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Aboard
·prep Across; athwart.
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aboard
Inside or upon a ship; the act of residing afloat; to hug the land in approaching the shore.
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Keep
·vt To have habitually in stock for sale.
II. Keep ·noun That which is kept in charge; a charge.
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to keep
To inhabit. Lord, where do you keep? i.e. where are your rooms? ACADEMICAL PHRASE. Mother, your tit ...
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keep
Food; subsistence; keeping. In a letter to his brother, Bishop Heber, speaking of Bishops' College c...
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keep
A strong donjon or tower in the middle of a castle, usually the last resort of its garrison in a sie...
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Land
·noun The ground or floor.
II. Land ·noun The inhabitants of a nation or people.
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land
How lies the land? How stands the reckoning? Who has any land in Appleby? a question asked the man a...
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land
1) a division in ploughing. N.
2) urine ; to lant or leint ale, to put urine into it to make it str...
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land
In a general sense denotes terra firma, as distinguished from sea; but, also, land-laid, or to lay t...
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sighting the land
Running in to catch a view.
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close-aboard
Near or alongside; too close to be safe. "The boat is close aboard," a caution to the officer in com...
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keep a good hold of the land
Is to hug it as near as it can safely be done.
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hut-keep
v.
to act as hut-keeper.
1865. S. Sidney, `Three Colonies of Australia,' p. 380
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stock-keep
v.
a quaint compound verb.
1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial Reformer,' c. x. p. 96(1890):
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to keep company
To court. A common term in the interior parts of New England, applied to a man whose visits to a lad...
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keep off
To fall to a distance from the shore, or a ship, &c. (See offing.)
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Shinar, The Land of
LXX. and Vulgate "Senaar;" in the inscriptions, "Shumir;" probably identical with Babylonia or South...
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Shual, The land of
Land of the fox, a district in the tribe of Benjamin (1 Sam. 13:17); possibly the same as Shalim (9:...
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Sinim, The land of
(Isa. 49:12), supposed by some to mean China, but more probably Phoenicia (Gen. 10:17) is intended.
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Tob, The land of
A district on the east of Jodan, about 13 miles south-east of the Sea of Galilee, to which Jephthah ...
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Uz, The land of
Where Job lived (1:1; Jer. 25:20; Lam. 4:21), probably somewhere to the east or south-east of Palest...
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lay the land, to
Barely to lose sight of it.
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make the land, to
To see it from a distance after a voyage.
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Benjamin, The Land Of
The proximity of Benjamin to Ephraim during the march to the promised land was maintained in the ter...
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Canaan, The Land Of
(lit. lowland), a name denoting the country west of the Jordan and the Dead Sea, and between those w...
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Shalim, The Land Of
(the land of foxes), a district through which Saul passed on his journey in quest of his father's as...
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Shalisha, The Land Of
one of the districts traversed by Saul when in search of the asses of Kish. (1 Samuel 9:4) only. It ...
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Shual, The Land Of
a district named in (1 Samuel 13:17) only. It is pretty certain from the passage that it lay north o...
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keep the pot a boiling
i. e. Don't let the game flag. A common expression among young people, when they are anxious to carr...
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Land League
·add. ·- In Ireland, a combination of tenant farmers and other, organized, with Charles Stewart Parn...
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Land-poor
·adj Pecuniarily embarrassed through owning much unprofitable land.
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Table-land
·noun A broad, level, elevated area of land; a plateau.
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land lopers
Vagabonds lurking about the country who subsist by pilfering.
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land lubbers
Vagabonds lurking about the country who subsist by pilfering.
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land pirates
Highwaymen.
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scratch land
Scotland.
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banana-land
n.
slang name for Queensland,where bananas grow in abundance.
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to re-land
To go on shore after having embarked.--Webster.
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land-loper
(Dutch, landlooper.) A vagrant; one who strolls about the country.--Bailey's Dict. Applied by sailor...
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land-lubber
(Dutch, landlooper.) A vagrant; one who strolls about the country.--Bailey's Dict. Applied by sailor...
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burthensome-land
land that yields good crops in general. York. Bus, to bus, to dress. N.
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catch-land
land which is not certainly known to what parish it belongs, and the minister that first gets the ti...
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old land
ground that has lain long untilled, and just ploughed up. The same in Essex is called new lands.
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ope-land
ground ploughed up every year ; ground that is loose and open. S.
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double-land
That appearance of a coast when the sea-line is bounded by parallel ranges of hills, rising inland o...
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drowned land
Extensive marshes or other water-covered districts which were once dry and sound land.
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land-blink
On Arctic voyages, a peculiar atmospheric brightness on approaching land covered with snow; usually ...
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land-breeze
A current of air which, in the temperate zones, and still more within the tropics, regularly sets fr...
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land-fall
Making the land. "A good land-fall" signifies making the land at or near the place to which the cour...
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land-feather
A sea-cove.
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land ho!
The cry when land is first seen.
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land-ice
Flat ice connected with the shore, within which there is no channel.
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land-louper
[Dutch.]
Meaning he who flies from this country for crime or debt, but not to be confounded with l...
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land-lubber
A useless longshorer; a vagrant stroller. Applied by sailors to the mass of landsmen, especially tho...
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land-sharks
Crimps, pettifogging attorneys, slopmongers, and the canaille infesting the slums of sea-port towns....
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land-slip
The fall of a quantity of land from a cliff or declivity; the land sliding away so as often to carry...
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land-turn
A wind that blows in the night, at certain times, in most hot countries.
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land-waiters
See landing-waiters.
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lubber-land
A kind of El Dorado in sea-story, or country of pleasure without work, all sharing alike.
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sunk land
Shallows and swamps.
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table-land
Land which is flat-topped, however it may be raised more or less above the ordinary level of the vic...
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totty-land
Certain heights on the side of a hill [probably derived from the Anglo-Saxon totian, to elevate].
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The
·vi ·see <<Thee>>.
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close with the land, to
To approach near to it.
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heading up the land water
When the flood-tide is backed by a wind, so that the ebb is retarded, causing an overflow.
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to keep it up
To prolong a debauch. We kept it up finely last night; metaphor drawn from the game of shuttle- cock...
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to keep it up
To prolong a debauch. 'He kept it up finely last night;' a metaphor drawn from a game of shuttlecock...
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keep her own
Not to fall off; not driven back by tide.
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keep your luff
An order to the helmsman to keep the ship close to the wind, i.e. sailing with a course as near as p...
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haul aboard the fore and main tacks
This is to haul them forward, and down to the chess-trees on the weather-side.
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fall aboard of, to
To strike another vessel, or have a collision with it. Usually applied to the motion of a disabled s...
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make free with the land, to
To approach the shore closely.
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No-man's land
·- Fig.: An unclaimed space or time.
II. No-man's land ·- A space amidships used to keep blocks, ro...
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Shalim, Land of
Land of foxes, a place apparently to the north-west of Jerusalem (1 Sam. 9:4), perhaps in the neighb...
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Shalisha, Land of
Probably the district of Baal-shalisha (2 Kings 4:42), lying about 12 miles north of Lydda (1 Sam. 9...
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Zuph, Land of
(1 Sam. 9:5, 6), a district in which lay Samuel's city, Ramah. It was probably so named after Elkana...
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Van Diemen's Land
the name given to the colony nowcalled Tasmania, by Abel Jansz Tasman, the Dutch navigator,in 1642, ...
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to break up land
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half-drowned land
Shores which are rather more elevated and bear more verdure than drowned land (which see).
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neck of land
Dividing two portions of water, or it may be the neck of a peninsula.
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no-man's land
A space in midships between the after-part of the belfry and the fore-part of a boat when it is stow...
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Jukes, The
·add. ·- A pseudonym used to designate the descendants of two sisters, the "Jukes" sisters, whose hu...
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Hermonites, the
(Ps. 42:6, 7) = "the Hermons", i.e., the three peaks or summits of Hermon, which are about a quarter...
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Sea, The
(Heb. yam), signifies (1) "the gathering together of the waters," the ocean (Gen. 1:10); (2) a river...
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Transfiguration, the
Of our Lord on a "high mountain apart," is described by each of the three evangelists (Matt. 17:1-8;...
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Word, The
(Gr. Logos), one of the titles of our Lord, found only in the writings of John (John 1:1-14; 1 John ...
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go, the
The dash. The mode. He is quite the go, he is quite varment, he is prime, he is bang up, are synonim...
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bag, the
Allowed for the men to keep their clothes in. The ditty bag included needles and needfuls, love-toke...
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Archite, The
(as if from a place named Erech, on the frontiers of Ephraim), the usual designation of David's frie...
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Arkite, The
from Arka, one of the families of the Canaanites, (Genesis 10:17; 1 Chronicles 1:16) and from the co...
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Ashurites, The
Only in (2 Samuel 2:9) By some of the old interpreters the name is taken as meaning the Geshurites; ...
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Bachrites, The
the family of Becher, son of Ephraim. (Numbers 26:35)
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Baharumite, The
[Bahurim]
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Barhumite, The
[Bahurim]
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Belaites, The
(Numbers 26:38) [Bela, 3]
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Beriites, The
A tribe of people who are named with Abel and Beth-maachah, and who were therefore doubtless situate...
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Berothite, The
(1 Chronicles 11:39) [Beeroth Of The Children Of Jaakan]
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Canaanite, The
the designation of the apostle Simon, otherwise known as "Simon Zelotes." It occurs in (Matthew 10:4...
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Canaanites, The
a word used in two senses:
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Chemarim, The
(those who go about in black, i.e. ascetics). In the Hebrew applied to the priests of the worship of...
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College, The
In (2 Kings 22:14) it is probable that the word translated "college" represents here not an institut...
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Danites, The
The descendants of Dan and the members of his tribe. (Judges 13:2; 18:1,11; 1 Chronicles 12:35)
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Elonites, The
(Numbers 26:26) [Elon, 2]
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Epicureans, The
derived their name from Epicurus (342-271 B.C.), a philosopher of Attic descent, whose "Garden" at A...
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Eranites, The
(Numbers 26:36)
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Eshkalonites, The
(Joshua 13:3) [Ashkelon, Askelon]
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Eshtaulites, The
with the Zareathites, were among the families of Kirjath-jearim. (1 Chronicles 2:53)
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Exodus, The
of the Israelites from Egypt. the common chronology places the date of this event at B.C. 1491, deri...
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Eznite, The
According to the statement of (2 Samuel 23:8) Adino the Eznite was another name for Jashobeam, a Tac...
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Ezrahite, The
(son of Zerah), a title attached to two persons-Ethan, (1 Kings 4:31; Psalms 89:1) title, and Heman,...
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Gadites, The
the descendants of Gad, and members of his tribe.
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Garmite, The
Keilah the Garmite, i.e. the descendant of Gerem, is mentioned in the obscure genealogical lists of ...
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Gazathites, The
(Joshua 13:3) the inhabitants of Gaza.
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Gazites, The
Inhabitants of Gaza. (Judges 16:2)
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Gederathite, The
the native of a place called Gederah, apparently in Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 12:4)
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Gederite, The
the native of some place named Geder or Gederah. (1 Chronicles 27:28)
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Gershonites, The
the family descended from Gershon or Gershom, the son of Levi. "THE GERSH0NITE," as applied to indiv...
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Gezrites The
The word which the Jewish critics have substituted in the margin of the Bible for the ancient readin...
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Gibeonites, The
the people of Gibeon, and perhaps also of the three cities associated with Gibeon, (Joshua 9:17)-Hiv...
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Giblites, The
[Gebal]
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Gileadites, The
(Numbers 26:29; Judges 10:3; 12:4,5), a branch of the tribe of Manasseh, descended from Gilead.
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Gilonite, The
native of Giloh. (2 Samuel 15:12; 23:34)
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Girgasite, The
(Genesis 10:16) or NEXT ENTRY ...
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Gizonites, The
(inhabitant of Gizoh). "The sons of Hashem the Gizonite "are named amongst the warriors of David's g...
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Gunites, The
the descendants of Guni, son of Naphtali. (Numbers 26:48)
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Hagerite, The
Jaziz the Hagerite, i.e. the descendant of Hagar, had the charge of David's sheep. (1 Chronicles 27:...
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Haggites, The
a Gadite family sprung from Haggi. (Numbers 26:15)
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Hamathite, The
one of the families descended from Canaan, named last in the list. (Genesis 10:18; 1 Chronicles 1:16...
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Hamulites, The
the family of the preceding. (Numbers 26:21)
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Harodite, The
the designation of two of the thirty-seven warriors of David's guard, Shammah and Elika, (2 Samuel 2...
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Hebronites, The
A family of Kohathite Levites, descendants of Hebron the son of Kohath. (Numbers 3:27; 26:58; 1 Chro...
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Hepherites, The
the family of Hepher the son of Gilead. (Numbers 26:32)
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Hermonites, The
Properly "the Hermons," with reference to the three summits of Mount Hermon. (Psalms 42:6) (Psal 42:...
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Huphamites, The
descendants of Hupham, of the tribe of Benjamin. (Numbers 26:39)
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Jimnites, The
descendants of the preceding. (Numbers 26:44)
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Kenite, The
and Ken'ites (smiths), The, inhabited the rocky and desert region between southern Palestine and the...
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Machirites, The
the descendants of Machir the father of Gilead. (Numbers 26:29)
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Mahavite, The
the designation of Eliel, one of the warriors of King David's guard, whose name is preserved in the ...
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Manassites, The
that is, the members of the tribe of Manasseh. (4:43; Judges 12:4; 2 Kings 10:33)
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Maonites, The
a people mentioned in one of the addresses of Jehovah to the repentant Israelites, (Judges 10:12) el...
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Mecherathite, The
that is, the native or inhabitant of a place called Mecherah. (1 Chronicles 11:36) In the parallel l...
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Median, The
Darius, "the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes," (Daniel 9:1) or "the Mede," ch. (Daniel 11...
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Meholathite, The
a word occurring once only- (1 Samuel 18:19) It no doubt denotes that Adriel belonged to a place cel...
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Mehunims, The
a people against whom King Uzziah waged a successful war. (2 Chronicles 26:7) The name is the plural...
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Meronothithe, The
that is, the native of the place called probably Meronoth, of which, however, no further traces have...
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Mesobaite, The
a title attached to the name of Jasiel. (1 Chronicles 11:47) It is impossible to pronounce with any ...
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Mishraites, The
the fourth of the four "families of Kirjath-jearim," i.e. colonies proceeding therefrom and founding...
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Mithnite, The
the designation of Joshaphat, one of David's guard in the catalogue of (1 Chronicles 11:43)
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Morasthite, The
that is, the native of a place named Moresheth. It occurs twice- (Jeremiah 26:18; Micah 1:1)-each ti...
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Naamites, The
the family descended from Naaman, the grandson of Benjamin. (Numbers 28:40) only.
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Nehelamite, The
the designation of a man named Shemaiah, a false prophet, who went with the captivity to Babylon. (J...
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Pelonite, The
Two of David's men, Helez and Ahijah, are called Pelonites. (1 Chronicles 11:27,36) (B.C. about 1015...
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Pentateuch, The
is the Greek name given to the five books commonly called the "five books of Moses." This title is d...
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Perizzite, The
and Per'izzites (belonging to a village), one of the nations inhabiting the land of promise before a...
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Pharzites. The
the descendants of Parez the son of Judah. (Numbers 26:20)
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Plague, The
The plague is considered to be a severe kind of typhus, accompanied by buboes (tumors).-Like the cho...
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Praltite, The
Helez "the Paltite" is named in (2 Samuel 23:26) among David's mighty men. (B.C. 1015.)
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Puhites, The
According to (1 Chronicles 2:53) the "Puhites" or "Puthites" belonged to the families of Kirjath-jea...
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Punites, The
the descendants of Pua, or Puvah, the son of Issachar. (Numbers 26:23)
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Quicksands, The
more properly THE Syrtis, The, (Acts 27:17) the broad a deep bight on the north African coast betwee...
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Ramathite, The
Shimei the Ramathite, i.e. a native of Ramah, had charge of the royal vineyards of King David. (1 Ch...
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Sardites, The
descendants of Sered the son of Zebulun. (Numbers 26:26) (In the Revised Version of (Revelation 4:3)...
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Shaalbonite, The
Eliahba the Shaalbonite was one of David's thirty seven heroes. (2 Samuel 23:32; 1 Chronicles 11:33)...
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Shearinghouse, The
a place on the road between Jezreel and Samaria, at which Jehu, on his way to the latter, encountere...
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Shechemites, The
the family of Shechem son of Gilead. (Numbers 26:31) comp. Josh 17:2
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Sheepgate, The
one of the gates of Jerusalem as rebuilt by Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 3:1,32; 12:39) It stood between the ...
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Sheepmarket, The
(John 5:2) The world "market" is an interpolation of our translators. We ought probably to supply th...
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Shelanites, The
the descendants of Shelah. 1. (Numbers 26:20)
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Shemidaites, The
the descendants of Shemida the son of Gilead. (Numbers 26:32)
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Shillemites, The
[Shillem]
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Shilonite, The
that is, the native or resident of Shiloh; a title ascribed only to Ahijah. (1 Kings 11:29; 12:15; 1...
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Shilonites, The
are mentioned among the descendants of Judah dwelling in Jerusalem at a date difficult to (1 Chronic...
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Shimites, The
the descendants of Shimei the son of Gershon. (Numbers 3:21)
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Shimronites, The
[Shimron]
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Shiphmite The
probably, though not certainly, the native of Shepham. (1 Chronicles 27:27)
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Shuhamites, The
[Shuham]
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Shulamite, The
one of the personages in the poem of Solomon's (Song of Solomon 6:13) The name denotes a woman belon...
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Shumathites, The
one of the four families who sprang from Kirjath-jearim. (1 Chronicles 2:53)
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Shunammite, The
i.e. the native of Shunem, is applied to two persons: Abishag, the nurse of King David, (1 Kings 1:3...
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Shunites, The
the descendants of Shuni.
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Shuphamites, The
the descendants of Shupham or Shephupham, the Benjamite. (Numbers 26:3)
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Shuthalhites, The
[Shuthelah]
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Syrtis, The
(Acts 27:17) in the Revised Version in place of "quicksands" in the Authorized Version. It was the w...
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Tachmonite, The
"The Tachmonite that sat in the seat," chief among David's captains, (2 Samuel 23:8) Isa in 1Chr 11:...
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Tahanites, The
(Numbers 26:35) [Tahan]
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Tarpelites, The
A race of Assyrian colonists who were planted int he cites of Samaria after the captivity of the nor...
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Tekoite, The
Ira ben-Ikkesh, one of David's warriors, is thus designated. (2 Samuel 23:26; 1 Chronicles 11:28; 27...
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Thresholds, The
This word, Asuppe, appears to be inaccurately rendered in (Nehemiah 12:25) though its real force has...
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Timnite, The
Samson's father-in-law, a native of Timnathah. (Judges 15:6)
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Tirathites, The
one of the three families of scribes residing at Jabez, (1 Chronicles 2:55) the others being the Shi...
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Tishbite, The
the well-known designation of Elijah. (1 Kings 17:1; 21:17,28; 2 Kings 1:3,8; 9:36) The name natural...
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Tizite, The
the designation of Joha, one of the heroes of David's army. (1 Chronicles 11:45) It occurs nowhere e...
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Tolaites, The
the descendants of Tola the son of Issachar. (Numbers 26:23)
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Transfiguration, The
(The event in the earthly life of Christ which marks the culminating point in his public ministry, a...
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Uzzielites, The
the descendants of Uzziel, and one of the four great families of the Kohathites. (Numbers 3:27; 1 Ch...
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Vulgate, The
the Latin version of the Bible. The influence which it exercised upon western Christianity is scarce...
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