International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Edes

e'-dez: the Revised Version (British and American)EDOS(which see).

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Edge

ej:Very frequently occurs in the phrase "the edge of the sword" (Jos 10:28, et al.) from the Hebrew peh, "lip," or saphah, "lip."Ex 28:7and 39:4 read "ends," from qatsah, "end" ...

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Edification; Edify

ed-i-fi-ka'-shun, ed'-i-fi:The Greek words oikodomeo, "to build," oikodome, "the act of building," are used both literally and figuratively in the New Testament; "edify," "edify...

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Edna

ed'-na (Edna):Wife of Raguel and mother of Sarah who married Tobias (Tobit 7:2, etc.; 10:12; 11:1). "Edna" in Hebrew means "pleasure" and corresponds to Latin Anna.

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Edom; Edomites

e'-dum, e'-dum-its 'edhom, "red"; Edom:1. Boundaries:The boundaries of Edom may be traced with some approach to accuracy. On the East of the `Arabah the northern border ran from...

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Edos

e'-dos (Edais; the King James Version Edes):One who agreed to put away his foreign wife (APC 1Esdras 9:35); called Iddo, the King James Version "Jadan," inEzr 10:43.

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Edrei

ed'-re-i ('edhre`i; Edra-ein):(1) One of the cities of Og, not far from Ashtaroth, where the power of his kingdom received its deathblow from the invading Israelites (Jos 12:4;N...

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Education

ed-u-ka'-shun:ContentsI. EDUCATION DEFINEDII. EDUCATION IN EARLY ISRAEL1. Nomadic and Agricultural Periods 2. The Monarchical Period 3. Deuteronomic Legislation 4. Reading and W...

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Eduth

e'-duth (`edhuth, "testimony," a technical term for the Ten Commandments or for the Law):InPs 60title, "set to Shushan Eduth" (literally, "a lily (is) the testimony"); 80 title,...

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Effect; Effectual

e-fekt', e-fek'-tu-al:In the Old Testament, the Revised Version (British and American) renders "fulfilment" for "effect" inEze 12:23(Hebrew dabhar, "matter"); and inJer 48:30"Hi...

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Egg

(betsah; oon; Latin ovum):An oval or spheroid body produced by birds, fishes and reptiles, from which their young emerge when incubated or naturally developed. The fertile egg o...

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Eglah

eg'-la (`eghlah, "heifer"):Wife of David and mother of Ithream (2Sa 3:5parallel1Ch 3:3).

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Eglaim

eg'-la-im ('eghlayim; Agaleim):A place named inIsa 15:8, possibly in the South of Moab. Eusebius (Onomasticon) identifies it with Agallim, a village 8 Roman miles South of Areop...

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Eglath-Shelishiyah

eg'-lath-shel-i-shi'-ya (`eghlath shelishiyah):Found inIsa 15:5;Jer 48:34(Hebrew) in oracles against Moab. the King James Version translates "an heifer of three years old"; the ...

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Eglon (1)

eg'-lon (`eghlon, "circle"):A king of Moab in the period of the Judges who, in alliance with Ammon and Amalek, overcame Israel and made Jericho his capital, presumably driven ac...

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Eglon (2)

eg'-lon (`eghlon; Odollam):A royal Canaanite city whose king joined the league headed by Adonizedek of Jerusalem against the Gibeonites, which suffered overwhelming defeat at th...

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Egypt

e'-jipt:I. THE COUNTRY1. The Basis of the Land 2. The Nile Valley 3. Earliest Human Remains 4. Climate 5. Conditions of Life 6. The Nile 7. The Fauna 8. The Flora 9. The Prehist...

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Egypt, Brook (River, Stream) Of

SeeBROOK OF EGYPT.

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Egyptian Kings (Later)

SeePHARAOH;HOPHRA;NECO;SHISHAK;EGYPT, III.

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Egyptian Versions

vur'-shuns.SeeCOPTIC VERSIONS.

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Egyptian, The

e-jip'-shan (ho Aiguptios):Mentioned inAc 21:38, by Claudius Lysias as having "before these days stirred up to sedition and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of ...

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Egyptians, Gospel According To The

SeeAPOCRYPHAL GOSPELS.

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Ehi

e'-hi ('ehi):Apparently a contracted form (Ge 46:21).SeeAHIRAM.

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Ehud

e'-hud (ehudh, "united," "strong"):A Benjamite, son of Gera, deliverer of Israel from oppression by Moab (Jud 3:15-30). Gaining access alone to the presence of King Eglon under ...

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Either

e'-ther, i'-ther:Often in the sense still common, "one or the other" (1Ch 21:21;Mt 6:24, etc.), but also in the obsolete sense of "both" or "each" (Le 10:1;1Ki 7:15;Joh 19:18;Re...

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Eker

e'-ker ('eqer, "root"):A Jerahmeelite (1Ch 2:27).

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Ekrebel

ek'-re-bel (Ekrebel):Appears only in /APC Judith 7:18. It lay on the brook Mochmur, South of Dothart. It is identical with Akrabbein, of which Eusebius (Onomasticon) speaks as t...