FERVENT fur'-vent (dalaq; ektenes, zeo): "Fervent" (from Latin fervere, "to boil") does not occur in the King James Version of the Old Testament, but the Revised Version (British and American) gives it as the translation of dalaq, "to burn" (Proverbs 26:23), instead of "burning," "fervent lips and a wicked heart." In the New Testament it is the tr

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

FENCE fens (batsar, mibhtsar): Commonly used in the King James Version in the description of fortified places, as the translation of batsar, "to cut off," "to separate," "to fortify" (and forms) (Deuteronomy 3:5; 9:1; 28:52, etc.); mibhtsar, "fenced city," is a fortified place (Numbers 32:17,36; Joshua 10:20; 19:35, etc.); matsor, "fenced cities,"

FELLOWSHIP fel'-o-ship. See COMMUNION. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'FELLOWSHIP'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

FEMALE fe'-mal: Two Hebrew words are thus translated: (1) neqebhah, which is merely a physiological description of the sexual characteristic (from naqabh, "to perforate"), and which corresponds to zakhar, "male" (see under the word). (2) 'ishshah, with the irregular plural nashim (only Genesis 7:2, in all other places "wife," "woman"), the femin

FELLOW fel'-o (chabher, rea`; hetairos): Meant originally a "partner," from fe, "property," and lag, "to lay," then "a companion," "an equal," "a person or individual," "a worthless person." (1) As "companion" it is the translation of chabher, "associate," "companion," "friend" (also chabbar, Job 41:6), where we have the original sense of partner

FELLOES fel'-oz (1 Kings 7:33). See WHEEL. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'FELLOES'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

FEIGN fan (badha, nakhar; plastos): Occurs (1) in the sense of "to devise," "invent" as the translation of badha', "to form," "to fashion" (Nehemiah 6:8, "Thou feignest them out of thine own heart"; compare 1 Kings 12:33, English Versions of the Bible "devised of his own heart"); of plastos, "formed," "molded" (2 Peter 2:3, "with reigned words ma

FELIX; ANTONIUS fe'-liks, an-to'-ni-us (Phelix, from Latin felix, "happy"): A Roman procurator of Judea, appointed in succession to Cumanus by the emperor Claudius. The event which led to the introduction of Felix into the narrative of Ac was the riot at Jerusalem (Acts 21:27). There Paul, being attacked at the instigation of the Asiatic Jews for

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

FEEBLE-MINDED fe'-b'-l-min'-ded (oligopsuchos): Only in 1 Thessalonians 5:14 the King James Version, in the sense of "fainthearted," as in the Revised Version (British and American). In Septuagint it is used as the equivalent of koshel, the tottering or feeble-kneed in Isaiah 35:3; 54:6; oligopsuchia occurs in Septuagint twice (Exodus 6:9; Psalms

FEELING fel'-ing: The following varieties of meaning are to be noted: (1) "To touch," "handle," "grope after" (mashash (Genesis 27:12,22; Exodus 10:21; mush, Genesis 27:21; Judges 16:26; pselaphao, Acts 17:27). (2) "To know," "understand," "experience" (bin, Psalms 58:9; yadha`, Proverbs 23:35; ginosko, Mark 5:29). (3) "To have a fellow feeling

FEEBLE KNEES fe'-b'-l nez: The expression. is found in three places (one being a free quotation of another): Job 4:4, "Thou hast made firm the feeble (kara`, "bending," "bowing") knees," and Hebrews 12:12, "Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the palsied (the King James Version "feeble") knees." The Greek word used here (paralelumena,

FEASTS, SEASONS FOR Regulated by the sun and moon. See ASTRONOMY, sec. I, 5. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'FEASTS, SEASONS FOR'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

FEATHERS feth'-erz (notsah; Latin penna): "Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings (the Revised Version (British and American) "pinions") and feathers (the American Standard Revised Version "plumage") unto the ostrich?" (Job 39:13 the King James Version); "He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust

FEASTS AND FASTS fests (mo`edh, "an appointed day" or "an assembling," chagh, from chaghagh, "to dance" or possibly "to make a pilgrimage"; tsom, "fast," ta`anith, "a day of affliction"): I. PRE-EXILIC A) Annual 1. Passover, 15th-22d Nican 2. Pentecost, 6th Ciwan ) Pilgrimage 3. Tabernacles, 15th-22d Tishri ) Festivals 4. Shemini `Atsereth, 2

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

FEAR fer (yir'ah, yare'; phobos, phobeo): Terms, etc.: "Fear" is the translation of many words in the Old Testament; the chief are: yir'ah, "fear," "terror," "reverence," "awe," most often "the fear of God," "fear of Yahweh" (Genesis 20:11; 2 Chronicles 19:9, etc.); also of "fear" generally (Job 22:4; Isaiah 7:25; Ezekiel 30:13, etc.); yare', "t

FAVOR fa'-ver (chen, ratson, with other Hebrew words; charis): Means generally good will, acceptance, and the benefits flowing from these; in older usage it meant also the countenance, hence, appearance. Alternating in English Versions of the Bible with "grace," it is used chiefly of man, but sometimes also of God (Genesis 18:3; 30:27; 39:21; Exod

FAUCHION fo'-shun. See SCIMITAR. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'FAUCHION'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.