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95001 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Fish-pools.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
Fish-pools — ( Song of Solomon 7:4 ) should be simply “pools,” as in the Revised Version. The reservoirs near Heshbon (q.v.) were probably stocked with fish ( 2 Samuel 2:13; 2 Samuel 4:12; Isaiah 7:3; Isaiah 22:9, Isaiah 22:11 ).
95002 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Flesh.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 6:12, Genesis 6:13 ); (4) mutability and weakness ( 2 Chronicles 32:8; comp. Isaiah 31:3; Psalm 78:39 ). As suggesting the idea of softness it is used in the expression “heart …
95003 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Flesh.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 8:12 ).
95004 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Flour.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… ( Exodus 12:34 ) was added and sometimes omitted ( Genesis 19:3 ). The dough was then formed into thin cakes nine or ten inches in diameter and baked in the oven.
95005 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Flowers.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 2:12; Matthew 6:28 ). They are referred to as affording an emblem of the transitory nature of human life ( Job 14:2; Psalm 103:15; Isaiah 28:1; Isaiah 40:6; James 1:10 ). Gardens …
95006 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Food.4 (Matthew G. Easton)
… ( Exodus 12:8; Leviticus 2:14 ). (See COOK .)
95007 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Ford.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… ; Judges 12:5, Judges 12:6 ), which must have been very numerous; about fifty perhaps. The most notable was that of Bethabara. Mention is also made of the ford of the …
95008 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Forehead.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
The “jewel on thy forehead” mentioned in Ezekiel 16:12 (R.V., “a ring upon thy nose”) was in all probability the “nose-ring” ( Isaiah 3:21 ).
95009 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Foreigner.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… ( Exodus 12:49; Leviticus 24:22; Numbers 15:15; Numbers 35:15 ), but were not allowed to do anything which was an abomination according to the Jewish law ( Exodus 20 …
95010 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Forest.7 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 2:12 ). Isaiah ( Isaiah 10:19, Isaiah 10:33, Isaiah 10:34 ) likens the Assyrian host under Sennacherib (q.v.) to the trees of some huge forest, to be suddenly cut down by …
95011 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Fowler.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 9:12. Birds of all kinds abound in Palestine, and the capture of these for the table and for other uses formed the employment of many persons. The traps and snares …
95012 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Freedom.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 15:12-18 ). Under the Roman law the “freeman” (ingenuus) was one born free; the “freedman” (libertinus) was a manumitted slave, and had not equal rights with the freeman …
95013 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Frontlets.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… , Exodus 12:2-10; Exodus 13:11-21; Deuteronomy 6:4-9; Deuteronomy 11:18-21. They were then “rolled up in a case of black calfskin, which was attached to a stiffer piece …
95014 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Fruit.6 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 18:12; Deuteronomy 14:23 ). This word “fruit” is also used of children or offspring ( Genesis 30:2; Deuteronomy 7:13; Luke 1:42; Psalm 21:10; Psalm 132:11 ); also of the progeny …
95015 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Fruit.7 (Matthew G. Easton)
It is used metaphorically in a variety of forms ( Psalm 104:13; Proverbs 1:31; Proverbs 11:30; Proverbs 31:16; Isaiah 3:10; Isaiah 10:12; Matthew 3:8; Matthew 21:41; Matthew 26:29; Hebrews 13:15; Romans 7:4, Romans 7:5; Romans 15:28 ).
95016 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Fuel.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 4:12-15; Ezekiel 15:4, Ezekiel 15:6; Ezekiel 21:32 ). Wood or charcoal is much used still in all the towns of Syria and Egypt. It is largely brought from the region of …
95017 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Fugitive.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 4:12, Genesis 4:14, a rover or wanderer (Heb. n˒a; Judges 12:4, a refugee, one who has escaped (Heb. palit; 2 Kings 25:11, a deserter, one who has fallen away to the enemy (Heb …
95018 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Funeral.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
The first traces of burning the dead are found in 1 Samuel 31:12. The burning of the body was affixed by the law of Moses as a penalty to certain crimes ( Leviticus 20:14; Leviticus 21:9 ).
95019 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Funeral.6 (Matthew G. Easton)
Immediately after decease the body was washed, and then wrapped in a large cloth ( Acts 9:37; Matthew 27:59; Mark 15:46 ). In the case of persons of distinction, aromatics were laid on the folds of the cloth ( John 19:39; comp. John 12:7 ).
95020 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Furnace.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
(2.) Heb. kibshan, a smelting furnace ( Genesis 19:28 ), also a lime-kiln ( Isaiah 33:12; Amos 2:1 ).