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Astronomy, I

1. The Ordinances of Heaven: ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia. To the sacred writers, the ordinances of heaven taught the lesson of Order--great, magnificent and immutable. Day by day, the sun rose in the east, "as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber" (Ps 19:5), and pursued...

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Fade

fad (nabhel; maraino): "To fade" is in the Old Testament the translation of nabhel, "to droop or wither," figuratively, "to fade," or "pass way" (Ps 18:45; Isa 1:30; 24:4; 28:1,4; 40:7-8); once it is the translation of balal "to well up," "to overflow"; perhaps from nabhal (Isa 64:6, "We all do fade...

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Fig, Fig-tree

fig'-tre (te'enah, plural te'enim, specially "figs"; paggim, "green figs" only in Song 2:13; suke, "fig-tree," sukon, "fig"): 1. Fig-Trees in the Old Testament: The earliest Old Testament reference to the fig is to the leaves, which Adam and Eve converted into aprons (Ge 3:7). The promised land ...

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Vine

vin: ⇒See a list of verses on VINE in the Bible. 1. Hebrew Words: (1) gephen, usually the cultivated grape vine. In Nu 6:4; Jg 13:14 we have gephen ha-yayin, literally, "vine of wine," translated "grape vine" (Numbers) and "vine," margin "grape vine" (Jgs); 2Ki 4:39, gephen sadheh English Versio...

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Host of Heaven

(tsebha' hashamayim): The expression is employed in the Old Testament to denote (1) the stars, frequently as objects of idolatry (De 4:19; 17:3; 2Ki 17:16; 21:3,1; 23:4 f; Jer 8:2; 19:13; Zep 1:5), but also as witnesses in their number, order and splendor, to the majesty and providential rule and ca...

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World, Cosmological

wurld, koz-mo-loj'-i-kal: 1. Terms and General Meaning 2. Hebrew Idea of the World 3. Its Extent 4. Origin of the World--Biblical and Contrasted Views 5. The Cosmogony of Ge 1:1-31--Comparison with Babylonian and Other Cosmogonies 6. Ge 1:1-31 and Science LITERATURE 1. Terms and General Meaning...

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Roll (Scroll)

rol: The usual form of book in Biblical times. It had been in use in Egypt for perhaps 2,000 years at the time when, according to the Pentateuch, the earliest Biblical books were written in this form. The Babylonian tablet seems to have been the prevailing form in Palestine up to about 1350 BC, but ...

Baptist History

Prophecy in the Book of Daniel

The Book Of Daniel And The Second-Temple Period 1. Introduction 2. Authorship and Authenticity 3. Prophecy in the Book of Daniel 3.1. The Genre of "Apocalyptic Prophecy" The prophecy in the Book of Daniel differs from that in other Old Testament prophetic books; it has certain distinctive traits tha...