Disease; Diseases
di-zez', di-zez'-iz (chalah, choli; nosos): Palestine, from its position and physical conditions, ought to be a healthy country. That it is not so depends on the unsanitary cond...
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Diseases Of The Eye
SeeEYES, DISEASES OF THE.
Dish
The rendering in English Versions of the Bible in some connections of three Hebrew and one Greek word. The qe`arah ofEx 25:29;37:16;Nu 4:7was apparently a kind of salver, in thi...
Dishan; Dishon
di'-shan, di'-shon (dishan, dishon, "antelope," "pygarg"): A Horite clan, mentioned as the youngest "son" and elsewhere as the "grandson" of Seir. The form Dishon occurs several...
Dishonesty
dis-on'-es-ti: Only in2Co 4:2, the King James Version rendering of Greek aischune; the King James Version elsewhere and the Revised Version (British and American) uniformly, "sh...
Disobedience; Disobedient
dis-o-be'-di-ens, (marah; apeitheo, parakouo): The word used chiefly in the New Testament has the general meaning of a lack of regard for authority or rulership. The stronger me...
Disorderly
dis-or'-der-li (ataktos): The word is found four times in the Epistles to the Thess (1Th 5:14;2Th 3:6,7,11), "Withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly."; "...
Dispatch
dis-pach': Occurs Tobit 7:8 in the sense of dispatch of business, "Let this business be dispatched" (the Revised Version (British and American) "finished"); 2 Macc 12:18, "befor...
Dispensation
dis-pen-sa'-shun: The Greek word (oikonomia) so translated signifies primarily, a stewardship, the management or disposition of affairs entrusted to one. Thus1Co 9:17, the King ...
Dispersion Of Nations
SeeBABEL;DISPERSION;TABLE OF NATIONS.
Dispersion, The
dis-pur'-shun, (diaspora):1. Golah and Dispersion2. Purpose of Dispersion3. Causes of Dispersion4. Extent of Dispersion5. The Eastern Dispersion6. The Egyptian Dispersion7. Test...
Disposition
(dis-po-zish'-un diatagai): Only inAc 7:53, "received the law by the disposition of angels," where it bears the meaning of "administration"; the Revised Version (British and Ame...
Disputation
dis-pu-ta'-shun: InAc 15:2, the Revised Version (British and American) reads "questioning" for the King James Version "disputation" (Greek suzetesis). InRo 14:1, the King James ...
Distaff
dis'-taf (pelekh): This word occurs once inPr 31:19; "spindle" is found in the same passage. In the Revised Version (British and American) the meanings of the two words have bee...
Distil
dis-til': Only found twice in the English Bible (De 32:2;Job 36:27), in both cases in its original meaning of "to fall in drops," as dew or rain (derived through French from Lat...
Distinctly
dis-tinkt'-li: OnlyNe 8:8, "They read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly." Probably the better rendering is the Revised Version, margin "with an interpretation," i.e. tr...
Ditch
dich: The word is used indiscriminately in the King James Version to represent at least three different ideas: a conduit or trench (2Ki 3:16); a reservoir or cistern; or simply ...
Divers; Diverse; Diversities
di'-verz, di-vurs', di-vur'-si-tiz: "Divers" meaning "various," "different in kind," is now obsolete and used only as a synonym of "several," i.e. more than one. The distinction...
Dives
di'-vez. SeeLAZARUS.
Divide
di-vid': It is difficult to decide whether ragha` (Job 26:12;Isa 51:15;Jer 31:35) should be rendered "to stir up" or "to still." The Hebrew has both meanings. Some render "He ca...
Divination
div-i-na'-shun:1. Definition2. Kinds of Divination3. Fundamental Assumption in Divination4. Legitimate and Illegitimate Divination5. The Bible and Divination6. Modes of Divinati...
Divine Names
SeeGOD, NAMES OF.
Divine Visitation
SeePUNISHMENTS
Divine; Diviner
di-vin, di-vin'-er. SeeAUGURY;ASTROLOGY;DIVINATION.
Division
di-vizh'-un: Used in English Versions of the Bible in the following senses:(1) A separate body of people(a) of the tribal divisions of Israel (Jos 11:23;12:7;18:10);(b) of secti...
Divorce
seeDIVORCE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT;DIVORCE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
Divorce In The New Testament
(to apostasiou): The Scripture doctrine of divorce is very simple. It is contained inMt 19:3-12.We are not called upon to treat of divorce in the Mosaic legislation (De 24:1-4)....