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Easton's Bible Dictionary - Propitiation. Propitiation [N] [B] that by which God is rendered propitious, i.e., by which it becomes consistent with his character and government to pardon and bless the sinner. The propitiation does not procure his love or make him loving; it only renders it consistent for him to execise his love towards sinners.
Easton's Bible Dictionary - Word of God. Word of God [N] ( Hebrews 4:12 , etc.). The Bible so called because the writers of its several books were God's organs in communicating his will to men. It is his "word," because he speaks to us in its sacred pages. Whatever the inspired writers here declare to be true and binding upon us, God declares ...
Voluntary sexual intercourse between esp. unmarried persons; (esp. in biblical use adultery. [1] This definition emphasizes that fornication is voluntary sexual intercourse between unmarried persons. Then it states that in the Bible the word can refer to adultery. That is, it refers to sexual activity with someone who is not your spouse.
Easton's Bible Dictionary - Lot. (Heb. goral, a "pebble"), a small stone used in casting lots ( Numbers 33:54 ; Jonah 1:7 ). The lot was always resorted to by the Hebrews with strictest reference to the interposition of God, and as a method of ascertaining the divine will ( Proverbs 16:33 ), and in serious cases of doubt ( Esther 3:7 ).
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'PENTECOST'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915. Pentecost, Greek for "fiftieth" was known as the "feast of the harvest" or the "day of first-fruits". It is a holiday in the Christian Church for the day that the Holy Spirit descended on the disciples.
This word is properly used only with reference to God's plan or purpose of salvation. The Greek word rendered "predestinate" is found only in these six passages, Acts 4:28; Romans 8:29 Romans 8:30; 1 Corinthians 2:7; Ephesians 1:5 Ephesians 1:11; and in all of them it has the same meaning. They teach that the eternal, sovereign, immutable, and ...
Shiloh [N] [H] [S] generally understood as denoting the Messiah, "the peaceful one," as the word signifies ( Genesis 49:10 ). The Vulgate Version translates the word, "he who is to be sent," in allusion to the Messiah; the Revised Version, margin, "till he come to Shiloh;" and the LXX., "until that which is his shall come to Shiloh."
