Jeruel
Founded by God, a “desert” on the ascent from the valley of the Dead Sea towards Jerusalem. It lay beyond the wilderness of Tekoa, in the direction of Engedi (2 Chr. 20:16, 20). It corresponds with t…
Jerusalem,
JERU'SALEM, the capital of the Hebrew monarchy and of the kingdom of Judah, the most important city in biblical history, and the most sacred and the most desecrated city of the world. "Beautiful for …
Jerusha,
JERU'SHA, or JERU'SHAH (possessed), the mother of Jotham, king of Judah. 2 Kgs 15:33; 2 Chr 27:1.
Jerushah
(possessed). (2 Chronicles 27:1) The same as the preceding.
Jesaiah
(salvation of Jehovah).
Jeshaiah
Deliverance of Jehovah. (1.) A Kohathite Levite, the father of Joram, of the family of Eliezer (1 Chr. 26:25); called also Isshiah (24:21). (2.) One of the sons of Jeduthum (1 Chr. 25:3, 15). (3.) On…
Jeshanah,
JESH'ANAH, a town which, with its dependent villages, was one of the three taken from Jeroboam by Abijah, 2 Chr 13:19, and identified by Swartz with al-Samin, 2 miles west of Bethel; but this require…
Jesharelah
Upright towards God, the head of the seventh division of Levitical musicians (1 Chr. 25:14).
Jeshebeab
Seat of his father, the head of the fourteenth division of priests (1 Chr. 24:13).
Jesher
Uprightness, the first of the three sons of Caleb by Azubah (1 Chr. 2:18).
Jeshimon
The waste, probably some high waste land to the south of the Dead Sea (Num. 21:20; 23:28; 1 Sam. 23:19, 24); or rather not a proper name at all, but simply “the waste” or “wilderness,” the district o…
Jeshishai
(descended from an old man), one of the ancestors of the Gadites who dwelt in Gilead. (1 Chronicles 5:14)
Jeshohaia
the Lord pressing; the meditation of God
Jeshohaiah
(whom Jehovah casts down), a chief of the Simeonites, descended from Shimei. (1 Chronicles 4:36) (B.C. about 711.)
Jeshua,
JESH'UA, in one case JESH'UAH (whom Jehovah helps). The chief of the ninth division of the priests. Ezr 2:36; Neh 7:39. He is called Jeshuah in 1 Chr 24:11. A Levite in Hezekiah's reign placed over a…
Jeshuah
a priest in the reign of David, (1 Chronicles 24:11) the same as Jeshua, No. 2. (B.C. 1014.)
Jeshurun
A poetical name for the people of Israel, used in token of affection, meaning, “the dear upright people” (Deut. 32:15; 33:5, 26; Isa. 44:2).
Jesiah
(whom Jehovah lends).
Jesimiel
(whom God makes), a Simeonite chief of the family of Shimei. (1 Chronicles 4:36) (B.C. about 711.)
Jesse
Firm, or a gift, a son of Obed, the son of Boaz and Ruth (Ruth 4:17, 22; Matt. 1:5, 6; Luke 3:32). He was the father of eight sons, the youngest of whom was David (1 Sam. 17:12). The phrase “stem of …
Jesui
(even, level), the son of Asher, whose descendants the Jesuites were numbered in the plains of Moab at the Jordan of Jericho. (Numbers 26:44) (B.C. 1451.) He is elsewhere called Isui, (Genesis 46:17)…
Jesuites
(the posterity of Jesui), The, a family of the tribe of Asher. (Numbers 26:44)
Jesuites, The
JES'UITES, THE, descendants of Jesui. Num 26:44.
Jesurun.
JES'URUN. See Jeshurun.
Jesus Christ
“The life and character of Jesus Christ,” says Dr. Schaff, “is the holy of holies in the history of the world.”
Jesus The Son Of Sirach
[Ecclesiasticus]
Jesus,
JE'SUS, the Greek form for Hebrew "Jehoshua," contracted to "Joshua." This term means "Saviour." Matt 1:21. It occurs only in the N.T.; and though it is not exclusively applied to Christ, it should b…
Jesus, Son Of Sirach, Book Of
JESUS, SON OF SIRACH, BOOK OF. See Ecclesiasticus.
Jether
Surplus; excellence. (1.) Father-in-law of Moses (Ex. 4:18 marg.), called elsewhere Jethro (q.v.). (2.) The oldest of Gideon’s seventy sons (Judg. 8:20). (3.) The father of Amasa, David’s general (1 …
Jetheth
A peg, or a prince, one of the Edomitish kings of Mount Seir (Gen. 36:40).