{"query": "Easton: Thorn in the flesh", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_e3713c4d742c", "title": "Easton: Thorn in the flesh", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(2 Cor. 12:7-10). Many interpretations have been given of this passage. (1.) Roman Catholic writers think that it denotes suggestions to impiety. (2.) Luther, Calvin, and other Reformers interpret the"}, {"id": "card_c_m_699fd4ca75de", "title": "Easton: Roll shares a section with Easton: Thorn in the flesh", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Roll shares a section with Easton: Thorn in the flesh."}, {"id": "card_c_m_934c4f439d1d", "title": "Easton: Thorn in the flesh shares a section with Easton: Saviour", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Thorn in the flesh shares a section with Easton: Saviour."}, {"id": "card_n_c43472af9e23", "title": "Easton: Flesh", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "In the Old Testament denotes (1) a particular part of the body of man and animals (Gen. 2:21; 41:2; Ps. 102:5, marg.); (2) the whole body (Ps. 16:9); (3) all living things having flesh, and particular"}, {"id": "card_c_3d7ca6b60b1f", "title": "A parable — Suffering illness ↔ Easton: Thorn in the flesh", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "A man prayed three times for the thorn to be removed. Each time the answer was no. The fourth time he did not ask, and learned: the thorn was the door through which grace had come.  — a concord the ca"}, {"id": "card_n_0b5c0fbe5a50", "title": "Easton: Flesh-hook", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A many-pronged fork used in the sacrificial services (1 Sam. 2:13, 14; Ex. 27:3; 38:3) by the priest in drawing away the flesh. The fat of the sacrifice, together with the breast and shoulder (Lev. 7:"}, {"id": "card_c_5d106529b98b", "title": "Easton: Ananias ↔ Easton: Thorn in the flesh", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Both cite act 23:5 — a shared-scripture cross-reference computed in 1.0 and re-verified live in both cards."}, {"id": "card_c_m_4117824f03a4", "title": "Easton: Tamarisk shares a section with Easton: Thorn", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Tamarisk shares a section with Easton: Thorn."}, {"id": "card_c_8518f67b97a6", "title": "Easton: Thorn in the flesh cites Acts", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Acts 23:5; Acts 15:39 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_m_77f5fa5da7dc", "title": "Easton: Timothy, Second Epistle to shares a section with Easton: Thorn", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Timothy, Second Epistle to shares a section with Easton: Thorn."}, {"id": "card_n_169ab095061e", "title": "Easton: Kibroth-hattaavah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The graves of the longing or of lust, one of the stations of the Israelites in the wilderness. It was probably in the Wady Murrah, and has been identified with the Erweis el-Ebeirig, where the remains"}, {"id": "card_c_m_bd460a8baabe", "title": "Easton: Ephraim, The tribe of shares a section with Easton: Flesh", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Ephraim, The tribe of shares a section with Easton: Flesh."}, {"id": "card_c_m_bc1a3c684c4c", "title": "Easton: Homer shares a section with Easton: Flesh-hook", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Homer shares a section with Easton: Flesh-hook."}, {"id": "card_c_m_523551962a6b", "title": "Easton: Flesh-hook shares a section with Easton: Horse", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Flesh-hook shares a section with Easton: Horse."}, {"id": "card_c_m_2f4e1008afdb", "title": "Easton: Thorn cites Matthew", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Thorn cites Matthew."}, {"id": "card_n_94091aed4413", "title": "Easton: Brier", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "This word occurs frequently, and is the translation of several different terms. (1.) Micah 7:4, it denotes a species of thorn shrub used for hedges. In Prov. 15:19 the word is rendered “thorn” (Heb. h"}, {"id": "card_n_57db59054153", "title": "Easton: Thorn", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Heb. hedek (Prov. 15:19), rendered “brier” in Micah 7:4. Some thorny plant, of the Solanum family, suitable for hedges. This is probably the so-called “apple of Sodom,” which grows very abundantl"}, {"id": "card_n_55446f052b23", "title": "Easton: Thistle", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Heb. hoah (2 Kings 14:9; Job 31:40). In Job 41:2 the Hebrew word is rendered “thorn,” but in the Revised Version “hook.” It is also rendered “thorn” in 2 Chr. 33:11; Prov. 26:9; Cant. 2:2; “bramb"}, {"id": "card_c_m_149a50e05592", "title": "Matthew cites Easton: Flesh", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Matthew cites Easton: Flesh."}, {"id": "card_n_c84effbaf92f", "title": "Easton: Cutting", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The flesh in various ways was an idolatrous practice, a part of idol-worship (Deut. 14:1; 1 Kings 18:28). The Israelites were commanded not to imitate this practice (Lev. 19:28; 21:5; Deut. 14:1). The"}]}