A Dictionary of the Holy Bible: Containing an Historical Account of the Persons; a Geographical Account of the Places; a Literal, Critical, and Systematical Description of Other Objects ... an Explication of the Appellative Terms ... the Whole ... Serving in a Great Measure, as a Concordance to the Bible. Extracted Chiefly from Calmet, and Others. Collated with Other Works of the Kind, with Numerous Additions from Various Authors, and a Considerable Quantity of Original Matter, Volume 1Griffin and Rudd, 1813 |
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... honour , and caused the people seventy elders . Aaron was spared ; to proclaim before it , " These be thy but Miriam ... honours of Aaron , thought to have people ; and seemingly by the false thrust themselves into the office of pretence ...
... honour , and caused the people seventy elders . Aaron was spared ; to proclaim before it , " These be thy but Miriam ... honours of Aaron , thought to have people ; and seemingly by the false thrust themselves into the office of pretence ...
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... honour was in so ill , that they led the people to re- being the native place of Elisha the quire a king of him . This happened prophet , 1 Kings xix . 16 . in the year of the world 2909 , before Christ 1191 , before the Vulgar Era 1195 ...
... honour was in so ill , that they led the people to re- being the native place of Elisha the quire a king of him . This happened prophet , 1 Kings xix . 16 . in the year of the world 2909 , before Christ 1191 , before the Vulgar Era 1195 ...
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... honour to be buried ABUNDANT , very large , as an in it . His corpse was cast into a overflowing stream , 1 Pet . i . 3 . pit , as the carcass of an ass , and a To ABUSE , to use persons or great heap of stones thrown over things from ...
... honour to be buried ABUNDANT , very large , as an in it . His corpse was cast into a overflowing stream , 1 Pet . i . 3 . pit , as the carcass of an ass , and a To ABUSE , to use persons or great heap of stones thrown over things from ...
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... honour at the right of good things to come , are not only hand of God ! Adam and Christ bear instructive and interesting in them- a striking resemblance in respect of selves , but acquire a weight and im- dominion and sovereignty ...
... honour at the right of good things to come , are not only hand of God ! Adam and Christ bear instructive and interesting in them- a striking resemblance in respect of selves , but acquire a weight and im- dominion and sovereignty ...
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... honour , and might , and dominion , " & c . The finest diamonds now in the world are , that of the late king of France , Louis XVI . weighing 136 caracts ; that of the duke of Tuscany , weighing 136 caracts , and worth 195,374 pounds ...
... honour , and might , and dominion , " & c . The finest diamonds now in the world are , that of the late king of France , Louis XVI . weighing 136 caracts ; that of the duke of Tuscany , weighing 136 caracts , and worth 195,374 pounds ...
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Abimelech Acts Ahab Ammonites Amorites ancient angels army Assyrians Babylon blessed called Canaan Chaldeans Chedorlaomer Christ Christian Chron church covenant David death denote Deut divine earth east Edom Egypt eternal Exod Ezek Ezra faith father favour feast flesh fulness glory God's gospel grace Heathen heaven Hebrews holy honour idolatry idols Israel Jehoram Jeroboam Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jews John Josh Judah Judea Judg king kingdom likened Lord Luke Matt Medes ment Moab Moses multitudes murder ness Numb Persian persons Philistines priests prophet Prov Psal punishment reign render Romans ruin saints Saul scripture Shechem signifies sinful soul Spirit Syria temple terrible ther things tion tribe viii wicked word worship xlix xvii xviii xxii xxiii xxiv xxix xxvi xxxi xxxii Zech
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Page 32 - And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept : and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; and the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
Page 27 - And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
Page 285 - He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Page 143 - And when he heard that it •> was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.
Page 198 - Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
Page 197 - And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
Page 188 - And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him. But whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to...
Page 27 - And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, and cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled : and after that he must be loosed a little season.
Page 80 - This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
Page 329 - When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.