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921 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Astronomy, II.23
… , translated "planets" in the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American), occurs in 2 Kings 23:5. For the latter see ASTROLOGY. In the fifth …
922 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Astronomy, III.9
… a planet, held currency. But in order to express the Hebrew idea, raqia` should be rendered "expanse" or "space"; it corresponds to the "empty space" of Job 26:7. This …
923 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Babylonia and Assyria, Religion of.52
… the planet Venus as she is in later times. She seems rather to have been a goddess of fruitfulness and of love, and in her temple at Uruk temple-prostitution …
924 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Babylonia and Assyria, Religion of.54
… the planet Mercury.
925 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Babylonia and Assyria, Religion of.55
… the planet Mars, though scholars who are attached to the astral theory (see below) think that he was identified at an earlier date with Saturn. For this view …
926 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Babylonia and Assyria, Religion of.56
… the planet Saturn, called Kaitaann (Kewan, Chiun, Amos 5:26 the King James Version, the English Revised Version). As a god of vegetation he becomes also a god of …
927 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Babylonia and Assyria, Religion of.117
… great planets which are visible to the naked eye have their courses. These moving stars serve as the interpreters of the Divine will while the fixed stars …
928 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Candlestick, the Golden.8
… seven planets. In Zechariah’s vision of the golden candlestick (4:2 ff), the seven lamps are fed by two olive trees which are interpreted to be "the two anointed …
929 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Chambers of Imagery.2
… the planets was in vogue at the time of the prophet among the degenerate Israelites.
930 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Chiun (2).2
Chiun (2) - ki’-un ( Amos 5:26 the King James Version): Called in Acts 7:43 "Rephan" (Rhemphan) the planet Saturn.
931 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Day-star.2
… the planet Venus, seen as a morning star, herald of the dawn, but to the sun itself, and is used here as a title of our Lord.
932 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Gad (3).9
… the planet Jupiter the greater fortune, and Venus the lesser fortune. Jewish tradition identified Gad with the planet Jupiter, and it has been conjectured …
933 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. God, 1.110
… as planets or mountains, or as symbolized by images "graven by art and device of man." In ancient Greece or modern India the great gods are well defined, named …
934 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jesus Christ, 4a.29
… --of planets in 7-6 BC, in which case it is possible that two years may have elapsed (compare the inquiry of Herod and his subsequent action, Matthew 2:7, 16 ) from their …
935 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Lucifer.2
Lucifer - lu’-si-fer, loo’-si-fer: The morning star, an epithet of the planet Venus.
936 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Mazzaloth.2
Mazzaloth - maz’-a-loth (The Planets).
937 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Moloch.2
Moloch - mo’-lok: A deity of the Ammonites, like the planet Saturn, a representative of the sun-god in the particular aspect of a god of time.
938 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Nebo (1).2
… . His planet was Mercury. His name enters into Biblical names, as "Nebuchadnezzar," and perhaps "Abed-nego" ( Daniel 1:7, for "Abed-nebo, servant of Nebo").
939 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Nergal.2
Nergal - nar’-gal (nereghal): A Babylonian deity, identified with the planet Mars, and worshipped at Cutha (compare 2 Kings 17:30 ).
940 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Nineveh.40
… 7 planets of which its stages were, seemingly, emblematic. The palace ruins show numerous halls, rooms and passages, many of which were faced with slabs of coarse …