Dictionaries :: Chasten, Chastening, Chastise, ChastisementVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1VerbStrong's Number: g3811Greek: paideuoChasten, Chastening, Chastise, Chastisement:primarily denotes "to train children," suggesting the broad idea of education (pais, "a child"), Act 7:22; 22:3; see also Tts 2:12, "instructing" (RV), h

Dictionaries :: CherithEaston's Bible DictionaryCherith: a cutting; separation; a gorge, a torrent-bed or winter-stream, a "brook," in whose banks the prophet Elijah hid himself during the early part of the three years' drought (1Ki 17:3,5). It has by some been identified as the Wady el-Kelt behind Jericho, which is formed by the junction of man

Dictionaries :: Brute; BrutishInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBrute; Brutish: broot, brootish (ba‘ar, "stupid"; alogos, "without speech," hence, irrational, unreasonable (Ac 25:27; 2Pe 2:12; Jude 1:10 the King James Version)): The man who denies God acts in an irrational way. Such persons are described as brutish (Ps 49:10; 92:6;

Dictionaries :: Cheer; CheerfulnessInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCheer; Cheerfulness: cher, cher'-fool-nes: The English word "cheer" meant: (1) originally face, countenance (Greek kara, "head," through Old French, chere, "face"), (2) then the expression on the face, especially (3) the expression of good spirits, and finally

Dictionaries :: BunchEaston's Bible DictionaryBunch: (1.) A bundle of twigs (Exd 12:22). (2.) Bunch or cake of raisins (2Sa 16:1). (3.) The "bunch of a camel" (Isa 30:6).International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBunch: bunsh: Is used of (1) a "bunch of hyssop" (Ex 12:22, ‘aghuddah); (2) a "cluster of raisins" (2Sa 16:1 the King Jam

Dictionaries :: ChariotEaston's Bible DictionaryChariot: a vehicle generally used for warlike purposes. Sometimes, though but rarely, it is spoken of as used for peaceful purposes. The first mention of the chariot is when Joseph, as a mark of distinction, was placed in Pharaoh's second state chariot (Gen 41:43); and the next, when he went out

Dictionaries :: ButterEaston's Bible DictionaryButter: (Heb. hemah), curdled milk (Gen 18:8; Jdg 5:25; 2Sa 17:29), or butter in the form of the skim of hot milk or cream, called by the Arabs kaimak, a semi-fluid (Job 20:17; 29:6; Deu 32:14). The words of Pro 30:33 have been rendered by some "the pressure [not churning] of milk bringeth forth che

Dictionaries :: BypathsInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBypaths: bi'-pathz.

Dictionaries :: BookEaston's Bible DictionaryBook: This word has a comprehensive meaning in Scripture. In the Old Testament it is the rendering of the Hebrew word sepher, which properly means a "writing," and then a "volume" (Exd 17:14; Deu 28:58; 29:20; Job 19:23) or "roll of a book" (Jer 36:2,4). Books were originally written on skins, on l

Dictionaries :: BrinkInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBrink: brink: saphah, or sepheth =" the lip," "margin," "bank," "edge" (Ge 41:3; Ex 2:3; 7:15); qatseh, or qetseh =" an extremity," "border," "brim" (Jos 3:8,15; Isa 19:7; Da 12:5).

Dictionaries :: Character of SaintsTorrey's New Topical TextbookCharacter of Saints: Attentive to Christ's Voice Jhn 10:3,4Character of Saints: Blameless and Harmless Phl 2:15Character of Saints: Bold Pro 28:1; Rom 13:3Character of Saints: Contrite Isa 57:15; 66:2Character of Saints: Devout Act 8:2; 22:12Character of Saints: Faithful

Dictionaries :: Chambers in the HeavensInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaChambers in the Heavens:  ← ChamberlainChambers in the South →

Dictionaries :: CensoriousnessNave's Topical BibleCensoriousness: See UNCHARITABLENESS; SPEAKING, EVIL; CHARITABLENESS.

Dictionaries :: BoreInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBore: bor: According to the Book of the Covenant (Ex 20:20-23:33) a slave whom his master had purchased was to be released after six years. Should he choose to remain in his master's service a religious ceremony was necessary to ratify his decision. "Then his master shall bring him un

Dictionaries :: CherubimNave's Topical BibleCherubim: Eastward of the Garden of Eden Gen 3:24Cherubim: In the Tabernacle Exd 25:18-20; 37:7-9Cherubim: The Ark of the Covenant Rested beneath the Wings Of 1Ki 8:6, 7; 2Ch 5:7, 8; Hbr 9:5Cherubim: Figures Of, Embroidered On the walls of the tabernacle, Exd 26:1; 36:8; and on the curta

Dictionaries :: BywordInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaByword: bi'-wurd: shammah =" consternation," "astonishment," "waste," "wonderful language," "object of remark" (De 28:37; 1Ki 9:7; 2Ch 7:20); mashal, or meshol =" a satire," "byword" (Job 17:6; Ps 44:14); millah, or milleh =" a topic," "object of talk," "byword" (Job 30:9).

Dictionaries :: ChatterInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaChatter: chat'-er (tsaphaph): This word, which means to "peep," "twitter" or "chirp," as small birds do, is translated "chatter" only in Isa 38:14, "Like a swallow or a crane, so did I chatter."

Dictionaries :: BraveryEaston's Bible DictionaryBravery: (Isa 3:18), an old English word meaning comeliness or beauty.International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBravery: brav'-er-i: tiph'arah or ‘tiph'ereth =" beauty," "glory," "honor" and "majesty," hence, "splendor of bravery." "The bravery of their tinkling ornaments" (Isa 3:18 the Kin

Dictionaries :: Body, SpiritualInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBody, Spiritual: spir'-it-u-al: Paul describes the body after the resurrection as a spiritual body (soma psuchikon) and contrasts it with the natural (psychical body, soma pneumatikon, 1Co 15:44). Our present natural body has for its life-principle the soul (psuche) but the

Dictionaries :: Book of EnochInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBook of Enoch:  ← Book of AbrahamBook of Jubilees →