LOIS lo'-is (Lois (2 Timothy 1:5)): The grandmother of Timothy, and evidently the mother of Eunice, Timothy's mother. The family lived at Lystra (Acts 16:1). It was on the occasion of Paul's first missionary journey (Acts 14) that Eunice and Timothy were converted to Christ, and it was, in all likelihood, on the same occasion that Lois also became

LOGOS log'-os (logos): I. GREEK SPECULATION 1. Heraclitus 2. Anaxagoras 3. Plato 4. Aristotle 5. Stoics II. HEBREW ANTICIPATION OF DOCTRINE 1. Word as Revelation of God 2. Suggestions of Personal Distinctions in Deity 3. Theophanies 4. Wisdom 5. Targums III. ALEXANDRIAN SYNTHESIS Philo IV. CHRISTIAN REALIZATION 1. Pauline Doctrine

LOG log, logh, "deepened," "hollowed out" (Leviticus 14:10-24)): The smallest liquid or dry measure of the Hebrews, equal to about 1 pint. See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'LOG'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915

LOFTILY; LOFTINESS; LOFTY lof'-ti-li, lof'-ti-nes: The first form is only in Psalms 73:8, where it means "haughtily," as if from on high. The second is found only in Jeremiah 48:29, where the loftiness of Moab also means his haughtiness, his groundless self-conceit. Lofty likewise means '"haughty," "lifted up" (compare Psalms 131:1; Isaiah 2:11;

LOFT In 1 Kings 17:23, changed in the Revised Version (British and American) to "chamber." Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'LOFT'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

LODGE loj (lin; kataskenoo, etc.): To stay or dwell, temporarily, as for the night (Genesis 32:13,21; Numbers 22:8; Joshua 2:1 the King James Version; Joshua 4:3; Luke 13:19; Matthew 21:17, aulizomai), or permanently (Ruth 1:16). In Isaiah 1:8, "a lodge (melunah) in a garden of cucumbers," the meaning is "hut," "cottage." "Evil thoughts" are said

LODDEUS lod-e'-us (Loddeus; Swete reads Laadaios with Doldaiosas variant in Codex Alexandrinus; the King James Version Daddeus, Saddeus): The captain, who was in the place of the treasury. Ezra sent to him for men who "might execute the priests' office" (1 Esdras 8:46); called "Iddo" in Ezra 8:17. Copyright Statement These files are public domain.

LOCUST lo'-kust: The translation of a large number of Hebrew and Greek words: 1. Names: (1) 'arbeh from the root rabhah, "to increase" (compare Arabic raba', "to increase"). (2) sal`am, from obsolete [?] cal`am, "to swallow down," "to consume." (3) chargol (compare Arabic charjal, "to run to the right or left," charjalat, "a company of horses"

LOD; LYDDA (lodh; Ludda): 1. Scriptural Notices: Ono and Lod and the towns thereof are said to have been built by Shemed, a Benjamite (1 Chronicles 8:12). The children of Lod, Hadid and One, to the number of 725, returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:33; Nehemiah 7:37 (721)). The town lay in the Shephelah, perhaps in ge ha-charashim, "the

LOAF lof. See BREAD. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'LOAF'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

LOCKS loks ((1) tsitsith, (2) pera'; (3) machlaphah, (4) qewutstsah): See in general the article on HAIR. (1) The first word, tsitsith, means really a tassel, such as is worn by the Jews on the four corners of the prayer-shawl or Tallith and on the 'arba` kanephoth (Deuteronomy 22:12), translated in the New Testament by kraspedon (Matthew 9:2

LO-RUHAMAH lo-roo-ha'-ma, lo-roo-ha'-ma. See LO-AMMI. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'LO-RUHAMAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

LO-AMMI lo-am'-i (lo'-`ammi, "not my people"): The 2nd son and 3rd child of Gomer bath-Diblaim, wife of the prophet Hosea (Hosea 1:9). An earlier child, a daughter, had been named Lo-ruhamah (lo'-ruchamah, "uncompassionated"). The names, like those given by Isaiah to his children, are symbolic, and set forth Hosea's conviction that Israel has, thr

LO-DEBAR lo'-de-bar, lo-de'-bar (lo dhebhar): A place in Gilead where dwelt Machir, son of Ammiel, who sheltered Mephibosheth, son of Saul, after that monarch's death (2 Samuel 9:4), until he was sent for by David. This same Machir met David with supplies when he fled to Gilead from Absalom (2 Samuel 17:27). Possibly it is the same place as Lidebi

LIVING CREATURE liv'-ing kre'-tur: (1) (nephesh chayyah, or nephesh hachayyah (nephesh, "breath" or "living things"; chayyah, "living"; compare Arabic nefs, "breath," chaiy, "living")): In the account of the creation this term is used of aquatic animals (Genesis 1:21), of mammals (Genesis 1:24) and of any animals whatsoever (Genesis 2:19). (2) (

LIZARD liz'-ard: The list of unclean "creeping things" in Leviticus 11:29,30 contains eight names, as follows: 1. Names: (1) choledh, English Versions of the Bible "weasel" (which see); (2) `akhbar, English Versions of the Bible "mouse" (which see); (3) tsabh, the King James Version "tortoise," the Revised Version (British and American) "great

LIVELY; LIVING liv'-li, liv'-ing (chay; zao): "Living," sometimes "lively," is the translation of chay (often also translated "life"); it denotes all beings possessed of life (Genesis 1:21,24; 2:7,19; Exodus 21:35, "live"); we have frequently the phrase, "the land of the living" (as contrasted with she'ol, the abode of the dead), e.g. Job 28:13; P

LIVER liv'-er (qabhedh, derived from a root meaning "to be heavy," being the heaviest of the viscera; Septuagint hepar): The word is usually joined with the Hebrew yothereth (see CAUL) (Exodus 29:13,22; Leviticus 9:10,19) as a special portion set aside for the burnt offering. This represents the large lobe or flap of the liver, Lobos tou hepatos

LITTLE GENESIS See BOOK OF JUBILEES. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'LITTLE GENESIS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

LITTER lit'-er (tsabh): (1) Used upon backs of camels for easy riding, made of a wooden frame with light mattress and pillows, also a covering above, supported by upright pieces, sometimes having also side awnings for protection from the sun's rays. Mule litters were made with pairs of shafts projecting before and behind, between which the animals