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Er in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ar (`er, "watcher"; Er'): (1) The eldest son of Judah, the son of Jacob, by Shua the Canaanite. Judah took for him a wife named Tamar. It is recorded that Er "was wicked in the sight of Yahweh; and Yahweh slew him" (Gen 38:3,6,7; 46:12). (2) "Er the father of Lecah" is mentioned among "the sons of Shelah the son of Judah" (1 Ch 4:21). (3) An an...

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Erastus in Easton's Bible Dictionary

beloved. (1.) The "chamberlain" of the city of Corinth (Rom. 16:23), and one of Paul's disciples. As treasurer of such a city he was a public officer of great dignity, and his conversion to the gospel was accordingly a proof of the wonderful success of the apostle's labours. (2.) A companion of Paul at Ephesus, who was sent by him along w...

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Epaphras in Hitchcock's Bible Names

covered with foam...

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Ephah in Naves Topical Bible

1. A son of Midian Ge 25:4; 1Ch 1:33; Isa 60:6 -2. Caleb's concubine 1Ch 2:46 -3. Son of Jahdai 1Ch 2:47 -4. A measure of about three pecks See MEASURE, DRY...

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Epher in Easton's Bible Dictionary

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. 5:24)....

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Ephraim in Hitchcock's Bible Names

fruitful; increasing...

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Er in Naves Topical Bible

1. Son of Judah Ge 38:3,6,7; 46:12; Nu 26:19; 1Ch 2:3 -2. A son of Shelah 1Ch 4:21 -3. An ancestor of, Jesus Lu 3:28...

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Erastus in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

"Chamberlain," i.e. city steward and treasurer of Corinth (Romans 16:23). The conversion of so prominent a man marks the great success of Paul's labors there. He ministered to Paul, accompanying him on his last journey to his second imprisonment at Rome; but "abode at Corinth," going no further, as Paul notes (2 Timothy 4:20) to depict his utt...

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Epaphroditus in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

e-paf-ro-di'-tus (Epaphroditos, "lovely"): Mentioned only in Phil 2:25; 4:18. The name corresponds to the Latin Venustus (= handsome), and was very common in the Roman period. "The name occurs very frequently in inscriptions both Greek and Latin, whether at full length Epaphroditus, or in its contracted form Epaphras" (Lightfoot, Philippians, ...

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Ephah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

a. (gloomy), the first, in order,of the sons of Midian, Ge 25:4; 1Ch 1:33 afterwards mentioned by Isa 60:6 b. 1. Concubine of Caleb, in the line of Judah. 1Ch 2:46 2. Son of Jahdai; also in the line of Judah. 1Ch 2:47 c. [WEIGHTS AND MEASURES]...

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