International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Frontier

fron'-ter, frun'ter (katseh): The word occurs once in plural inEze 25:9. the Revised Version, margin has "in every quarter."

Frontlets

frunt'-lets (ToTaphoth, from Tuph, "to bind"): Ornaments worn on the forehead, particularly phylacteries (which see), which were worn in this manner and also on the arms (Ex 13:...

Frost

frost (kephor, "hoar-frost,"Ex 16:14;Job 38:29; chanamal, perhaps "the aphis,"Ps 78:47; qerach, "cold,"Ge 31:40;Job 37:10the King James Version;Jer 36:30):1. Formation:A tempera...

Frowardness

Fruit

froot.See FOOD; BOTANY, and special articles on APPLE; FIG; VINE, etc.

Frustrate

frus'-trat (parar; atheteo): "Frustrate" (from frustra, "vain") is the translation of parar, "to break," "to make void," "to bring to nothing" (Ezr 4:5), "to frustrate their pur...

Frying-Pan

fri'-ing-pan.SeeBREAD;PAN.

Fuel

fu'-el ('okhlah, or ma'akholeth, "food"): Is mentioned specifically only in the Old Testament, inIsa 9:5,19;Eze 15:4,6;21:32. Its general, literal meaning in these connections i...

Fugitive

fu'-ji-tiv (paliT, from palaT, "to escape"; na`, from nua`, "to waver"; nophel, from naphal, "to fall"; bariach, beriach and mibhrach, from barach, "to flee"):One who flees from...

Fulfil

fool-fil' (male; pleroo, teleo, with other words): "Fulfill" is used(1) in a sense more or less obsolete, "to fill up," complete (Ge 29:21,28;Ex 23:26;Job 36:17, the Revised Ver...

Fuller

fool'-er (kabhac; literally, "to trample," gnapheus): The fuller was usually the dyer, since, before the woven cloth could be properly dyed, it must be freed from the oily and g...

Fuller's Field, The

fool'-ers feld, (sedheh khobhec): In all references occurs "the conduit of the upper pool, in the highway of the fuller's field"; this must have been a well-known landmark at Je...

Fuller's Fountain

See EN-ROGEL.

Fullness

fool'-nes: The translation of pleroma, which is generally, but not invariably, rendered "fullness" in the New Testament. Etymologically, pleroma--which itself is derived from th...

Funeral

fu'-ner-al.SeeBURIAL.

Furlong

fur'-long (stadion, "stadium";Lu 24:13;Joh 6:19;11:18;Re 14:20;21:16): A Greek measure of length, being 600 Greek ft., or 100 orguiai equal to 606 3/4 English ft., and thus some...

Furnace

fur'-nas: The word is used in the Old Testament English Versions of the Bible to translate several Hebrew words:Kibhshan, inGe 19:28, where the smoke of the destruction of the c...

Furnaces, Tower Of The

(Ne 3:11).SeeJERUSALEM.

Furnish

fur'-nish (male; plethomai):To "furnish" is to supply with what is useful or necessary, to fit out, provide, equip. It is the translation of several Hebrew or Greek words: of ma...

Furniture

fur'ni-tur (kar, kelim; skeue): InGe 31:34kar is translated "furniture" in the King James Version, but "saddle" in the American Standard Revised Version. The latter is decidedly...

Furrow

fur'-o (telem):The word is translated "furrows" inJob 39:10;31:38;Ps 65:10;Ho 10:4;12:11(Ps 65:10the King James Version, "ridges"). In these passages the fields are pictured as ...

Further; Furtherance

fur'-ther, fur'-therans (yacaph; eti, prokope); Further, adverb and adjective, is comparative of "forth," meaning "to a greater distance," "something more," "moreover," etc.; th...

Fury

fu'-ri (alastor, "not to forget," "significant of revenge"):Occurs only in /APC 2Macc 7:9 the King James Version, "Thou like a fury (the Revised Version (British and American) "...

Future

fu'-tur, fu'-chur.SeeESCHATOLOGY.