ESTHER, BOOK OF
one of the latest of the canonical books of Scripture, having been written late in the reign of Xerxes, or early in that of his son Artaxerxes Longimanus (B.C. 444, 434). The au...
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Smith's Bible Dictionary, Dr. William Smith, 1884.
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ETAM
(lair of wild beasts).A village of the tribe of Simeon, specified only in the list in (1 Chronicles 4:32) comp. Josh 19:7A place in Judah, fortified and garrisoned by Rehoboam. ...
ETAM, THE ROCK
a cliff or lofty rock, into a cleft or chasm of which Samson retired after his slaughter of the Philistines. (Judges 15:8,11) This natural stronghold was in the tribe of Judah; ...
ETHAM
(bounded by the sea), one of the early resting-places of the Israelites when they quitted Egypt; described as "in the edge of the wilderness." (Exodus 13:20; Numbers 33:6,7) Eth...
ETHAN
(enduring).Ethan the Ezrahite, one of the four sons of Mahol, whose wisdom was excelled by Solomon. (1 Kings 4:31; 1 Chronicles 2:6) His name is in the title of (Psalms 89:1)Son...
ETHANIM
[MONTH]
ETHBAAL
(with Baal), king of Sidon and father of Jezebel. (1 Kings 16:31) Josephus represents him as a king of the Tyrians as well as of the Sidonians. We may thus identify him with Eit...
ETHER
(abundance), one of the cities of Judah in the low country, the Shefelah, (Joshua 15:42) allotted to Simeon. (Joshua 19:7)
ETHIOPIA
(burnt faces). The country which the Greeks and Romans described as "AEthiopia" and the Hebrews as "Cush" lay to the south of Egypt, and embraced, in its most extended sense, th...
ETHIOPIAN
properly "Cushite," (Jeremiah 13:23) used of Zerah, (2 Chronicles 14:9) (8), and Ebed-melech. (Jeremiah 38:7,10,12; 39:16)
ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH, THE
a Jewish proselyte, (Acts 8:26) etc., who was treasurer of Candace queen of Ethiopia, but who was converted to Christianity on a visit to Jerusalem, through philip the evangelis...
ETHIOPIAN WOMAN
The wife of Moses is to described in (Numbers 12:1) She is elsewhere said to have been the daughter of a Midianite, and in consequence of this some have supposed that the allusi...
ETHNAN
(hire), one of the sons of Helah the wife of Ashur. (1 Chronicles 4:7)
ETHNI
(munificent), a Gershonite Levite. (1 Chronicles 6:41)
EUBULUS
(prudent), a Christian at Rome mentioned by St. Paul. (2 Timothy 4:21) (A.D. 64.)
EUNICE
(good victory), mother of Timotheus. (2 Timothy 1:5) (A.D. before 47.)
EUNUCH
"The English form of the Greek word which means bed-keeper. In the strict and proper sense they were the persons who had charge of the bed-chambers in palaces and larger houses....
EUODIA
[See EUODIAS]
EUODIAS
(fragrant), a Christian woman at Philippi. (Philemon 4:2) (A.D. 57.) The name is correctly EUODIA, as given in the Revised Version.
EUPHRATES
is probably a word of Aryan origin, signifying "the good and abounding river. " It is most frequently denoted in the Bible by the term "the river." The Euphrates is the largest,...
EURCQUILA
the word used in the Revised Version instead of euroclydon in (Acts 27:14) It is compounded of two words meaning east and north, and means a northeast gale.
EUROCLYDON
(a violent agitation), a tempestuous wind or hurricane, cyclone, on the Mediterranean, and very dangerous; now called a "levanter." This wind seized the ship in which St. Paul w...
EUTYCHUS
(fortunate), a youth at Troas, (Acts 20:9) who sitting in a window, and having fallen asleep while St. Paul was discoursing, fell from the third story, and being taken up dead, ...
EVANGELIST
(publisher of glad tidings). In the New Testament the "evangelists" appear on the one hand after the "apostles" and "prophets;" on the other before the "pastors" and "teachers."...
EVE
(life), the name given in Scripture to the first woman. The account of Eve’s creation is found at (Genesis 2:21,22) Perhaps that which we are chiefly intended to learn from the ...
EVI
(desire), one of the five kings or princes of Midian slain by the Israelites. (Numbers 31:8; Joshua 13:21)
EVILMERODACH
(the fool of Merodach), (2 Kings 25:27) the son and successor of Nebuchadnezzar. He reigned but a short time, having ascended the throne on the death of Nebuchadnezzar in B.C. 5...