Ethni
eth'-ni ('ethni, "gift"):An ancestor of Asaph, of the Gershom branch of the Levites (1Ch 6:41).
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Ethnography; Ethnology
eth-nog'-ra-fi, eth-nol'-o-ji.SeeTABLE OF NATIONS.
Eubulus
u-bu'-lus (Euboulos, literally, "of good counsel,"2Ti 4:21):One of the members of the church in Rome at the time of Paul's second imprisonment in that city.The apostle mentions ...
Eucharist
u'-ka-rist.SeeLORD'S SUPPER.
Eumenes Ii
u'-me-nez (Eumenes, "well-disposed"):King of Pergamus, son and successor of Attalus I (197 BC). He is mentioned in the Apocrypha (1 Macc 8:8) in connection with the league which...
Eunatan
u-na'-tan.SeeENNATAN.
Eunice
u-ni'-se, u'-nis (Eunike, is the correct reading, and not Euneike, which is read by the Textus Receptus of the New Testament of Stephen, three syllables: Eu-ni-ke, literally, "c...
Eunuch
u'-nuk (caric; spadon; eunouchos):Primarily and literally, a eunuch is an emasculated man (De 23:1). The Hebrew word caric seems, however, to have acquired a figurative meaning,...
Euodia
1. Women Prominent in Church at Philippi:The Textus Receptus of the New Testament of Stephen reads Euodia, which means "fragrant,"Php 4:2. King James Version has transformed Euo...
Eupator
u'-pa-tor (Eupator, "of noble father"):The name given to Antiochus V who had succeeded his father Antiochus IV (Epiphanes), 164 BC, while still a child under the guardianship of...
Euphrates
u-fra'-tez (perath; Euphrates, "the good and abounding river"):The longest (1,780 miles) and most important stream of Western Asia, generally spoken of in the Old Testament as "...
Eupolemus
u-pol'-e-mus (Eupolemos):Son of John, the son of Accos = Hakkoz (Akkos;Ne 3:4,21, etc.); was one of the two deputies sent by Judas Maccabeus (/APC 1Mac 8:17; 2Mac 4:11) to Rome ...
Euraquilo
u-rak'-wi-lo (the Revised Version (British and American) eurakulon; the King James Version eurokludon; the King James Version Euroclydon, u-rok'-li-don):The east or northeast wi...
Eutychus
u'-ti-kus (Eutuchos, "fortunate"):The story of Eutychus occurs in the "we" section of Acts, and is therefore related by an eyewitness of the incidents (Ac 20:7-12). On the first...
Evangelist
e-van'-jel-ist:This is a form of the word ordinarily translated "gospel" (euaggelion), except that here it designates one who announces that gospel to others (euaggelistes, "a b...
Eve In The New Testament
(Eua; Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek, Heua):"Eve" occurs twice in the New Testament and both references are in the Pauline writings. In1Ti 2:12-14woman's place in...
Eve In The Old Testament
ev, (chawwah, "life"; Eua; the name given, as the Scripture writer says,Ge 3:20(Zoe), from her unique function as "the mother of all living"):The first created woman; created se...
Eve, Gospel Of
A Gnostic doctrinal treatise mentioned by Epiphanius (Haer., xxvi.2 ff) in which Jesus is represented as saying in a loud voice, "I am thou, and thou art I, and wherever thou ar...
Even; Evening; Eventide
e'-v'-n, ev'-ning, ev-'-n-tid' ("even," "evening," 'erebh; opsia, opse; see Thayer under the word):The words are used in slightly different meanings:(1) The time of sunset, the ...
Evenings, Between The
The time of day (the Revised Version (British and American) reads "at even," margin, "between the two evenings") when the Passover lamb was slain (Ex 12:6;Nu 9:3), or the offeri...
Event
e-vent':InEc 2:14;9:2,3, the translation of miqreh, "what happens," "lot," "fate." The English word bore this sense at the time of the King James Version. The meaning of "result...
Everlasting
ev-er-last'-ing (olam, `adh; aidios, aionios):"Everlasting," in strictness, is that which endures forever; either that which has no beginning and will have no end (in which sens...
Evi
e'-vi ('ewi, "desire"; Euei):One of the five kings, or chiefs of the Midianites, slain by Israel during their sojourn in the plains of Moab (Nu 31:8;Jos 13:21).
Evidence; Evident; Evidently
ev'-i-dens, ev'-i-dent-li cepher; elegchos, phaneros:InJer 32:10,11,12,14,16,44, cepher, "a writing," is translated (the King James Version) "evidence" (of the purchase of the f...
Evil
ev'-'-l, e'-vil ra`; poneros, @kakos, @kakon:In the Bible it is represented as moral and physical. We choose to discuss the subject under these heads. Many of the evils that com...
Evil Eye
(ra` `ayin, "evil of eye"; ophthalmos poneros):The superstition of the influence of the "evil eye," so widely spread over the earth, has had a mighty influence on life and langu...
Evil One
(ho poneros):Nearly all peoples who have expressed their religious thought and feeling believe in a spirit that presides over the destinies of men for their good. They believe t...