International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Foot

foot (reghel, qarcol (only twice in parallel passages:2Sa 22:37=Ps 18:36, where it probably means ankle); pous): The dusty roads of Palestine and other eastern lands make a much...

164

Footman

foot'-man.SeeWAR.

165

Footstool

foot'-stool (kebhes; hupopodion, "trodden on"): The 15 Scripture references to this term may be classified as literal or figurative. Of the former are the two passages:2Ch 9:18a...

166

For

for (ki (conjunction), le, from 'el (preposition), and various other words. In the New Testament also the words are various, chiefly gar, kai gar, hoti (conjunctions); anti apo ...

167

Foray

for'-a (2Sa 3:22).SeeWAR.

168

Forbear

for-bar' (chadhal; anechomai): In the Old Testament chadhal, "to leave off," is the word most frequently translated "forbear" (Ex 23:5, etc.); damam, "to be silent," chasakh, "t...

169

Forbearance

for-bar'-ans (anoche):"Forbearance" (anoche, "a holding back") is ascribed to God (Ro 2:4, "the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering"; 3:25 the Revised Versi...

170

Forbid

for-bid' (kala; koluo):Occurs very seldom in the Old Testament except as the rendering of chalilah (see below); it is once the translation of kala', "to restrain" (Nu 11:28, "Jo...

171

Forces

for'-sis (chayil):(1) The word is used as a military term, equivalent to army, in2Ki 25:23,16(where the King James Version reads "armies");2Ch 17:2;Jer 40:7, etc.SeeARMY.(2) InI...

172

Ford

ford (ma`abhar (Ge 32:22; "pass" (of Michmash),1Sa 13:23; "stroke" (the Revised Version, margin "passing"),Isa 30:32); ma`barah (Jos 2:7;Jud 3:28;12:5,6;Isa 16:2"pass" (of Michm...

173

Forecast

for-kast'; (vb.) (chashabh):To forecast is both to plan or scheme beforehand and to consider or see beforehand. It is in the first sense that it is used inDa 11:24,25(the King J...

174

Forefather

for'-fa-ther:(1) 'abh ri'shon, "first father," "chief father," hence, "early ancestor": "turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers" (Jer 11:10).(2) progonos, "born befo...

175

Forefront

for'-frunt (panim):For "forefront," "front" is now generally used, since "back-front" has gone out of use. "Forefront" is the translation of panim, "face" (2Ki 16:14;Eze 40:19;4...

176

Forego

for-go'.SeeFORGO.

177

Forehead

for'-ed (metsach; metopon):(1) In a literal sense the word is used frequently in the Scriptures. Aaron and after him every high priest was to wear on the forehead the golden fro...

178

Foreign Divinities

for'-in di-vin'-i-tiz (Ac 17:18margin).See GOD, STRANGE.

179

Foreigner

for'-in-er" The translation of nokhri, "unknown," "foreign," frequently rendered "stranger" (De 15:3;Ob 1:11); of toshabh, "a settler," "an alien resident" (Ex 12:45; the Revise...

180

Foreknow; Foreknowledge

for-no', for-nol'-ej:1. Meaning of the Term2. Foreknowledge as Prescience3. Foreknowledge Based on Foreordination4. Foreknowledge as Equivalent to ForeordinationLITERATURE1. Mea...

181

Foreordain; Forordination

for-or-dan', for-or-di-na'-shun:The word "foreordain" is uniformly used in the Revised Version (British and American) to render the Greek proorizo, in the passages where this ve...

182

Forepart

for'-part: The translation of panim, "face" (Ex 28:27;39:20;1Ki 6:20, the Revised Version (British and American) "within";Eze 42:7, the Revised Version (British and American) "b...

183

Forerunner

for-run'-er (prodromos):This word occurs but once in the Bible: "Whither as a forerunner Jesus entered for us" (Heb 6:20). The word signifies one who comes in advance to a place...

184

Foresail

for'sal, for'-s'-l (Ac 27:40).SeeSHIPS AND BOATS.

185

Foreship

for'-ship (Ac 9,7:30).SeeFOREPART;SHIPS AND BOATS.

186

Foreskin

for'-skin (`orlah; akrobustia, often euphemistically translated "uncircumcision"):(1) In the literal sense the word is frequently mentioned owing to the rite of circumcision in ...

187

Forest

for'-est:(1) choresh (compare proper name Harosheth),2Ch 27:4. In1Sa 23:15ff translated "wood"; inIsa 17:9, "wood"; inEze 31:3, "forest-like shade." Applied to any thick growth ...

188

Forest Of Ephraim

SeeEPHRAIM.

189

Foretell; Foretold

for-tel', for-told': The King James Version occurrences of these words in the New Testament represent as many Greek terms, and are in each case rendered differently in Revised V...