LAODICEA la-od-i-se'-a (Laodikia): A city of Asia Minor situated in the Lycos valley in the province of Phrygia, and the home of one of the Seven Churches of Re (1:11). Distinguished from several other cities of that name by the appellation Ad Lycum, it was founded by Antiochus II (261-246 BC) of Syria, who named it for his wife Laodike, and who p

LANTERN lan'-tern (phanos, phaino, "to give light"): Lanterns were carried by the mob which arrested Jesus in Gethsemane (John 18:3, probably better "torches"). The word "lantern" in the time of early versions had a much wider significance than now. The Romans, however, had lanterns in the times of Christ, made by use of translucent skins, bladder

LANGUAGE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT lan'-gwaj (Greek). See ARAMAIC LANGUAGE also: I. THE VERNACULAR "KOINE" THE LANGUAGE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT 1. The Old Point of View 2. The Revolution 3. The Proof of the New Position (1) The Papyri (2) The Ostraka (3) The Inscriptions (4) Modern Greek (5) Historical and Comparative Grammar 4. Characteristics

LANGUAGES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT lan'-gwaj-es I. THE SEMITIC LANGUAGES 1. Members of Semitic Family 2. The Name Hebrew 3. Old Hebrew Literature II. HISTORY OF THE HEBREW LANGUAGE 1. Oldest Form of Language 2. The Hebrew of the Old Testament 3. Its Uniformity 4. The Cause Thereof 5. Differences Due to Age 6. Differences of Style 7. Foreign

LANE lan (rhume): An alley or bypath of a city. Occurs once in Luke 14:21, "Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city"; elsewhere translated "street," e.g. Matthew 6:2; Acts 9:11; Ecclesiasticus 9:7; Tobit 13:18. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry fo

LANDMARK land'-mark (gebhul, literally, "boundary"): The boundary may have been marked, as at present, simply by a furrow or stone. The iniquity of removing a landmark is frequently insisted on (Deuteronomy 19:14; 27:17; Proverbs 22:28; 23:10; Job 24:2 gebhulah), its removal being equivalent to theft. Copyright Statement These files are public dom

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

LANCE; LANCER; LANCET lans, lan'-ser, lan'-set. See ARMOR, III, 4, (3); 1 Kings 18:28 the Revised Version (British and American) "lances." Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'LANCE; LANCER; LANCET'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

LAND ((1) 'erets; (2) 'adhamah; (3) sadheh, "a piece of land"; (4) ge, "earth"; (5) agros, "field"; (6) chora, "region"; (7) chorion, diminutive of chora; (8) xeros, "dry land"; (9) 'ezrach, "native" the King James Version "born in the land," "born among you," the Revised Version (British and American) "home-born" (Leviticus 19:34; 14:16;

LAMPSACUS lamp'-sa-kus. See SAMPSAMES. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'LAMPSACUS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

LAMP; LAMPSTAND lamp'-stand (nir, ner, lappidh, Phoenician lampadh, whence lampas; luchnos is also used): Ner or nir is properly "light" or "a light-giving thing," hence, "lamp," and is so rendered in the Revised Version (British and American), but often "candle" in the King James Version. Its use in connection with the tabernacle and the temple (

LAMENTATION lam-en-ta'-shun. See BURIAL, III, 2; IV, 4, 5, 6. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'LAMENTATION'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

LAMENTATIONS, BOOK OF lam-en-ta'-shunz,--The Lamentations of Jeremiah: 1. Name: This is a collective name which tradition has given to 5 elegies found in the Hebrew Canon that lament the fate of destroyed Jerusalem. The rabbis call this little book 'Ekhah ("how"), according to the word of lament with which it begins, or qinoth. On the basis of th

LAMENT la-ment'. See MUSIC. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'LAMENT'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

LAMEDH la'-meth: The 12th letter of Hebrew alphabet; transliterated in this Encyclopedia as "1". It came also to be used for the number 30. For name, etc., see ALPHABET. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'LAMEDH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

LAMECH la'-mek (lemekh; Lamech, "a strong youth"?): (1) The name is first mentioned in Genesis 4:18-24. Here Lamech, the son of Methushael, is named as the last of the descendants of Cain. He was the father of Jabel, Jubal, Tubal-cain, and Naamah. As the husband of two wives, namely, Adah and Zillah, he furnishes the first recorded instance of pol

LAMB OF GOD (ho amnos tou theou): This is a title specially bestowed upon our Lord by John the Baptist (John 1:29-36), "Behold, the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world!" In Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs an apocryphal book, probably of the 2nd century--we have the term used for the Messiah, "Honor Judah and Levi, for from them s

LAME lam (piceach, nakheh; cholos): (1) The condition of being unable or imperfectly able to walk, which unfitted any descendant of Aaron so afflicted for service in the priesthood (Leviticus 21:18), and rendered an animal unsuitable for sacrifice (Deuteronomy 15:21). The offering of animals so blemished was one of the sins with which Malachi char

LAMB lam: (1) The most used word is kebhes, "a young ram"; compare Arabic kebsh, "ram"; often of sacrifices; (feminine) kabhsah, or kibchsah, "ewe lamb" (2 Samuel 12:3); by transposition kesebh, and feminine kisbah (Genesis 30:40; Leviticus 3:7; 5:6). (2) kar, "lamb" (Deuteronomy 32:14; 1 Samuel 15:9; 2 Kings 3:4). (3) seh, "one" of the flock (G

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