A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament: Including the Biblical Chaldee |
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absol ancient Arab Aram Bochart called Cant Chald Cheth cogn comp Conj constr denom denotes Deriv Deut Eccl Engl espec Esth Ethiop Ezra father genit Germ gerund hath Hebrew Hence Hieroz HIPH HITHPA i. q. Arab i. q. Heb i. q. Kal intrans Israel Jehovah Joel Josh Judah Judg Kamets Keri kindr king land Lehrg Metaph mountains n. m. 1 Chr NIPH noun obsol once one's oneself onomatopoetic pass perh pers PIEL plur poet præt priest prob pron prophet Prov PUAL Robinson's Palest root Ruth Sanser sense Sept Sheol signif sing Spec spoken subst suff Syria Talmud thee Thesaur thing thou tribe tribe of Judah unto verb Vulg whence word Zech Zeph יְהוָה
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Page 145 - If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee.
Page 123 - Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Page vii - Unwearied personal investigation,' said he, ' and impartial examination of the researches of others ; the grateful admission and adoption of every real advance and illustration of science ; but also a manly foresight and caution, which does not with eager levity adopt every novelty thrown out in haste and from love of innovation : all these must go hand in hand wherever scientific truth is to be successfully promoted.
Page 35 - Ezra viii. 36 ; satraps, the governors or -viceroys of the large provinces among the ancient Persians, possessing both civil and military power, and being in the provinces the representatives of the sovereign, whose state and splendour they also rivalled. Single parts or subdivisions of these provinces were under procurators or prefects, níriB; the satraps governed only whole provinces.
Page 51 - If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) 5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust.
Page 199 - And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
Page 58 - The sacred vestment worn by the high priest of the Jews over the tunic and outer garment. It was without sleeves, and divided below the arm-pits into two parts or halves, one falling before and the other behind, and both reaching to the middle of the thighs. They were Joined above on the shoulders by buckles and two large precious stones, on which were inscribed the names of the twelve tribes, six on each. The ephod was a distinctive mark of the priesthood. It was of...
Page 290 - After the secession of the ten tribes, the name of Judah was given to one of the two subsequent kingdoms, comprising the tribes of Judah and Benjamin ; and also a portion of Simeon and Dan, having Jerusalem for its metropolis. The other kingdom, was called Israel, and sometime!
Page 29 - Under this name, the Hebrews appear to have comprised not only the common hyssop of the shops, but also other aromatic plants, especially mint, wild marjoram, &c.
Page iii - LL. D., Professor of Biblical Literature in the Union Theological Seminary, New York. With Notes.