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Gesture

jes'-tur, jes'-tur: The Oriental is rich in gestures by which feelings are expressed and force added to words. Of this we have abundant illustration in the Bible. Almost every available part of the body was employed in gesture. In salutations the whole body was bowed, sometimes to the ground (Ge 18:...

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Feeble Knees

fe'-b'-l nez: The expression. is found in three places (one being a free quotation of another): Job 4:4, "Thou hast made firm the feeble (kara`, "bending," "bowing") knees," and Heb 12:12, "Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the palsied (the King James Version "feeble") knees." The Gree...

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Hebrews, Epistle to The

1. Summary of Contents: I. The Revelation of God in His Son (Heb 1:1-14-Heb 2:1-18). 1. Christ the completion of revelation (Heb 1:1-3). 2. Christ's superiority over the angels (Heb 1:4 ff). (1) Because lie is a Son (Heb 1:4-6). (2) Because His reign is eternal (Heb 1:7 ff). 3. The dangers of neglec...

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Knee; Kneel

ne nel ("knee," berekh; Aramaic 'arekhubbah; gonu; "kneel"; barakh; Aramaic berakh; gonupeto): Most of the uses are obvious, and the figurative use of "knees" as the symbol of strength (Job 4:4; Heb 12:12, etc.) needs no explanation. The disease of the knees mentioned in De 28:35 is perhaps some for...

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Straight; Straightway

strat, strat'-wa: "Straiglit" and "strait" are two entirely different words that have no connection with each other in English, the former being derived from the Anglo-Saxon, while the latter has come back from the Latin through the Romance. At some point still farther back, however, the two words m...