Evil Spirit
SeeDEMON;DEMONIAC;COMMUNION WITH DEMONS;SATAN.
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Evil Thing
(to kakon, plural inLu 16:25):An evil thing or evil things may be the thoughts of evil men, their plans or their deeds; or the things men suffer for their own wrongs; or the evi...
Evil-Doers
e-v'-l-doo'-erz mere`im; from ra`-a`; kakopoios, always plural:Malefactors or offenders of God's law. Used generally of the ungodly, as, "Fret not thyself because of evil-doers....
Evil-Favoredness
e-v'-l-fa'-verd-nesThe word is the translation of the Hebrew dabhar ra', lit "evil thing," and refers to the ritual unfitness for sacrifice of any animal which, though included ...
Evil-Merodach
e-vil-me-ro'-dak; -mer'-o-dak 'ewil merodhakh; Septuagint Eueialmarodek; so B in K, but B in Jeremiah, and A and Q in both places much corrupted:The name of the son and immediat...
Evil-Speaking
e-v'-l-spek'-ing:Occurs twice in English Versions:(1)1Pe 2:1it is the translation of katalalia, "a speaking against," rendered "backbiting" in2Co 12:20; compare katalalos, "back...
Evolution
ev-o-lu'-shun:1. The Idea of Evolution:Evolution is a scientific and philosophical theory designed to explain the origin and course of all things in the universe. By origin, how...
Ewe
u (rachel, `ul, seh, "a female sheep"):Rachel (compare pr. note Rachel, and Arabic rachala, "to migrate") is the ordinary Hebrew word for ewe, but is translated "sheep," though ...
Exact
eg-zakt':(1) naghas (De 15:2,3;2Ki 23:35;Isa 58:3), to secure by force or pressure interest or money for tribute, and perhaps, inIsa 58:3, labor or toil; but compare the Revised...
Exaction
eg-zak'-shun:(1) mashsha' (Ne 10:31), a demand for money lent on pledge, which the Jews agreed to forego in the seventh year;(2) gerushah (Eze 45:9, "your exactions," the Revise...
Exactors
eg-zak'-ters (noghesayikh (Isa 60:17, the Revised Version, margin "taskmasters"; compareEx 1:11;3:7)):Righteousness personified is in Zion to take the place of the officials who...
Exalt
eg-zolt' (rum, gabhah (mappiq he), nasa'; hupsoo):The Hebrew word most often translated "exalt," "exalted," is rum; "to lift up," "to be or become high." It is used with referen...
Exaltation Of Christ, The
SeeCHRIST, THE EXALTATION OF.
Examine; Examination
eg-zam'-in, eg-zam-i-na'-shun:darash, "to follow," "inquire," "make inquisition" (Ezr 10:16); and bachan, "to test," "investigate," "prove," "tempt" (Ps 26:2). The former was th...
Example
eg-zam'-p'-l (tupos, "a pattern," hupodeigma, "copy" "representation" hupogrammos, "a writing-copy," example):A typical, representative, or illustrative case; a pattern or model...
Exceed; Exceeding; Exceedingly
ek-sed':The verb is found in other than its present sense inJob 36:9the King James Version, "They have exceeded" the (Revised Version (British and American)) "behaved themselves...
Excellency
ek'-se-len-si (ga-on, ga'awah; huperbole):"Excellency" in the Old Testament is chiefly the translation of ga'on, "mounting," "swelling" (Ex 15:7;Job 37:4the King James Version;P...
Excellent
ek'-se-lent 'addir, yattir (Aramaic); diaphoroteros, kratistos:The translation of various Hebrew words, chiefly of 'addir, "great," "honorable" (Ps 8:1,9;16:3;76:4); yattir, "su...
Exchange; Exchanger
eks-chanj', eks-chan'-jer.SeeBANK, BANKING.
Excommunication
eks-ko-mu-ni-ka'-shun:Exclusion from church fellowship as a means of personal discipline, or church purification, or both. Its germs have been found in (1) the Mosaic "ban" or "...
Execute; Executioner
ek'-se-kut, ek-se-ku'-shun-er (`asah, "to do," din,"to judge," "decide"; poieo, "to do"; spekoulator, Latin speculator, "an attendant"):"Execute" in the sense of "executing judg...
Exegesis
ek-se-je'-sis.SeeINTERPRETATION.
Exercise
ek'-ser-siz (`asah; gumnazo, poieo):"Exercise" (meaning originally, "to drive or thrust out") has different shades of meaning: It means(1) "to do," "to put into action" (Jer 9:2...
Exhortation
ek-sor-ta'-shun (paraklesis):The Greek word translated "exhortation" (paraklesis) signifies, originally, "a calling near or for" (as an advocate or helper who should appeal on o...
Exile
ek'-sil, eg'-zil (galah, tsa`ah):Occurs twice only in the King James Version (2Sa 15:19(galah, "to remove");Isa 51:14(tsa`ah, "to be bowed down")). In the Revised Version (Briti...
Exodus, The
ek'-so-dus:ContentsI. THE ROUTE1. The Starting-Point 2. Rameses to Succoth 3. Succoth to Etham 4. Passage of the Sea 5. Other Views of the RouteII. THE DATE1. Old Testament Chro...
Exodus, The Book Of
ek'-so-dus:ContentsI. IN GENERAL1. Name 2. Contents in General 3. Connection with the Other Books of the Pentateuch 4. Significance of These Events for Israel 5. Connecting Link...