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16501 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Faithful; Faithfulness.21
… of comfort under persecution and suffering. The omission of the article before the words "faithful Creator" makes emphatic that this is a characteristic …
16502 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Forge; Forger.2
… his comforters (13:4; compare 14:17); the word is the translation of Taphal, "to patch," "lay on," "besmear," hence, to impute, overcharge, etc.; in Psalms 119:69, "forged" occurs …
16503 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Fortification; Fort; Fortified Cities; Fortress.50
… the comfort of Israel and Judah is that Yahweh was a better defense to them than the great rivers of Assyria and Egypt were to those nations. When Nineveh was …
16504 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Fullness.5
… and comfort and strength of Christ received by them now. Compare John 1:16; `In him ye are complete, are made full’ ( Colossians 2:10 ); that is, the fullness of moral …
16505 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Genesis, 3.18
… a comfort to him, since only P has reported concerning the blessing (9:1 ff). Even if the distinction is not always clearly made between clean and unclean animals …
16506 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Grief; Grieve.5
… "to comfort all that mourn--to give a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness." Christians, however, cannot …
16507 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Hagar.7
… heaven, comforted her with the assurance that God had heard the voice of the lad and that there was a great future before him. Then her eyes were opened to discover …
16508 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Hagar.8
… strength, comfort and encouragement that ever accompany the hardest experiences of His children.
16509 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Holy Spirit, 2.27
… another Comforter" (parakletos; see PARACLETE ). Next Jesus describes this Comforter as one whom the world cannot receive. Disciples know Him because He abides …
16510 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Holy Spirit, 2.29
… "another Comforter"; He is to abide with disciples forever.
16511 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Holy Spirit, 2.65
… the Comforter; Candlish, The Work of the Holy Spirit; Wirgman, The Sevenfold Gifts; Heber, Personality and Offices of the Holy Spirit; Swete, The Holy Spirit in …
16512 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Hosea.43
… and comfort. Driver says of chapters 4 through 14: "These chapters consist of a series of discourses, a summary arranged probably by the prophet himself at …
16513 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Immaculate Conception, The.9
… the comfort of their foes. Notice with care the historical standing of this dogma: (i) The acknowledged absence of all positive evidence for apostolic origin …
16514 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Inspiration, 8-18.12
… and comforted to the end that he might "be able to comfort them that are in any affliction, through the comfort wherewith" he had himself been "comforted of God …
16515 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Intercession of Christ.6
… translated "Comforter." The word is of familiar use in Greek for the legal advocate or patronus who appeared on behalf of his client. Thus, in the double sense …
16516 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Isaac.28
… no comfort to his father and mother, and ere long he also withdrew from his father’s clan. The subsequent reconciliation of the brothers permitted them to …
16517 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Isaiah, 1-7.32
… of comfort and salvation, and also of the future glory awaiting Israel.
16518 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Isaiah, 1-7.54
… be comforting to know that forgiveness was still possible ( Isaiah 27:9 ), that Yahweh was still the keeper of His vineyard ( Isaiah 27:3 - 4 ), that His judgments were …
16519 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Isaiah, 1-7.66
… of comfort, salvation, and of the future glory awaiting Israel. These chapters naturally fall into three sections: (1) Isaiah 40:1 - 31 through Isaiah 48:1 - 22, announcing …
16520 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Isaiah, 1-7.67
… the comfort which the prophet announces is Israel’s incomparable God ( Isaiah 40:1 - 31 ). Israel’s all-powerful Yahweh in comparison with other gods is incomparable …