International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Jeremiah, The Lamentations Of

SeeLAMENTATIONS.

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Jeremias

jer-e-mi'-as (Ieremias):(1) Named among the sons of Baani as one of those who had married foreign wives (1 Esdras 9:34). InEzr 10:33we find, "Jeremai" among the sons of Hashum. ...

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Jeremiel

jer-e-mi'-el (Latin Hieremihel, al. Jeremiel, "El hurls" or "El appoints"): the King James Version margin and the Revised Version (British and American) in 2 Esdras 4:36 for the...

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Jeremoth

jer'-e-moth(a) yeremoth and(b) yeremowth,(c) yerimowth, meaning unknown:Of the following (1) has form (b), (5) the form (c), the rest (a).(1) In1Ch 7:8(the King James Version "J...

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Jeremy

jer'-e-mi.See JEREMIAH (general article).

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Jeremy, The Epistle Of

jer'-e-mi, (Epistole Ieremiou):1. Name2. Canonicity and Position3. Contents4. Original Language5. Authorship, Date and Aim6. Text and VersionsLITERATURE1. Name:In manuscripts Va...

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Jeriah

je-ri'-a (yeriyahu, "founded of Yahweh"): In1Ch 23:19;24:23= "Jerijah" (yeriyah), 26:31, head of a Levitical house: called chief of the Hebronites in 24:23 (compare 24:30).

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Jeribai

jer'-i-bi, jer-i-ba'-i (yeribhay, meaning uncertain): One of David's mighty men of the armies (1Ch 11:46); one of the names not found in the list in2Sa 23:24-29a.

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Jericho

jer'-i-ko (the word occurs in two forms. In the Pentateuch, in2Ki 25:5and in Ezra, Nehemiah, Chronicles it is written yerecho; yericho, elsewhere): In1Ki 16:34the final Hebrew l...

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Jeriel

je'-ri-el, jer'-i-el (yeri'el, "founded of God"; compare JERIAH): A chief of Issachar (1Ch 7:2).

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Jerijah

je-ri'-ja (1Ch 26:31).SeeJERIAH.

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Jerimoth

jer'-i-moth (see JEREMOTH, (c)):(1) A Benjamite (1Ch 7:7).(2) A Benjamite who joined David at Ziklag, or perhaps a Judean (1Ch 12:5(Hebrew 6)).(3) In1Ch 24:30= JEREMOTH, (4) (wh...

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Jerioth

jer'-i-oth, jer'-i-oth (yeri`oth, "(tent-) curtains"): In1Ch 2:18, where Massoretic Text is corrupt, Kittel in his commentary and in Biblical Hebrew reads "Caleb begat (children...

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Jeroboam

jer-o-bo'-am (yarobh`am; Septuagint Hieroboam, usually assumed to have been derived from riyb and `am, and signifying "the people contend," or, "he pleads the people's cause"): ...

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Jeroham

je-ro'-ham (yerocham, "may he be compassionate!"):(1) An Ephraimite, the father of Elkanah, and grandfather of Samuel (1Sa 1:1;1Ch 6:27,34 (Hebrew 12,19)): Jerahmeel is the name...

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Jerubbaal

jer-u-ba'-al, je-rub'-a-al (yerubba`al, "let Baal contend"): The name given to Gideon by his father, Joash, and the people in recognition of his destruction of the altar of Baal...

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Jerubbesheth

jer-ub-be'-sheth, je-rub'-e-sheth (yerubbesheth, see JERUBBAAL, for meaning): It is found once (2Sa 11:21) for JERUBBAAL.The word bosheth, "shameful thing," was substituted by l...

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Jeruel

je-roo'-el, jer'-oo-el (yeru'el, "founded by El"): Jahaziel prophesied that King Jehoshaphat should meet the hordes of Moabites and Ammonites, after they had come up by the "asc...

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Jerusalem

je-roo'-sa-lem:I. THE NAME1. In Cuneiform2. In Hebrew3. In Greek and Latin4. The Meaning of Jerusalem5. Other NamesII. GEOLOGY, CLIMATE AND SPRINGS1. Geology2. Climate and Rainf...

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Jerusalem, New

(Hierousalem kaine): This name occurs inRe 21:2(21:10, "holy city"). The conception is based on prophecies which predict a glorious future to Jerusalem after the judgment (Isa 5...

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Jerusha

je-roo'-sha (yerusha', "taken possession of," i.e. "married"): In2Ki 15:33= "Jerushah" (yerushah, same meaning) of2Ch 27:1, the mother of King Jotham of Judah. Zadok was her fat...

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Jeshaiah

je-sha'-ya, je-shi'-a(a) yesha`yahu;(b) yesha`yah, "deliverance of Yah"; (2) (3) below have form (a), the others form (b):(1) Son of Hananiah, and grandson of Zerubbabel, accord...

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Jeshanah

jesh'-a-na, je-sha'-na (yeshanah): A town named with Bethel and Ephron among the places taken by Abijah from Jeroboam (2Ch 13:19). Most scholars are agreed that the same name sh...

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Jesharelah

jesh-a-re'-la (yesar'elah, meaning doubtful): One of the (or probably a family of) Levitical musicians (1Ch 25:14), called "Asharelah" in verse 2. The names should be written "A...

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Jeshebeab

je-sheb'-e-ab (yeshebh'abh, meaning uncertain): A Levite of the 14th course (1Ch 24:13). Kittel and Gray (HPN, 24) read with Septuagint, A, "Ishbaal"; the name is omitted in Sep...

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Jesher

je'-sher (yesher, or yesher, "uprightness"): A son of Caleb (1Ch 2:18).

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Jeshimon

je-she'-mon, jesh'-i-mon (ha-yeshimon, "the desert," and in the Revised Version (British and American) so translated but in the King James Version,Nu 21:20;23:28;1Sa 23:19,24;26...