LIGHTNING lit'-ning (baraq, chaziz; astrape): Lightning is caused by the discharge of electricity between clouds or between clouds and the earth. In a thunder-storm there is a rapid gathering of particles of moisture into clouds and forming of large drops of rain. This gathers with it electric potential until the surface of the cloud (or the enlar

LIFT To make lofty, to raise up. A very common word in English Versions of the Bible representing a great variety of Hebrew and Greek words, although in the Old Testament used chiefly as the translation of nasa'. Of none of these words, however, is "lift" used as a technical translation, and "lift" is interchanged freely with its synonyms, especial

LIGHT lit ('or, ma'or; phos; many other words): 1. Origin of Light 2. A Comprehensive Term (1) Natural Light (2) Artificial Light (3) Miraculous Light (4) Mental, Moral, Spiritual Light 3. An Attribute of Holiness (1) God (2) Christ (3) Christians (4) The Church 4. Symbolism 5. Expressive Terms 1. Origin of Light: The creation of lig

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

LIEUTENANT lu-ten'-ant, lef-ten'-ant. See SATRAPS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'LIEUTENANT'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

LIFE lif (chayyim, nephesh, ruach, chayah; zoe, psuche, bios, pneuma): I. THE TERMS II. THE OLD TESTAMENT TEACHING 1. Popular Use of the Term 2. Complexity of the Idea III. IN THE APOCRYPHA IV. IN THE NEW TESTAMENT 1. In the Synoptic Gospels 2. In the Fourth Gospel 3. In the Ac of the Apostles 4. In the Writings of Paul 5. In the Writing

LIERS-IN-WAIT li-erz-in-wat' (Judges 9:25; 16:12; 20:36). See AMBUSH. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'LIERS-IN-WAIT'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

LIDEBIR lid'-e-ber (lidhebhir): For "of Debir" in EV; the Revised Version margin suggests the name "Lidebir" (Joshua 13:26), a city in the territory of Gad. It is probably identical with LO-DEBAR (which see). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'LIDEBIR'". "I

LIE; LYING li, (sheqer (usually, e.g. Isaiah 9:15; Zechariah 13:3), or kazabh verb (Job 34:6; Micah 2:11); pseudos (John 8:44; Revelation 21:27), "to speak falsely," "to fabricate," "to make a false statement"; pseudomai, in Acts 5:3,1): 1. Lying Defined: In its very essence, a lie is something said with intent to deceive. It is not always a spok

LICE lis (kinnim (Exodus 8:17,18; Psalms 105:31), kinnim (Exodus 8:16), kinnam (Exodus 8:17,18); Septuagint skniphes (Exodus 8:16,18), ton sknipha, once in Exodus 8:18; sknipes (Psalms 105:31); Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) scniphes; according to Liddell and Scott, under the word sknips, Slav. sknipa equals culex): The references, b

LICENCE li'-sens: This word is not found at all in the Revised Version (British and American) (except in Judith 11:14; Ecclesiasticus 15:20; 1 Macc 1:13), and twice only in the King James Version (except in 2 Macc 4:9), both times in Acts. In Acts 21:40 (as translation of epitrepo) the American Standard Revised Version has "leave" where the King J

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

LIBYA; LIBYANS lib'-i-a, lib'-i-anz: In the Old Testament the word occurs in the King James Version in 2 Chronicles 12:3; 16:8; Nahum 3:9 for "Lubim" (thus the Revised Version (British and American)). the Revised Version (British and American), however, retains "Libyans" in Daniel 11:43. In Jeremiah 46:9; Ezekiel 30:5; 38:5, the words are replaced

LIBNITES lib'-nits (ha-libhni). See LIBNI. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'LIBNITES'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

LIBRARIES li'-bra-riz, li'-brer-iz: 1. The Bible a Library 2. Mythological and Apocryphal Libraries 3. Libraries for the Dead 4. Memory Libraries 5. Prehistoric and Primitive Libraries 6. Mesopotamian Period 7. Patriarchal Period 8. Egyptian Period 9. The Exodus 10. Palestine at the Conquest 11. Period of the Judges 12. Saul to the Macc

LIBNI lib'-ni (libhni): (1) Son of Gershon (Exodus 6:17; Numbers 3:18; 1 Chronicles 6:17,20). Families who traced their descent from Libni are called Libnites (Numbers 3:21; 26:58). (2) A son of Merari (1 Chronicles 6:29). See LADAN. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor

LIBERTY lib'-er-ti (deror, rachabh; eleutheria): The opposite of servitude or bondage, hence, applicable to captives or slaves set free from oppression (thus deror, Leviticus 25:10; Isaiah 61:1, etc.). Morally, the power which enslaves is sin (John 8:34), and liberty consists, not simply in external freedom, or in possession of the formal power of

LIBNAH lib'-na (libhnah "whiteness," "transparency," "pavement" (compare Exodus 24:10 where libhnath, is translated "paved work" or a "compact foundation"); Lebna): (1) A desert camp of the Israelites between Rimmon-perez and Rissah (Numbers 33:20,21). Probably the same as Laban (Deuteronomy 1:1). See WANDERINGS OF ISRAEL. (2) A town in the Shep

LIBERAL; LIBERALITY; LIBERALLY lib'-er-al, lib-er-al'-i-ti, lib'-er-al-i: The different forms of the word all refer to one who is generous, bountiful, willing and ready to give and to help. Both the Hebrew words of the Old Testament and the Greek words of the New Testament translated into the English word "liberal" have a deeper and nobler meaning

LIBERTINES lib'-er-tinz, li-bur'-tinz (Libertinoi): These were among Stephen's opponents: "There arose certain of them that were of the synagogue called (the synagogue) of the Libertines, and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen" (Acts 6:9).have a deeper and nobler meaning than is gener