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16461 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bible, The, IV Canonicity.34
… to comfort and exhort it. His words about the Second Coming ( 1 Thessalonians 4:13 ff) led to mistaken expectations and some disorders. His second epistle was …
16462 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bildad.2
… and comfort him in his affliction ( Job 2:11 ). He is from Shuah, an unknown place somewhere in the countries East and Southeast of Palestine (or the designation …
16463 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Birds.9
… the comfort of the bird is found among cranes and other long-legged water birds. The bone of one part of the leg fits into the bone of the part above, so that it …
16464 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Blood and Water.2
… the Comforter fulfilled on Pentecost ("spirit") presented us with the final proof of the completed Messianic task. The same expression in 1 John 5:6 refers probably …
16465 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Calf, Golden.14
… , are comfortably sure that he fully approved the ancient ancestral calf cult. Others, with more probability, explain his position on the ground that, though …
16466 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Captivity.88
… and comfort were inspired by the thought of the Return. From Haggai and Zechariah we see how the work of rebuilding the Temple was conceived and carried out …
16467 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Chastening; Chastisement.3
… take comfort in the words: "Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest" ( Psalms 94:12 ). Hence, it is common in both the King James Version and the Revised Version (British …
16468 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Cheer; Cheerfulness.2
… Version "comfort"); Matthew 14:27; Mark 6:50; 10:49 (RV; "comfort" in the King James Version); John 16:33; Acts 23:11. "Cheer" as verb transitive occurs in Ecclesiastes 11:9 …
16469 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Cistern; Well; Pool; Aqueduct.25
… and comfort which they possess, and cannot fill themselves again."
16470 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Comfort.1
Comfort
16471 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Comfort.2
… Version "comfort," to "consolation." So in the Old Testament, "Comfort ye my people" ( Isaiah 40:1 ) is much stronger than "console," which affords only the power of calm …
16472 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Comfortably.1
Comfortably
16473 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Comfortably.2
… : "speak comfortably" ( 2 Samuel 19:7 ). Hezekiah in like manner comforted the Levites ( 2 Chronicles 30:22 ) and encouraged his captains ( 2 Chronicles 32:6 ). The term has …
16474 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Comforter.1
Comforter
16475 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Comforter.2
… "miserable comforters." The word "Comforter" being an inadequate, and the word "Helper" a too indefinite, translation of the word in the Gospel of John, it would …
16476 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Comfortless.2
… , in comforting their hearts. In harmony with these parting words Jesus had called the chosen twelve "little children" ( John 13:33 ); without Him they would be "orphans …
16477 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Corinthians, Second Epistle to The.24
… God, comforted" him (7:6). The Corinthians had been swayed by a godly sorrow and repentance (7:8), and the sky had cleared again with almost unhoped-for brightness …
16478 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Corinthians, Second Epistle to The.35
… with comfort in all his affliction (6:11-13; 7:2-4). For what blessed comfort that was that Titus brought him in Macedonia to dispel his fears, and to show that the …
16479 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Cushion.2
… the comfort of passengers in the stern of modern boats on the Sea of Galilee. "Silken cushions" of Amos 3:12 the Revised Version (British and American) is a rendering …
16480 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Daughter.2
… good comfort" ( Matthew 9:22 the King James Version; Mark 5:34; Luke 8:48 ); (g) women in general ( Proverbs 31:29 ); (h) the personification of towns or cities, as of the female …