International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Dothaim

do'-tha-im: Mentioned in Judith 4:6 and frequently in connection with the invasion of Holofernes. See next article.

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Dothan

do'-than (dothayin, dothan, "two wells," "double feast"; Dothaeim): A place to the North of Shechem whither Jacob's sons went for pasture for the flocks; where Joseph who follow...

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Double

dub'-'-l (shanah, "to repeat," as in counting; kaphal, "to fold over," or "double," as a cloth): A word used quite frequently in the Old Testament. Jacob ordered his sons to tak...

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Doubt

dout: This word, found only a score of times in the Bible, translates nevertheless about half as many different Hebrew and Greek originals with a corresponding variety of meanin...

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Dough

do. SeeBREAD.

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Dove

duv (tor, yonah; peristera; Latin Zenaedura carolinensis): A bird of the family Columbidae. Doves and pigeons are so closely related as to be spoken and written of as synonymous...

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Dowry

dou'-ri: In all Hebrew marriages, the dowry held an important place. The dowry sealed the betrothal. It took several forms. The bridegroom presented gifts to the bride. There wa...

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Doxology

dok-sol'-o-ji (doxologia, "a praising," "giving glory"): A hymn or liturgical formula expressive of praise to God, as the Gloria in Excelsis (an expansion ofLu 2:14), sometimes ...

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Drachma; Dram

drak'-ma, (drachme): The word is used in the Septuagint as the rendering of beqa`, "half-shekel," which must refer to the light standard for the shekel, as its weight was about ...

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Dragon

drag'-un (tannin, plural tannim, tannoth; drakon):Tannin and the plural tanninim occur 14 times, and in English Versions of the Bible are variously rendered "dragon," "whale," "...

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Dragon Well

(Ne 2:13the King James Version). SeeJACKAL'S WELL.

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Dragon, Bel And The

SeeBEL AND THE DRAGON.

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Dragon, Red

SeeREVELATION OF JOHN.

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Dram

SeeDRACHMA;MONEY.

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Drama Mimic

dra'-ma mim'-ik. SeeGAMES.

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Draught

draft (aphedron;Mt 15:17;Mr 7:19): "Closet," "sink" or "privy" (Rheims), literally, "place for sitting apart" (compare2Ki 10:27, "draught-house," and Mishna "water-house"). Acco...

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Drawer Of Water

dro'-er, (sho'ebh mayim, from sha'abh, "to bale up" water): In Syria and Palestine, outside of Mt. Lebanon and the Anti- Lebanon, the springs of water are scarce and the inhabit...

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Dream; Dreamer

drem, drem'-er (chalom, chelem; onar): In all time dreams and their interpretation have been the occasion of much curious and speculative inquiry. Because of the mystery by whic...

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Dredge

drej: A mixture of oats and barley (Job 24:6the King James Version margin; the King James Version "corn"; the Revised Version (British and American) "provender"). The Hebrew wor...

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Dregs

dregs: The "sediments," "lees," "grounds of liquor"; only in plural. In the King James Version it stands for:(1) Hebrew qubba`ath, "bowl," "chalice," found only inIsa 51:17,22: ...

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Dress

In the Hebrew and Greek there is a wonderful wealth of terminology having to do with the general subject of dress among the ancient Orientals. This is reflected in the numerous ...

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Drink

SeeFOOD;DRINK, STRONG.

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Drink Offering

SeeSACRIFICE.

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Drink, Strong

(shekhar; sikera; from shakhar, "to be or become drunk"; probably from the same root as sugar, saccharine): With the exception ofNu 28:7, "strong drink" is always coupled with "...

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Dromedary

drum'-e-da-ri, drom'-e-da-ri. SeeCAMEL.

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Drop, Dropping

"To drop" expresses a "distilling" or "dripping" of a fluid (Jud 5:4;Pr 3:20;So 5:5,13;Joe 3:18;Am 9:13; compare1Sa 14:26, "the honey dropped" (margin "a stream of honey"));Job ...

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Dropsy

drop'-si (hudropikos, "a man afflicted with hudrops or dropsy"): Both forms of this disease occur in Palestine, that in which the limbs and body are distended with water called ...