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

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

DAY AND NIGHT "Day," yom; ordinarily, the Hebrew "day" lasted from dawn to the coming forth of the starts (Nehemiah 4:21). The context usually makes it clear whether the term "day" refers to the period of twenty-four hours or to daytime; when there was a possibility of confusion, the term laylah, "night," was added (Genesis 7:4,12; 31:39). The "day

DAY BEFORE THE SABBATH (he paraskeue, "preparation"): Considered as a day of preparation, in accordance with Exodus 16:23, both before the regular Sabbath and before a feast Sabbath (Matthew 27:62; Mark 15:42; Luke 23:54; John 19:14,31,42). At 3 p. m., the Hebrews began to prepare their food for the next day, and to perform all labors which were f

DAWN; DAWNING don: The word means the approach of the morning light, the breaking of the day. There are several words in the Bible that indicate this. nesheph, "twilight" of the morning (Job 7:4; Psalms 119:147). The same word is used for evening twilight (1 Samuel 30:17; 2 Kings 7:5,7); penoth ha-boqer, "the turning" of the morning, the change fr

DAY da (yom; hemera): This common word has caused some trouble to plain readers, because they have not noticed that the word is used in several different senses in the English Bible. When the different uses of the word are understood the difficulty of interpretation vanishes. We note several different uses of the word: (1) It sometimes means the

DAVID, ROOT OF root (he rhiza Daueid, Revelation 5:5; 22:16): Root here means stock, family, descendant, hence, "the Root of David" is that which descended from David, not that from which David descended. Jesus Christ in His human nature and family connections was a descendant of David, a member of his family. Copyright Statement These files are p

DAVID, TOWER OF tou'-er. See JERUSALEM. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'DAVID, TOWER OF'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

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

DAUGHTER-IN-LAW See RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'DAUGHTER-IN-LAW'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

DAVID da'-vid (dawidh, or dawidh, "beloved"; Daueid, also in New Testament, Dauid, Dabid; see Thayer's Lexicon): $I. NAME AND GENEALOGY$ $II. EARLY YEARS$ 1. Shepherd 2. Slinger 3. Harpist 4. Poet 5. Psalmist 6. Tribesman $III. IN THE SERVICE OF SAUL$ 1. David First Meets Saul 2. His First Exploit 3. Envy of Saul and Flight of David 4.

DAUGHTER do'-ter (bath; thugater): Used in Scriptures in several more or less distinct senses: for daughter in the ordinary, literal sense (Genesis 46:25; Exodus 1:16); daughter-in-law (Ruth 2:2); grand-daughter or other female descendant (Exodus 21; Luke 1:5; 13:16); the women of a country, or of a place, taken collectively (Luke 23:28), of a pa

DATHEMA dath'-e-ma (Dathema): A stronghold (1 Macc 5:29) in Gilead to which the Jews fled for refuge from the heathen (1 Macc 5:9). They were delivered by Judas and Jonathan his brother. It was within a night's march from Bosora. It may possibly be identical with `Athaman which lies East of el-Muzeribe in disputing the authority of Moses and Aaron

DAUB dob: "To daub" always has the meaning "to cover," "to smear with" in the Scriptures. Ezekiel compares the flatteries of the false prophets to a slight wall covered with whitewash (literally, "spittle"). See Ezekiel 13:10; 22:28. In Exodus 2:3 "daubed it with slime and with pitch" (Hebrew wattachmerah, denominative of chemar, "bitumen" or "asp

DATHAN da'-than (dathan, meaning and derivation unknown, though the name is found in Assyrian, in the records of Shalmaneser II): The son of Eliab the son of Pallu the son of Reuben (Numbers 26:5; Deuteronomy 11:6; Psalms 106:17). He and his brother Abiram, with others, followed Korah the Levite in disputing the authority of Moses and Aaron in the

DASH The idea of "to throw violently" or "to strike" with purpose of causing destruction is usually connected with the word "to dash." There is perhaps but one exception to this: Psalms 91:12 and the quotations of this passage in the New Testament (Matthew 4:6; Luke 4:11, proskopto), have the meaning "to strike against accidentally" and not intent

DATES dats (debhash): Arabic, dibbs (2 Chronicles 31:5, King James Version margin); English Versions of the Bible HONEY (which see). See also PALM TREE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'DATES'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

DART-SNAKE dart'-snake (Isaiah 34:15). See ARROWSNAKE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'DART-SNAKE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

DARLING dar'-ling (yachidh, "only," the King James Version margin, "only one"; the American Revised Version, margin, "dear life"): Used poetically for the life or soul (Psalms 22:20; 35:17). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'DARLING'". "International Stand

DART dart (chets; belos): A pointed missile weapon, as an arrow or light spear (2 Samuel 18:14; Job 41:26). See ARMOR; ARMS, III, 4; ARROW. Figurative: (1) Of the penalty of sin (Proverbs 7:23 the King James Version); (2) of strong suggestions and fierce temptations to evil (Ephesians 6:16; compare 1 Macc 5:51 ). Copyright Statement These files