Smith’s dictionary

The classic Victorian Bible dictionary: 4,600 short entries, especially strong on names and places.

• FableA fable is a narrative in which being irrational, and sometimes inanimate, are, for...
• Fair Havensa harbor in the island of Crete, (Acts 27:8) though not mentioned in any other ancient...
• Fairsa word which occurs only in (Ezekiel 27:1) ... and there no less than seven times, vs....
• Fallow Deer(called fallow from its reddish-brown color) (Heb. yachmur). The Hebrew word, which is...
• FamineIn the whole of Syria and Arabia, the fruits of the earth must ever be dependent on...
• Fana winnowing-shovel , with which grain was thrown up against the wind to be cleansed...
• FarthingTwo names of coins in the New Testament are rendered in the Authorized Version by this...
• FastsOne fast only was appointed by the Mosaic law, that on the day of atonement. There is...
• Fati.e. VAT, the word employed in the Authorized Version to translate the Hebrew term...
• FatThe Hebrews distinguished between the suet or pure fat of an animal and the fat which...
• FatherThe position and authority of the father as the head of the family are expressly...
• Fathom[WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND MEASURES]
• Feasts[FESTIVALS; MEALS]
• Felix(happy), a Roman procurator of Judea appointed by the emperor Claudius in A.D. 53. He...
• Fenced Citiesi.e. cities fortified or defended. The fortifications of the cities of Palestine, thus...
• Ferretone of the unclean creeping things mentioned in (Leviticus 11:30) The animal referred...
• FestivalsI. The religious times ordained int he law fall under three heads: Those formally...
• Festus, Porcius(Festus means festival), successor of Felix as procurator of Judea, (Acts 24:27) sent...
• FettersFetters were for the feet only, while chains were for any part of the body. They were...
• FieldThe Hebrew sadeh is applied to any cultivated ground, and in some instances in marked...
• Fig, Fig TreeThe fig tree (Ficus carica) is very common in Palestine. (8:8) Mount Olivet was famous...
• Fir(Isaiah 14:8; Ezekiel 27:5) etc. As the term "cedar" is in all probability applicable...
• Fireis represented as the symbol of Jehovah’s presence and the instrument of his power, in...
• Firepanone of the vessels of the temple service. (Exodus 27:3; 38:3; 2 Kings 25:15; Jeremiah...
• Firkin[WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND MEASURES]
• FirmamentIn Scripture the word denotes an expanse, a wide extent; for such is the signification...
• FirstbornUnder the law, in memory of the exodus (when the first-born of the Egyptians were...
• FirstfruitsThe law ordered in general that the first of all ripe fruits and of liquors, or, as it...
• FishThe Hebrews recognized fish as one of the great divisions of the animal kingdom, and...
• Fitches(i.e. VETCHES), without doubt the Nigella sativa , an herbaceous annual plant...
• FlagThere are two Hebrew words rendered "flag" in our Bible: A word of Egyptian origin,...
• Flagona word employed in the Authorized Version to render two distinct Hebrew terms:...
• Flaxa well-known plant with yellowish stem and bright-blue flowers. Its fibres are...
• Fleaan insect but twice mentioned in Scripture, viz., in (1 Samuel 24:14; 26:20) Fleas are...
• Flesh[FLOOD]
• Flinta well-known stone, a variety of quartz. It is extremely hard, and strikes fire. It...
• Flood[NOAH]
• Floor[GABBATHA]
• Flour[BREAD]
• Flute(1 Kings 1:40) (marg., PIPE), A musical instrument mentioned amongst others, (Daniel...
• Flux, Bloody(Acts 28:8) the same as our dysentery, which in the East is, though sometimes...
• Fly, FliesThe two following Hebrew terms denote flies of some kind: Zebub , which occurs only in...
• FoodThe diet of eastern nations has been in all ages light and simple. Vegetable food was...
• Footmana word employed in the English Bible in two senses: Generally, to distinguish those of...
• ForeheadThe practice of veiling the face (forehead) in public for women of the high classes,...
• ForestAlthough Palestine has never been in historical times a woodland country, yet there...
• Fortifications[FENCED CITIES CITIES]
• Fortunatus(fortunate) (1 Corinthians 16:17) one of the three Corinthians the others being...
• Fountain(a spring in distinction from a well). The springs of Palestine, though short-lived,...
• FowlSeveral distinct Hebrew and Greek words are thus rendered in the English Bible. Of...
• Fox(Heb. shu’al). Probably the jackal is the animal signified in almost all the passages...
• Frankincensea vegetable resin, brittle, glittering, and of a bitter taste, used for the purpose of...
• Froga well-known amphibious animal of the genus Rana . The mention of this reptile in the...
• Frontlets, or Phylacteries(Exodus 13:16; 6:8; 11:18; Matthew 23:5) These "frontlets" or "phylacteries" were...
• FullerThe trade of the fullers, so far as it is mentioned in Scripture, appears to have...
• Fullers Field, thea spot near Jerusalem, (2 Kings 8:17; Isaiah 7:3; 36:2) so close to the walls that a...
• Funerals[BURIAL, SEPULCHRES]
• Furlong[WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND MEASURES]
• FurnaceVarious kinds of furnaces are noticed in the Bible, such as a smelting or calcining...