Laver,
LA'VER, a brazen vessel belonging to the tabernacle, and standing in the court, between the altar and the sacred tent. Ex 30:18, Ex 30:21. It contained A Brazen Laver on Wheels. water for the priests…
Law
A rule of action. (1.) The Law of Nature is the will of God as to human conduct, founded on the moral difference of things, and discoverable by natural light (Rom. 1:20; 2:14, 15). This law binds all…
Law Of Moses
Is the whole body of the Mosaic legislation (1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 23:25; Ezra 3:2). It is called by way of eminence simply “the Law” (Heb. Torah, Deut. 1:5; 4:8, 44; 17:18, 19; 27:3, 8). As a written…
Law, The
LAW, THE. This term is applied in the N.T. to the old dispensation, in distinction from the new; the dispensation under the law in distinction from the dispensation under the gospel; the dispensation…
Lawyer
Among the Jews, was one versed in the laws of Moses, which he expounded in the schools and synagogues (Matt. 22:35; Luke 10:25). The functions of the “lawyer” and “scribe” were identical. (See DOCTOR…
Lawyers
LAWYERS, among the Hebrews, were not pleaders before a court, but expounders of the law in the schools and synagogues; and it is even doubtful whether there was any difference at all between a lawyer…
Laying On Of Hands
This “formed at an early period a part of the ceremony observed on the appointment and consecration of persons to high and holy undertakings;” (and in the Christian Church was especially used in sett…
Lazarus
An abbreviation of Eleazar, whom God helps. (1.) The brother of Mary and Martha of Bethany. He was raised from the dead after he had lain four days in the tomb (John 11:1-44). This miracle so excited…
Lead,
LEAD, a metal known to the ancients from a very early period, and alluded to in Ex 15:10 on account of its weight. It is mentioned several times in Scripture as entering into the process of purifying…
Leaf, Leaves
The word occurs in the Authorized Version either in singular or plural number in three different senses.
Leaf.
LEAF. Isa 64:6. The bright fresh color of the leaf of a tree or plant shows that it is richly nourished by a good soil. Hence the fresh leaf is often used in Scripture as a symbol of prosperity, Ps 1…
League
A treaty or confederacy. The Jews were forbidden to enter into an alliance of any kind (1) with the Canaanites (Ex. 23:32, 33; 34:12-16); (2) with the Amalekites (Ex. 17:8, 14; Deut. 25:17-19); (3) w…
Leah
Weary, the eldest daughter of Laban, and sister of Rachel (Gen. 29:16). Jacob took her to wife through a deceit of her father (Gen. 29:23). She was “tender-eyed” (17). She bore to Jacob six sons (32-…
Leannoth
For answering; i.e., in singing, occurs in the title to Ps. 88. The title “Mahalath (q.v.) Leannoth” may be rendered “concerning sickness, to be sung” i.e., perhaps, to be sung in sickness.
Leasing
(Ps. 4:2; 5:6) an Old English word meaning lies, or lying, as the Hebrew word kazabh is generally rendered.
Leather
A girdle of, worn by Elijah (2 Kings 1:8) and John the Baptist (Matt. 3:4). Leather was employed both for clothing (Num. 31:20; Heb. 11:37) and for writing upon. The trade of a tanner is mentioned (A…
Leaven,
LEAV'EN, a ferment mixed with dough to make it light, or a piece of dough or bread thus mixed and used to lighten a larger mass. Ex 12:15. It makes a thorough change in the whole, and hence the force…
Lebana
(white), one of the Nethinim whose descendants returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. (Nehemiah 7:48) He is called Lebanah.
Lebanah
(white) in (Ezra 2:45)
Lebanon
White, “the white mountain of Syria,” is the loftiest and most celebrated mountain range in Syria. It is a branch running southward from the Caucasus, and at its lower end forking into two parallel r…
Lebaoth
(lionesses), a town which forms one of the last group of the cities of “the south” in the enumeration of the possessions of Judah, (Joshua 15:32) probably identical with Beth-lebaoth.
Lebbaeus
Courageous, a surname of Judas (Jude), one of the twelve (Matt. 10:3), called also Thaddaeus, not to be confounded with the Judas who was the brother of our Lord.
Lebbeus
a man of heart; praising; confessing
Lebonah
Frankincense, a town near Shiloh, on the north side of Bethel (Judg. 21:19). It has been identified with el-Lubban, to the south of Nablus.
Lecah
(progress), a name mentioned in the genealogies of Judah, (1 Chronicles 4:21) only, as one of the descendants of Shelah, the third son of Judah by the Canaanites Bath-shua.
Leech.
LEECH. See Horse-leech.
Leek,
LEEK, a bulbous vegetable like the onion, a particular species of which has been cultivated in Egypt from a very early period. Num 11:5. It is eaten raw with bread. In the passage cited it is suppose…
Leeks
(Heb. chatsir). The leek was a bulbous vegetable resembling the onion. Its botanical name is Allium porrum. The Israelites in the wilderness longed for the leeks and onions of Egypt. (Numbers 11:5) T…
Lees.
LEES. "Wine on the lees," Isa 25:6, means well-preserved, full-bodied wine. "He hath settled on his lees," however, is used figuratively, Jer 48:11; Zeph 1:12, as an expression of sloth and indiffere…
Left Hand
Among the Hebrews, denoted the north (Job 23:9; Gen. 14:15), the face of the person being supposed to be toward the east.