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Jewels in Smiths Bible Dictionary

[STONES, PRECIOUS]...

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Jewels Scripture - Job 28:17

The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it [shall not be for] jewels of fine gold....

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Lamps in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

(See CANDLE; CANDLESTICK.) The ordinary means of lighting apartments. In Judges 7:16; Judges 7:20, lamps mean torches; so John 18:3; Matthew 25:1. The terra cotta and bronze handlamps from Nimrud and Koyunjik perhaps give a good idea of the Bible lamp. The Egyption kandeel or common lamp is a small glass vessel with a tube in the bottom in whi...

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Lamps Scripture - Exodus 40:25

And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses....

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House in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

hous (bayith; oikos, in classical Greek generally "an estate," oikia, oikema (literally, "habitation"), in Acts 12:1, "prison"): I. CAVE DWELLINGS II. STONE-BUILT AND MUD/BRICK-BUILT HOUSES 1. Details of Plan and Construction (1) Corner-Stone (2) Floor (3) Gutter (4) Door (5) Hinge (6) Lock and Key (7) Threshold (8) Hearth (9) Window (10) Roof 2....

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Idols Scripture - Habakkuk 2:18

What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?...

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Jewels in Naves Topical Bible

Betrothal presents of Ge 24:53 -Borrowed from Egyptians by Israelites Ex 3:22; 11:2; 12:35 -Dedicated to the tabernacle Ex 35:22; Nu 31:50-52 -Regarded by Jacob as obnoxious to holiness Ge 35:4; Ex 33:4-6; Isa 3:18-21 -Tokens of love Eze 16:11-13 -Worn by men Eze 23:42 -FIGURATIVE Pr 20:15; Mal 3:17...

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Hunting in Easton's Bible Dictionary

mentioned first in Gen. 10:9 in connection with Nimrod. Esau was "a cunning hunter" (Gen. 25:27). Hunting was practised by the Hebrews after their settlement in the "Land of Promise" (Lev. 17:15; Prov. 12:27). The lion and other ravenous beasts were found in Israel (1 Sam. 17:34; 2 Sam. 23:20; 1 Kings 13:24; Ezek. 19:3-8), and it must hav...

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Idolatry in Easton's Bible Dictionary

image-worship or divine honour paid to any created object. Paul describes the origin of idolatry in Rom. 1:21-25: men forsook God, and sank into ignorance and moral corruption (1:28). The forms of idolatry are, (1.) Fetishism, or the worship of trees, rivers, hills, stones, etc. (2.) Nature worship, the worship of the sun, moon, and stars...

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Inns in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Hebrew lin. A lodging place for the night. Khans or caravanserais, the halting places of caravans or traveling companies, are places where men and cattle have room to rest, but, no food is provided in them. In the times of the Pentateuch they were not buildings but resting places where tents might be spread near water and pasture (Exodus 4:24;...

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