Cyclopædia of biblical literature, abridged [by J. Taylor] from the larger work [ed.] by J. Kitto1849 |
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... Greek word means literally without bottom , but actually deep , profound . In the New Testament it is used as a noun to describe Hades , or the place of the dead gene- rally ( Rom . x . 7 ) ; but more especially that part of Hades in ...
... Greek word means literally without bottom , but actually deep , profound . In the New Testament it is used as a noun to describe Hades , or the place of the dead gene- rally ( Rom . x . 7 ) ; but more especially that part of Hades in ...
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... Greek authors , Ecbatana ) , a city in Media . The name seems to have been applied exclusively to cities having a ... Greeks called it ECDIPPA ; and it still survives under the name of ZIB . It is upon the Mediterranean coast , about ten ...
... Greek authors , Ecbatana ) , a city in Media . The name seems to have been applied exclusively to cities having a ... Greeks called it ECDIPPA ; and it still survives under the name of ZIB . It is upon the Mediterranean coast , about ten ...
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... Greek and Latin languages . In all the Roman provinces such men were found , who devoted their time and labour to the pleading of causes and the trans- acting of other legal business in the provincial courts . It also appears that many ...
... Greek and Latin languages . In all the Roman provinces such men were found , who devoted their time and labour to the pleading of causes and the trans- acting of other legal business in the provincial courts . It also appears that many ...
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... Greeks gave to these vessels the name of the 21 . city from which they came . This name was eventually extended to the stone of which they were formed ; and at length it was ... Greek representative of Persian majesty , reigned over a.
... Greeks gave to these vessels the name of the 21 . city from which they came . This name was eventually extended to the stone of which they were formed ; and at length it was ... Greek representative of Persian majesty , reigned over a.
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John Kitto James TAYLOR (D.D., of Glasgow.) ALEXANDER Greek representative of Persian majesty , reigned over a less extended district than the last Da- rius . Not only were Egypt and Cyprus severed from the Eastern empire , but ...
John Kitto James TAYLOR (D.D., of Glasgow.) ALEXANDER Greek representative of Persian majesty , reigned over a less extended district than the last Da- rius . Not only were Egypt and Cyprus severed from the Eastern empire , but ...
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Page 300 - And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed, and went behind them ; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them : And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel ; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these : so that the one came not near the other all the night.
Page 373 - For this child I prayed ; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him : Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD ; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD.
Page 26 - And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
Page 334 - Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the mighty One of Israel.
Page 350 - And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants : and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Page 281 - Now therefore thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
Page 280 - And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening: and he drank of the brook.
Page 208 - Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul ; and I of Apollos ; and I of Cephas ; and I of Christ.
Page 322 - And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you...
Page 293 - And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who ? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou earnest, and have blessed him ? yea, and he shall be blessed.