International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Gracious

gra'-shus (chanan; charis): In general, the word means "to favor," "to show kindness" to an inferior and "to be compassionate." All Old Testament passages are derived from the s...

299

Graecia

gre'-sha.SeeGREECE.

300

Graft

graft (egkentrizo; the Revised Version (British and American) "graft"; the King James Version, "graff"): The word occurs 6 times inRo 11. Paul assumed that those living about Ro...

301

Grain

gran.SeeAGRICULTURE;GARNER.

302

Granary

gran'-a-ri.SeeGARNER;STOREHOUSES.

303

Grapes

graps.SeeVINE.

304

Grapes, Wild

(be'ushim,Isa 5:2,4): A word closely allied to bo'shah,Job 31:40, translated "cockle" (which see). It implies something noisome or worthless, but no particular fruit.

305

Grasp

grasp: The word harpagmos (Php 2:6), is rendered by the King James Version "robbery," by the Revised Version (British and American) "a prize," and by the American Standard Revis...

306

Grass

gras:(1) chatsir, from a root meaning "greenness"; compare Arabic Khudra, which includes grasses and green vegetables (1Ki 18:5;2Ki 19:26;Job 40:15;Ps 104:14, etc.).Isa 15:6is t...

307

Grasshopper

gras'-hop-er.SeeLOCUST.

308

Grate; Grating

grat, grat'-ing (mikhbar, resheth; the King James Version Grate): This "grating of network of brass" (Ex 27:4;38:4), called also "the net" (Ex 27:4f), and "grating of brass" (Ex...

309

Grave (1)

grav.SeeBURIAL.

310

Grave (2)

(Adj.).SeeGRAVITY.

311

Grave; Graving

grav'-ing.SeeCRAFTS;ENGRAVING.

312

Gravel

grav'-el (chatsats, from root chatsats, "to divide." Kindred roots have the meaning of "to cut," "to hew," "to sharpen," hence chets, "arrow" (2Ki 13:17;Ps 64:7and often); compa...

313

Gravity

grav'-i-ti (semnotes): The word, meaning properly "venerableness," "sanctity," is used in 2 Macc 3:12 of the "sanctity" of the temple. In1Ti 3:4the writer declares that a charac...

314

Gray

gra.SeeCOLORS;HOARY.

315

Grease

gres (chelebh, "fat," "suet"): The word occurs once in the metaphorical sense "prosperous," then dull, gross, brutal: "Their heart is as fat as grease" (Ps 119:70; compareIsa 6:...

316

Great; Greatness

grat, grat'-nes: "Great" occurs very often in Scripture. The chief words so translated are gadhol, rabh; megas, polus.(1) In the Old Testament many other terms are employed:(a) ...

317

Greaves

grevz.See ARMOR, ARMS, IV, 4.

318

Grecians; Greeks

gre'-shanz, greks: In the Old Testament the word "Grecians" occurs but once (Joe 3 (4):6). For references to Greece in the Old Testament seeJAVAN. In the King James Version of t...

319

Greece, Religion In Ancient

|| I. THE GREEK GODS1. Greek Myths2. Mythology Distinguished from Religion3. Local Shrines4. Epithets of the Gods5. Nature of the Gods of Worship6. Relation of Greek Gods to Nat...

320

Greece, Sons Of

"I will stir up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and will make thee as the sword of a mighty man" (Zec 9:13). The passage doubtless refers to the captive Hebrews wh...

321

Greece; Graecia

gres, gre'-sha;1. Name:In the earliest times there was no single name universally and exclusively in use either of the people or of the land of Greece. In Homer, three appellati...

322

Greek Language

SeeLANGUAGE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.

323

Greek Versions

SeeSEPTUAGINT;VERSIONS.

324

Greeks

SeeGRECIANS.