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2641 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Money.3
… or rings, the latter being a common form and often represented or mentioned on the monuments of Egypt. In Babylonia the more common form seems to have been …
2642 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Money.4
… silver rings tied together in bundles. The Hebrew for "talent," kikkar, signifies something round or circular, suggesting a ring of this weight to be used as …
2643 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Money.5
… of rings and bars, in which the precious metals were cast for commercial use, some other forms were perhaps current. Thus the term qesiTah has been referred …
2644 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Music.44
… three-ringed or three-stringed sistrum.
2645 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Music.63
… , and rings or disks loosely strung on these made a jingling noise when the instrument was shaken. This interpretation is supported by the derivation of the …
2646 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Necklace.2
… ) or rings ( Genesis 38:25 ); sometimes made of gold ( Genesis 41:42; Daniel 5:29 ), or of strings of jewels ( Song of Solomon 1:10 ). Even beasts of burden were sometimes so adorned …
2647 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Neco.2
… ) or rings ( Genesis 38:25 ); sometimes made of gold ( Genesis 41:42; Daniel 5:29 ), or of strings of jewels ( Song of Solomon 1:10 ). Even beasts of burden were sometimes so adorned …
2648 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Nose; Nostrils.4
… or ring inserted in it ( Job 40:24; 41:2 ( Hebrews 40:26 )), so this expression is used to indicate the humbling and taming of an obstinate person ( 2 Kings 19:28; Isaiah …
2649 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Nose-jewels.2
… "nose-ring," or "nose-jewel," so rendered in Isaiah 3:21; "jewel in a swine's snout," Proverbs 11:22, the King James Version margin "ring"; "jewel on thy forehead," Ezekiel …
2650 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Nose-jewels.3
… a ring of from an inch to about three inches (in extreme cases) in diameter, and was passed through the right nostril. Usually there were pendant from the metal …
2651 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Olive Tree.4
… a ring of bark from the trunks of the olives, thus killing the trees in a few months. The beauty of this tree is referred to in Jeremiah 11:16; Hosea 14:6, and its fruitfulness …
2652 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ornament.3
… various rings, bracelets and chains made of precious metals and more or less jeweled (compare Jeremiah 2:32 ).
2653 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ornament.4
… finger-rings, particularly prized as seal-rings ( Genesis 38:18, 25; Jeremiah 22:24 ); arm-rings or bracelets ( Genesis 24:22; 2 Samuel 1:10 ); earrings ( Genesis 35:4; Exodus …
2654 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Palestine Exploration, 2a.12
… her rings and necklace of gold, five pearls, two scarabs, etc. Many jar-burials of new-born infants, 16 in one place, were found, and, close to this deposit, a rock-hewn …
2655 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Paul, the Apostle, 1.82
… . This ringing battle is echoed in Acts 15:1 - 41 and is the mightiest conflict of Paul's career. We hear echoes of it in Philippians 3:1 - 21, but he had won his contention …
2656 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pentateuch, 2b.38
… the ring of unquestionable sincerity in the references of the Deuteronomist to the historical situation? Or can we really believe that documents that …
2657 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Procurator.3
… gold ring, tunic with narrow purple border, and privilege of sitting in the first 14 rows at theater were the tokens of knighthood. Augustus added to these …
2658 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Purity.8
… Bible rings true to the ideal of purity in family life and in the relations of the sexes to each other. This is remarkable, for it is a vast history over which …
2659 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Purity.19
… left ringing in her ears were, "Sin no more." And she was left, as all in sin are left, to wrestle out adjustment with the Holy Spirit who leaves no soul without conviction …
2660 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Revelation of John.24
… visions; rings with the accent of sincerity; is orderly, serious, sublime, purposeful, in its conceptions; deals with the most solemn and momentous of themes …