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3301 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Withered.2

… beauty of the righteous man's life are thus described: "And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, .... whose leaf also doth not wither." In the New …

3302 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Zacchaeus.3

… sons of Abraham, and was yet chosen by our Lord to be His host, so the social outcast of modern life is still a son of God, within whose heart the spirit of Christ …

3303 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Zechariah, Book of.13

… day of the Zechariah 9:1 1-17th month of the Zechariah 4:1 1-14th year of Darius (518 BC). The Jews had been accustomed to fast on the anniversaries of the following …

3304 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Adam.2 (William Smith)

… fruit of this tree was enforced by the menace of death. There was also another tree which was called “the tree of life.” While Adam was in the garden of Eden, the …

3305 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Cross.2 (William Smith)

… “the tree of cursing and shame” “sat upon the sceptres and was engraved and signed on the foreheads of kings.” (Jer. Taylor, “Life of Christ,” iii., xv. 1.) The new standards …

3306 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Crucifixion.2 (William Smith)

… , publicity of shame, long continuance of torment, horror of anticipation, mortification of untended wounds, all intensified just up to the point at which …

3307 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Moses.5 (William Smith)

… acacia tree. Exodus 3:2-6. ( b ) In the giving of the law from Mount Sinai, the outward form of the revelation was a thick darkness as of a thunder-cloud, out of which …

3308 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Names.4 (William Smith)

… , “father of praise,” Abimelech, “father of the king”; Ben, son, as Benoni, “son of my sorrow,” Benjamin, “son of the right hand”; or (2) nouns denoting natural life, as am, “people …

3309 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Olive.2 (William Smith)

… this tree has been very luxuriant. The cultivation of the olive tree had the closest connection with the domestic life of the Israelites, 2 Chronicles 2:10 …

3310 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Shepherd.2 (William Smith)

… progenitors of the Jews in the patriarchal age were nomads, and their history is rich in scenes of pastoral life. The occupation of tending the flocks was …

3311 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Stork.2 (William Smith)

of the loftiest trees, the white stork attaches itself to man, and for the service which it renders in the destruction of reptiles and the removal of offal …

3312 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Turtle Turtle-dove.2 (William Smith)

… palm tree occurs, whether wild or cultivated. From its habit of pairing for life, and its fidelity to its mate, the turtle-dove was a symbol of purity and an appropriate …

3313 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Zidonians.2 (William Smith)

… inhabitants of Zidon. They were among the nations of Canaan left to give the Israelites practice in the art of war, Judges 3:3, and colonies of them appear to …

3314 Thayer's Greek Lexicon, p. ἀγαθός.3

1. of a good constitution or nature : γῆ, Luke 8:8; δένδρον, Matthew 7:18, in sense equivalent to 'fertile soil,' 'a fruitful tree,' (Xenophon, oec. 16, 7 γῆ ἀγαθή ,... γῆ κακῇ, an. 2 …

3315 Thayer's Greek Lexicon, p. ἐξουσία.3

… the tree of life, Revelation 22:14 (see ἐπί, C. I. 2 e.); ἐξουσίαν ἔχειν περί τοῦ ἰδίου θελήματος (opposed to ἀνάγκην ἔχειν (cf. Winer 's Grammar, § 30, 3 N. 5)), 1 Corinthians 7:37 …

3316 Thayer's Greek Lexicon, p. ζητέω.4

of the thing ( μαργαρίτας ), of buyers, Matthew 13:45; something lost, Matthew 18:12; Luke 19:10; τί ἐν τίνι, as fruit on a tree, Luke 13:6; ἀνάπαυσιν, a place of rest …

3317 Thayer's Greek Lexicon, p. ζωή.6

… partakers of eternal and immortal life ). ζωή and ἡ ζωή, without epithet, are used of the blessing of real life after the resurrection, in Matthew 7:14; John 11:25 …

3318 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Death.3

… end of human life on this earth; it is an aspect of God’s judgment on man: “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day …

3319 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Eat.4

of food by man or animals.” In Genesis 3:6, we read that Eve took of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and “ate” it. The function of eating …

3320 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Ever, Everlasting.4

… occurrence of ‛ôlâm (or ‛olam ): “… And now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever.…”