{"query": "Easton: Golden calf", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_7b5e46967768", "title": "Easton: Golden calf", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Ex. 32:4, 8; Deut. 9:16; Neh. 9:18). This was a molten image of a calf which the idolatrous Israelites formed at Sinai. This symbol was borrowed from the custom of the Egyptians. It was destroyed at "}, {"id": "card_n_92c6a001e707", "title": "Easton: Calf", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Calves were commonly made use of in sacrifices, and are therefore frequently mentioned in Scripture. The “fatted calf” was regarded as the choicest of animal food; it was frequently also offered as a "}, {"id": "card_c_m_8c8948c49a73", "title": "Easton: Gutter shares a section with Easton: Golden calf", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Gutter shares a section with Easton: Golden calf."}, {"id": "card_c_m_2bdce5dacd0e", "title": "Easton: Golden calf shares a section with Easton: Edar", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Golden calf shares a section with Easton: Edar."}, {"id": "card_n_6b809ee37820", "title": "Easton: Bullock", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) The translation of a word which is a generic name for horned cattle (Isa. 65:25). It is also rendered “cow” (Ezek. 4:15), “ox” (Gen. 12:16). (2.) The translation of a word always meaning an anima"}, {"id": "card_src_book_9052", "title": "The Golden Calf — M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Golden Calf, by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon. Subjects: Fiction. Read the full text (public domain): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9052"}, {"id": "card_src_word_golden_calf", "title": "golden calf", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "golden calf: (noun) (Old Testament) an idol made by Aaron for the Israelites to worship; destroyed by Moses; it is now used to refer to anything worshipped undeservedly"}, {"id": "card_src_book_69218", "title": "The worship of the golden calf: A story of wage-slavery in Massachusetts — Charles Sheldon French", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The worship of the golden calf: A story of wage-slavery in Massachusetts, by Charles Sheldon French. Subjects: Political fiction; Massachusetts -- Fiction; Mills and mill-work -- Fiction. Read the ful"}, {"id": "card_c_31007cf7bc73", "title": "Easton: Golden calf ↔ Easton: Gutter", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Both belong to dictionary · easton_concept_e_h — a structural sibling link restored from 1.0's nesting (re-verified same section live). Connects the map so no card is left orphaned."}, {"id": "card_src_book_14641", "title": "The Golden Calf, Which the World Adores, and Desires In Which Is Handled the Most Rare and Incomparable Wonder of Nature, in Transmuting Metals; viz. How the Intire Substance of Le", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Golden Calf, Which the World Adores, and Desires In Which Is Handled the Most Rare and Incomparable Wonder of Nature, in Transmuting Metals; viz. How the Intire Substance of Lead, Was in One Momen"}, {"id": "card_c_m_b6742a2f91e3", "title": "Easton: Ashkenaz shares a section with Easton: Calf", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Ashkenaz shares a section with Easton: Calf."}, {"id": "card_c_m_eb8b498beb3b", "title": "Easton: Bishop shares a section with Easton: Calf", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Bishop shares a section with Easton: Calf."}, {"id": "card_n_45636819ef17", "title": "Easton: Levite", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A descendant of the tribe of Levi (Ex. 6:25; Lev. 25:32; Num. 35:2; Josh. 21:3, 41). This name is, however, generally used as the title of that portion of the tribe which was set apart for the subordi"}, {"id": "card_c_6a82ce3410e0", "title": "Easton: Golden calf references Sinai", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Sinai (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_src_comm_acts_7_42", "title": "Matthew Henry on Acts 7:42", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Acts 7:42 — Two things we have in these verses: - \nI. Stephen upbraids them with the idolatry of their fathers, which God gave them up to, as a punishment for their early forsaking him in worshippi"}, {"id": "card_n_ebea07e0d389", "title": "Easton: Censer", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The vessel in which incense was presented on “the golden altar” before the Lord in the temple (Ex. 30:1-9). The priest filled the censer with live coal from the sacred fire on the altar of burnt-offer"}, {"id": "card_n_2e5ca6d4f053", "title": "Easton: Dura", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The circle, the plain near Babylon in which Nebuchadnezzar set up a golden image, mentioned in Dan. 3:1. The place still retains its ancient name. On one of its many mounds the pedestal of what must h"}, {"id": "card_n_801229873403", "title": "Easton: Epher", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A calf. (1.) One of the sons of Midian, who was Abraham’s son by Keturah (Gen. 25:4). (2.) The head of one of the families of trans-Jordanic Manasseh who were carried captive by Tiglath-pileser (1 Chr"}, {"id": "card_n_f4a0f3c27fd3", "title": "Easton: Holy place", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "One of the two portions into which the tabernacle was divided (Ex. 26:31; 37:17-25; Heb. 9:2). It was 20 cubits long and 10 in height and breadth. It was illuminated by the golden candlestick, as it h"}, {"id": "card_n_594913afeafd", "title": "Easton: Cow", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A cow and her calf were not to be killed on the same day (Lev. 22:28; Ex. 23:19; Deut. 22:6, 7). The reason for this enactment is not given. A state of great poverty is described in the words of Isa. "}]}