International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Deceivableness; Deceive

de-sev'-a-b'-l-nes, de-sev' (nasha', "to lead astray"): "The pride of thy heart hath deceived thee" (Jer 49:16), i.e. "Thy stern mountain fastnesses have persuaded thee that tho...

Decently

de'-sent-li (euschemonos): Only once is this word found in our English Bible (1Co 14:40). It is in the last verse of that remarkable chapter on the proper use of spiritual gifts...

Decision

de-sizh'-un: Has several different shades of meaning. It expresses the formation of a judgment on a matter under consideration. It expresses the quality of being firm or positiv...

Decision, Valley Of

SeeJEHOSHAPHAT, VALLEY OF.

Declaration; Declare

dek-la-ra'-shun, deklar': "Declare" is the translation of a variety of Hebrew and Greek words in the Old Testament and New Testament, appearing to bear uniformly the meaning "to...

Decline

de-klin' [(@cur], or sur, naTah): In the King James Version this word occurs 9 times in its original sense (now obsolete) of "turn aside." the Revised Version (British and Ameri...

Dedan; Dedanites

de'-dan, de'dan-its (the King James Version Dedanim, ded'-a-nim; dedhan, "low," dedhanim): An Arabian people named inGe 10:7as descended from Cush; inGe 25:3as descended from Ke...

Dedicate; Dedication

ded'-i-kat, ded-ika'-shun (chanukkah, "initiation," "consecration"; qadhesh, "to be clean," "sanctify"; cherem, "a thing devoted (to God)"): Often used in Hebrew of the consecra...

Dedication, Feast Of

ded-i-ka'-shun (ta egkainia,Joh 10:22): A feast held by the Jews throughout the country for eight days, commencing on the 25th Kiclev (December), in commemoration of the cleansi...

Deed

ded: Used in its ordinary modern sense in EV. In the Old Testament it is used to translates five Hebrew words: gemylah, literally, "recompense" (Isa 59:18); dabhar, literally, "...

Deep

(tehom; abussos,Lu 8:31the King James Version;Ro 10:7the King James Version; bathos,Lu 5:4; buthos,2Co 11:25):The Hebrew word ("water in commotion") is used(1) of the primeval w...

Deep Sleep

SeeSLEEP, DEEP.

Deer

der ('ayyal, feminine 'ayyalah, and 'ayyeleth (compare Arabic, 'ayyal and 'iyal, "deer" and 'ayil, "ram," and Latin caper and capra, "goat," caprea, capreolus, "wild goat," "cha...

Defame; Defaming

de-fam', de-fam'-ing: These words occur but twice in the King James Version, and are translations of dibbah, "slander," from dabhath, "to slander," or spread an evil report, and...

Defect; Defective

de-fekt', de-fekt'-iv (hettema, "loss," "a defect"): Occurs in1Co 6:7: "Nay, already it is altogether a defect in you (the King James Version "there is utterly a fault among you...

Defence

de-fens'. SeeCOURTS,JUDICIAL.

Defenced

SeeFORTIFICATION.

Defer

de-fur' ('achar (in Hiphil), 'arakh (in Hiphil), mashakh (in Niphal), "to postpone," more or less definitely; "delay": In Old Testament passages such asIsa 48:9;Eze 12:25,28;Da ...

Defile; Defilement

de-fil', de-fil'-ment (Anglo-Saxon, afylau, etc.; Middle English, defoulen, "make foul," "pollute," render (the King James Version) 9 Hebrew roots (the Revised Version (British ...

Defy

de-fi' (charaph, za`am): In1Sa 17:10,25,26,36,45(the story of David and Goliath) and kindred passages, this word is used in its most familiar sense--"to taunt," "challenge to co...

Degenerate

de-jen'-er-at: Only inJer 2:21, where Judah is compared to a "noble vine" which it "turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine." It represents Hebrew curim = "stray" ...

Degree

de-gre' (ma`alah, "a going up" or "ascent," hence, a staircase or flight of steps; "rank": tapeinos, "low"): By derivation it should mean "a step down" (Latin, de, down, gradus,...

Degrees, Songs Of

(shir ha-ma`aloth; Septuagint ode ton anabathmon; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A. D.) canticum graduum, the Revised Version (British and American) "a song of ascents")...

Dehaites

de-ha'-tez (dehawe'; the King James Version Dehavites): A people enumerated inEzr 4:9with Elamites, ere, as among those settled by the Assyrian king Osnappar (Assurbanipal) in S...

Dehort

Dekar

de'-kar (deqer, "lancer"): Father of one of Solomon's commissaries (1Ki 4:9the King James Version). SeeBEN-DEKER.

Delaiah

de-la'-ya (delayah, "God has raised"):(1) A descendant of David (1Ch 3:24; the King James Version "Dalaiah").(2) One of David's priests and leader of the 23rd course (1Ch 24:18)...