Love
luv ('ahebh, 'ahabhah, noun; phileo, agapao, verb; agape, noun): Love to both God and man is fundamental to true religion, whether as expressed in the Old Testament or the New T...
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Love-Feast
luv'-fest.SeeAGAPE.
Love, Brotherly
SeeBROTHERLY LOVE.
Lovely
luv'-li ('ahabh, 'ahebh; prosphiles): "Lovely" occurs only 4 times. In2Sa 1:23it is the translation of 'ahebh, "to be loved" ("Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant (the Ki...
Lover
luv'-er ('ohebh, 'ahebh): In the Old Testament 'ohebh, from 'ahebh, "to love," is sometimes "lover" in the sense of "friend," in the older English sense of the word (1Ki 5:1, "H...
Loves
luvz (Ps 45:1, title).SeePSALMS.
Lovingkindness
luv-ing-kind'-nes (hecedh): "Lovingkindness" in the King James Version always represents this word (30 times), but of hecedh there are many other renderings, e.g. "mercy" (frequ...
Low Country
SeeSHEPHELAH.
Lowland
lo'-land (shephelah; compare Arabic sufalat, "the lowest part"): The western part of Palestine, including the maritime plain and the foothills. There has been an attempt to rest...
Lozon
lo'-zon (Lozon): Head of a family of Solomon's servants (1 Esdras 5:33); called "Darkon" inEzr 2:56;Ne 7:58.
Lubim
lu'-bim (lubhim): A people mentioned in the Old Testament (2Ch 12:3;16:8;Da 11:43;Na 3:9). In all these cases the word is translated in the King James Version "Libyans"; in the ...
Lucas
lu'-kas, loo'-kas. InPhm 1:24the King James Version, for "Luke" (Revised Version).
Lucifer
lu'-si-fer, loo'-si-fer: The morning star, an epithet of the planet Venus.See ASTROLOGY, 11.
Lucius (1)
lu'-shi-us, lu'-shus (Loukios, Leukios): A Roman consul who is said (1 Macc 15:16 ff) to have written a letter to Ptolemy Euergetes securing to Simon the high priest and to the ...
Lucius (2)
(Loukios): This name is mentioned twice:(1) In the church at Antioch which sent out Barnabas and Saul as its missionaries were several prophets and teachers, among whom was Luci...
Lucre
lu'-ker, loo'-ker (betsa'>; kerdos): Literally, "gain" (1Sa 8:3;Tit 1:7), hence, in the New Testament always qualified by "filthy" (1Ti 3:8, "not greedy of filthy lucre" aischro...
Lud; Ludim
lud, lu'-dim, lood'-im (ludh, ludhim, ludhiyum, "Ludites"; Loud, Loudieim; Targum Onk: ludha'e):1. Two Different Nationalities:InGe 10:13Ludim appears as the firstborn of Mizrai...
Luhith, Ascent Of
lu'-hith, loo'-hith, ma`-aleh ha-luchith): A place named inIsa 15:5;Jer 48:5. It is clearly identical with the way, or descent, of Horonaim. Eusebius, Onomasticon places Luhith ...
Luke, The Evangelist
look, luk.1. Name:The name Luke (Loukas) is apparently an abbreviation for Loukanos. Old Latin manuscripts frequently have the words CATA LUCANUM as the title of the Third Gospe...
Luke, The Gospel Of
|| 1. Text2. Canonicity3. Authorship4. Sources5. Credibility6. Characteristics7. Date8. AnalysisLITERATURE1. Text:The five primary uncials (Codices Sinaiticus, Alexandrinus, Vat...
Lunatic(K)
lu'-na-tik:I. Epilepsy.1. Incorrect Translation:The English word "lunatic," which in popular speech signifies a sufferer from any mental derangement, whether periodic or chronic...
Lurk; Lurking-Place
lurk, lurk'-ing-plas: "To lurk" means "to lie in wait," usually with intent to do harm (seePs 17:12;Pr 1:11,18).Lurking-place, a place of hiding, usually for the purpose of murd...
Lust
(5 Hebrew and 5 Greek words are so rendered, namely:(1) nephesh,(2) sheriruth,(3) ta'awah,(4) chamadh,(5) 'awah;(1) epithumia,(2) hedone,(3) epipotheo,(4) orexis,(5) pathos):The...
Lute
lut (nebhel; thus the Revised Version (British and American); the King James Version viol (Isa 5:12)): Nebhel is rendered elsewhere by psaltery" or "viol." The lute was original...
Luz
(luz):The Hebrew word means "almond tree" or "almond wood" (OHL, under the word). It may also mean "bone," particularly a bone of the spine, and might be applied to a rocky heig...
Lycaonia
lik-a-o'-ni-a, li-ka-o'-ni-a (Lukaonia (Ac 14:6), Lukaonisti, (Ac 14:11, "in the speech of Lycaonia"); Lycaonia is meant, according to the South Galatian view, by the expression...
Lycia
lish'-i-a (Lukia): An ancient country forming the southeast portion of Asia Minor. The surface of Lycia is exceedingly rugged, and its lofty mountains rise almost directly from ...