The Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature, Volume 1John Kitto Newman & Ivison, 1851 |
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... travellers and antiquarians offer , to meet the demands of the present time . The work , there- fore , owes its origin to the Editor's conviction of the existence of a great body of untouched materials , applicable to such a purpose ...
... travellers and antiquarians offer , to meet the demands of the present time . The work , there- fore , owes its origin to the Editor's conviction of the existence of a great body of untouched materials , applicable to such a purpose ...
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... travellers have been disposed to iden- tify it with Mount Nebo . It is represented as barren , its summit being marked by a wild pis- tachio - tree overshadowing a heap of stones . The precise appropriation of the three names , however ...
... travellers have been disposed to iden- tify it with Mount Nebo . It is represented as barren , its summit being marked by a wild pis- tachio - tree overshadowing a heap of stones . The precise appropriation of the three names , however ...
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... travellers in Eastern countries have borne testimony to the refreshment and delight they have experienced from the fruit of the melon . But we shall content ourselves with referring to Alpinus , who , having paid particular attention to ...
... travellers in Eastern countries have borne testimony to the refreshment and delight they have experienced from the fruit of the melon . But we shall content ourselves with referring to Alpinus , who , having paid particular attention to ...
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... . 2 ) ; and he states that there are here two vil lages , built on the opposite sides of the Barrada . The lively and refreshing green of this neigh bourhood is noticed by him and other travellers , and 12 ABILA . ABIJAH .
... . 2 ) ; and he states that there are here two vil lages , built on the opposite sides of the Barrada . The lively and refreshing green of this neigh bourhood is noticed by him and other travellers , and 12 ABILA . ABIJAH .
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John Kitto. bourhood is noticed by him and other travellers , and undesignedly suggests the propriety of the name of Abel , in its Hebrew acceptation of a grassy spot . ABILENE CABIλný , Luke iii . 1 ) , the small district or territory ...
John Kitto. bourhood is noticed by him and other travellers , and undesignedly suggests the propriety of the name of Abel , in its Hebrew acceptation of a grassy spot . ABILENE CABIλný , Luke iii . 1 ) , the small district or territory ...
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Page 62 - 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 24 - And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
Page 96 - How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
Page 27 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept : and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son...
Page 218 - ... of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth, and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
Page 274 - And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
Page 75 - If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
Page 322 - Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill : and he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein : and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
Page 325 - For an Angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
Page 234 - Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive ; Thou hast received gifts for men ; , Yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.