JORAM jo'-ram (yoram, "Yahweh is exalted"; compare JEHORAM): (1) Son of Toi (or Tou, according to Septuagint, Codex Vaticanus, and 1 Chronicles 18:9,10), sent by his father to greet David (2 Samuel 8:10) = "Hadoram" (1 Chronicles 18:9,10) a form preferred by commentators in 2Sa also. (2) Same as Jehoram, king of Judah (2 Kings 8:21......

BEST Of five Hebrew originals the chief is Tobh, "good," expressing quality, character. Variously used of objects pleasing to the senses, feelings, mind, moral sense, e.g. "best of the land" (Genesis 47:6); "of sheep" (1 Samuel 15:9); of persons "married to whom they think best" (Numbers 36:6); of abode, "where it liketh (the Revised......

CRESCENTS kres'-ents (saharonim): Moon-shaped necklaces (Judges 8:21,26; Isaiah 3:18).f Paul, mentioned in 2 Timothy 4:10 as having gone to Galatia. That he was one of the Seventy, and that he founded the church in Vienna in Gaul, are traditions without any trustworthy basis. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Biblio......

GOG gog (gogh; Goug): (1) A son of Joel, and descendant of the tribe of Reuben (1 Chronicles 5:4). (2) The prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal (Ezekiel 38:2; 39:1-16). His territory was known as the land of Magog, and he was the chief of those northern hordes who were to make a final onslaught upon Israel while enjoying the blessings......

SISMAI sis'-mi (tsitsmay; the King James Version Sisamai): A Judahite, of the descendants of the daughter of Sheshan and Jarha, his Egyptian servant (1 Chronicles 2:40). Commentators have compared the name to tstsm, a Phoenician god (compare Rudolph Kittel, Commentary at the place; BDB, under the word). Copyright Statement These fil......

GERSON gur'-sun (Gerson; 1 Esdras 8:29): Called Gershom in Ezra 8:2. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'GERSON'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915....

PIRA pi'-ra (hoi ek Peirds (1 Esdras 5:19)): Thought to be a repetition of CAPHIRA (which see) earlier in the verse. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'PIRA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915....

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

HEN (2) (ornis): Mentioned in the accounts of the different disciples in describing the work of Jesus (Matthew 23:37; Luke 13:34). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HEN (2)'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915....

Dictionaries :: Hodiah; HodijahInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaHodiah; Hodijah: ho-di'-a, ho-di'-ja (hodhiyah, "splendor of Yah"): (1) A brother-in-law of Naham (1Ch 4:19), and possibly for that reason reckoned a member of the tribe of Judah. the King James Version translate "his wife" is wrong. (2) One of the Levi......