Kore
Partridge. (1.) A Levite and temple-warder of the Korahites, the son of Asaph. He was father of Shallum and Meshelemiah, temple-porters (1 Chr. 9:19; 26:1). (2.) A Levitical porter at the east gate o…
Korhites.
KOR'HITES. Ex 6:24; Num 26:58; 1 Chr 12:6; 2 Chr 20:19. See Korahites.
Koz
Thorn. (1.) A descendant of Judah. 1 Chr. 4:8, “Coz;” R.V., “Hakkoz.” (2.) A priest, the head of the seventh division of the priests (Ezra 2:61; Neh. 3:4, 21; 7:63). In 1 Chr. 24:10 the word has the …
Kushaiah.
KUSHA'IAH. 1 Chr 15:17. See Kishi.
Laadah
(order), the son of Shelah and grandson of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:21)
Laadan
(put in order).
Laban
White. (1.) The son of Bethuel, who was the son of Nahor, Abraham’s brother. He lived at Haran in Mesopotamia. His sister Rebekah was Isaac’s wife (Gen. 24). Jacob, one of the sons of this marriage, …
Labana
the moon; whiteness; frankincense
Lace
LACE (Heb. twisted), the blue string that bound the breastplate to the ephod, Ex 28:28; the frontlet to the mitre, 2 Kgs 18:37; Ex 39:31. The same word is used for the cord that held the signet-ring.…
Lacedaemonians
in Greece the inhabitants of Sparta or Lacedaemon, with whom the Jews claimed kindred. 1 Macc. 12:2,5,6,20,21; 14:20,23; 15:23; 2 Macc. 5:9.
Lachet
the thong or fastening by which the sandal was attached to the foot. It occurs int he proverbial expression in (Genesis 14:23) and is there used to denote something trivial or worthless. Another semi…
Lachish
Impregnable, a royal Canaanitish city in the Shephelah, or maritime plain of Palestine (Josh. 10:3, 5; 12:11). It was taken and destroyed by the Israelites (Josh. 10:31-33). It afterwards became, und…
Lad
LAD. The Hebrew word is used for a new-born infant, Ex 2:6; Jud 13:5, 1 Kgs 15:7; of a boy not full-grown, Gen 21:16; of a youth nearly twenty, Gen 41:12, and perhaps older, Jud 17:1; emphatically to…
Ladder
Occurs only once, in the account of Jacob’s vision (Gen. 28:12).
Lady
LA'DY, the translation of two Hebrew words, one the feminine of "mighty man," and usually rendered "mistress," as distinguished from "servant." Gen 16:4, Isa 16:8-9; 2 Kgs 5:3; Ps 123:2; Prov 30:23; …
Lael
(of God), the father of Eliasaph. (Numbers 3:24)
Lahad
(oppression), son of Jahath, one of the descendants of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:2)
Lahairoi.
LAHAI'ROI. See Beer-lahairoi.
Lahmam
(provisions), a town in the lowland district of Judah. (Joshua 15:40)
Lahmi
(warrior), the brother of Goliath the Gittite, slain by Elhanan the son of Zair or Zaor. (1 Chronicles 20:5) (B.C. 1020.)
Laish,
LA'ISH, or LESH'EM. See Dan 2. The Laish mentioned in Isa 10:30 can hardly have been the same as Dan. The introduction in this connection of a place so distant, and, moreover, under its old half-forg…
Lake
LAKE. Luke 5:1. The principal lakes mentioned in the Bible are Tiberias or Gennesaret, the Salt or Dead Sea, and Merom. See those articles.
Lakes
[Palestina And Palestine]
Lakum
(fortification), properly formed the landmarks of the boundary of Naphtali. (Joshua 19:33)
Lama
(Matt. 27:46), a Hebrew word meaning why, quoted from Ps. 22:1.
Lamb.
LAMB. See Sheep.
Lambs
are the young of sheep, but originally included also the young of goats. They formed an important part of almost every sacrifice. (Exodus 29:38-41; Numbers 28:9,11; 29,13-40) etc. [On the paschal lam…
Lamech
The strikerdown; the wild man. (1.) The fifth in descent from Cain. He was the first to violate the primeval ordinance of marriage (Gen. 4:18-24). His address to his two wives, Adah and Zillah (4:23,…
Lamentation
(Heb. qinah), an elegy or dirge. The first example of this form of poetry is the lament of David over Saul and Jonathan (2 Sam. 1:17-27). It was a frequent accompaniment of mourning (Amos 8:10). In 2…
Lamentations Of Jeremiah
Title.—The Hebrew title of this book, Ecah, is taken, like the titles of the five books of Moses, from the Hebrew word with which it opens. Author.—The poems included in this collection appear in the…