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• Dabarehdab'-a-re. See DABERATH.
• Dabbeshethdab'-e-sheth (dabbesheth; Dabasthai; the King James Version Dabbasheth, dab'a-sheth):...
• Daberathdab'-e-rath (ha-dabherath, "pasture"; Dabeiroth): A city in the territory of Issachar,...
• Dabriada'-bri-a: One of the five who wrote down the visions of Esdras, described (2 Esdras...
• Dacubi; Dacobida-ku'-bi, da-ko'-bi, King James Version: Head of a family of gate-keepers (1 Esdras...
• Daddeusda-de'-us, the Revised Version (British and American); LODDEUS (Loddaios), which see.
• Daggerdag'-er. See ARMOR, ARMS.
• Dagonda'-gon (daghon; apparently derived from dagh, "fish"): Name of the god of the...
• Dailyda'-li: This word, coming as it does from the Hebrew yom "day," and the Greek hemera,...
• Daily Offering; Daily SacrificeSee SACRIFICE.
• Dainties; Dainty (meats)dan'-tis (maT`ammoth, "things full of taste," man`ammim, ma`adhan; liparos, "fat,"...
• Daisanda'-san, da'-i-san (Daisan): Head of a family of temple servants (1 Esdras 5:3:1)...
• Dakubida-ku'-bi, da-koo'-bi (Dakoub, Dakoubi; the King James Version Dacobi): Head of a...
• Dalaiahda-la'-a, da-la-i'-a. See DELAIAH.
• Dalanda'-lan (Dalan; the King James Version Ladan): Head of a family that returned to...
• Dale, King's(1) "Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is...
• Dalethda'-leth (...): The 4th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, and as such used in Ps 119 to...
• Dallydal'-i: Occurs in The Wisdom of Solomon 12:26: "But they that would not be reformed by...
• Dalmanuthadal-ma-nu'-tha. See MAGADAN. Compare Mr 8:10; Mt 15:39.
• Dalmatiadal-ma'-shi-a (Dalmatia, "deceitful"): A district of the Roman empire lying on the...
• Dalphondal'-fon (dalphon, "crafty"): The second of the ten sons of Haman, slain by the Jews (Es 9:7).
• Dam('em, ordinary Hebrew word for "mother"): Hebrew law prohibited the destruction of the...
• Damagedam'-aj (chabhala'): This word expresses any inflicted loss of value or permanent...
• Damarisdam'-a-ris (Damaris, possibly a corruption of damalis, "a heifer"): The name of a...
• Damascenesdam-a-senz', dam'-a-senz ten polin Damaskenon, ("the city of the Damascenes"): The...
• Damascus1. The Name 2. Situation and Natural Features 3. The City Itself 4. Its History (1)...
• Dammesek Eliezer(Ge 15:2 the English Revised Version). See ELIEZER (1).
• Damn; Damnation; Damnabledam, dam-na'-shun, dam'-na-bl: These words have undergone a change of meaning since...
• Damseldam'-zel: A young, unmarried woman; a girl (lass); maiden (compare French demoiselle)....
• Dan (1); Dan, Tribe of(dan, "judge"; Dan). 1. Name: The fifth of Jacob's sons, the first borne to him by...
• Dan (2)A city familiar as marking the northern limit of the land of Israel in the common...
• Dan (3)(Eze 27:19 the King James Version). See VEDAN.
• Dan-Jaandan-ja'-an (dan ya`-an; B, Da Eidan kai Oudan): A place visited by Joab and his...
• Dancingdan'-sing. See GAMES.
• Dandledan'-d'-l. (sha`-osha`, a Pulpal form, from root (sha`-a`) with sense of to "be...
• Dangerdan'-jer: Danger does not express a state of reality but a possibility. In Mt 5:21 f,...
• Danieldan'-yel (daniye'l, dani'-el, "God is my judge"; Daniel): (1) One of the sons of David...
• Daniel, Book ofI. NAME II. PLACE IN THE CANON III. DIVISIONS OF THE BOOK IV. LANGUAGES V. PURPOSE OF...
• Danitesdan'-its (ha-dani): Occurs as describing those belonging to Da in Jud 13:2; 18:1,11; 1Ch 12:35.
• Dannahdan'-a (dannah): One of the cities in the hill country of Judah (Jos 15:49) between...
• Daphnedaf'-ne (Daphne, "bay-tree"): A suburb of Antioch on the Orontes, according to Strabo...
• Daradar'-a (dara`). See DARDA.
• Dardadar'-da (darda`, "pearl of wisdom"): One of the wise men to whom Solomon is compared...
• Daredar: The expression "to dare" in the Scriptures never has the meaning of "to defy,"...
• Daricdar'-ik (darkemon, and 'adharkon; dareikos): A Persian gold coin about a guinea or...
• Dariusda-ri'-us: The name of three or four kings mentioned in the Old Testament. In the...
• Dark Sayings(Pr 1:6; Ps 78:2; singular, Ps 49:4,5; chidhoth, singular chidhah, elsewhere rendered...
• Dark; Darkness1. Darkness and Light in Palestine: The day and night, light and darkness, are notable...
• Darklydark'-li: The word occurs in 1Co 13:12, "For now we see in a mirror, darkly," in...
• Darkondar'-kon (darqon, "carrier"): Ancestor of a subdivision of "Solomon's servants," so...
• Darlingdar'-ling (yachidh, "only," the King James Version margin, "only one"; the American...
• Dartdart (chets; belos): A pointed missile weapon, as an arrow or light spear (2Sa 18:14;...
• Dart-Snakedart'-snake (Isa 34:15). See ARROWSNAKE.
• DashThe idea of "to throw violently" or "to strike" with purpose of causing destruction is...
• Datesdats (debhash): Arabic, dibbs (2Ch 31:5, King James Version margin); English Versions...
• Dathanda'-than (dathan, meaning and derivation unknown, though the name is found in...
• Dathemadath'-e-ma (Dathema): A stronghold (1 Macc 5:29) in Gilead to which the Jews fled for...
• Daubdob: "To daub" always has the meaning "to cover," "to smear with" in the Scriptures....
• Daughterdo'-ter (bath; thugater): Used in Scriptures in several more or less distinct senses:...
• Daughter-in-LawSee RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY.
• Davidda'-vid (dawidh, or dawidh, "beloved"; Daueid, also in New Testament, Dauid, Dabid;...
• David, City ofSee ZION.
• David, Root ofroot (he rhiza Daueid, Re 5:5; 22:16): Root here means stock, family, descendant,...
• David, Tower oftou'-er. See JERUSALEM.
• Dawn; Dawningdon: The word means the approach of the morning light, the breaking of the day. There...
• Dayda (yom; hemera): This common word has caused some trouble to plain readers, because...
• Day and Night"Day," yom; ordinarily, the Hebrew "day" lasted from dawn to the coming forth of the...
• Day Before the Sabbath(he paraskeue, "preparation"): Considered as a day of preparation, in accordance with...
• Day of AtonementSee ATONEMENT, DAY OF.
• Day of ChristSee DAY OF THE LORD.
• Day of JudgmentSee JUDGMENT, LAST.
• Day of the Lord (yahweh)On the other hand the New Testament idea is pervaded with the elements of hope and joy...
• Day of YahwehSee DAY OF THE LORD.
• Day's Journeyjur'-ni (derekh yom, Ge 30:36; Nu 10:33; 11:31; hemeras hodos, Lu 2:44): The common...
• Day, Break ofSee BREAK OF DAY.
• Day, Joshua's LongSee BETH-HORON, THE BATTLE OF.
• Day, Last(he eschate hemera): Repeatedly used by Jesus in Joh 6:39,40,44,54; 11:24; 12:48, for...
• Day, Lord'sSee LORD'S DAY.
• Day, That (the)See DAY OF THE LORD.
• Day-Star(helel ben-shachar, Isa 14:12; phosphoros, 2Pe 1:19): The Old Testament passage is...
• Days, LastSee LAST DAYS.
• Daysmandaz'-man (yakhach, "to argue, decide, convince," the Revised Version (British and...
• Dayspringda'-spring: This beautiful English word, in current use in the time of the King James...
• Deacon; Deaconessde'-k'-n, de'-k'-n-es: The term diakonos, and its cognates occur many times in the New...
• Deadded (muth; nekros): Used in several senses: (1) as a substantive, denoting the body...
• Dead BodySee CORPSE.
• Dead Sea, theI. PRESENT AREA II. FORMER ENLARGEMENT III. LEVEL OF THE DEAD SEA IN EARLY HISTORIC...
• Dead, Baptism for theSee BAPTISM FOR THE DEAD.
• Dead, State of theSee HADES.
• Deadlyded'-li: In the Old Testament two words are used in the sense of a "mortal (Hebrew...
• Deafdef (cheresh; kophos): Used either in the physical sense, or figuratively as...
• Dealdel: The noun "deal" is not found in the Revised Version (British and American). The...
• Dear; Dearlyder, der'-li ("held at a great price," "highly valued"): In Ac 20:24, Paul does not...
• Dearthdurth. See FAMINE.
• DeathPHYSIOLOGICAL AND FIGURATIVE VIEW The word "Death" is used in the sense of (1) the...
• Death, Body ofSee BODY OF DEATH.
• Death, Second(ho deuteros thanatos): An expression, peculiar to the Book of Rev.(Re 2:11; 20:6,14;...
• Debatede-bat': This word is used only once in the Revised Version (British and American) (Pr...
• Debir (1)de'-ber (debhir, or debhir, "oracle"): King of Eglon, one of the five Amorite kings...
• Debir (2)de'-ber (debhir; Dabeir): "And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir, and...
• Deborah(1) Rebekah's nurse, who died near Bethel and was buried under "the oak of weeping"...
• Debt; Debtordet, det'-er: It is difficult nowadays to think of debt without associating with it...
• Decaloguedek'-a-log. See TEN COMMANDMENTS.
• Decapolisde-kap'-o-lis (Dekapolis): The name given to the region occupied by a league of "ten...
• Decayde-ka': Although this word is still in good use in both its literal sense, of the...
• Decease, in New Testamentde-ses' (teleutao, "to come to an end," "married and deceased" (Mt 22:25)): With...
• Decease, in the Old Testament and Apocyphrade-ses' (rapha', plural repha'im, "ghosts," "shades," is translated by "dead," "dead...
• Deceitde-set' (mirmah; (dolos)): The intentional misleading or beguiling of another; in...
• Deceivableness; Deceivede-sev'-a-b'-l-nes, de-sev' (nasha', "to lead astray"): "The pride of thy heart hath...
• Decentlyde'-sent-li (euschemonos): Only once is this word found in our English Bible (1Co...
• Decisionde-sizh'-un: Has several different shades of meaning. It expresses the formation of a...
• Decision, Valley ofSee JEHOSHAPHAT, VALLEY OF.
• Declaration; Declaredek-la-ra'-shun, deklar': "Declare" is the translation of a variety of Hebrew and...
• Declinede-klin' [(@cur], or sur, naTah): In the King James Version this word occurs 9 times...
• Dedan; Dedanitesde'-dan, de'dan-its (the King James Version Dedanim, ded'-a-nim; dedhan, "low,"...
• Dedicate; Dedicationded'-i-kat, ded-ika'-shun (chanukkah, "initiation," "consecration"; qadhesh, "to be...
• Dedication, Feast ofded-i-ka'-shun (ta egkainia, Joh 10:22): A feast held by the Jews throughout the...
• Deedded: Used in its ordinary modern sense in EV. In the Old Testament it is used to...
• Deep(tehom; abussos, Lu 8:31 the King James Version; Ro 10:7 the King James Version;...
• Deep SleepSee SLEEP, DEEP.
• Deerder ('ayyal, feminine 'ayyalah, and 'ayyeleth (compare Arabic, 'ayyal and 'iyal,...
• Defame; Defamingde-fam', de-fam'-ing: These words occur but twice in the King James Version, and are...
• Defect; Defectivede-fekt', de-fekt'-iv (hettema, "loss," "a defect"): Occurs in 1Co 6:7: "Nay, already...
• Defencede-fens'. See COURTS, JUDICIAL.
• DefencedSee FORTIFICATION.
• Deferde-fur' ('achar (in Hiphil), 'arakh (in Hiphil), mashakh (in Niphal), "to postpone,"...
• Defile; Defilementde-fil', de-fil'-ment (Anglo-Saxon, afylau, etc.; Middle English, defoulen, "make...
• Defyde-fi' (charaph, za`am): In 1Sa 17:10,25,26,36,45 (the story of David and Goliath) and...
• Degeneratede-jen'-er-at: Only in Jer 2:21, where Judah is compared to a "noble vine" which it...
• Degreede-gre' (ma`alah, "a going up" or "ascent," hence, a staircase or flight of steps;...
• Degrees, Songs of(shir ha-ma`aloth; Septuagint ode ton anabathmon; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible,...
• Dehaitesde-ha'-tez (dehawe'; the King James Version Dehavites): A people enumerated in Ezr 4:9...
• Dekarde'-kar (deqer, "lancer"): Father of one of Solomon's commissaries (1Ki 4:9 the King...
• Delaiah(1) A descendant of David (1Ch 3:24; the King James Version "Dalaiah"). (2) One of...
• Delayde-la': The noun "delay" (Ac 25:17, "I made no delay"; the King James Version "without...
• Delectablede-lek'-ta-bl (chamadh, "to desire"): Found only in Isa 44:9, King James Version:...
• Delicacydel'-i-ka-si (to strenos): Found only in Re 18:3, King James Version: "The merchants...
• Delicate; Delicatelydel'-i-kat, del'-i-kat-li (`edhen, `anogh; en truphe): "Delicate" usually an...
• Deliciouslyde-lish'-us-li (streniao "to live hard or wantonly"): "She (Babylon) .... lived...
• Delightde-lit' (verb, chaphets, ratsah, sha`a`; sunedomai): "To delight" is most frequently...
• Delightsomede-lit'-sum: chephets, is rendered "delightsome": Mal 3:12, "Ye shall be a delightsome...
• Delilahde-li'-la (delilah, "dainty one," perhaps; Septuagint Daleida, Dalida): The woman who...
• Deliverde-liv'-er (natsal, nathan; rhuomai, paradidomi): Occurs very frequently in the Old...
• Delosde'-los (Delos): An island, now deserted, one of the Cyclades in the Aegean Sea, about...
• Deluge of Noahdel'-uj 1. The Biblical Account 2. "Noah's Log Book" 3. The Egyptian Tradition 4. The...
• Delusion(1) Isa 66:4, "I also will choose their delusions" (the Revised Version, margin...
• Demandde-mand': The peremptory, imperative sense is absent from this word in its occurrences...
• Demasde'-mas (Demas, "popular"): According to Col 4:14; 2Ti 4:10; Phm 1:24, one who was for...
• Demetrius (1)de-me'-tri-us (Demetrios, "of" or "belonging to Demeter," an ordinary name in Greece):...
• Demetrius (2)de-me'-tri-us (Demetrios, "belonging to Ceres"): The name of two persons: (1) A...
• Demon; Demoniac; Demonologydem'-mon, de-mo'-ni-ak, de-mon-ol'-o-ji (daimonion, earlier form daimon = pneuma...
• Demophondem'-o-fon (Demophon): A Syrian general in Palestine under Antiochus V (Eupator) who...
• Den(ma`on, me`onah, "habitation"; me`arah, and spelaion, "cave"; me'urah (Isa 11:8), "a...
• Denariusde-na'-ri-us (denarion): A Roman silver coin, 25 of which went to the aureus, the...
• Denouncede-nouns': Occurs in De 30:18: "I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely...
• Denyde-ni': This word is characteristic of the New Testament rather than the Old...
• Depositde-poz'-it (paratheke, 1Ti 6:20; 2Ti 1:12,14 the Revised Version, margin, paraphrased...
• DepthSee ABYSS.
• Deputydep'-u-ti: This is the correct rendering of nitsabh (1Ki 22:47). In Es 8:9, 9:3 the...
• Derbedur'-be (Derbe, Ac 14:20,21; 16:1; Derbaios, 20:4; Derbetes, Strabo, Cicero): A city...
• Derisionde-rizh'-un: Three verbs are so translated luts, "scorn" (Ps 119:51); la`agh, "mock"...
• Descend; Descentde-send', de-sent' (yaradh; katabaino, "go down"); (katabasis): Of Yahweh (Ex 34:5);...
• Descent, of Jesusde-sent'. See APOCRYPHAL GOSPELS.
• Describede-skrib': This verb, now obsolete, in the sense used in Jos 18:4,6,8,9 and Jud 8:14,...
• Descryde-skri': This word like "describe" came into the English through the French descrire...
• Desertdez'-ert midhbar, chorbah, yeshimon, `arabhah, tsiyah, tohu; eremos, eremia: Midhbar,...
• Desirede-zir': The verb "to desire" in the Scriptures usually means "to long for," "to ask...
• Desire of All NationsThis phrase occurs only in Hag 2:7 (King James Version, the English Revised Version...
• Desolatedes'-o-lat (very frequently in the Old Testament for shamem, and its derivatives; less...
• Desolation, Abomination ofSee ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION.
• Despairde-spar': The substantive only in 2Co 4:8, "perplexed, but not in (the Revised Version...
• Despite; Despitefulde-spit', de-spit'-fool: "Despite" is from Latin despectus, "a looking down upon." As...
• Dessaudes'-o, des'-a-u (Dessaou (2 Macc 14:16)): the Revised Version (British and American)...
• Destiny, (meni)des'-ti-ni: A god of Good Luck, possibly the Pleiades. See ASTROLOGY, 10; MENI.
• Destroyerde-stroi'-er: In several passages the word designates a supernatural agent of...
• Destructionde-struk'-shun: In the King James Version this word translates over 30 Hebrew words in...
• Destruction, City of Heliopolis or City of the Sun(Isa 19:18). See ASTRONOMY, sec. I, 2; IR-HA-HERES; ON.
• Determinatede-tur'-mi-nat (horismenos, "determined," "fixed"): Only in Ac 2:23, "by the...
• Determine(1) "To resolve," "decide." This is the primary meaning of the word and it is also the...
• Detestable, Thingsde-tes'-ta-b'-l, (shiqquts; sheqets, synonymous with to`ebhah, "abomination,"...
• Deueldu'-el, de-u'-el de`u'el, ("knowledge of God"): A Gadite, the father of Eliasaph, the...
• Deutero-Canonical, Booksdu-ter-o-ka-non'-i-kal: A term sometimes used to designate certain books, which by the...
• Deuteronomy1. Name 2. What Deuteronomy Is 3. Analysis 4. Ruling Ideas 5. Unity 6. Authorship 7....
• Devicede-vis': "A scheme," "invention," "plot." In the Old Testament it stands for six...
• Devildev'-'-l. See DEMON; SATAN.
• Devoted, Thingsde-vot'-ed, (cherem). See CURSE; DEDICATE.
• Devotion; Devotionsde-vo'-shun, (sebasmata): For the King James Version "your devotions" (Ac 17:23), the...
• Devoutde-vout' (eulabes, eusebes, sebomai, "pious," "dutiful," "reverential"): The word is...
• Dewdu (Tal; drosos). 1. Formation of Dew: Two things are necessary for the formation of...
• Di-Zahabdi'-za-hab, diz'-a-hab di-za-habh; Septuagint Katachrusea, (literally, "abounding in...
• Diademdi'-a-dem: There are seven Bible references to the diadem, four in the Old Testament...
• Dial of Ahaz1. Hezekiah's Sickness and the Sign 2. The Sign a Real Miracle 3. The "Dial" a...
• Diamonddi'-a-mund. See STONES, PRECIOUS.
• Diana; Artemisdi-an'-a (Artemis "prompt," "safe"): A deity of Asiatic origin, the mother goddess of...
• Diasporadi-as'-po-ra. See DISPERSION.
• Diblahdib'-la (dibhlah, "circle"; Deblatha): The name occurs only in Eze 6:14 (the King...
• Diblaimdib'-la-im, dib-la'-im (dibhlayim, "two cakes"): A native of Northern Israel and...
• Diblathdib'-lath. See DIBLAH.
• Diblathaimdib-la-tha'-im. See ALMON-DIBLATHAIM.
• Dibon; Dibon-Gad(1) A city of Moab captured by the Amorites (Nu 21:30), and held by them at the...
• Dibridib'-ri (dibhri, "eloquent" (?)): A Danite, whose daughter Shelomith married an...
• Dice-PlayingSee GAMES.
• Dictionariesdik'-shun-a-riz: A dictionary is a word-book or a list of words arranged in some fixed...
• Didachedid'-a-ke. See LITERATURE, SUB-APOSTOLIC.
• Didrachmadi-drak'-ma: Two drachmas. See DRACHMA, DRAM.
• Didymusdid'-i-mus (Didumos, i.e. "twin"): The surname of THOMAS (which see).
• Die(muth, gawa`; apothnesko, teleutao): "To die," etc., is of very frequent occurrence,...
• Dietdi'-et ('aruchah, "prescribed"): A daily allowance or portion of food, as that given...
• Dig(qur, "to dig", chathar; diorusso, "to dig through"): "I have digged (dug) and drunk...
• Dignities; Dignitydig'-ni-tiz, dig'-ni-ti (Hebrew marom, se'eth, gedhullah): Rank or position, not...
• Dikedi'-ke (dike, "justice"): The avenging justice of God personified as a goddess (Ac...
• Diklahdik'-la (diqlah, "place of palms"): One of the "sons" of Joktan (Ge 10:27; 1Ch 1:21)....
• Dileandil'-e-an (dil`an, "cucumber"): A town in the Shephelah of Judah named with Migdal-gad...
• Diligence; Diligent; Diligentlydil'-i-jens, dil'-i-jent-li: This word is used in various senses in our English...
• DillSee ANISE.
• Diminishdi-min'-ish: the Revised Version (British and American) has retained nearly all...
• Dimnahdim'-na (dimnah, "dung"; Damna): A city of the Merarite Levites in the territory of...
• Dimon; Dimonahdi'-mon, di-mo'-na. See DIBON.
• Dinahdi'-na (dinah, "justice"): The daughter of Jacob and Leah, whose violation by Shechem,...
• Dinaitesdi'-na-its (dinaye'): A people mentioned in Ezr 4:9, as settled in the city of Samaria...
• Dinhabahdin'-ha-ba, din-ha'-ba (dinhabhah): The royal city of Bela, son of Beor; king of Edom...
• Dinnerdin'-er (ariston; Mt 22:4; Lu 11:38 (the Revised Version, margin "breakfast"); Lu...
• Dionysiadi-o-nish'-i-a (Dionusia, "festivals of Dionysus" (Bacchus)): The rural (vintage)...
• Dionysiusdi-o-nish'-i-us (Dionusios, surnamed "the Areopagite"): One of the few Athenians...
• Dionysus, (bacchus)di-o-ni'-sus (Dionusos): The youngest of the Greek gods. In Homer he is not associated...
• Dioscorinthiusdi-os-ko-rin'-thi-us: A certain (unidentified) month (2 Macc 11:21). See CALENDAR; TIME.
• Dioscuridi-os'-ku-ri (Dioscouroi; in Ac 28:11, the King James Version Castor and Pollux, the...
• Diotrephesdi-ot'-re-fez (Diotrephes): A person mentioned in 3Joh 1:9,10 as contentiously...
• DipPriests when offering a sin offering were required to dip a finger into the blood of...
• Diphathdi'-fath (diphath): A son of Gomer, son of Japheth, son of Noah (1Ch 1:6), called...
• Disallowdis-a-lou': "To disallow" as used in the Scriptures means either "to oppose," "not...
• Disannuldis-a-nul'. See ANNUL.
• Disappointdis-a-point': "To disappoint" may be used transitively or intransitively. In the...
• Discerndi-zurn': Five Hebrew words are thus translated: bin, yadha`, nakhar, ra'ah and...
• Discernings of Spiritsdi-zurn'-inz, (diakriseis pneumaton, "judicial estimation," "through judgment or...
• Disciple(1) Usually a substantive (mathetes, "a learner," from manthano, "to learn"; Latin...
• Disciplinedis'-i-plin (mucar): In the King James Version only in Job 36:10, where it refers to...
• Discomfit; Discomfituredis-kum'-fit, dis-kum'-fi-tur (hum, mehumah): These words are now obsolete or at least...
• Discoursedis-kors': In the Revised Version (British and American) of Ac 20:7,9, the translation...
• Discoverdis-kuv'-er: In modern usage the word "discover" signifies "to get first sight or...
• Discrepancies, Biblical1. Definition: By this term should be understood substantial disagreements in the...
• Discusdis'-kus (diskos, "the summons of the discus," 2 Macc 4:14 margin, "to the game of the...
• Disease; Diseasesdi-zez', di-zez'-iz (chalah, choli; nosos): Palestine, from its position and physical...
• Diseases of the EyeSee EYES, DISEASES OF THE.
• DishThe rendering in English Versions of the Bible in some connections of three Hebrew and...
• Dishan; Dishondi'-shan, di'-shon (dishan, dishon, "antelope," "pygarg"): A Horite clan, mentioned as...
• Dishonestydis-on'-es-ti: Only in 2Co 4:2, the King James Version rendering of Greek aischune;...
• Disobedience; Disobedientdis-o-be'-di-ens, (marah; apeitheo, parakouo): The word used chiefly in the New...
• Disorderlydis-or'-der-li (ataktos): The word is found four times in the Epistles to the Thess...
• Dispatchdis-pach': Occurs Tobit 7:8 in the sense of dispatch of business, "Let this business...
• Dispensationdis-pen-sa'-shun: The Greek word (oikonomia) so translated signifies primarily, a...
• Dispersion of NationsSee BABEL; DISPERSION; TABLE OF NATIONS.
• Dispersion, the1. Golah and Dispersion 2. Purpose of Dispersion 3. Causes of Dispersion 4. Extent of...
• Disposition(dis-po-zish'-un diatagai): Only in Ac 7:53, "received the law by the disposition of...
• Disputationdis-pu-ta'-shun: In Ac 15:2, the Revised Version (British and American) reads...
• Distaffdis'-taf (pelekh): This word occurs once in Pr 31:19; "spindle" is found in the same...
• Distildis-til': Only found twice in the English Bible (De 32:2; Job 36:27), in both cases in...
• Distinctlydis-tinkt'-li: Only Ne 8:8, "They read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly."...
• Ditchdich: The word is used indiscriminately in the King James Version to represent at...
• Divers; Diverse; Diversitiesdi'-verz, di-vurs', di-vur'-si-tiz: "Divers" meaning "various," "different in kind,"...
• Divesdi'-vez. See LAZARUS.
• Dividedi-vid': It is difficult to decide whether ragha` (Job 26:12; Isa 51:15; Jer 31:35)...
• Divination1. Definition 2. Kinds of Divination 3. Fundamental Assumption in Divination 4....
• Divine NamesSee GOD, NAMES OF.
• Divine VisitationSee PUNISHMENTS
• Divine; Divinerdi-vin, di-vin'-er. See AUGURY; ASTROLOGY; DIVINATION.
• Divisiondi-vizh'-un: Used in English Versions of the Bible in the following senses: (1) A...
• Divorcesee DIVORCE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT; DIVORCE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
• Divorce in the New Testament(to apostasiou): The Scripture doctrine of divorce is very simple. It is contained in...
• Divorce in the Old Testament1. Subordinate Position of Woman: Woman, among the Hebrews, as among most nations of...
• Doctordok'-ter: (In Lu 2:46 didaskalos) "doctor" is equivalent to "teacher," which latter is...
• Doctrinedok'-trin: Latin doctrina, from doceo, "to teach," denotes both the act of teaching...
• Docusdo'-kus. See DOK.
• Dodaido'-di, do'-da-i (1Ch 27:4). See DODO.
• Dodanimdo'-da-nim (dodhanim, "leaders"): In Ge 10:4, the son of Javan, the son of Japheth....
• Dodavahudo-dav'-a-hu (dodhawahu, "loved of God"; the King James Version Dodavah): Father of...
• Dodo; Dodai(1) The grandfather of Tola of the tribe of Issachar, one of the judges (Jud 10:1)....
• Doedo. See DEER.
• Doegdo'-eg (do'-egh "anxious," "cared for"): "The Edomite," a servant of Saul, who watched...
• Dogkelebh; (compare Arabic kelb, "dog"); kuon; (and diminutive kunarion): References to...
• Dogmadog'-ma (dogma, from dokeo, "that which seems," "an opinion," particularly the opinion...
• Dokdok (Dok, Dagon): A small fortress, "little stronghold" near Jericho (1 Macc 16:15),...
• Dolefuldol'-fool ('oach, "howling"): The "doleful creatures" referred to in Isa 13:21 are...
• Dolphindol'-fin. See BADGER.
• Dominiondo-min'-yun: In Eph 1:21; Col 1:16 the word so translated (kuriotes) appears to denote...
• Doomdoom: Occurs only once in the King James Version (2 Esdras 7:43), "The day of doom...
• Doordor: Most commonly the rendering of Hebrew pethach, "doorway," deleth, "door" proper...
• Doorkeeperdor'-kep-er (sho`er): The gates of an oriental city and of the temple courts so...
• Doorpostdor'-post. See HOUSE.
• Dophkahdof'-ka (dophqah, "drover"): A desert camp of the Israelites, the first after leaving...
• Dor; Dorador, do'-ra (do'r, dor, "habitation," "circle"; Dor; Josephus, Dora; modern TanTurah):...
• Dorcasdor'-kas (Dorkas, the Greek equivalent of Aramaic tabitha, "a gazelle"): The name was...
• Dorymenesdo-rim'-e-nez (Dorumenes): Father of Ptolemy Macron (1 Macc 3:38; 2 Macc 4:45);...
• Dositheus(1) A captain of Judas Maccabeus (2 Macc 12:19-25); along with Sosipater he captured...
• Dotaeado-te'-a (the King James Version, incorrectly, Judea; Dotaia): Another form of the...
• Dotedot: "To dote" means either "to be weakminded" or "to be foolishly fond." In the...
• Dothaimdo'-tha-im: Mentioned in Judith 4:6 and frequently in connection with the invasion of...
• Dothando'-than (dothayin, dothan, "two wells," "double feast"; Dothaeim): A place to the...
• Doubledub'-'-l (shanah, "to repeat," as in counting; kaphal, "to fold over," or "double," as...
• Doubtdout: This word, found only a score of times in the Bible, translates nevertheless...
• Doughdo. See BREAD.
• Doveduv (tor, yonah; peristera; Latin Zenaedura carolinensis): A bird of the family...
• Dowrydou'-ri: In all Hebrew marriages, the dowry held an important place. The dowry sealed...
• Doxologydok-sol'-o-ji (doxologia, "a praising," "giving glory"): A hymn or liturgical formula...
• Drachma; Dramdrak'-ma, (drachme): The word is used in the Septuagint as the rendering of beqa`,...
• Dragondrag'-un (tannin, plural tannim, tannoth; drakon): Tannin and the plural tanninim...
• Dragon Well(Ne 2:13 the King James Version). See JACKAL'S WELL.
• Dragon, Bel and theSee BEL AND THE DRAGON.
• Dragon, RedSee REVELATION OF JOHN.
• DramSee DRACHMA; MONEY.
• Drama Mimicdra'-ma mim'-ik. See GAMES.
• Draughtdraft (aphedron; Mt 15:17; Mr 7:19): "Closet," "sink" or "privy" (Rheims), literally,...
• Drawer of Waterdro'-er, (sho'ebh mayim, from sha'abh, "to bale up" water): In Syria and Palestine,...
• Dream; Dreamerdrem, drem'-er (chalom, chelem; onar): In all time dreams and their interpretation...
• Dredgedrej: A mixture of oats and barley (Job 24:6 the King James Version margin; the King...
• Dregsdregs: The "sediments," "lees," "grounds of liquor"; only in plural. In the King James...
• DressIn the Hebrew and Greek there is a wonderful wealth of terminology having to do with...
• DrinkSee FOOD; DRINK, STRONG.
• Drink OfferingSee SACRIFICE.
• Drink, Strong(shekhar; sikera; from shakhar, "to be or become drunk"; probably from the same root...
• Dromedarydrum'-e-da-ri, drom'-e-da-ri. See CAMEL.
• Drop, Dropping"To drop" expresses a "distilling" or "dripping" of a fluid (Jud 5:4; Pr 3:20; So...
• Dropsydrop'-si (hudropikos, "a man afflicted with hudrops or dropsy"): Both forms of this...
• Drossdros (sigh): The refuse of smelting of precious metal (Pr 25:4; 26:23); used...
• Droughtdrout. See FAMINE.
• Drovedrov. See CATTLE.
• Drowningdroun'-ing. See PUNISHMENTS.
• Drumdrum (tumpanon): This was the Hebrew toph, "tabret" or "timbrel," a hand-drum,...
• DrunkennessI. Its Prevalance. The Bible affords ample proof that excessive drinking of...
• Drusilladroo-sil'-a (Drousilla, or Drousilla): Wife of Felix, a Jewess, who along with her...
• Duedu. See DUTY.
• Dukeduk: The rendering in the King James Version in Ge 36:15 ff; Ex 15:15, and 1Ch 1:51 ff...
• Dulcimerdul'-si-mer. See MUSIC under Nebhel and Sumphonia.
• Dumahdu'-ma (dumah, "silence"): This word occurs in the Old Testament with the following...
• Dumbdum (alam, 'illem, literally, "tied in the tongue"; kophos): Used either as expressing...
• Dung; Dung Gatedung ('ashpoth, domen, peresh; skubalon, etc.): Nine different words occurring in the...
• Dungeondun'-jun. See PRISON.
• Dunghilldung'-hil ('ashpoth, 1Sa 2:8, madhmenah, etc., with other words; kopria, Lu 14:35):...
• Duradu'-ra (dura'): The name of the plain on which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, set up...
• Duredur (proskairos): Used for "endure" (which see), the King James Version Mt 13:21 (the...
• Dustdust (`aphar; koniortos, chous): Small particles of earth. The word has several...
• DutyThe word duty occurs only three times in the Old Testament and twice in the New...
• DwarfThe rendering in English Versions of the Bible of the Hebrew word dak, "thin,"...
• Dwell(1) In the Old Testament "dwell" is a translation of 9 words, of which by far the most...
• Dye; Dyeingdi, di'-ing (me'oddam, hamuc, tebhul, cebha`): Four different Hebrew words have been...
• DysenteryIn Ac 28:8 the Revised Version (British and American) uses this word in place of the...