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Laban in Easton's Bible Dictionary

white. (1.) The son of Bethuel, who was the son of Nahor, Abraham's brother. He lived at Haran in Mesopotamia. His sister Rebekah was Isaac's wife (Gen. 24). Jacob, one of the sons of this marriage, fled to the house of Laban, whose daughters Leah and Rachel (ch. 29) he eventually married. (See JACOB (2.) A city in the Arabian desert in the...

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Laish in Hitchcock's Bible Names

a lion...

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Lazarus in Naves Topical Bible

-1. Brother of Mary and Martha Sickness and death of Joh 11:1-14 Resurrection of Joh 11:38-44; 12:17,18 Had dinner with Jesus Joh 12:1,2,9 Plotted against by the chief priests Joh 12:10,11...

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Lebbaeus in Easton's Bible Dictionary

courageous, a surname of Judas (Jude), one of the twelve (Matt. 10:3), called also Thaddaeus, not to be confounded with the Judas who was the brother of our Lord....

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Kenaz in Easton's Bible Dictionary

hunter. (1.) One of the sons of Eliphaz, the son of Esau. He became the chief of an Edomitish tribe (Gen. 36:11, 15, 42). (2.) Caleb's younger brother, and father of Othniel (Josh. 15:17), whose family was of importance in Israel down to the time of David (1 Chr. 27:15). Some think that Othniel (Judg. 1:13), and not Kenaz, was Caleb's brot...

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Kish in Hitchcock's Bible Names

hard; difficult; straw; for age...

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Korah in Naves Topical Bible

-(Also spelled CORE and KORE in A. V.) -1. A son of Esau Ge 36:5,14,18 -2. A Korhite Levite Ex 6:18,21,24 Jealous of Moses, leads two-hundred and fifty princes in an insurrection, and is swallowed up in the earth Nu 16; 26:9,10; De 11:6; Ps 106:17; Jude 1:11 -3. Son of Hebron 1Ch 2:43 -4. Son of Kohath, and head of the family of sacred m...

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Kore in Easton's Bible Dictionary

partridge. (1.) A Levite and temple-warder of the Korahites, the son of Asaph. He was father of Shallum and Meshelemiah, temple-porters (1 Chr. 9:19; 26:1). (2.) A Levitical porter at the east gate of the temple (2 Chr. 31:14). (3.) In 1 Chr. 26:19 the word should be "Korahites," as in the Revised Version....

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Laadan in Naves Topical Bible

-1. A descendant of Ephraim 1Ch 7:26 -2. A Levite, also called LIBNI 1Ch 6:17; 23:7-9; 26:21...

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Kenaz in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

(See JEPHUNNEH .) 1. Son of Eliphaz, Esau's son. A duke of Edom (Genesis 36:15; Genesis 36:42). Founder of the family of Kenezites (adopted into Israel), of whom were Caleb and Othniel (Joshua 14:14). 2. Caleb's grandson, but the "and" (even) before "Kenaz" in 1 Chronicles 4:15 shows a name has fallen out. 3. Younger brother of Caleb and ...

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