International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Lime

lim(1) sidh; compare Arabic shad, "to plaster";(2) gir; compare Arabic jir, "gypsum" or "quick-lime";(3) 'abene-ghir):Sidh is translated "lime" inIsa 33:12, "And the peoples sha...

164

Limit

lim'-it (gebhul, "bound"): Occurs once inEze 43:12("limit" of holy mountain). "Limited" (Ps 78:41) and "limiteth" (horizo,Heb 4:7) are changed in the Revised Version (British an...

165

Line

lin (qaw, chebhel): Usually of a measuring line, asJer 31:39;Eze 47:3;Zec 1:16(qaw);Ps 78:55;Am 7:17;Zec 2:1(chebhel). Other Hebrew words mean simply a cord or thread (Jos 2:18,...

166

Lineage

lin'-e-aj (patria): Found only once inLu 2:4(the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "family"), and signifying the line of paternal family descent. A ...

167

Linen

lin'-en (badh, "white linen," used chiefly for priestly robes, buts, "byssus," a fine white Egyptian linen, called in the earlier writings shesh; pesheth, "flax," cadhin; bussos...

168

Lintel

lin'-tel.See HOUSE, II, 1, (4).

169

Linus

li'-nus (Linos (2Ti 4:21)): One of Paul's friends in Rome during his second and last imprisonment in that city. He was one of the few who remained faithful to the apostle, even ...

170

Lion

li'-un:(1) Occurring most often in the Old Testament is 'aryeh, plural 'ardyoth. Another form, 'ari, plural 'arayim, is found less often.1. Names:Compare 'ari'el, "Ariel" (Ezr 8...

171

Lip

(saphah, sepheth, "lip," "language," "speech," "talk" (also "rim," "border," "shore," "bank," etc.), sapham, "(upper) lip," "moustache," "beard"; cheilos, "lip" (also once, "sho...

172

Liquor

lik'-er: Every sort of intoxicating liquor except the beverage prepared from the juice of the grape (yayin), according to the usage of the Old Testament, is comprehended under t...

173

List

A variant of "lust" (see LUST), meaning "to wish," found in the King James Version ofMt 17:12parallelMr 9:13;Joh 3:8, as translation of thelo, and inJas 3:4as translation of bou...

174

Literature, Sub-Apostolic

lit'-er-a-tur, sub-ap-os-tol'-ik (Christian):I. EPISTLE OF CLEMENT TO THE CORINTHIANS1. Authorship and Date2. Occasion and Contents3. Apologetic Testimony4. Doctrinal Testimony5...

175

Litter

lit'-er (tsabh): (1) Used upon backs of camels for easy riding, made of a wooden frame with light mattress and pillows, also a covering above, supported by upright pieces, somet...

176

Little Genesis

SeeBOOK OF JUBILEES.

177

Lively; Living

liv'-li, liv'-ing (chay; zao): "Living," sometimes "lively," is the translation of chay (often also translated "life"); it denotes all beings possessed of life (Ge 1:21,24;2:7,1...

178

Liver

liv'-er (qabhedh, derived from a root meaning "to be heavy," being the heaviest of the viscera; Septuagint hepar): The word is usually joined with the Hebrew yothereth (see CAUL...

179

Living Creature

liv'-ing kre'-tur:(1) (nephesh chayyah, or nephesh hachayyah (nephesh, "breath" or "living things"; chayyah, "living"; compare Arabic nefs, "breath," chaiy, "living")): In the a...

180

Lizard

liz'-ard: The list of unclean "creeping things" inLe 11:29,30contains eight names, as follows:1. Names:(1) choledh, English Versions of the Bible "weasel" (which see);(2) `akhba...

181

Lo-Ammi

lo-am'-i (lo'-`ammi, "not my people"): The 2nd son and 3rd child of Gomer bath-Diblaim, wife of the prophet Hosea (Ho 1:9). An earlier child, a daughter, had been named Lo-ruham...

182

Lo-Debar

lo'-de-bar, lo-de'-bar (lo dhebhar): A place in Gilead where dwelt Machir, son of Ammiel, who sheltered Mephibosheth, son of Saul, after that monarch's death (2Sa 9:4), until he...

183

Lo-Ruhamah

lo-roo-ha'-ma, lo-roo-ha'-ma.See LO-AMMI.

184

Loaf

lof.SeeBREAD.

185

Locks

loks((1) tsitsith,(2) pera';(3) machlaphah,(4) qewutstsah):See in general the article on HAIR.(1) The first word, tsitsith, means really a tassel, such as is worn by the Jews on...

186

Locust

lo'-kust: The translation of a large number of Hebrew and Greek words:1. Names:(1) 'arbeh from the root rabhah, "to increase" (compare Arabic raba', "to increase").(2) sal`am, f...

187

Lod; Lydda

(lodh; Ludda):1. Scriptural Notices:Ono and Lod and the towns thereof are said to have been built by Shemed, a Benjamite (1Ch 8:12). The children of Lod, Hadid and One, to the n...

188

Loddeus

lod-e'-us (Loddeus; Swete reads Laadaios with Doldaiosas variant in Codex Alexandrinus; the King James Version Daddeus, Saddeus): The captain, who was in the place of the treasu...

189

Lodge

loj (lin; kataskenoo, etc.): To stay or dwell, temporarily, as for the night (Ge 32:13,21;Nu 22:8;Jos 2:1the King James Version;Jos 4:3;Lu 13:19;Mt 21:17, aulizomai), or permane...