Smith's Bible Dictionary

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LASHARON

(the plain), one of the Canaanite towns whose kings were killed by Joshua. (Joshua 12:18)

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LATIN

the language spoken by the Romans, is mentioned only in (John 19:20) and Luke 23:38

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LATIN VERSIONS

[See VULGATE, THE, THE]

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LATTICE

this word is used for a latticed window or simply a network placed before a window or balcony. Perhaps the network through which Ahaziah fell and received his mortal injury was ...

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LAVER

In the tabernacle, a vessel of brass containing water for the priests to wash their hands and feet before offering sacrifice. It stood in the fore offering sacrifice. It stood i...

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LAW

The word is properly used, in Scripture as elsewhere, to express a definite commandment laid down by any recognized authority; but when the word is used with the article, and wi...

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LAW OF MOSES

It will be the object of this article to give a brief analysis of the substance of this law, to point out its main principles, and to explain the position which it occupies in t...

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LAWYER

The title "lawyer" is generally supposed to be equivalent to the title "scribe." The scribe expounded the law in the synagogues and schools. [See SCRIBES]

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LAYING ON OF HANDS

This "formed at an early period a part of the ceremony observed on the appointment and consecration of persons to high and holy undertakings;" (and in the Christian Church was e...

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LAZARUS

(whom God helps), another form of the Hebrew name Eleazar.Lazarus of Bethany, the brother of Martha and Mary. (John 11:1) All that we know of him is derived from the Gospel of S...

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LEAD

This is one of the most common of metals, found generally in veins of rocks, though seldom in a metallic state, and most commonly in combination with sulphur. It was early known...

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LEAF, LEAVES

The word occurs in the Authorized Version either in singular or plural number in three different senses.Leaf of a tree. The righteous are often compared to green leaves. (Jeremi...

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LEAH

(wearied), the daughter of Laban. (Genesis 29:16) The dullness or weakness of her eyes was so notable that it is mentioned as a contrast to the beautiful form and appearance of ...

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LEASING

(falsehood). This word is retained in the Authorized Version of (Psalms 4:2; 5:6) from the older English versions; but the Hebrew word of which it is the rendering is elsewhere ...

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LEATHER

The notices of leather in the Bible are singularly few; indeed the word occurs but twice in the Authorized Version, and in each instance in reference to the same object, a girdl...

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LEAVEN

Various substances were known to have fermenting qualities; but the ordinary leaven consisted of a lump of old dough in a high state of fermentation, which was mixed into the ma...

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LEBANA

(white), one of the Nethinim whose descendants returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. (Nehemiah 7:48) He is called Lebanah.

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LEBANAH

(white) in (Ezra 2:45)

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LEBANON

a mountain range in the north of Palestine. The name Lebanon signifies white, and was applied either on account of snow which, during a great part of the year, cover its whole s...

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LEBAOTH

(lionesses), a town which forms one of the last group of the cities of "the south" in the enumeration of the possessions of Judah, (Joshua 15:32) probably identical with Beth-le...

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LEBBAEUS

(a man of heart), one name of Jude, who was one of the twelve apostles.

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LEBONAH

(frankincense), a place named in (Judges 21:19) only. Lebonah has survived to our times under the almost identical form of el-Lubban. It lies to the west of and close to the Nab...

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LECAH

(progress), a name mentioned in the genealogies of Judah, (1 Chronicles 4:21) only, as one of the descendants of Shelah, the third son of Judah by the Canaanites Bath-shua.

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LEECH

[HORSE-LEECH]

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LEEKS

(Heb. chatsir). The leek was a bulbous vegetable resembling the onion. Its botanical name is Allium porrum. The Israelites in the wilderness longed for the leeks and onions of E...

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LEES

the coarser parts of a liquor, its sediment or dregs. "Wine on the lees" means a generous, full-bodied liquor. (Isaiah 25:6) Before the wine was consumed, it was necessary to st...

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LEGION

the chief subdivision of the Roman army, containing about 6000 infantry, with a contingent of cavalry. The term does not occur in the Bible in its primary sense, but appears to ...