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18661 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Nail.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… ; Exodus 38:20 ), with one of which Jael (q.v.) pierced the temples of Sisera ( Judges 4:21, Judges 4:22 ). This word is also used metaphorically ( Zechariah 10:4 ) for a prince …
18662 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Nebo.4 (Matthew G. Easton)
(3.) A town on the east of Jordan which was taken possession of and rebuilt by the tribe of Reuben ( Numbers 32:3, Numbers 32:38; 1 Chronicles 5:8 ). It was about 8 miles south of Heshbon.
18663 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Neginah.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
Neginah — in the title of Psalm 61, denotes the music of stringed instruments ( 1 Samuel 16:16; Isaiah 38:20 ). It is the singular form of Neginoth.
18664 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Nisroch.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
Nisroch — probably connected with the Hebrew word nesher, an eagle. An Assyrian god, supposed to be that represented with the head of an eagle. Sennacherib was killed in the temple of this idol ( 2 Kings 19:37; Isaiah 37:38 ).
18665 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Obadiah.4 (Matthew G. Easton)
(3.) A descendant of Saul ( 1 Chronicles 8:38 ).
18666 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Onan.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
Onan — strong, the second son of Judah ( Genesis 38:4-10; comp. Deuteronomy 25:5; Matthew 22:24 ). He died before the going down of Jacob and his family into Egypt.
18667 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Open place.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
Open place — Genesis 38:14, Genesis 38:21, mar. Enaim; the same probably as Enam ( Joshua 15:34 ), a city in the lowland or Shephelah.
18668 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Oracle.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 7:38 ).
18669 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Orion.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… ; Job 38:31; Amos 5:8 ) consisting of about eighty stars. The Vulgate renders thus, but the LXX. renders by Hesperus, i.e., “the evening-star,” Venus. The Orientals “appear …
18670 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Oven.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 12:38 ) is more properly “tower of the ovens” (Heb. tannurim. These resemble the ovens in use among ourselves.
18671 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Pan.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 25:38; Exodus 37:23 ) and “censers” ( Leviticus 10:1; Leviticus 16:12; Numbers 4:14, etc.). These were probably simply metal vessels employed for carrying burning embers …
18672 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Pashur.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
(2.) A priest sent by king Zedekiah to Jeremiah to inquire of the Lord ( 1 Chronicles 24:9; Jeremiah 21:1; Jeremiah 38:1-6 ). He advised that the prophet should be put to death.
18673 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Paul.11 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 11:38, 1 Kings 11:39 ]. It is a mysterious pause, a moment of suspense, in the apostle’s history, a breathless calm, which ushers in the tumultuous storm of his active …
18674 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Pelethites.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 1:38, 1 Kings 1:44; 1 Chronicles 18:17 ). Some, however, think that these are the names simply of two Philistine tribes from which David selected his body-guard. They …
18675 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Peter.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 4:38 ). He was in all probability accompanied by his wife on his missionary journeys ( 1 Corinthians 9:5; comp. 1 Peter 5:13 ).
18676 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Pharez.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
Pharez — breach, the elder of the twin sons of Judah ( Genesis 38:29 ). From him the royal line of David sprang ( Ruth 4:18-22 ). “The chief of all the captains of the host” was of the children of Perez ( 1 Chronicles 27:3; Matthew 1:3 ).
18677 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Pilate, Pontius.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 18:38 ); and then going out to the deputation still standing before the gate, he declared that he could find no fault in Jesus ( Luke 23:4 ). This only aroused them to …
18678 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Pleiades.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
Pleiades — Heb. kimah, “a cluster” ( Job 9:9; Job 38:31; Amos 5:8, A.V., “seven stars;” R.V., “Pleiades”), a name given to the cluster of stars seen in the shoulder of the constellation Taurus.
18679 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Poetry.12 (Matthew G. Easton)
… ( Isaiah 38:9-20 ), of Habakkuk ( Habakkuk 3 ), and David’s “song of the bow” ( 2 Samuel 1:19-27 ).
18680 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Pool.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… 22:38 ); the king’s pool ( Nehemiah 2:14 ); the pool of Siloah ( Nehemiah 3:15; Ecclesiastes 2:6 ); the fishpools of Heshbon ( Song of Solomon 7:4 ); the “lower pool,” and the “old pool …