EUNATAN u-na'-tan. See ENNATAN. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'EUNATAN'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

EUNICE u-ni'-se, u'-nis (Eunike, is the correct reading, and not Euneike, which is read by the Textus Receptus of the New Testament of Stephen, three syllables: Eu-ni-ke, literally, "conquering well"; 2 Timothy 1:5): The mother of Timothy. 1. Eunice's Home: Her name is Greek and this might lead to the inference that she was a Gentile by birth, b

EUMENES II u'-me-nez (Eumenes, "well-disposed"): King of Pergamus, son and successor of Attalus I (197 BC). He is mentioned in the Apocrypha (1 Macc 8:8) in connection with the league which Judas Maccabeus made with the Romans. As their ally in the war against Antiochus the Great and in recognition of his signal service at the decisive battle of M

EUBULUS u-bu'-lus (Euboulos, literally, "of good counsel," 2 Timothy 4:21): One of the members of the church in Rome at the time of Paul's second imprisonment in that city. The apostle mentions how, at his first answer to the charges brought against him at the emperor's tribunal, the Roman Christians as a whole proved disloyal to him "no one took

EUCHARIST u'-ka-rist. See LORD'S SUPPER. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'EUCHARIST'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ETHNOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY eth-nog'-ra-fi, eth-nol'-o-ji. See TABLE OF NATIONS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ETHNOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ETHNARCH eth'-nark (2 Corinthians 11:32 margin). See GOVERNOR. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ETHNARCH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ETHMA eth'-ma (Ethma), the Revised Version (British and American) NOOMA (which see). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ETHMA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ETHIOPIC VERSIONS e-thi-op'-ik vur'-shuns: Christianity was introduced into Abyssinia by Tyrian missionaries, who probably spoke Greek, about the time of Constantine the Great. The Bible was translated into Ethiopic, or, to use the native name, Ge`ez, the Old Testament being from the Septuagint, between the 4th and 5th centuries, by various hands,

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

ETHIOPIC LANGUAGE e-thi-op'-ik lan'-gwaj: The language commonly called Ethiopic is the language in which the inscriptions of the kings of the ancient Aksumitic (Axumite) empire and most of the literature of Christian Abyssinia are written. It is called lesana Ge`ez, "the tongue of Ge`ez," by the Abyssinians themselves, most probably because it was

ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH e-thi-o'-pi-an u'-nuk eunouchos: A man who occupied a leading position as treasurer at the court of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, and who was converted and baptized by Philip the deacon (Acts 8:27-39). Being a eunuch, he was not in the full Jewish communion (compare Deuteronomy 23:1), but had gone up to Jerusalem to worship, p

ETHICS, III \III. Principles and Characteristics of Biblical Ethics. The sketch of the history of ethics just offered, brief as it necessarily is, may serve to indicate the ideas which have shaped modern thought and helped toward the interpretation of the Christian view of life which claims to be the fulfillment of all human attempts to explain the

ETHIOPIA e-thi-o'-pi-a (kush; Aithiopia): \1. Location, Extent and Population: Critically speaking Ethiopia may refer only to the Nile valley above the First Cataract, but in ancient as in modern times the term was often used not only to include what is now known as Nubia and the Sudan (Soudan), but all the unknown country farther West and South,

ETHICS, II \II. Historical Sketch of Ethics. A comprehensive treatment of our subject would naturally include a history of ethics from the earliest times to the present. For ethics as a branch of philosophical inquiry partakes of the historical development of all thought, and the problems which it presents to our day can be rightly appreciated only

ETHICS, I eth'-iks: \Contents - \I. NATURE AND FUNCTION OF ETHICS 1. Rise of Ethics 2. Ethics as a Science 3. A Normative Science 4. Relation to Cognate Sciences (1) Ethics and Metaphysics (2) Ethics and Psychology The "Ought" 5. Relation of Christian Ethics to Moral Philosophy (1) Not an Opposition (2) Philosophical Postulates (3) Method 6. Relat

ETHICS OF JESUS eth'-iks: \Contents - \I. IN THE SYNOPTIC GOSPELS 1. The Blessings of the Kingdom (1) Nature of the Kingdom (2) Blessedness of the Kingdom (3) Righteousness--Its Contrasts (4) Apocalyptic Theories 2. The Character of the Subjects of the Kingdom (1) Condition of Entrance (2) Christ's Attitude to Sin (3) Attainment of Righteousness

ETHER e'-ther (`ether; Ather): A town in Judah (Joshua 15:42), near Libnah, assigned to Simeon (Joshua 19:7). Kh. el `Atr (identical in spelling with Ether) is possibly the site. It is near Beit Jibrin and is described as "an ancient site: cisterns, foundations, quarried rock and terraces" (PEF, III, 261, 279). Copyright Statement These files ar

ETHBAAL eth-ba'-al, eth'-ba-al ('ethba`al, "with Baal"): "King of the Sidonians," and father of Jezebel whom Ahab king of Israel took to wife (1 Kings 16:31). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ETHBAAL'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ETHANUS e-tha'-nus, the King James Version Ecanus (Apocrypha): One of the scribes who wrote for forty days at the dictation of Ezra (2 Esdras 14:24). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ETHANUS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.