Oreb, And Zeeb
Raven and wolf, two Midianite chiefs, captured after the victory of Gideon, and slain at the spots whither they had fled, and which were afterwards called in memory of them "the...
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A Dictionary of the Holy Bible, American Tract Society, c. 1859, edited by W. W. Rand.
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Organ
Ps 150:4, a wind instrument apparently composed of several pipes. It cannot, however, mean the modern organ, which was unknown to the ancients; but refers probably to the ancien...
Orion
Job 9:9, one of the brightest constellations of the Southern Hemisphere. The Hebrew chesil signifies, according to the best interpreters and the ancient versions, the constellat...
Ornan
SeeARAUNAH.
Orpah
The Moabites, Naomi’s daughter-in-law, who remained with her people and gods, when Ruth followed Naomi and the Lord, Ru 1:4-14. The one was taken and the other left.
Osee
The Greek form of Hosea, Ro 9:25.
Osprey
A bird of the eagle kind, unfit for food, Le 11:13. It is thought to be the sea eagle, or the black eagle of Egypt. SeeBIRDS.
Ossifrage
Bone-breaker; in Hebrew Peries, to break; an unclean bird of the eagle family, Le 11:13De 14:12. Some interpreters think the vulture is intended; others, a mountain bird like th...
Ostrich
The largest of birds, and a sort of connecting link between fowls and quadrupeds, termed by the Persians, Arabs, and by Greeks, the "camel-bird." It is a native of the dry and t...
Othniel
Son of Kenaz, and first judge of the Israelites, delivering them from the tyranny of the king of Mesopotamia, and ruling them in peace forty years. His wife Achsa, daughter of h...
Ouches
Sockets in which precious stones were set, Ex 28:11,25; 39:6.
Oven
SeeBREAD.
Owl
A night bird of prey, unfit for food. Several species are found in Palestine, and are mentioned in the Bible; as in Le 11:17De 14:16Isa 14:23 34:15 Zep 2:14. One of the words, h...
Ox
The male of the beeve kind when grown, synonymous in the Bible withBULL; a clean animal, by the Levitical law; much used for food, 1Ki 19:21, and constituting no small part of t...