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6661 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Azazel.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… an evil spirit, or even of Satan. But when we remember that the two goats together form a type of Christ, on whom the Lord “laid the iniquity of us all,” and examine …
6662 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Daemoniac.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… apostles, evil spirits, “daemons,” were mysteriously permitted by God to exercise an influence both over the souls and bodies of men, inflicting dumbness ( Matthew …
6663 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Galatians, Epistle to.5 (Matthew G. Easton)
… the Spirit, and in a right use of their Christian freedom ( Galatians 5-6 ); (4) and then concludes with a summary of the topics discussed, and with the benediction …
6664 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Habakkuk, Prophecies of.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… in spirit saw the formidable power of the Chaldeans approaching and menacing his land, and saw the great evils they would cause in Judea, he bore his complaints …
6665 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Nehemiah.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
… active spirit of enterprise, and in the piety of his life: but he was of a bluffer and a fiercer mood; he had less patience with transgressors; he was a man of action …
6666 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Salome.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
… revengeful spirit was thus gratified. “A luxurious feast of the period” (says Farrar, Life of Christ) “was not regarded as complete unless it closed with some …
6667 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Satan.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
… ); “the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience” ( Ephesians 2:2 ). The distinct personality of Satan and his activity among men are thus obviously …
6668 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Saul.8 (Matthew G. Easton)
… “the spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him.” He and Samuel parted only to meet once again at one of the schools of …
6669 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Saul.9 (Matthew G. Easton)
… the evil spirit troubled him, and thus was introduced to the court of Saul. He became a great favourite with the king. At length David returned to his father’s …
6670 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Saviour.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… Holy Spirit.
6671 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Sceva.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus,” in imitation of Paul. They tried their method of exorcism on a fierce demoniac, and failed. His answer to them was …
6672 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Sorcerer.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
In Daniel 2:2 it is the rendering of the Hebrew mekhashphim, i.e., mutterers, men who professed to have power with evil spirits. The practice of sorcery exposed to severest punishment ( Malachi 3:5; Revelation 21:8; Revelation 22:15 ).
6673 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Teraphim.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… the evil spirit, had resorted to teraphim (as he afterwards resorted to witchcraft); and God overruled evil for good, and made his very teraphim (by the hand of …
6674 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Witchcraft.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
… “a spirit of divination” ( Acts 16:16 ) was possessed by an evil spirit, or, as the words are literally rendered, “having a spirit, a pithon.” The reference is to the heathen …
6675 Etymology dictionary, p. alastor (n.).2
… , the spirit of revenge, that prompts the members of a family to commit fresh crimes to obtain satisfaction" [ Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1941]. The name also was …
6676 Etymology dictionary, p. Asmodeus.2
evil spirit, prince of demons, from Latin Asmodaeus, from Greek Asmodaios, from Talmudic Hebrew Ashmeday, from Avestan Aeshma-dæva, "Aeshma the deceitful," from …
6677 Etymology dictionary, p. Davy Jones.3
… the evil spirits of the deep, and is often seen in various shapes, perching among the rigging on the eve of hurricanes, shipwrecks and other disasters." Also …
6678 Etymology dictionary, p. demon (n.).2
… evil spirit, malignant supernatural being, an incubus, a devil," from Latin daemon "spirit," from Greek daim ō n "deity, divine power; lesser god; guiding spirit, tutelary …
6679 Etymology dictionary, p. demon (n.).4
… , ministering spirit" is attested in English from 1560s and is sometimes written daemon or daimon for purposes of distinction. Meaning "destructive or hideous …
6680 Etymology dictionary, p. devil (n.).2
… subordinate evil spirit afflicting humans;" also, in Christian theology, "the Devil, a powerful spirit of evil otherwise known as Satan," from Late Latin diabolus …