{"query": "Easton: Faithful", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_68ff70c54dd2", "title": "Easton: Faithful", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "As a designation of Christians, means full of faith, trustful, and not simply trustworthy (Acts 10:45; 16:1; 2 Cor. 6:15; Col. 1:2; 1 Tim. 4:3, 12; 5:16; 6:2; Titus 1:6; Eph. 1:1; 1 Cor. 4:17, etc.). "}, {"id": "card_c_m_060496be9ee3", "title": "Easton: Ephphatha shares a section with Easton: Faithful", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Ephphatha shares a section with Easton: Faithful."}, {"id": "card_n_6c5b1160679c", "title": "Easton: Heman", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Faithful. (1.) 1 Kings 4:31; 1 Chr. 2:6, a son of Zerah, noted for his wisdom. (2.) Grandson of Samuel (1 Chr. 6:33; 15:17), to whom the 88th Psalm probably was inscribed. He was one of the “seers” na"}, {"id": "card_n_cf9d5f55e9e3", "title": "Easton: Amnon", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Faithful. (1.) One of the sons of Shammai, of the children of Ezra (1 Chr. 4:20; comp. 17). (2.) The eldest son of David, by Ahinoam of Jezreel (1 Chr. 3:1; 2 Sam. 3:2). Absalom caused him to be put t"}, {"id": "card_n_19c3ff099c6f", "title": "Easton: Epaphras", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Lovely, spoken of by Paul (Col. 1:7; 4:12) as “his dear fellow-servant,” and “a faithful minister of Christ.” He was thus evidently with him at Rome when he wrote to the Colossians. He was a distingui"}, {"id": "card_n_26c5e4ae6e78", "title": "Easton: Tychicus", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Chance, an Asiatic Christian, a “faithful minister in the Lord” (Eph. 6:21, 22), who, with Trophimus, accompanied Paul on a part of his journey from Macedonia to Jerusalem (Acts 20:4). He is alluded t"}, {"id": "card_n_21aa6e4621c8", "title": "Easton: Benaiah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Built up by Jehovah. (1.) The son of Jehoiada, chief priest (1 Chr. 27:5). He was set by David over his body-guard of Cherethites and Pelethites (2 Sam. 8:18; 1 Kings 1:32; 1 Chr. 18:17). His exploits"}, {"id": "card_n_f55864c9ac8f", "title": "Easton: Christian", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The name given by the Greeks or Romans, probably in reproach, to the followers of Jesus. It was first used at Antioch. The names by which the disciples were known among themselves were “brethren,” “th"}, {"id": "card_n_955a46b899a0", "title": "Easton: Hananiah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Jehovah has given. (1.) A chief of the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:24). (2.) One of the sons of Heman (1 Chr. 25:4, 23). (3.) One of Uzziah’s military officers (2 Chr. 26:11). (4.) Grandfather of the "}, {"id": "card_n_154d4d078d35", "title": "Easton: Star, Morning", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A name figuratively given to Christ (Rev. 22:16; comp. 2 Pet. 1:19). When Christ promises that he will give the “morning star” to his faithful ones, he “promises that he will give to them himself, tha"}, {"id": "card_n_8c45dca4ea3b", "title": "Easton: Ahimaaz", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Brother of anger = irascible. (1.) The father Ahinoam, the wife of Saul (1 Sam. 14:50). (2.) The son and successor of Zadok in the office of high priest (1 Chr. 6:8, 53). On the occasion of the revolt"}, {"id": "card_n_c4a1e8859d7c", "title": "Easton: Justus", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Another name for Joseph, surnamed Barsabas. He and Matthias are mentioned only in Acts 1:23. “They must have been among the earliest disciples of Jesus, and must have been faithful to the end; th"}, {"id": "card_n_55c637befd94", "title": "Easton: Timothy, Second Epistle to", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Was probably written a year or so after the first, and from Rome, where Paul was for a second time a prisoner, and was sent to Timothy by the hands of Tychicus. In it he entreats Timothy to come to hi"}, {"id": "card_n_adc71f00b2fa", "title": "Easton: Pergamos", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The chief city of Mysia, in Asia Minor. One of the “seven churches” was planted here (Rev. 1:11; 2:17). It was noted for its wickedness, insomuch that our Lord says “Satan’s seat” was there. The churc"}, {"id": "card_n_ae156ab14bbe", "title": "Easton: Antipas", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Herod Antipas, a son of Herod the Great by his Samaritan wife Malthace. He was tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea during the whole period of our Lord’s life on earth (Luke 23:7). He was a frivolous a"}, {"id": "card_n_bb6a0264e07f", "title": "Easton: Onesimus", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Useful, a slave who, after robbing his master Philemon (q.v.) at Colosse, fled to Rome, where he was converted by the apostle Paul, who sent him back to his master with the epistle which bears his nam"}, {"id": "card_n_700a3130c275", "title": "Easton: Amen", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "This Hebrew word means firm, and hence also faithful (Rev. 3:14). In Isa. 65:16, the Authorized Version has “the God of truth,” which in Hebrew is “the God of Amen.” It is frequently used by our Savio"}, {"id": "card_n_e329b30cc288", "title": "Easton: Eternal life", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "This expression occurs in the Old Testament only in Dan. 12:2 (R.V., “everlasting life”). It occurs frequently in the New Testament (Matt. 7:14; 18:8, 9; Luke 10:28; comp. 18:18). It comprises the who"}, {"id": "card_n_c51d9d30b6ec", "title": "Easton: Micaiah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Who is like Jehovah?, the son of Imlah, a faithful prophet of Samaria (1 Kings 22:8-28). Three years after the great battle with Ben-hadad (20:29-34), Ahab proposed to Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, that"}, {"id": "card_n_c39fd16701c5", "title": "Easton: Zadok", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Righteous. (1.) A son of Ahitub, of the line of Eleazer (2 Sam. 8:17; 1 Chr. 24:3), high priest in the time of David (2 Sam. 20:25) and Solomon (1 Kings 4:4). He is first mentioned as coming to take p"}]}