EL ROI (Genesis 16:13 margin). See GOD, NAMES OF. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'EL ROI'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

EL ELYON el e-li'-on. See GOD, NAMES OF. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'EL ELYON'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

EKRON; EKRONITE ek'-ron, ek'-ron-it 'eqron, "migration," "rooting out"; Akkaron: The most northerly of the chief cities of the Philistines. It was not subdued by Joshua (13:3) but was allotted, in the division of the land, first to Judah and then to Da (Joshua 15:11,45,46; 19:43). It was taken by Judah (Judges 1:18). The people of Ekron are promin

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

EKREBEL ek'-re-bel (Ekrebel): Appears only in Judith 7:18. It lay on the brook Mochmur, South of Dothart. It is identical with Akrabbein, of which Eusebius (Onomasticon) speaks as the capital of the district of Akrabattine. It corresponds to the modern `Akrabeh, 8 miles Southeast of Nablus. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Biblio

EITHER e'-ther, i'-ther: Often in the sense still common, "one or the other" (1 Chronicles 21:21; Matthew 6:24, etc.), but also in the obsolete sense of "both" or "each" (Leviticus 10:1; 1 Kings 7:15; John 19:18; Revelation 22:2), or in place of (Revised Version) "or" (Luke 6:42; 15:8; Philippians 3:12; James 3:12). Copyright Statement These files

EHUD e'-hud (ehudh, "united," "strong"): A Benjamite, son of Gera, deliverer of Israel from oppression by Moab (Judges 3:15-30). Gaining access alone to the presence of King Eglon under pretense of a secret errand connected with the payment of Israel's tribute, Ehud, a left-handed man, drew the sword he had concealed upon his right side, and thrus

EGYPTIANS, GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THE See APOCRYPHAL GOSPELS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'EGYPTIANS, GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

EGYPTIAN VERSIONS vur'-shuns. See COPTIC VERSIONS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'EGYPTIAN VERSIONS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

EGYPTIAN, THE e-jip'-shan (ho Aiguptios): Mentioned in Acts 21:38, by Claudius Lysias as having "before these days stirred up to sedition and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the ASSASSINS" (which see). Reference to this Egyptian and to the suppression of his rebellion by the procurator Felix is likewise found in Josephus (Ant.

EGYPTIAN KINGS (LATER) See PHARAOH; HOPHRA; NECO; SHISHAK; EGYPT, III. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'EGYPTIAN KINGS (LATER)'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

EGYPT e'-jipt: \I. THE COUNTRY 1. The Basis of the Land 2. The Nile Valley 3. Earliest Human Remains 4. Climate 5. Conditions of Life 6. The Nile 7. The Fauna 8. The Flora 9. The Prehistoric Races \II. THE HISTORY 1. 1st and 2nd Ages: Prehistoric 2. 3d Age: Ist and IInd Dynasties 3. 4th Age: IIIrd through VIth Dynasties 4. 5th Age: VIIth through

EGYPT, BROOK (RIVER, STREAM) OF See BROOK OF EGYPT. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'EGYPT, BROOK (RIVER, STREAM) OF'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

EGLON (2) eg'-lon (`eghlon; Odollam): A royal Canaanite city whose king joined the league headed by Adonizedek of Jerusalem against the Gibeonites, which suffered overwhelming defeat at the hands of Joshua (Joshua 10). Joshua passed from Libnah to Lachish, and from Lachish to Eglon on his way to Hebron (10:31). It was in the Shephelah of Judah (15

EGLATH-SHELISHIYAH eg'-lath-shel-i-shi'-ya (`eghlath shelishiyah): Found in Isaiah 15:5; Jeremiah 48:34 (Hebrew) in oracles against Moab. the King James Version translates "an heifer of three years old"; the Revised Version (British and American) takes it as the name of a place, but the American Revised Version, margin has "a heifer three years ol

EGLON (1) eg'-lon (`eghlon, "circle"): A king of Moab in the period of the Judges who, in alliance with Ammon and Amalek, overcame Israel and made Jericho his capital, presumably driven across the Jordan by the turmoil in his own kingdom which at that time was probably being used as a battle ground by Edom and the desert tribes (compare Genesis 36

EGLAH eg'-la (`eghlah, "heifer"): Wife of David and mother of Ithream (2 Samuel 3:5 parallel 1 Chronicles 3:3). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'EGLAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

EFFECT; EFFECTUAL e-fekt', e-fek'-tu-al: In the Old Testament, the Revised Version (British and American) renders "fulfilment" for "effect" in Ezekiel 12:23 (Hebrew dabhar, "matter"); and in Jeremiah 48:30 "His boastings have wrought nothing" for the vaguer "His lies shall not so effect" of the King James Version. In the King James Version of the

EGG (betsah; oon; Latin ovum): An oval or spheroid body produced by birds, fishes and reptiles, from which their young emerge when incubated or naturally developed. The fertile egg of a bird consists of the yolk, a small disk from which the embryo develops, the albuminous white, and a calcareous shell. The most ancient records prove that eggs have

EDUTH e'-duth (`edhuth, "testimony," a technical term for the Ten Commandments or for the Law): In Psalms 60 title, "set to Shushan Eduth" (literally, "a lily (is) the testimony"); 80 title, "set to Shoshannim Eduth" (literally, "lilies (is) the testimony"). The Hebrew words appear to be intended to designate a melody by the first few words ordina