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18541 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Dayspring.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
Dayspring — ( Job 38:12; Luke 1:78 ), the dawn of the morning; daybreak. (Comp. Isaiah 60:1, Isaiah 60:2; Malachi 4:2; Revelation 22:16 .)
18542 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Dearth.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 4:38; 2 Kings 8:1 ).
18543 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Death.8 (Matthew G. Easton)
The grave is represented as “the gates of death” ( Job 38:17; Psalm 9:13; Psalm 107:18 ). The gloomy silence of the grave is spoken of under the figure of the “shadow of death” ( Jeremiah 2:6 ).
18544 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Den.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 11:38 ); a resort of thieves ( Matthew 21:13; Mark 11:17 ). Daniel was cast into “the den of lions” ( Daniel 6:16, Daniel 6:17 ). Some recent discoveries among the ruins of Babylon …
18545 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Dial.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… ; Isaiah 38:8 ). The Hebrew word (ma’aloth) is rendered “steps” in Exodus 20:26, 1 Kings 10:19, and “degrees” in 2 Kings 20:9, 2 Kings 20:10, 2 Kings 20:11. The ma˒aloth was probably …
18546 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Dish.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 6:38 the same Hebrew word is rendered “bowl.”
18547 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Dog.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 22:38; Psalm 59:6, Psalm 59:14 ).
18548 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Doors.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… ; Job 38:10 ). In the interior of Oriental houses, curtains were frequently used instead of doors.
18549 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Dove.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 25:38; Vulg., “fierceness of the dove;” comp. Jeremiah 46:16; Jeremiah 50:16 ). Doves and turtle-doves were the only birds that could be offered in sacrifice, as they were …
18550 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Dungeon.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… ( Jeremiah 38:6 ). To be shut up in, a punishment common in Egypt ( Genesis 39:20; Genesis 40:3; Genesis 41:10; Genesis 42:19 ). It is not mentioned, however, in the law of Moses …
18551 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Earnest.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… Genesis 38:17-20; “indeed, the Hebrew word has simply passed into the Greek and Latin languages, probably through commercial dealings with the Phoenicians …
18552 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Ebed-melech.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… ( Jeremiah 38:7-13 : comp. Jeremiah 39:15-18 ).
18553 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Eldad.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 9:38; Luke 9:49 ).
18554 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Elijah.6 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 22:38 ). He also, four years afterwards, warned Ahaziah (q.v.), who had succeeded his father Ahab, of his approaching death ( 2 Kings 1:1-16 ). (See NABOTH .) During these intervals …
18555 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Embroider.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… ; Exodus 38:23; Judges 5:30; Psalm 45:14 ). The skill of the women in this art was seen in the preparation of the sacerdotal robes of the high priest ( Exodus 28 ). It seems …
18556 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Engraver.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… ; Exodus 38:23 ) means properly an artificer in wood, stone, or metal. The chief business of the engraver was cutting names or devices on rings and seals and signets …
18557 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Enos.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 3:38 ). He lived nine hundred and five years. In his time “men began to call upon the name of the Lord” ( Genesis 4:26 ), meaning either (1) then began men to call themselves …
18558 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Esarhaddon.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 37:38 ). He ascended the throne about B.C. 681. Nothing further is recorded of him in Scripture, except that he settled certain colonists in Samaria ( Ezra 4:2 ). But …
18559 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Esau.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 27:38 ).
18560 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Exorcist.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 9:38; Luke 9:49, Luke 9:50. It would seem that it was an opinion among the Jews that miracles might be wrought by invoking the divine name. Thus also these “vagabond …