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941 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Number.31
… 7 planets, which used to be in great favor and still has its advocates, seems to lack ancient proof. Hehn (op. cit., 44 ff) has shown that the number acquired its symbolic …
942 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Peter, the Second Epistle of.48
… the planet into something glorious and beautiful.
943 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Peter, the Second Epistle of.49
… glorified planet. John is bidden, "Write, for the predictions are faithful and true; they shall not fail to come to pass."
944 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pethor.2
… glorified planet. John is bidden, "Write, for the predictions are faithful and true; they shall not fail to come to pass."
945 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Philistines.25
… the planet Venus.
947 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Planets.2
Planets - plan’-ets (mazzaloth).
948 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Rephan.2
Rephan - re’-fan: A name for Chiun, the planet Saturn.
949 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sabbath.14
… seven planets) have now been almost entirely abandoned (see ASTRONOMY, sec. I, 5). The disposition at present is to regard the day as originally a lunar festival …
950 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Star of the Magi.7
6. The Star Not a Conjunction of Planets
951 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Star of the Magi.18
… the planets Jupiter and Saturn in the constellation Pisces, the two planets being so close as to seem a single star. This conjunction took place in the month …
952 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Star of the Magi.19
… the planet Venus which shines with extraordinary brilliancy when in particular parts of her orbit, and have imagined, especially when she has been thus …
953 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Star of the Magi.23
… , the planet Venus is, after the two "great lights," the brightest object in the heavens, but temporary stars are on record that have even exceeded Venus in brightness …
954 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Star of the Magi.24
… the planets, a comet, or a temporary star; or whether it was a supernatural light like the pillar of fire in the wilderness. But that verse has not been given. The …
955 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. World, Cosmological.22
… little planet life has effloresced into reason, and we have as yet no ground in science for believing that anywhere else it has ever done so (compare Dr. A. R. Wallace’s …
956 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Ashtoreth.2 (William Smith)
… the planet Venus; and Astarte was by many identified with the goddess Venus (or Aphrodite), as well as with the plant of that name. It is certain that the worship …
957 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Earth.2 (William Smith)
… the planet on which man dwells. The Hebrew language discriminates between these two by the use of separate terms, adamah for the former, erets for the latter …
958 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Idolatry.4 (William Smith)
… , the planets or the zodiacal signs received, next to the sun and moon, their share of popular adoration. 2 Kings 23:5. Beast-worship, as exemplified in the calves …
959 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Nebo.5 (William Smith)
… the planet nearest the sun. In Babylonia Nebo held a prominent place from an early time. The ancient town of Borsippa was especially under his protection …
960 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Phœnice.3 (William Smith)
… five planets, or, as it might have been expressed according to ancient notions, of the seven planets --the most beautiful and perhaps the most natural form of …