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Anointing in Smiths Bible Dictionary

in Holy Scripture, is either, I. Material--with oil--or II. Spiritual--with the Holy Ghost. I. MATERIAL.-- 1. Ordinary. Anointing the body or head with oil was a common practice with the Jews, as with other Oriental nations. De 28:40; Ru 3:3; Mic 6:15 Anointing the head with oil or ointment seems also to have been a mark of respect sometimes ...

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Anointing Scripture - Leviticus 21:12

Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God [is] upon him: I [am] the LORD....

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Bake in Smiths Bible Dictionary

Reference to baking is found in Le 26:26; 1Sa 8:13; 2Sa 13:8; Jer 7:18; 37:21; Ho 7:4-7...

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Banks Scripture - 2 Kings 2:13

He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;...

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Banks Scripture - 2 Kings 19:32

Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it....

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Banquets Scripture - Daniel 5:10

[Now] the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: [and] the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:...

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Barrenness in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

bar'-en, bar'-en-nes tsiyah; melehah; shakhol; `aqar; steiros; argos): (1) Of land that bears no crop, either (a) because it is naturally poor and sterile: tsiyah "dry" (Joel 2:20), melechah, "salt" (Job 39:6 the King James Version), shakhol, "miscarrying" (2 Ki 2:19,21), or (b) because it is, under God's curse, turned into a melechah or...

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Barren Scripture - Judges 13:3

And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou [art] barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son....

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Altar in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

The first of which we have mention was built by Noah after leaving the ark (Genesis 8:20). The English (from the Latin) means an elevation or high place: not the site, but the erections on them which could be built or removed (1 Kings 12:7; 2 Kings 23:15). So the Greek bomos, and Hebrew bamath. But the proper Hebrew name mizbeach is "the sacrificin...

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Agriculture in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ag'-ri-kul-tur, ag'-ri-kul-chur: I. DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE II. CLIMATIC CONDITIONS AND FERTILITY III. AGRICULTURAL PURSUITS 1. Growing of Grain (1) Plowing and Sowing (2) Reaping (3) Threshing 2. Care of Vineyards 3. Raising of Flocks I. Development of Agriculture. One may witness in Syria and Israel today the various stages of social progress...

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