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

DILIGENCE; DILIGENT; DILIGENTLY dil'-i-jens, dil'-i-jent-li: This word is used in various senses in our English Bibles. 1. In the Old Testament: In Ezra 5:8, "with diligence" means "with care"; in Ezra 6:12; 7:17, "with speed," "speedily"; in Proverbs 4:23 "watchfulness"; in Deuteronomy 4:9; 6:17; 19:18; Psalms 77:6; Proverbs 27:23; Isaiah 55:2;

DILEAN dil'-e-an (dil`an, "cucumber"): A town in the Shephelah of Judah named with Migdal-gad and Mizpeh (Joshua 15:38, the English Revised Version "Dilan"), which lay probably on the North of Lachish and Eglon. It has not been identified. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Ed

DIKLAH dik'-la (diqlah, "place of palms"): One of the "sons" of Joktan (Genesis 10:27; 1 Chronicles 1:21). Perhaps a south-Arabian tribal or place-name connected with a palm-bearing district. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'DIKLAH'". "International Stand

DIKE di'-ke (dike, "justice"): The avenging justice of God personified as a goddess (Acts 28:4). See JUSTICE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'DIKE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

DIGNITIES; DIGNITY dig'-ni-tiz, dig'-ni-ti (Hebrew marom, se'eth, gedhullah): Rank or position, not nobility or austerity of personal character or bearing, is denoted by this word in its Old Testament occurrences (Genesis 49:3; Esther 6:3; Ecclesiastes 10:6; Habakkuk 1:7). In 2 Peter 2:10; Jude 1:8, "dignities" (doxai) are angels, lofty spiritual

DIG (qur, "to dig", chathar; diorusso, "to dig through"): "I have digged (dug) and drunk strange waters" (2 Kings 19:24). In his campaigns on foreign soil, where the enemy had stopped up the watersprings, Sennacherib would at once dig fresh wells for his armies. "They dig through houses" (Job 24:16; Matthew 6:19,20 margin). Walls of eastern houses

DIE (muth, gawa`; apothnesko, teleutao): "To die," etc., is of very frequent occurrence, and in the Old Testament is generally the translation of muth, meaning perhaps originally, "to be stretched out" or "prostrate." "To die," should be the consequence of eating the forbidden fruit (Genesis 2:17; compare Genesis 20:7; 2 Kings 1:4,6). "Die" is com

DIDYMUS did'-i-mus (Didumos, i.e. "twin"): The surname of \ thOMAS\ (which see). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'DIDYMUS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

DIDACHE did'-a-ke. See LITERATURE, SUB-APOSTOLIC. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'DIDACHE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

DIDRACHMA di-drak'-ma: Two drachmas. See DRACHMA, DRAM. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'DIDRACHMA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

DICTIONARIES dik'-shun-a-riz: A dictionary is a word-book or a list of words arranged in some fixed order, generally alphabetical, for ready reference, and usually with definitions or longer treatises. The vocabulary or glossary is a mere list of words, often without definitions; the Lexicon or dictionary of language (words or concepts) has bare d

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

DIBON; DIBON-GAD di'-bon (dibhon, "washing"; Daibon): (1) A city of Moab captured by the Amorites (Numbers 21:30), and held by them at the invasion by Israel. It was taken and given to the tribe of Gad, whence it is called Dibon-gad (Numbers 32:34; 33:45). In Joshua 13:17 it is reckoned to Reuben. Along with other cities in the territory North of

DIBRI dib'-ri (dibhri, "eloquent" (?)): A Danite, whose daughter Shelomith married an Egyptian. Their son was "cut off" (stoned) for blasphemy (Leviticus 24:11). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'DIBRI'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

DIBLATHAIM dib-la-tha'-im. See ALMON-DIBLATHAIM. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'DIBLATHAIM'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

DIBLAIM dib'-la-im, dib-la'-im (dibhlayim, "two cakes"): A native of Northern Israel and father of Gomer, the wife of Hosea (Hosea 1:3). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'DIBLAIM'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

DIBLATH dib'-lath. See DIBLAH Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'DIBLATH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

DIBLAH dib'-la (dibhlah, "circle"; Deblatha): The name occurs only in Ezekiel 6:14 (the King James Version "Diblath"), and the place has not been identified. If the reading is correct it may possibly be represented by Dibl, a village in Upper Galilee, South of Tibnin. But more likely it is a scribal error for Riblah. Copyright Statement These file

DIASPORA di-as'-po-ra. See DISPERSION. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'DIASPORA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.