Epistle
A letter; but the term is applied particularly to the inspired letters in the New Testament, written by the apostles on various occasions, to approve, condemn, or direct the con...
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American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
A Dictionary of the Holy Bible, American Tract Society, c. 1859, edited by W. W. Rand.
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Erastus
A Christian friend and fellow-laborer of Paul, a Corinthian, and chamberlain-that is, steward or treasurer-of the city. He followed Paul to Ephesus, and attended Timothy in a mi...
Erech
One of Nimrod’s cities in the plain of Shinar, Ge 10:10. A recent explorer finds its probable site in the mounds of primeval ruins now called Irka or Irak, a few miles east of t...
Esar-Haddon
Son of Sennacherib, and his successor as king of Assyria, 2Ki 19:37; Isa 37:38; B. C. 896. It is only said of him in Scripture that he sent colonists to Samaria, Ezr 4:2. He is ...
Esau
The son of Isaac, and twin brother of Jacob, Ge 25:1-34. He was the elder of the two, and was therefore legally the heir, but sold his birthright to Jacob. We have an account of...
Esdraelon, Plain Of
SeeJEZREEL.
Eshbaal
1Ch 8:33, the fourth son of Saul, generally called Ishbosheth. The wordBAAL, the name of an idol, was not pronounced by scrupulous Jews; they substitutedBOSHETH, confusion. For ...
Eshcol
1. An Amorite prince near Hebron, who joined Abraham in Pursuing the eastern host who had ravaged Sodom and taken Lot captive, Ge 14:13-14.2. The small and well-watered valley f...
Eshtaol
A town on the western border of Judah, afterwards given to Dan, Jos 15:33; 19:41. It is named in the history of Samson, Jud 13:25; 16:31.
Eshtemoa
A city of the priests in Judah, Jos 15:50; 21:14; 1Sa 30:28; traced by Robinson in the modern village Semua, south of Hebron.
Espousals
SeeBETROTHING,MARRIAGE.
Esther
A Persian name given to Hadassah, a daughter of Abihail, of the tribe of Benjamin. The family had not returned to Judea after the permission given by Cyrus, and she was born pro...
Esther, The Book Of
Has always been esteemed canonical, both by Jews and Christians, though certain additions to it, found in some versions and manuscripts, are apocryphal. Who was its writer is no...
Etam
A town in Judah near Bethlehem and Tekoa; a favorite resort of Solomon, and fortified by Rehoboam, 1Ch 4:3,322Ch 11:6. Its supposed site is now occupied by a ruined village ball...
Etham
A station of the Israelites soon after leaving Egypt, Ex 13:20; Nu 33:6. It lay near the head of the west gulf of the Red Sea, and the wilderness east of it was often called by ...
Ethan
1. One of four men renowned for wisdom, though excelled by Solomon, 1Ki 4:311Ch 2:6. He appears to have been a son of Zerah or Ezra, and grandson of the patriarch Judah.2. A Lev...
Ethanim
Constantly flowing, a month so named before the captivity, because the autumnal rains them begin to fill the dry river channels. It was afterwards called Tishri, and answers nea...
Ethiopia
One of the great kingdoms in Africa, frequently mentioned in Scripture under the name of Cush, the various significations of which in the Old Testament have been mentioned under...
Eunice
The mother of Timothy and daughter of Lois; she was a Jewess though her husband was a Greek, Ac 16:12Ti 1:5. She transmitted to her son the lessons of truth she herself had rece...
Eunuch
In the courts of oriental monarchs, the charge of the female and interior apartments is committed to eunuchs. Hence the word came to signify merely a court officer. Such were Po...
Euodias
SeeSYNTYCHE.
Euphrates
A famous river of Asia, which has its source in the mountains of America, runs along the frontiers of Cappadocia, Syria, Arabia Deserta, Chaldea, and Mesopotamia, and falls into...
Euroclydon
The wave-stirring easter, a tempestuous wind which came down on Paul’s ship on the south shore of Crete, and at length wrecked her upon Malta, Ac 27:1-44. The small island Claud...
Eutychus
A young man who was killed at Troas by falling from the window of a room in the third story, where Paul was preaching. His life was miraculously restored, Ac 20:6-12.
Evangelist
One who proclaims good news, either by preaching or writing. There were originally evangelists or preachers who, without being fixed to any church, preached wherever they were l...
Eve
The first mother of our race, and the cause of our fall. Her history is so closely connected with that of Adam that the remarks made in the articleADAMapply also to her. Her nam...
Evening
The Hebrews reckoned two evenings in each day; as in the phrase, "between the two evenings," Ex 12:6Nu 9:3 28:4. In this interval the Passover was to be killed, and the daily ev...