International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Fawn

fon.SeeDEER.

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Fear

fer (yir'ah, yare'; phobos, phobeo):Terms, etc.:"Fear" is the translation of many words in the Old Testament; the chief are: yir'ah, "fear," "terror," "reverence," "awe," most o...

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Feasts And Fasts

fests (mo`edh, "an appointed day" or "an assembling," chagh, from chaghagh, "to dance" or possibly "to make a pilgrimage"; tsom, "fast," ta`anith, "a day of affliction"):I. PRE-...

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Feasts, Seasons For

Regulated by the sun and moon.See ASTRONOMY, sec. I, 5.

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Feathers

feth'-erz (notsah; Latin penna): "Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings (the Revised Version (British and American) "pinions") and feathers (the American Stan...

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Feeble Knees

fe'-b'-l nez: The expression. is found in three places (one being a free quotation of another):Job 4:4, "Thou hast made firm the feeble (kara`, "bending," "bowing") knees," andH...

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Feeble-Minded

fe'-b'-l-min'-ded (oligopsuchos): Only in1Th 5:14the King James Version, in the sense of "fainthearted," as in the Revised Version (British and American). In Septuagint it is us...

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Feeling

fel'-ing: The following varieties of meaning are to be noted:(1) "To touch," "handle," "grope after" (mashash (Ge 27:12,22;Ex 10:21; mush,Ge 27:21;Jud 16:26; pselaphao,Ac 17:27)...

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Feet, Washing Of

SeeFOOT;WASHING OF FEET.

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Feign

fan (badha, nakhar; plastos): Occurs(1) in the sense of "to devise," "invent" as the translation of badha', "to form," "to fashion" (Ne 6:8, "Thou feignest them out of thine own...

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Felix; Antonius

fe'-liks, an-to'-ni-us (Phelix, from Latin felix, "happy"): A Roman procurator of Judea, appointed in succession to Cumanus by the emperor Claudius. The event which led to the i...

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Felloes

fel'-oz (1Ki 7:33).SeeWHEEL.

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Fellow

fel'-o (chabher, rea`; hetairos): Meant originally a "partner," from fe, "property," and lag, "to lay," then "a companion," "an equal," "a person or individual," "a worthless pe...

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Fellowship

fel'-o-ship.SeeCOMMUNION.

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Female

fe'-mal: Two Hebrew words are thus translated:(1) neqebhah, which is merely a physiological description of the sexual characteristic (from naqabh, "to perforate"), and which cor...

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Fence

fens (batsar, mibhtsar):Commonly used in the King James Version in the description of fortified places, as the translation of batsar, "to cut off," "to separate," "to fortify" (...

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Fenced Cities

SeeFORTIFICATION.

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Ferret

fer'-et ('anaqah, the Revised Version (British and American) GECKO): Occurs only inLe 11:30the King James Version, in the list of animals which are unclean "among the creeping t...

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Ferry-Boat

fer'-i-bot (2Sa 19:18).SeeSHIPS AND BOATS.

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Fervent

fur'-vent (dalaq; ektenes, zeo):"Fervent" (from Latin fervere, "to boil") does not occur in the King James Version of the Old Testament, but the Revised Version (British and Ame...

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Festival

fes'-ti-val.SeeFEASTS AND FASTS.

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Festus; Porcius

fes'-tus, por'-shi-us Porkios Phestos):The Roman governor or procurator who succeeded Felix in the province of Judea (Ac 24:27), and was thus brought into prominence in the disp...

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Fetch

Has generally the meaning of "to bring"; it is commonly the translation of Hebrew laqach, "to take" or "lay hold of," Hoph. "to be brought, seized or snatched away" (Ge 18:4, et...

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Fetter

fet'-er:Found only in the plural in both Old Testament and New Testament; fetters of iron (Ps 105:18;149:8; so probablyMr 5:4;Lu 8:29) or brass (Jud 16:21;2Ki 25:7) were frequen...

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Fever

fe'-ver (qaddachath, dalleqeth; puretos, derived from a root signifying "to burn"):A generic term, applied to all diseases characterized by high temperature of body. Several for...

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Field

feld.SeeAGRICULTURE.

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Fiery Heat

fi'-er-i, fir'-i het:InDe 28:22, where the King James Version has "an extreme burning."SeeFEVER.