International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Operation

op-er-a'-shun (ma`ashe, "work"; energeia, energema, "energy"): Twice used in the Old Testament of God's creative work (Ps 28:4,5;Isa 5:12). The Holy Spirit's inworking and power...

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Ophel

o'-fel (ha-`ophel (2Ch 27:3;33:14;Ne 3:26f; 11:21; and without article,Isa 32:14andMic 4:8; also2Ki 5:24)):1. Meaning of Name:There has been considerable divergence of opinion w...

111

Ophir

o'-fer, o'-fir ('owphiyr (Ge 10:29), 'owphir (1Ki 10:11), 'ophir):1. Scriptural References:The 11th in order of the sons of Joktan (Ge 10:29equals1Ch 1:23). There is a clear ref...

112

Ophni

of'-ni (ha-`ophni; Aphne): A place in the territory of Benjamin (Jos 18:24). The modern Jifneh, in a fine vale West of the road to Nablus and 2 1/2 miles Northwest of Bethel, mi...

113

Ophrah

of'-ra (`ophrah; Codex Vaticanus Aphra; Codex Alexandrinus Iephratha, etc.):(1) A town in the territory allotted to Benjamin named between Parah and Chephar-ammoni (Jos 18:23). ...

114

Opinion

o-pin'-yun (dea`, ce`ippim): "Opinion" occurs only 5 times, thrice in Job (32:6,10,17) as the translation of dea`, "knowledge," "opinion" (in the address of Elihu), and once of ...

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Opobalsamum

op-o-bal'-sa-mum: the Revised Version margin inEx 30:34.SeeSTACTE.

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Oppression

o-presh'-un: Used in the King James Version to translate a variety of Hebrew words, all of which, however, agree in the general sense of wrong done by violence to others. There ...

117

Or

or: The word is used once for either (1Sa 26:10), and is still in poetic use in this sense; as in, "Without or wave or wind" (Coleridge); "Or the bakke or some bone he breketh i...

118

Oracle

or'-a-k'-l:(1) A divine utterance delivered to man, usually in answer to a request for guidance. So in2Sa 16:23for dabhar ("word," as in the Revised Version margin). The use in ...

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Oracles, Sibylline

sib'-i-lin, -lin.See APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE, sec. V.

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Orator; Ortion

or'-a-ter, o-ra'-shun: The word "orator" occurs twice:(1) As the King James Version rendering of lachash; onlyIsa 3:3, "the eloquent orator," the King James Version margin "skil...

121

Orchard

or'-cherd:(1) pardec, from Old Persian, "a walled-in enclosure"; paradeisos, a word in classical Greek applied to the garden of Babylon (Diodorus Siculus xi.10) and to a game pa...

122

Ordain; Ordination

or-dan', or-di-na-shun (Latin ordinare, "to set in order" "to arrange"; in post-Augustan Latin "to appoint to office"; from ordo, gen. ordinis, "order," "arrangement"): In the K...

123

Order

or'-der (`arakh, "to arrange"; tassein (diatassein, taxis, tagma)): "Order" in Biblical phrases may indicate(1) arrangement in rows,(2) sequence in time,(3) classification and o...

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Ordinance

or'-di-nans:1. Old Testament Use:This word generally represents chuqqah, something prescribed, enactment, usually with reference to matters of ritual. In the King James Version ...

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Ordinances Of Heaven

See ASTRONOMY, sec. I, 1.

126

Ordination

or-di-na'-shun.See ORDAIN, ORDINATION.

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Oreb

In 2 Esdras 2:33 the King James Version for Mt.HOREB(which see; so the Revised Version (British and American)).

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Oreb; Zeeb

o'-reb, ze'-eb, zeb (`orebh, "raven," especially "crow"), and (ze'ebh, "wolf") (Jud 7:25;8:3;Ps 83:11,Isa 10:26(Oreb only)): Two Midianite chieftains captured and beheaded by th...

129

Oren

o'-ren ('oren; Aram, Alex. Aran): A son of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron (1Ch 2:25).

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Organ

or'-gan.SeeMUSIC.

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Orion

o-ri'-on: A brilliant constellation dedicated to Nimrod or Merodach.See ASTRONOMY, sec. II, 11.

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Ornament

or'-na-ment (`adhi, "adornment"): In common with all the Orientals, the Hebrews were very fond of wearing ornaments, and their tendency to extravagance of this kind often met wi...

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Ornan

or'-nan (1Ch 21:15).SeeARAUNAH.

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Orpah

or'-pa (`orpah; for meaning see below): A Moabitess, wife of Mahlon, son of Elimelech and Naomi. Unlike her sister Ru she returned to her own people after escorting Naomi on her...

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Orphan

or'-fan: This word occurs once only in the Old Testament (La 5:3, where it stands for yathom, elsewhere rendered "fatherless," and in the Septuagint always orphanos); in the Apo...