Easton’s dictionary

Nearly 4,000 clear, readable entries on the people, places, words and ideas of the Bible, by a Scottish minister. A good first place to look.

• FableApplied in the New Testament to the traditions and speculations, “cunningly devised...
• FaceMeans simply presence, as when it is recorded that Adam and Eve hid themselves from...
• Fair HavensA harbour in the south of Crete, some 5 miles to the east of which was the town of...
• Fairs(Heb. ‘izabhonim), found seven times in Ezek. 27, and nowhere else. The Authorized...
• FaithFaith is in general the persuasion of the mind that a certain statement is true (Phil....
• FaithfulAs a designation of Christians, means full of faith, trustful, and not simply...
• Fall of ManAn expression probably borrowed from the Apocryphal Book of Wisdom, to express the...
• Fallow-DeerDeut. 14:5 (R.V., “Wild goat”); 1 Kings 4:23 (R.V., “roebucks”). This animal, called...
• Fallow-GroundThe expression, “Break up your fallow ground” (Hos. 10:12; Jer. 4:3) means, “Do not...
• Familiar SpiritSorcerers or necormancers, who professed to call up the dead to answer questions, were...
• FamineThe first mentioned in Scripture was so grievous as to compel Abraham to go down to...
• FanA winnowing shovel by which grain was thrown up against the wind that it might be...
• Farm(Matt. 22:5). Every Hebrew had a certain portion of land assigned to him as a...
• Farthing(1.) Matt. 10:29; Luke 12:6. Greek assarion, i.e., a small as, which was a Roman coin...
• FastThe sole fast required by the law of Moses was that of the great Day of Atonement...
• Fat(Heb. heleb) denotes the richest part of the animal, or the fattest of the flock, in...
• FatherA name applied (1) to any ancestor (Deut. 1:11; 1 Kings 15:11; Matt. 3:9; 23:30,...
• Fathom(Old A.S. faethm, “bosom,” or the outstretched arms), a span of six feet (Acts 27:28)....
• Fatling(1.) A fatted animal for slaughter (2 Sam. 6:13; Isa. 11:6; Ezek. 39:18. Comp. Matt....
• Fear of the Lord theIs in the Old Testament used as a designation of true piety (Prov. 1:7; Job 28:28; Ps....
• FeastAs a mark of hospitality (Gen. 19:3; 2 Sam. 3:20; 2 Kings 6:23); on occasions of...
• FelixHappy, the Roman procurator of Judea before whom Paul “reasoned” (Acts 24:25). He...
• Fellowship(1.) With God, consisting in the knowledge of his will (Job 22:21; John 17:3);...
• Fence(Heb. gader), Num. 22:24 (R.V.). Fences were constructions of unmortared stones, to...
• Fenced CitiesThere were in Palestine (1) cities, (2) unwalled villages, and (3) villages with...
• FerretLev. 11:30 (R.V., “gecko”), one of the unclean creeping things. It was perhaps the...
• Ferry Boat(2 Sam. 19:18), some kind of boat for crossing the river which the men of Judah placed...
• Festivals, ReligiousThere were daily (Lev. 23), weekly, monthly, and yearly festivals, and great stress...
• Festus, PorciusThe successor of Felix (A.D. 60) as procurator of Judea (Acts 24:27). A few weeks...
• Fever(Deut. 28:22; Matt. 8:14; Mark 1:30; John 4:52; Acts 28:8), a burning heat, as the...
• Field(Heb. sadeh), a cultivated field, but unenclosed. It is applied to any cultivated...
• FigFirst mentioned in Gen. 3:7. The fig-tree is mentioned (Deut. 8:8) as one of the...
• FilletsHeb. hashukum, plur., joinings (Ex. 27:17; 38:17, 28), the rods by which the tops of...
• FinerA worker in silver and gold (Prov. 25:4). In Judg. 17:4 the word (tsoreph) is rendered...
• Fining PotA crucible, melting-pot (Prov. 17:3; 27:21).
• FirThe uniform rendering in the Authorized Version (marg. R.V., “cypress”) of berosh (2...
• Fire(1.) For sacred purposes. The sacrifices were consumed by fire (Gen. 8:20). The...
• FirebrandIsa. 7:4, Amos 4:11, Zech. 3:2, denotes the burnt end of a stick (Heb. ‘ud); in Judg....
• Firepan(Ex. 27:3; 38:3), one of the vessels of the temple service (rendered “snuff-dish” Ex....
• FirkinUsed only in John 2:6; the Attic amphora, equivalent to the Hebrew bath (q.v.), a...
• FirmamentFrom the Vulgate firmamentum, which is used as the translation of the Hebrew raki’a....
• First-BornSons enjoyed certain special privileges (Deut. 21:17; Gen. 25:23, 31, 34; 49:3; 1 Chr....
• First-Born, Redemption ofFrom the beginning the office of the priesthood in each family belonged to the eldest...
• First-Born, Sanctification of theA peculiar sanctity was attached to the first-born both of man and of cattle. God...
• First-FruitsThe first-fruits of the ground were offered unto God just as the first-born of man and...
• FishCalled dag by the Hebrews, a word denoting great fecundity (Gen. 9:2; Num. 11:22;...
• Fish-HooksWere used for catching fish (Amos 4:2; comp. Isa. 37:29; Jer. 16:16; Ezek. 29:4; Job....
• Fish-Pools(Cant. 7:4) should be simply “pools,” as in the Revised Version. The reservoirs near...
• FisherBesides its literal sense (Luke 5:2), this word is also applied by our Lord to his...
• Fishing, the Art ofWas prosecuted with great industry in the waters of Palestine. It was from the...
• Fitches(Isa. 28:25, 27), the rendering of the Hebrew ketsah, “without doubt the Nigella...
• Flag(Heb., or rather Egyptian, ahu, Job 8:11), rendered “meadow” in Gen. 41:2, 18;...
• FlagonHeb. ashishah, (2 Sam. 6:19; 1 Chr. 16:3; Cant. 2:5; Hos. 3:1), meaning properly “a...
• Flame of FireIs the chosen symbol of the holiness of God (Ex. 3:2; Rev. 2:18), as indicating “the...
• Flax(Heb. pishtah, i.e., “peeled”, in allusion to the fact that the stalks of flax when...
• FleaDavid at the cave of Adullam thus addressed his persecutor Saul (1 Sam. 24:14): “After...
• FleeceThe wool of a sheep, whether shorn off or still attached to the skin (Deut. 18:4; Job...
• FleshIn the Old Testament denotes (1) a particular part of the body of man and animals...
• Flesh-HookA many-pronged fork used in the sacrificial services (1 Sam. 2:13, 14; Ex. 27:3; 38:3)...
• FlintAbounds in all the plains and valleys of the wilderness of the forty years’...
• FloodAn event recorded in Gen. 7 and 8. (See DELUGE.) In Josh. 24:2, 3, 14, 15, the word...
• FlourGrain reduced to the form of meal is spoken of in the time of Abraham (Gen. 18:6). As...
• FlowersVery few species of flowers are mentioned in the Bible although they abounded in...
• FluteA musical instrument, probably composed of a number of pipes, mentioned Dan. 3:5, 7,...
• FlyHeb. zebub, (Eccl. 10:1; Isa. 7:18). This fly was so grievous a pest that the...
• Foam(Hos. 10:7), the rendering of ketseph, which properly means twigs or splinters (as...
• FodderHeb. belil, (Job 6:5), meaning properly a mixture or medley (Lat. farrago), “made up...
• FoldAn enclosure for flocks to rest together (Isa. 13:20). Sheep-folds are mentioned Num....
• FoodOriginally the Creator granted the use of the vegetable world for food to man (Gen....
• FootstoolConnected with a throne (2 Chr. 9:18). Jehovah symbolically dwelt in the holy place...
• ForcesOf the Gentiles (Isa. 60:5, 11; R.V., “the wealth of the nations”) denotes the wealth...
• FordMention is frequently made of the fords of the Jordan (Josh. 2:7; Judg. 3:28; 12:5,...
• ForeheadThe practice common among Oriental nations of colouring the forehead or impressing on...
• ForeignerA Gentile. Such as resided among the Hebrews were required by the law to be treated...
• Foreknowledge of GodActs 2:23; Rom. 8:29; 11:2; 1 Pet. 1:2), one of those high attributes essentially...
• ForerunnerJohn the Baptist went before our Lord in this character (Mark 1:2, 3). Christ so...
• ForestHeb. ya’ar, meaning a dense wood, from its luxuriance. Thus all the great primeval...
• Forgiveness of SinOne of the constituent parts of justification. In pardoning sin, God absolves the...
• FornicationIn every form of it was sternly condemned by the Mosaic law (Lev. 21:9; 19:29; Deut....
• FortunatusFortunate, a disciple of Corinth who visited Paul at Ephesus, and returned with...
• Fountain(Heb. ‘ain; i.e., “eye” of the water desert), a natural source of living water....
• Fountain of the VirginThe perennial source from which the Pool of Siloam (q.v.) is supplied, the waters...
• FowlerThe arts of, referred to Ps. 91:3; 124:7; Prov. 6:5; Jer. 5:26; Hos. 9:8; Ezek. 17:20;...
• Fox(Heb. shu’al, a name derived from its digging or burrowing under ground), the Vulpes...
• Frankincense(Heb. lebonah; Gr. libanos, i.e., “white”), an odorous resin imported from Arabia...
• Free-Will OfferingA spontaneous gift (Ex. 35:29), a voluntary sacrifice (Lev. 22:23; Ezra 3:5), as...
• FreedomThe law of Moses pointed out the cases in which the servants of the Hebrews were to...
• Frog(Heb. tsepharde’a, meaning a “marsh-leaper”). This reptile is mentioned in the Old...
• FrontletsOccurs only in Ex. 13:16; Deut. 6:8, and 11:18. The meaning of the injunction to the...
• Frost(Heb. kerah, from its smoothness) Job 37:10 (R.V., “ice”); Gen. 31:40; Jer. 36:30;...
• FruitA word as used in Scripture denoting produce in general, whether vegetable or animal....
• Frying-Pan(Heb. marhesheth, a “boiler”), a pot for boiling meat (Lev. 2:7; 7:9).
• FuelAlmost every kind of combustible matter was used for fuel, such as the withered stalks...
• FugitiveGen. 4:12, 14, a rover or wanderer (Heb. n’a); Judg. 12:4, a refugee, one who has...
• FullerThe word “full” is from the Anglo-Saxon fullian, meaning “to whiten.” To full is to...
• Fuller’s FieldA spot near Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:17; Isa. 36:2; 7:3), on the side of the highway west...
• Fuller’s Soap(Heb. borith mekabbeshim, i.e., “alkali of those treading cloth”). Mention is made...
• Fulness(1.) Of time (Gal. 4:4), the time appointed by God, and foretold by the prophets, when...
• FuneralBurying was among the Jews the only mode of disposing of corpses (Gen. 23:19; 25:9;...
• FurlongA stadium, a Greek measure of distance equal to 606 feet and 9 inches (Luke 24:13;...
• Furnace(1.) Chald. attun, a large furnace with a wide open mouth, at the top of which...
• FurrowAn opening in the ground made by the plough (Ps. 65:10; Hos. 10:4, 10).
• FuryAs attributed to God, is a figurative expression for dispensing afflictive judgments...