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Levi in Naves Topical Bible

-Son of Jacob Ge 29:34; 35:23; 1Ch 2:1 -Avenges the seduction of Dinah Ge 34; 49:5-7 -Jacob's prophecy regarding Ge 49:5-7 -His age at death Ex 6:16 -(Descendants of, made the ministers of religion) -See LEVITES...

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Libni in Easton's Bible Dictionary

white, one of the two sons of Gershon, the son of Levi (Ex. 6:17; Num. 3:18, 21). (See LAADAN -(n/a).)...

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Laban in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("whiteness). Possibly alluding to the white poplars growing near. Deuteronomy 1:1. Perhaps Libnah (Numbers 33:20); near the Elanitic gulf or the Arabah desert. The name may be preserved in El Beyaneh, W. of the Arabah, N. of Ezion Geber....

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Lamech in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

la'-mek (lemekh; Lamech, "a strong youth"?): (1) The name is first mentioned in Gen 4:18-24. Here Lamech, the son of Methushael, is named as the last of the descendants of Cain. He was the father of Jabel, Jubal, Tubal-cain, and Naamah. As the husband of two wives, namely, Adah and Zillah, he furnishes the first recorded instance of polygamy. ...

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Lazarus in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(whom God helps), another form of the Hebrew name Eleazar. 1. Lazarus of Bethany, the brother of Martha and Mary. Joh 11:1 All that we know of him is derived from the Gospel of St. John, and that records little more than the facts of his death and resurrection. The language of Joh 11:1 implies that the sisters were the better known. Lazarus i...

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Laadan in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(put in order). 1. An Ephraimite, ancestor of Joshua the son of Nun. 1Ch 7:26 2. The son of Gershom, elsewhere called LIBNI. 1Ch 23:7,8,9; 26:21...

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Laban in Hitchcock's Bible Names

white; shining; gentle; brittle...

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Lamech in Naves Topical Bible

-1. Father of Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal-Cain Ge 4:18-24 -2. Son of Methuselah, and father of Noah, lived for seven-hundred and seventy-seven years Ge 5:25-31; 1Ch 1:3 Ancestor of Jesus Lu 3:36...

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Lazarus in Easton's Bible Dictionary

an abbreviation of Eleazar, whom God helps. (1.) The brother of Mary and Martha of Bethany. He was raised from the dead after he had lain four days in the tomb (John 11:1-44). This miracle so excited the wrath of the Jews that they sought to put both Jesus and Lazarus to death. (2.) A beggar named in the parable recorded Luke 16:19-31....

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Laadan in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. 1 Chronicles 7:26. 2. Elsewhere LIBNI (1 Chronicles 6:17; 1 Chronicles 23:7-9; 1 Chronicles 26:21)....

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