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1941 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Marriage.13

… ; and sexual maturity comes much earlier indeed in the East than with us in the West--in what we call childhood. The ancient Hebrews, in common with all Orientals …

1942 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Marriage.32

… Testament sexual morality. In this, as in other respects, the Jews had a message for the world. Yet we should not expect to find among them the Christian standard …

1943 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Naked; Nakedness.2

… high sexual morality needs no explanation.

1944 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Nose; Nostrils.5

… "male sexual member" (see Gesenius-Buhl, under the word; Levy, Nhb. Worterbuch, I, 544), and the whole passage as a reference to a sensuous Canaanite rite, such as is …

1945 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Passion, Passions.2

… slight sexual reference, but this must not be overstressed; the warning probably includes any violent over-emotion that robs a man of his self-control.

1946 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Phoenicia; Phoenicians.41

… of sexual characteristics to the chief deities of their pantheon, such as Baal and Ashtoreth, which led to licentious rites of the most abominable character …

1947 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Resurrection.38

… the sexual sphere as that of the angels. (The possibility of mutual recognition by husband and wife is irrelevant, nor is it even said that the resurrection …

1948 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Resurrection.47

… particular sexual relations ( Mark 12:25 ) and the processes of nutrition ( 1 Corinthians 6:13 ) cease. For this end the whole power of God is available. And it is insured …

1949 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sanctification.33

… of sexual impurity in his pagan congregations shows this. "This is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication; that each one …

1950 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Semites, Semitic Religion.22

… the sexual abominations of the Canaanite Baal and Astarte.

1952 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Tree of Life.5

… the sexual relation, and therefore the date-palm came to be regarded as the tree of life, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. But this difference came …

1953 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Uncleanness.34

… of sexual intercourse); Frazer, The Golden Bough (examples of taboo and similar laws and customs among various nations); Frazer, article "Taboo" in Encyclopedia …

1954 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Witch; Witchcraft.20

… have sexual commerce with devils and to be capable only of inflicting evil, both thoughts alien to oriental and therefore to Biblical magic.

1955 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Uncleanness.3 (William Smith)

… their sexual differences. There is an emphatic reminder of human weakness in the fact of birth and death—man’s passage alike into and out of his mortal state …

1956 Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (KJV), p. AHAB.2 (James Strong)

or raheb {aw-habe'}; a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise):--(be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.

1957 Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (KJV), p. ZUWB.2 (James Strong)

a primitive root; to flow freely (as water), i.e. (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux; figuratively, to waste away; also to overflow:--flow, gush out, have a (running) issue, pine away, run.

1958 Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (KJV), p. NQEBAH.2 (James Strong)

from 'naqab' ( naqab ); female (from the sexual form):--female.

1959 Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (KJV), p. `OWNAH.2 (James Strong)

from an unused root apparently meaning to dwell together; sexual (cohabitation):--duty of marriage.

1960 Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (KJV), p. SHAKAB.2 (James Strong)

a primitive root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose):--X at all, cast down, ((lover-))lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.