En-Shemesh
en-she'-mesh (`en shemesh, "spring of the sun"):An important landmark on the boundary line between Judah and Benjamin (Jos 15:7;18:17).The little spring `Ain el chand, East of B...
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En-Tappuah
en-tap'-u-a, en-ta-pu'-a (`en tappuach; pege Thaphthoth, "apple spring"):Probably in the land of Tappuah which belonged to Manasseh, although Tappuah, on the border of Manasseh,...
Enable
en-a'-b'-l:Only in1Ti 1:12(the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American)) in the sense of "strengthen" (Greek endunamoo, "endue with strength").
Enaim
e-na'-im (`enayim, "place of a fountain"; Ainan;Ge 38:14(the King James Version "in an open place";Ge 38:21the King James Version "openly")):A place which lay between Adullam an...
Enam
e'-nam.See preceding article.
Enan
e'-nan (`enan, "having fountains," or "eyes," i.e. "keen-eyed"; in Septuagint Ainan):The father of Ahira, and prince of Naphtali at the first census of Israel (Nu 1:15;2:29;7:78...
Enasibus
e-nas'-i-bus (Enasibos, /APC 1Esdras 9:34):Corresponding to "Eliashib" inEzr 10:36.
Encampment
en-kamp'-ment.SeeWAR.
Encampment By The Red Sea
According to the version of the wanderings of Israel given inNu 33, they "encamped by the Red Sea" (Nu 33:10) after leaving Elim and before entering the Wilderness of Sin.SeeWAN...
Enchantment
en-chant'-ment:The occult arts, either supposedly or pretentiously supernatural, were common to all oriental races. They included enchantment, sorcery, witchcraft, sooth-saying,...
End
qets, 'ephec, kalah; telos, sunteleo:The end of anything is its termination, hence, also, final object or purpose.It is the translation of several Hebrew and Greek words, chiefl...
End Of The World
SeeESCHATOLOGY; WORLD, END OF THE.
Endamage
en-dam'-aj:Archaic for "damage";Ezr 4:13the King James Version: "Thou shalt damage the revenue of the kings," the Revised Version (British and American) "It will be hurtful unto...
Endeavor
en-de'-ver:The sense of this word has suffered weakening since the time of the King James Version. Then it implied utmost exertion and success; now rather forlorn hope and possi...
Endirons
end'-i-urnz (shephattayim):Used once (Eze 40:43the King James Version) in the margin only. In text, both the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American), "...
Endless
end'-les (akatalutos (Heb 7:16), aperantos (1Ti 1:4)):This English word occurs twice in the New Testament, and is there represented by the two Greek words above noted.(1) InHeb ...
Endow; Endue
en-dou', en-du':"Endow" meant originally "to provide with a dowry"; "indue" took the meaning "clothe"; the likeness between the literal meanings has confused the metaphorical us...
Ends Of The Earth
SeeASTRONOMY, sec. III, 2.
Endure
en-dur':Used in the Bible(1) in the sense of "continue," "last," as inPs 9:7, "The Lord shall endure for ever" (the American Standard Revised Version "Yahweh sitteth as king for...
Enemessar
en-e-mes'-ar (Enemessar, Enemessaros):Generally allowed, since Grotius, to be a corruption, though occasionally defended as an alternative form, of Shalmaneser (/APC Tobit 1:2,1...
Enemy
en'-e-mi ('oyebh, tsar, tsar; echthros):"Enemy," "enemies," are frequent words in the Old Testament. The Hebrew word most often so translated is 'oyebh, meaning perhaps literall...
Eneneus
e-ne'-ne-us, en-e-ne-us (Enenios; the King James Version Enenius, the Revised Version, margin "Enenis"):Occurring only in Apocrypha. According to /APC 1Esdras 5:8, Eneneus was o...
Enflame
SeeINFLAME.
Engage
en-gaj':From `arabh, "to pledge,"Jer 30:21, the King James Version "Who is this that engaged his heart?"; the Revised Version (British and American) "he that hath had boldness?"...
Engine
en'-jin (2Ch 26:15;Eze 26:9;/APC 1Macc 6:51; 13:43f).SeeSIEGE.
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in'-glish vur'-shunz:Contents1. Introductory 2. The Bible in Anglo-Saxon and Norman Times 3. John Wycliffe 4. How Far Was the 14th-Century Version Wycliffe's Work? 5. From Wycli...
Engraft
en-graft' (Jas 1:21the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) IMPLANT).