International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Israel, History Of

INTRODUCTORY1. Sources(1) The Old Testament(2) Josephus(3) The Monuments2. Religious Character of the HistoryI. ORIGINS OF ISRAEL IN PRE-MOSAIC TIMES1. Original Home2. Ethnograp...

Israel, Kingdom Of

|| I. THE FIRST PERIOD1. The Two Kingdoms2. The Ist Dynasty3. The IInd Dynasty4. Civil WarII. PERIOD OF THE SYRIAN WARS1. The IIIrd Dynasty2. World-Politics3. Battle of Karkar4....

Israel, Religion Of

|| I. INTRODUCTION: HISTORICAL CONSIDERATION OF THE RELIGION OF ISRAELII. HISTORICAL OUTLINE1. Pre-Mosaic Religion of the Ancestors of Israel(1) The Traditional View(2) The Mode...

Israelite; Israelitish

iz'-ra-el-it, iz'-rael-it-ish: Belonging to the tribes ofISRAEL(which see). Occurs 4 times in the New Testament: of Nathanael (Joh 1:47); used by Paul (Ro 9:4;11:1;2Co 11:22).

Issachar

is'-a-kar (yissa(se)khar; Septuagint, Swete Issachar; Tischendorf, Issachar, so also in the New Testament, Tregelles, and Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek):(1) The ...

Isshiah

is-shi'-a (yishshiyahu, "Yah exists"; the King James Version Ishiah):(1) Mentioned among David's heroes, a greatgrandson of Tola (1Ch 7:3).(2) Mentioned among the men who came t...

Isshijah

is-shi'-ja (yishshiyah, "Yah lends"; the King James Version Ishijah): A man of the household of Harim, named among those who, at Ezra's command, were induced to put away their "...

Issue

ish'-u:(1) (moledheth, tse'etsa'im; sperma, "seed"): Offspring, descendants (Ge 48:6;Isa 22:24;Mt 22:25the King James Version).(2) (zirmah; yatsa' (verb); rhusis): A gushing of ...

Issue (Of Blood)

(zobh, zubh; rhusis, haimorrhoos): When used as a description of a bodily affection the word signifies:(1) A discharge, the consequence of uncleanness and sin (Le 15:2 ff;Nu 5:2...

Issues

ish'-uz (tots'-oth, literally, "outgoings"):(1) Ways of escape (Ps 68:20the King James Version);(2) free moral choices (Pr 4:23).

Istalcurus

is-tal-ku'-rus (Istalkouros): 1 Esdras 8:40, corresponding to Zabbud inEzr 8:14. In Swete's text the name is Istakalkos.

Isuah

is'-u-a. SeeISHVAH.

Isui

is'-u-i.SeeISHVI.

Isvah

is'-va.SeeISHVAH.

Itala, Version

it'-a-la.See LATIN VERSION, THE OLD; VULGATE.

Italian Band

i-tal'-yan.SeeBAND.

Italy

it'-a-li (Italia): At first confined as a name to the extreme southern part of the Italian peninsula in the region now called Calabria, whence its application was gradually exte...

Itch

(charec; psora): Only inDe 28:27, where it probably refers to the parasitic skin disease of that name which is very common in Palestine. It is due to a small mite, Sarcoptes sca...

Ithai

ith'-a-i.SeeITTAI.

Ithamar

ith'-a-mar ('ithamar, "land" or "island of palms": Gesenius; or "father of Tamar," 'i, being perhaps for 'abhi: Cook in Encyclopedia Biblica--though both derivations are uncerta...

Ithiel

ith'-i-el ('ithi'el, "God is"):(1) A son of Jeshaiah of the tribe of Benjamin, mentioned among the inhabitants of Jerusalem in Nehemiah's day (Ne 11:7).(2) The name is perhaps a...

Ithiel And Ucal

('ithi'el we'ukhal): Names of the two men to whom Agur the son of Jakeh spoke his words (Pr 30:1). The purport of introducing these persons is strange and obscure; the margin pr...

Ithlah

Ithmah

ith'-ma (yithmah, "purity"): A citizen of the country of the Moabites, David's deadly enemies, yet mentioned as one of the king's heroes (1Ch 11:46).

Ithnan

ith'-nan (yithnan): A town in the South of Judah mentioned along with Hazor and Ziph (Jos 15:23), apparently the "Ethnan" of Jerome (Onom 118 13). Not identified.

Ithra

ith'-ra (yithra', "abundance"): The father of Amasa, commanding general in the rebel army of Absalom. It seems that his mother was Abigail, a sister or half-sister of King David...

Ithran

ith'-ran (yithran, "excellent"):(1) A descendant of Seir the Horite, son of Dishon (Ge 36:26;1Ch 1:41).(2) One of the sons of Zophah of the tribe of Asher (1Ch 7:37).