ENVY en'-vi (qin'ah; zelos, phthonos): "Envy," from Latin in, "against," and video, "to look," "to look with ill-will," etc., toward another, is an evil strongly condemned in both the Old Testament and the New Testament. It is to be distinguished from jealousy. "We are jealous of our own; we are envious of another man's possessions. Jealousy fears

ENTREAT en-tret'. See INTREAT. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ENTREAT'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ENSUE en-su': Synonymous with "to pursue," "ensue" is found in 1 Peter 3:11 the King James Version as a translation of dioko, "to follow after," "to pursue." Also in Judith 9:5, "such as ensued after" (ta metepeita, "the things that follow"). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. Genera

ENTANGLE en-tan'-g'-l: Found but 5 times in the Scriptures (the King James Version), once in the Old Testament, yet most significant as illustrating the process of mental, moral and spiritual confusion and enslavement. \(1) Physical: Used of physical entanglement, as in the mazes of a labyrinth (bukh, to involve, "be perplexed"). At Moses' comman

ENSIGN en'-sin. See BANNER. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ENSIGN'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ENSAMPLE en-sam'-p'-l. See EXAMPLE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ENSAMPLE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ENROLMENT en-rol'-ment. See QUIRINIUS; TAX. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ENROLMENT'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ENQUIRE en-kwir': This is an Old English word now obsolescent. It is common in the King James Version. In the American Standard Revised Version it is nearly always replaced by the more modern "inquire," a few times by "seek" and "ask," once by "salute" (1 Chronicles 18:10). With this one exception in the Old Testament the change does not affect th

ENORMITY e-nor'-mi-ti: The marginal rendering in the King James Version of Hosea 6:9 for "lewdness," and in the Revised Version (British and American) of Leviticus 18:17; 19:29; 20:14 for "wickedness." In each case it is the translation of zimmah, meaning originally, "thought" or "plot," mostly in a bad sense, lewdness, wickedness; in Le it is unn

ENOS; ENOSH e'-nos, e'-nosh ('enosh, "mortal"; 'Enos): In the New Testament (the Revised Version (British and American) and the King James Version) and the Old Testament (the King James Version except 1 Chronicles 1:1), the form is Enos; in the Old Testament (the Revised Version (British and American) and 1 Chronicles 1:1 the King James Version),

ENOCH; THE BOOK OF THE SECRETS OF See APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ENOCH; THE BOOK OF THE SECRETS OF'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ENOCH, SLAVONIC, BOOK OF sla-von'-ik. See APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ENOCH, SLAVONIC, BOOK OF'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ENOCH, BOOK OF see ENOCH, ETHIOPIC, BOOK OF; ENOCH, SLAVONIC, BOOK OF Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ENOCH, BOOK OF'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ENOCH, ETHIOPIC, BOOK OF e-thi-op'-ik. See APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ENOCH, ETHIOPIC, BOOK OF'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ENOCH (CITY) In Genesis 4:17 it is narrated that Cain, who had taken up his abode in the land of Nod, East of Eden (verse 16), built there a city, and called it after the name of his firstborn son Enoch. It is impossible to fix more definitely the locality of this first of cities, recorded, as Delitzsch says (Genesis, in the place cited.), as regis

ENOCH e'-nok (chanokh, "initiated"; Henoch): (1) The eldest son of Cain (Genesis 4:17,18). (2) The son of Jared and father of Methuselah, seventh in descent from Adam in the line of Seth (Jude 1:14). He is said (Genesis 5:23) to have lived 365 years, but the brief record of his life is comprised in the words, "Enoch walked with God: and he was n

ENLIGHTEN en-lit'-'-n: (1) 'or, "illumination" in every sense, used in the ordinary sense of giving natural light (Psalms 97:4 the King James Version; see also Ezra 9:8) or as a sign of health and vigor (1 Samuel 14:27,29). "His eyes were enlightened," literally, "became bright." He had become weary and faint with the day's exertions and anxieties

ENJOIN en-join': Its usual sense is "to impose something," as a command, a charge or a direction. In this last sense it is used in Job 36:23, i.e. "Who hath directed?" In Esther 9:31 it means "to command"; in Philemon 1:8, "to order" or "direct." Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. Gen

ENLARGE; ENLARGEMENT en-larj', en-larj'-ment: "To enlarge" is very frequently used figuratively: "God enlarge Japheth" (Genesis 9:27), i.e. "make him a great nation"; or "Thou hast enlarged my steps under me" (2 Samuel 22:37), i.e. "Thou hast given me success." A very peculiar use of "enlarge" is found in the King James Version Psalms 4:1: "Thou

ENIGMA e-nig'-ma. See GAMES. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ENIGMA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.