EDUCATION ed-u-ka'-shun: \Contents \I. EDUCATION DEFINED \II. EDUCATION IN EARLY ISRAEL 1. Nomadic and Agricultural Periods 2. The Monarchical Period 3. Deuteronomic Legislation 4. Reading and Writing \III. EDUCATION IN LATER ISRAEL 1. Educational Significance of the Prophets 2. The Book of the Law 3. Wise Men or Sages 4. The Book of Proverbs 5.

EDOS e'-dos (Edais; the King James Version Edes): One who agreed to put away his foreign wife (APC 1Esdras 9:35); called Iddo, the King James Version "Jadan," in Ezra 10:43. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'EDOS'". "International Standard Bible Encycloped

EDNA ed'-na (Edna): Wife of Raguel and mother of Sarah who married Tobias (Tobit 7:2, etc.; 10:12; 11:1). "Edna" in Hebrew means "pleasure" and corresponds to Latin Anna. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'EDNA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia"

EDOM; EDOMITES e'-dum, e'-dum-its 'edhom, "red"; Edom: \1. Boundaries: The boundaries of Edom may be traced with some approach to accuracy. On the East of the `Arabah the northern border ran from the Dead Sea, and was marked by Wady el-Kurachi, or Wady el-Chasa. On the East it marched with the desert. The southern border ran by Elath and Ezion-geb

EDGE ej: Very frequently occurs in the phrase "the edge of the sword" (Joshua 10:28, et al.) from the Hebrew peh, "lip," or saphah, "lip." Exodus 28:7 and 39:4 read "ends," from qatsah, "end" (the King James Version "edge"), and Joshua 13:27 has "uttermost part" for the same Hebrew word (the King James Version "edge"). In Jeremiah 31:29 and Ezekie

EDIFICATION; EDIFY ed-i-fi-ka'-shun, ed'-i-fi: The Greek words oikodomeo, "to build," oikodome, "the act of building," are used both literally and figuratively in the New Testament; "edify," "edifying," "edification," are the translation of the King James Version in some 20 passages, all in the figurative sense of the promotion of growth in Christ

EDES e'-dez: the Revised Version (British and American) EDOS (which see). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'EDES'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

EDER (2) e'-der (`edher, "flock"). (1) A Merarite Levite in the days of David (1 Chronicles 23:23; 24:30); son of Mushi. (2) A Benjamite (1 Chronicles 8:15, the King James Version "Ader"). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'EDER (2)'". "International Stand

EDEN, HOUSE OF See AVEN; BETH-EDEN; CHILDREN OF EDEN. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'EDEN, HOUSE OF'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

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

EDDINUS ed'-i-nus (Eddeinous, Codex Alexandrinus, Eddinous): One of the "holy singers" at Josiah's Passover (1 Esdras 1:15). the King James Version reads here Jeduthun, the corresponding name in the parallel passage (2 Chronicles 35:15). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Edit

EDEN e'-d'-n (`edhen, "delight"; Edem): (1) The land in which "Yahweh God planted a garden," where upon his creation "he put the man whom he had formed" (Genesis 2:8). In the Assyrian inscriptions idinu (Accadian, edin) means "plain" and it is from this that the Biblical word is probably derived. Following are the references to Eden in the Bible,

EDDIAS ed-i'-as. See IEDDIAS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'EDDIAS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

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

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

ED ('edh, "witness"): The name of the altar erected by the trans-Jordanic tribes upon finally taking possession of Gilead (Joshua 22:10,11,34); probably East of the Jordan opposite Jericho. But neither the Massoretic Text nor the Septuagint contained the word. Both the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American), however, ins

ECCLESIASTICUS e-kle-zi-as'-ti-kus. See SIRACH. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ECCLESIASTICUS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ECCLESIASTES, THE PREACHER e-kle-zi-as'-tez, or (qoheleth; Ekklesiastes, perhaps "member of assembly"; see below): \Contents 1. Structure of the Book 2. The Contents 3. Composite Authorship? 4. Qoheleth 5. "King in Jerusalem" 6. Date and Authorship 7. Linguistic Peculiarities 8. Certain Inconclusive Arguments 9. Canonicity 1. Structure of

ECBATANA ek-bat'-a-na (Ezra 6:2 margin). See ACHMETHA. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ECBATANA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ECCE HOMO ek'-se ho'-mo (idou ho anthropos, "Behold, the man!" John 19:5): Pilate's statement regarding Jesus during His trial. While the significance of this statement is somewhat debatable, yet there is little doubt, as judged from his attitude and statement immediately following, that Pilate was endeavoring to appeal to the accusers' sympathies