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...Old [[Testament]] period. Even the New Testament opens with a reference to Egypt, for Mary and [[Joseph]] spent a time there with the baby Jesus (&nbsp;Matt ...s co-regency, 67 years in all. The temples he throw of the Chetan built in Egypt and Nubia outshone all others. Sisera, in Merneptab's reign. </p> <p> '''TW

...nquest, when the prophecy, "There shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt," &nbsp;Ezekiel 30:13, was fulfilled. </p> <p> (In the summer of 1881, a la ...no more a prince independent and ruling the whole land. [[Cambyses]] made Egypt a province of the Persian empire; since the second Persian conquest, 2,000

...in violation of their charter. </p> <p> The Israelites were thrust out of Egypt on the fifteenth day of the first month, "about six hundred thousand men on ...of God. I cannot better close the subject on the history of the plagues of Egypt, than by referring the reader to the apostle's divine conclusions on the sa

...aron to send a series of plagues upon Egypt, resulting in the overthrow of Egypt and the release of Israel (&nbsp;Exodus 7:14-25; Exodus 8; Exodus 9; Exodus ...&nbsp; John 6:14; &nbsp; John 7:40 [&nbsp; Luke 7:39 ]), the magicians of Egypt (&nbsp; 2 Timothy 3:8 ), the plagues (&nbsp; Revelation 8:5; &nbsp; Revelat

...us away to die in the wilderness?" (&nbsp;Exodus 14:11). </p> <p> In Lower Egypt the land spreads out on either side of the Nile in a plain bounded E. and W ...se found the crocodile or leviathan, and the hippopotamus or behemoth. See Egypt , and [[Sihor]] . </p>

...te between the conflicting powers of Egypt and Mesopotamia. Now instead of Egypt there was Rome, at the height of its military power, and armed also with th ...ue Bulimi''''' . In the S. and hills of Judah the genus Helix like that of Egypt and the African Sahara. In the valley of Jordan the bulimus. No mollusk can

...ich Ethiopia was joined. Esarhaddon, according to the monuments, conquered Egypt and Ethiopia Meroe was the emporium where the produce of the distant S. was ...baptized by Philip. &nbsp;Acts 8:27-38. It is noticed in, connection with Egypt, &nbsp;Isaiah 20:4; &nbsp;Isaiah 43:3; &nbsp;Isaiah 45:14; with [[Libya]] (

...et without giving to their fellow-countrymen at home any clear idea of the Upper Country. In &nbsp; [[Genesis]] 10:14 the <strong> [[Pathrusim]] </strong> a ...lled "Egypt" (Aristotle): Herod. 2:15. Tradition represented the people of Egypt as coming from Ethiopia, and the first dynasty as Thinite. " '''''Ρa-T-Res

...y and temple were wholly burnt and destroyed, excepting the W. wall of the upper city and Herod's three great towers, which were left as memorials of the st ...hown in the 12th cent. E. of where this palace stood, in the heart of the ‘Upper City,’ while the present Zion Gate upon the S. was taken to be the iron g

...’ or ‘casement’ ( <em> ’arubbah </em> , see above). In the cold season the upper classes warmed their rooms by means of a <strong> brasier </strong> (&nbsp; ...bsp;1 Kings 6:30, where the wood was overlaid with gold), but, even on the upper floors, of beaten mud, sometimes of a sort of cement. In rich houses paveme

...nd the waist. On His feet were leather sandals (&nbsp; Matthew 3:11 ). His upper garment, as has been shown, was of the customary oblong shape probably of w ...ere changed is noted in &nbsp;Jeremiah 43:12; "he shall array himself with Egypt as (speedily and easily as) a shepherd putteth on his garment" (compare &nb

...ke Timsah) by way of Succoth, to [[Etham]] or Pithom, the frontier city of Egypt (Heroopolis) near the S. end of lake Timsah, on the edge of the wilderness, ...h silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes. Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them." &nbsp;Ps

...to the close of the 10th century B.C., [[Assyria]] was under a cloud, and Egypt from 1200 B.C. to Shishak's accession 990 B.C. Solomon was prematurely "old ...father of Jewish proverbial (or gnomic) wisdom; ‘wisdom books’ existed in Egypt long before, but it seems impossible to distinguish in our present ‘Prove

...abbi Kimchi, followed in this by several learned commentators, explains by Egypt what is said of the rivers of Mezor, &nbsp;2 Kings 19:24; &nbsp;Isaiah 19:6 ...is a proper name and refers to Egypt. The Revisers and others translate it Egypt in all passages. </p>

...gnawed the enemy's bowstrings. The Ethiopian influence and authority over Egypt appear in the large proportion of [[Ethiopians]] in Shishak's and Zerah's a ...struggles with the Assyrians, who endeavoured to establish their power in Egypt by means of the native princes as against the Ethiopian. Tirhakah was quite

...during the Roman War. Considerable quantities were sent to [[Tyre]] and to Egypt. Made from the olive trees, the oil was used principally for external appli ...is bolder and richer than that of southern Palestine. On the table land of upper Galilee lie the ruins of Kedesh Naphtali (&nbsp;Joshua 20:7). </p> <p> Boch

...p; 2 Chronicles 8:5 , &nbsp; 1 Kings 9:17 ). By this road Shishak, king of Egypt, invaded Judah. Here [[Judas]] Maccabæus defeated the [[Syrian]] general ...-ho'ron.''' ''(House Of Caverns).'' The name of two towns or villages, an "upper" and a "nether," &nbsp;Joshua 16:3; &nbsp;Joshua 16:5; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 7

...that he may have been the writer who used the Hebrew-Hellenic theology of Egypt to interpret the manger of Bethlehem. See also the following article. </p> .... [[Eusebius]] credits St. Mark with the introduction of Christianity into Egypt. In the 2nd and 3rd cents. Alexandria was the intellectual capital of Chris

...When Isaiah wrote, it would appear to have been one of the chief cities in Egypt, as he speaks of "the princes of Zoan." &nbsp;Isaiah 19:11; &nbsp;Isaiah 19 ...e time of Abraham. It was taken by the Shepherd kings in their invasion of Egypt, and by them rebuilt, and garrisoned, according to Manetho, with 240,000 me

...not a piece of a mill stone, but the rider, the distinguishing name of the upper mill stone, which literally rides upon the other, and is a piece or divisio .... Allusion to one of these is made in &nbsp;Matthew 18:6. With the movable upper millstone of the hand-mill the woman of [[Thebez]] broke Abimelech's skull.

...Patin, Samal became independent States. Damascus became an Aramæan power. Egypt also was split up, and could influence [[Palestine]] but little. When Assyr

...ys Of The [[Flood]] Rains)'' years will I ... bring again the captivity of Egypt." The [[Persian]] [[Cambyses]] gave the finishing blow to No-Amon's greatne ...unishment of the remote Thebes, which could not be accomplished till Lower Egypt was prostrate. The Theban Ammon was often entitled ‘Amen-Rç, king of t

...to whom they paid tribute (cf. Breasted’s <em> [[Ancient]] [[Records]] of Egypt </em> , ii. 213). </p> <p> In the reign of Amenophis iii. (about b.c. 1400) ...e represented as faithfully on their own monuments as they are on those of Egypt, so that we cannot accuse the Egyptian artists of caricaturing their enemie

...ed their conquests westward; and, leading their forces against the king of Egypt, as an invader of their right of conquest, they beat him at Carchemish, and ...;Isaiah 19:23-25 , "Whom the Lord of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance."

...me that Philistia was traversed by vast [[Scythian]] horde on their way to Egypt. </p> <p> The Egyptian ascendancy was not as yet re-established, for we fin ...nes,’ has disappeared. </p> <p> When [[Cambyses]] made his expedition into Egypt (b.c. 525), Gaza opposed him (Polyb. xvi. 40). The [[Sidonian]] king Eshmun

Christian Egypt <ref name="term_38296" /> ...h have a hospital in Alexandria, and the first German Protestant church of Egypt was opened in 1866. '''''—''''' [[Princeton]] Review, 1850, page 260; 185

...304), who at that time were trying to force their way through Canaan into Egypt. It was Othniel, the Kenazite, belonging to a tribe that was related to Jud

...ntinuously from the days of Jeremiah. Papyri prove the presence of Jews in Egypt, not only in the towns but in country districts from a comparatively early

...e probably sheds, and may have resembled the flat-roofed buildings used in Egypt for storing grain. Others may have been dry wells, or cisterns, or caves he ...ply was from rain, and rills from the hills, and the river Jordan, whereas Egypt depended solely on the Nile overflow. [[Irrigation]] was effected by ducts

...l representations remain. Accordingly, at the removal of the Israelites to Egypt, in the early part of the Shepherd rule, we read only of asses and wagons f <p> tribe of shepherds, alleged to have invaded Lower Egypt 2000 years before Christ, overthrown the reigning dynasty, and maintained t

...sacked Avaris and expelled the Hyksos. As the first pharaoh of a reunited Egypt, Ahmose I established the Eighteenth Dynasty and inaugurated the Egyptian N ...in, 1848; Uhlemann Issraeliten- und Hyksos in Aegypten, Lpz. 1856.) (See [[Egypt]]); (See Shepherd-Kings). </p>

...the dominion of the Hebrews extended so far; but it would appear that even Egypt, under [[Pharaoh]] Necho, made conquests to the western bank of the Euphrat ...It was the N.E. boundary of the land promised to Abraham, as the river of Egypt was the S.W. &nbsp;Genesis 15:18 . It is called the great river, the river

...introduction of horses. </p> <p> The camel, one of Abram's possessions in Egypt, is not mentioned in Joseph's time nor on the Egyptian monuments. Their ear ...mon, having married a daughter of Pharaoh, procured a breed of horses from Egypt; and so greatly did he multiply them, that he had four hundred stables, for

...n Europe, we see the [[Pharaoh]] Mandouei combating the nations hostile to Egypt, and returning triumphant to his country. [[Farther]] on, the campaigns of ...tion repeated and baked again. </p> <p> Papyrus was the common material in Egypt; the thin pellicles are glued together in strips, other strips being placed

...rushlike plant (Cyperus Papyrus) of the Sedge family, formerly growing in Egypt, and now found in Abyssinia, Syria, Sicily, etc. The stem is triangular and ...nt </i> , Oxford, 1911). </p> <p> Arabic papyri first began to appear from Egypt in 1825, when three Arabic pieces were brought to Paris and published by Si

...ghest political authority of the world. Finally, the family is reunited in Egypt and look forward to God's deliverance so they can return to the land of pro ...homeland would also be fulfilled. The Israelites’ increasing prosperity in Egypt was rapidly preparing them for the day when they would be strong enough to

...nd Jaffa. Its true position is uncertain. Prof. [[Hull]] assigns it to the Upper Eocene, but Dr. Blanckenhorn to a post-tertiary or diluvial origin. (7) <em ...nowhere visible, although it may be presumed to exist there also below the upper limestone. (See the accompanying ideal section, after Lartet, through Judea

...pposed to have used the Peshiá¹­ta), the papyrus and vellum fragments from Egypt and Sinai, the examination of more of the minuscule [[Mss,]] all these have

...mals; and by this means God executed judgment upon all the bestial gods of Egypt, as foretold, &nbsp; Exodus 12:12 , that perished with their infatuated vot .... But now the overland mail and Suez canal are again bringing it by way of Egypt and the Red Sea. ''(On Israel'S [[Passage]] Of The Red Sea, See Exodus.)''

...frontier and sometimes battlefield between the empires of the new kingdom Egypt in the south and initially Mitanni, then the [[Hittites]] to the north. Imp ...arkable of them was [[Antiochus]] IV (Epiphanes), who would have conquered Egypt but for the mediation of Rome (A.D. 168). Then he plundered the Jewish temp

...th is 12 miles, of which the W. part is named "the plains of Jericho." The upper terrace immediately under the hills is covered with vegetation; under that ...ng, its surface being but 7 feet above sea-level. </p> <p> <strong> 4. The Upper Jordan </strong> is a convenient designation for that portion of the river

...hip attacked later on by Hosea. Even Isaiah can anticipate the erection in Egypt of a pillar (&nbsp; Isaiah 19:19 ) like those which [[Josiah]] in the next ...m of idolatry. Taking its rise in the plains of Chaldea, it spread through Egypt, Greece, Scythia, and even [[Mexico]] and Ceylon. Compare &nbsp;Deuteronomy

...''(A Title Of The True God)'' , [[O]] Israel, which brought thee up out of Egypt," as also his proclamation, "Tomorrow is a feast to JEHOVAH," show that he ...the image or symbol of thy God, "which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt." Moses, having hastened from the mount by the command of God, testified to

...e most frequent mention of Africa in the Bible has to do with Egypt (see [[Egypt]] ; [[Goshen]] ; [[Nile]] ). The land of Ethiopia is also mentioned frequen ...on in 1859, they counted over 300,000 souls. [[Mohammedanism]] prevails in Egypt, Tunis, Tripoli, Algeria, Morocco, Fez, and also throughout Soudan. Dieteri

...departed for Egypt, where Herod had no authority (&nbsp;Matthew 2:14). In Egypt they were to remain till the angel brought word to Joseph (&nbsp;Matthew 2: ...and Customs of the [[Ancient]] Egyptians </i> ; Erman, <i> Life in Ancient Egypt </i> . </p>

...year. He appears in the temple at Thebes as "lord of both Upper and Lower Egypt." The lotus and the papyrus are both upon the shields carried before him; t ...s 3:1 , and made many foreign conquests. In the palace-temple of Karnak in Egypt, the walls of which are yet standing, Sesonchis is represented in a large b

<p> A city on the Tanitic branch of the Nile, in Lower Egypt, called by the [[Greeks]] Daphne. On the N.E. border, near Pelusium, of whi ...n. (b.c. 664 610). According to Herodotus, it was the frontier fortress of Egypt on the Asiatic side, and was garrisoned by Greeks. In its ruins was found a

...on the S. side of Jerusalem, apprehending most danger from the quarter of Egypt (&nbsp;2 Chronicles 11:1; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 11:12-13; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 1 ...David" (&nbsp;1 Kings 14:31 ). He was succeeded by his son Abijah. (See [[Egypt]] .) </p>

...e [[Israelites]] as the most general and effective symbol of their life in Egypt. In the initiation of the new covenant also the same humble article of food ...unleavened bread, as a memorial that at the time of their departure out of Egypt they wanted leisure to bake leavened bread; and, having left the country wi

...n in the plains of Jericho. He was taken for judgment to [[Riblah]] at the upper end of Lebanon; there Nebuchadnezzar first killed his sons before his eyes, ...usalem, and went to meet him, defeated him, and obliged him to return into Egypt; after which he resumed the siege of Jerusalem. In the mean while, the peop

...25). Naphtali had its portion between the coastland strip of Asher and the upper Jordan. Dan shortly after sent a number from his less desirable position ne

...shon, the Kedron, the Besor, the Sorek, and the stream called the river of Egypt. These, also, will be found described under their respective heads. This co ...e Benefactor. It lay midway between the oldest world kingdoms, on one side Egypt and Ethiopia, on the other Babylon, Assyria, and India; then it had close b

...ith grand hall and chambers, paneled with slabs sculptured with trees, the upper part of the walls painted in various colors, the winged cherubim carved all ...unassailable by worms; furs and iron from Asia Minor and Armenia" (Ancient Egypt and Assyria, by G. Maspero, page 271). </p> <p> The bas-reliefs, alabaster

...ine came from Crete"; perhaps many of the Cherethim settlers in Crete from Egypt, when disturbed by [[Minos]] and the Hellenes, withdrew from Crete to Phili ...Cyprus. The correct theory is suggested by inscriptions of Ramses III. of Egypt ( <em> c </em> <em> [Note: circa, about.] </em> . b.c. 1200), who tells of

...hree extant versions of his words." The traditions of Greece, Babylon, and Egypt confirm the Scripture account of the longevity of the patriarchs. [[Sprung] ...becomes a Roman province. In 63Judaea is subjected to Rome. </p> <p> In 30 Egypt becomes a Roman province. </p> <p> 40 Herod is appointed by Rome king of Ju

...ws, in violation of God's prohibition (&nbsp;Deuteronomy 17:16), looked to Egypt for horses and chariots (&nbsp;Isaiah 31:1; &nbsp;Isaiah 36:9; &nbsp;Psalms ...from the spoil of the Syrians. &nbsp;2 Samuel 8:4 . Solomon, trading with Egypt, &nbsp;1 Kings 10:28,29 , enlarged their number until the force amounted to

...ainst Syria and the Jews, in the third year of his reign. [[Crossing]] the upper part of Mount Lebanon, he appears to have conquered [[Tyre]] and all the ci ...Sennacherib reseated Padi on his throne. Sennacherib defeated the kings of Egypt and [[Ethiopia]] at Eltekeh. Sennacherib took 46 of Judah's fenced cities i

...to Sir H. Rawlinson, Esar-haddon and his son Assur-bani-pal both conquered Egypt, and the latter took Thebes twice. Cambyses, king of Persia, ruthlessly des ...cally the city of temples, in the ruins of which many monuments of ancient Egypt are preserved, The plan of the city was a parallelogram, two miles from nor

...out.] . 660 610) Hnçs was the centre of government for the whole of Upper Egypt. The LXX [Note: Septuagint.] does not recognize the name of the city, and s ...less probably, makes Hanes to be Heracleopolis, W. of the Nile in central Egypt. </p>

...se of by way of ornament to the statues of their gods. Thee chief deity of Egypt is said to have been Vulcan, who was styled Opas; he was the same as Osiris ...serpent as a symbol of life and health, as it having been so worshipped in Egypt. The two views have a point of contact, for the serpent is wisdom. </p> <p>

...ree hundred thousand pounds weight of grape juice, or honey of raisins, to Egypt. </p> <p> In the East, grapes enter very largely into the provisions at an ...thrown into the fire. On the road from Akka to Jerusalem, Robinson saw an upper ledge of rock scooped into a shallow trough, in which the grapes were trodd

.... Basil immediately announced to his own people the sentence pronounced in Egypt; the strong sense of church unity made such a step both regular and natural

...s brothers before inviting the whole of Jacob’s family to come and live in Egypt (&nbsp;Genesis 44:2; &nbsp;Genesis 44:12; [[Genesis]] 45). </p> <p> '''Aggr ...e in the main between the list given in connection with Jacob's descent to Egypt in Genesis 46, and the list taken by Moses ages afterward in Numbers 26. Be

...d with the infant Church after the [[Ascension]] <em> praying </em> in the upper room. </p> <p> (2) <em> Place of the Virgin in the [[Christian]] Church </e ...their adoration. The presentation of Christ in the temple, the flight into Egypt, the slaughter of the innocents, and other events connected with the birth

...ptuagint were smoothed down among Greek speaking Jews of other places than Egypt. The New Testament Greek in oldest manuscripts retains many of the rougher ...ntation]] in the temple. </p> <p> 4 [[Visit]] of the magi. [[Flight]] into Egypt, [[Massacre]] of infants. Death of Herod; </p> <p> [[Archelaus]] made ethna

...ve results were produced by magical rites. </p> <p> (Even the magicians of Egypt could imitate the plagues sent through Moses only so long as they had previ ...e believed Balaam's powers to be: "Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:

...cording to Mr. Fergusson, the ground story alone was faced with stone, the upper story being formed upon a system of beams supported by pillars, and enclose ...Hist. of Phoenician </i> , 142), and was probably introduced by them from Egypt. It seems to have been in favor up to the time of Herod and was abandoned a

...hebek, or Sabacho or So, founded here an [[Ethiopian]] kingdom which ruled Egypt. '''''Μeru''''' means "an island" in Egyptian; '''''Μeru-Pet''''' is "the ...amed along with <strong> Sheba </strong> in &nbsp; Psalms 72:10 , and with Egypt and Cush in &nbsp; Isaiah 43:8; &nbsp; Isaiah 45:14 . In the latter passage

...Matthew 21 . </p> 3. [[Performing]] or acting by contact with the surface, upper part or outside of anything as, to play on a harp, a violin, or a drum. 4. ...us, was given to the [[Israelites]] to dwell in, when they first went into Egypt; and it was a daughter of a priest of the temple of the sun at this place,

...Mecca]] still runs through the Paran desert. Hadad would take that road to Egypt, "taking men with them out of Paran" as guides through the desert. [[Seir]] ...d. A city may be intended in &nbsp; 1 Kings 11:13 , lying between Edom and Egypt, which cannot now be identified. The exiled [[Ishmael]] settled in the ‘

...wever, little more than the mere shadow of [[Christianity]] can be seen in Egypt; and, in point of numbers, not more than fifty thousand Christians in all c ...gyptians. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n. pl.) The principal sect of Christians in Egypt and the valley of the Nile. </p>

...<i> ''''' ye'ōr ''''' </i> for <i> ''''' naḥal ''''' </i> of the "Brook of Egypt"? It is not art, but experience, in the use of a language which gives such ...international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/brook+of+egypt,+the The Brook Of Egypt from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>

...the household mill (so rightly RV [Note: Revised Version.] ), or even the upper millstone, ‘for he taketh a man’s life to pledge’ (&nbsp;Deuteronomy ...aving its own mill. A woman, or sometimes two sit at the mill, turning the upper stone, casting in the grain occasionally through a hole in it Larger mills

...es for warehouses to store goods, for lodgings, and for stables, while the upper is used merely for lodging; beside which they are always accommodated with ...as early as &nbsp;Genesis 42:27; &nbsp;Genesis 43:21 , when Jacob sent to Egypt for corn. As the word <i> malon </i> signifies simply 'lodging place,' at f

...urt of the house, but in every house, one or more look into the street. In Egypt, these outer windows generally project over the doorway. ''See '' [[House]]

...elation to [[Israel]] </i> , 1908; Sayce, <i> The Religions of [[Ancient]] Egypt and Babylonia </i> , 1903. Literature: <i> Assyrian and Babylonian Literatu ...stress of the world. The whole East was overrun by the armies of Chaldaea, Egypt was invaded, and the city of the Euphrates left without a rival. Until syst

...and Judea, (iii) [[Cyprus]] and Phoenicia, (iv) Egypt; King and Hall, <i> Egypt and Western Asia in Light of Modern Discoveries </i> ; S. Birch, <i> Histor

...s for doing the same work. </p> <p> '''(26):''' ''' (''' v. i.) One of the upper screens of a stage in a theater. </p> <p> '''(27):''' ''' (''' v. i.) The f ...in, is (as the name means) "the prince of flies." The '''''Dthebab''''' of Egypt (Sir G. Wilkinson, Transact. Entom. Soc., 2:183), is like our '''''Cleg''''

...ord the more forcibly, because unexpected and direct. The Bible shows that Egypt and Assyria, though remote, were often in conflict during the height of the ...ies. Manetho's 25th or Ethiopian dynasty extended its influence into Lower Egypt in 725 B.C. </p> <p> '''''So''''' or '''''Seveh''''' answers to "Sabacho" o

...semi-barbarous condition of Palestine in the patriarchal age; the desert; Egypt; the comparative unimportance of Moses as a lawgiver; the gradual invasion

...as by a neck and finger board." From the long residence of the Hebrews in Egypt, it is no improbable conjecture that their music was derived from that sour ...n of [[Israel]] sang their triumphal song of deliverance from the hosts of Egypt; and Miriam, in celebration of the same event, exercised one of her functio

...tral pillars on the basement; when these were pulled down the whole of the upper floors would fall also. &nbsp;Judges 16:26. It may be added that, when a ma

...husband of Isis. He was figured as a mummy wearing the royal cap of Upper Egypt, and was symbolized by the sacred bull, called Apis. Cf. Serapis. </p> ...See Prichard, Mythology, p. 208; Willinson, Man. and Cust. 4:314; Bunsen, Egypt's Place, 1:414. </p>

...ns on their excessive multiplication. Neither was the movement confined to Egypt. Arabia, Syria, Palestine, and more especially the region of Mount Sinai, s

...north latitude. Extensive ruins found in this neighborhood, and along the upper valley of the Nile, indicate high civilization among the ancient Ethiopians <p> [[Queen]] of Ethiopia (the island of Meroe, in upper Nubia, between the Nile on one side and the Atbara on the other). The name

...parallel to, though earlier and more important than, the Antiochian text. Egypt was the home of scholars, and if such a recension was made there, it is nat

...they at last were reputed to be deities. Hence in the ancient mythology of Egypt, there were precisely eight gods; and the ark was esteemed an emblem of the ...d high and two cubits long, and covered all over with the purest gold. Its upper surface or lid, the mercy-seat, was surrounded with a rim of gold; and on e

...; Wiedemann, <i> Geschichte von Alt-Aegypten </i> , 179-90; Rawlinson, <i> Egypt </i> ("Story of the Nations"), 354 ff; <i> Herodotus </i> ii. 158,159. </p>

...nt voyages. In addition to this, there was a regular trade maintained with Egypt, whence Solomon Imported chariots and horses (&nbsp; 1 Kings 10:28-29 ). </ ...ments like Layard, <i> Nineveh </i> , II, 379 ff; Maspero, <i> [[Ancient]] Egypt and Assyria </i> ; Ball, <i> Light from the East </i> , and Reissner, <i> [

...k’s name. The most widely spread is that which assigns to him a mission in Egypt, and the evangelization of Alexandria. This mission is regarded as occupyin ...iphanius, Eusebius, and Jerom, all assert that Mark preached the Gospel in Egypt; and the two latter call him bishop of Alexandria. </p> <p> Dr. Lardner thi

...e case in the time of Moses. &nbsp;Exodus 5:7-19 . [[Bricks]] brought from Egypt vary in size, from 20 inches to 14-1/4 in. long, 8-3/4 in. to 6-1/2 in. wid ...bor in which the Hebrews in Egypt were most oppressed. On the monuments of Egypt, all the parts of this hard and ancient task-work are painted-the carrying,

...ser III (745-727 B.C.). Hosea rebuked efforts at alliance with Assyria and Egypt as the means to national security. He witnessed the political chaos in Isra ...the Egypt of affliction (&nbsp;Hosea 8:13; &nbsp;Hosea 9:3), not literal "Egypt" (&nbsp;Hosea 11:5). </p> <p> New [[Testament]] references: &nbsp;Hosea 11:

...kiel 16:40; &nbsp; Ezekiel 23:45 ). The earlier penalty was hurning, as in Egypt (&nbsp; Genesis 38:24; [[Tamar]] is virtually betrothed). In &nbsp; Numbers ...and future. I will establish thee as wife." Practicing in marriage law in Egypt was one of the priestly functions, for at the conclusion the contract state

...the Hegira, A. D. 641; after which it was superseded as the metropolis of Egypt by Fostat, now Old Cairo, in the construction of which its materials were e ...et up in that place; and the Fatimite caliphs, when they became masters of Egypt, added another to it, which is known to us at this day by the name of Grand

...hers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt-offerings or sacrifices; but this thing I commanded them, ...es by that supernatural Power which had delivered the Hebrew nation out of Egypt, conducted them through the wilderness, planted them in the land of Canaan,

...phites also Christus leaves the Sophia behind and escapes himself into the upper realm of light. </p> <p> The notion of a fall of the last of the Aeons from

...er, but were at first ascribed to the ancient Israelites on their way from Egypt to Sinai; and afterwards to [[Christian]] pilgrims of the fourth century. R ...heory, put forward by Mr. [[Baker]] Greene ( <i> The Hebrew Migration from Egypt </i> ), though accepted by Dr. Sayce ( <i> [[Higher]] Cricitism </i> , 1894

...e Red Sea. </p> <p> Apart from the significant roles played by the Nile in Egypt and the Tigris and Euphrates in Mesopotamia, the rivers of the biblical wor

...ation becomes more evident during the Late Bronze IIb (about 1300-1200) as Egypt's Nineteenth Dynasty established a firmer control over the affairs of the e

...n the morning, and again toward evening. The same custom prevails in Upper Egypt, but on a larger scale: and there are caravanserais often found near the we ...ay unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all

...rsion of the <em> Diatessaron </em> itself were discovered, in Rome and in Egypt, and from these the text was published in 1888, in a form modified, it is t

...s slain for his refusal to betray his son. As the Holy Family pass through Egypt, the marvellous accompanies them at every step. In these apocryphal stories

...apolis or Cyrenaica. Under the first [[Ptolemy]] it became a dependency of Egypt; was left to Rome by the will of Ptolemy Apion, b.c. 96; was soon after for ...attus and his family 630 B.C. [[Afterward]] joined to its eastern neighbor Egypt. A table land descending by terraces to the sea. Famed for luxuriant vegeta

...xander]] fell sick at Babylon, some of his courtiers who happened to be in Egypt, or who went thither on purpose, passed the night in the temple of Serapis, ...on of [[Ahab]] (&nbsp;2 Kings 1:2), having fallen through a lattice in his upper chamber, and suffering greatly in consequence, sent to [[Ekron]] to inquire

...most southerly directions, from Italy or [[Greece]] to Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, and Africa, anticipating a quick and easy voyage with the aid of northerly

...Note: [[Q.]] Aquila.] </p> <p> (b) The <em> Sahidic </em> version of Upper Egypt; Job and Ps. are extant complete, and there are considerable fragments of o

...Syria, to Asia Minor and Greece, to Italy, Gaul, Spain, North Africa, and Egypt. </p> <p> The New Testament cites the synagogue as a place of prayer, readi ...service or worship is prescribed. The Israelites had been redeemed out of Egypt by God, and thus as a ransomed people could draw near to His appointed plac

...p;Galatians 3:17). God will bring them back to a bondage as bad as that in Egypt, but shortened by the ''40'' years' sojourn in the desert for discipline. A ...beginning, for it is known that there were Jews in Pathros, that is Upper Egypt, in the last days of Jeremiah (&nbsp;Jeremiah 44:1 , &nbsp;Jeremiah 44:15 )

...ael]] in anticipation of the attack. The city had grown to fill the entire upper tell. Its fortifications had been strengthened and enlarged, and a special ...Asor). </p> <p> The name Hazor still lingers in several places around the upper valley of the [[Jordan]] (Robinson, B. R. 3, 63, 81, 401). There is one Haz

...nd De Wette are inclined to believe that it is merely the version of Upper Egypt transferred to the idiom of the particular place where the Bashmuric was sp

Land Of Egypt <ref name="term_65975" /> ...iah 45:14; &nbsp;Nahum 3:9 . [[Ethiopian]] kings appear to have reigned in Egypt, and are included in their list of kings. </p>

...c at the time when the [[Jews]] were driven out of Egypt. See [[Plagues Of Egypt]] . </p> ...the original of Jannes was in use at or near the period of the sojourn in Egypt. The names of the ancient Egyptians were extremely. numerous, and very fluc

...f India, "Cyperees, "p. 88). </p> <p> The papyrus reed is not now found in Egypt; it grows, however, in Syria. Dr. Hooker saw it on the banks of Lake Tiberi ...hat when a boat is described as being of reeds or rushes or papyrus (as in Egypt), a covering of skin or bitumen is to be understood. That the papyrus was e

...d (saith Moses) whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with ...Job 24:8). '''''Sagrir''''' only in &nbsp;Proverbs 27:15. As compared with Egypt, Palestine was a land of rain (&nbsp;Deuteronomy 11:10-11), but for six mon

...nt. &nbsp;Genesis 38:18. The ring or the seal as an emblem of authority in Egypt, [[Persia]] and elsewhere is mentioned in &nbsp;Genesis 41:42; &nbsp;1 King ...nt. &nbsp;Genesis 38:18. The ring or the seal as an emblem of authority in Egypt, Persia, and elsewhere is mentioned in &nbsp;Genesis 41:42; &nbsp;1 Kings 2

...r, being weary of this exaction, Hoshea combined secretly with So, King of Egypt to remove the subjection. [[Shalmaneser]] brought an army against him, rava ...to pay tribute; but he soon after concluded all alliance with the king of Egypt, and withheld his tribute, in consequence. </p> <p> In B.C. 723, Shalmanese

...regards the daily ‘tale of bricks’ there referred to, an expert moulder in Egypt to-day is said to be able to turn out no fewer than ‘about 3000 bricks’ ...not fireburnt, though in &nbsp;Jeremiah 43:9 a brick kiln is mentioned in Egypt. </p> <p> The Babylonian are larger than English bricks, being about 13 in.

...edia, then marched through Asia Minor, and even forced their way as far as Egypt. They crossed through Canaan, passing by on their march from East to West,

...upper to the lower. The two vats were usually hewn in the solid rock, the upper broad and shallow, the lower smaller and deeper. The first drops ("the tear ...or was at once collected in vessels. A hand-press was occasionally used in Egypt, but we have no notice of such an instrument in the Bible. </p> <p> As to t

...st is conducted to the Haram; repaired by [[Sultan]] Mahomet Ibn Kalaun of Egypt about A.D. 1300. </p> ...officers of Hezekiah, which took place '''''‘''''' " by the conduit of the upper pool, in the highway of the fuller's field" (&nbsp;2 Kings 18:17), whose si

...of injuries received in battle. [[Ahaziah]] died following a fall from the upper portion of his home in [[Samaria]] (&nbsp;2 Kings 1:2-17 ). When illness or ...ingly, it is not at all surprising, if many of the Hebrews, when they left Egypt, were infected with it; but the assertion of Manetho, that they were all th

...11:14; &nbsp;2 Corinthians 2:11). Typhon, the destroyer, was worshipped in Egypt under the form of a crocodile. </p> ...the largest mouth of all monsters whatever; moves both its jaws alike, the upper of which has not less than thirty-six, and the lower thirty sharp, but stro

...millstone; and in the operation of grinding, the lower was fixed, and the upper made to move round upon it with considerable velocity by means of a handle. ...grain or maize was known and used in Palestine as it was at [[Thebes]] in Egypt, where grains and leaves of it have been found under mummies. The wheat roo

...t congregated all Israel "from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt" (&nbsp;1 Kings 8:65). The same point from which Solomon's kingdom began wa ...hemselves into stone canals, supported by lofty arches on a level with the upper part of the town. There are about a dozen of the wheels; the largest of the

...en carried on in bitumen; that from the Dead Sea being specially prized in Egypt, while as already remarked, it is by no means improbable that the pits of b

...ord shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost parts of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria," &nbsp; Isaiah 7:18 . If t ...t,] "shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria." (&nbsp;Isaiah 7:17-18) </

...contests between the king of the north (Syria) and the king of the south (Egypt) — branches of the Grecian empire — often in the land of [[Palestine]] wh ...ew the history of Babylon, the Medes, Persia, Greece, the [[Ptolemies]] of Egypt, and the Seleuccids of Syria. He then pointed to an immediate future when G

...e, have resulted from its commerce. Bordering with Arabia on the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and forming from north to south the most direct and most ...amuel 14:47). [[Hadad]] the Edomite, who escaped from David's slaughter to Egypt, returned thence from [[Pharaoh]] [[Shishak]] to excite Edom to revolt agai

...am against thee, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers in Egypt. I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to s ...sp;Ezekiel 47:10; &nbsp;Habakkuk 1:15, probably resembling the one used in Egypt, as shown in Wilkinson (iii. 55), or the [[Draw]] or [[Drag]] net, &nbsp;Is

...so different from those of the ancient nations. Their lodgings were not in upper stories, but in recesses on the ground floor; and their ovens were not like ...he animal meant. The only known species of frog which occurs at present in Egypt is the '''Rana esculenta''' , the edible frog of the continent. </p>

...gave virtual independence to Phoenicia, using the Phoenician fleet against Egypt and Greece. Alexander the Great put an end to Phoenician political power, b ...even under the [[Ptolemies]] the intimate connection between Phoenicia and Egypt still existed. </p> <p> From Palestine the Phoenicians imported, besides wh

<p> '''(1):''' (a.) Of or pertaining to [[Alexandria]] in Egypt; as, the [[Alexandrian]] library. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (a.) [[Applied]] to a ...d with this view invited people from every part of [[Greece]] to settle in Egypt, and removed the schools of Athens to Alexandria. Under the patronage, firs

...adth of thy land, [[O]] Immanuel," </p> <p> &nbsp;Isaiah 8:8 . The king of Egypt is also styled by Ezekiel, "a great eagle, with great wings, and many feath ...."And the Lord is doing so now, in bringing up all his redeemed out of the Egypt of sin and death in this world. But the most beautiful part of the represen

...at the most important of its miracles take place during the [[Sojourn]] in Egypt. It is noteworthy also that according to this gospel (chapter 7) it was on

...rought all the symbols of the previous apocalyptic, from [[Babylonia]] and Egypt in the remote past down to the almost contemporary visions or Ezra and Baru ...ment''' , in which the sun, moon and stars are fixed; </p> <p> iii. '''The upper heaven''' , the abode of God and his angels, the invisible realm of holines

...h became extinct in Egypt long ago, and is now found in Africa only in the Upper Nile beyond the 7th degree of North latitude. The most common trees and pla

...in [[Egyptian]] inscriptions many centuries before the [[Israelites]] left Egypt. It is also said that it was known in India at an equally primitive period. ...'''''—''''' in moist and dry localities. It still exists in Palestine and Egypt '''''—''''' the latter its most familiar home, although Dr. Kitto thinks

...m [[Babylonia]] (&nbsp;Joshua 7:21 ), PhÅ“nicia (&nbsp; Ezekiel 27:16 f.), Egypt, and in NT times even from India for the high priest’s dress (Mishna, <em ...roducts. Another type of vertical loom had the warp threads attached to an upper beam and held taut in groups by a series of stone or clay weights. Weaving

...n the Bedouins </i> , 1830, p. 269; [[William]] Rae Wilson, <i> Travels in Egypt and the Holy Land </i> 2 [Note: designates the particular edition of the wo ...ed a whole sackful of the. They are prepared in different ways. An Arab in Egypt, of whom we requested that he would immediately eat locusts in our presence

<p> Although brought up a slave in Egypt, Caleb proved himself a responsible leader once the people of Israel began ...eclared against the project, and intimated their wish to return again into Egypt. Moses and Aaron no sooner heard this than they fell upon their faces befor

...ond an ornament; the third is the ordinary word for head or top. It is the upper part of a pillar, answering to what is now called the capital, or a kind of <p> [[Chapiter]] n. </p> 1. The upper part or capital of a column or pillar a word used in the scriptures. See Ca

...ypt; of which we omit any particular account, for brevity's sake. In upper Egypt there was a prospect of their being useful among the Copts, who were visite ...science in foreign countries. Some emigrated into Silesia, and others into Upper Lusatia, a province of Saxony, adjoining to Bohemia. The latter, as before

...eerah''''' implies. [[Bracelets]] of fine twisted gold are still common in Egypt. Men wore them as well as women. The [[Assyrian]] kings had "in the center ...mlet]] ''.'' Bracelets of fine, twisted, Venetian gold are still common in Egypt. In &nbsp;Genesis 38:18; &nbsp;Genesis 38:25, the word rendered "bracelet,"

...zenith there between 1400,1300 [[B.C.]] One of the few artifacts not from Egypt is a conical beaker from Mesopotamia, found at Megiddo. </p> <p> Glass drin

...context refers to the Bible used by Greek-speaking Christians who lived in Egypt and elsewhere during the early history of Christianity. This Bible containe ...f the modern binder, who has not always spared the text, especially at the upper inner margin.<ref name = Montefiore>Thomas Law Montefiore, ''Catechesis Eva

...of the rest by the constitution of one of the most eminent, the kingdom of Egypt, &nbsp; Genesis 47:15-27 . The Egyptians were masters of their persons and

...e thus interpret &nbsp;1 Peter 5:13 &nbsp; 2 . There was also a Babylon in Egypt, a city not far from Heliopolis. Some suppose this to be the Babylon mentio ...that time a large [[Jewish]] colony; still others maintain that Babylon in Egypt, now called Old Cairo, is meant. </p>

...ishment was administered. Jeremiah was put in "the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin" (&nbsp;Jeremiah 20:2 ), proclamations were read, business

...] remains at Khorsabad captives are represented with a hook in the nose or upper lip, and a cord attached in the king's hand. </p> <p> So God threatens the ...Thus Pliny (Hist. Nat. 8, 25) states, that the Tentyritee (inhabitants of Egypt) followed the crocodile, swimming after it in the river, sprung upon its ba

...ng the several syllables into one. Before our period it was in use both in Egypt and in Asia Minor to designate the members of a secular corporation, and in ...ot fall off when the body was bent down. The Hebrew priests, like those of Egypt and other nations, performed their sacred duties with naked feet; a symbol

...t to the province of Syria. Antony later gave the city to [[Cleopatra]] of Egypt. [[Augustus]] Caesar added it to the kingdom of Herod the Great. </p> <p> T ...rowded along the steep sides of the hill that the rickety dwellings in the upper part seem to be toppling over on the flat roofs of those below. The most pr

...tion to the last, even offering him personal violence when he lay dying in Egypt. </p> <p> Senuti lived to be a heretic in the opposite extreme from Nestori

...astern [[Mediterranean]] to the [[Indus]] River (including today's Turkey, Egypt, Syria, Palestine, Iraq, Iran, and parts of [[Afghanistan]] and Pakistan). ...nder conquered the East. The dynasties which they established in Syria and Egypt were Macedonian, but in the subsequent Hellenization of the East they took

...d part of India; in Africa from the [[Mediterranean]] to Senegal, and from Egypt and Abyssinia to Algiers and Morocco. </p> <p> The dromedary ( '''''Beeker' ...three in the upper and two in the lower jaw and there is a fissure in the upper lip. The dromedary of Arabian camel, has one bunch on the back, four callou

...perstitious reverence, among the ignorant. Thus such men as [[Anthony]] of Egypt, Paul of Thebes, Hilarion of Palestine, and others, became severally the ce

...ornou; for none are figured on any known monument in either Upper or Lower Egypt. With regard, however, to wild oxen of the true Taurine genus, some may, at

...affect to believe in this miracle; though it is perfectly evident that the upper part of the column is connected with the roof." "The fact is," says Dr. E. ...e shall be no end (&nbsp;Luke 1:26-33). After His birth and the sojourn in Egypt Joseph and Mary took the child to their original home in Nazareth, six mile

...tations attending the descent of the Spirit on the disciples seated in the upper room is compared with fire. The appearance of fire (ὡσεὶ πυρός) ...to observe, that the ministering spirits and servants of the Lord from the upper and brighter world, are frequently spoken of under the same similitude. The

...(Itsa Takley Gorges) addressed a letter to Mr. Salt, the British consul in Egypt, and requested copies of some parts of both the Old and New Testaments. Cop ...es to the saints, and especially to the Virgin; and, like the [[Copts]] of Egypt, practice circumcision. When questioned on the subject, they answer that th

...lliance of Crœsus, king of Lydia, Nabonidus of Babylon, and [[Amasis]] of Egypt. On the fall of Crœsus, Cyrus turned to Babylonia, where Nabonidus had ..., seeing him as a liberator rather than a conqueror. All that remained was Egypt, which he left for his son, Cambyses II. Cyrus truly was the ruler of the w

...aft, while the harbour of Seleucia received the largest transport ships of Egypt, Phcenicia, Cyprus, Asia Minor, Greece, and Italy. From this seaport St. Pa ...here are rock-cut tombs, broken statuary and sarcophagi at the base of the Upper City, a position which probably represents the burial place of the Seleucid

...all was the great eastern gate leading from the court of the women to the upper court. It was, in all probability, the one called the "beautiful gate" in t

...he siluroid catfish or coracine, identical with that of the ponds of Lower Egypt. But this site is too far S., and the catfish is found in the lake also, an ...[Zebulun]] and Naphtalim, &nbsp;Matthew 4:15 , and consequently toward the upper part of it. As it was a convenient port from Galilee to any place on the ot

...h fall in the lower regions of Lebanon, and the melting of the snow in the upper ones, furnish an abundance of perennial streams, which are alluded to by So ...e been victims of human greed and irresponsibility. They were exploited by Egypt and [[Mesopotamia]] long before biblical times, and they continued to suppl

...assed through the land of Moab in returning from Petra in 1818 (Travels in Egypt, etc. [1822, 8vo; 1847, 12mo], chapter 8; see also Legh's Supplement to Dr.

...h alluvial gravel. Found mostly at the upper reaches of rivers in areas of Egypt, the Nubian desert, and the Caucasus, gold began to be mined rather late be

...ar ancient texts, written on fragments of pottery, have been discovered in Egypt, viz. the <em> Ostraca </em> . As the potsherd cost nothing (anybody could

...ian territory within the new [[Babylonian]] Empire, Pharaoh [[Neco]] II of Egypt came to Carchemish to try to save the remnants of the Assyrian army. He hop ...es, from whence its possession was a matter of contest between Babylon and Egypt (&nbsp;2 Chronicles 35:20). Taken by Pharaoh [[Necho]] after the battle of

...ns. At sunset the cooling air begins to slip down seaward again, while the upper strata move landward from the sea. The moisture thus carried ashore is prec ...cts of this scourge not far south of [[Beersheba]] (Researches, 1:196). In Egypt the south wind (khamsin) prevails in the spring, a portion of which, in the

...at an earlier period the Medes, at a later period the Persians, gained the upper hand and bore sway. This ascendancy, in the case of the Persians, as genera ...> ''''' Bagōas ''''' </i> , probably in revenge for Artaxerxes' conduct in Egypt (338 BC). </p> <p> <b> 9. Xerxes II: </b> </p> <p> <i> ''''' Arsēs ''''' <

...in Lower Egypt (Korte, p. 189; Shaw, p. 123). Dates are still gathered in Egypt in the middle of this month (Thomson, 2:176). The trees till this period re

...form the Neo-Platonic doctrines. He was born at Lycopolis, a city of Upper Egypt, A.D. 205, and was so delicate and sickly as to prevent his early training;

...euteronomy 11:10 the reference is to some system of irrigation in vogue in Egypt, either to the turning of a water-wheel by the foot, or to a method of dist ...are within it. This is what Moses means in this place by saying, that, in Egypt they water the earth with their feet. The water in thus conveyed to cistern

...Mount Hermon; Garasa, afterward Jaras, three leagues north- east from the upper extremity of the sea of Tiberias, and much noted during the crusades; Rabba

...ornou; for none are figured on any known monument in either Upper or Lower Egypt. With regard, however, to wild oxen of the true Taurine genus, some may, at

...ites and ceremonies, both serious and ludicrous, from foreign nations; and Egypt and [[Phenicia]] furnished them with more perhaps than any other country. F ...ir the feet of, as of boots, with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of. </p> <p> '''(11):''' ''' (''' n.) A tribe of Indians which, with

...f God as the [[Redeemer]] of Israel with reference to the deliverance from Egypt mentioned in the closing verse of the Shemâ‛ chapters (&nbsp;Numbers 15: ...tained not a few references to the synagogues of the Jewish communities in Egypt, from the time of the third Ptolemy, Euergetes, b.c. 247 221, onwards (deta

...of fishermen; and allusion to the artificial reservoirs and fish-ponds of Egypt occurs in the [[Prophets]] (&nbsp;Isaiah 19:8-10). Fishing pavilions, appar

...‘to sell,’ has raised the question whether the story of Joseph’s sale into Egypt did not arise in connexion with it. </p> <p> For the clans see &nbsp;Joshua ...numerous tribe they had a large possession in the north on the east of the upper [[Jordan]] and of the Sea of Galilee. They conquered the mountaineers of Gi

...obedient tears, melodious in their wo." POPE. </em> </strong> </p> <p> In Egypt, the lower class of people call in women who play on the tabor; and whose b ...much less elaborate than those of the Egyptians. Jacob and Joseph dying in Egypt were embalmed; the Egyptians, through lack of a better hope, endeavoring to

...as a salad leek, and the cucumber the “snake cucumber” which was common in Egypt. With the growth of trade under the [[Israelite]] monarchy, these items bec

...es - -a custom prevalent also among several of the peasant tribes of upper Egypt. He also mentions wailing-women, and a man in distress besmearing his face ...re in the sacrificial peace offerings (&nbsp;Leviticus 7:20), Covering the upper lip and the head, in token of silence: &nbsp;Leviticus 13:45, the leper; &n

...f the genus <em> strombus </em> . A similar product is still used in Upper Egypt for fumigations. </p> <p> E. W. G. Masterman. </p> ...ill used in combination with other perfumes by the [[Arab]] women of Upper Egypt and Nubia. (See Sir S. Baker, <i> The Nile </i> <i> Tributaries of Abyssini

...old if there was a response. In the next passage, however, Abraham went to Egypt and fell into sin, lying about [[Sarah]] out of fear of Pharaoh. Perhaps th ...bernacle <p> This was a diminutive table of acacia overlaid with gold, the upper surface of which was a square of one cubit, and its height two cubits, with

...he East: ‘The women of Egypt deem it more incumbent upon them to cover the upper and back part of the head than the face, and more requisite to conceal the ...r the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen …” (Lev. 26:45). But in most cases, this ad

...he eastern boundary), so as to follow substantially the eastern arm of the-upper Jordan, taking in successively [[Shepham]] (perhaps Caesare Philippi; comp. ...h 19:13 , <i> ''''' shēbheṭ ''''' </i> is used of the "tribes" (nomes?) of Egypt and <i> ''''' phulē ''''' </i> in &nbsp;Matthew 24:30 of "all the tribes o

...d its holdings were governed by the king and members of his family. In the upper area of the city were four administrative centers: the royal palace, which ...in limited authority. </p> 6. The [[Greeks]] <p> Under the Greek rulers of Egypt and Syria the Jews continued to enjoy a large measure of autonomy, still ma

...arble surrounded the central nave, and into this nave the galleries in the upper story opened. The roof above the central nave was constructed with a cleres ...ay, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, and Russia), the whole of Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, and the north-west of Africa. </p> <p> The Roman State was at first ruled

...ii., xix., [ed. Mangey, ii. pp. 538-541]). L. Avillius Flaccus, prefect of Egypt from a.d. 32 to 37, was, during the latter part of his period of government

...y was given. But the temple was probably swept away in the final revolt of Egypt against the [[Persians]] about 405. Since the seventh century the frontier ...mple of [[Yahweh]] in that place in the 5th century BC. See [[Aramaic]]; [[Egypt]]; Papyri; [[Sanctuary]] , 4, etc. </p>

...ist. The fragment was found in the winter of 1886–1887 at Akhmîm, in Upper Egypt, by the French Archaeological Mission, and was published by [[M.]] Bouriant

..., King of the Universe, who hast redeemed us and redeemed our fathers from Egypt.’ The second cup of wine, which had been previously filled, was now drunk

...estroyed by the Babylonians in 587 B.C., and a considerable segment of the upper classes had been forcibly exiled to Babylon. The writer hailed Cyrus as the ...a, Israel, and Assyria; so that they should trust wholly in Him and not in Egypt. His style is simple and sublime, intermediate between the lowly tenderness

...n, were called from the pomegranate. The cheeks ''(Kjv "Temples," I.E. The Upper Part Of The [[Cheek]] Near The Temples)'' of the bride are "like a piece of ...o the mountains of northern India. The pomegranate was early cultivated in Egypt; hence, the complaint of the [[Israelites]] in the wilderness of Zin, &nbsp

...dynasty has been found, i.e. 3,200 years ago. Alabastron, a town in Upper Egypt, had quarries of alabaster near, from whence the name is derived. Figurativ ...ng the Lord for his saving mercies. We see, in 2Ma_6:27 , that the Jews of Egypt, in their festivals for deliverance, offered cups of salvation. The Jews ha

...es. ( <em> b </em> ) The later closed lamps, on the other hand, have their upper surface ornamented with an endless variety of design, ranging from simple l ...enesis 15:17 (c) Here we find a picture of the experience of [[Israel]] in Egypt. They were to have terrible oppression and suffering which was described as

...are always chthonic, as against the Olympian (national) divinities of the upper air; and their worship, maintained by guilds, was commonly associated with ...d also account, in some measure, for the legend of their introduction from Egypt (Smith, Dict. of Class. Antiq. s.v.). It does seem, indeed, as if the vague

...l Old [[Testament]] act of redemptionthe exodus of the [[Israelites]] from Egypt. Here too appear thirteen of the eighteen Old Testament uses of "signs and ...&nbsp; John 10:24-27 &nbsp; 20:29,31 . The deceptions of the magicians in Egypt, and of false prophets in ancient and in modern times, &nbsp;Deuteronomy 13

...as wisdom schools were later established for the teaching and training of upper class people in philosophical thought (&nbsp;Ecclesiastes 12:9; &nbsp;Eccle ...ng and teaching of Holy Scripture. In Asia Minor and in Gaul, in Syria and Egypt, this feeling prevailed. Men like Justin Martyr, Tatian, Theophilus of Anti

...mpaigns against Egypt for the possession of Palestine, finally gaining the upper hand in the year 198 Bc by his victory at Panium, so called from its proxim

...ay stone, is so beautiful as to be worthy of a modern Greek cathedral. The upper dish rests on a support of carved ornamental leaves painted red, yellow and

...pater]] and Hyrcanus to Cæsar in his struggle with the party of Pompey in Egypt. In gratitude Cæsar gave many rights and privileges to the Jews througho ...s the history of the persecution of Ptolomy Philopater against the Jews in Egypt, and their sufferings under it; and seems to have been written by some [[Al

...B.C. 200; and says farther that the Therapeuts (founded about B.C. 170) of Egypt and elsewhere were in name and essence an imitation of the Essenes. He asse

...al. and afterwards travelled with the crown-prince of [[Prussia]] to Upper Egypt and Nubia. The last years of his life were devoted chiefly to the elaborati ...y under Bopp, but early devoted himself to the study of the antiquities of Egypt; headed in 1842 an expedition of research among the monuments under the kin

...cut up into square pages and bound like modern books. See Wilkinson. Anc. Egypt. 2:95, 96. (See [[Reed]]); (See [[Rush]]). </p>

...uchadnezzar's prisoner when [[Jerusalem]] fell in 597 B.C. People from the upper classes and skilled workmen were also among those taken to [[Babylon]] as c ...the chapters are then referred to another oppressor, either [[Assyria]] or Egypt, whom the Chaldæans are raised up to punish; and ch. 3 is ascribed to an

...''Israel and the Amorites''' </p> <p> [[Prior]] to Israel’s migration from Egypt to Canaan, the Amorite king [[Sihon]] had conquered all the [[Ammonite]] an ...e Amorites, under Sihon their king, when the Israelites, in their way from Egypt, requested a passage through their country. This request, however, Sihon re

...false prophet, who urged alliances with foreign powers such as Assyria and Egypt, anal relied too much upon the material resources of the nation. The true p

...period, and those in Cufic, the tombstones of the Mohammedan conquerors of Egypt, follow also the forms of their respective nationalities, all trace of the

...t]] </i> , p. 40). On the contrary, the narrative of the first Passover in Egypt appears to anticipate that of the covenant made at Sinai, while apart from

...bers 32:1). It is "desert" only in comparison with the rich agriculture of Egypt and Palestine. The midbars of Ziph, Maon, and Paran, etc., are pasture wast ...ty of palm-trees," at the lower end of the valley, Bethshean (q.v.) at the upper, and [[Phasaelis]] in the center, were famed both in Jewish and profane his

...ssyrians]] and was brought by the ships of Solomon. [[Ancient]] ivories of Egypt and [[Assyria]] have been found. </p> ...ipio Africanus in 190 bc. &nbsp;1 Maccabees 1:17 speaks of the invasion of Egypt by Antiochus [[Epiphanes]] with an army in which there were elephants. &nbs

...m, containing about sixty deep ''Loculi'' , arranged in three stories; the upper stories with ledges in front, to give convenient access, and to support the ...more touchingly and poetically described than by Jacob on his death-bed in Egypt, when, looking back on the land from which he was an exile, the land of his

...e mines inscriptions describing their methods of mining. Here, as in upper Egypt, are remains of the buildings where miners lived or carried out their metal

...customed from year to year to cast stones upon his supposed grave in Upper Egypt, and have spread the tradition that it has never been moistened by the rain

...ue Israel with high destiny before Him after His temporary sojourn in this Egypt world. The New Testament quotes Old Testament prophecies as "fulfilled" in ...ed with the text, or in a separate column, occasionally in the margin. The upper and lower margins are generally occupied by the Masorah, sometimes by rabbi

...nished to separate and distant places, Palladius to the extremity of Upper Egypt, in the vicinity of the Blemmyes. Tillemont supposes that after the death o

...;Jeremiah 51:27. It is probably identical with the district Minyas, in the upper valley of the ''Murad-Su'' branch of the Euphrates. </p> <p> (3) [[Togarmah ...same name. 2. Minni and Ashchenaz, &nbsp;Jeremiah 51:27, districts in the upper valley of a branch of the Euphrates. 3. Togarmah, &nbsp;Ezekiel 27:14; &nbs

...ement of chewing the cud. The hare has none of these marks, and has in the upper jaw incisor teeth, which ruminants have not. But hares retain the cropped f ...ent of the genus Lepus, having long hind legs, a short tail, and a divided upper lip. It is a timid animal, moves swiftly by leaps, and is remarkable for it

...house, after numerous expressions of welcome, pointed with his hand to an upper seat in the assembly, to which he desired him to move, and which he accordi ...sees the subject of severe and merited animadversion). </p> <p> In ancient Egypt, as in Persia, the tables were ranged along the sides of the room, and the

...afflicted" by the calamities that had come on the land, urging the king of Egypt to hasten to his help. </li> <li> A city in the tribe of [[Zebulun]] (&nbsp ...r]]). According to Schwarz ''(Palest.'' p. 141), a person on the summit of Upper Beth-horon can see at once Gibeon on the east and Ajalon on the west. The v

...roducts of Syria; line linen ( <i> byssus </i> ) was largely imported from Egypt; the silk of the East was unknown till the beginning of our era, and its us <p> COAT, n. </p> 1. An upper garment, of whatever material it may be made. The word is, in modern times,

...evangelization to the East Indies, Australia, the islands of the Pacific, Egypt, Palestine, Turkey, and almost every country on the continent of Europe. In

...1000. For nearly thirty-five centuries the type has remained unchanged in Egypt. The [[Greeks]] first knew them in the 7th century B.C., their [[Ethiopians

.... The capital city of the Ammonites (wh. see). Rabbah was situated on the upper [[Jabbok]] on the site of the modern <em> ’Ammân </em> . It was distan ...whom it was rebuilt. Its modern name is Amman. Rabbath was situated on the upper Jabbok, about 22 miles east of the Jordan. </p>

...entian has been displaced from its original horizontal position before the upper was deposited above it. At this point is the first trace of upheaval and su ...they can call their own, except their poetry. Their sages penetrated into Egypt and India, and on their return stigmatized the natives of these countries a

...eyrut, still exist. The most remarkable one is Jacob's [[Bridge]] over the upper Jordan near lake Hooleh. </p> ...was the case, under the Romans. The bridge connecting the temple with the upper part of the city of which Josephus speaks ( <i> War </i> , VI, vi, 2; <i> A

...[[[Timotheus]] [[Aelurus.]]] The "dux" [[Dionysius]] being absent in Upper Egypt, Timotheus found it the easier to gather a disorderly following and obtain

...Cloud''']] . The symbol of God's presence with Israel, guiding them from Egypt to [[Canaan]] (&nbsp;Exodus 13:21-22). It became fire by night. So in the R ...he ministry of the cloud in the church of God, when the people went out of Egypt. I think the particularity of it, and the blessedness of it, demands the at

...word belongs to this category: “… The famine was [severe] in the land” of Egypt (Gen. 12:10). </p> <p> Used with a positive connotation, <em> kâbêd </em>

...ah 2:12-13; &nbsp;4:6-7 ). The exodus from the exile, like the exodus from Egypt, was accompanied with miracles (&nbsp;Isaiah 11:11-16 ). The solution to th ...troyed (&nbsp;Genesis 18:17-33; &nbsp;Genesis 19:1-29 ); Jacob's family in Egypt (&nbsp;Genesis 45:7 ); [[Elijah]] and the 7,000 faithful followers of the L

...stand side by side with their husbands. In the era of the deliverance from Egypt, Miriam is ranked with Moses and Aaron (cf. &nbsp; Micah 6:4 ). In the days ...“women,” in other words as weak, unmanly, and cowardly: “In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking

...om all which it is highly probable, that the [[Israelites]] had learned in Egypt to worship certain demons, or sylvan deities, under the symbolical figure o ...mall spiral horns, long brown hair, and very long ears. 4. A goat of Upper Egypt without horns, having the nasal bones singularly elevated, the nose contrac

...s death." Hence he had to wear the badges of mourning, a covering upon his upper lip, and was regarded "as one dead" (&nbsp;Leviticus 13:45; &nbsp;Numbers 1 ...posed by some to have been the disease of Job, and the "botch" or ulcer of Egypt, &nbsp;Deuteronomy 28:27,35 , is a tuberculous malady somewhat akin to the

...God moved upon the face of the waters." </p> <p> Thales brought also from Egypt the doctrine of the immortality of the soul. [[Brucker]] (Hist. Philos.) in ...evidences that this process was going on in the cities of Asia, Syria and Egypt, but the only extensive account of it remaining is found in the works of Ph

...h the wandering of the escaping Hebrews after their miraculous escape from Egypt and just prior to the conquest of Transjordan. This was remembered in their ...y have made this region quite well known. The route of the Israelites from Egypt to [[Kadesh]] can be traced with reasonable accuracy. Instead of entering t

...) among the descendants of Mizraim, and therefore to be found somewhere in Egypt. </p> <p> J. F. McCurdy. </p> ...f [[Ham]] (&nbsp;Genesis 10:13). An E. African people, early absorbed into Egypt or Ethiopia. </p>

...and fallen man's redemption. The scarcity of honey ( '''''Dibash''''' ) in Egypt is implied in Jacob's thinking "a little honey" worth including in the pres ...shall [[Hiss]] for the fly that is in the uttermost parts of the river of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria." Here the fly and the bee

...ght holes spaced around its edges and placed in varying designs across the upper surface. The examples at Megiddo date to about 1300 B.C. </p> <p> Public Ga ...ds and men bearing some resemblance to our draughts were in great favor in Egypt (ibid., 190-95), but cannot be proved for the Jews even in New Testament ti

...ical period. The prophet was put " <i> in the stocks </i> that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Yahweh" (&nbsp; Jeremiah 20:2 )

...eph]] of his brethren, and conveyed him as a slave to some [[Potiphar]] in Egypt. Upon the hills around, flocks and herds were feeding, as of old; nor in th ...a Letters; its ruler, Lab'ayu, and his sons were accused of acting against Egypt, though the ruler protested that he was absolutely loyal to the pharaoh. </

...bsp;Zephaniah 1:8; &nbsp;Zephaniah 3:3-5 , where he blames most of Judah's upper classes for their sins. Other scholars note that the name Hezekiah was quit ...y would reach their territory. From Philistia they would naturally pass to Egypt. But is this assumption warranted? While the objections against the entire

...ed a "Cushite" in an anticipatory sense, since in the next dynasty (XXIII) Egypt was ruled by Ethiopian kings. </p>

...e to this, testify that we are God-resigned and faithful." The governor of Egypt was no more converted than Heraclius and Chosroes. He, however, received th

...n Egypt, although it still exists to a large degree in [[Nubia]] and Upper Egypt. In the interior of Africa the slave-traffic is still carried on with much

...but Egypt, 8,000 years before Solon's visit to Amosis, no rain falling in Egypt. The various yet mainly agreeing accounts imply the original unity of manki ...ntended. Thus, for instance, it is said that " ''All Countries'' came into Egypt to [[Joseph]] to buy corn and that" a decree went out from [[Caesar]] [[Aug

...ted of two parts; one part covered the Back and the other the front of the upper portion of the body. The two parts were fastened together on the shoulders

...are, (2) The Sahidic ( <i> ''''' Sa‛ı̄dı̄ ''''' </i> , or dialect of upper Egypt), also called Thebaic; (3) The <i> ''''' Bashmūric ''''' </i> - or rather

...to the countless specimens of ancient jewelry, recovered from the sands of Egypt and the soil of Palestine, which serve to illustrate the ornaments above me ...prostitutes (&nbsp;Jeremiah 4:30) or the haughty and corrupt women of the upper classes (&nbsp;Isaiah 3:18-23). Good conduct, not lavish adornment, is what

...at we were to witness one of the greatest calamities that have occurred in Egypt in the recollection of any one living. The Nile rose this season three feet

...course, not confined to Palestine, but, as we know, was spread throughout Egypt, Asia Minor, and all the [[Mediterranean]] coasts by means of the synagogue ...becomes very apparent after the reign of the Greciai kings over Syria and Egypt, and their persecutions of the Jews. </p> <p> The prophets and teachers liv

...ng the eastern boundary by Ije [[Abarim]] (&nbsp;Numbers 21:11-13), on the upper Arnon, the boundary between Moab and the Amorites. (See IJE ABARIM.) Jephth ...erritory which the former had taken from them on their first coming out of Egypt. Jephthah replied that they had made no conquests in that quarter but from

...in this holy fellowship.’ (4) When Jesus washed the disciples’ feet in the Upper Room, it was Peter who protested (&nbsp; John 13:6-9 ). He could not bear t ...Peter 5:13. Some, however, interpret this of Some, and others of a town in Egypt called Babylon, near Old Cairo. 2 Peter was less confidently ascribed to Pe

...st a general tradition that they were practised from the earliest times in Egypt. The system was, in those remote ages, intimately connected with Sabaism, o ...ith Joseph's divining-cup, and such cups were employed both in Babylon and Egypt, and their use was akin to the more modern crystal-gazing, the hypnotic sta

...l them from the end of the earth." (&nbsp;Isaiah 5:26) So again the bee of Egypt, and the bee of Assyria, meaning the armies of those nations, the Lord sait ...p> HISS, n. The sound made by propelling the breath between the tongue and upper teeth the noise of a serpent, a goose, &c. </p> <p> He hiss for hiss return

...rrupted by the developed civilization which they invaded and appropriated; Egypt was only indirectly affected by Semitic life; Semitic development in Arabia

...nt]] By Women In The East.'' Upon it are strung beads, coral or jewels. In Egypt, it is now almost confined to the lower classes. </p> ...y many of those in the .country towns and villages both of Upper and Lower Egypt. It is most commonly made of brass, is from an inch to an inch and a half i

...13-14 ‘the dragons,’ ‘leviathan’]. This name is used as a symbolic name of Egypt (&nbsp; Psalms 87:4 , &nbsp; Isaiah 30:7 ), probably on account of its posi ...y the tendencies which it nominally rejected. [[Monasticism]] in Syria and Egypt was the direct result of the contact of degenerating Christianity with paga

...e, and turned by hand or worked by a treadle (&nbsp;Jeremiah 18:3); on the upper he molded the clay into shape (&nbsp;Isaiah 45:9); the vessel was then smoo ...se in Palestine is not known, but it seems likely that it was adopted from Egypt. &nbsp;Isaiah 45:9; &nbsp;Jeremiah 15:3. </p> <p> The vessel was then, smoo

...Isaiah denounced the leaders of Judah for sending camel loads of gifts to Egypt to buy their aid against [[Assyria]] (&nbsp; Isaiah 30:6 ). Because of thei

...<i> e.g. </i> , religious controversy burst forth with special violence in Egypt or Antioch, the bishop applied for edicts imposing perpetual silence on the

...harried the Seleucid empire as far as Susiana and Bactria, carrying off to Egypt an immense spoil. Worsted on the field, Kallinikus devoted himself to the e ...or. </p> <p> In 1268, Antioch was taken by Bibars, or Bondocdar, sultan of Egypt. The slaughter of seventeen thousand, and the captivity of one hundred thou

...ers it probable that the original seat of the tribe was somewhere in Lower Egypt, and not far from the vicinity of that "Serbonian [[Bog]] betwixt Damiata a ...dividual, are supposed by Bochart and others to have carried a colony from Egypt, which settled in the district between [[Pelusium]] and Gaza, or, in other

...captive by the [[Assyrian]] monarchs. They are also numerous in Arabia, in Egypt, and throughout Africa. </p> <p> 2. In most parts of the world their state ...be regarded as names of persons. Some of them are names of places near the upper reaches of the [[Euphrates]] and the Tigris, and the whole genealogy may be

...pper; Heb. nihsheth), made from the metal mirrors the women brought out of Egypt (&nbsp;Exodus 38:8 ). It contained water wherewith the priests washed their ..., lions, and palm-trees or branches. The height of the convex top from the upper plane of the base was one and a half cubit, and the space between this top

...uction of Nineveh in the time of Hezekiah, after the war of Sennacherib in Egypt mentioned by Berosus. Compare &nbsp;Isaiah 20:6 &nbsp; Nahum 3:8 . Nahum sp ...omb is a simple plaster box, covered with green cloth, and standing at the upper end of a large chamber. There are no inscriptions nor fragments of any anti

...and perfect order, watching every motion. Pococke says, that at a visit in Egypt every thing is done with the greatest decency and the most profound silence ...ur eye look with regret upon”] your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours” (Gen. 45:20). “Eyes” are used figuratively of mental and sp

...; &nbsp;Zechariah 9:9 ). Isaiah described an unusual caravan on the way to Egypt including young donkeys and camels. The older donkeys would have been the m ...nd muscular, and the gait graceful. It is spirited, and withal docile. The upper classes, judges, (as Jair's 30 sons, and Abdon's 40 sons and 30 nephews,) a

...d from the shell-fish, but even to other brilliant colors; thus the purple upper garment ( '''''Ἱματίον''''' '''''Πορφυροῦν''''' ) of &nbs

...anied those of [[Isis]] and Osiris. Rome, having adopted the ceremonies of Egypt, the emperor Commodus, to celebrate the Isiac feasts, shaved his head, and ...street-dog, without master, apparently derived from the rufous cur, and in Egypt partaking of the mongrel greyhound, often more or less bare, with a mangy u

...of his report of the commission given by our Lord to His disciples in the upper room (&nbsp;Luke 24:47-49), and repeated at the [[Ascension]] (&nbsp;Acts 1 ...ye know the heart of the stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt" (&nbsp;Exodus 23:9 the King James Version). The [[Kenites]] were treated a

...st: at certain seasons of the year the poor almost live upon it, while the upper classes eat it with salad or meat (Russell, 1:118). It is still offered in ...usually said of Palestine, is also applied to other fruitful countries, as Egypt . Hence its use to denote the food of children. Milk is also constantly emp

...form, upon which the patient is to be seated during the birth" (Lane, Mod. Egypt. 3:142). (See [[Stool]]). The moral question arising from the conduct of th

...otice of the ring occurs in reference to Joseph: when he was made ruler of Egypt, [[Pharaoh]] "took off his ''Signet-Ring'' ( '''''טִבִּעִת''''' , '

...texts are preserved upon ostraca. Some years ago Bouriant bought in Upper Egypt 20 ostraca, probably of the 7th century, inscribed with the Greek text of p

...12; &nbsp; Exodus 28:31-35 ). But the robe is also the common name for the upper garment, and is used of that worn by [[Jonathan]] and Saul (&nbsp; 1 Samuel ...2), and the "father's house" of &nbsp;1 Samuel 2:27-36 that was chosen in Egypt could only be the house of _ Aaron, not of Ithamar, if the passage is to be

...of Samaria. Also, from all that has been done to us, Arsham (the satrap of Egypt) has learned nothing. </p> <p> The 20th of [[Marcheshvan]] in the 17th year

...of Shem were located generally in north Syria, that is, the region of the upper part of the [[Euphrates]] River, and Mesopotamia, especially the eastern pa ...have made no expeditions to the North, and certainly did not touch either Egypt or Ethiopia. This suggests not only that the information available was late

...ges a domesticated distinct species of this animal in Africa. In Syria and Egypt the present races of domestic cattle are somewhat less than the large breed

.... Herodotus, ii, 41.) See Vollmer, ''Worterb. D. Mythol.'' p. 1066. (See [[Egypt]]). (J. H. W.) </p>

...' ); if I belong to the nether world I ought to be fruitful, and if to the upper I ought to live forever." Hence the expression is designed for this passage

...[Wisdom Of Solomon]]), both in Palestine, (See [[Ecclesiasticus]]), and in Egypt; but the doctrine of [[The Word]] is of greater speculative interest. Both

...time of our gladness, the holy convocation, in memory of the: exodus from Egypt; for thou hast chosen us, and hast sanctified us above all nations, and has

...is the one ‘brook’ mentioned in the Gospels. Over it Jesus passed from the upper room to [[Gethsemane]] on the night of His betrayal. </p> <p> The name קִ ...> . <em> Ye’ôr </em> almost always used of the Nile and water-trenches of Egypt. It is tr. [Note: translate or translation.] ‘brook’ only in &nbsp; Isa

...refore, against walls of crude brick (see illustr. in Wilkinson, <em> Anc. Egypt </em> , i. 242). </p> <p> The <strong> battering-engines </strong> (&nbsp;

...ors imported from abroad, among them the <strong> beer </strong> for which Egypt was famed. [[A]] striking and unexpected witness to the extent to which the

...times signifies an “upper millstone”: “No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge …” (Deut. 24:6; cf. Judg. 9:53; 2 Sam. 11:21). </p>

...beards, to regulate them into neat order, or to remove what grew on their upper lips and cheeks, &nbsp;Jeremiah 41:5; &nbsp;Jeremiah 48:37 . In times of gr ...part curled up. The Hebrews probably, allowed their beards to grow when in Egypt; and we find in their subsequent history that neglect of them was a proof o

...Ephesian]] church was Apollos, a [[Jewish]] teacher from [[Alexandria]] in Egypt. Though eloquent, [[Apollos]] was lacking in the knowledge of certain [[Chr ...ious]] roads connected this great emporium of Asia with the interior ("the upper coasts," i.e. the Phrygian table lands, &nbsp;Acts 19:1); also one on the N

...he ten were indignant at the claim. James was among those who abode in the upper room and persevered in prayer; the apostles, the women, and the Lord's bret ...hew 27:56; &nbsp;Acts 1:13. Tradition says he labored in [[Palestine]] and Egypt. By some he is regarded as a cousin of Jesus. 3. James the "brother of the

...p;John 7:3 ff.), but after the resurrection he is found ‘in prayer’ in the upper room (&nbsp;Acts 1:14); his doubts, like those of his brother James (&nbsp; ...strong> The only thing recorded of him is that, when Jesus promised in the Upper Room to manifest Himself to the man that loved Him, he inquired: ‘Lord, w

...ly to unite the three kingdoms, Syria, Israel, and Judah, against Assyria. Egypt favored the plan (&nbsp;Isaiah 8:18; &nbsp;2 Kings 17:4). Ahaz' leaning to ...no doubt have been besieged had not the party friendly to Assyria got the upper hand and removed Pekah by the usual method of assassination (&nbsp; 2 Kings

...ts pouch's contents for its young, and from the red nail on the end of the upper mandible coming in contact with the breast. </p> <p> "Pelican of the wilder ...migratory, frequenting tropical climates, and still found on the waters of Egypt and Palestine. It fully equals the swan in size, and resembles it in shape

...ers are sent together: “And [[Ahaziah]] fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers [pl. of < ...ey know themselves to be redeemed sinners, redeemed from among men. In the upper, brighter world, it is said that they shall be as the angels: that is, in g

...ous or under divine protection. <p> The children of [[Israel]] went out of Egypt with a high hand. &nbsp;Exodus 14 </p> 15. [[Noble]] illustrious honorable ...eir inheritance on the east side was Ataroth-addar, unto [[Bethhoron]] the upper” (Josh. 16:5; cf. 2 Chron. 8:5). </p> <p> This word is frequently used in

...of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also. the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces. </p> <p> '''(15):''' ''' ( ...he children of Israel shall howl," which, as opposed to the "great cry" in Egypt over the first-born, means, not one of the children of Israel shall have ca

...to turn a spindle to turn the body. 2. To change or shift sides to put the upper side downwards, or one side in the place of the other. It is said a hen tur ...tines, an event that was unavoidable if they proceeded directly north from Egypt to Palestine. Therefore, He led them through the wilderness—a back route

...</div> <p> "upper," is used in the plural in &nbsp;Acts 19:1 , to denote "upper regions," with AV, "coast," RV, "country," i.e., the high central plateau, ...uke 8:37 ). In &nbsp;Hebrews 11:14 , "heaven" is referred to as a country. Egypt and [[Assyria]] were "far countries" (&nbsp;Jeremiah 8:19 the King James Ve

...n]] chasseur, most of which were of excellent workmanship (Wilkinson, Anc. Egypt. 1, 355 sq.). The Egyptian spearmen were regularly drilled and taught to ma

...with his feet. </p> <p> 4. A method very common in both ancient and modern Egypt is the '''shadoof''' , a simple contrivance consisting of a lever moving on ...n," "pool," same root: "Give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper sprigs and the nether springs" (&nbsp;Joshua 15:19 ); compare Arabic ( <i>

...e E. of Jordan, bore and parched as contrasted with the rich fields of the upper level. The S. Arabah was the scene of Israel's wanderings in the wilderness ...en valley from the cultivated pasture or corn- fields of the clowns on the upper level '''''—''''' with all the precision which would naturally follow fro

...influence of [[Joseph]] in the life of all nations when he was governor of Egypt. It is also a picture of the blessed effect that his life and his words wer ...view, he translates the verse thus: " Two or three berries in the head (or upper part) </p> <p> of the caul (or pod, properly sheath), four or five in its f

...the in. habitants of the land as thou goest to Shur, even untt the land of Egypt" (&nbsp;1 Samuel 27:8). These, however, appear to have been but a branch of

...igious]] leaders also were corrupt. Preachers had comforting words for the upper class people from whom they received their income, but they condemned the p ...udes with a triumphal song of joy at the great deliverance, like that from Egypt, which Jehovah will achieve, and a full acknowledgment of his mercy and fai

...ghborhood. To complete the catalogue, the ruins which must be those of the upper one of Eusebius's two villages stand on the southern slope of the [[Wady]]

...re the following: the visit of the eastern magi; our Saviour's flight into Egypt; the slaughter of the infants at Bethlehem; the parable of the ten virgins; ...was, whereas Mark mentions it as Levi's. He was among those who met in the upper room at [[Jerusalem]] after our Lord's ascension (&nbsp;Acts 1:13). [[Eusta

...in Upper Egypt, and his worship was repeatedly overthrown and restored in Egypt during the principal dynasties. </p>

...the Red Sea, four in the Natron Valley, and one at Jebel Koskun, in Upper Egypt. There are also several secondary monasteries, in which the priests are sec

...od. 279, p. 535, 34; Richter, De Beroso; Cory, Anc. Fraigm. p. 30; Bunsen, Egypt's Place, 1:706; Layard, Nineveh, p. 343. (See [[Dagon]]). </p>

...y, shot by a musket-ball; he was an upright and a chivalrous man, known in Egypt as "the just Sultan," and in [[Germany]] as "the good general" (1768-1800).

...ions to Asshur provided distribution of Ebla's goods to various centers of Upper Mesopotamia, especially Haran. Akkad also was a primary trade terminal, sin

...eculiarities of the Irish church. (See Butler's <i> [[Coptic]] Churches of Egypt </i> , Oxf. 1885.) </p> <p> See Sir Samuel Fergusson's treatise on the <i>

...an half a century. The controversy between the churches of the West and of Egypt which supported Paulinus, and that of the East which adhered to Meletius, w

...d from Sabellius, a presbyter, or, according to others, a bishop, of Upper Egypt, who was the founder of the sect. As, from their doctrine, it follows that ...he third century that embraced the opinions of Sabellius, a philosopher of Egypt, who openly taught that there is but one person in the Godhead. The Sabelli

...nable doubt, the city of Thebes, the ancient and renowned capital of Upper Egypt. [[Homer]] describes her as "The world's great empress on the [[Egyptian]]

...was in fact impossible even to the influence and talents of the primate of Egypt; for being committed to one side in the dispute he could not mediate betwee

...archbp. Frontinus was taken to Constantinople and thence banished to Upper Egypt. [[A]] manifesto by Justinian, addressed to some Western bishops ( <i> ib.

...osite quarters of the empire; Palladius to Syene, on the extreme border of Egypt ( <i> ib. </i> pp. 194, 199). Tillemont considers that on the death of [[Th

...of winged serpents as appearing every spring on the [[Arabian]] border of Egypt; but he did not see them, nor are there any to be met with in modern times.

...Memphitic, circulated in Lower Egypt, and the Thebaic, designed for Upper Egypt, both from the Greek; the Gothic, written in the German language, but with

...al. [[Egyptian]] women favored the colors of black and green, painting the upper eyelid black and the lower one green. Mesopotamian women preferred yellows

...were not unfrequently scattered over a considerable extent of country. An upper servant was therefore appointed to superintend their labours, and take care ...ve been so odious to the Egyptians, for we read of the flock and cattle of Egypt, as well as those of Israel, and therefore they must have had shepherds als

...eals the story, and Jesus is expelled from the community. He first went to Upper Galilee, and thence to Jerusalem, where he contrived to learn the secret of

...are three, - ''the Memphitic'' , of lower Egypt, ''the Coptic'' , of upper Egypt, and ''the Thebaic'' , with some fragments of another. ''The Thebaic'' was

...d particularly exposed them, they wrapped their heads in their mantles, or upper garments. But during their long captivity in Babylon, the Jews began to wea

...y reference to the ‘corrected’ form of the Greek text, and Thomas found in Egypt older Greek Manuscripts, which had escaped the enthusiasm of the destroyers

...ay trust this writer, Pachomius was born of wealthy pagan parents in Lower Egypt, before the council of Nicaea. He served in his youth under [[Constantine]]

...came from Padan,’ said Jacob on his deathbed, recounting to [[Joseph]] in Egypt his chequered history, ‘Rachel died by me in the land of [[Canaan]] in th ...t was evidently a manger belonging to the inn or khan: in other words, the upper rooms being wholly occupied, the holy family were compelled to take up thei

...> <p> Mr. Ruppell gives the following graphical account of a combat on the upper Nile. </p> <p> "One of the hippopotami which we killed was a very old male, ...the hippopotamus, which numerous pictorial sculptures on the monuments of Egypt represent as fearlessly speared by a single hunter standing on his float of

...Cedar]] was also used in purification, probably the oxycedrus abounding in Egypt, Arabia, and the wady Mousa; indeed, the greater cedar not being found ther ...y conquerors of olden days, the despots of [[Assyria]] and the Pharaohs of Egypt, the proud and idolatrous monarchs of Judah, the [[Hebrew]] commonwealth it

...develop but is invisible. The word could be used to describe the plague on Egypt (&nbsp; Psalm 105:34 ). They were noted for covering or filling up an area ...rned. By the twelfth century they were established at various points, from Upper Italy to Calabria. A Romanist writer has recently sought to show that Dante

...prophet Amos (&nbsp;Amos 5:19). It appears from &nbsp;Exodus 5:7, that in Egypt straw anciently entered into the composition of bricks; they were a mixture

...ong> </p> <p> On the other hand, denouncing ruin against the proud king of Egypt:— </p> <p> <strong> <em> "And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the ...). "There were many lights. (λαμπάς , <i> ''''' lampás ''''' </i> ) in the upper chamber" at Troas, where Paul preached until midnight (&nbsp;Acts 20:8 ); s

...a windmill, etc. </p> <p> '''(20):''' ''' (''' n.) One of the two pairs of upper thoracic appendages of most hexapod insects. They are broad, fanlike organs ...ge represent speed, swiftness and ability in progress. These two kings (of Egypt and of Babylon) conquered easily and quickly the people of Israel, as the h

...ifference of religious experience. The national redemption of Israel (from Egypt) lay entirely on the plane of history, and was therefore to be ‘remembere ...rld" (16:33). Their confession of faith at the end of the discourse in the upper room affirms their willingness to let their relationship with Jesus define

...incorporated through the mystical fellowship*[Note: the discourses in the Upper Room, [[Parable]] of the Vine, etc.]of believers with Christ, who are trans ...re God promises to send Aaron with Moses to help him get the people out of Egypt. Here, the Lord promises only that his "Presence" will go with Moses, and t

...Some elegant specinens of these are given in the paintings of the tombs of Egypt. (See [[Bowl]]). Bottles were made of skins, which are chiefly of a red col

...d I several times saw, in the environs of Dsjise, how corn was threshed in Egypt. Every peasant chose for himself, in the open field, a smooth plat of groun ...s a building horizontally into stories. [[Floor]] in sense 1 is, then, the upper surface of floor in sense 2. </p> <p> '''(12):''' ''' (''' n.) The bottom o

...les which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not Jehovah bring us up from Egypt? But now Jehovah hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the M ...most afflictive tyranny to which they had been subject since they quitted Egypt, the grateful people, and particularly the northern tribes, made him an off

...he sea monster with the loss of his hair. Hercules was "son of the sun" in Egypt ''('' '''''Shemesh''''' '') Related To Sam-Son)'' . Ovid (Fasti 54) describ ...n's head is surrounded with rays, and which has an image of the sun on the upper part of the monument ( ''Mon. Phoen.'' 1, 171; 2, tab. 21). Another evidenc

...Babylon]] (&nbsp;Isaiah 21:9; &nbsp;Isaiah 46:1; &nbsp;Jeremiah 50:2 ), of Egypt (&nbsp;Jeremiah 43:12 ), of Samaria (&nbsp;Hosea 10:6 ). Indiscriminate sla ...ments depict all the operations of capturing a city (see Wilkinson, ''Anc. Egypt.'' i, 387 sq.; Layard, ''Nineveh,'' ii, 281 sq.). (See [[War]]). </p>

...y the Assouan and [[Elephantine]] papyri the Jewish garrison at Assouan in Egypt wrote to their co- religionists in Judea, and to the Persian governors, in

...district containing a number of kings, situated between [[Philistia]] and Egypt, or, with a different pointing of the consonants of one word, between Phili ...in central Arabia, beyond the jebel Shomer, about the modern countries of upper and lower Kaseem, two regions, Bazu and Khazu, answering to [[Buz]] and Huz

...lmet, and the use of spears, javelins, and a battle-axe similar to that of Egypt (Wilkinson, 1:403, abridgm.). </p> <p> Of the language of the Canaanites li

...t the fish latus. See Champollion, Not. Descrip. p. 283; Wilkinson, Modern Egypt. 2:268; Tochon d'Annecy, Midailles." </p>

...emale slave, and one of those maidservants whom [[Abram]] had brought from Egypt. These females among the Jews, as they still are in the East, are entirely

...appointed Moses chief (Reis, '''''נגיד''''' ) of all the congregations in Egypt (about 1187): The numerous and onerous duties now put upon him as the spiri

...njectured with probability that it was sacked by Sargon in the invasion of Egypt alluded to in &nbsp;Isaiah 20:1. These circumstances seem to determine the

...etius should keep the title and rank of bishop in his see of Lycopolis, in Egypt, forbidding him however to perform any episcopal functions; also that they

...in the clouds, and commingles his notes with the mysterious voices of the upper air. The account given of his writings would preclude any expectation of a ...lexandrian]] philosopher of the Neo-Platonic school, born at Lycopolis, in Egypt; he taught philosophy at Rome, a system in opposition to the reigning scept

...e kings (&nbsp;2 Kings 25:23). Berosus speaks of Nabopolassar's "satrap of Egypt, Coelosyria, and Phoenicia." Daniel writing for Jews under [[Persia]] at th <p> was a descendant of the kings of Judah, and is said to have been born at Upper Bethoron, in the territory of Ephraim. He was carried away captive to Babyl

...e is called a Mohar; his record is at least 3,000 years old. ("Voyage d'un Egypt. en Syrie, en Phenic., en Palest.": F. Chabas, Paris, 1866.) </p> ...uth of the Litany, and nearly midway between the [[Mediterranean]] and the Upper [[Jordan]] (new ed. of ''Researches,'' 3, 55). </p> <p> Tristram identifies

...world power's ravaging of Israel, Jehovah's choice vine, transplanted from Egypt into the Holy Land. Pococke saw large herds among the reeds of Jordan, wher ...his ears are short. At present wild boars frequent the marshes around the upper Jordan, and have been found on Mount Carmel, and in large herds near the se

...shells identical with those now living nearby. </p> <p> These are found in Egypt, in the valley of the Red Sea, and in the vicinity of [[Joppa]] and Beirût

...was (1), in [[Egyptian]] mythology, a sacred bull at Hermonthis, in Upper Egypt. It was also called Onuphis, and must not be confounded with [[Apis]] of Me

...r' until 1831. From this period until 1861 he was pastor of the Allentown, Egypt, Union, and [[Jordan]] churches. That year he resigned the charge of the [[

...unded with saints, and contemplating the figure of Christ, which is in the upper part of the picture. In 1646 he was invited to [[Naples]] to paint the cupo

...rs, when he was released, in 1868, and supplied the Plumsted Church at New Egypt for one year. His next charge was at Squan Village, where he was installed

...e of boats to cross into Europe in 480 B.C.; also a place of note in Upper Egypt. </p>

<p> A village in Upper Egypt, on the left bank of the Nile, 28 m. N. of Thebes, on the site of ancient T

<p> A town in Upper Egypt, on the left bank of the Nile; has unique ruins of two temples, the larger

<p> A town in Upper Egypt, on the left bank of the Nile, and 25 m. S. of Thebes; famous for the ruins

<p> apital of Upper Egypt; commands a fine view near the Nile, 200 m. S. of Cairo; has a few imposing

...es of wild goat (Capra Nubiana) found in the mountains of Abyssinia, Upper Egypt, and Arabia; - called also beden, and jaela. </p>

...of quartz, hornblende, and feldspar, anciently quarried at Syene, in Upper Egypt, and now called granite. </p>

...icuous place among contemporary gods of all the temples of Upper and Lower Egypt. This did not, however, prevent their sacrificing the oryx to the gods, or

...etches from the Red Sea (E.) to the desert (W.); is divided into Lower and Upper Nubia, Dongola being the dividing point; [[Nubia]] has in recent times rath

...cold in the upper regions of the atmosphere. Hail was among the plagues of Egypt, &nbsp;Exodus 9:24 , and was the more terrible, because it rarely occurred

...hich is found in Spain, or among the Celts, in the regions of the East, in Egypt and in Libya, or in these mid parts of the earth." He compares the church's

...nd had a spite against my namesake" (see Socr. vi. 9), was "put forward by Egypt to persecute that pious man and true theologian" ( <i> Ep. </i> i. 152). Si

...ay, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, and Russia), the whole of Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, and the north-west of Africa. </p> <p> The internal history of the Roman p ...with an arena 290 feet by 180, surrounded by tiers on tiers of seats, the upper and outer circle being 160 feet from the ground. The vast amphitheatre is s

...s female astral deity was particularly worshiped by the women in Judah and Egypt during the time of Jeremiah. [[Children]] were gathering firewood; women we

...and embark in what is apparently a [[Government]] vessel taking corn from Egypt to Italy. [[Sailing]] south of [[Crete]] they reach [[Fair]] Havens, and sp

...after the resurrection, and the gladness of seeing their risen Lord in the upper room, that faith obtained a complete victory, and attained to full possessi

...beholder shudder with horror. [[Notwithstanding]] this, the inhabitants of Egypt cannot be enough thankful to [[Providence]] for this bird. All the places r ...re tribe.’ The adult <em> râchâm </em> has the front of the head and the upper part of the throat and cere naked, and of a bright lemon-yellow. The plumag

...oken of in Scripture were not all conducted in a uniform style. In ancient Egypt, as in Persia, the tables were ranged along the sides of the room, and the

...cument is one of almost fifty discovered in 1945 near Nag Hammadi in Upper Egypt as a part of what many scholars believe was the library of a Gnostic commun

...ssed a commanding position on a hill high above the valley. Located on the Upper Acropolis were a large theater, library, agora, palace, barracks, and altar

...gs 19:1-37 ); sometimes they recommended a policy of neutrality as between Egypt and [[Assyria]] (&nbsp; Isaiah 30:1-33 ); whilst, as already pointed out, i

...hape of a human body, had lids decorated with the physical features of the upper part of a human being, features such as a head, arms, and hands. </p> <p> R

...the money, nor the need for an education that was designed to prepare the upper classes for positions of public service. The goal of education was to maste

...rly composed in <i> the language of our own country </i> , and sent to the Upper Barbarians,’ <i> i.e. </i> to the Aramaic-speaking peoples, whom he descr ...ication was kept up through Palestine between Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, and Egypt. It was spoken by many in the Roman garrisons, and was the adopted tongue o

...n of the possibility of a subterranean communication between the waters of Egypt and those of Palestine. See also Animals, p. 66a. </p> <p> Literature.—Bo

...ection or society. <p> This Cohen-Caph-El was some royal seminary in Upper Egypt, from whence they drafted novices to supply their colleges and temples. </p

...oor with an opening over it; a half door, sometimes set with spikes on the upper edge. </p> <p> '''(9):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] frame or weir in a river, for .../p> 1. To produce young from eggs by incubation, or by artificial heat. In Egypt, chickens are hatched by artificial heat. <p> The partridge sitteth on eggs

...of observance.''' - "The original supper was taken in a private house, an upper chamber, at night, around a table, reclining, women excluded, only the orda

...ucceeding the ascension of [[Christ]] , Mary met with the disciples in the upper room, &nbsp;Acts 1:14, waiting for the coming of the Holy Spirit with power

...of victory, or the king's name or his portrait as, of lower, and of upper, Egypt, or an emblematic sign. </p>

...rough the deserts on the eastern side of the Nile, in his going from Upper Egypt to Cairo, tells us, that, after leaving a certain valley, which he mentions

<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] government of Upper Egypt. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) Dongola kid. </p>

...ius saw him as a young and handsome man passing through [[Palestine]] into Egypt ( <i> V. C. </i> i, 19). In 297 he took part in the successful war of Galer

...Kings 10:22 &nbsp; 2 Chronicles 9:21 . They were at one time worshipped in Egypt; and still are adored in some parts of India, where one traveller describes ...and Solinus speaking of [[Ethiopian]] Cephi exhibited at Rome; and in the upper part of the celebrated Praenestine mosaic representing the inundation of th

...ound the coffin and is distinguished by the hair that joins and covers the upper part of the hoof. 5. A little cap of paper in which retailers inclose small ...instrument or rattle, which gave a tinkling sound on being shaken (used in Egypt in the worship of Isis; see Wilkinson, 2:323 sq.). Finally, in &nbsp;Daniel

...er side of the main route from Syria and [[Damascus]] to [[Jerusalem]] and Egypt, through the center of Palestine. This road skirts Ebal and Gerizim. Moses ...straggling trees extend some distance up the sides. The broad summits and upper slopes have no trees, yet they are not entirely bare. The steeper banks are

...; &nbsp;Philippians 4:18). Fat, i.e. vat. [[Hebrew]] '''''Gath''''' is the upper receptacle or "press" in which the grapes were trod. The '''''Yeqeb''''' or ...es, as the [[Israelites]] appear to have been at the time of their leaving Egypt. </p> <p> 'Fatness,' in Scripture, expresses plumpness or exuberance, wheth

...ed by Josephus. The first wall, that of David and Solomon, encompassed the Upper City (Zion), and its north line ran eastward from the tower of Hippicus to ...was fully destroyed at the command of the third of the Fatimite caliphs in Egypt, the building being razed to the foundations. In the reign of his successor

...om's monument was two stadia from Jerusalem, probably in the valley of the upper Kedron, where were the judges' tombs, a likely site for his erecting his se

...gods sent mice which gnawed his archers' bowstrings, in his expedition to Egypt. The mouse was legally unclean (&nbsp;Isaiah 66:67). </p> .../p> <p> To mouse a hook, with seamen, is to fasten a small line across the upper part to prevent unhooking. </p>

...end is passed downward and made fast a piece of wood about 5 ft. long, the upper end sloping backward to form the handle. The under end is sharpened, and ar <p> '''Plough.''' The ploughs of ancient Egypt consisted of a share - often pointed with iron or bronze - two handles, and

.... It had three ribs in its mouth, namely, it seized on Babylon, Lydia, and Egypt. From a [[Hebrew]] root, "to move by creeping": '''''Dob''''' , '''''Dabab'

...ut off just below a good-sized branch and again 15 or 20 inches above. The upper end of the severed trunk is pointed and forms the share . Between this and

...of Israel.…” </p> <p> Fifth, <em> chel'âh </em> sometimes represents the “upper class,” who, as in all feudal systems, were at once soldiers, wealthy, an

...anch excessive bleeding, and to allay swellings. It is indigenous to Upper Egypt and the [[Mediterranean]] countries, but it was also cultivated from early

...Lord's displeasure. It is somewhat remarkable, that in the ten plagues of Egypt, this was not one. For of all alarming events, no doubt, the earthquake is ...ically from Vesuvius, and then spreading itself out laterally, so that its upper portion resembled the head, and its lower the trunk of a pine. This black c

...issue from a Jewish-Christian source, and its place of origin seems to be Egypt. [[Elements]] of Egyptian thought enter into its literary form, among the m ...saints, and the heaven of their glorious rest. The distinction between the upper and the lower Paradise was familiar to the Jews. In Eisenmenger's Entdeckte

...f falleth off from the vine. &nbsp;Ezekiel 32:7 , where the destruction of Egypt is described by the figures of covering the heaven, and making the stars th ...e prince of this world will be driven out" (&nbsp;John 12:31 ). And in the upper room as he spoke of the coming of the Holy Spirit, he said that the Spirit

...ansfiguration]] He announced His coming betrayal (&nbsp;Mark 9:31), in the Upper Room He declared that the betrayer was one of the Twelve (&nbsp;Mark 14:18) ...and often as predictive. The prophecies concerning Ishmael, Nineveh, Tyre, Egypt, the four empires Babylon, Medo-Persia, Graeco-Macedonia, and Rome, were no

...n ideas and political ambition. The Sadducees came mainly from the wealthy upper classes. Their chief concern was not with following tradition, but with usi ...neither been killed nor deported by the Babylonians, nor carried down into Egypt by Johanan, the son of Kareah. As they had conformed in a large measure to

...urope: in general white, and occasionally black, although there was on the upper Nile a speckled race; and so early as the time of Aristotle the [[Arabians]

...d for a "leper," and it is asserted that eating swine's flesh in Syria and Egypt tends to produce that disorder (Bartholinus, De Morbis Bibl. c. 8; Wunderba

...</p> <p> In the account given of the removal of the plague of locusts from Egypt, we are told (&nbsp;Exodus 10:19), "the Lord turned a mighty strong west wi

...<p> The resurrection of a dead man, and his ascension into an abode in the upper world, were such strange things, that a thousand objections would immediate ...persecution, under Septimius Severus, in 202, especially the Christians of Egypt and Asia Minor had to suffer. The seventh persecution, under Maximin, in 23

...&nbsp;Genesis 18:10,14; &nbsp;25:21 ), bringing an oppressed people out of Egypt (&nbsp;Exodus 20:2 ), and with power raising Jesus Christ from the dead (&n ...d above other nations (&nbsp; Deuteronomy 26:19 ), of the aqueduct of "the upper pool" (&nbsp;Isaiah 7:3 ), etc. This indicates that its meaning when applie

...lley of the Jordan, and then a rise to a plateau skirting the mountains of upper Galilee. </p> <p> The hills on the W., except at [[Khan]] Minyeh, where the ...rarely falls. The trees, plants, and vegetables are those usually found in Egypt; such as the palm, the lote-tree (Zizyphus lotus), the indigo plant, etc. (

...mode of perpetuating inscriptions was followed as we know was customary in Egypt. In that country we find paintings and hieroglyphic writing upon plaster, w ...f the kiln rises much higher from the ground on the lower side than on the upper. The builders leave a passage or tunnel through the base of the thick wall

...t Sennacherib, in alliance with other kings of Syria and [[Palestine]] and Egypt, but was subdued by him, and another king, Mutsuri, was subject to Esarhadd

...metals were taken out came from the superficial strata. The mines of Upper Egypt have already been mentioned. Burton and other travelers in Northern [[Arabi

...ttlement of the clan of that name. It should be sought, probably, near the upper reaches of the Jabbok; but the site has not been recovered. </p> <p> W. Ewi ...to the [[Jewish]] tradition ( ''Seder Olam Rabba,'' ix), Nobah was born in Egypt, died after the decease of Moses, and was buried during the passage of the

...e order of events awaited is the descent of Jesus with His angels from the upper heavens to the lower; the sounding of the trumpet and the voice of the arch ...for the arrival of a ruler at a place, as is evidenced by inscriptions in Egypt, Asia Minor, etc. Indeed, in an [[Epidaurus]] inscription of the 3rd centur

...derided King Hezekiah in an insolent fashion in representing his trust in Egypt as a bruised reed which would pierce the hand. Likewise his confidence in [

...sephus]] ( <i> Ant. </i> , II, x, 2) with the tall people of Saba in Upper Egypt, described by him as a city of Ethiopia, which Moses, when in the service o

...oddess had the name of Hoh or Hih. The [[Typhon]] of the Egyptians had the upper part of his person decorated with a hundred heads like those of a serpent o

...m]] is described as ‘the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt.’ </p> <p> <b> 3. </b> &nbsp;Luke 17:29. This passage, like the two prece ...two possible localities for these cities—the lower end of the lake, or the upper end of the same. Tradition, from the time of Josephus and Jerome, has point

...:47 ). It was one of the distinguishing marks of Lower, as contrasted with Upper, [[Galilee]] that the sycomore could flourish there. It is highly improbabl

...in order to tie them while feeding in the day time (Wilkinson, [[Ancient]] Egypt. 1, 30). (See [[Horse]]). </p>

...[[Saviour]] Himself (&nbsp;John 20:11-16). Isis' relation to [[Osiris]] in Egypt was the same as that of [[Venus]] to Adonis. Adoni means my lord, like Baal

...the pressvat might be built up out of any material (wood was much used in Egypt), and from it the juice could be conducted into a sunken receptacle or into

...y [[Alexander]] the Great, and were in obedience to the kings of Syria and Egypt successively, and finally to the Romans. There is a probability, also that ...turn had wrested from him, and with its main force had descended from the upper level to the [[Shittim]] plains, the Arboth Moab, in the Jordan valley, whe

...tury in Upper Syria. While still young, he went to visit the anchorites of Egypt, but was captured by the [[Saracens]] and cruelly maltreated. Eventually he

...nt to his uncle, at the Vatican, and on his uncle's death succeeded him as upper keeper of the library. He also became titular [[Bishop]] of Apamea. He died

...of Athanasius, and exiled by the Arians; the one to the great oasis (Upper Egypt), the other to the oasis of Ammon. It may be that these two [[Marks]] were

...f present, and gives an account of the scene. There are many lights in the upper room. St. Paul, who is leaving Troas the next day, discourses until midnigh ...g to the traditional ritual, the house-father recalled the redemption from Egypt is probably present to the Apostle’s mind, it is uncertain whether this r

...es of a cabbage, the base of which is attached by a small footstalk to the upper part of the cavity in which it is enclosed. Within this protecting case the

...the rabble made him incline to them, while St. Matthew’s indictment of the upper class led him into the opposite direction. It may well be that both Evangel ...rkable confirmation of Lk. has recently come to light, by the discovery in Egypt of some papyri which show that periodic enrolments by households in a cycle

...rnamed, the Great, or the Elder, was born, according to Eusebius, in Upper Egypt, about the year 300. He was a disciple of St. [[Antonius]] (some say of St.

...ented with gold and silver colors. The Codex states that it was written in Egypt in the year 1010. </p> <p> The most important and oldest Hebrew MSS. collat

...es 2:25) that at this council Paphnutius, a bishop of the Thebais or Upper Egypt, and himself a confessor, took Maximus by the hand, and told him to leave t

...party who adhered to the cause of Meletius, bishop of Lycopolis, in Upper Egypt, after he was deposed, about the year 306, by Peter, bishop of Alexandria,

...Mecca was taken by the Wahabies (q.v.), but given up again to the pacha of Egypt, Mehemet Ali (1833), whose son Ibrahim was made sheik El-Haram -" of the [[

...sorts of figures, with words annexed." </p> <p> The Ophites originated in Egypt, probably from some relation to the Egyptian serpent-worship, and spread th

...n was elected, with general approval. </p> <p> Peter was banished to Upper Egypt, but, contriving to escape from his exile, he returned to [[Constantinople]

...t forth in connection with this mission are concentrated on [[Turkey]] and Egypt. It has agents in Constantinople, Smyrna, Alexandria, Beyrut, and Salonica.

...52-255).''' </p> <p> A fifth element was added by the pentad; this was the upper air, the surrounding ether, the Quintessence. These five cosmic elements we

...'' - ''Fayumi'' , a learned [[Jewish]] rabbin, was born at Fayum, in Upper Egypt, A.D. 892. His contemporary was the [[Arabian]] historian Masudi. Saadia en

...f the lamb appointed to be slain, and strike the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, where they eat the Passover. And hence, in allusio ...as </p> <p> <i> 1. </i> For <i> protection. </i> when all the firstborn in Egypt were to be smitten, the [[Israelites]] were told to 'strike,' that is 'spri

...accompanied the Thebaic legion of Mauritius, in the 3d century, from Upper Egypt to the West, either as the kinswoman of [[Mauritius]] or as the bride of Vi

...h pitch of this kind. There are also remarkable bituminous wells along the Upper Jordan, three miles west of Hasbeiya (Thomson, ''Land And Book,'' i, 335).

...sephus]] ( <i> Ant. </i> , II, x, 2) with the tall people of Saba in Upper Egypt, described by him as a city of Ethiopia, which Moses, when in the service o

...n of [[Kitchener]] ( <i> q. v </i> .) again restored the lost provinces to Egypt. </p>

<p> A desert in Upper Egypt; the retreat in early times of a number of [[Christian]] hermits. </p>

...(&nbsp;Genesis 14:17-20; &nbsp;2 Samuel 18:18), namely, the valley of the upper Kedron, where [[Absalom]] long afterward reared a pillar; adjoining Jerusal ...a witness for the prevalence of a similar interest in the ancient story in Egypt. He argues in favour of an identification of Melchizedek with the Logos, wh

...tinued three days alive upon it. [[Eusebius]] speaks of certain martyrs in Egypt who were kept upon the cross till they were starved to death. [[Pilate]] wa ...other, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below the upper end of the upright, or as an X. It was anciently used in the execution of c

...for which "bless the Lord." All should join in "speaking" His praise: the upper classes "who ride upon white-spotted asses," and those "that sit upon cover

...d for ceremonial ablutions. Hence, it would naturally be ready here in the upper room as a normal part of the preparation of the "goodman of the house" for

...-8 , "My children are with me in bed"). When the house had two stories the upper story was used for sleeping, or, during very hot weather, preferably the ro

...s called the Lake of Kades, but now the Lake of Homs. Here Thothmes Iii of Egypt (flourished circa 1650 BC), after the battle of Megiddo, met and received h