Lamentations, Book Of
Called in the Hebrew canon ’Ekhah, meaning “How,” being the formula for the commencement of a song of wailing. It is the first word of the book (see 2 Sam. 1:19-27). The LXX. adopted the name rendere…
Lamp.
LAMP. The lights of the East are of various kinds; not only oil, but pitch, naphtha, and wax are used to maintain the flame. The wicks were generally made of cotton or of flax. According to rabbinica…
Lance
LANCE. Jer 50:42. See Armor.
Lancet
This word is found in (1 Kings 18:28) only. The Hebrew term is romach, which is elsewhere rendered, and appears to mean a javelin or light spear. In the original edition of the Authorized Version (16…
Landmark
A boundary line indicated by a stone, stake, etc. (Deut. 19:14; 27:17; Prov. 22:28; 23:10; Job 24:2). Landmarks could not be removed without incurring the severe displeasure of God.
Lanes
LANES were narrow streets where the poorer people lived. Luke 14:21.
Language.
LAN'GUAGE. Gen 2:20; Dan 11:1. It is generally supposed that Adam was endued with the power of speech and furnished with a language at his creation, and that it was sufficiently perfect and comprehen…
Lantern
(so called of its shining) occurs only in (John 18:3) (It there probably denotes any kind of covered light, in distinction from a simple taper or common house-light, as well as from a flambeau. Lante…
Lanterns
LAN'TERNS, probably some kind of covered torch. John 18:3.
Laodicaea
LAODICAE'A, the old city of Diospolis, the present village of Eski-hissar, stood on the banks of the Lycus, an affluent of the Meander, a few miles distant from Colosse and Hierapolis, in the Roman p…
Laodicaeans
LAODICAE'ANS, the inhabitants of Laodicaea. Col 4:16; Rev 3:14.
Laodicea
The city of this name mentioned in Scripture lay on the confines of Phrygia and Lydia, about 40 miles east of Ephesus (Rev. 3:14), on the banks of the Lycus. It was originally called Diospolis and th…
Laodicea, Epistle From
(Col. 4:16), was probably the Epistle to the Ephesians, as designed for general circulation. It would reach the Colossians by way of Laodicea.
Laodiceans
the inhabitants of Laodicea. (Colossians 4:16; Revelation 3:14)
Lap
LAP, LAP'PETH. The Eastern people are accustomed to take up water in the hollow of the hand, and they do it with surprising agility, sitting on their heels with the face close over the water, and put…
Lap, Lappeth
LAP, LAP'PETH. The Eastern people are accustomed to take up water in the hollow of the hand, and they do it with surprising agility, sitting on their heels with the face close over the water, and put…
Lapidoth
Torches. Deborah is called “the wife of Lapidoth” (Judg. 4:4). Some have rendered the expression “a woman of a fiery spirit,” under the supposition that Lapidoth is not a proper name, a woman of a to…
Lapping
Of water like a dog, i.e., by putting the hand filled with water to the mouth. The dog drinks by shaping the end of his long thin tongue into the form of a spoon, thus rapidly lifting up water, which…
Lapwing,
LAP'WING, doubtless the hoopoe, a bird so named from its call-note, of about the size of the thrush, and of singular appearance and ways. Lev 11:19. Lapwing or Hoopoe. It is abundant in Palestine and…
Lasaea
A city in the island of Crete (Acts 27:8). Its ruins are still found near Cape Leonda, about 5 miles east of “Fair Havens.”
Lasea
(Acts 27:8) a city of Crete, the ruins of which were discovered in 1856, a few miles to the eastward of Fair Havens.
Lasha
Fissure, a place apparently east of the Dead Sea (Gen. 10:19). It was afterwards known as Callirhoe, a place famous for its hot springs.
Lashah
to call; to anoint
Lasharon
(the plain), one of the Canaanite towns whose kings were killed by Joshua. (Joshua 12:18)
Latchet.
LATCH'ET. Mark 1:7. See Clothes.
Latin Versions
[See Vulgate, The, THE]
Latin,
LAT'IN, Luke 23:38, LAT'IN VER'SIONS. See Bible.
Lattice.
LAT'TICE. 2 Kgs 1:2. See Dwellings.
Laugh
LAUGH, LAUGH'TER. When these forms are used concerning God, as in Prov 1:26; Ps 2:4; Ps 37:13, they signify that he despises or pays no regard to the persons or subject.
Laugh, Laughter
LAUGH, LAUGH'TER. When these forms are used concerning God, as in Prov 1:26; Ps 2:4; Ps 37:13, they signify that he despises or pays no regard to the persons or subject.