SERVANT OF JEHOVAH; SERVANT OF THE LORD; SERVANT OF YAHWEH definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 1. Historical Situation 2. The Authorship of Isaiah, Chapters 40-66 3. The Prophet of the Exile 4. The Unity of Isaiah 40-66 5. Principal Ideas of Isaiah 40- ...
When Josephus describes the sects of the Jews, he devotes most of his time definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia and attention to the third of these sects, the Essenes. Strangely enough, although there are frequent ... reference has been found to the Essenes. Notwithstanding this silence of the Gospels, the prominence of this third sect is undeniable. Even in Egypt they are known. Philo, the Jewish philosopher, gives an account of these Essenes in terms that, while in the main ...
KINGDOM OF GOD (OF HEAVEN), THE definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (he basileia ton ouranon; he basileia tou theou): I. MEANING AND ORIGIN OF THE TERM 1. Place in the Gospels 2. "Kingdom of Heaven" and "Kingdom of God" 3. Relation to the Old Testament (Daniel, etc.) II ... CONTRAST WITH JEWISH CONCEPTIONS 1. Current Jewish Opinions 2. Relation of Jesus to Same 3. Growing Divergence and Contrast 4. ...
Job definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary JOB, n. [of unknown origin, but perhaps allied to chop, primarily to strike or drive.] 1. A piece of work; any thing to be done, whether of more or less importance. The carpenter or mason undertakes to build a house by the job. The erection of Westminster bridge was a heavy job; and it was a ... do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business" [syn: occupation, business, job, line of work, line] 2: a specific piece of work required ...
... definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary BULL, n. 1. The male of the Bos, or bovine genus of quadrupeds, of which cow is the female. 2. In a scriptural sense ... violent. Many bulls have compassed me. Psalms. 3. Taurus, one of the twelve signs of the zodiac. BULL, n. [L. bulla, a boss, and an ... the seal which was appended to the edicts and briefs of the Pope,and in process of time, applied to ...
Game definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary GAME, n. 1. Sport of any kind. 2. Jest; opposed to earnest; as, betwixt earnest ... play for amusement or winning a stake; as a game of cricket; a game of chess; a game of whist. Some games depend on skill; others on hazard. 4 ... pursued; measures planned. This seems to be the present game of that crown. 7. Field sports; the chase, falconry, etc. 8 ... pursued or taken in the chase, or in the sports of the field; animals appropriated in England to legal sportsmen; ...
... 1828 Dictionary MOUTH, n. 1. The aperture in the head of an animal, between the lips, by which he utters his ... receives food. In a more general sense, the mouth consists of the lips, the gums, the insides of the cheeks, the palate, the salival glands, the uvula and tonsils. 2. The opening of a vessel by which it is filled or emptied; as the mouth of a jar or pitcher. 3. The part or channel of a river by which its waters are discharged into ...
... soul. Psalms 25. 3. To raise in fortune. The eye of the Lord lifted up his head from misery. 4. To ... to take and carry away. Hence we retain the use of shoplifter, although the verb in this sense is obsolete. 8 ... Scripture, to crucify. When ye have lifted up the Son of man. John 8. 1. To lift up the eyes, to ... try to raise; to exert the strength for the purpose of raising or bearing. The body strained by lifting at a ... 2. To practice theft. Obs. LIFT, n. 1. The act of raising; a lifting; as the lift of the feet in walking or running. The goat gives ...
... but we now appropriate the word to an instrument composed of a spring, wards, and a bolt of iron or steel, used to fasten doors, chests and the ... The bolt is moved by a key. 2. The part of a musket or fowling-piece or other fire-arm, which ... contains the pan, trigger, etc. 3. The barrier or works of a canal, which confine the water, consisting of a dam, banks or walls, with two gates or pairs of gates, which may be opened or shut at pleasure. ...
out of definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adv 1: motivated by; "idleness is the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work" Merriam Webster's preposition Date: before ... to indicate direction or movement from within to the outside of < walked out of the room > (2) — used as a function word to indicate ... a change in quality, state, or form < woke up out of a deep sleep > b. (1) — used as a function ...
SON OF GOD, THE definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ho huios theou): 1. Use of Title in the Synoptists 2. Meanings in the Old Testament ... 11. The Fourth Gospel: Deity, Preexistence, etc. LITERATURE 1. Use of Title in the Synoptists: While the title "the Son of man" is always, except once, applied by Jesus to Himself, "the Son of God" is never applied by Jesus to Himself in the ... the Son," with the same intention; and He often speaks of God as "the Father" or "my Father" or "my ...
CHRONOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia kro-nol'-o-ji: I. INTRODUCTORY 1. Difficulties of the Subject 2. Plan of Treatment 3. Bible to be Regarded as Highest Authority II ... IV. BABYLONIAN PERIOD V. ASSYRIAN PERIOD AND JUDAH AFTER FALL OF SAMARIA VI. PERIOD OF DIVIDED KINGDOM 1. Causes of Variation in Systems 2. Some Important and Pivotal Dates ...
PSALMS, BOOK OF definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia samz, (tehillim, "praises," cepher tehillim, "book of praises"; Psalmoi, Psalterion): I. INTRODUCTORY TOPICS 1. Title 2. Place in the Canon 3. Number of Psalms 4. Titles in the Hebrew Text II. AUTHORSHIP AND AGE OF THE PSALMS 1. David as a Psalmist 2. Psalmody after David III. GROWTH OF THE PSALTER 1. Division into Five Books 2. Smaller Groups of Psalms IV. POETRY OF THE PSALTER V. THE SPEAKER ...
tree of life definitions Merriam Webster's Date: 1880 a conventionalized and often ornate representation of a tree used as a decorative motif Webster's 1913 ... Germander, Tar, n., Trough.] 1. (Bot.) Any perennial woody plant of considerable size (usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single trunk. Note: The kind of tree referred to, in any particular case, is often indicated ... tree, pear tree, etc. 2. Something constructed in the form of, or considered as resembling, a tree, consisting of a stem, or stock, and branches; as, a genealogical ...
Chronicles, Books of definitions Easton's Bible Dictionary The two books were originally ... title in the Massoretic Hebrew _Dibre hayyamim_, i.e., "Acts of the Days." This title was rendered by Jerome in his ... or "supplements", because containing many things omitted in the Books of Kings. The contents of these books are comprehended under four heads. (1.) The first nine chapters of Book I. contain little more than a list of genealogies in the line of Israel down to the ...