International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Estate

es-tat':While the King James Version uses both "estate" and "state" with the meaning of "condition," the American Standard Revised Version distinguishes, using "state" for the i...

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Esteem

es-tem' (chashabh; hegeomai):"To esteem" means sometimes simply "to think" or "reckon"; in other connections it means "to regard as honorable" or "valuable." We have examples of...

381

Esther

es'-ter ('ecter, akin to the Zend tstara, the Sanskrit stri, the Greek aster, "a star," Esther):Esther was a Jewish orphan, who became the queen of Xerxes, in some respects the ...

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Esther, Book Of

Contents1. The Canonicity of Esther 2. Its Authorship 3. Its Date 4. Its Contents 5. The Greek Additions 6. The Attacks upon the Book 7. Some of the Objections 8. Confirmations ...

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Esther, The Rest Of

ContentsIntroductory1. Name 2. Contents 3. Original Language 4. Versions 5. DateLITERATURE==================================================================================Intro...

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Estimate; Estimation

es'-ti-mat, es-ti-ma'-shun (`arakh, `erekh):These words, meaning "to set in order," "valuation," are used in connection with the priestly services inLe 5:15,18;6:6;27:14, and fr...

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Esyelus

e-si-e'-lus (Esuel, Esuelos; the King James Version Syelus):One of the governors of the Temple in the time of Josiah (/APC 1Esdras 1:8); called "Jehiel" in2Ch 35:8.

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Etam

e'-tam `eTam; Codex Alexandrinus, Apan, Codex Vaticanus, Aitan:(1) Mentioned in Septuagint along with Tekoa, Bethlehem and Phagor (Jos 15:59). In2Ch 11:6it occurs, between Bethl...

387

Eternal

e-tur'-nal (`olam; aionios, from aion):The word "eternal" is of very varying import, both in the Scriptures and out of them.1. `Olam:In the Old Testament, the Hebrew word `olam ...

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Eternity

e-tur'-ni-ti (olam; Greek equivalent, aion):Contents1. Contrast with Time 2. In the Old Testament 3. In the New Testament 4. The Eternal "Now" 5. Defect of This View 6. Philosop...

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Eth-Kazin

eth-ka'-zin (`ittah qatsin; the King James Version Ittah Kazin):A town on the eastern border of Zebulun, mentioned between Gath-hepher and Rimmon (Jos 19:13). The site is not id...

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Etham

e'-tham ('etham; Othom,Ex 13:20; Bouthan,Nu 33:6,7; in 33:8 the Septuagint has a different reading, "in their wilderness" showing another pointing for the word):The name used to...

391

Ethan

e'-than ('ethan, "firm," "enduring"; Gaithan):(1) A wise man with whom Solomon is compared (1Ki 4:31). Called there "Ethan the Ezrahite," to whom the title ofPs 89ascribes the a...

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Ethanim

eth'-a-nim ('ethanim):The seventh month of the Jewish year (1Ki 8:2). The word is of Phoenician origin and signifies "perennial," referring to living streams. It corresponds to ...

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Ethanus

e-tha'-nus, the King James Version Ecanus (Apocrypha):One of the scribes who wrote for forty days at the dictation of Ezra (/APC 2Esdras 14:24).

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Ethbaal

eth-ba'-al, eth'-ba-al ('ethba`al, "with Baal"):"King of the Sidonians," and father of Jezebel whom Ahab king of Israel took to wife (1Ki 16:31).

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Ether

e'-ther (`ether; Ather):A town in Judah (Jos 15:42), near Libnah, assigned to Simeon (Jos 19:7). Kh. el `Atr (identical in spelling with Ether) is possibly the site.It is near B...

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Ethics

eth'-iks:ContentsI. NATURE AND FUNCTION OF ETHICS1. Rise of Ethics 2. Ethics as a Science 3. A Normative Science 4. Relation to Cognate Sciences (1) Ethics and Metaphysics (2) E...

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Ethics Of Jesus

eth'-iks:ContentsI. IN THE SYNOPTIC GOSPELS1. The Blessings of the Kingdom (1) Nature of the Kingdom (2) Blessedness of the Kingdom (3) Righteousness--Its Contrasts (4) Apocalyp...

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Ethiopia

e-thi-o'-pi-a (kush; Aithiopia):1. Location, Extent and Population:Critically speaking Ethiopia may refer only to the Nile valley above the First Cataract, but in ancient as in ...

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Ethiopian Eunuch

e-thi-o'-pi-an u'-nuk eunouchos:A man who occupied a leading position as treasurer at the court of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, and who was converted and baptized by Philip...

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Ethiopian Woman

SeeCUSHITE WOMAN.

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Ethiopic Language

e-thi-op'-ik lan'-gwaj:The language commonly called Ethiopic is the language in which the inscriptions of the kings of the ancient Aksumitic (Axumite) empire and most of the lit...

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Ethiopic Versions

e-thi-op'-ik vur'-shuns:Christianity was introduced into Abyssinia by Tyrian missionaries, who probably spoke Greek, about the time of Constantine the Great. The Bible was trans...

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Ethma

eth'-ma (Ethma), the Revised Version (British and American)NOOMA(which see).

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Ethnan

eth'-nan ('ethnan, "gift" or "hire"; Ethnadi):A Judahite (1Ch 4:7).

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Ethnarch

eth'-nark (2Co 11:32margin).SeeGOVERNOR.