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Lay
·vt A plan; a scheme.
II. Lay ·noun An obligation; a vow.
III. Lay ·Impf of Lie, to recline.
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lay
Enterprize, pursuit, or attempt: to be sick of the lay. It also means a hazard or chance: he stands ...
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lay
1) Terms or conditions of a bargain; price. Ex. 'I bought the articles at a good lay;' 'He bought hi...
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By
(·pref.) Against.
II. By ·adv Aside; as, to lay by; to put by.
III. By (·pref.) On; along; in trav...
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By
In the expression "by myself" (A.V., 1 Cor. 4:4), means, as rendered in the Revised Version, "agains...
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by
On or close to the wind.
♦ Full and by, not to lift or shiver the sails; rap-full.
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by the bye
To Mr. Richardson we are indebted for a fuller examination of this phrase, than other lexicographers...
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by the board
Over the ship's side. When a mast is carried away near the deck it is said to go by the board.
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by the head
When a ship is deeper forward than abaft.
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by the lee
The situation of a vessel going free, when she has fallen off so much as to bring the wind round her...
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by the stern
When the ship draws more water abaft than forward. (See by the head.)
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by the wind
Is when a ship sails as nearly to the direction of the wind as possible. (See full and by.) In gener...
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By and by
Immediately (Matt. 13:21; R.V., "straightway;" Luke 21:9).
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lay in the oars
Unship them from the rowlocks, and place them fore and aft in the boat.
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lay the land, to
Barely to lose sight of it.
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Lay reader
·add. ·- A layman authorized to read parts of the public service of the church.
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Lay shaft
·add. ·noun ·Alt. of <<Layshaft>>.
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chiving lay
Cutting the braces of coaches behind, on which the coachman quitting the box, an accomplice robs the...
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clouting lay
Picking pockets of handkerchiefs.
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drag lay
Waiting in the streets to rob carts or waggons.
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dub lay
Robbing houses by picking the locks.
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fam lay
Going into a goldsmith's shop, under pretence of buying a wedding ring, and palming one or two, by d...
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kid lay
Rogues who make it their business to defraud young apprentices, or errand-boys, of goods committed t...
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mill lay
To force open the doors of houses in order to rob them.
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peter lay
The department of stealing portmanteaus, trunks, &c.
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prad lay
Cutting bags from behind horses. CANT.
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roost lay
Stealing poultry.
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smug lay
Persons who pretend to be smugglers of lace and valuable articles; these men borrow money of publica...
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toby lay
The highway. High toby man; a highway-man. Low toby man; a footpad.
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o'er- lay
a surcingle. Lane.
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lay, to
To come or go; as, lay aloft, lay forward, lay aft, lay out. This is not the neuter verb lie mispron...
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lay-days
The time allowed for shipping or discharging a cargo; and if not done within the term, fair weather ...
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lay in
The opposite of lay out. The order for men to come in from the yards after reefing or furling. It al...
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lay lords
The civil members of the admiralty board.
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lay-to
To bring the weather-bow to the sea, with one sail set, and the helm lashed a-lee. (See lie-to, to.)...
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(St.) Andrew by the Wardrobe
On the east side of St. Andrew's Hill at No.35, on. the north side of Queen Victoria Street (P.O. Di...
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(St.) Bartholomew by the Exchange
At the south-east corner of Bartholomew Lane. In Broad Street Ward. The parish is in Broad Street an...
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(St.) James' by the Thames
See St. James' Garlickhithe.
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(St.) Martin by the Thames
See St. Martin Vintry.
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go by the ground
A little short person, man or woman.
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lies by the wall
i. c. is dead. Spoken between the time of death and burial. Norf. and Suff.
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brought by the lee
See bring by the lee, to.
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By-bidder
·noun One who bids at an auction in behalf of the auctioneer or owner, for the purpose of running up...
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By-blow
·noun An illegitimate child; a bastard.
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By-corner
·noun A private corner.
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By-dependence
·noun An appendage; that which depends on something else, or is distinct from the main dependence; a...
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By-drinking
·noun A drinking between meals.
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By-election
·noun An election held by itself, not at the time of a general election.
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By-end
·noun Private end or interest; secret purpose; selfish advantage.
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By-interest
·noun Self-interest; private advantage.
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By-lane
·noun A private lane, or one opening out of the usual road.
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By-law
·noun A local or subordinate law; a private law or regulation made by a corporation for its own gove...
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By-name
·noun A <<Nickname>>.
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By-pass
·noun A by-passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divert circulation from the usual course.
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By-passage
·noun A passage different from the usual one; a byway.
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By-past
·adj Past; gone by.
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By-place
·noun A retired or private place.
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By-product
·noun A secondary or additional product; something produced, as in the course of a manufacture, in a...
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By-respect
·noun Private end or view; by-interest.
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By-room
·noun A private room or apartment.
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By-speech
·noun An incidental or casual speech, not directly relating to the point.
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By-spell
·noun A <<Proverb>>.
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By-street
·noun A separate, private, or obscure street; an out of the way or cross street.
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By-stroke
·noun An accidental or a slyly given stroke.
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By-turning
·noun An obscure road; a way turning from the main road.
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By-view
·noun A private or selfish view; self-interested aim or purpose.
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By-walk
·noun A secluded or private walk.
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By-wash
·noun The outlet from a dam or reservoir; also, a cut to divert the flow of water.
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By-wipe
·noun A secret or side stroke, as of raillery or sarcasm.
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Go-by
·noun A passing without notice; intentional neglect; thrusting away; a shifting off; adieu; as, to g...
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Good-by
(·noun / ·interj) ·Alt. of Good-bye.
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Hang-by
·noun A dependent; a hanger-on;
— so called in contempt.
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Passer-by
·noun One who goes by; a passer.
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Stand-by
·noun One who, or that which, stands by one in need; something upon which one relies for constant us...
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Stander-by
·noun One who stands near; one who is present; a bystander.
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By-ways
Only in Judg. 5:6 and Ps. 125:5; literally "winding or twisted roads." The margin has "crooked ways....
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By-word
Hebrew millah (Job 30:9), a word or speech, and hence object of talk; Hebrew mashal (Ps. 44:14), a p...
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the go by
To give one the go by is to deceive him; to leave him in the lurch.--Craven Glossary.
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to set by
To regard; to esteem.--Johnson. Norfolk and Craven Glossaries. These are very old expressions, and w...
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bime-by
By-and-by, soon, in a short time.
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by-bidder
A person employed at public auctions to bid on articles put up for sale, in order to obtain higher p...
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by gosh!
An inoffensive oath, used mostly in New England. Negroes often say, By Golly!
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by gum!
The same as the preceding. It is also noticed by Moor in his Suffolk Glossary.
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by-wash
The outlet of water from a dam or discharge channel.
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for-by
Near to; adjacent.
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go by
stratagem
♦ To give her the go by, is to escape by deceiving.
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stand by!
The order to be prepared; to look out to fire when directed.
To stand by a rope, is to take hold o...
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The
·vi ·see <<Thee>>.
II. The (·art·def) A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their me...
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to get the wrong pig by the tail
is to make a mistake in selecting a person for any object. If a charge is made against a man, who on...
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(St.) Nicholas' Chapel, by the Tower
See SS. Mary and Nicholas Chapel by the Tower of London.
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bring by the lee, to
To incline so rapidly to leeward of the course when the ship sails large, or nearly before the wind,...
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let go by the run
, or let go by the run.
Cast off at once.
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run, to lower by the
To let go altogether, instead of lowering with a turn on a cleat or bitt-head.
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by hook or by crook
One way or other; by any expedient.--Johnson.
It can't be done by hook or crook,
Unless your Highn...
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Little Conduit by the Stocks Market
Erected about 1500 (S. 18). In Walbrook Ward. Removed after the Fire 1666 (Strype, ed. 1720, I. i. 2...
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by the skin of one's teeth
When a man has made a narrow escape from any dilemma, it is a common remark to say, that he has save...
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(St.) Andrew by Aldgate
Apparently St. Andrew Undershaft (q.v.).
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(St.) Katherine by Alegate
See St. Katherine Cree Churchyard.
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cheek by jowl
Side by side, hand to fist.
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fly-by-night
You old fly-by-night; an ancient term of reproach to an old woman, signifying that she was a witch, ...
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to set much by
To regard; to esteem.--Johnson. Norfolk and Craven Glossaries. These are very old expressions, and w...
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to set store by
To value; esteem; regard. This sense of the word store is not noticed by the English or American lex...
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by good rights
By right, by strict justice; as, "By good rights Mr. Clay ought to be President of the United States...
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go-by-ground
a little go-by-ground ; a diminutive person.
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holy-by-zont
a ridiculous figure. N.
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by and large
To the wind and off it; within six points.
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fire, loss by
Is within the policy of insurance, whether it be by accident, or by the fault of the master or marin...
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fly-by-night
A sort of square-sail, like a studding-sail, used in sloops when running before the wind; often a te...
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full and by
Sailing close-hauled on a wind; when a ship is as close as she will lie to the wind, without sufferi...
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kenning by kenning
A mode of increasing wages formerly, according to whaling law, by seeing how a man performed his dut...
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latitude by account
That estimated by the log-board, and the last determined by observation.
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latitude by observation
The latitude determined by observations of the sun, star, or moon, by meridional, as also by double ...
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lie by, to
Dodging under small sail under the land.
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longitude by account
The distance east and west, as computed from the ship's course and distance run, carried forward fro...
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longitude by chronometer
Is estimated by the difference between the time at the place, and the time indicated by chronometer....
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avoir du pois lay
Stealing brass weights off the counters of shops. CANT.
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lay-overs for meddlers
A reply to a troublesome question on the part of a child, in answer to 'What's that?.' A turn-over i...
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lay a gun, to
So to direct it as that its shot may be expected to strike a given object; for which purpose its axi...
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lay her course, to
To be able to sail in the direction wished for, however barely the wind permits it.
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lay of a rope
The direction in which its strands are twisted; hawser is right-handed; cablet left-handed.
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lay or lie on your oars!
The order to desist rowing, without laying the oars in.
♦ Lay out on your oars! is the order to gi...
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(St.) Olave by the Tower or versus Turrim
See St. Olave Hart Street.
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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:
• A tribe which inhabited a particular locality of the land west of the ...
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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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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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