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== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_5713" /> == | |||
<p> ''''' lēf ''''' , ''''' lēvz ''''' : Used in three different senses, with reference: (1) To trees ( עלה , <i> ''''' ‛āleh ''''' </i> , "a coming up"), [[Genesis]] 3:7; Genesis 8:11; Leviticus 26:36 ( טרף , <i> ''''' ṭereph ''''' </i> ); Ezekiel 17:9; φύλλον , <i> ''''' phúllon ''''' </i> . Figuratively (a) of spiritual blessings ( Ezekiel 47:12; compare Revelation 22:2 ) and prosperity ( Psalm 1:3 ); (b) of moral decay ( Isaiah 64:6 ), and (c) of a formal, empty profession ( Matthew 21:19 ). (2) To a book (דּלת , <i> ''''' deleth ''''' </i> ), Jeremiah 36:23 (margin "columns"; see Jeremiah 36:2 ); as the parchment was gradually unfolded the successive columns could be read. (3) To doors (צלע , <i> ''''' cēlā‛ ''''' </i> , "side," קלע , <i> ''''' ḳelā‛ ''''' </i> ,"a screen," "hanging"), 1 Kings 6:34 . The door of the [[Holy]] Place consisted of two halves, but each half had two leaves (compare Ezekiel 41:24 ). </p> | <p> ''''' lēf ''''' , ''''' lēvz ''''' : Used in three different senses, with reference: (1) To trees ( עלה , <i> ''''' ‛āleh ''''' </i> , "a coming up"), [[Genesis]] 3:7; Genesis 8:11; Leviticus 26:36 ( טרף , <i> ''''' ṭereph ''''' </i> ); Ezekiel 17:9; φύλλον , <i> ''''' phúllon ''''' </i> . Figuratively (a) of spiritual blessings ( Ezekiel 47:12; compare Revelation 22:2 ) and prosperity ( Psalm 1:3 ); (b) of moral decay ( Isaiah 64:6 ), and (c) of a formal, empty profession ( Matthew 21:19 ). (2) To a book (דּלת , <i> ''''' deleth ''''' </i> ), Jeremiah 36:23 (margin "columns"; see Jeremiah 36:2 ); as the parchment was gradually unfolded the successive columns could be read. (3) To doors (צלע , <i> ''''' cēlā‛ ''''' </i> , "side," קלע , <i> ''''' ḳelā‛ ''''' </i> ,"a screen," "hanging"), 1 Kings 6:34 . The door of the [[Holy]] Place consisted of two halves, but each half had two leaves (compare Ezekiel 41:24 ). </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:28, 16 October 2021
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [1]
lēf , lēvz : Used in three different senses, with reference: (1) To trees ( עלה , ‛āleh , "a coming up"), Genesis 3:7; Genesis 8:11; Leviticus 26:36 ( טרף , ṭereph ); Ezekiel 17:9; φύλλον , phúllon . Figuratively (a) of spiritual blessings ( Ezekiel 47:12; compare Revelation 22:2 ) and prosperity ( Psalm 1:3 ); (b) of moral decay ( Isaiah 64:6 ), and (c) of a formal, empty profession ( Matthew 21:19 ). (2) To a book (דּלת , deleth ), Jeremiah 36:23 (margin "columns"; see Jeremiah 36:2 ); as the parchment was gradually unfolded the successive columns could be read. (3) To doors (צלע , cēlā‛ , "side," קלע , ḳelā‛ ,"a screen," "hanging"), 1 Kings 6:34 . The door of the Holy Place consisted of two halves, but each half had two leaves (compare Ezekiel 41:24 ).
