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This slowly changes day by day through the year, moving northward from midwinter till midsummer, and back again southward from midsummer to midwinter. See ASTRONOMY, sec. I, 2. Also once in the New Testament for anatole, "a rising."
Hebrew: [noun] the Semitic language of the ancient Hebrews. any of various later forms of this language.
Tarshish (established).Probably Tartessus, a city and emporium of the Phoenicians in the south of Spain, represented as one of the sons of Javan. ( Genesis 10:4; 1 Kings 10:22; 1 Chronicles 1:7; Psalms 48:7; Isaiah 2:16; Jeremiah 10:9; Ezekiel 27:12 Ezekiel 27:25; Jonah 1:3; 4:2) The identity of the two places is rendered highly probable by the following circumstances: 1st.
It comes from a root meaning "to be like," "parable." Rendered "proverb" in Isaiah 14:4 ; Habakkuk 2:6 ; "dark saying" in Psalm 49:4 , Numbers 12:8 . Ahab's defiant words in answer to the insolent demands of Benhadad, "Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off," is a well known instance of a proverbial ...
Leaven [T] [B] [S] Heb. seor ( Exodus 12:15 Exodus 12:19 ; 13:7 ; Leviticus 2:11 ), the remnant of dough from the preceding baking which had fermented and become acid. Heb. hamets, properly "ferment." In Numbers 6:3 , "vinegar of wine" is more correctly "fermented wine." In Exodus 13:7 , the proper rendering would be, "Unfermented things [Heb ...
CUSH (1) kush (kush): 1. The Ancestor of Many Nations: (1) The first of the sons of Ham, from whom sprang Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabtecah. He was also the father of Nimrod, who rounded Babel (Babylon) and the other great states of Shinar or Babylonia ( Genesis 10:6-8 ). The meaning of the name is uncertain.
Smith's Bible Dictionary - Nebuchadnezzar. Nebuchadnezzar, or Nebuchadrezzar. ( may Nebo protect the crown ), was the greatest and most powerful of the Babylonian kings. His name is explained to mean "Nebo is the protector against misfortune." He was the son and successor of Nabopolassar, the founder of the Babylonian empire.
