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3961 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Lachish.4
… the storming of Lachish and the king on his throne receiving the submission of the captives (Ball, Light from the East, 190-91). This was in 701 BC, and to this period …
3962 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Lightning.2
… . Thunder-storms are common in Syria and Palestine during the periods of heavy rain in the spring and fall and are often severe. Lightning is usually accompanied …
3963 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Loss.2
… the storm); zemia, "loss" ( Acts 27:21, referring to the harm sustained in the storm; Philippians 3:7 f, where Paul counts all his natural privileges and attainments …
3964 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Manna.8
… rain storms in the rainy season they may collect in large heaps. This lichen has been used by the Arabs in time of need for making bread. It is a quite reasonable …
3965 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Mark, the Gospel According To, 1.37
… ), the storm stilled (4:35-41), the Gerasene demoniac (5:1-17), Jairus' daughter (5:22 ff), the woman with the issue (5:25-34), feeding the 5,000 (6:35-44), feeding the 4,000 (8:1-10 …
3966 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Mary.82
… a storm and passion of tears when she does meet Him and to break out in a self-forgetful public act of devotion, strange to her modest disposition, however native …
3967 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Medes.2
… -ucsur, stormed and destroyed Nineveh, as Nabu-nahid informs us. The last king of Assyria, Sin-sar-iskun (Sarakos), perished with his people.
3968 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Millennium, Premillennial View.26
… gathering storms of the last days, Jude 1:14 cheers us with the words of Enoch, the seventh from Adam, `Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints, to …
3969 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Mist.2
… a storm" ( 2 Peter 2:17 ).
3970 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Nose; Nostrils.3
In poetical language such a breath of life is ascribed even to God, especially with regard to the mighty storm which is thought to proceed from His nostrils ( Exodus 15:8; 2 Samuel 22:9; Psalms 18:8, 15 ).
3971 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Oil.19
… the storms are beaten from the trees with long poles (compare Deuteronomy 24:20 ). The fruit is gathered from the ground into baskets and carried on the heads …
3972 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Palestine, 1.60
… by storms in summer. The fruits ripen in autumn and suffer only from the occasional appearance of locust swarms. There appears to be no reason to suppose that …
3973 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Palestine, 1.61
… a storm does still occur as a very exceptional phenomenon. By "snow in harvest" ( Proverbs 25:13 ) we are not to understand a snowstorm, for it is likened to a "faithful …
3974 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Palestine, 3.23
… sudden storms, with its shoals of fish and its naked fishers; the cast nets and drag nets and small heavy boats of the Sea of Galilee, are more distinctive of …
3975 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Paradise.5
… with storms of rain, or snow, or with intense heat, but that this place is such as is refreshed by the gentle breathin of a west wind, that is perpetually blowing …
3976 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Partridge.3
… thunder storm will spoil chicken eggs when hatchingtime is close; the same might be true with eggs of the wild. And almost any wild bird will desert its nest …
3977 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Peacock.2
… a storm in notes that are startling to one not familiar with them. The bird can be domesticated and will become friendly enough to take food from the hand. The …
3978 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Persecution.74
… the storm of hatred" (Workman, 189). For them it remained true that in one way or another, hatred on the part of the world inevitably fell to the lot of those who walked …
3979 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pilate; Pontius.21
… such storms were raised by demons on account of this that it was taken up and sunk in the Rhone at Vienne. The same trouble recurred there, and the body was finally …
3980 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Plagues of Egypt.40
… electric storms sometimes occur. This plague is quite accurately dated in the seasons of the year ( Exodus 9:31 - 32 ). As the first plague was just before the rising …