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Gaddi in Naves Topical Bible

(A chief of the tribe of Manasseh) -One of the twelve spies who explored Canaan Nu 13:11...

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Gaddiel in Easton's Bible Dictionary

fortune (i.e., sent) of God, the representative of the tribe of Zebulum among the twelve spies (Num. 13:10)....

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Festus in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(Festus means festival), successor of Felix as procurator of Judea, Ac 24:27 sent by Nero probably in the autumn of A.D. 60. A few weeks after Festus reached his province he heard the cause of St. Paul, who had been left a prisoner by Felix, in the presence of Herod Agrippa II and Bernice his sister, Ac 25:11,12 Judea was in the same disturbed...

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Fortunatus in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

(fohr tyoo' na tihss) Latin personal name meaning, "happy." Christian whose presence with Paul as he wrote 1 Corinthians pleased and renewed Paul (1 Corinthians 16:7). Fortunatus was apparently a member of the church at Corinth and brought Paul news from the church....

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Gad in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

(gadh, "fortune"; Gad): 1. The Name: The seventh son of Jacob, whose mother was Zilpah (Gen 30:11), and whose birth was welcomed by Leah with the cry, "Fortunate!" Some have sought to connect the name with that of the heathen deity Gad, of which traces are found in Baal- gad, Migdal-gad, etc. In the blessing of Jacob (Gen 49:19) there is...

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Gaddi in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(fortunate), son of Susi; the Manassite spy sent by Moses to explore Canaan. Nu 13:11 (B.C. 1490.)...

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Gaddiel in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

(gad' dih uhl) Personal name meaning, "God is my good fortune." Spy from tribe of Zebulun Moses sent to examine Canaan, the land to be conquered (Numbers 13:10)....

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Eutychus in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Acts 20:9. A youth who sat in a window and, falling asleep during Paul's long and late discourse, fell from the third story, and was restored to life by the apostle, who fell on the dead body and embraced it, as Elijah of old (1 Kings 17:21), and Elisha (2 Kings 4:34)....

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Ezekias in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ez-e-ki'-as (Ezekias): (1) the King James Version Greek form of Hezekiah (thus, the Revised Version (British and American); Mt 1:9,10). A king of Judah. (2) the King James Version Ezechiad (1 Esdras 9:14), called Jahzeiah in Ezr 10:15. (3) the King James Version Ezecias (1 Esdras 9:43), called Hilkiah in Neh 8:4....

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Ezekiel in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

"God will strengthen," Hebrew, Yehezqel. Son of Buzi (Ezekiel 1:3), a priest. Probably exercised the priestly office at Jerusalem before his departure in the captivity or transmigration (galut) of Jehoiachin, which took place 11 years before the city fell (2 Kings 24:15). His priestly character gave him much weight with his Hebrew fellow exil...

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