Infant, Baptism
in'-fant.SeeBAPTISM.
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Infanticide
in-fan'-ti-sid.SeeCRIMES.
Infidel
in'-fi-del (apistos, "unbelieving," "incredulous"): the King James Version has this word twice: "What part hath he that believeth with an infidel?" (2Co 6:15); "If any provide n...
Infinite; Infinitude
in'-fin-it, in-fin'-i-tud:1. Scripture Use:The word "infinite" occurs 3 times only in the text of the King James Version (Job 22:5;Ps 147:5;Na 3:9) and once in margin (Na 2:9). ...
Infirmity
in-fur'-mi-ti (dawah, chalah, machalah; astheneia): This word is used either in the singular or plural (the latter only in the New Testament) and with somewhat varying significa...
Inflame; Enflame
in-flam', en-flam' (dalaq): "To inflame" in the meaning "to excite passion" is found inIsa 5:11, "till wine inflame them." In some the King James Version passages (e.g.Isa 57:5)...
Inflammation
in-fla-ma'-shun (dalleqeth; rhigos): Only inDe 28:22, was considered by Jewish writers as "burning fever," by Septuagint as a form of ague. Both this and typhoid fever are now, ...
Influences
in'-floo-ens-iz (ma`adhannoth): This word occurs only inJob 38:31the King James Version, "Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades?" the Revised Version (British and Ame...
Ingathering, Feasts Of
in'-gath-er-ing.SeeFEASTS AND FASTS;BOOTH.
Inhabit; Inhabitant
in-hab'-it, in-hab'-it-ant (yashabh, "to sit," "remain, "dwell," "inhabit" shakhen, "to settle down" "tabernacle," "dwell"; katoikeo, "to settle," "dwell"): SeeDWELL. The verb "...
Inheritance
in-her'-i-tans (nahalah, "something inherited," "occupancy," "heirloom," "estate," "portion"): The word is used in its widest application in the Old Testament Scriptures, referr...
Iniquity
in-ik'-wi-ti (`awon; anomia): In the Old Testament of the 11 words translated "iniquity," by far the most common and important is `awon (about 215 times). Etymologically, it is ...
Injoin
in-join'.SeeENJOIN.
Injurious
in-joo'-ri-us, in-ju'-ri-us (hubristes, "insolent"): In former usage, the word was strongly expressive of insult as well as hurtfulness. So in1Ti 1:13. InRo 1:30the same adjecti...
Injury
in'-ju-ri, in'-joo-ri.SeeCRIMES.
Ink
ink (deyo, from root meaning "slowly flowing," BDB, 188; melan, "black"): Any fluid substance used with pen or brush to form written characters. In this sense ink is mentioned o...
Ink-Horn
ink'-horn (keceth equals keseth, BDB, 903): This term "inkhorn" occurs 3 times inEze 9(9:2,3,11), in the phrase "writer's inkhorn upon his loins" (or "by his side"). The word is...
Inn
(malon; pandocheion, kataluma):1. Earliest Night Resting-Places:The Hebrew word malon means literally, a "night resting-place," and might be applied to any spot where caravans (...
Inner Man
SeeINWARD MAN.
Innocence; Innocency; Innocent
in'-o-sens, in'-o-sen-si, in'-o-sent (zakhu, niqqayon, chinnam, chaph, naqi; athoos): the King James Version and the American Standard Revised Version have innocency inGe 20:5;P...
Innocents, Massacre Of The
in'-o-sents, mas'-a-ker,I. MEANING AND HISTORY OF THE TERMII. ANALYSIS OF NARRATIVE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO MOTIVE1. Focus of Narrative--Residence at Nazareth2. Corollaries fr...
Inordinate
in-or'-di-nat ("ill-regulated," hence, "immoderate," "excessive"; Latin in, "not," ordinatus, "set in order"): Only twice in the King James Version. In each case there is no cor...
Inquire
in-kwir' (sha'al, "to ask," "desire"; zeteo, "to seek"); A form sometimes employed with reference to the practice of divination, as where Saul "inquires of" (or "consults") the ...
Inquisition
in-kwi-zish'-un (darash, "to follow," "diligently inquire," "question," "search" (De 19:18;Ps 9:12), baqash, "to search out," "to strive after," "inquire" (Es 2:23)): The term r...
Inscription
in-skrip'-shun (verb epigrapho, "to write upon," "inscribe"): The word occurs once in English Versions of the Bible inAc 17:23of the altar at Athens with the inscription "To an ...
Insects
in'-sekts: In English Versions of the Bible, including the marginal notes, we find at least 23 names of insects or words referring to them: ant, bald locust, bee, beetle, canker...
Inspiration
in-spi-ra'-shun:1. Meaning of Terms2. Occurrences in the Bible3. Consideration of Important Passages(1) 2 Timothy 3:16(2) 2 Peter 1:19-21(3) John 10:34 f4. Christ's Declaration ...