Liquor
LIQ'UOR, or LIQUORS, the translation of three different Hebrew words. One denotes a "tear" — i.e., the juice of the olive and grapes, Ex 22:29; the second denotes "maceration " — i.e., drink prepared…
Lish
(lion), the city which was taken by the Danites, and under its new name of Dan became famous as the northern limit of the nation. (Judges 18:7,14,27,29) [Dan] It was near the sources of the Jordan. I…
Litter
(Heb. tsab, as being lightly and gently borne), a sedan or palanquin for the conveyance of persons of rank (Isa. 66:20). In Num. 7:3, the words “covered wagons” are more literally “carts of the litte…
Lively
LIVE'LY, in 1 Pet 2:5, means "living;" in Ex 1:19 it means "full of life," "vigorous."
Liver.
LIVER. The expression "the caul above the liver," so frequently occurring in the Pentateuch, Ex 29:13, Josh 11:22; Lev 3:4, 1 Kgs 16:10, 2 Sam 20:15; Ruth 4:9; Acts 7:4; Lev 8:16; Lev 9:10, etc., mea…
Living Creatures
As represented by Ezekiel (1-10) and John (Rev. 4, etc.), are the cherubim. They are distinguished from angels (Rev. 15:7); they join the elders in the “new song” (5:8, 9); they warn of danger from d…
Lizard
Only in Lev. 11:30, as rendering of Hebrew letaah, so called from its “hiding.” Supposed to be the Lacerta gecko or fan-foot lizard, from the toes of which poison exudes. (See CHAMELEON.)
Lmri
(eloquent).
Lo-ammi
Not my people, a symbolical name given by God’s command to Hosea’s second son in token of Jehovah’s rejection of his people (Hos. 1:9, 10), his treatment of them as a foreign people. This Hebrew word…
Lo-debar,
LO-DE'BAR, a place in the tribe of Gad, not far from Mahanaim, north of the Jabbok, east of the Jordan. 2 Sam 9:4; 2 Sam 17:27. Here dwelt Machir the Ammonite, who assisted David when he retired from…
Lo-ruhamah
Not pitied, the name of the prophet Hosea’s first daughter, a type of Jehovah’s temporary rejection of his people (Hos. 1:6; 2:23).
Loaf
LOAF. 1 Chr 16:3. See Bread.
Loammi
(not my people), the figurative name given by the prophet Hosea to his second son by Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, (Hosea 1:9) to denote the rejection of the kingdom of Israel by Jehovah. Its signif…
Loan.
LOAN. The Mosaic law repeatedly enjoined it on the rich to come to the relief of the poor, not only with alms, but Lizard. also with loans. Ex 22:25; Lev 25:35-37; Deut 15:3; Deut 15:7-10; Deut 23:19…
Loaves
[Bread]
Lock.
LOCK. The doors of the ancient Hebrews were secured by bars of wood or iron, though the latter were almost entirely appropriated to the entrance of fortresses, prisons, and towns. Thus we find it men…
Locust,
LO'CUST, an insect of the grasshopper family, remarkable for numbers and voracity, and hence one of the most dreadful scourges of Eastern countries. Locusts, when mature, can fly to a considerable he…
Lod.
LOD. 1 Chr 8:12. See Lydda.
Lodebar
(without pasture), a place named with Mahanaim, Rogelim and other transjordanic towns, (2 Samuel 17:27) and therefore no doubt on the east side of the Jordan. It was the native place of Machir-ben-Am…
Lodge, To
This word, with one exception only, has, at least in the narrative portions of the Bible, almost invariably the force of “passing the night.”
Lodge.
LODGE. Isa 1:8. See Garden.
Log.
LOG. Lev 14:10. See Measures.
Loins
LOINS. The dress of the Oriental nations being loose, it was necessary, when they were travelling or working, to gird up their garments and fasten them about their loins. See Clothes. Hence the expre…
Lois,
LOIS, the grandmother of Timothy. 2 Tim 1:5.
Looked
LOOKED means, in Acts 28:6, "expected"
Looking-glass
LOOK'ING-GLASS. What is thus translated was in fact a plate of metal polished so highly as to produce a very good reflection of objects. Generally, these mirrors were of a round shape and provided wi…
Lookingglas
[MIRRORS]
Loop
A knotted “eye” of cord, corresponding to the “taches” or knobs in the edges of the curtains of the tabernacle, for joining them into a continuous circuit, fifty to a curtain (Ex. 26:4, 5, 10, 11).
Lord.
LORD. This word is in our translation of the O.T. the rendering of the two Hebrew words "Jehovah" and "Adonai." When it represents the former, which may be considered a proper name, it is printed wit…
Lords Day
LORD'S DAY, Rev 1:10. From the times of the apostles the first day of the week was kept sacred by the Christians in commemoration of the resurrection of Christ, and it is invariably designated as the…