A Biblical Cyclopaedia, Or, Dictionary of Eastern Antiquities, Geography, Natural History, Sacred Annals and Biography, Theology and Biblical Literature, Illustrative of the Old and New TestamentsCharles Griffin, 1870 - 694 pages |
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Abimelech Abraham Acts Ahab Ahaziah allusion altar Ammonites ancient animal apostle army Assyrian Babylon blessed called Canaan captivity Christ Christian church David death denote Deut divine earth east eastern Edom Egypt Egyptian Elijah Exod Ezek Ezra faith father feast feet God's Gospel Greek heaven Hebrew Hebron Holy idolatry inhabitants Israel Israelites Jehovah Jeroboam Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jews John Jordan Josephus Josh Judah Judea Judg king kingdom land Lord Luke Matt means ment Messiah miles Moab Moses mountains nation Nebuchadnezzar passage Paul peculiar Philistines priest probably prophecy prophet reference reign rendered Roman sacred Samaria Saul Saviour says Scripture Septuagint signifies spirit supposed Syria temple term Testament Tiberias tion tribe tribe of Judah unto viii word worship xvii xviii xxii xxiii xxiv xxvii
Popular passages
Page 161 - Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul ; and I of Apollos ; and I of Cephas ; and I of Christ.
Page 191 - But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
Page 156 - And all that believed were together, and had all things common ; and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
Page 162 - Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils : ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
Page 225 - When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
Page 447 - He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
Page 416 - And he answered and said unto them, "Have ye not read that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, 'For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall cleave to his wife; and they twain shall be one flesh'? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Page 10 - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Page 245 - Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. 39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces : and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.
Page 383 - This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.