Instant; Instantly
in'-stant, in'-stant-li: Derivative from Latin instare. Found in English with various meanings from the 15th century to the present time.Instant is used once inIsa 29:5in the se...
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Instruction
in-struk'-shun.SeeCATECHIST;EDUCATION;SCHOOL.
Instrument
in'-stroo-ment (keli; in Greek plural hopla,Ro 6:13): The word in the Old Testament is used for utensils for service, chiefly in connection with the sanctuary (compareEx 25:9;Nu...
Instruments Of Music
(shalishim): Thus, the Revised Version (British and American) and the King James Version (1Sa 18:6), the Revised Version margin "triangles" or "three-stringed instruments."SeeMU...
Insurrection
in-su-rek'-shun: The word inPs 64:2the King James Version is changed in the Revised Version (British and American) into "tumult"; inEzr 4:19(verb) it represents the Aramaic nesa...
Integrity
in-teg'-ri-ti (tom, tummah): The translation of tom, "simplicity," "soundness," "completeness," rendered also "upright," "perfection." Its original sense appears in the phrase l...
Intelligence
in-tel'-i-gens (bin): Occurs only once in the King James Version as the translation of bin, "to discriminate" (frequently translated "to understand"), inDa 11:30the King James V...
Intend; Intent
in-tend', in-tent': Early English words derived from Latin and used in the King James Version, sometimes in the Revised Version (British and American), to translate a number of ...
Inter-Testamental, History And Literature
in-ter-tes-ta-men'-tal. SeeBETWEEN THE TESTAMENTS.
Intercession
in-ter-sesh'-un (pagha`, "to make intercession"; originally "to strike upon," or "against"; then in a good sense, "to assail anyone with petitions," "to urge," and when on behal...
Intercession Of Christ
The general conception of our Lord's mediatorial office is specially summed up in His intercession in which He appears in His high-priestly office, and also as interceding with ...
Interest
in'-ter-est (neshekh, mashsha'; tokos): The Hebrew word neshekh is from a root which means "to bite"; thus interest is "something bitten off." The other word, mashsa', means "le...
Intermeddle
in-ter-med'-'-l (`arabh, "to mix up (self) with something," "mingle in," "share," "take interest in"): The word occurs only once (Pr 14:10) in a passage descriptive of "the ulti...
Intermediate, State
in-ter-me'-di-at.SeeESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.
Interpretation
in-tur-pre-ta'-shun:1. General Principles:Is a generic term and may refer to any work of literature. Referred specifically to the sacred Scriptures, the science of interpretatio...
Interpretation Of Tongues
See TONGUES, INTERPRETATION OF.
Interrogation
in-ter-o-ga'-shun (eperotema): This word is not found at all in the King James Version, and once only in the American Standard Revised Version (1Pe 3:21), where it replaces the ...
Intreat; Intreaty; (Entreat)
in-tret', in-tret'-i: The two forms are derived from the same verb. In 1611 the spelling was indifferently "intreat" or "entreat." In editions of the King James Version since 17...
Inward Man
in'-werd: A Pauline term, nearly identical with the "hidden man of the heart" (1Pe 3:4). The Greek original, 5 ho eso (also esothen) anthropos (Ro 7:22) is lexigraphically defin...
Inward Part
A symbolic expression in the Old Testament represented by three Hebrew words: chedher, "chamber," hence, inmost bowels or breast; tuchoth, "the reins"; qerebh, "midst," "middle,...
Iob
yob (yobh; the King James Version Job): Third son of Issachar (Ge 46:13). In parallel passages (Nu 26:24;1Ch 7:1) the name is Jashub (yashubh), which the versions in Ge also sup...
Iphdeiah
if-de'-ya (yiphdeyah, "Yah redeems"; the King James Version Iphedeiah): A descendant of Benjamin (1Ch 8:25).
Iphtah
if'-ta (yiphtach; the King James Version Jiphtah): An unidentified town in the Shephelah of Judah, named with Libnab, Ether and Ashan (Jos 15:43).
Iphtah-El
if'-ta-el (yiphtach-'el; the King James Version Jiphtah-el): The valley of Iphtah-el lay on the North border of Zebulun (Jos 19:14,27). Northwest of the plain of el-Battauf stan...
Ir
ir (`ir): A descendant of Benjamin (1Ch 7:12), called Iri in1Ch 7:7.
Ir-Ha-Heres
ir-ha-he'-rez (`ir haherec, according to the Massoretic Text, Aquila, Theodotion, Septuagint, the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American); according to...
Ir-Nahash
ur-na'-hash, ir-na'-hash (`ir nachash): A town of Judah of which Tehinnah is called the "father," probably meaning "founder" (1Ch 4:12). English Versions of the Bible margin sug...