Lapwing
lap'-wing (dukhiphath; epops): A translation used in early VSS, now universally admitted to be incorrect. The lapwing had a crest, and resembled in size and color the hoopoe (Up...
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Lasciviousness
la-siv'-i-us-nes (aselgeia, "licentiousness," "wantonness," "unbridled lust," "shamelessness," "outrageousness"):1. Sources:Etymologists assign three probable sources of aselgei...
Lasea
la-se'-a (Lasaia): A town on the South coast of Crete, 5 miles East of Fair Havens (Ac 27:8). The ruins were examined in 1856 by G. Brown (see Code of Hammurabi (St. P), chapter...
Lasha
la'-sha (lasha`): A place named on the southern boundary of the Canaanites along with Gomorrah, Adnah and Zeboiim (Ge 10:19). Eusebius, Onomasticon identifies it with the hot sp...
Lassharon
la-sha'-ron, la-shar'-on (lashsharon or la-sharon, the King James Version Sharon): A royal city of the Canaanites taken by Joshua, named with Aphek (Jos 12:18). Possibly we shou...
Last Day
See DAY, LAST.
Last Days
SeeESCHATOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.
Last Time, Times
(kairos eschatos, chronos eschatos (also plural), eschaton tou chronou, hora eschate): In the King James Version this phrase occurs in1Pe 1:5;1:20(plural); 1Joh 2:18;Jude 1:18. ...
Lasthenes
las'-the-nez (Lasthenes): A highly placed official under King Demetrius II, Nicator. He is called the king's "kinsman" (the King James Version "cousin") and "father" (1 Macc 11:...
Latchet
lach'-et (serokh; himas): Leather thong used for tying on sandals (seeGe 14:23;Mr 1:7parallel). The stooping to untie the dusty shoe-latchet was esteemed by Orientals a service ...
Latin
lat'-in: Was the official language of the Roman Empire as Greek was that of commerce. In Palestine Aramaic was the vernacular in the rural districts and remoter towns, while in ...
Latin Version, The Old
|| 1. The Motive of Translation2. Multiplicity of Latin Translations in the 4th Century3. The Latin Bible before Jerome4. First Used in North Africa5. Cyprian's Bible6. Tertulli...
Latter Days
SeeESCHATOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.
Lattice
lat'-is.See HOUSE, II, 1, (9).
Laud
lod: A verb meaning "to praise," used inRo 15:11the King James Version, andPs 117:1;145:4. The Revised Version (British and American) either should have avoided the word altoget...
Laughing-Stock
laf'-ing-stok: Something set up to be laughed at; thrice in the Revised Version (British and American) the translation of sechoq, "laughter," etc. (Job 12:4twice;Jer 20:7; compa...
Laughter
laf'-ter (chaq, tsachaq, "to laugh," sechoq, "laughter"; gelao, katagelao):(1) Laughter as the expression of gladness, pleasurable surprise, is the translation of tsachaq (Ge 17...
Launch
lanch, lonch.See SHIPS AND BOATS, III, 1.
Laver
la'-ver (kiyor):1. In the Tabernacle:Every priest in attendance on the altar of Yahweh was required to wash his hands and his feet before entering upon his official duties (Ex 3...
Law In The New Testament
loThe Term "Law"Austin's Definition of LawI. LAW IN THE GOSPELS1. The Law in the Teaching of Christ(1) Authority of the Law Upheld in the Sermon on the Mount(a) Christ and Tradi...
Law In The Old Testament
|| I. TERMS USED1. Torah ("Law")2. Synonyms of Torah(1) Mitswah ("Command")(2) `Edhah ("Witness," "Testimony")(3) MishpaTim ("Judgments")(4) Chuqqim ("Statutes")(5) Piqqudhim ("...
Law, Judicial
joo-dish'-al: This was the form of Divine law which, under the dominion of God, as the Supreme Magistrate, directed the policy of the Jewish nation, and hence, was binding only ...
Law, Roman
SeeROMAN LAW.
Lawful
lo'-fool (usually mishpaT, "relating to judgment," or "a pronounced judgment" tsaddiq, "relating to that which is righteous" or "just"; exesti, eunomos, "that which is authorize...
Lawgiver
lo'-giv-er (mechoqeq; nomothetes): There are two words, one Hebrew and one Greek, which are translated "lawgiver." The former occurs 7 times in the Old Testament, and in the Kin...
Lawless
lo'-les (anomos): While occurring but once in the King James Version (1Ti 1:9), is translated in various ways, e.g. "without law" (1Co 9:21); "unlawful" (2Pe 2:8the King James V...
Lawyer
lo'-yer (nomikos, "according or pertaining to law," i.e. legal; as noun, "an expert in law," "about the law," "lawyer" (Mt 22:35;Lu 7:30;10:25;11:45,46,52;14:3;Tit 3:13)): The w...