{"query": "Easton: On", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_876ff200d814", "title": "Easton: On", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Light; the sun, (Gen. 41:45, 50), the great seat of sun-worship, called also Bethshemesh (Jer. 43:13) and Aven (Ezek. 30:17), stood on the east bank of the Nile, a few miles north of Memphis, and near"}, {"id": "card_n_3f10a1bd0ed5", "title": "Easton: Gerizim", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A mountain of Samaria, about 3,000 feet above the Mediterranean. It was on the left of the valley containing the ancient town of Shechem (q.v.), on the way to Jerusalem. It stood over against Mount Eb"}, {"id": "card_n_87defecaae87", "title": "Easton: Riblah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Fruitful, an ancient town on the northern frontier of Palestine, 35 miles north-east of Baalbec, and 10 or 12 south of Lake Homs, on the eastern bank of the Orontes, in a wide and fertile plain. Here "}, {"id": "card_n_90aa595333e7", "title": "Easton: Ituraea", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A district in the north-east of Palestine, forming, along with the adjacent territory of Trachonitis, the tetrarchy of Philip (Luke 3:1). The present Jedur comprehends the chief part of Ituraea. It is"}, {"id": "card_n_01852b1c1d1c", "title": "Easton: Simeon, The tribe of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Was “divided and scattered” according to the prediction in Gen. 49:5-7. They gradually dwindled in number, and sank into a position of insignificance among the other tribes. They decreased in the wild"}, {"id": "card_n_38e4cd414e5d", "title": "Easton: Book", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "This word has a comprehensive meaning in Scripture. In the Old Testament it is the rendering of the Hebrew word sepher, which properly means a “writing,” and then a “volume” (Ex. 17:14; Deut. 28:58; 2"}, {"id": "card_n_83371763e2c1", "title": "Easton: Gad", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Fortune; luck. (1.) Jacob’s seventh son, by Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid, and the brother of Asher (Gen. 30:11-13; 46:16, 18). In the Authorized Version of 30:11 the words, “A troop cometh: and she called,"}, {"id": "card_n_114f779f9d18", "title": "Easton: Thessalonica", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A large and populous city on the Thermaic bay. It was the capital of one of the four Roman districts of Macedonia, and was ruled by a praetor. It was named after Thessalonica, the wife of Cassander, w"}, {"id": "card_n_1f1402a867c0", "title": "Easton: En-shemesh", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Fountain of the sun a spring which formed one of the landmarks on the boundary between Judah and Benjamin (Josh. 15:7; 18:17). It was between the “ascent of Adummim” and the spring of En-rogel, and he"}, {"id": "card_n_38e08b8b0a3d", "title": "Easton: Helkath-hazzurim", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Plot of the sharp blades, or the field of heroes, (2 Sam. 2:16). After the battle of Gilboa, so fatal to Saul and his house, David, as divinely directed, took up his residence in Hebron, and was there"}, {"id": "card_n_60f42ea3ac66", "title": "Easton: Gath", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A wine-vat, one of the five royal cities of the Philistines (Josh. 13:3) on which the ark brought calamity (1 Sam. 5:8, 9; 6:17). It was famous also as being the birthplace or residence of Goliath (1 "}, {"id": "card_n_823cd1eea651", "title": "Easton: Door-posts", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Jews were commanded to write the divine name on the posts (mezuzoth’) of their doors (Deut. 6:9). The Jews, misunderstanding this injunction, adopted the custom of writing on a slip of parchment t"}, {"id": "card_n_7620c5fb7a7f", "title": "Easton: Hinge", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. tsir), that on which a door revolves. “Doors in the East turn rather on pivots than on what we term hinges. In Syria, and especially in the Hauran, there are many ancient doors, consisting of st"}, {"id": "card_n_0da7819934c1", "title": "Easton: Bethany", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "House of dates. (1.) The Revised Version in John 1:28 has this word instead of Bethabara, on the authority of the oldest manuscripts. It appears to have been the name of a place on the east of Jordan."}, {"id": "card_n_312a595a186c", "title": "Easton: Aven", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Nothingness; vanity. (1.) Hosea speaks of the “high places of Aven” (10:8), by which he means Bethel. He also calls it Beth-aven, i.e., “the house of vanity” (4:15), on account of the golden calves Je"}, {"id": "card_n_6bd16e73d103", "title": "Easton: Fenced cities", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "There were in Palestine (1) cities, (2) unwalled villages, and (3) villages with castles or towers (1 Chr. 27:25). Cities, so called, had walls, and were thus fenced. The fortifications consisted of o"}, {"id": "card_n_604c56e81149", "title": "Easton: Palestine", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Originally denoted only the sea-coast of the land of Canaan inhabited by the Philistines (Ex. 15:14; Isa. 14:29, 31; Joel 3:4), and in this sense exclusively the Hebrew name Pelesheth (rendered “Phili"}, {"id": "card_n_4400e2a6cc9a", "title": "Easton: Assurance", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The resurrection of Jesus (Acts 17:31) is the “assurance” (Gr. pistis, generally rendered “faith”) or pledge God has given that his revelation is true and worthy of acceptance. The “full assurance [Gr"}, {"id": "card_n_281cbc3b9afe", "title": "Easton: Frontlets", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Occurs only in Ex. 13:16; Deut. 6:8, and 11:18. The meaning of the injunction to the Israelites, with regard to the statues and precepts given them, that they should “bind them for a sign upon their h"}, {"id": "card_n_6cb382b0b203", "title": "Easton: Sin-offering", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. hattath), the law of, is given in detail in Lev. 4-6:13; 9:7-11, 22-24; 12:6-8; 15:2, 14, 25-30; 14:19, 31; Num. 6:10-14. On the day of Atonement it was made with special solemnity (Lev. 16:5, 1"}]}