Embroidery
em-broid'-er-i (riqrnah; the King James Version Needlework):Riqmah was applied to any kind of cloth which showed designs in variegated colors. The method of manufacture is unkno...
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Emek-Keziz
e-mek-ke'-ziz (`emeq qetsits; the King James Version Valley of Keziz (Jos 18:21)):A town in Benjamin named between Beth-hoglah and Beth-arabah, and therefore to be sought in the...
Emerald
em'-er-ald.SeeSTONES, PRECIOUS.
Emerods
em'-er-odz `ophalim, techorim:These words are used in the account of the plague which broke out among the Philistines while the captive Ark of the Covenant was in their land. `O...
Emim
e'-mim ('emim; Ommaein, Ommein, or Ommiein):Stated to have been the earlier inhabitants of Moab (De 2:10,11), and to have been of tall stature, and hence, "accounted Rephaim (or...
Eminent
em'-i-nent:In the King James Version (only inEze 16:24,31,39;17:22) refers literally to physical elevation; the Revised Version (British and American) in the last passage render...
Emmanuel
e-man'-n-el.SeeIMMANUEL.
Emmaus
e-ma'-us, em'-a-us (Emmaous, derivation uncertain, but probably from chammath, "a hot spring"):Josephus (BJ, IV, i, 3) says: "Now Emmaus, if it be interpreted, may be rendered `...
Emmer
em'-er (Emmer):Head of a family, some of whom had married foreign wives (/APC 1Esdras 9:21).Called "Immer" inEzr 10:20.
Emmeruth
em'-er-uth (Emmerouth; the King James Version Meruth; /APC 1Esdras 5:24):Corresponding to "Immer" inEzr 2:37.
Emmor
em'-or:Transliterated from the Greek Emmor, the translation of Hebrew chamor, "ass" (Ac 7:16the King James Version; the Revised Version (British and American) "Hamor", which see).
Emperor
emp'-er-er ho sebastos; Latin augustus:The title of the Roman emperors; (Ac 25:21,25).SeeAUGUSTUS;CAESAR.
Empty; Emptier
emp'-ti, emp'-ti-er (kenos):"Empty," adjective meaning void, etc., as the translation of req, riq, reqam, etc., occurs in the literal sense of "with nothing" (Ge 31:42;Job 22:9)...
Emulation
em-u-la'-shun (zelos, parazeloo):Occurs twice in the New Testament, once in a bad sense and once in a good sense.(1) InGa 5:20the King James Version it is the translation of zel...
En-
(`ayin (compare Arabic `Ain)):The Hebrew word for "spring" or "fountain" (Ge 16:7;Nu 33:9;Ne 2:14;Pr 8:28(feminine plural)). It occurs in numerous compound words, as EN-GEDI, EN...
En-Dor
en'-dor `en dor,Jos 17:11; `en dor,1Sa 28:7; `en do'r,Ps 83:10; Codex Alexandrinus, Nendor; Codex Vaticanus, Aeldor:A town in the lot of Issachar assigned to Manasseh (Jos 17:11...
En-Dor, Witch Of
wich:In1Sa 28:3-25, it is narrated how Saul, in despair of mind because Yahweh had forsaken him, on the eve of the fatal battle of Gilboa, resorted in disguise to "a woman that ...
En-Eglaim
en-eg'-la-im, en-eg-la'-im (`en `eghlayim, "fountain of calves"?):In Ezekiel's vision of the waters it is one of the two points between which "fishers shall stand" (Eze 47:10).T...
En-Gaddi
en-gad'-i (Sirach 24:14 the Revised Version (British and American), "on the sea shore").SeeEN-GEDI.
En-Gannim
en-gan'-im (`en gannim, "spring of gardens"):(1) A town in the territory of Judah, named with Zanoah and Eshtaol (Jos 15:34). It is probably identical with the modern Umm Jina, ...
En-Gedi
en'-ge-di, en-ge'-di (`en gedhi, "fountain of the kid"):Identical with the present Ain Jidi. According to2Ch 20:2it is the same as Hazazon-tamar, mentioned inGe 14:7as occupied ...
En-Haddah
en-had'-a (`en chaddah, "swift fountain"):A town in the lot of Issachar mentioned along with En-gannim (Jos 19:21).It is probably identical with Kefr Adan, a village some 3 mile...
En-Hakkore
en-hak'-o-re, en-hak-o'-re (`en ha-qore', "spring of the partridge"):Interpreted (Jud 15:19) as meaning "the spring of him that called." So the Septuagint: pege tou epikaloumeno...
En-Hazor
en-ha'-zor (`en chatsor; pege Asor):A city in the territory of Naphtali mentioned along with Kedesh, Edrei and Iron (Jos 19:37). The ancient name probably survives in that of Ha...
En-Mishpat
en-mish'-pat.SeeKADESH.
En-Rimmon
en-rim'-on (`en-rimmon, "the fountain of Rimmon" (see RIMMON), or perhaps "the spring of the pomegranate"; Eromoth, Rhemmon):A city of Judah (Jos 15:32), "Ain and Rimmon"; ascri...
En-Rogel
en-ro'-gel (`en roghel; pege Rhogel; meaning uncertain, but interpreted by some to mean "the spring of the fuller"):No argument from this meaning can be valid because(1) it is a...