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10221 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Archaeology; Archaeology and Criticism.27
… impostor." Joseph de Guignes (1770) maintained that China was settled by Egyptians, and the Chinese characters only degenerate Egyptian hieroglyphs. Similar …
10222 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Archites.2
… of Joseph ( Joshua 16:2 ). The phrase (gebhul ha-’arki `aTaroth) offers difficulties, and it has been suggested that the order of the last two words be changed to read …
10223 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Arimathaea.2
… of Joseph in whose sepulchre the body of Jesus was laid. Its identity is the subject of much conjecture. The Onomasticon of Eusebius and Jerome identifies …
10224 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ark of the Covenant.15
… of Joseph and was only at a later period recognized by all Israel (Stade, Geschichte des Volkes Israel, I, 458) is not tenable, for we hear nothing to the effect …
10225 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Array.3
… him (Joseph) in vestures of fine linen"; see also 2 Chronicles 28:15; Esther 6:9, 11; Job 40:10; 2 Chronicles 5:12 ). (b) `ATah, meaning "to veil," "to cover," is once used. Nebuchadrezzar …
10226 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Asenath.2
… of Joseph, daughter of Potiphera, mother of Manasseh and Ephraim ( Genesis 41:45, 50; 46:20 ). She was evidently an Egyptian woman and bore an Egyptian name. ’-c-n-t, pointed …
10227 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Astrology.23
… with Joseph’s divining-cup, and such cups were employed both in Babylon and Egypt, and their use was akin to the more modern crystal-gazing, the hypnotic state …
10228 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Astronomy, I.44
6. Joseph’s Dream
10229 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Astronomy, I.88
… of Joseph.
10230 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Astronomy, II.11
6. Joseph’s Dream: If we realize that the Hebrews were quite familiar with the same constellation figures that we have inherited through the Greeks, several …
10231 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Astronomy, II.14
… of Joseph--"He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox"; the lion of Judah--"He lay down as a lion and as a great lion," the King James Version; and Aquarius, the man pouring …
10232 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Attitudes.7
… him. Joseph stood before Pharaoh ( Genesis 41:46 ). Solomon’s advisers stood before him ( 2 Chronicles 10:6 ) and so did those of Rehoboam ( 2 Chronicles 10:8 ). The same …
10233 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Attitudes.11
… respect. Joseph’s brothers bowed as they came into his presence, thinking that he was an Egyptian of high rank ( Genesis 43:28 ). Bathsheba bowed to King David …
10234 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Augury.9
… by Joseph ( Genesis 44:3 - 5 ) without any censure on the part of the writer. There were among the Romans and other ancient nations, as among modern Arabs, etc., many …
10235 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Augury.12
… ff (Joseph), and also Judges 7:13; 1 Kings 3:5 f; Matthew 1:20; 2:12 ff; Matthew 27:19, etc. The part of the Pentateuch ascribed by Wellhausen, etc., to Elohist abounds with …
10236 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Balm.2
… to Joseph, and in Ezekiel 27:17 it is named as one of the exports from Judea to Tyre. The prophet Jeremiah refers figuratively to its medicinal properties as …
10237 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Barber.4
… , where Joseph "shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh." It is known that Egyptians of the higher classes shaved the beard regularly …
10238 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Barnabas.2
… or Joseph ( Acts 4:36 ), as a testimony to his eloquence. Its literal meaning is "son of prophecy" (bar, "son"; nebhu’ah, "prophecy"). Compare word for prophet in Genesis 20 …
10239 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bed; Bedchamber; Bedstead.8
… of Joseph" ( Amos 6:4 - 6; compare Revelation 18:10 - 13 ).
10240 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Benjamin.3
… :24 ). Joseph was his full brother. In the history where Benjamin appears as an object of solicitude to his father and brothers, we must not forget that he was already …