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

JOSIAS jo-si'-as (Textus Receptus, Iosias; Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek Ioseias) : (1) Greek form in the King James Version of Josiah (Matthew 1:10,11; compare 1 Esdras 1; Baruch 1:8), king of Judah. (2) In 1 Esdras 8:33 the King James Version for JESIAS (which see). Copyright Statement These files are public domai......

POST post (ruts, "to run," ratsim, "runners"): The "runners" formed the royal guard (1 Samuel 22:17; 1 Kings 14:27; 2 Kings 11:4,13; see GUARD). From them were chosen the couriers who carried royal letters and dispatches throughout the kingdom (2 Chronicles 30:6,10; Esther 3:13,15; Jeremiah 51:31). In the Persian service they were m......

JOHN (1) jon (Ioannes): The name of several persons mentioned in the Apocrypha: (1) Father of Mattathias, grandfather of Judas Maccabeus and his brothers (1 Macc 2:1). (2) Eldest son of Mattathias, surnamed GADDIS (which see). (3) Father of Eupolemus, one of the envoys sent to Rome by Judas Maccabeus (1 Macc 8:17; 2 Macc 4:11). ......

PALESTINE, 2 III. Palestine in the Historic Books of the Old Testament. 1. Book of Joshua: Joshua is the great geographical book of the Old Testament; and the large majority of the 600 names of places, rivers and mountains in Palestine mentioned in the Bible are to be found in this book. (1) Topographical Accuracy. About half of ......

STACHYS sta'-kis (Stachus): The name of a Roman Christian to whom Paul sent greetings. The name is Greek and uncommon; it has been found in inscriptions connected with the imperial household. Paul designates him "my beloved" (Romans 16:9). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., ......

PARAMOUR par'-a-moor (pilleghesh, "a concubine," masculine or feminine): A term applied in Ezekiel 23:20 to the male lover, but elsewhere translated "concubine." Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'PARAMOUR'". "International Standard Bible Enc......

ISRAEL, HISTORY OF, 3 V. Period of the Separated Kingdoms. 1. Contrasts and Vicissitudes of the Kingdoms: The two separated kingdoms differed materially. The kingdom of Ephraim was the more powerful of the two. It embraced, according to an inaccurate usage of situdes of the words, 10 tribes; and to this the kingdom the vassals, suc......

FULLNESS fool'-nes: The translation of pleroma, which is generally, but not invariably, rendered "fullness" in the New Testament. Etymologically, pleroma--which itself is derived from the verb pleroo, "I fill"--signifies "that which is or has been filled"; it also means "that which fills or with which a thing is filled"; then it sig......

AMMISHADDAI am-i-shad'-i, am-i-shad-a'-i (`ammishadday, "Shaddai is my kinsman"): The father of Ahiezer, a Danite captain or "head of his fathers' house," during the wilderness journey (Numbers 1:12; 2:25, etc.). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry......