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95701 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Solomon.7 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 10:12; 2 Chronicles 8:17, 2 Chronicles 8:18; 2 Chronicles 9:21 ). This was the “golden age” of Israel. The royal magnificence and splendour of Solomon’s court were unrivalled …
95702 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Solomon.9 (Matthew G. Easton)
… ” ( Matthew 12:42 ), the queen of Sheba, a country in Arabia Felix. “Deep, indeed, must have been her yearning, and great his fame, which induced a secluded Arabian queen …
95703 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Solomon’s Porch.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 5:12 ), a colonnade, or cloister probably, on the eastern side of the temple. It is not mentioned in connection with the first temple, but Josephus mentions a porch …
95704 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Son of man.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
Son of man — (1.) Denotes mankind generally, with special reference to their weakness and frailty ( Job 25:6; Psalm 8:4; Psalm 144:3; Psalm 146:3; Isaiah 51:12, etc.).
95705 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Soothsayer.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 5:12 (Heb. yonenim, i.e., “diviners of the clouds”) the word is used of the Chaldean diviners who studied the clouds. In Daniel 2:27; Daniel 5:7 the word is the rendering …
95706 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Sosthenes.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 18:12-17 ). The motives of this assault against Sosthenes are not recorded, nor is it mentioned whether it was made by Greeks or Romans. Some identify him, but without …
95707 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. South.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… ( Genesis 12:9; Genesis 13:1, Genesis 13:3; Genesis 46:1-6 ). “The Negeb comprised a considerable but irregularly-shaped tract of country, its main portion stretching …
95708 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Sparrow.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… ( Luke 12:6 ). The Hebrew word thus rendered is tsippor, which properly denotes the whole family of small birds which feed on grain ( Leviticus 14:4; Psalm 84:3; Psalm …
95709 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Spikenard.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 1:12; Song of Solomon 4:13, Song of Solomon 1:14 ). It was “very precious”, i.e., very costly ( Mark 14:3; John 12:3, John 12:5 ). It is the root of an Indian plant, the Nardostachys …
95710 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Spirit.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… ( Hebrews 12:23 ), and hence also an apparition ( Job 4:15; Luke 24:37, Luke 24:39 ), an angel ( Hebrews 1:14 ), and a demon ( Luke 4:36; Luke 10:20 ). This word is used also metaphorically …
95711 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Stars.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… ; Revelation 12:1 ). (See ASTROLOGERS .)
95712 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Steel.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 15:12 the same word is used, and is also rendered in the Revised Version “brass.” But more correctly it is copper (q.v.), as brass in the ordinary sense of the word (an …
95713 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Stone.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 7:12, etc.). They were gathered out of cultivated fields ( Isaiah 5:2; comp. 2 Kings 3:19 ). This word is also used figuratively of believers ( 1 Peter 2:4, 1 Peter 2:5 ), and of …
95714 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Stone.4 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 7:12 ).
95715 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Stones, Precious.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 54:12; Lamentations 4:7 ).
95716 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Stream of Egypt.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 27:12 ), the Wady el-’Arish, called also “the river of Egypt,” R.V., “brook of Egypt” ( Numbers 34:5; Joshua 15:4; 2 Kings 24:7 ). It is the natural boundary of Egypt. Occasionally …
95717 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Succoth.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
Succoth — booths. (1.) The first encampment of the Israelites after leaving Ramesses ( Exodus 12:37 ); the civil name of Pithom (q.v.).
95718 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Sukkiims.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
Sukkiims — dwellers in tents, (Vulg. and LXX., “troglodites;” i.e., cave-dwellers in the hills along the Red Sea). Shiskak’s army, with which he marched against Jerusalem, was composed partly of this tribe ( 2 Chronicles 12:3 ).
95719 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Supper.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
Supper — the principal meal of the day among the Jews. It was partaken of in the early part of the evening ( Mark 6:21; John 12:2; 1 Corinthians 11:21 ). (See LORD’S SUPPER .)
95720 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Swelling.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… ( Jeremiah 12:5 ), literally the “pride” of Jordan (as in R.V.), i.e., the luxuriant thickets of tamarisks, poplars, reeds, etc., which were the lair of lions and other beasts …