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2601 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Buying.23
… in rings of copper, silver or gold, such as are now common in the market-places of China. This throws light upon some Scriptural passages, as, for example, Genesis …
2602 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Canaan; Canaanites.34
… , and rings of gold and silver that were used as money. At Taanach, gold and silver ornaments have been found of high artistic merit. To the Israelites, fresh from …
2603 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Captivity.68
… in rings, so that their roar was no more heard in the mountains of Israel ( Ezekiel 19:1 - 9 ). Nebuchadrezzar came in person while his servants were besieging Jerusalem …
2604 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Castanets.2
… were rings. The instrument was held by a long handle and was rattled during songs and dances. It was used in Egypt in religious worship or to scare away evil …
2605 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Cherubim (1).16
… with rings full of eyes round about (1:18; 10:12). The cherubim represent the spirit, or will, in the wheels: at the direction of the spirit, the wheels are lifted up …
2606 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Corinthians, First Epistle to The.31
… the ring of reality from first to last. They admirably harmonize with the independent narrative of Acts; in the words of Schleiermacher (Einltg., 148), "The whole …
2607 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Corinthians, Second Epistle to The.27
… their ring-leader ( 2 Corinthians 10:7, 11 ), and to have made himself specially obnoxious to the apostle. In all probability we may take it that he was the offender …
2608 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Corinthians, Second Epistle to The.38
… there rings the note of abounding consolation in Christ Jesus, and never was the "power of Christ," resting on frail humanity, more signally manifested.
2609 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Crafts.53
… a ring, or, as was the case with Judah, and as the Arabs do today, it was worn on a cord suspended about the neck. One of the present-day sights in a Syrian city street …
2610 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Deuteronomy.28
… military ring as though written on the eve of battle, but again and again warn Israel against allowing themselves to be conquered in religion through the …
2611 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Drum.2
… a ring of wood or metal covered with a tightly drawn skin, with small pieces of metal hung around the rim, like a tambourine. It was raised in the one hand and struck …
2612 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Earring.2
… - er'-ring: An ornamental pendant of some kind hanging from the ears has been worn by both sexes in oriental lands from the earliest times. Among the Greeks and …
2613 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Egypt.128
… a ring of town ruins rises high around it. The temple was built in the VIth Dynasty, adorned with many statues in the XIIth and XIIIth Dynasties, and under Rameses …
2614 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Esarhaddon.4
… a ring through his lips, there is nothing in the inscriptions to bear this out.
2615 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Esther, Book of.21
… king's ring" (or signet). It was not signed but sealed. That was the Persian custom. The seal of Darius, Xerxes' father, has been found, and is now in the British Museum …
2616 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ethiopia.10
… silver ring, an ear pick and a small cross, often very artistic, are also worn about the neck. No charms or beads or crucifixes ("graven images") are worn. The Jewish …
2617 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Exorcism; Exorcist.9
… . A ring to which was attached a kind of root mentioned by Solomon was placed at the nostrils of the demoniac and the demon was drawn out through the nostrils …
2618 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ezekiel, 2.11
… nose-rings. The ones meant are Jehoahaz and certainly Jehoiachin. The lion mother, who before was like a grapevine, is banished (Zedekiah). Another lamentation …
2619 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Fashion.5
… golden rings).
2620 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Finger (1).3
… with rings of precious metal, which, with other jewelry worn ostentatiously on the body, often formed the only possession of the wearer, and were therefore …