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

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

TAKE tak: Most of the very numerous examples of this word are still in good use and only a few call for special attention. "To take" in the sense of "capture" is still common, but when a person or living animal is in point, modern English usually adds "prisoner" or "captive." English Versions of the Bible not infrequently has this a......

CARNAL kar'-nal: In the Old Testament there is an expression which indicates sexual intercourse shikhebhath zera`, "lying of seed," (Leviticus 18:20; 19:20; Numbers 5:13). In the New Testament the words rendered "carnal" are derived from sarks, "flesh." This refers to the flesh as opposed to the pneuma, "spirit," and denotes, in an ......

MESSIAH me-si'-a (mashiach; Aramaic meshicha'; Septuagint Christos, "anointed"; New Testament "Christ"): 1. Meaning and Use of the Term 2. The Messianic Hope I. THE MESSIAH IN THE OLD TESTAMENT 1. The Messianic King (1) Isaiah (2) Jeremiah and Ezekiel (3) Later Prophets 2. Prophetic and Priestly Relations 3. Servant of Yahwe......

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

MELEA me'-le-a, mel'-e-a (Melea): An ancestor of Jesus in Luke's genealogy (Luke 3:31). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MELEA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915....

IYE-ABARIM i-ye-ab'-a-rim (`iye ha-`abharim, "the heaps of the Abarim"; the King James Version Ije-abarim; in Numbers 21:11 the Septuagint reads Codex Vaticanus, Chalglei): A place in the journeyings of Israel named after Oboth, said to be "in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising" (Numbers 21:11), "in the border......

ABADIAS ab-a-di'-as (Greek Abadias): Mentioned in 1 Esdras 8:35 as the son of Jezelus, of the sons of Joab, returned with Ezra from the captivity; and in Ezra 8:9 called "Obadiah the son of Jehiel." Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ABADIAS'......

CONTRITE; CONTRITION kon'-trit, kontrish'-un (dakka', "bruise"): Only in Old Testament (Psalms 34:18; Psalms 51:17; Isaiah 57:15); nakheh, "smitten" (Isaiah 66:2). Contrite, "crushed," is only the superlative of "broken"; "a contrite heart" is "a heart broken to pieces." In Holy Scripture, the heart is the seat of all feeling, wheth......