EXECUTE; EXECUTIONER ek'-se-kut, ek-se-ku'-shun-er (`asah, "to do," din,"to judge," "decide"; poieo, "to do"; spekoulator, Latin speculator, "an attendant"): "Execute" in the sense of "executing judgment," "vengeance," etc., is often found in the Old Testament (Exodus 12:12; Deuteronomy 10:18; Psalms 149:7; Jeremiah 22:3; Ezekiel 25:11; Micah 5:15

EXCHANGE; EXCHANGER eks-chanj', eks-chan'-jer. See BANK; BANKING. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'EXCHANGE; EXCHANGER'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

EXCOMMUNICATION eks-ko-mu-ni-ka'-shun: Exclusion from church fellowship as a means of personal discipline, or church purification, or both. Its germs have been found in (1) the Mosaic "ban" or "curse" (cherem, "devoted"), given over entirely to God's use or to destruction (Leviticus 27:29); (2) the "cutting off," usually by death, stoning of certa

EXCELLENT ek'-se-lent 'addir, yattir (Aramaic); diaphoroteros, kratistos: The translation of various Hebrew words, chiefly of 'addir, "great," "honorable" (Psalms 8:1,9; 16:3; 76:4); yattir, "surpassing," is Aramaic, occurring in Daniel 2:31; 4:36; 5:12,14; 6:3. Other words are bachar, "to glow," "try," "choose" (Song of Solomon 5:15); ga'on, "mou

EXCEED; EXCEEDING; EXCEEDINGLY ek-sed': The verb is found in other than its present sense in Job 36:9 the King James Version, "They have exceeded" the (Revised Version (British and American)) "behaved themselves proudly"); 1 Samuel 20:41, "They .... wept .... until David exceeded" (the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and Americ

EXCELLENCY ek'-se-len-si (ga-on, ga'awah; huperbole): "Excellency" in the Old Testament is chiefly the translation of ga'on, "mounting," "swelling" (Exodus 15:7; Job 37:4 the King James Version; Psalms 47:4 the King James Version; Isaiah 13:19 the King James Version, etc.); ga'awah, rising, is thrice so rendered (Deuteronomy 33:26,29; Psalms 68:34

EXAMINE; EXAMINATION eg-zam'-in, eg-zam-i-na'-shun: darash, "to follow," "inquire," "make inquisition" (Ezra 10:16); and bachan, "to test," "investigate," "prove," "tempt" (Psalms 26:2). The former was the judicial term. anakrino, "scrutinize," "investigate," "interrogate" (in court), "judge," "search" (Luke 23:14; Acts 4:9; 12:19; 28:18; 1 Corint

EXAMPLE eg-zam'-p'-l (tupos, "a pattern," hupodeigma, "copy" "representation" hupogrammos, "a writing-copy," example): A typical, representative, or illustrative case; a pattern or model for imitation (hupodeigma, John 13:15; Hebrews 8:5 the King James Version; James 5:10; hupogrammos, 1 Peter 2:21; tupos, 1 Timothy 4:12 the King James Version) or

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

EXACTORS eg-zak'-ters (noghesayikh (Isaiah 60:17, the Revised Version, margin "taskmasters"; compare Exodus 1:11; 3:7)): Righteousness personified is in Zion to take the place of the officials who oppress the people. In Isaiah 14:4 the American Revised Version, margin, Babylon is called an "exactress of gold." Copyright Statement These files are p

EXALT eg-zolt' (rum, gabhah (mappiq he), nasa'; hupsoo): The Hebrew word most often translated "exalt," "exalted," is rum; "to lift up," "to be or become high." It is used with reference to both God and man, eg. Exodus 15:2, "My father's God, and I will exalt him"; Psalms 99:5,9, "Exalt ye Yahweh our God"; compare 107:32; 118:28; 1 Samuel 2:10, "E

EXACTION eg-zak'-shun: (1) mashsha' (Nehemiah 10:31), a demand for money lent on pledge, which the Jews agreed to forego in the seventh year; (2) gerushah (Ezekiel 45:9, "your exactions," the Revised Version, margin "expulsions"), eviction from house and home. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James,

EXACT eg-zakt': (1) naghas (Deuteronomy 15:2,3; 2 Kings 23:35; Isaiah 58:3), to secure by force or pressure interest or money for tribute, and perhaps, in Isaiah 58:3, labor or toil; but compare the Revised Version, margin "oppress all your laborers"; probably better with a slight change of text, "exact money lent on pledges" (reading for `abhoT b

EVOLUTION ev-o-lu'-shun: 1. The Idea of Evolution: Evolution is a scientific and philosophical theory designed to explain the origin and course of all things in the universe. By origin, however, is not understood the production or emergence of the substance and of the cause or causes of things, but that of the forms in which they appear to the ob

EWE u (rachel, `ul, seh, "a female sheep"): Rachel (compare pr. note Rachel, and Arabic rachala, "to migrate") is the ordinary Hebrew word for ewe, but is translated "sheep," though with clear indication of sex in context, in Isaiah 53:7 and Song of Solomon 6:6 (the Revised Version (British and American) "ewes"). `Aloth, participle of `ul, "to suc

EVIL-SPEAKING e-v'-l-spek'-ing: Occurs twice in English Versions: (1) 1 Peter 2:1 it is the translation of katalalia, "a speaking against," rendered "backbiting" in 2 Corinthians 12:20; compare katalalos, "backbiter" (Romans 1:30); the verb katalaleo is rendered to "speak against" (1 Peter 2:12; James 4:11; 1 Peter 3:16); (2) of blasphemia, "wha

EVIL-MERODACH e-vil-me-ro'-dak; -mer'-o-dak 'ewil merodhakh; Septuagint Eueialmarodek; so B in K, but B in Jeremiah, and A and Q in both places much corrupted: The name of the son and immediate successor of Nebuchadnezzar II, king of Babylon. The Babylonian form of the name is Amelu- Marduk, that is, "man of Marduk." About 30 contract tablets date

EVIL-FAVOREDNESS e-v'-l-fa'-verd-nes The word is the translation of the Hebrew dabhar ra', lit "evil thing," and refers to the ritual unfitness for sacrifice of any animal which, though included in the class of clean beasts, yet possesses a blemish (see the word), or otherwise lacks beauty of symmetry, or is lean-fleshed (Deuteronomy 17:1 the King

EVIL THING (to kakon, plural in Luke 16:25): An evil thing or evil things may be the thoughts of evil men, their plans or their deeds; or the things men suffer for their own wrongs; or the evils consequent upon the errors of others. In the dark picture of fallen men in Romans 1:30, "inventors of evil things" appear. "The evil man out of his evil t

EVIL-DOERS e-v'-l-doo'-erz mere`im; from ra`-a`; kakopoios, always plural: Malefactors or offenders of God's law. Used generally of the ungodly, as, "Fret not thyself because of evil-doers." (Psalms 37:1). Sometimes also of personal offenders: "He hath delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evil-doers." (Jeremiah 20:13). Copyright State