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96741 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Grass.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… Numbers 11:5 this word is rendered “leeks.”

96742 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Grass.3 (Matthew G. Easton)

… 1:11, Genesis 1:12; Isaiah 66:14; Deuteronomy 32:2 ). “The sickly and forced blades of grass which spring up on the flat plastered roofs of houses in the East are used …

96743 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Grasshopper.3 (Matthew G. Easton)

… Leviticus 11:22; Numbers 13:33; Ecclesiastes 12:5; Isaiah 40:22, where hagab is used. In all these instances the proper rendering is probably “locust” (q.v.).

96744 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Grave.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… ; John 11:30 ). Kings ( 1 Kings 2:10 ) and prophets ( 1 Samuel 25:1 ) were generally buried within cities. Graves were generally grottoes or caves, natural or hewn out in …

96745 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Graving.6 (Matthew G. Easton)

(5.) Pathah refers to intaglio work, the cutting and engraving of precious stones ( Exodus 28:9-11, Exodus 28:21; Zechariah 3:9; Song of Solomon 1:10, Song of Solomon 1:11 ).

96746 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Greek.3 (Matthew G. Easton)

The word “Grecians” in Acts 11:20 should be “Greeks,” denoting the heathen Greeks of that city, as rendered in the Revised Version according to the reading of the best manuscripts (“Hellenes”).

96747 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Grind.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… ( Numbers 11:8 ). It consisted of two stones, the upper ( Deuteronomy 24:6; 2 Samuel 11:21 ) being movable and slightly concave, the lower being stationary. The grinders …

96748 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Grove.5 (Matthew G. Easton)

… ; Deuteronomy 11:30; Joshua 19:33 ). In the earliest times groves are mentioned in connection with religious worship. The heathen consecrated groves to particular …

96749 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Guard.5 (Matthew G. Easton)

… 28:11, the Authorized Version renders the Greek kustodia by “watch,” and the Revised Version by “guard,” the Roman guard, which consisted of four soldiers, who were …

96750 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Guest-chamber.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

Guest-chamber — the spare room on the upper floor of an Eastern dwelling ( Mark 14:14; Luke 22:11 ). In Luke 2:7 the word is translated “inn” (q.v.).

96751 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Hadad.4 (Matthew G. Easton)

(3.) One of “the king’s seed in Edom.” He fled into Egypt, where he married the sister of Pharaoh’s wife ( 1 Kings 11:14-22 ). He became one of Solomon’s adversaries.

96752 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Hadad-Rimmon.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… 12:11 ) in a proverbial expression derived from the lamentation for Josiah, who was mortally wounded near this place ( 2 Chronicles 35:22-25 ). It has been identified …

96753 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Hades.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… , ( Matthew 11:23 ). It is contemplated as a kind of kingdom which could never overturn the foundation of Christ’s kingdom ( Matthew 16:18 ), i.e., Christ’s church can …

96754 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Haemorrhoids.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… Ekron, 11 miles distant. The Ekronites were afflicted with the same dreadful malady, but more severely; and a panic seizing the people, they demanded that the …

96755 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Hagarene.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

Hagarene — or Hagarite. (1.) One of David’s mighty men ( 1 Chronicles 11:38 ), the son of a foreigner.

96756 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Haggith.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

Haggith — festive; the dancer, a wife of David and the mother of Adonijah ( 2 Samuel 3:4; 1 Kings 1:5, 1 Kings 1:11; 1 Kings 2:13; 1 Chronicles 3:2 ), who, like Absalom, was famed for his beauty.

96757 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Hail.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… 10:11 ). Ezekiel represents the wall daubed with untempered mortar as destroyed by great hail-stones ( Ezekiel 13:11 ). (See also Ezekiel 38:22; Revelation 8:7; Revelation …

96758 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Hair.4 (Matthew G. Easton)

… Corinthians 11:14, 1 Corinthians 11:15 ). Paul reproves the Corinthians for falling in with a style of manners which so far confounded the distinction of the …

96759 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Hair.5 (Matthew G. Easton)

(4.) Among the Hebrews the natural distinction between the sexes was preserved by the women wearing long hair ( Luke 7:38; John 11:2; 1 Corinthians 11:6 ), while the men preserved theirs as a rule at a moderate length by frequent clipping.

96760 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Halah.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… 18:11; 1 Chronicles 5:26 ). It lay along the banks of the upper Khabur, from its source to its junction with the Jerujer. Probably the district called by Ptolemy …