OAK
(Heb. strong). There is much difficulty in determining the exact meanings of the several varieties of the term mentioned above. Sometimes, evidently, the terebinth or elm is int...
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Smith's Bible Dictionary, Dr. William Smith, 1884.
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OATH
The principle on which an oath is held to be binding is incidentally laid down in (Hebrews 6:16) viz. as an ultimate appeal to divine authority to ratify an assertion. On the sa...
OBADIAH
(servant of the Lord),A man whose sons are enumerated in the genealogy of the tribe of Judah. (1 Chronicles 3:21) (B.C. 470.)A descendant of Issachar and a chief man of his trib...
OBAL
(stripped bare), son of Joktan, and, like the rest of family, apparently the founder of an Arab tribe. (Genesis 10:28) In (1 Chronicles 1:22) the name is written EBAL.
OBED
(serving).Son of Boaz and Ruth the Moabitess and father of Jesse. (Ruth 4:17) (B.C. 1360.) The circumstances of his birth which make up all that we know about him are given with...
OBEDEDOM
(servant of Edom).A Levite, described as a Gittite, (2 Samuel 6:10,11) that is, probably, a native of the Levitical city of Gath-rimmon in Manasseh, which was assigned to the Ko...
OBIL
(chief of the camels), a keeper of the herds of camels in the reign of David. (1 Chronicles 27:30) (B.C. 1050.)
OBLATION
[SACRIFICE]
OBOTH
(bottles), one of the encampments of the Israelites, east of Moab. (Numbers 21:10; 33:43) Its exact site is unknown but it was probably south of the Dead Sea, on the boundary be...
OCRAN
(troubled), an Asherite, father of Pagiel. (Numbers 1:13; 2:27; 7:72,77; 10:26) (B.C. before 1658.)
ODED
(restoring).The father of Azariah the prophet, in the reign of Asa. (2 Chronicles 15:1) (B.C. before 953.)A prophet of Jehovah in Samaria, at the time of Pekah’s invasion of Jud...
ODOLLAM
[ADULLAM]
OFFERINGS
[SACRIFICE]
OFFICER
It is obvious that most, if not all, of the Hebrew words rendered "officer" are either of an indefinite character or are synonymous terms for functionaries known under other and...
OG
(giant, literally long-necked), an Amoritish king of Bashan, whose rule extended over sixty cities. (Joshua 13:12) He was one of the last representatives of the giant race of Re...
OIL
Of the numerous substances, animal and vegetable, which were known to the ancients as yielding oil, the olive berry is the one of which most frequent mention is made in the Scri...
OIL TREE
(Heb. ets shemen). The Hebrew words occur in (Nehemiah 8:15) (Authorized Version "pine branches"), (1 Kings 6:23) ("olive tree") and in (Isaiah 41:19) ("oil tree"). From the pas...
OINTMENT
(An oily or unctuous substance, usually compounded of oil with various spices and resins and aromatics, and preserved in small alabaster boxes or cruses, in which the delicious ...
OLD TESTAMENT
I. TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. --History of the text. -A history of the text of the Old Testament should properly commence from the date of the completion of the canon. As regard...
OLIVE
The olive was among the most abundant and characteristic vegetation of Judea. The olive tree grows freely almost everywhere on the shores of the Mediterranean, but it was peculi...
OLIVES, MOUNT OF
"The Mount of Olives" occurs in the Old Testament in (Zechariah 14:4) only. In (2 Samuel 15:30) it is called "Olivet;" in other places simply "the mount," (Nehemiah 8:15) "the m...
OLIVET
(place of olives). (2 Samuel 15:30; Acts 1:12) [OLIVES, MOUNT OF, MOUNT, MOUNT, MOUNTAIN OF]
OLYMPAS
(heavenly), a Christian at Rome. (Romans 16:15) (A.D. 65.)
OMAR
(eloquent, talkative), son of Eliphaz the first-born of Esau. (Genesis 36:11,15; 1 Chronicles 1:38) (B.C. 1750.)
OMEGA, OR OMEGA
The last letter of the Greek alphabet. It is used metephorically to denote the end of anything (Revelation 1:8,11)
OMER
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OMRI
(pupil of Jehovah).Originally "captain of the host" to Elah, was afterward himself king of Israel, and founder of the third dynasty. (B.C. 926.) Omri was engaged in the siege of...