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241 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Marriage.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… of polygamy and concubinage in the patriarchal age ( Genesis 16:1-4; Genesis 22:21-24; Genesis 28:8, Genesis 28:9; Genesis 29:23-30, etc.). Polygamy was acknowledged …
242 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Solomon.10 (Matthew G. Easton)
… his polygamy and his great wealth. “As he grew older he spent more of his time among his favourites. The idle king living among these idle women, for 1,000 women …
243 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Wife.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… early commenced ( Genesis 4:19 ), and continued to prevail all down through Jewish history. The law of Moses regulated but did not prohibit polygamy. A man …
244 Etymology dictionary, p. endogamy (n.).2
"marriage within the tribe or group," 1865, from endo- on model of polygamy. Related: Endogamous (1865). Opposed to exogamy. Apparently both were coined by Scottish anthropologist John Ferguson McLennan (1827-1881) in "Primitive Marriage."
245 Etymology dictionary, p. polygamous (adj.).2
… by polygamy," especially in reference to a marriage including more than one spouse of either sex, 1610s, from polygamy + -ous, or else from Late Greek polygamos …
246 Etymology dictionary, p. polygamy (n.).1
polygamy (n.)
247 Etymology dictionary, p. polygamy (n.).2
… polygamia "polygamy," from polygamos "often married," from polys "many" (see poly- ) + gamos "marriage" (see gamete ). The word is not etymologically restricted to marriage …
248 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ahinoam.4
… David's polygamy as a series of bids for political influence; the names of Amnon, Absalom, Adonijah suggest that the method was not finally a success.
249 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Divorce in the New Testament.13
… in polygamy. The society that allows by its statutes divorce for any other cause than the one that breaks the monogamic bond, is simply acting in aid of polygamy …
250 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Divorce in the Old Testament.12
… recognized polygamy and concubinage as legitimate. Thus a Hebrew might have two or more wives or concubines, and might have intercourse with a slave or bondwoman …
251 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Egypt.145
… Hebrews. Polygamy was unusual, but was legal, as many as six wives being represented in one instance. Kings of course had unlimited harems. Divorce was unusual …
252 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Family.6
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253 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Family.22
… , and polygamy--and come they did. It is a straight road from Genesis 6:5 to "The Koran, tribute or the sword," and the polygamy of Mohammedans.
254 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Family.24
… when polygamy was a common practice, certainly never from promiscuity. The equality of father and mother is stamped on its face. That idea never could have …
255 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Family.33
… his polygamy, and Israel upproved the censure.
256 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Family.35
When we come to the times of the New Testament, contemporaneous polygamy in Jewish society was dead. Wherever New Testament influences have gone, contemporaneous polygamy has ceased to be.
257 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Family.36
… . Consecutive polygamy still exists in nations that are called Christian by the permission of divorce laws. But the tide of Christian sentiment is setting …
258 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Hammurabi, Code of.45
… rule, polygamy is not allowed. If a barren wife gives to her husband a slave girl who bears children to him, then he may not marry another wife (section 144); otherwise …
259 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Husband.3
… to polygamy, the Hebrew household was nursery of virtue and piety to an unusual degree, and became a genuine anticipation of the ideal realized later in the …
260 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jacob (1).38
… the polygamy that brought trouble into his home-life and sowed the seeds of division and jealousy in the nation of the future. Although much of Israel's history …