Search for: STORMS

3921 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ezekiel, 2.6

… a storm, as a great cloud and a fire rolled together. This chariot is borne by the four living creatures in the form of men, with the countenances of a man, of a lion …

3922 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Famine.8

… hail storms ( Exodus 9:23, 11, 32 ), by ravages of insects ( Exodus 10:15; Joel 1:4 ) and by enemies ( Deuteronomy 28:51 ); in a city a famine might be caused by a siege ( 2 Kings 6 …

3923 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Feasts and Fasts.44

… was stormed by Nebuchadnezzar. The fast of the fifth month (9th day of 'Abh) receives its significance from the fact that the First Temple was destroyed upon …

3924 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Figure.3

"Figure" is supplied in Ecclesiasticus 49:9, with en ombro, "He made mention of the enemies under the figure of the rain," the Revised Version (British and American) "He remembered the enemies in storm," margin "(Greek) rain."

3925 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Galatians, Epistle to The.74

… the storm; it suits the different address of the two epistles.

3926 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Galatians, Epistle to The.78

… . The storm of feeling agitating our epistle blows from the same quarter, reaches the same height, and engages the same emotions with those which animate 2 …

3927 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Galilee, Sea of.7

3. Storms: The position of the lake makes it liable to sudden storms, the cool air from the uplands rushing down the gorges with great violence and tossing the …

3928 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Geshem.2

… , "rain storm"): An Arabian, probably chief of an Arabian tribe that had either settled in Southern Palestine during the exile in Babylon, or had been settled in …

3929 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Glory.43

… great storm, and even possibly of an earthquake, for it seems highly plausible that the call of Isaiah in the year of the death of King Uzziah coincided with …

3930 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Glory.48

… the storm and the rain.' This translation has the advantage that it furnishes an intelligible and characteristic conclusion to the description of the Messianic …

3931 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. God, Names of.43

… . "The Storm God," from shadha', "to pour out," has been suggested, but is improbable; and even more so the fanciful she, and day, meaning "who is sufficient." Its use in patriarchal …

3933 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Hail (1).3

… thunder storms. Hailstones are made up of alternate layers of ice and snow, and sometimes reach considerable size, causing great damage by their fall. Upward …

3934 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Hail (1).5

… local storm, as they usually are, falling on the Egyptians and not striking the children of Israel in Goshen. It was of great severity. "There was hail, and fire …

3935 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Harvest.2

… unusual storm of excessive violence visited Syria in 1912, and did much damage to the harvests, bringing fear to the superstitious farmers, who thought some …

3936 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Hebron (1).7

… by storm, slaughtered the inhabitants and burnt it (ibid., 9).

3937 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Herod.5

… by storm, and Phasael, Herod's oldest brother, fell into his hands. The latter was governor of the city, and foreseeing his fate, he committed suicide by dashing …

3938 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Isaiah, 1-7.28

… flood, storm and sound (1:13; 5:18,22; 8:8; 10:22; 28:17,20; 30:28,30), interrogation and dialogue (6:8; 10:8,9), antithesis and alliteration (1:18; 3:24; 17:10,12), hyperbole and …

3939 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Religion Of, 2.21

… the storm had cleared the religious atmosphere in the country, in the performance of his prophetic duties was able again to show forth more emphatically …

3940 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jehu.6

… a storm of denunciation from Jehu, and on Jehoram turning to flee, an arrow from Jehu's powerful bow shot him through the heart, and he sank dead in his chariot …