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4501 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Uzziah; (Azariah).3
… glad choice of the people ( 2 Chronicles 26:1 ).
4502 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Vine.4
… :11, "choice vine"; compare SOREK, VALLEY OF (which see). The Hebrew is supposed to indicate dark grapes and, according to rabbinical tradition, they were unusually …
4503 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Vulgate.33
… pope's choice could not have fallen upon a more competent scholar--a man who had been providentially gifted and prepared for the task. Jerome--his Latin name …
4504 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Way.2
… human choice, without reference to either God or good ( Judges 2:19; Job 22:15; 34:21; Psalms 119:9; Proverbs 12:15; 16:2 ). Such a course is evil ( 2 Chronicles 7:14; Psalms …
4505 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Will, Volition.3
… active choice or purpose, boulomai, "passive inclination or willingness, or the inward predisposition from which the active choice proceeds" (compare Mark …
4506 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Woman.31
… , the choice inheritance of Hebrew womanhood, were foreign to the Greek conception of morality, and disappeared from Rome when Greek culture and frivolity …
4507 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Zebah and Zalmunna.4
… the choice of young men or lads as sacrificers in Exodus 24:5, and says that the Saracens also charged lads with the execution of their captives.
4508 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. First-fruits.3 (William Smith)
… God’s choice, and there presented to the priest, who was to set the basket down before the altar. Deuteronomy 26:2-11. The offerings were the perequisite of the …
4509 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Israel Kingdom of.4 (William Smith)
… , the choice of half the people. ( b ) b.c. 929–884. For forty-five years Israel was governed by the house of Omri. The princes of his house cultivated an alliance with …
4510 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Jezre-el.3 (William Smith)
… his choice. In the neighborhood, or within the town probably, were a temple and grove of Astarte, with an establishment of 400 priests supported by Jezebel …
4511 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Judas Iscariot.2 (William Smith)
… . The choice was not made, we must remember, without a provision of its issue. John 6:64. The germs of the evil, in all likelihood, unfolded themselves gradually …
4512 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Marriage.5 (William Smith)
… . —The choice of the bride devolved not on the bridegroom himself, but on his relations or on a friend deputed by the bridegroom for this purpose. The consent …
4513 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Meals.2 (William Smith)
… more choice, 1 Samuel 9:24, portions than the rest. The meal was enlivened with music, singing, and dancing, 2 Samuel 19:35, or with riddles, Judges 14:12; and amid these …
4514 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Mizpah.3 (William Smith)
… the choice of a leader to resist the children of Ammon. Judges 10:17. There the fatal meeting took place between Jephthah and his daughter on his return from …
4515 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Moses.4 (William Smith)
… life-choice, “choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; esteeming the reproach of Christ …
4516 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Piety.2 (William Smith)
… . The choice of this word here instead of the more usual equivalents of “godliness,” “reverence,” and the like, was probably determined by the special sense of pietas …
4517 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Scribes.2 (William Smith)
… a choice of a variety of functions, the chances of failure and success. He might give himself to any one of the branches of study, or combine two or more of them …
4518 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Solomon.8 (William Smith)
… the choice of good things he would have, he chose wisdom in preference to riches or honor or long life. The wisdom asked for was given in large measure, and took …
4519 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Tibni.2 (William Smith)
… the choice of the army. Tibni was probably put forward by the people of Tirzah, which was then besieged by Omri and his host. The struggle between the contending …
4520 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Versions Authorized.5 (William Smith)
… the choice of Coverdale as the translator, were probably due to Cromwell. He was content to make the translation at second hand “out of the Douche (Luther’s …