International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Qir-Hareseth; Kir-Heres

kur-har'-seth, -ha-re'-seth> (qir-charesh,Isa 16:7; in2Ki 3:25the King James Version reads Kir-haraseth (pausal form)); (qir cheres,Jer 48:31,36; inIsa 16:11the King James Versi...

02

Qoph

kof (qoph): The 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet; transliterated in this Encyclopedia as q (intense k). It came also to be used for the number 100. For name, etc., seeALPHABET.

03

Quail

kwal (selaw; ortugometra; Latin Coturnix vulgaris): A game bird of the family Coturnix, closely related to "partridges" (which see). Quail and partridges are near relatives, the...

04

Quarrel

kwor'-el: Originally (1) "a complaint" (compare "querulous"), or (2) "a cause of complaint," and so (3) "a contention."(1) In the King James VersionMr 6:19(the Revised Version (...

05

Quarries

kwor'-iz (pecilim (Jud 3:19,26, "graven images"), shebharim (Jos 7:5, "Shebarim," the Revised Version margin "the quarries")):Pesilim is elsewhere translated "graven images" (De...

06

Quarter

kwor'-ter: Literally, of course, "the fourth part," and so of the four "ends" (qatsah) inJer 49:36, and the King James Version of the four "corners" (so the Revised Version (Bri...

07

Quartus

kwor'-tus (Kouartos): A Christian in Corinth who with "Erastus the treasurer of the city" sent greetings to the Christian community in Rome (Ro 16:23). He is known to Paul only ...

08

Quaternion

kwa-tur'-ni-un (tetradion): The name given to a company of four soldiers of Herod's army (Ac 12:4). To four such companies Peter had been handed over, who would take their turn ...

09

Queen

kwen: The Bible applies this term:(1) To the wife of a king ("queen consort") (malkah). In the Book of Esther it is the title given to Vashti (1:9) and Esther (2:22); compareSo ...

10

Queen Mother

(gebhirah, literally, "mistress," then a female ruler, and sometimes simply the wife of a king ("queen,"1Ki 11:19); inDa 5:10the term malketha' "queen," really means the mother ...

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Queen Of Heaven

(melekheth ha-shamayim, although there is another reading, mele'kheth, "worship" or "goddess"): Occurs only in two passages:Jer 7:18;44:17-19,25, where the prophet denounces the...

12

Queen Of Sheba

she'-ba (1Ki 10:1-13;2Ch 9:1-12, called in Mt 12:42; Lu 11:31, "the queen of the south" (basilissa notou)):1. Old Testament Accounts:The two Old Testament accounts of the coming...

13

Quench

kwench, kwensh: Where the word is used of fire or of thirst it has the usual meaning: "to allay," "to extinguish," "to suppress," "to cool." In the Old Testament it is frequentl...

14

Question

kwes'-chun: The noun for dabhar, "word," in1Ki 10:3parallel2Ch 9:2, with "hard question" for chidhah, "dark saying," "riddle," in1Ki 10:1parallel2Ch 9:1. In the New Testament fo...

15

Quick; Quicken

kwik, kwik'-'n: Translates in the King James Version four different words:(1) chayah,(2) michyah,(3) ruach, and(4) zao.Of these words (1) and (4) had simply the sense of life, a...

16

Quicksands

kwik'-sandz.SeeSYRTIS.

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Quiet

kwi'-et: Verb or adjective only in English Versions of the Bible, "quietness" being used for the noun. No special Hebrew or Greek words are represented, but in the Old Testament...

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Quintus Memmius

kwin'-tus mem'-us.See MEMMIUS, QUINTUS.

19

Quirinius

kwi-rin'-i-us.See CHRONOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, sec. I, 1, (2); LUKE, THE GOSPEL OF, sec. 5.

20

Quit

kwit: Same derivation as "quiet," so that "to be quit" (Ex 21:19,28;Jos 2:20the King James Version) is "to be relieved of responsibility," naqah, naqi, "guiltless" (so the Revis...

21

Quiver

kwiv'-er (ashpah, teli; pharetra (Sirach 26:12)): A case or sheath for carrying arrows, a part of the ordinary equipment of the warrior, both foot-soldier and charioteer (Job 39...

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Quotations In The New Testament

kwo-ta'-shunz,I. INTRODUCTORYLimitation of the DiscussionII. CONSTRUCTIVE PRINCIPLES OF NEW TESTAMENT QUOTATION1. Unity of the Two Dispensations2. Biblical Movement Planned from...