EAGLE
(Heb. nesher, i.e. a tearer with the beak). At least four distinct kinds of eagles have been observed in Palestine, viz., the golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos, the spotted eagle,...
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Smith's Bible Dictionary, Dr. William Smith, 1884.
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EARING
(Genesis 45:6; Exodus 34:21) Derived from the Latin arare, to plough; hence it means ploughing.
EARNEST
(2 Corinthians 1:22; 5:5; Ephesians 1:14) The Hebrew word was used generally for pledge, (Genesis 38:17) and in its cognate forms for surety, (Proverbs 17:18) and hostage. (2 Ki...
EARRINGS
The material of which earrings were made was generally gold, (Exodus 32:2) and their form circular. They were worn by women and by youth of both sexes. These ornaments appear to...
EARTH
The term is used in two widely-different senses: (1) for the material of which the earth’s surface is composed; (2) as the name of the planet on which man dwells. The Hebrew lan...
EARTHENWARE
[POTTERY]
EARTHQUAKE
Earthquakes, more or less violent, are of frequent occurrence in Palestine. The most remarkable occurred in the reign of Uzziah. (Zechariah 14:5) From (Zechariah 14:4) we are le...
EAST
The Hebrew term kedem properly means that which is before or in front of a person, and was applied to the east form the custom of turning in that direction when describing the p...
EASTER
(Acts 12:4) In the earlier English versions Easter has been frequently used as the translation of pascha (passover). In the Authorized Version Passover was substituted in all pa...
EBAL
(stone, bare mountain).One of the sons of Shobal the son of Seir. (Genesis 36:23; 1 Chronicles 1:40)Obal the son of Joktan. (1 Chronicles 1:22) comp. Genesis 10:28
EBAL, MOUNT
a mount in the promised land, on which the Israelites were to "put" the curse which should fall upon them if they disobeyed the commandments of Jehovah. The blessing consequent ...
EBED
(a servant). (Many MSS. have EBER.)Father of Gaal, who with his brethren assisted the men of Shechem in their revolt against Abimelech. (Judges 9:26,28,30,31,35) (B.C. 1206).Son...
EBEDMELECH
(a king’s servant), an Ethiopian eunuch in the service of King Zedekiah, through whose interference Jeremiah was released from prison. (Jeremiah 38:7) ff.; Jere 39:15 ff. (B.C. ...
EBENEZER
(stone of help), a stone set up by Samuel after a signal defeat of the Philistines, as a memorial of the "help" received on the occasion from Jehovah. (1 Samuel 7:12) Its positi...
EBER
(the region beyond).Son of Salah, and great-grandson of Shem. (Genesis 10:24; 1 Chronicles 1:19) (B.C. 2277-1813.) [For confusion between Eber and Heber see HEBER]Son of Elpaal ...
EBIASAPH
(1 Chronicles 6:23,37) [See ABIASAPH]
EBONY
(Ezekiel 27:15) one of the valuable commodities imported into Tyre by the men of Dedan; a hard, heavy and durable wood, which admits of a fine polish or gloss. The most usual co...
EBRONAH
(passage), one of the halting-places of the Israelites in the desert, immediately preceding Ezion-geber. (Numbers 33:34,35)
ECBATANA
Ezra 6:2 margin. In the apocryphal books Ecbatana is frequently mentioned. Two cities named Ecbatana seem to have existed in ancient times, one the capital of northern Media --t...
ECCLESIASTES
(the preacher). The title of this book is in Hebrew Koheleth, signifying one who speaks publicly in an assembly.Koheleth is the name by which Solomon, probably the author, speak...
ECCLESIASTICUS
one of the books of the Apocrypha. This title is given in the Latin version to the book which is called in the Septuagint THE WISDOM OF JESUS THE SON OF SIRACH. The word designa...
ECLIPSE OF THE SUN
No historical notice of an eclipse occurs in the Bible, but there are passages in the prophets which contain manifest allusion to this phenomenon. (Joel 2:10,31; 3:15; Amos 8:9;...
ED
(witness), a word inserted in the Authorized Version of (Joshua 22:34) apparently on the authority of a few MSS., and also of the Syriac and Arabic versions, but not existing in...
EDAR, TOWER OF
(accur. EDER, a flock), a place named only in (Genesis 35:21) According to Jerome it was one thousand paces from Bethlehem.
EDEN
A Gershonite Levite, son of Joah, in the days of Hezekiah. (2 Chronicles 29:12) (B.C. 727.)Also a Levite, probably identical with the preceding. (2 Chronicles 31:15)
EDEN
(pleasure).The first residence of man, called in the Septuagint Paradise. The latter is a word of Persian origin, and describes an extensive tract of pleasure land, somewhat lik...
EDER
(a flock).One of the towns of Judah, in the extreme south, and on the borders of Edom. (Joshua 15:21) No trace of it has been discovered in modern times.A Levite of the family o...