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.

• GaalLoathing, the son of Ebed, in whom the Shechemites “placed their confidence” when they...
• GaashA shaking, a hill, on the north side of which Joshua was buried (Josh. 24:30; Judg....
• GabbathaGab Baitha, i.e., “the ridge of the house” = “the temple-mound,” on a part of which...
• GabrielChampion of God, used as a proper name to designate the angel who was sent to Daniel...
• GadFortune; luck. (1.) Jacob’s seventh son, by Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid, and the brother...
• GadaraThe capital of the Roman province of Peraea. It stood on the summit of a mountain...
• GadarenesThe inhabitants of Gadara, in Revised Version “Gerasenes” (Mark 5:1; Luke 8:26, 37)....
• GaddiFortunate, the representative of the tribe of Manasseh among the twelve “spies” sent...
• GaddielFortune (i.e., sent) of God, the representative of the tribe of Zebulum among the...
• GaharLurking-place, one of the chief of the Nethinim, whose descendants returned to...
• Gaius(1.) A Macedonian, Paul’s fellow-traveller, and his host at Corinth when he wrote his...
• GalatiaHas been called the “Gallia” of the East, Roman writers calling its inhabitants Galli....
• Galatians, Epistle toThe genuineness of this epistle is not called in question. Its Pauline origin is...
• GalbanumHeb. helbenah, (Ex. 30:34), one of the ingredients in the holy incense. It is a gum,...
• GaleedHeap of witness, the name of the pile of stones erected by Jacob and Laban to mark the...
• GalileanAn inhabitant or native of Galilee. This word was used as a name of contempt as...
• GalileeCircuit. Solomon rewarded Hiram for certain services rendered him by the gift of an...
• Galilee, Sea of(Matt. 4:18; 15:29), is mentioned in the Bible under three other names. (1.) In the...
• Gall(1) Heb. mererah, meaning “bitterness” (Job 16:13); i.e., the bile secreted in the...
• Gallery(1.) Heb. ‘attik (Ezek. 41:15, 16), a terrace; a projection; ledge. (2.) Heb. rahit...
• GallimHeaps, (1 Sam. 25:44; Isa. 10:30). The native place of Phalti, to whom Michal was...
• GallioThe elder brother of Seneca the philosopher, who was tutor and for some time minister...
• GallowsHeb. ‘ets, meaning “a tree” (Esther 6:4), a post or gibbet. In Gen. 40:19 and Deut....
• GamalielReward of God. (1.) A chief of the tribe of Manasseh at the census at Sinai (Num....
• Games(1.) Of children (Zech. 8:5; Matt. 11:16). The Jewish youth were also apparently...
• Gammadim(Ezek. 27:11) brave warriors; R.V. marg., “valorous men;” others interpret this word...
• GamulWeaned the leader of one of the priestly courses (1 Chr. 24:17).
• GapA rent or opening in a wall (Ezek. 13:5; comp. Amos 4:3). The false prophets did not...
• GardensMentioned in Scripture, of Eden (Gen. 2:8, 9); Ahab’s garden of herbs (1 Kings 21:2);...
• GarebScabby; itch. (1.) One of David’s warriors (2 Sam. 23:38), an Ithrite. (2.) A hill...
• Garlands(Acts 14:13). In heathen sacrifices the victims were adorned with fillets and garlands...
• Garlic(Heb. shum, from its strong odour), mentioned only once (Num. 11:5). The garlic common...
• Garner(1.) Heb. ‘otsar, a treasure; a store of goods laid up, and hence also the place where...
• GarnishOverlay with stones (2 Chr. 3:6), adorn (Rev. 21:19), deck with garlands (Matt....
• Garrison(1.) Heb. matstsab, a station; a place where one stands (1 Sam. 14:12); a military or...
• Gate(1.) Of cities, as of Jerusalem (Jer. 37:13; Neh. 1:3; 2:3; 3:3), of Sodom (Gen....
• GathA wine-vat, one of the five royal cities of the Philistines (Josh. 13:3) on which the...
• Gath-HepherWine-press of the well, a town of Lower Galilee, about 5 miles from Nazareth; the...
• Gath-RimmonPress of the pomegranate. (1.) A Levitical city in the tribe of Dan (Josh. 19:45;...
• GaulanitisA name derived from “Golan” (q.v.), one of the cities of refuge in the territory of...
• GazaCalled also Azzah, which is its Hebrew name (Deut. 2:23; 1 Kings 4:24; Jer. 25:20),...
• GebaThe hill, (2 Sam. 5:25 [1 Chr. 14:16, “Gibeon”]; 2 Kings 23:8; Neh. 11:31), a...
• GebalA line (or natural boundary, as a mountain range). (1.) A tract in the land of Edom...
• Gebalites(1 Kings 5:18 R.V., in A.V. incorrectly rendered, after the Targum, “stone-squarers,”...
• GeberA valiant man, (1 Kings 4:19), one of Solomon’s purveyors, having jurisdiction over a...
• GebimCisterns, (rendered “pits,” Jer. 14:3; “locusts,” Isa. 33:4), a small place north of...
• GedaliahMade great by Jehovah. (1.) the son of Jeduthum (1 Chr. 25:3, 9). (2.) The grandfather...
• GederA walled place, (Josh. 12:13), perhaps the same as Gederah or Gedor (15:58).
• GederahThe fortress; a fortified place, a town in the plain (shephelah) of Judah (Josh....
• GederathiteAn epithet applied to Josabad, one of David’s warriors at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:4), a...
• GedorA wall. (1.) A city in the mountains or hill country of Judah (Josh. 15:58),...
• GehaziValley of vision, Elisha’s trusted servant (2 Kings 4:31; 5:25; 8:4, 5). He appears in...
• Gehenna(originally Ge bene Hinnom; i.e., “the valley of the sons of Hinnom”), a deep, narrow...
• GelilothCircles; regions, a place in the border of Benjamin (Josh. 18:17); called Gilgal in 15:7.
• GemariahJehovah has made perfect. (1.) The son of Shaphan, and one of the Levites of the...
• GenerationGen. 2:4, “These are the generations,” means the “history.” 5:1, “The book of the...
• GenesisThe five books of Moses were collectively called the Pentateuch, a word of Greek...
• GennesaretA garden of riches. (1.) A town of Naphtali, called Chinnereth (Josh. 19:35),...
• Gentiles(Heb., usually in plural, goyim), meaning in general all nations except the Jews. In...
• GenubathTheft, the son of Hadad, of the Edomitish royal family. He was brought up in Pharaoh’s...
• GeraGrain. (1.) The son of Bela and grandson of Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:3, 5,7). (2.) The...
• GerahA bean, probably of the carob tree, the smallest weight, and also the smallest piece...
• GerarA region; lodging-place, a very ancient town and district in the south border of...
• Gergesa=Gerasa, identified with the modern Khersa, “over against Galilee,” close to the lake....
• GerizimA mountain of Samaria, about 3,000 feet above the Mediterranean. It was on the left of...
• GershomExpulsion. (1.) The eldest son of Levi (1 Chr. 6:16, 17, 20, 43, 62, 71; 15:7)=GERSHON...
• Gershon=Ger’shom expulsion, the eldest of Levi’s three sons (Gen. 46:11; Ex. 6:16). In the...
• GeshemOr Gashmu, firmness, probably chief of the Arabs south of Palestine, one of the...
• GeshurBridge, the name of a district or principality of Syria near Gilead, between Mount...
• Geshurites(1.) The inhabitants of Geshur. They maintained friendly relations with the Israelites...
• GethsemaneOil-press, the name of an olive-yard at the foot of the Mount of Olives, to which...
• GezerA precipice, an ancient royal Canaanitish city (Josh. 10:33; 12:12). It was allotted...
• GhostAn old Saxon word equivalent to soul or spirit. It is the translation of the Hebrew...
• Giants(1.) Heb. nephilim, meaning “violent” or “causing to fall” (Gen. 6:4). These were the...
• GibbethonA height, a city of the Philistines in the territory of Dan, given to the Kohathites...
• GibeahA hill or hill-town, “of Benjamin” (1 Sam. 13:15), better known as “Gibeah of Saul”...
• Gibeah of Judah(Josh. 15:57), a city in the mountains of Judah, the modern Jeba, on a hill in the...
• Gibeah of Phinehas(Josh. 15:57, R.V. marg.), a city on Mount Ephraim which had been given to Phinehas...
• Gibeah-Haaraloth(Josh. 5:3, marg.), hill of the foreskins, a place at Gilgal where those who had been...
• GibeonHill-city, “one of the royal cities, greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were...
• GideonCalled also Jerubbaal (Judg. 6:29, 32), was the first of the judges whose history is...
• Gier EagleHeb. raham = “parental affection,” Lev. 11:18; Deut. 14:17; R.V., “vulture”), a...
• Gift(1.) An gratuity (Prov. 19:6) to secure favour (18:16; 21:14), a thank-offering (Num....
• Gifts, Spiritual(Gr. charismata), gifts supernaturally bestowed on the early Christians, each having...
• GihonA stream. (1.) One of the four rivers of Eden (Gen. 2:13). It has been identified with...
• GilboaBoiling spring, a mountain range, now Jebel Fukua’, memorable as the scene of Saul’s...
• GileadHill of testimony, (Gen. 31:21), a mountainous region east of Jordan. From its...
• Gilead, Balm ofThe region of Gilead abounded in spices and aromatic gums, which were exported to...
• GilgalRolling. (1.) From the solemn transaction of the reading of the law in the valley of...
• GilohExile, a city in the south-west part of the hill-country of Judah (Josh. 15:51). It...
• GimzoA place fertile in sycamores, a city in the plain of Judah, the villages of which were...
• GinA trap. (1.) Ps. 140:5, 141:9, Amos 3:5, the Hebrew word used, mokesh, means a noose...
• Girdle(1.) Heb. hagor, a girdle of any kind worn by soldiers (1 Sam. 18:4; 2 Sam. 20:8; 1...
• GirgashiteDwelling in clayey soil, the descendants of the fifth son of Canaan (Gen. 10:16), one...
• Gittah-Hepher(Josh. 19:13). See GATH-HEPHER.
• GittaimTwo wine-presses, (2 Sam. 4:3; Neh. 11:33), a town probably in Benjamin to which the...
• GittiteA native of the Philistine city of Gath (Josh. 13:3). Obed-edom, in whose house the...
• GittithA stringed instrument of music. This word is found in the titles of Ps. 8, 81, 84. In...
• GizoniteA name given to Hashem, an inhabitant of Gizoh, a place somewhere in the mountains of...
• GlassWas known to the Egyptians at a very early period of their national history, at least...
• GleanThe corners of fields were not to be reaped, and the sheaf accidentally left behind...
• GledeAn Old English name for the common kite, mentioned only in Deut. 14:13 (Heb. ra’ah),...
• Glorify(1.) To make glorious, or cause so to appear (John 12:28; 13:31, 32; 17:4,5). (2.)...
• Glory(Heb. kabhod; Gr. doxa). (1.) Abundance, wealth, treasure, and hence honour (Ps....
• Glutton(Deut. 21:20), Heb. zolel, from a word meaning “to shake out,” “to squander;” and...
• GnashHeb. harak, meaning “to grate the teeth”, (Job 16:9; Ps. 112:10; Lam. 2:16), denotes...
• GnatOnly in Matt. 23:24, a small two-winged stinging fly of the genus Culex, which...
• Goad(Heb. malmad, only in Judg. 3: 31), an instrument used by ploughmen for guiding their...
• Goat(1.) Heb. ‘ez, the she-goat (Gen. 15:9; 30:35; 31:38). This Hebrew word is also used...
• GoathA lowing, a place near Jerusalem, mentioned only in Jer. 31:39.
• GobA pit, a place mentioned in 2 Sam. 21:18, 19; called also Gezer, in 1 Chr. 20:4.
• GobletA laver or trough for washing garments. In Cant. 7:2, a bowl or drinking vessel, a...
• God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the...
• Godhead(Acts 17:29; Rom. 1:20; Col. 2:9), the essential being or the nature of God.
• GodlinessThe whole of practical piety (1 Tim. 4:8; 2 Pet. 1:6). “It supposes knowledge,...
• GoelIn Hebrew the participle of the verb gaal, “to redeem.” It is rendered in the...
• Gog(1.) A Reubenite (1 Chr. 5:4), the father of Shimei. (2.) The name of the leader of...
• GolanExile, a city of Bashan (Deut. 4:43), one of the three cities of refuge east of...
• Gold(1.) Heb. zahab, so called from its yellow colour (Ex. 25:11; 1 Chr. 28:18; 2 Chr....
• Golden Calf(Ex. 32:4,8; Deut. 9:16; Neh. 9:18). This was a molten image of a calf which the...
• Goldsmith(Neh. 3:8,32; Isa. 40:19; 41:7; 46:6). The word so rendered means properly a founder or finer.
• GolgothaThe common name of the spot where Jesus was crucified. It is interpreted by the...
• GoliathGreat. (1.) A famous giant of Gath, who for forty days openly defied the armies of...
• GomerComplete; vanishing. (1.) The daughter of Diblaim, who (probably in vision only)...
• GomorrahSubmersion, one of the five cities of the plain of Siddim (q.v.) which were destroyed...
• Goodly TreesBoughs of, were to be carried in festive procession on the first day of the feast of...
• GoodnessIn man is not a mere passive quality, but the deliberate preference of right to wrong,...
• Goodness of GodA perfection of his character which he exercises towards his creatures according to...
• GopherA tree from the wood of which Noah was directed to build the ark (Gen. 6:14). It is...
• Goshen(1.) A district in Egypt where Jacob and his family settled, and in which they...
• GospelA word of Anglo-Saxon origin, and meaning “God’s spell”, i.e., word of God, or rather,...
• GospelsThe central fact of Christian preaching was the intelligence that the Saviour had come...
• Gourd(1.) Jonah’s gourd (Jonah 4:6-10), bearing the Hebrew name kikayon (found only here),...
• Government of GodSee PROVIDENCE.
• Governments(1 Cor. 12:28), the powers which fit a man for a place of influence in the church;...
• Governor(1.) Heb. nagid, a prominent, conspicuous person, whatever his capacity: as, chief of...
• GozanA region in Central Asia to which the Israelites were carried away captive (2 Kings...
• Grace(1.) Of form or person (Prov. 1:9; 3:22; Ps. 45:2). (2.) Favour, kindness, friendship...
• Grace, Means ofAn expression not used in Scripture, but employed (1) to denote those institutions...
• GraftThe process of inoculating fruit-trees (Rom. 11:17-24). It is peculiarly appropriate...
• GrainUsed, in Amos 9:9, of a small stone or kernel; in Matt. 13:31, of an individual seed...
• GrapeThe fruit of the vine, which was extensively cultivated in Palestine. Grapes are...
• Grass(1.) Heb. hatsir, ripe grass fit for mowing (1 Kings 18:5; Job 40:15; Ps. 104:14). As...
• GrasshopperBelongs to the class of neuropterous insects called Gryllidae. This insect is not...
• GrateA network of brass for the bottom of the great altar of sacrifice (Ex. 27:4; 35:16;...
• GraveAmong the ancient Hebrews graves were outside of cities in the open field (Luke 7:12;...
• Graven ImageDeut. 27:15; Ps. 97:7 (Heb. pesel), refers to the household gods of idolaters. “Every...
• Graving(1.) Heb. hatsabh. Job 19:24, rendered “graven,” but generally means hewn stone or...
• GreavesOnly in 1 Sam. 17:6, a piece of defensive armour (q.v.) reaching from the foot to the...
• GreciansHellenists, Greek-Jews; Jews born in a foreign country, and thus did not speak Hebrew...
• GreeceOrginally consisted of the four provinces of Macedonia, Epirus, Achaia, and...
• GreekFound only in the New Testament, where a distinction is observed between “Greek” and...
• Greyhound(Prov. 30:31), the rendering of the Hebrew zarzir mothnayim, meaning literally “girded...
• Grind(Ex. 32:20; Deut. 9:21; Judg. 16:21), to crush small (Heb. tahan); to oppress the poor...
• GrizzledParty-coloured, as goats (Gen. 31:10, 12), horses (Zech. 6:3, 6).
• Grove(1.) Heb. ‘asherah, properly a wooden image, or a pillar representing Ashtoreth, a...
• Guard(1.) Heb. tabbah (properly a “cook,” and in a secondary sense “executioner,” because...
• Guest-ChamberThe spare room on the upper floor of an Eastern dwelling (Mark 14:14; Luke 22:11). In...
• GurA whelp, a place near Ibleam where Jehu’s servants overtook and mortally wounded king...
• Gur-BaalSojourn of Baal, a place in Arabia (2 Chr. 26:7) where there was probably a temple of Baal.
• GutterHeb. tsinnor, (2 Sam. 5:8). This Hebrew word occurs only elsewhere in Ps. 42:7 in the...