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2981 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Samuel.4 (Matthew G. Easton)
… as the aged Eli heard that the ark of God was taken, he fell backward from his seat at the entrance of the sanctuary, and his neck brake, and he died. The tabernacle …
2982 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Samuel.8 (Matthew G. Easton)
… till the time of his death, which took place at Ramah when he was probably about eighty years of age. “And all Israel gathered themselves together, and lamented …
2983 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Sarah.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… of the patriarch till the time of her death. Her death, at the age of one hundred and twenty-seven years (the only instance in Scripture where the age of a woman …
2984 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Shem.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… at the age of six hundred years, having been for many years contemporary with Abraham, according to the usual chronology. The Israelitish nation sprang from …
2985 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Sinaiticus codex.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… and the Shepherd of Hermas. The books of the New Testament stand thus: the four Gospels, the epistles of Paul, the Acts of the Apostles, the Catholic Epistles …
2986 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Solomon.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… forty years the Hebrew monarchy gained its highest splendour. This period has well been called the “Augustan age” of the Jewish annals. The first half of his …
2987 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Synagogue.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
… the side of the building nearest to Jerusalem, for the preservation of the rolls or manuscripts of the law; the seats all round the building, whence ‘the eyes …
2988 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Terah.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… spent the remainder of his days, and died at the age of two hundred and five years ( Genesis 11:24-32; Joshua 24:2 ). What a wonderful part the descendants of this Chaldean …
2989 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Tribute.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… (the “didrachma,” the “half-shekel,” as rendered by the R.V.) which was required to be paid for the support of the temple by every Jew above twenty years of age ( Exodus …
2990 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Zedekiah.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… in the sight of the Lord” ( 2 Kings 24:19, 2 Kings 24:20; Jeremiah 52:2, Jeremiah 52:3 ). He ascended the throne at the age of twenty-one years. The kingdom was at that time …
2991 Etymology dictionary, p. adolescence (n.).2
"the age following childhood, the age of growing" (roughly the period from the 15th to the 21st year; or age 14 to 25 in males, 12 to 21 in females), early 15c., from Old …
2992 Etymology dictionary, p. aet..2
"aged (some number of years)," abbreviation of Latin aetatis "of the age of," genitive singular of aetas "age" (see age (n.)). "Chiefly used in classic or scholarly epitaphs or obituaries" [Century Dictionary].
2993 Etymology dictionary, p. Aquarius.3
… years. The term and the concept probably got a boost in popular use from the rock song "Age of Aquarius" (1967) and when An Aquarian Exposition was used as the sub …
2994 Etymology dictionary, p. Bar Mitzvah.2
1842, in Judaism, "male person who has completed his 13th year" and thus reached the age of religious responsibility; Hebrew, literally "son of command." As a name for the ceremony itself, by 1917.
2995 Etymology dictionary, p. cycle (n.).3
… of years, an age." In literary use, "the aggregate of the legends or traditions around some real or mythical event or character" (1835).
2996 Etymology dictionary, p. doomsday (n.).3
… many years till the sixth millennium ended. However there is no evidence for the story of a general panic in Christian Europe in the year 1000 C.E.
2997 Etymology dictionary, p. dryas (n.).2
… to the Younger Dryas, the name given to the period of sharp and sudden return to Ice Age conditions in Europe c. 12,000 years ago.
2998 Etymology dictionary, p. eighties (n.).2
1827 as the years of someone's life between ages 80 and 89; from 1833 as the ninth decade of years in a given century; from 1854 with reference to Fahrenheit temperature. See eighty .
2999 Etymology dictionary, p. ephebic (adj.).2
… for the next two years was garrison duty.
3000 Etymology dictionary, p. era (n.).2
… that year). Other ancient eras included the Chaldean (autumn of 311 B.C.E.), the Era of Actium (31 B.C.E.), of Antioch (49 B.C.E.), of Tyre (126 B.C.E.), the Olympiadic (July …