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99401 Etymology dictionary, p. -ty (1).3
… base-12 number system. The most obvious instance is eleven and twelve which ought to be the first two numbers of the "teens" series. Their Old English forms, enleofan …
99402 Etymology dictionary, p. -ty (1).4
… through 12 cycles, and could have bequeathed us numbers *eleventy ("110") and *twelfty ("120") had it endured, but already during the Anglo-Saxon period it was being …
99403 Etymology dictionary, p. Valkyrie (n.).2
… of 12 war-maidens who escorted the brave dead to Valhalla, from Old Norse valkyrja, literally "chooser of the slain," from valr "those slain in battle" (see Valhalla …
99404 Etymology dictionary, p. verge (n.).3
… a 12-mile radius round the king's court. Sense shifted to "the outermost edge of an expanse or area." Meaning "point at which something happens" (as in on the verge …
99405 Etymology dictionary, p. xenophobia (n.).2
"fear or hatred of strangers or what is foreign," 1880, London Daily News, April 12, in which it is coupled with xenomania, in reference to English attitudes toward the French:
99406 Etymology dictionary, p. yule (n.).3
After conversion to Christianity the word narrowed to mean "the 12-day feast of the Nativity" (which began Dec. 25), but was replaced by Christmas by 11c., except in the northeast (areas of Danish settlement), where it remained the usual word.
99407 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Aaron.4
… :10, 12 ).
99408 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Aaron.6
… 8:12 ), but his sons were included with him in the duty of caring for sacrificial rites and things. They served in receiving and presenting the various offerings …
99409 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Aaron.7
… ( Numbers 12:1 - 16 ), which they asserted to be self-assumed. For this rebellion Miriam was smitten with leprosy, but was made whole again, when, at the pleading of …
99410 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Aaron.9
… 20:12 ), the two brothers are prohibited from entering Canaan; and shortly after the last camp at Kadesh was broken, as the people journeyed eastward to the plains …
99411 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Aaronites.2
… Chronicles 12:27; 27:17 ). It is equivalent to the phrases "sons of Aaron," "house of Aaron," frequently used in the Old Testament. According to the books of Josh and …
99412 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ab (1).2
… 19:12 ). The term is used to express worth and affection irrespective of blood relation (e.g. 2 Kings 13:14 ). A ruler or leader is spoken of as a father. God is father …
99413 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abaddon.3
… 31:12 ). In this last passage the place idea comes nearer to vanishing in an abstract conception than in the other passages.
99414 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abanah.2
… 5:12, along with the PHARPAR (which see), as one of the principal rivers of Damascus. The reading Amana (meaning possibly the "constant," or perennial stream) is on …
99415 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abarim.2
… 27:12; Deuteronomy 32:49 ); Iye-abarim, which means "Heaps of the Abarim," or "Mounds of the Abarim" ( Numbers 21:11; 33:44 ). In Numbers 33:45 this station is called simply …
99416 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abase.2
… 4:12 ). The word is always employed to indicate what should be done to or by him who nurtures a spirit and exhibits a demeanor contrary to the laudable humility …
99417 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abba.2
… :41; 12:27; John 17:24 - 25 ). In Mark 14:36; Romans 8:15, and Galatians 4:6 ho pater, is appended even in direct address, in an emphatic sense. Servants were not permitted …
99418 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abdi.2
… 29:12 ). Some mistakenly identify this Abdi with the former. (3) A man who in Ezra’s time had married a foreign wife ( Ezra 10:26 ). Not a Levite, but "of the sons of Elam."
99419 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abdon (1).3
… ( Judges 12:13 - 15 ). The account says that he was the son of Hillel the Pirathonite, and that he was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim. No mention is made of …
99420 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abdon (1).4
An effort has been made to identify Abdon with the Bedan mentioned in 1 Samuel 12:11, but the identification is precarious.