Daberath
A Levitical town in the borders of Zebulun and Issachar, Jos 19:25; 21:28; 1Ch 6:72. Its site is probably that of the modern Deburieh, a small village at the foot of mount Tabor...
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A Dictionary of the Holy Bible, American Tract Society, c. 1859, edited by W. W. Rand.
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Dagon
Fish-god, a national idol of the Philistines, with temples at Gaza, Ashdid, etc., 1Ch 10:10. The temple at Gaza was destroyed by Samson, Jud 16:21-30. In that at Ashdod, Dagon t...
Dalmanutha
A town or village near the city of Magdala, Mr 8:10. Compare Mt 15:39. The exact situation of this place is uncertain; it lay, however, on the western shore of the sea of Galile...
Dalmatia
A province of Europe on the east of the Adriatic sea, and forming part of Illyricum. It was contiguous to Macedonia, Upper Moesia, and Liburnia, from which latter it was divided...
Damaris
An Athenian lady, honorably distinguished as one of the few who embraced Christianity at Athens under the preaching of Paul, Ac 17:34.
Damascus
A celebrated metropolis of Syria, first mentioned in Ge 14:15 15:2, and now probably the oldest city on the globe. It stands on the river Barada, the ancient Chrysorrhoas, in a ...
Damnation
The state of being excluded from God’s mercy, and condemned to the everlasting punishment of the wicked. This is now the sense of the word damnation, in our language; but at the...
Dan
A judge,1. A son of Jacob by Bilhah, Ge 30:3 35:25. The tribe of Dan was second only to that of Judah in numbers before entering Canaan, Nu 1:39 26:43. A portion was assigned to...
Dancing
The Hebrew word signified "to leap for joy," Ps 30:11; and the action of the lame man healed by Peter and John, Ac 3:8, more nearly resembled the Hebrew dancing than the measure...
Daniel
1. Called Belteshazzar by the Chaldeans, a prophet descended from the royal family of David, who was carried captive to Babylon, when very young, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim...
Daniel, Book Of
This is a mixture of history and prophecy. The first six chapters are chiefly historical, and the remainder prophetical. It was completed about B. C. 534. The wonders related ar...
Darius
1.DARIUS THE MEDEDa 5:31 9:1 11:1, was son of Astyages king of the Medes, and brother of Mandane mother of Cyrus, and of Amyit the mother of Evil-merodach and grandmother of Bel...
Darkness
The absence of natural light, Ge 1:2, and hence figuratively a state of misery and adversity, Job 18:6Ps 107:10Isa 8:22 9:1; also the absence of the sun and stars, and hence the...
Date
The fruit of the palm-tree. SeePALM.
Dathan
One of the rebels, in company with Korah, against the authority of Moses, and Aaron, Nu 16:1-50.
David
Beloved, the youngest son of Jesse, of the tribe of Judah, born in Bethlehem B. C. 1085; one of the most remarkable men in either sacred of secular history. His life is fully re...
Day
The day is distinguished into natural, civil, and artificial. The natural day is one revolution of the earth on its axis. The civil day is that, the beginning and the end of whi...
Deacon
The original meaning of this word is an attendant, assistant, helper. It is sometimes translated minister, that is, servant, as in Mt 20:262Co 6:4Eph 3:7. Deacons are first ment...
Deaconess
Such women were called deaconesses as served the church in those offices in which the deacons could not with propriety engage; such as keeping the doors of that part of the chur...
Dead Sea
SeeSEA.
Death
Is taken in Scripture, first, for the separation of body and soul, the first death, Ge 25:11; secondly, for alienation from God, and exposure to his wrath, 1Jo 3:14, etc.; third...
Debir
A word, an oracle, Jud 1:11, a place called alsoKIRJATH-SEPHER, a city of books; andKIRJATH-SANNAH, a city of literature, Jos 5:15,15. Judging from the names, it appears to have...
Deborah
1. A prophetess, and wife of Lapidoth, judged the Israelites, and dwelt under a palm-tree between Ramah and Bethel, Jud 4:4,5. She sent for Barak, directed him to attack Sisera,...
Debtor
One under obligations, whether pecuniary or moral, Mt 23:16Ro 1:14Ga 5:3. If the house, cattle, or goods of a Hebrew would not meet his debts, his land might be appropriated for...
Decalogue
The ten principal commandments, Ex 20:3-17, from the Greek words deka, ten, and logos, word. The Jews call these precepts, The Ten Words. The usual division of the Ten Commandme...
Decapolis
(From the Greek words, deka, ten, and polis, a city,) a country in Palestine, which contained ten principal cities, on both of the Jordan, chiefly east, Mt 4:25; Mr 5:20; 7:31. ...
Dedan
1. The grandson of Cush, Ge 10:7; and2. The son of Jokshan, Abraham’s son by Keturah, Ge 25:3. Both were founders of tribes frequently named in Scripture. The descendants of the...