International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Lake Of Fire

(limne tou puros): Found inRe 19:20;20:10,14(bis),15.Re 21:8has "the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone." The brimstone in connection with "the lake of fire" occurs also ...

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Lake Of Gennesaret

ge-nes'-a-ret.See GALILEE, SEA OF.

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Lakkum

lak'-um (laqqum; the King James Version, Lakum): An unidentified town on the border of Naphtali, named with Adami, Nekeb and Jabneel, apparently nearer the Jordan (Jos 19:33).

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Lama

See ELI, ELI, LAMA, SABACHTHANI.

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Lamb

lam:(1) The most used word is kebhes, "a young ram"; compare Arabic kebsh, "ram"; often of sacrifices; (feminine) kabhsah, or kibchsah, "ewe lamb" (2Sa 12:3); by transposition k...

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Lamb Of God

(ho amnos tou theou): This is a title specially bestowed upon our Lord by John the Baptist (Joh 1:29-36), "Behold, the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world!" In Te...

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Lame

lam (piceach, nakheh; cholos):(1) The condition of being unable or imperfectly able to walk, which unfitted any descendant of Aaron so afflicted for service in the priesthood (L...

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Lamech

la'-mek (lemekh; Lamech, "a strong youth"?):(1) The name is first mentioned inGe 4:18-24. Here Lamech, the son of Methushael, is named as the last of the descendants of Cain. He...

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Lamedh

la'-meth: The 12th letter of Hebrew alphabet; transliterated in this Encyclopedia as "1". It came also to be used for the number 30. For name, etc., seeALPHABET.

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Lament

la-ment'.SeeMUSIC.

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Lamentation

lam-en-ta'-shun.See BURIAL, III, 2; IV, 4, 5, 6.

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Lamentations, Book Of

lam-en-ta'-shunz,--The Lamentations of Jeremiah:1. Name:This is a collective name which tradition has given to 5 elegies found in the Hebrew Canon that lament the fate of destro...

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Lamp; Lampstand

lamp'-stand (nir, ner, lappidh, Phoenician lampadh, whence lampas; luchnos is also used): Ner or nir is properly "light" or "a light-giving thing," hence, "lamp," and is so rend...

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Lampsacus

lamp'-sa-kus.SeeSAMPSAMES.

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Lance; Lancer; Lancet

lans, lan'-ser, lan'-set. See ARMOR, III, 4, (3);1Ki 18:28the Revised Version (British and American) "lances."

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Land

((1) 'erets;(2) 'adhamah;(3) sadheh,"a piece of land";(4) ge, "earth";(5) agros, "field";(6) chora, "region";(7) chorion, diminutive of chora;(8) xeros, "dry land";(9) 'ezrach, ...

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Land Laws

SeeAGRARIAN LAWS.

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Land-Crocodile

(Revised Version (British and American))land-crok'-o-dil (koach; Septuagint chamaileon,Le 11:30; the King James Version Chameleon): Koach is found only here, meaning an animal, ...

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Landmark

land'-mark (gebhul, literally, "boundary"): The boundary may have been marked, as at present, simply by a furrow or stone. The iniquity of removing a landmark is frequently insi...

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Lane

lan (rhume): An alley or bypath of a city. Occurs once inLu 14:21, "Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city"; elsewhere translated "street," e.g.Mt 6:2;Ac 9:11; Ec...

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Language Of The New Testament

lan'-gwaj (Greek).See ARAMAIC LANGUAGE also:I. THE VERNACULAR "KOINE" THE LANGUAGE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT1. The Old Point of View2. The Revolution3. The Proof of the New Position(...

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Languages Of The Old Testament

lan'-gwaj-esI. THE SEMITIC LANGUAGES1. Members of Semitic Family2. The Name Hebrew3. Old Hebrew LiteratureII. HISTORY OF THE HEBREW LANGUAGE1. Oldest Form of Language2. The Hebr...

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Lantern

lan'-tern (phanos, phaino, "to give light"): Lanterns were carried by the mob which arrested Jesus in Gethsemane (Joh 18:3, probably better "torches"). The word "lantern" in the...

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Laodicea

la-od-i-se'-a (Laodikia): A city of Asia Minor situated in the Lycos valley in the province of Phrygia, and the home of one of the Seven Churches of Re (1:11). Distinguished fro...

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Laodiceans, Epistle To The

la-od-i-se'-anz, (en te Laodikeon ekklesia.... ten ek Laodikias, "in the church of the Laodiceans.... the epistle from Laodicea,"Col 4:16):I. EXPLANATIONS OF PAUL'S STATEMENT1. ...

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Lap

The word is the translation of three different Hebrew expressions: cheq (Pr 16:33), beghedh (2Ki 4:39), and chotsen (Ne 5:13, besides chatsen,Ps 129:7). In all these passages th...

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Lappidoth

lap'-i-doth, -doth (lappidhoth, "flames," "torches"; the King James Version, Lapidoth): Deborah's husband (Jud 4:4). The Hebrew name is a feminine plural like Jeremoth (1Ch 7:8)...