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97741 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Games.55
… 1:12; Revelation 2:10; 3:11. In the palm-bearing multitude of the Apocalypse ( Revelation 7:9 ) there is possibly a reference to the carrying of palm-branches by victors …
97742 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Games.56
… 6:12 ). The exercise made great demands on strength, perseverance and dexterity. There is an indirect allusion in the term palaestra, which first meant "place …
97743 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Garden.2
… 4:12 - 16; Ecclesiastes 2:5 - 6; Ezekiel 28:13; Ezekiel 31:8 - 9; 36:35; Joel 2:3. Ancient Babylonian, Assyrian and Egyptian records show the fondness of the rulers of these …
97744 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Garden.7
Figurative: The destruction of gardens typified desolation ( Amos 4:9 ); on the other hand, fruitful gardens figured prosperity ( Numbers 24:6; Job 8:16; Isaiah 51:3; 58:11; 61:11; Jeremiah 29:5, 28; 31:12; Amos 9:14 ).
97745 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Garner.2
… 3:12; Luke 3:17 ). The same word is translated "barns" in Matthew 6:26; 13:30; Luke 12:18, 24 .
97746 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Garnish.3
In the New Testament ( Matthew 12:44; 23:29 ) the word kosmeo means "set in order," "make ready," "adorn," etc. In Matthew 25:7 it is translated "trimmed," and in Revelation 21:19 "adorned."
97747 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Gate.3
… 54:12; Revelation 21:21 ) was derived. When closed, the doors were secured with a bar (usually of wood, Nahum 3:13, but sometimes of metal, 1 Kings 4:13; Psalms 107:16; Isaiah …
97748 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Gate.4
… 7:12 ) were provided ( 1 Kings 22:10; Nehemiah 8:1 ), and these were the centers of the public life. Here the markets were held ( 2 Kings 7:1 ), and the special commodities …
97749 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Gath.2
… Kings 12:17 ). It seems to have been destroyed before the time of Amos ( Amos 6:2 ), and is not further mentioned in the Old Testament or Macc, except in Micah 1:10, where …
97750 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Gather.2
… Numbers 12:14 - 15; Isaiah 52:12 King James Version margin. The phrases "gather thee unto thy fathers," "gathered unto his fathers," "gathered into the grave," etc., are …
97751 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Gather.7
… Maccabees 12:43 ), the Revised Version (British and American) "collection."
97752 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Gath-rimmon.3
… it 12 miles from Eleutheropolis on the way to Diospolis. This, however, is too far to the South. More probably it is identical with the "Gath" which Eusebius, Onomasticon …
97753 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Gazelle.2
… Deuteronomy 12:15, 22; 14:5; 15:22; 1 Kings 4:23. We find "roe," with marginal note "or gazelle," in Proverbs 6:5; Song of Solomon 2:7, 9, 17; 4:5; 8:14; Isaiah 13:14. We find "roe" without …
97754 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Gazelle.3
… Chronicles 12:8; Proverbs 6:5; Song of Solomon 8:14 ). The beauty of the eyes is proverbial. The skin is used for floor coverings, pouches or shoes, and the flesh is …
97755 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Gazing-stock.2
… 16:12; Job 7:8; 33:21, in which places it does not have the same bad meaning; for a similar threatening compare Isaiah 14:16; Jeremiah 51:37. (2) In Hebrews 10:33, it is the …
97756 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Geber.3
… Kings 12:1 - 33 officers who provided food for Solomon and his household (but here the Revised Version (British and American) "Ben-geber"). His district lay to the …
97757 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Gedaliah.4
… 25:12, 22 ). To his charge were committed also some royal princesses ( Jeremiah 43:6 ) and courtiers ( Jeremiah 41:16 ) who had been allowed to remain as unlikely to cause …
97758 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Gedaliah.5
… :11 - 12 ). For two months (some think longer) Gedaliah’s beneficent and wise rule did much to consolidate affairs in Judah and to inspire the feeble remnant of …
97759 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Geder.2
… ( Joshua 12:13 f). It may be the city called "Beth-gader" in 1 Chronicles 2:51, and the birthplace of Baal-hanan, who had charge of David’s olives and sycamores ( 1 Chronicles …
97760 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Gederah; Gederathite.2
… Chronicles 12:4 ), probably meant an inhabitant of this place.