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9941 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Wings.2
… shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint." In Malachi 4:2 the King James Version, there is a beautiful reference, "But unto you that fear my name shall …
9942 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. World, Cosmological.23
… to run till the appointment of the sun on the 4th day ( Genesis 1:14 ), it seems more probable that he did not intend to fix a precise length to his creation "days." This …
9943 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Writing, 2.24
… papyri run to 80, 90 and even 135 ft. in length, but the later papyri are generally from 1 to 10 ft. long. The use of papyrus dates from before 2700 BC at latest.
9944 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Zeboim.3
… ," which runs parallel with the Wady kelt, some 3 miles farther South, and ends at the Dead Sea. The first of these, which apparently leads to Mukhmas itself, seems …
9945 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Zered.2
… , which runs up from the southeastern corner of the Dead Sea. A fatal objection to this is that the host had entered the wilderness to the East of Moab before …
9946 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Zion.12
… ridge running South of the Temple (called the southeastern hill in the article JERUSALEM, III, (3) (which see)) is now accepted by almost all modern scholars, mainly …
9947 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ziz, Ascent of.2
… -gedi runs toward Jerusalem. At any rate, an echo of the ancient name survives here: possibly the actual ascent was the present steep pass from En-gedi to the …
9948 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Abana.2 (William Smith)
… it runs across the plain, of whose fertility it is the chief source, till it loses itself in the lake or marsh Bahret-el-Kibliyeh.
9949 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Antioch.5 (William Smith)
… Lebanon, running northward, and the chain of Taurus, running eastward, are brought to an abrupt meeting. Here the Orontes breaks through the mountains; and …
9950 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Armenia.2 (William Smith)
… , which run from east to west. Divisions. —Three districts are mentioned in the Bible. (1) ARARAT is mentioned as the place whither the sons of Sennacherib fled …
9951 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Bible.9 (William Smith)
… a running hand. The chief of these are—(1) the Alexandrian ( codex Alexandrinus, marked A), so named because it was found in Alexandria in Egypt, in 1628. It dates back …
9952 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Bohan Stone of.2 (William Smith)
Bo’han, Stone of, a stone erected in honor of Bohan, on the boundary between Judah and Benjamin, in the valley of Achor, along the eastern side of the present Wady Dahr, running into the Dead Sea.
9953 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Carmel.3 (William Smith)
… boundary, running out with a bold bluff promontory, nearly 600 feet high, almost into the very waves of the Mediterranean, then extending southeast for a little …
9954 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Damascus.3 (William Smith)
… , which runs straight through the city from east to west, may be the street called Straight. Acts 9:11. The house of Judas and that of Ananias are shown, but little …
9955 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Galiilee.2 (William Smith)
… , which run down to the Jordan and the Lake of Tiberias, and the whole of the hill country adjoining it on the north to the foot of the mountain range. It was thus …
9956 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Games.2 (William Smith)
… leaping, running, quoiting, hurling the spear and wrestling. The competitors, 1 Corinthians 9:25; 2 Timothy 2:5, required a long and severe course of previous …
9957 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Gile-ad.3 (William Smith)
… wall running along the horizon. Gilead was specially noted for its balm collected from “balm of Gilead” trees, and worth twice its weight in silver.
9958 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Hebron.4 (William Smith)
… valley runs from north to south; and the main quarter of the town, surmounted by the lofty walls of the venerable Haram, lies partly on the eastern slope. Genesis …
9959 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. House.2 (William Smith)
… floor, runs a second gallery of like depth, with a balustrade. When there is no second floor, but more than one court, the women’s apartments— hareem, harem or haram …
9960 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Hunting.2 (William Smith)
… the run of the animal, Proverbs 22:5, and caught it by the leg, Job 18:9; or lastly by the use of the net, of which there were various kinds, as for the gazelle, Isaiah …