International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Flesh-Pot

flesh'-pot (cir ha-basar, "pot of the flesh"):One of the six kinds of cooking utensils spoken of as pots or pans or caldrons or basins. Probably usually made of bronze or earthe...

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Flies

fliz.SeeFLY.

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Flint

flint (challamish (De 8:15;32:13;Job 28:9;Ps 114:8), tsor (Ex 4:25;Eze 3:9), tser (Isa 5:28), tsur (Job 22:24;Ps 89:43), tsurim (Jos 5:2f); (= kechlex "pebble"), kochlax (/APC 1...

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Float (Flote)

flot.See RAFT; SHIPS AND BOATS

140

Flock

SeeCATTLE.

141

Flood

flud:In the King James Version not less than 13 words are rendered "flood," though in the Revised Version (British and American) we find in some passages "river," "stream," "tem...

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Floor

flor.See HOUSE; THRESHING-FLOOR

143

Flote (Float)

SeeRAFT;SHIPS AND BOATS.

144

Flour

flour.SeeBREAD;FOOD.

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Flourish

flur'-ish (parach, tsuts; anathallo):The translation of parach, "to break forth" (Ps 72:7;92:12,13;Pr 14:11;Isa 66:14;So 6:11;7:12; the Revised Version (British and American) "b...

146

Flowers

flou'-erz (BLOOM, BLOSSOM, etc.):(1) gibh`ol, literally, "a small cup," hence, calyx or corolla of a flower (Ex 9:31, "The flax was in bloom").(2) nets (Ge 40:10, nitstsah, "a f...

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Flue; Net

floo(King James Version, marginHab 1:15).SeeFISH;FISHING.

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Flute

floot.SeeMUSIC.

149

Flux

fluks.SeeBLOODY FLUX;DYSENTERY.

150

Fly

(Verb; `uph petaomai, or, contracted, ptaomai):Used in preference to "flee" when great speed is to be indicated. "To fly" is used: (1) Literally, of birds, `uph (Ge 1:20;Ps 55:6...

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Fly; Flies

fli fliz `arobh (Ex 8:21 ff;Ps 78:45;105:31; Septuagint kunomuia; "dog-fly"), zebhubh (Ec 10:1;Isa 7:18; Septuagint muiai, "flies"); compare ba`al-zebhubh, "Baal-zebub" (2Ki 1:2...

152

Foal

fol.SeeCOLT.

153

Foam

fom (qetseph (Ho 10:7); aphros (Lu 9:39), aphrizo (Mr 9:18,20), epaphrizo (Jude 1:13)):Qetseph from qatsaph, "to break to pieces," or "to break forth into anger," "to be angry,"...

154

Fodder

fod'-er.SeePROVENDER.

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Fold; Folding

fold fold'-ing (verb; chabhaq, sabhakh; helisso):The verb occurs only 3 times in the King James Version, and in each instance represents a different word; we have chabhaq "to cl...

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Folk

fok:The translation of `am, `am "a people or nation" (Ge 33:15, "some of the folk that are with me";Pr 30:26, "The conies are but a feeble folk"); of le'om, with the same meanin...

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Follow

fol'-o ('achar, radhaph; akoloutheo, dioko):Frequently the translation of 'achar, "after," e.g.Nu 14:24, "hath followed me fully," literally, "fulfilled after me" (Nu 32:11,12;D...

158

Follower

fol'-o-er (mimetes):"Followers" is in the King James Version the translation of mimetes, "to imitate" (in the New Testament in the good sense of becoming imitators, or following...

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Folly

fol'-i.SeeFOOL.

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Food

food:I. VEGETABLE FOODS1. Primitive Habits2. Cereals3. Leguminous Plants4. Food of TreesII. ANIMAL FOODLITERATUREIn a previous article (see BREAD) it has been shown that in the ...

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Fool; Folly

fool nabhal, 'ewil, kecil, cakhal and forms; aphron, aphrosune, moros):I. In the Old Testament.1. General:Taking the words generally, apart from the Wisdom literature, we find n...

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Foolery

fool'-er-i:The plural "fooleries" occurs Ecclesiasticus 22:13 King James Version: "Talk not much with a fool.... and thou shalt never be defiled with his fooleries." The Greek w...