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Description (6 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Description (6 Occurrences). Acts 23:25 he having
written a letter after this description: (YLT). Titus ...
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Scales (33 Occurrences)
... (2) Meghinnah from maghen, literally, "a buckler" or "small shield" (2 Chronicles
23:9 Jeremiah 46:3), is used in the description of the crocodile (see ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/scales.htm - 18k

Bethshemesh (19 Occurrences)
... 1. Beth-shemesh of Judah: The first mention of a place by this name is in the
description of the border of the territory of Judah (Joshua 15:10) which "went ...
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Beth-shemesh (19 Occurrences)
... 1. Beth-shemesh of Judah: The first mention of a place by this name is in the
description of the border of the territory of Judah (Joshua 15:10) which "went ...
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Register (14 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A written account or entry; an official or formal enumeration, description,
or record; a memorial record; a list or roll; a schedule. ...
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Describe (11 Occurrences)
... 4. (vi) To use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as, Milton describes
with uncommon force and beauty. ...Description = "list" (1 Esdras 5:39). ...
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Bildad (5 Occurrences)
... to tradition (Job 8:8-10), and taking Eliphaz' cue of cause and effect (Job 8:11)
he gives, evidently from the literary stores of wisdom, a description of the ...
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Architecture
... margin). The description of the plan of the ark (Genesis 6:14) is the first
detailed architectural description in the Old Testament. ...
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Tower (74 Occurrences)
... 5. A Babylonian Description of the Tower: E-temen-ana-ki, to give the Babylonian
(Sumerian) name, consisted of six stages built upon a platform, and provided ...
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Satan (50 Occurrences)
... The fundamental moral description of Satan is given by our Lord when He describes
Satan as the "evil one" (Matthew 13:19, 38; compare Isaiah's description of ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/satan.htm - 53k

Astrology
... contained for the different modes of exploring the future and discovering the will
of God, for the purpose of forbidding every description of soothsaying, and ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/astrology.htm - 38k

Essenes
... AUTHORITIES FOR THE TENETS OF THE ESSENES 1. Philo (1) Description from Quod Omnis
Probus Liber (2) Description from Quotation in Eusebius, Preposition Evang. ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/essenes.htm - 38k

Wanderings (7 Occurrences)
... won'-der-ingz: I. CONDITIONS 1. The Wilderness 2. Four Separate Regions Included
3. "The Sandy Tract" 4. Description of the Arabah 5. Physical Condition of the ...
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Nile (37 Occurrences)
... This name does not occur in the Hebrew of the Old Testament or in the English
translation): I. THE NILE IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY 1. Description 2. Geological ...
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Lame (35 Occurrences)
... suffered from lameness, such as Mephibosheth, whose limbs were injured by a fall
in childhood (2 Samuel 4:4; 2 Samuel 9:3). In the prophetic description of the ...
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Leviathan (5 Occurrences)
... the crooked serpent"; in Psalm 104:26, where a marine monster is indicated; also
in Psalm 74:14 and Job 3:8. The description in Job 41 has been thought by some ...
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Lebanon (66 Occurrences)
... lesser ranges radiate. Lebanon is first mentioned in the description of
the boundary of Palestine (Deuteronomy 1:7; 11:24). It was ...
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Gaulonitis
... past. The best description of these, and of the region generally, will be
found in Schumacher's The Jaulan, and Across the Jordan. ...
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Golan (4 Occurrences)
... past. The best description of these, and of the region generally, will be
found in Schumacher's The Jaulan, and Across the Jordan. ...
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Descriptions (1 Occurrence)
... Joshua 18:6 And ye shall describe the land into seven portions, and bring the
description hither to me; and I will cast lots for you here before the LORD our ...
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Melita (1 Occurrence)
... Paul's Bay", "a certain creek with a shore." It is about 2 miles deep and 1 broad,
and the whole physical condition of the scene answers the description of the ...
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Pihahiroth (4 Occurrences)
... Since the meaning of the name is unknown and no description of the place or its
use is given, it is impossible to determine anything concerning the character ...
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Pi-hahiroth (4 Occurrences)
... Since the meaning of the name is unknown and no description of the place or its
use is given, it is impossible to determine anything concerning the character ...
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Beeshterah (1 Occurrence)
... Perhaps here we should locate Carnaim Ashtaroth of the Onomasticon. It does not,
however, agree with the description of Carnaim in 1 and 2 Maccabees. ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/beeshterah.htm - 12k

Camel's (3 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia CAMEL'S HAIR. (triches kamelou): In Matthew 3:4
and Mark 1:6 the description of John's raiment is explicit to the extent of ...
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Code (6 Occurrences)
... I. HISTORICAL 1. Discovery of the Code 2. Editions of the Code 3. Description of
the Stone 4. History of the Stone 5. Origin and Later History of the Code II. ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/code.htm - 40k

Ashterothkarnaim
... Perhaps here we should locate Carnaim Ashtaroth of the Onomasticon. It does not,
however, agree with the description of Carnaim in 1 and 2 Maccabees. ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/ashterothkarnaim.htm - 11k

Ashteroth-karnaim (1 Occurrence)
... Perhaps here we should locate Carnaim Ashtaroth of the Onomasticon. It does not,
however, agree with the description of Carnaim in 1 and 2 Maccabees. ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/ashteroth-karnaim.htm - 12k

Almond (7 Occurrences)
... 1. Almond Tree: The almond tree is mentioned in Ecclesiastes 12:5, where in the
description of old age it says "the almond-tree shall blossom." The reference ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/almond.htm - 14k

Antichrist (4 Occurrences)
... Version (British and American) translates the expression in an abstract sense,
"base fellows," "wicked woman." In Daniel 7:7, 8 there is the description of a ...
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Survey (6 Occurrences)
... contour, dimensions, position, or other particulars of, as any part of the earth's
surface, whether land or water; also, a measured plan and description of any ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/survey.htm - 9k

Apollyon (1 Occurrence)
... 2. Apollyon not Satan but Part of an Ideal Description: (1) Since Apollyon is a
personification he is not to be identified with Satan (compare Revelation 9:1 ...
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Ashtaroth (13 Occurrences)
... Perhaps here we should locate Carnaim Ashtaroth of the Onomasticon. It does not,
however, agree with the description of Carnaim in 1 and 2 Maccabees. ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/ashtaroth.htm - 17k

Gadara
... an utter ruin. 3. Identification and Description: Umm Cheis answers the
description given of Gadara by ancient writers. It was a ...
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Goshen (16 Occurrences)
... 3. Description: The region thus very clearly indicated was not of any great extent,
having an area of only about 900 square miles, including two very different ...
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Sick (117 Occurrences)
... not resist the violence of Hazael, were also the common Palestine fever (2 Kings
8:15) of whose symptoms and effects there is a graphic description in Psalm 38 ...
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Phoenix (2 Occurrences)
... to winter in Fair Havens, it was decided to sail to Phoenix (eis Phoinika, limena
tes Kretes) bleponta kata liba kai kata choron, a description which has been ...
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Mizpeh (24 Occurrences)
... The identification proposed by Van de Velde and Guerin would suit this description. ...
In this respect it agrees with Maundeville's description. ...
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Siddim (3 Occurrences)
... in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom." In the vision of
Moses, likewise, we have a very general and condensed description, in which ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/siddim.htm - 14k

Nightmonster
... On the contrary, the nature of the reference implies that the word was used simply
to add a picturesque detail to a vivid, imaginative description. ...
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Night-monster
... On the contrary, the nature of the reference implies that the word was used simply
to add a picturesque detail to a vivid, imaginative description. ...
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Cherubim (63 Occurrences)
... Thus in the description of a theophany in Psalm 18, we read: "He bowed the heavens
also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet. ...
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Hair (135 Occurrences)
... Long hair is especially noticed in the description of Absalom's person (2 Samuel
14:26); but the wearing of long hair was unusual, and was only practised as an ...
biblethesaurus.org/h/hair.htm - 60k

Pain (172 Occurrences)
... basanizo) which means "to torture" is used both in Matthew 8:6 in the account of
the grievously tormented centurion's servant, and in the description of the ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/pain.htm - 43k

Precious (128 Occurrences)
... 3. Three Important Lists of Stones: Most of the names of the precious stones mentioned
in the Bible are contained in the Hebrew description of the breastplate ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/precious.htm - 71k

Hor (14 Occurrences)
... In HDB, while noting the fact that it has been questioned, Professor Hull devotes
all the space at his disposal to a description of Jebel Neby Harun. ...
biblethesaurus.org/h/hor.htm - 15k

Colors (12 Occurrences)
... The colloquial language of Palestine today is poor in words denoting color, and
an attempt to secure from a native a satisfactory description of some simple ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/colors.htm - 36k

Stones (244 Occurrences)
... 3. Three Important Lists of Stones: Most of the names of the precious stones mentioned
in the Bible are contained in the Hebrew description of the breastplate ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/stones.htm - 74k

Jacob's (34 Occurrences)
... the brink of the well, over-shadowed by the giant bulk of Gerizim, one feels how
naturally it would be spoken of as "this mountain." 4. Description: For long ...
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Jude (4 Occurrences)
... THE OCCASION OF ITS COMPOSITION III. DESCRIPTION OF THE LIBERTINES AND APOSTATES
IV. ... III. Description of the Libertines and Apostates. ...
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Sickness (40 Occurrences)
... not resist the violence of Hazael, were also the common Palestine fever (2 Kings
8:15) of whose symptoms and effects there is a graphic description in Psalm 38 ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/sickness.htm - 29k

On (40792 Occurrences)
... 1. Location and Description: There were two Ons in Egypt: one in Upper Egypt,
An-res (Hermonthis); the other in Lower Egypt, An-Meheet (Brugsch, Geogr. ...
biblethesaurus.org/o/on.htm - 17k

Glory (590 Occurrences)
... 12:8, that he (Moses) will behold (or perhaps better rendering the tense as a
frequentative), beholds the form of Yahweh (see also the description in Exodus 24 ...
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Man (26072 Occurrences)
... Dwight M. Pratt. MAN OF SIN. (ho anthropos tes hamartias; many ancient authorities
read, "man of lawlessness," anomias): 1. The Pauline Description: The name ...
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Capernaum (16 Occurrences)
... north-and-south traffic. There is also no fountain near Tell Chum answering
the description of Josephus. Of recent advocates of ...
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Zoan (7 Occurrences)
... zo'-an (tso`an; Tanis): 1. situation 2. Old Testament Notices 3. Early History 4.
Hyksos Monuments 5. Hyksos Population 6. Hyksos Age 7. Description of Site 1 ...
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Vale (20 Occurrences)
... in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom." In the vision of
Moses, likewise, we have a very general and condensed description, in which ...
biblethesaurus.org/v/vale.htm - 29k

Mizpah (42 Occurrences)
... The identification proposed by Van de Velde and Guerin would suit this description. ...
In this respect it agrees with Maundeville's description. ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/mizpah.htm - 31k

Color (18 Occurrences)
... The colloquial language of Palestine today is poor in words denoting color, and
an attempt to secure from a native a satisfactory description of some simple ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/color.htm - 39k

Cosmological
... The end of the narration or description is throughout religious, not theoretic.
(2) On the other hand, the error is to be avoided ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/cosmological.htm - 33k

General (9 Occurrences)
... speak of "Apocryphal Acts." Although the Acts which bear this name had their origin
for the most part in circles of heretical tendency, the description of them ...
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Nineveh (23 Occurrences)
... SENNACHERIB'S DESCRIPTION OF NINEVEH 1. The Walls 2. The Gates-Northwest 3. The
Gates-South and East 4. The Gates-West 5. The Outer Wall: the Plantations 6 ...
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Ebionites
... AUTHORITIES FOR THE OPINIONS OF THE EBIONITES 1. Irenaeus, Tertullian and Hippolytus
2. Origen and Jerome 3. Epiphanius' Description 4. Justin Martyr III. ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/ebionites.htm - 34k

Ebionism
... AUTHORITIES FOR THE OPINIONS OF THE EBIONITES 1. Irenaeus, Tertullian and Hippolytus
2. Origen and Jerome 3. Epiphanius' Description 4. Justin Martyr III. ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/ebionism.htm - 34k

Joel (22 Occurrences)
... literary character, that "the style of Joel is bright and flowing," his "imagery
and language are fine" (Driver, LOT); "his book is a description, clear, well ...
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Sin (782 Occurrences)
... MAN OF SIN. (ho anthropos tes hamartias; many ancient authorities read, "man of
lawlessness," anomias): 1. The Pauline Description: The name occurs in Paul's ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/sin.htm - 82k

Person (807 Occurrences)
... And here it is important to observe that the whole of the action adduced is thrown
up thus against this background-not only its negative description to the ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/person.htm - 49k

Mount (311 Occurrences)
... SAMARITANS. The temple was destroyed by John Hyrcanus circa 110 BC (Ant.,
XIII, ix, 1; BJ, I, ii, 6). 2. Description: Mt. Gerizim ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/mount.htm - 68k

World (2829 Occurrences)
... The end of the narration or description is throughout religious, not theoretic.
(2) On the other hand, the error is to be avoided ...
biblethesaurus.org/w/world.htm - 40k

Leprosy (51 Occurrences)
... We have the description of the disease, as well as the regulations connected
with it, in Leviticus 13; 14; Numbers 12:10-15, etc. ...
biblethesaurus.org/l/leprosy.htm - 37k

Jerusalem (782 Occurrences)
... GENERAL TOPOGRAPHY OF JERUSALEM 1. Description of Josephus 2. Summary of the Names
of the Five Hills 3. The Akra 4. The Lower City 5. City of David and Zion V ...
biblethesaurus.org/j/jerusalem.htm - 89k

Hammurabi
... I. HISTORICAL 1. Discovery of the Code 2. Editions of the Code 3. Description of
the Stone 4. History of the Stone 5. Origin and Later History of the Code II. ...
biblethesaurus.org/h/hammurabi.htm - 47k

Persian (4 Occurrences)
... His description of their repetition of charms and theological compositions (i.132)
would agree very well with recitation of the Gathas and Yasna. ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/persian.htm - 45k

Plain (113 Occurrences)
... But this description in Deuteronomy evidently is not intended to be limited to the
points which are actually visible, but should be understood as describing ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/plain.htm - 71k

Pastoral
... duties devolving upon them as Christian pastors. Such is a general description
of these epistles. In each of them, however, there ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/pastoral.htm - 39k

Botany
... functions, and classification of plants, their places of growth, their classification,
and the terms which are employed in their description and denomination. ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/botany.htm - 38k

Babel (3 Occurrences)
... 3. Its Walls and Gates from Herodotus 4. Its Position, Divisions, Streets and Temple
5. The Works of Semiramis and Nitocris 6. Ctesias' Description-the Palaces ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/babel.htm - 63k

Songs (100 Occurrences)
... while songs are sung before them by the villagers and others, celebrating them on
their happiness, among which the watsf, or poetical `description' of the ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/songs.htm - 62k

Plagues (28 Occurrences)
... Much elaborate effort has been made to derive from the description of the
plagues evidence for different documents in the narrative. ...
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Music (143 Occurrences)
... This is, no doubt, a description of the arrangements that were carried out in the
Second Temple, but it sheds a reflex, if somewhat uncertain, light on those ...
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