Dr. William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography, and Natural History, 4. köideHoughton, Miffin, and Company, 1890 |
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Acts Alex ancient Apostle appears Arabic Aramaic Assyria Bible body book of Samuel called Christ Christian comp connection David Deut Divine Egypt Egyptian Epistle Esdr Eusebius Ewald father Gesenius Greek Hebrew Irenæus Israel Israelites Jehovah Jerome Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jews John Jordan Josephus Josh Judah king lake land language latter Levites Lord Luke Macc Matt meaning mentioned Mishna Moses mountains narrative original Palestine passage Philistines plain probably prophet reference Rehoboam reign rendered Rephidim resurrection Roman Rome Sabbath sacrifice Sadducees salt Samaria Samaritan Samuel Saul says Scripture seems Septuagint Shaaraim Shechem Shechinah Shemitic Shishak Simon Solomon spirit supposed Syria Targum Temple tion translation tribe valley Version viii Wady word writers xvii xviii xxii xxiii xxiv xxvi xxvii
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Page 3068 - Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven ; And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Page 2768 - Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; but in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the Lord: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.
Page 2807 - And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.
Page 2711 - to be absent from the body, is to be present with the Lord.
Page 2708 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? Art thou become like unto us?
Page 3093 - Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, [And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul. And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
Page 3092 - And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks : And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of .Man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire.
Page 2860 - And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three Sabbath days reasoned with them out of the Scriptures ; opening and alleging, " that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead ; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
Page 2998 - Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion. Who shall rouse him up? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Page 3092 - Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said. Nevertheless I say unto you, hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.