Eagle. (1) (Deut. 32:1111As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: (Deuteronomy 32:11)). Heb. Nésher; Gk. ἀετός. (Specimens, Circætus Gallicus; Gyps fulvus. T. Found at Yebua.) The word is used by the Arabs for the true eagles, of which there are eight species in the Holy Land, and for the vulture, of which there are four species.
(2) Gier (Lev. 11:1818And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, (Leviticus 11:18)). Heb. Raḥam; Gk. πορφυρίων. R.V. vulture. (Specimen Neophron percnopterus.) The “Egytpian vulture” or “Pharaoh’s hen,” common in Asia and all parts of Africa.
See Dan. 4:3333The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws. (Daniel 4:33); Rev. 12:1414And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. (Revelation 12:14).
Early rising. Gen. 19:27; 26:31; 28:1827And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord: (Genesis 19:27)
31And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. (Genesis 26:31)
18And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. (Genesis 28:18); Josh. 3:11And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over. (Joshua 3:1); Judg. 6:3838And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water. (Judges 6:38); 1 Sam. 9:26; 15:12; 17:2026And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad. (1 Samuel 9:26)
12And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal. (1 Samuel 15:12)
20And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle. (1 Samuel 17:20); Mark 1:35; 16:235And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed. (Mark 1:35)
2And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. (Mark 16:2); John 8:2; 20:12And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them. (John 8:2)
1The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. (John 20:1); Acts 5:2121And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought. (Acts 5:21).
Earnest; a pledge, security.
Earring. Gen. 35:44And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem. (Genesis 35:4); Ex. 32:22And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. (Exodus 32:2); Judg. 8:2525And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey. (Judges 8:25); Prov. 25:1212As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear. (Proverbs 25:12) (nose ring); Ezek. 16:1212And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head. (Ezekiel 16:12).
1 Sam. 3:1111And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. (1 Samuel 3:11); 2 Kings 21:1212Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle. (2 Kings 21:12); Jer. 19:33And say, Hear ye the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle. (Jeremiah 19:3): at which e. shall tingle
Isa. 6:1010Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed. (Isaiah 6:10); Matt. 13:1515For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. (Matthew 13:15); Acts 28:2727For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. (Acts 28:27): make e. heavy.
Ears, he that hath, to hear. Matt. 11:18; 13:1618For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. (Matthew 11:18)
16But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. (Matthew 13:16); Mark 4:9,23; 7:169And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. (Mark 4:9)
23If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. (Mark 4:23)
16If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. (Mark 7:16); Rev. 2:77He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. (Revelation 2:7), etc.
have, but hear not. Psa. 115:66They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: (Psalm 115:6); Isa. 42:2020Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not. (Isaiah 42:20); Ezek. 12:22Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house. (Ezekiel 12:2); Matt. 13:1212For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. (Matthew 13:12); Mark 8:1818Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember? (Mark 8:18); Rom. 11:88(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. (Romans 11:8).
the Lord’s, open to prayer. 2 Sam. 22:77In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears. (2 Samuel 22:7); Psa. 18:6; 34:156In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears. (Psalm 18:6)
15The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. (Psalm 34:15); James 5:44Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. (James 5:4); 1 Peter 3:1212For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. (1 Peter 3:12).
Earth; Three Hebrew words are translated earth.
(3) (Gen. 3:1414And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: (Genesis 3:14); Isa. 47:11Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. (Isaiah 47:1)). Heb. ’Aphar; Gk. γἠ, dry earth, or dust.
Jer. 22:2929O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord. (Jeremiah 22:29); Mic. 1:22Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord God be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple. (Micah 1:2): O e., e., e., hear word of Lord.
Matt. 9:66But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. (Matthew 9:6); Mark 2:1010But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,) (Mark 2:10); Luke 5:2424But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house. (Luke 5:24): power on e. to forgive.
Acts 9:4,8; 26:144And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? (Acts 9:4)
8And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus. (Acts 9:8)
14And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. (Acts 26:14): Saul fell to the e.
See Gen. 1:1,11; 3:17; 7:101In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. (Genesis 1:1)
11And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. (Genesis 1:11)
17And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; (Genesis 3:17)
10And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. (Genesis 7:10); Ex. 9:2929And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the Lord; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the Lord's. (Exodus 9:29); Job 12:88Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. (Job 12:8); Psa. 24:11<<A Psalm of David.>> The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. (Psalm 24:1); Isa. 65:1616That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes. (Isaiah 65:16); Mic. 1:44And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place. (Micah 1:4); Zeph. 3:88Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. (Zephaniah 3:8); 2 Peter 3:7,137But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. (2 Peter 3:7)
13Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. (2 Peter 3:13); Rev. 20:99And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. (Revelation 20:9).
Earthquake. 1 Kings 19:1111And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord. And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: (1 Kings 19:11); Isa. 29:66Thou shalt be visited of the Lord of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire. (Isaiah 29:6); Amos 1:11The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. (Amos 1:1); Zech. 14:55And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with thee. (Zechariah 14:5); Matt. 24:7; 27:547For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. (Matthew 24:7)
54Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God. (Matthew 27:54); Acts 16:2626And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed. (Acts 16:26); Rev. 6:12; 8:5; 11:13; 16:1812And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; (Revelation 6:12)
5And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. (Revelation 8:5)
13And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven. (Revelation 11:13)
18And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. (Revelation 16:18).
Matt. 9:55For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk? (Matthew 9:5); Mark 2:99Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk? (Mark 2:9); Luke 5:2323Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk? (Luke 5:23): is e. to say.
See Jer. 46:2727But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid. (Jeremiah 46:27); Zech. 1:1515And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. (Zechariah 1:15); Luke 12:1919And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. (Luke 12:19).
See Jonah 4:5,85So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city. (Jonah 4:5)
8And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live. (Jonah 4:8); Matt. 2:1; 8:11; 24:271Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, (Matthew 2:1)
11And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 8:11)
27For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. (Matthew 24:27).
1 Kings 19:55And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. (1 Kings 19:5); Acts 10:13; 11:713And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. (Acts 10:13)
7And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat. (Acts 11:7): angel said, Arise and e.
2 Kings 4:43-4443And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the Lord, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof. 44So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the Lord. (2 Kings 4:43‑44): they shall e., and leave thereof.
Isa. 29:88It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion. (Isaiah 29:8): he e., awaketh, and is hungry.
Ebal, ē′-băl, “stony” (?)
(2) A mountain of Samaria, opposite Mt. Gerizim on the south. Between these was the ancient Shechem. It is 3077 feet high. Deut. 27:44Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaster them with plaster. (Deuteronomy 27:4). Mount, curses delivered from. Deut. 27:1313And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. (Deuteronomy 27:13); Josh. 8:3333And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel. (Joshua 8:33).
Ebed, ē′-bĕd, “servant.”
Ebed-melech, ē′-bĕd–mĕl′-ĕch, “servant of the king”; Ethiopian eunuch, intercedes with king Zedekiah for Jeremiah. Jer. 38:7; 39:167Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin; (Jeremiah 38:7)
16Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee. (Jeremiah 39:16).
Ebronah, ĕb-rō′-năh, “passage” (?)
Ecclesiastes, ĕc-clē-ṡĭ-ăs′-tēṡ, “the preacher”; the title of a book, written by an unknown author, representing the experience of Solomon.
Edar, ē′-där, “flock.”
Eden, ē′-dĕn, “pleasantness.”
mentioned. Isa. 51:33For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody. (Isaiah 51:3); Ezek. 28:13; 31:9; 36:3513Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. (Ezekiel 28:13)
9I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him. (Ezekiel 31:9)
35And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited. (Ezekiel 36:35); Joel 2:33A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them. (Joel 2:3).
Edify; to build; also, to build up.
See Acts 9:3131Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied. (Acts 9:31); 2 Cor. 10:8; 13:108For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed: (2 Corinthians 10:8)
10Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction. (2 Corinthians 13:10); 1 Tim. 1:44Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do. (1 Timothy 1:4).
Edom, ē′-do̲m, “red.”
(2) (Idumea) the land of Esau. Gen. 32:33And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom. (Genesis 32:3); Isa. 63:11Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. (Isaiah 63:1). Prophecies concerning. Isa. 34; Jer. 25:21; 49:721Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon, (Jeremiah 25:21)
7Concerning Edom, thus saith the Lord of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished? (Jeremiah 49:7); Ezek. 25:13; 35:1313Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword. (Ezekiel 25:13)
13Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them. (Ezekiel 35:13); Amos 1:1111Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever: (Amos 1:11); Obad. 11The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord God concerning Edom; We have heard a rumor from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle. (Obadiah 1).
Edomites, ē′-do̲m-ītes, “inhabitants of Edom”; the descendants of Esau. Gen. 36.
See 2 Cor. 1:66And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. (2 Corinthians 1:6); Gal. 2:88(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:) (Galatians 2:8); 1 Thess. 2:1313For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe. (1 Thessalonians 2:13).
See Deut. 22:66If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young: (Deuteronomy 22:6); Isa. 10:14; 59:514And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. (Isaiah 10:14)
5They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. (Isaiah 59:5); Jer. 17:1111As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. (Jeremiah 17:11).
his advancement, fall, imprisonment, and restoration there, Gen. 39-41.
Jacob’s eons go to buy corn in. Gen. 42.
plagued on account of Israelites. Ex. 7-11.
army of, pursue and perish in the Red sea. Ex. 14.
kings of, harass Judah. 1 Kings 14:2525And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: (1 Kings 14:25); 2 Kings 23:2929In his days Pharaoh-nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him. (2 Kings 23:29); 2 Chron. 12:2; 35:20; 36:32And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the Lord, (2 Chronicles 12:2)
20After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him. (2 Chronicles 35:20)
3And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. (2 Chronicles 36:3); Jer. 37:55Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem. (Jeremiah 37:5).
prophecies concerning. Gen. 15:1313And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; (Genesis 15:13); Isa. 11:1111And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. (Isaiah 11:11); Isa. 19; 20; Isa. 27:12; 30:112And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel. (Isaiah 27:12)
1Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: (Isaiah 30:1); Jer. 9:26; 25:19; 43:8; 44:2826Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart. (Jeremiah 9:26)
19Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; (Jeremiah 25:19)
8Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying, (Jeremiah 43:8)
28Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs. (Jeremiah 44:28); Jer. 46:2828Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the Lord: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished. (Jeremiah 46:28); Ezek. 30:7-32:287And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted. 8And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed. 9In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh. 10Thus saith the Lord God; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. 11He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain. 12And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the Lord have spoken it. 13Thus saith the Lord God; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt. 14And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No. 15And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No. 16And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily. 17The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity. 18At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity. 19Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the Lord. 20And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 21Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword. 22Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. 23And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. 24And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man. 25But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt. 26And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries; and they shall know that I am the Lord. 1And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness? 3Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs. 4The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field. 5Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth. 6All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations. 7Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters. 8The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty. 9I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him. 10Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height; 11I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness. 12And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him. 13Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches: 14To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit. 15Thus saith the Lord God; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him. 16I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth. 17They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen. 18To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord God. 1And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers. 3Thus saith the Lord God; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net. 4Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee. 5And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height. 6I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee. 7And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. 8All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God. 9I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known. 10Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall. 11For thus saith the Lord God; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee. 12By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the pomp of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed. 13I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them. 14Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord God. 15When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the Lord. 16This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord God. 17It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 18Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit. 19Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised. 20They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes. 21The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword. 22Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword: 23Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living. 24There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit. 25They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain. 26There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caused their terror in the land of the living. 27And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living. 28Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword. (Ezekiel 30:7‑32:28); Dan. 11:88And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north. (Daniel 11:8); Hos. 9:33They shall not dwell in the Lord's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria. (Hosea 9:3); Hos. 11:33I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them. (Hosea 11:3); Joel 3:1919Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land. (Joel 3:19); Zech. 10:10; 14:1810I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them. (Zechariah 10:10)
18And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the Lord will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. (Zechariah 14:18).
Egypt, the Israelites in; the oppression and Exodus; It is strange that as yet no clear corroboration of the Biblical narrative from the age of Joseph to that of Moses has been afforded by the decipherment of Egyptian monuments. It is a generally-accepted conjecture that the career of Joseph belongs to the epoch of the Hyksos or Shepherd kings, a non-Egyptian dynasty who are said to have governed Egypt from about 2000-1600 B.C.; but beyond the fact that under non-Egyptian kings a foreigner might easily rise to eminence, there is no positive evidence to support this view. The Pharaoh of the oppression is generally identified with Rameses II (between 1300 and 1200 B.C.), and not without reason. The site of Pithom, one of the treasure-cities’ built by the Israelites for their oppressor, has been discovered. It was a brick-walled town with great store-chambers of brick, and inscriptions found on the spot spew that it was founded by Rameses II. The Exodus is then placed under Rameses II’s successor Menephtah (Merenptah). It is in an inscription of this monarch that the first clear allusion to the Israelites is found. This document records a general restoration of peace after a victory over Libyan invaders; and among the enemies whose downfall is recalled, the name Ysiraal occurs; “Ysiraal is desolated, its seed (or fruit) is not.” It can hardly be said that this allusion makes it easier to place the Exodus under Menephtah. The name of Israel occurs together with Palestinian names such as Ashkelon and Canaan, and this suggests that the Israelites had already reached and settled in Palestine; at the same time it is conceivable that the “desolation” of the Israelites is a courtly exaggeration for their disappearance from Egypt.
Of the actual sojourn of the Hebrews in Egypt the monuments tell us nothing; yet they provide many illustrations of the manners and customs alluded to in Genesis and Exodus. Thus we find officials in positions analogous to that of Joseph, cupbearers, and royal bakers; and we read of the hoarding of corn in years of plenty and its distribution in time of famine.
Egypt and the Jews under the monarchy; During the age of the judges and that of the first kings Egypt had little to do with the Hebrews. Solomon, among other foreign alliances, “made affinity” with an Egyptian king and married his daughter; but in the time of Rehoboam Shishak, king of Egypt, to whom the rebel Jeroboam had previously gone for refuge, invaded Judah (2 Kings 14:2525He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath-hepher. (2 Kings 14:25)) and devastated it. This invasion is also recorded in an Egyptian relief at Karnak, from which it appears that it did not leave the northern kingdom untouched.
In the 8th century B.C. the Palestinian peoples, who were beginning to feel the pressure of Assyria from the north, began also to look southward to Egypt for help. Thus about 725 B.C. Hoshea of Israel was persuaded by So or Sabako, an Egyptian officer who afterwards founded the 25th dynasty, to revolt from Assyria. The policy of Sabako was doubtless to make Samaria and Syria a barrier between Assyria and Egypt; it resulted, however, in the destruction of the northern kingdom. The politicians of Judah attempted even after this to persuade their kings to trust in Egypt, and one of the great tasks of the prophet Isaiah was to combat this futile policy. Tirhakah of Egypt marched against Sennacherib in the first years of the 7th century; but Esar-haddon in 671 struck the power of Egypt to the ground, and was able to style himself king of Upper and Lower Egypt and of Ethiopia. His successor Assur-bani-pal was much engaged in suppressing rebellion in Egypt; an Egyptian inscription gives a graphic picture of his successful attack on No (Thebes), to the fall of which Nahum alludes (Nah. 3:88Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea? (Nahum 3:8)) in his warning to Nineveh.
But the power of Assyria had now begun to wane, and in the time of Psammitichus I (663-610) Egypt regained its independence. His successor Necho formed aggressive plane against Assyria. Josiah of Judah, vainly attempting to stay his advance, was killed at Megiddo. Nacho himself failed in his enterprise, being routed by Nebuchadnezzar at Carchemish. Yet he and his country continued to be the bane of Judean politics. His intrigues were the ruin of Jehoiakim; and Zedekiah’s reliance on the Egyptian Hophra was the cause of the final siege and fall of Jerusalem (586). After the murder of the governor Gedaliah, a remnant that remained in Judah fled to Egypt, and settled to the east of the Delta; thither Jeremiah accompanied them, and in the place of their refuge, Tahpanes, prophesied the coming of Nebuchadnezzar and the ruin of Egypt. Discoveries at this plate make it clear that this prophecy was subsequently fulfilled.
In 525 B.C. with the conquests of Cambyses, began a period in which Egypt was subject to Persia; this subjection came to an end in 404, but Egypt had no settled government till the coming of Alexander the Great (332). The rule of a series of Macedonian kings (the Ptolemies) came to an end only with the incorporation of Egypt in the Roman Empire (31 B.C.).
Egypt and the Jews after the Exile; The stream of commerce drew many Jews to Egypt in the 3rd century B.C., and especially to Alexandria, where they had been granted special privileges by Alexander himself. In the 2nd century the Egyptian Jews possessed a separate temple at Leontopolis; by the time of our Lord the Alexandrian Jews were the most cultured and wealthiest Jewish community in the world; and long before than they had been a large and prosperous body, occupying two of the live city wards, and governed by a separate official. Here the great Greek translation of the Old Testament was made, during the 3rd and 2nd centuries, B.C. This version was called the Septuagint from a legend which assigned its composition to the miraculously unanimous work of seventy (or seventy-two) independent translators. Alexandria became also the home of a special type of Jewish philosophical theology, best represented by Philo (a contemporary of St. Paul), the great allegorical interpreter of the Bible. From here came the learned Apollos (Acts 18:2424And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. (Acts 18:24)), and it has been held that the Epistle to the Hebrews is the work of an Alexandrian writer.
Early Christian tradition connected the founding of the Alexandrian Church with St. Mark; but little is known of it before about 190 A.D., when it appears as the most learned and liberal church of the age, and a great centre of Christian education.
Egypt, River at; Num. 34:55And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea. (Numbers 34:5). The southwest boundary of the Promised Land. The modern Wady El-’Arîsh, flowing into the Mediterranean midway between Gaza and Pelusium. 1 Kings 8:6565And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days. (1 Kings 8:65); Isa. 27:1212And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel. (Isaiah 27:12).
Egyptians, Religion of the Ancient. (1) Egyptian beliefs about the future life. There were in Egypt several entirely different beliefs about the future life; but in one form or another the immortality of the soul was taken as an axiom.
(A) The simplest and most natural belief was that the soul hovered about the cemetery, under the form of a human-headed bird (see plate); and required food and drink, without which it would be reduced to feeding on refuse. To keep it in the grave, and satisfy it, jars of food and water were placed with the body. These were afterward commuted to models and then to painted figures of the food, and also of the servants and the occupations which the soul might desire.
(B) When a god of the dead was accepted, the dead were easily supposed to belong to him, and to form part of his kingdom, ruled over like that of an earthly king. The blessed fields of Aalu were the kingdom of Osiris; and the soul after being tried and accepted by Osiris, entered into the labors and the joys of the unseen world, where the soul is seen plowing, reaping, and threshing amid the canals in the fields of Aalu.
(C) The prominence of sun-worship brought everything into connection with Ra, the sun. As the sun floated over the earth on the celestial ocean, or passed into the terrors of the hours of darkness, so the soul was supposed to join the sun, and share in its joy by day or its divine strength to oppose the demons of the night.
(D) The belief that the body was essential to some future condition of happiness led to its elaborate preservation by embalming, so fitting it for union with the soul in another life; though none of the other three theories seem to require this. This last is the only belief which implies the dogma of a resurrection. The origins of these doctrines all lie in the prehistoric age. The theory A certainly belongs to the oldest burials that we know, in which a food vessel is always placed with the dead. Later are found the tools and weapons which imply the theory B, of the kingdom of Osiris like this earth; and the multitude of slave figures found in later times are intended to work for the dead in that state. Probably later than this is the less material theory C, of accompanying the sun in its course, and the complex geography of the hours of the night. Last of all was the theory D, which involves mummification, and which did not come into common use until the early historical times. The multitude of amulets of later date belong to this view.
(2) Various sources of Egyptian religion. Just as there were different beliefs about the soul, derived from different races who came into the country, so each race and tribe brought in its own worship. The earliest state that we can trace points to each divinity having been at first the sole god of one tribe or family; and the whole of the complication of polytheism in Egypt arose from the amalgamation of religions, which always takes place in mixed races. It seems most probable that different classes of gods belong to different sources along with the different beliefs concerning the soul. There are about 40 important divinities, beside some 400 minor varieties of these and spirits of Hades. The principal deities may be classed in four main types.
(A) The animal gods.
(B) The human gods, as Osiris Isis, Horus, and others.
(C) The cosmic gods, such as Ra the sun, Harakhti, Seb, Nut, Shu, etc.
(D) The abstract gods of principles, Ptah, Maat, Min, Hathor, etc.
These classes probably correspond in origin to the four beliefs about the soul, similarly lettered. A probably belongs to the negro element; B to the Libyan or North African European race; C to the Mesopotamian influence; D to the last great invasion which founded the dynasties of Egyptian history.
In later times arose innumerable complications of combined gods, such as Ptah-Sokar-Osiris-Khentamenti; and the habit of attributing the nature of several gods to one who was most prominent. In this way arose the later monotheism, which was only a fused polytheism.
One very remarkable outburst of a scientific monotheism of sun-worship is without parallel. About 1400 B.C. Amenhotep III introduced, and his son Akhenaten (“The glory of the Disc”) enforced, the worship of the radiant energy of the sun, in the same terms that modern religious materialist might use. This idea came from Mesopotamia with the foreign queens, and gives a valuable hint of religious thought there at a time before the Exodus.
Some of the later Egyptian ideas and phraseology of Greek times may possibly have had an indirect influence on Christian thought. The book of Wisdom, which is Alexandrian in origin, is the nursery of St. Paul’s thought and phrases; and in funeral inscriptions of that age we find that such an one “went to Osiris in his fortieth year” as in Christian epitaphs.
The late Egyptian religion was marked by the special prominence of Isis and Horus, and the transference of their worship to Italy, where Isis was widely worshipped during the early centuries of the Roman Empire.
Ehi, ē′-hī; shortened from AHIRAM. Gen. 46:2121And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. (Genesis 46:21).
Ehud, ē′-hŭd.
See Deut. 17:3; 28:513And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; (Deuteronomy 17:3)
51And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee. (Deuteronomy 28:51); Isa. 7:1111Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. (Isaiah 7:11); Matt. 12:3333Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. (Matthew 12:33).
Eladah, ĕl′-ă′-dăh, “God has adorned.”
Elah, ē′-lăh, “terebinth.”
Elam, ē′-lăm, “Highlands.”
(2) A region beyond the Tigris, east of Babylonia, the seat of an ancient empire whose capital was Susa or Shushan. Chedorlaomer, king of. Gen. 14.
Elamites, ē′-lăm-ītes, “inhabitants of Elam”; Ezra 4:99Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites, (Ezra 4:9); Acts 2:99Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, (Acts 2:9).
Elders, seventy. Ex. 24:11And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the Lord, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off. (Exodus 24:1); Num. 11:1616And the Lord said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee. (Numbers 11:16).
of ISRAEL. Lev. 4:1515And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the Lord: and the bullock shall be killed before the Lord. (Leviticus 4:15); Deut. 21:1919Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; (Deuteronomy 21:19); 1 Sam. 16:44And Samuel did that which the Lord spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably? (1 Samuel 16:4); Ezra 5:55But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter. (Ezra 5:5); Psa. 107:3232Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders. (Psalm 107:32); Ezek. 8:11And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord God fell there upon me. (Ezekiel 8:1).
of the CHURCH. Acts 14:23; 15:4,6,23; 16:4; 20:1723And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed. (Acts 14:23)
4And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them. (Acts 15:4)
6And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter. (Acts 15:6)
23And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia: (Acts 15:23)
4And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem. (Acts 16:4)
17And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church. (Acts 20:17); Titus 1:55For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: (Titus 1:5); James 5:1414Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: (James 5:14); 1 Peter 5:11The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: (1 Peter 5:1); 2 John 11The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth; (2 John 1); 3 John 11The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth. (3 John 1).
Peter’s charge to. 1 Peter 5.
Elealeh, ĕl-ĕ-ā′-lēh, “God ascends”; Num. 32:33Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, (Numbers 32:3).
Eleazar, ĕl-ē-ā′-zär, “God has aided.”
(1) son of Aaron, and chief priest. Ex. 6:2323And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. (Exodus 6:23); Ex. 28; 29; Lev. 8:2323And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put it upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. (Leviticus 8:23); Num. 3:2; 4:16; 16:36; 20:26,28; 27:22; 31:13; 34:172And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. (Numbers 3:2)
16And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof. (Numbers 4:16)
36And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (Numbers 16:36)
26And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there. (Numbers 20:26)
28And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount. (Numbers 20:28)
22And Moses did as the Lord commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation: (Numbers 27:22)
13And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. (Numbers 31:13)
17These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. (Numbers 34:17); Josh. 17:4; 24:334And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The Lord commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the Lord he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father. (Joshua 17:4)
33And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim. (Joshua 24:33).
its privileges and duties. Mark 13:2020And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days. (Mark 13:20); Luke 18:77And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? (Luke 18:7); Rom. 8:29; 11:529For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. (Romans 8:29)
5Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. (Romans 11:5); 1 Cor. 1:2727But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; (1 Corinthians 1:27); 2 Peter 1:1010Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: (2 Peter 1:10).
El-elohe-Israel, ĕl–ĕl′-ō-hë–ĭṡ′-rā-ĕl, “God, the God of Israel”; the altar erected by Jacob at Shalem. Gen. 33:2020And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel. (Genesis 33:20).
Elhanan, ĕl-hā′-năn, “God has been gracious”; one of David’s warriors. 2 Sam. 21:19; 23:2419And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. (2 Samuel 21:19)
24Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, (2 Samuel 23:24); 1 Chron. 11:26; 20:526Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, (1 Chronicles 11:26)
5And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam. (1 Chronicles 20:5).
Eli, ē′-lī, “My God”; Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? Matt. 27:4646And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? (Matthew 27:46); Mark 15:3434And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? (Mark 15:34).
Eli, ē′-lī, “height”; high priest and judge, blesses Hannah, who bears Samuel. 1 Sam. 1:17,2017Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him. (1 Samuel 1:17)
20Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the Lord. (1 Samuel 1:20).
Eliah, ē-lī′-ăh; same name as ELIJAH.
Eliakim, ē-lī′-ă-kĭm, “God establishes.”
(1) chief minister of Hezekiah; his conference with Rabshakeh’s ambassadors; mission to Isaiah. 2 Kings 18; 19. Prefigures kingdom of Christ. Isa. 22:20-2520And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah: 21And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah. 22And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. 23And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house. 24And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons. 25In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the Lord hath spoken it. (Isaiah 22:20‑25).
Elias, ē-lī′-ăs; same as ELIJAH. Matt. 27:47,4947Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias. (Matthew 27:47)
49The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him. (Matthew 27:49); Mark 15:35-3635And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias. 36And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down. (Mark 15:35‑36); John 1:2121And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No. (John 1:21). See ELIJAH.
Eliathah, ē-lī′-ă-thăh, “God has come”; 1 Chron. 25:44Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth: (1 Chronicles 25:4).
Eliel, ē-lī′-ĕl, “my God is God”; 1 Chron. 5:2424And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers. (1 Chronicles 5:24).
Eliezer, ĕl-ĭ-ē′-zĕr, “God is help.”
reproves Job’s friends, Job 32.
power, Job 33-37.
Elijah, ē-lī′-jăh, “Jehovah is God.”
(1) the Tishbite, prophet, predicts great drought. 1 Kings 17:11And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. (1 Kings 17:1); Luke 4:2525But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; (Luke 4:25); James 5:1717Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. (James 5:17). Hides at the brook Cherith, and is fed by ravens. 1 Kings 17:55So he went and did according unto the word of the Lord: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. (1 Kings 17:5) (1 Kings 19:55And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. (1 Kings 19:5)).
condemns Ahaziah for enquiring of Baal-zebub. 2 Kings 1:3,163But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? (2 Kings 1:3)
16And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. (2 Kings 1:16).
precursor of John the Baptist. Mal. 4:55Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord: (Malachi 4:5); Matt. 11:14; 16:1414And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come. (Matthew 11:14)
14And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. (Matthew 16:14); Luke 1:17; 9:8,1917And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. (Luke 1:17)
8And of some, that Elias had appeared; and of others, that one of the old prophets was risen again. (Luke 9:8)
19They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again. (Luke 9:19); John 1:2121And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No. (John 1:21).
reproves Job. Job 4-5; 15; 22.
Elipheleh, ē-lĭph′-ĕ-lēh, “may God distinguish him”; 1 Chron. 15:1818And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters. (1 Chronicles 15:18).
Elisabeth, ē-lĭṡ′-ă-bĕth; same as ELISHEBA.
Elisha, ē-lī′-shă, “God is salvation.”
Elishah, ē-lī′-shăh.
Samuel’s father. 1 Sam. 1.
Elm. Hos. 4:1313They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery. (Hosea 4:13). Heb. Elah (omitted in LXX); Bot. N. Pistacia terebinthus. R.V. terebinth. Elm occurs only once in the A.V., but elah, of which it is a translation, occurs often. It is the terebinth which has the general appearance of the oak, only smaller, usually translated “oak” in R.V. with “terebinth” in the margin. See TEIL TREE.
Eloi, ē′-lō-ī, “my God”; Mark 15:3434And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? (Mark 15:34).
Elon, ē′-lŏn, “terebinth.”
Eloquent. Ex. 4:1010And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. (Exodus 4:10); Isa. 3:33The captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator. (Isaiah 3:3); Acts 18:2424And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. (Acts 18:24).
Embalming. Gen. 50:22And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. (Genesis 50:2). The process of preserving the human body by gums, spices, bitumen, etc. The body so preserved is called a “mummy” from the Arabic Mûmîâ, bitumen.
Embroider. Ex. 28:39; 35:35; 38:2339And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework. (Exodus 28:39)
35Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work. (Exodus 35:35)
23And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen. (Exodus 38:23).
Emerods; hemorrhoids, the piles.
Emims, ē′-mĭmṡ, “terrible men”; “giants.”
Eminent; high, lofty. Ezek. 16:24,31,39; 17:2224That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street. (Ezekiel 16:24)
31In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire; (Ezekiel 16:31)
39And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare. (Ezekiel 16:39)
22Thus saith the Lord God; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent: (Ezekiel 17:22).
Emmanuel, ĕm-măn′-ū-ĕl; same as IMMANUEL. “God with us”; Isa. 7:14; 8:814Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. (Isaiah 7:14)
8And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel. (Isaiah 8:8); Matt. 1:2323Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. (Matthew 1:23).
Isa. 29:88It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion. (Isaiah 29:8): awaketh, and his soul is e.
Emulation. Rom. 11:1414If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them. (Romans 11:14); Gal. 5:2020Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, (Galatians 5:20). R.V. jealousy.
Enajim, ĕn′-ă-jĭm; same as ENAM.
Enchanters, were serpent charmers, and another class were probably conjurers, gifted with sleight of hand. Deut. 18:1010There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, (Deuteronomy 18:10); Jer. 27:99Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: (Jeremiah 27:9).
Endamage, to injure, damage.
Endue, to endow, furnish with. Gen. 30:2020And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun. (Genesis 30:20); 2 Chron. 2:1212Huram said moreover, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the Lord, and an house for his kingdom. (2 Chronicles 2:12); Luke 24:4949And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high. (Luke 24:49); James 3:1313Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him show out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. (James 3:13).
Psa. 106:1; 107:1; 118:1; 136:1; 138:81Praise ye the Lord. O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. (Psalm 106:1)
1O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. (Psalm 107:1)
1O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever. (Psalm 118:1)
1O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. (Psalm 136:1)
8The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands. (Psalm 138:8); Jer. 33:1111The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the Lord of hosts: for the Lord is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the Lord. (Jeremiah 33:11): his mercy e. for ever.
Enemies, treatment of. Ex. 23:44If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. (Exodus 23:4); 1 Sam. 24:1010Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the Lord had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the Lord's anointed. (1 Samuel 24:10); Job 31:2929If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: (Job 31:29); Prov. 24:17; 25:2117Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: (Proverbs 24:17)
21If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: (Proverbs 25:21); Matt. 5:4444But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; (Matthew 5:44); Luke 6:3535But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. (Luke 6:35).
God delivers out of the hand of. 1 Sam. 12:1111And the Lord sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe. (1 Samuel 12:11); Ezra 8:3131Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way. (Ezra 8:31); Psa. 18:4848He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man. (Psalm 18:48); Psa. 62:1111God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God. (Psalm 62:11); Psa. 61:3; 110:13For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. (Psalm 61:3)
1<<A Psalm of David.>> The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. (Psalm 110:1); Isa. 62:88The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast labored: (Isaiah 62:8).
of God, their punishment. Ex. 15:66Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy. (Exodus 15:6); Deut. 32:4141If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. (Deuteronomy 32:41); Judg. 5:3131So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years. (Judges 5:31); Esther 7; 8; Psa. 68:1; 92:91<<To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song of David.>> Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. (Psalm 68:1)
9For, lo, thine enemies, O Lord, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. (Psalm 92:9); Isa. 1:24; 37:3624Therefore saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies: (Isaiah 1:24)
36Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. (Isaiah 37:36); 2 Thess. 1:88In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: (2 Thessalonians 1:8); Heb. 10:1313From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. (Hebrews 10:13); Rev. 21:88But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. (Revelation 21:8).
Matt. 5:4444But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; (Matthew 5:44); Luke 6:27,3527But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, (Luke 6:27)
35But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. (Luke 6:35): I say, love your e.
Engrave. Ex. 28:11; 35:35; 38:2311With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold. (Exodus 28:11)
35Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work. (Exodus 35:35)
23And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen. (Exodus 38:23); Zech. 3:99For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. (Zechariah 3:9); 2 Cor. 3:77But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: (2 Corinthians 3:7).
2 Cor. 6:11,13; 10:1511O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged. (2 Corinthians 6:11)
13Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged. (2 Corinthians 6:13)
15Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labors; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly, (2 Corinthians 10:15): our heart is e.
See Isa. 54:22Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; (Isaiah 54:2); Hab. 2:55Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people: (Habakkuk 2:5); Matt. 23:55But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, (Matthew 23:5).
2 Sam. 24:1616And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite. (2 Samuel 24:16); 1 Kings 19:44But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. (1 Kings 19:4); 1 Chron. 21:1515And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the Lord beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. (1 Chronicles 21:15); Mark 14:4141And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. (Mark 14:41); Luke 22:3838And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough. (Luke 22:38): it is e., stay thine hand.
See Deut. 1:66The Lord our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount: (Deuteronomy 1:6); 2 Chron. 31:1010And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the Lord, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the Lord hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store. (2 Chronicles 31:10); Hag. 1:66Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. (Haggai 1:6); Luke 15:1717And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! (Luke 15:17).
Ezek. 20:3,313Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Are ye come to inquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you. (Ezekiel 20:3)
31For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you. (Ezekiel 20:31): I will not be e.
Enrich. 1 Sam. 17:2525And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel. (1 Samuel 17:25); Psa. 65:99Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. (Psalm 65:9); Ezek. 27:3333When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise. (Ezekiel 27:33); 1 Cor. 1:55That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; (1 Corinthians 1:5); 2 Cor. 9:1111Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God. (2 Corinthians 9:11).
En-rogel, ĕn–rō′-gĕl, “fountain of the fuller”; Josh. 15:7; 18:167And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel: (Joshua 15:7)
16And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to En-rogel, (Joshua 18:16); 2 Sam. 17:1717Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En-rogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king David. (2 Samuel 17:17); 1 Kings 1:99And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants: (1 Kings 1:9).
Ensample; example.
Ensign. (1) flag, banner. Num. 2:22Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch. (Numbers 2:2); Isa. 5:26; 18:3; 30:1726And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly: (Isaiah 5:26)
3All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye. (Isaiah 18:3)
17One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill. (Isaiah 30:17).
Ensue, to pursue, follow after.
Entreat; to treat, deal with.
Entry. 1 Chron. 9:1919And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the Lord, were keepers of the entry. (1 Chronicles 9:19); Prov. 8:33She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors. (Proverbs 8:3); Ezek. 8:5; 40:385Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry. (Ezekiel 8:5)
38And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering. (Ezekiel 40:38).
Rom. 1:2929Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, (Romans 1:29): full of e., murder.
2 Cor. 12:2020For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults: (2 Corinthians 12:20): I fear lest there be e.
Envy. Prov. 14:30; 27:430A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones. (Proverbs 14:30)
4Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy? (Proverbs 27:4); Eccl. 4:44Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit. (Ecclesiastes 4:4); Ezek. 31:9; 35:99I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him. (Ezekiel 31:9)
9I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the Lord. (Ezekiel 35:9); Matt. 27:1818For he knew that for envy they had delivered him. (Matthew 27:18); Acts 7:99And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him, (Acts 7:9); Rom. 1:2929Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, (Romans 1:29); 1 Cor. 3:33For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? (1 Corinthians 3:3); 2 Cor. 12:2020For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults: (2 Corinthians 12:20); Gal. 5:2121Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. (Galatians 5:21); 1 Tim. 6:44He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, (1 Timothy 6:4); Titus 3:33For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. (Titus 3:3); James 4:55Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? (James 4:5).
forbidden, Psa. 37:11<<A Psalm of David.>> Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. (Psalm 37:1); Prov. 3:31; 24:1,1931Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. (Proverbs 3:31)
1Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. (Proverbs 24:1)
19Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked; (Proverbs 24:19); Rom. 13:1313Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. (Romans 13:13); 1 Peter 2:11Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, (1 Peter 2:1).
Ephah; a dry measure, the unit of measurement = 38.88 litres = about a bushel (1.08) according to Josephus. See MEASURES.
Ephesus, ĕph′-ĕ-sŭs; An important commercial city of Asia Minor, and capital of the Roman province of Asia. Celebrated for a splendid temple of Diana (Acts 19:2424For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen; (Acts 19:24)). It became the Christian centre of Asia through the preaching of Paul and his subsequent sojourn there of nearly three years (Acts 19:1010And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks. (Acts 19:10)). It was the home of Timothy and the apostle John. Visited by Paul. Acts 18:19; 19:119And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews. (Acts 18:19)
1And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples, (Acts 19:1).
(2) This word has two senses in O.T.:
(A) a priestly garment.
his descendants numbered. Num. 1:10,32; 2:18; 26:3510Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. (Numbers 1:10)
32Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; (Numbers 1:32)
18On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud. (Numbers 2:18)
35These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. (Numbers 26:35); 1 Chron. 7:2020And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son, (1 Chronicles 7:20).
and Jephthah, Judg. 12.
prophecies concerning. Isa. 7; Isa. 9:9; 11:13; 28:19And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart, (Isaiah 9:9)
13The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim. (Isaiah 11:13)
1Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine! (Isaiah 28:1); Hos. 5-14; Zech. 9:10; 10:710And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth. (Zechariah 9:10)
7And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the Lord. (Zechariah 10:7).
Ephratah; Ephrath, ĕph′-ră-tăh; ē′-phrăth, “fruitful” (?)
Ezek. 18:25,29; 33:17,2025Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal? (Ezekiel 18:25)
29Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal? (Ezekiel 18:29)
17Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal. (Ezekiel 33:17)
20Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways. (Ezekiel 33:20): is not nay way e.?
See Isa. 11:4; 59:144But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. (Isaiah 11:4)
14And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. (Isaiah 59:14); Mic. 3:99Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity. (Micah 3:9); Mal. 2:66The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity. (Malachi 2:6).
Errand. Gen. 24:3333And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on. (Genesis 24:33); Judg. 3:1919But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him. (Judges 3:19); 2 Kings 9:55And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain. (2 Kings 9:5).
Esar-haddon, ē′-sär–hăd′-do̲n, “Assur hath given a brother”; powerful king of Assyria. 2 Kings 19:3737And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead. (2 Kings 19:37); Ezra 4:22Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither. (Ezra 4:2); Isa. 37:3838And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead. (Isaiah 37:38).
and reconciliation, Gen. 33.
Eschew, to avoid, shun. Job 1:1; 2:31There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. (Job 1:1)
3And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause. (Job 2:3); 1 Peter 3:1111Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. (1 Peter 3:11).
Esdraëlon; (known also as the Valley of MEGIDDO), the great battlefield of Palestine, is by far the most important of its inland plains. In shape it is an irregular triangle, bounded on the north by the Galilæan hills, on the east by the mountains of Gilboa and the hill of Moreh, and on the south and west by the hills of Samaria and the range of Carmel.
Especially. Gal. 6:1010As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith. (Galatians 6:10); 1 Tim. 4:10; 5:810For therefore we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe. (1 Timothy 4:10)
8But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. (1 Timothy 5:8); Philem. 1616Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord? (Philemon 16).
Espouse. Song of Sol. 3:1111Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart. (Song of Solomon 3:11); Jer. 2:22Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. (Jeremiah 2:2); 2 Cor. 11:22For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. (2 Corinthians 11:2).
Espy. Gen. 42:2727And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth. (Genesis 42:27); Josh. 14:77Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh-barnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart. (Joshua 14:7); Jer. 48:1919O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done? (Jeremiah 48:19); Ezek. 20:66In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands: (Ezekiel 20:6).
Essenes, ĕs-sēnz′; Gr. ’Εσσήνοι, not mentioned in Scripture, but described by Josephus as one of the “three philosophical sects among the Jews,” the other two being of course the Pharisees and the Sadducees. The origin of their name is unknown. Philo calls them Essæi, because of their saintliness; for hosioi (= saintly) is the same word as Essæi. They were a sort of monastic society, bound together by oaths to piety, justice, obedience, honesty and secrecy. Their three rules were the “love of God, the love of virtue, the love of man.” They were ascetics, and generally celibates. Our Lord never pronounced woes against them as He did against the Sadducees and Pharisees. Josephus gives their number as 4000.
pleads for her people. Esther 7:3-43Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favor in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request: 4For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage. (Esther 7:3‑4).
Estimation. Lev. 27:2-8,15-192Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the Lord by thy estimation. 3And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary. 4And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels. 5And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels. 6And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver. 7And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels. 8But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him. (Leviticus 27:2‑8)
15And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his. 16And if a man shall sanctify unto the Lord some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. 17If he sanctify his field from the year of jubilee, according to thy estimation it shall stand. 18But if he sanctify his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubilee, and it shall be abated from thy estimation. 19And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him. (Leviticus 27:15‑19).
Matt. 19:1616And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? (Matthew 19:16); Mark 10:1717And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? (Mark 10:17); Luke 10:25; 18:1825And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? (Luke 10:25)
18And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? (Luke 18:18): what shall I do that I may have e. life?
Ethiopia, ē-thĭ-ō′-pĭ-ă, “(region of) burnt faces” (?)
Ethiopian, ē-thĭ-ō′-pĭ-ăn; a native of Ethiopia.
Ethiopians, ē-thĭ-ō′-pĭ-ăns; invading Judah, subdued by Asa. 2 Chron. 14:99And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah. (2 Chronicles 14:9). See Num. 12:11And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. (Numbers 12:1); 2 Kings 19:99And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying, (2 Kings 19:9); Esther 1:11Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) (Esther 1:1); Job 28:1919The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold. (Job 28:19).
prophecies concerning. Psa. 68:31; 87:431Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God. (Psalm 68:31)
4I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there. (Psalm 87:4); Isa. 18; 20; Isa. 43:3; 45:143For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. (Isaiah 43:3)
14Thus saith the Lord, The labor of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God. (Isaiah 45:14); Jer. 46:99Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow. (Jeremiah 46:9); Ezek. 30:4; 38:54And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down. (Ezekiel 30:4)
5Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: (Ezekiel 38:5); Nah. 3:99Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers. (Nahum 3:9); Zeph. 3:1010From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering. (Zephaniah 3:10).
Euphrates, eu-phrā′-tēṡ; the river, the western boundary of Mesopotamia (= the land between the rivers); the river on which Babylon was built; called in R.V. “the river” (1 Kings 4:2121And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life. (1 Kings 4:21)); N.E. boundary of Solomon’s dominions; one of the rivers of Eden. Gen. 2:14; 15:1814And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates. (Genesis 2:14)
18In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: (Genesis 15:18); Deut. 11:2424Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be. (Deuteronomy 11:24); Josh. 1:44From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast. (Joshua 1:4); 2 Sam. 8:33David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates. (2 Samuel 8:3); Jer. 13:4; 46:2; 51:634Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock. (Jeremiah 13:4)
2Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh-necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah. (Jeremiah 46:2)
63And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates: (Jeremiah 51:63). Typical. Rev. 9:14; 16:1214Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. (Revelation 9:14)
12And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. (Revelation 16:12).
Euroclydon, eu-rŏc′-ly̆-do̲n, “storm from the east.”
Evangelists; “Ministers of the Church, who assisted the Apostles in spreading the Gospel, or Evangel, of our Lord Jesus Christ.”. Acts 21:88And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him. (Acts 21:8); Eph. 4:1111And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; (Ephesians 4:11); 2 Tim. 4:55But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. (2 Timothy 4:5).
her fall and fate. Gen. 3. See ADAM.
Matt. 19:2929And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life. (Matthew 19:29): inherit e. life. R.V. eternal.
See Gen. 27:2929Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee. (Genesis 27:29); Acts 2:38; 17:27; 20:3138Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. (Acts 2:38)
27That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: (Acts 17:27)
31Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears. (Acts 20:31).
Jer. 24:3; 29:173Then said the Lord unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. (Jeremiah 24:3)
17Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. (Jeremiah 29:17): e. figs, very e. R.V. bad.
See Prov. 13:2121Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed. (Proverbs 13:21); Isa. 45:77I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things. (Isaiah 45:7); Eccl. 12:11Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; (Ecclesiastes 12:1); Eph. 5:16; 6:1316Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. (Ephesians 5:16)
13Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. (Ephesians 6:13).
Evil-merodach, ē′-vĭl–mĕr′-ō-dăch, “man of Merodach”; king of Babylon, restores Jehoiachin. 2 Kings 25:2727And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison; (2 Kings 25:27); Jer. 52:3131And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison, (Jeremiah 52:31).
Neh. 5:7,10-117Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them. (Nehemiah 5:7)
10I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury. 11Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them. (Nehemiah 5:10‑11): you e. usury.
Exaction, (usury, etc.), forbidden. Lev. 25:3535And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. (Leviticus 25:35); Deut. 15:22And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbor shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbor, or of his brother; because it is called the Lord's release. (Deuteronomy 15:2); Prov. 28:88He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. (Proverbs 28:8); Ezek. 22:12; 45:912In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God. (Ezekiel 22:12)
9Thus saith the Lord God; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord God. (Ezekiel 45:9); Luke 3:1313And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you. (Luke 3:13); 1 Cor. 5:1010Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. (1 Corinthians 5:10).
See Ezra 10:1616And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. (Ezra 10:16); Acts 24:8; 25:268Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him. (Acts 24:8)
26Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write. (Acts 25:26); 1 Cor. 9:33Mine answer to them that do examine me is this, (1 Corinthians 9:3).
See Matt. 1:1919Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily. (Matthew 1:19); 1 Cor. 10:66Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. (1 Corinthians 10:6); Heb. 4:11; 8:511Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. (Hebrews 4:11)
5Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern showed to thee in the mount. (Hebrews 8:5).
apostles. 1 Cor. 4:16; 11:116Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. (1 Corinthians 4:16)
1Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. (1 Corinthians 11:1); Phil. 3:17; 4:917Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. (Philippians 3:17)
9Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you. (Philippians 4:9); 1 Thess. 1:66And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost: (1 Thessalonians 1:6).
See 1 Sam. 20:4141And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded. (1 Samuel 20:41); 2 Chron. 9:66Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard. (2 Chronicles 9:6); Job 36:99Then he showeth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded. (Job 36:9).
See Gen. 49:33Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: (Genesis 49:3); Ex. 15:77And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble. (Exodus 15:7); Eccl. 7:1212For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it. (Ecclesiastes 7:12); Ezek. 24:2121Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword. (Ezekiel 24:21).
See Song of Sol. 5:1515His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. (Song of Solomon 5:15); Luke 1:33It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, (Luke 1:3); Heb. 1:4; 8:6; 11:44Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. (Hebrews 1:4)
6But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. (Hebrews 8:6)
4By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. (Hebrews 11:4).
Luke 13:33I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. (Luke 13:3); Rev. 2:5,225Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent. (Revelation 2:5)
22Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. (Revelation 2:22): e. ye repent.
See Rom. 7:77What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. (Romans 7:7); 1 Cor. 14:5; 15:275I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying. (1 Corinthians 14:5)
27For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. (1 Corinthians 15:27); 2 Thess. 2:33Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; (2 Thessalonians 2:3).
Excess. Matt. 23:2525Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. (Matthew 23:25); Eph. 5:1818And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; (Ephesians 5:18); 1 Peter 4:3-43For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: 4Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you: (1 Peter 4:3‑4).
Execration. Jer. 42:18; 44:1218For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more. (Jeremiah 42:18)
12And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach. (Jeremiah 44:12).
See Acts 11:2323Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord. (Acts 11:23); 2 Cor. 9:55Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness. (2 Corinthians 9:5); Titus 2:6,96Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded. (Titus 2:6)
9Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again; (Titus 2:9).
Exodus, ĕx′-ŏ-dŭs, “departure.”
(1) the name given to the departure of the Israelites from Egypt.
(2) The name of the second book of the Pentateuch.
Experience. Gen. 30:2727And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favor in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake. (Genesis 30:27); Eccl. 1:1616I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. (Ecclesiastes 1:16); Rom. 5:44And patience, experience; and experience, hope: (Romans 5:4).
See Acts 11:4; 18:26; 28:234But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying, (Acts 11:4)
26And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. (Acts 18:26)
23And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening. (Acts 28:23).
Expressly. 1 Sam. 20:2121And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the Lord liveth. (1 Samuel 20:21); Ezek. 1:33The word of the Lord came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was there upon him. (Ezekiel 1:3); 1 Tim. 4:11Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; (1 Timothy 4:1).
See Luke 18:1111The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. (Luke 18:11); 1 Cor. 5:10; 6:1010Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. (1 Corinthians 5:10)
10Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Corinthians 6:10).
1 Kings 8:29,5229That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place. (1 Kings 8:29)
52That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee. (1 Kings 8:52); 2 Chron. 6:20,4020That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place. (2 Chronicles 6:20)
40Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. (2 Chronicles 6:40): e. open towards this house.
Ezek. 24:16,2516Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down. (Ezekiel 24:16)
25Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters, (Ezekiel 24:25): the desire of thine e.
Eyeservice; service performed only when under supervision.
Ezar, ē′-zär, “treasure” (?)
their punishment. Ezek. 9; 11.
of the resurrection of dry bones. Ezek. 37.
his vision of the measuring of the temple. Ezek. 40.
intercedes for Israel. Ezek. 9:8; 11:138And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord God! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem? (Ezekiel 9:8)
13And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord God! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel? (Ezekiel 11:13).
his parables. Ezek. 15-17; 19; 23-24.
exhorts Israel against idols. Ezek. 14:1; 20:1; 33:301Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me. (Ezekiel 14:1)
1And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the Lord, and sat before me. (Ezekiel 20:1)
30Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the Lord. (Ezekiel 33:30).
rehearses Israel’s rebellions, Ezek. 20.
and the sins of the rulers and people of Jerusalem, Ezek. 22-24.
predicts Israel’s and the nations’ doom. Ezek. 21; 25.
Ezer, ē′-zĕr.
Ezra, ĕz′-ră, “help.”
(1) scribe, goes up from Babylon to Jerusalem. Ezra 7:1; 8:11Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, (Ezra 7:1)
1These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king. (Ezra 8:1). His commission from Artaxerxes to rebuild the temple. Ezra 7:1111Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the Lord, and of his statutes to Israel. (Ezra 7:11).
reads the book of the law. Neh. 8.
reforms corruptions. Ezra 10; Neh. 13.