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10281 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Cyprus.10

… time Joseph Barnabas, a Levite born in Cyprus ( Acts 4:36 ), was prominent in the early Christian community at Jerns, and it was in his native island that he and Paul …

10282 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Dan (1); Dan, Tribe of.5

… of Joseph kept the Amorites tributary, but did not drive them out. Later we find Dan oppressed by the Philistines, against whom the heroic exploits of Samson …

10283 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Daniel.6

… , compare Joseph changed to Zaphenath-paneah ( Genesis 41:45 ); Eliakim, to Jehoiakim ( 2 Kings 23:34 ); Mattaniah, to Zedekiah ( 2 Kings 24:17 ); and the tw names of the high …

10284 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Daniel, Book of.55

… Standpoint, Joseph Wilson, Daniel, and Sir Robert Anderson, Daniel in the Critics’ Den. One should consult also Pinches, The Old Testament in the Light of the …

10285 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Deluge of Noah.15

… , and Joseph B. Davidson in the author’s Scientific Confirmations of Old Testament History, 180-184).

10286 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Den.2

… which Joseph was cast by his brethren ( Genesis 37:20 ). Caves and crevices and sometimes spaces among piled-up boulders at the foot of a cliff or in a stream bed …

10287 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Descry.2

… of Joseph sent to Bethel." tur the verb thus translated, signifies "to explore" or "examine," and the Revised Version (British and American) correctly renders "sent …

10288 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Dictionaries.265

Gwilt, Joseph. Encyclopedia of Architecture. New edition London: Longmans, 1888.

10289 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Dictionaries.277

Fetis, Frantsois Joseph. Biographie universelle des musiciens. 2nd edition Paris, 1860-66, 8 volumes; 2nd sup. 1875-81.

10290 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Dictionaries.331

Michaud, Joseph Frantsois. Biographie universelle. Paris, 1842-65, 45 volumes.

10291 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Dictionaries.348

Worcester, Joseph Emerson. Dictionary of the English Language. New edition, enlarged Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1891.

10292 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Divination.32

… - 9 (Joseph; see ASTRONOMY, sec. II, 6); 40:5-21 (Pharaoh’s butler and baker); 41:1-35 (Pharaoh); Judges 7:9 - 14 (Gideon and an unnamed man); Daniel 1:17 (Daniel had understanding …

10293 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Divination.38

(ii) Hydromancy, or divination by water. In Genesis 44:5 Joseph is represented as practicing this kind of divination and not a word of disapproval is expressed.

10294 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Divorce in the Old Testament.14

… that Joseph had in mind the putting away of his espoused wife, Mary, without the formality of a bill or at least of a public procedure proves that a decree was …

10295 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Dothan.2

… ; where Joseph who followed them was sold to the Ishmaelites, after having been imprisoned in a "pit" ( Genesis 37:17 ff). Here in later days the eyes of Elisha’s servant …

10296 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Dream; Dreamer.14

… significance. Joseph was the youngest and most beloved son of Jacob. He was just in the prime of adolescence, the very period of day dreaming. He was perhaps …

10297 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Dress.17

… by Joseph, familiarly known as the "coat of many colors" ( Genesis 37:3 ), a rendering which represents now an abandoned tradition (compare Kennedy,HDB ). The long …

10298 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ebionism; Ebionites.30

… of Joseph and Mary in the ordinary sense of the word. The third was that they, along with the Cerinthians and Carpocratians, affirmed that a Divine power came …

10300 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Egypt.89

4. Joseph: The history of Joseph rising to importance as a capable slave is perfectly natural in Egypt at that time, and equally so in later periods down to our …