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95361 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Herod.2 (William Smith)
Her’od ( hero-like ). This family, though of Idumean origin and thus alien by race, was Jewish in faith.
95362 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Idolatry.3 (William Smith)
… purer faith. The lamp of David, which had long shed but a struggling ray, flickered for a while and then went out in the darkness of Babylonian captivity. Though …
95363 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Inn.2 (William Smith)
… the faithful during the day. Around this court are arranged the rooms of the building.”
95364 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Isaac.2 (William Smith)
… of faith. When forty years old he married Rebekah his cousin, by whom, when he was sixty, he had two sons, Esau and Jacob. Driven by famine to Gerar, he acquired great …
95365 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Jeremiah.3 (William Smith)
… his faith in God’s promises, and sought to encourage the people by purchasing the field at Anathoth which his kinsman Hanameel wished to get rid of. Jeremiah …
95366 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Jew.2 (William Smith)
… the faith it was contrasted with Greek as implying an outward covenant with God, Romans 1:16; Romans 2:9, Romans 2:10; Colossians 3:11, etc., which was the correlative …
95367 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. John The First Epistle General of.2 (William Smith)
… :3, faith, ch. 1 John 3:23; 1 John 4:3; 1 John 5:5, and above all love. ch. 1 John 2:7; 1 John 3:14; 1 John 4:7; 1 John 5:1 .
95368 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Jubilee The year of.7 (William Smith)
6. How long observed. —Though very little is said about its observance in the Bible history of the Jews, yet it is referred to, and was no doubt observed with more or less faithfulness, till the Babylonish captivity.—Ed.)
95369 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Jude Epistle of.2 (William Smith)
… the faith would be assailed by such enemies as he has depicted, vs. Jude 17-19, exhorting them to maintain their own steadfastness in the faith, vs. Jude 21, while …
95370 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Law.2 (William Smith)
… of faith”) to denote an internal principle of action does not really mitigate against the general rule. It should also be noticed that the title “the Law” is occasionally …
95371 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Lord’s Supper.4 (William Smith)
… by faith, or it will be of no avail. (8) We are taught to distribute to one another the spiritual blessings God gives us. (9) By this meal our daily bread is sanctified …
95372 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Manasseh.3 (William Smith)
… every faith was tolerated but the old faith of Israel. The Babylonian alliance which the king formed against Assyria resulted in his being made prisoner …
95373 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Mary the virgin.3 (William Smith)
… most faithful, humble, patient and loving of women, but a woman still. 4. In the days succeeding the ascension of Christ Mary met with the disciples in the upper …
95374 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Mehuman.2 (William Smith)
Mehu’man ( faithful ), one of the seven eunuchs of Ahasuerus. Esther 1:10 .
95375 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Messiah.2 (William Smith)
… purer faith appear in Luke 2:30; Luke 23:42; John 4:25 .
95376 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Micah The book of.2 (William Smith)
… and faithfulness to his promises. vs. Micah 7:16-20. The last verse is reproduced in the song of Zacharias. Luke 1:72, Luke 1:73. Micah’s prophecies are distinct …
95377 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Moses.3 (William Smith)
… , in faith in God, in the promises to his nation, in the life of a saint—a training which he never forgot, even amid the splendors and gilded sin of Pharaoh’s court …
95378 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Moses.7 (William Smith)
… of faith, of wisdom, courage, and patience.) In exact conformity with his life is the account of his end. The book of Deuteronomy describes, and is, the long last …
95379 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. New Testament.4 (William Smith)
… Christian faith must have largely increased the demand for costly MSS. As a natural consequence the rude Hellenistic forms gave way before the current …
95380 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Nicolaitans.2 (William Smith)
… of faithfulness, they persuaded men more than ever that it was a thing indifferent. Revelation 2:13, Revelation 2:14. This was bad enough, but there was a yet worse …