FARE far: Occurs twice in the Old Testament as the translation of two Hebrew words, shalom, "peace," "prosperity," "completeness" (1 Samuel 17:18), found in the section on David's family history omitted by the Septuagint translators, and sakhar, "hire," "reward," Septuagint naulon, "passage-money," "fare" (Jonah 1:3). In Hebrew both......

CORINTH kor'-inth (Korinthos, "ornament"): A celebrated city of the Peloponnesus, capital of Corinthia, which lay North of Argolis, and with the isthmus joined the peninsula to the mainland. Corinth had three good harbors (Lechaeum, on the Corinthian, and Cenchrea and Schoenus on the Saronic Gulf), and thus commanded the traffic of ......

MANDRAKES man'-draks (dudha'im; mandragoras (Genesis 30:14; Song of Solomon 7:13); the marginal reading "love apples" is due to the supposed connection of dudha'im with dodhim, "love"): Mandrakes are the fruit of the Mandragora officinarum, a member of the Solanaceae or potato order, closely allied to the Atropa belladonna. It is a ......

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

JAMES jamz (Iacobos): English form of Jacob, and the name of 3 New Testament men of note: (1) The Son of Zebedee, one of the Twelve Apostles (ho tou Zebedaiou): A) The Son of Zebedee: I. In the New Testament. 1. Family Relations, etc.: To the Synoptists alone are we indebted for any account of this James. He was the son of Zebe......

ZEBUL ze'-bul (zebhul, perhaps "exalted"; Zeboul): In Judges 9:26. He is called in 9:30 sar ha-`ir, "the ruler of the city," a phrase translated "the governor of the city" in 1 Kings 22:26 = 2 Chronicles 18:25; 2 Kings 23:8; 2 Chronicles 34:8; he was "commandant of the town" of Shechem. In Judges 9:28 he is referred to as the paqidh......

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

ETHMA eth'-ma (Ethma), the Revised Version (British and American) NOOMA (which see). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ETHMA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915....

CLEOPAS kle'-o-pas (Kleopas, "renowned father"): One of the two disciples whom Jesus met on the way to Emmaus (Luke 24:18). The name is a contraction of Cleopatros, not identical with Clopas of John 19:25. See also ALPHAEUS; CLOPAS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. G......

NEGEB neg'-eb (ha-neghebh, "the negeb" or simply, neghebh, from a root meaning "to be dry," and therefore in the first instance implying the "dry" or "parched regions," hence, in the Septuagint it is usually translated eremos, "desert," also nageb): 1. Meaning: As the Negeb lay to the South of Judah, the word came to be used in the......