon = pneuma akatharton, poneron, "demon," "unclean or evil spirit," incorrectly rendered "devil" in the King James Version): I. Definition. The word daimon or

Dictionaries :: DelectableInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaDelectable: de-lek'-ta-bl (chamadh, "to desire"): Found only in Isa 44:9, King James Version: "Their delectable things shall not profit," the King James Version margin"desirable." the American Standard Revised Version translates: "the things that they delight in." The reference

Dictionaries :: DeborahEaston's Bible DictionaryDeborah: a bee. (1.) Rebekah's nurse. She accompanied her mistress when she left her father's house in Padan-aram to become the wife of Isaac (Gen 24:59). Many years afterwards she died at Bethel, and was buried under the "oak of weeping", Allon-bachuth (35:8). (2.) A prophetess, "wife" (woman?)

Dictionaries :: CriminationNave's Topical BibleCrimination: See SELF-CRIMINATION

Dictionaries :: Devised (Cunningly)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g4679Greek: sophizoDevised (Cunningly):from sophos, "wise" (connected etymologically with sophes, "tasty"), in the Active Voice signifies "to make wise," 2Ti 3:15 (so in the Sept. of Psa 19:7, e.g., "making babes wise;" in Psa 119:98, "Thou hast

Dictionaries :: Departing, DepartureVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g359Greek: analusisDeparting, Departure:"an unloosing" (as of things woven), "a dissolving into separate parts" (Eng., "analysis"), is once used of "departure from life," 2Ti 4:6, where the metaphor is either nautical, from loosing from moorings

Dictionaries :: Current MoneyInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCurrent Money:

Dictionaries :: CruseEaston's Bible DictionaryCruse: a utensil; a flask or cup for holding water (1Sa 26:11,12,16; 1Ki 19:6) or oil (1Ki 17:12,14,16). In 1 Kings 14:3 the word there so rendered means properly a bottle, as in Jer 19:1, 10, or pitcher. In 2Ki 2:20, a platter or flat metal saucer is intended. The Hebrew word here used is translated

Dictionaries :: CymbalsEaston's Bible DictionaryCymbals: (Heb. tzeltzelim, from a root meaning to "tinkle"), musical instruments, consisting of two convex pieces of brass one held in each hand, which were clashed together to produce a loud clanging sound; castanets; "loud cymbals." "Highsounding cymbals" consisted of two larger plates, one held

Dictionaries :: Courts of JusticeTorrey's New Topical TextbookCourts of Justice: Have Authority from God Rom 13:1-5Courts of Justice: Superior Court Held first by Moses alone in the wilderness Exd 18:13-20 Consisted subsequently of priests and Levites Deu 17:9; Mal 2:7 Presided over by the governor or the high priest Deu 17:12;

Dictionaries :: Desolation, Abomination OfEaston's Bible DictionaryDesolation, Abomination Of: (Mat 24:15; Mar 13:14; Luk 21:20), is interpreted of the eagles, the standards of the Roman army, which were an abomination to the Jews. These standards, rising over the site of the temple, were a sign that the holy place had fallen under the idolatrou

Dictionaries :: Court of the SabbathInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCourt of the Sabbath:  ← Court of the GentilesCourt of the Sanctuary; Tabernacle; Temple →