Quails.
QUAILS. Ex 16:13; Num 11:31. After much criticism of this translation, the verdict of etymology, zoology, history, and of most of the important ancient versions, is strongly in favor of the above ren…
Quarantana
QUARANTA'NA, a mountain about 7 miles north-west of Jericho, which tradition points out as the scene of the temptation of Christ. It rises abruptly from the plain to the height of 1200 to 1500 feet, …
Quarantania
A mountain some 1,200 feet high, about 7 miles north-west of Jericho, the traditional scene of our Lord’s temptation (Matt. 4:8).
Quarries
(1.) The “Royal Quarries” (not found in Scripture) is the name given to the vast caverns stretching far underneath the northern hill, Bezetha, on which Jerusalem is built. Out of these mammoth cavern…
Quarries, The.
QUARRIES, THE. The Hebrew word thus translated in Judg 3:19, Acts 11:26 is elsewhere rendered by "graven" or "carved image."
Quartus
Fourth, a Corinthian Christian who sent by Paul his salutations to friends at Rome (Rom. 16:23).
Quaternion.
QUATER'NION. When Peter is said to have been delivered to four quaternions of soldiers, and to have passed through a first and second watch, Acts 12:4, 1 Kgs 16:10. it is to be understood that he was…
Queen
No explicit mention of queens is made till we read of the “queen of Sheba.” The wives of the kings of Israel are not so designated. In Ps. 45:9, the Hebrew for “queen” is not malkah, one actually rul…
Queen Of Heaven,
QUEEN OF HEAVEN, the title of the goddess of the Moon among the Assyrians, from whom her worship spread into Asia Minor. To the Shemites she was generally known under the names of Astarte, Ashtaroth,…
Quicksands
Found only in Acts 27:17, the rendering of the Greek Syrtis. On the north coast of Africa were two localities dangerous to sailors, called the Greater and Lesser Syrtis. The former of these is probab…
Quicksands, The
more properly THE Syrtis, The, (Acts 27:17) the broad a deep bight on the north African coast between Carthage and Cyrene. There were properly two Syrtes—the eastern or larger, now called the Gulf of…
Quirinius
QUIRIN'IUS. See Cyrenius. QUIT is used in 1 Sam 4:9 and 1 Cor 16:13 in the sense of "acquit."
Quit
QUIT is used in 1 Sam 4:9 and 1 Cor 16:13 in the sense of "acquit."
Quiver,
QUIVER, the box or case for arrows. Gen 27:3. The word is often used figuratively. Isa 49:2; Lam 3:13. In Jer 5:16 the slaughter and desolation which should be brought upon Egyptian Quivers with Bows…
Quotations
From the Old Testament in the New, which are very numerous, are not made according to any uniform method. When the New Testament was written, the Old was not divided, as it now is, into chapters and …
Raamah
Thunder. (1.) One of the sons of Cush (Gen. 10:7). (2.) A country which traded with Tyre (Ezek. 27:22).
Raamiah
Thunder of the Lord, one of the princes who returned from the Exile (Neh. 7:7); called also Reelaiah (Ezra 2:2).
Raamses.
RAAM'SES. Ex 1:11. See Rameses
Rab-mag
RAB'-MAG (perhaps the master of the magi) signified an officer of great power and dignity at the Babylonian court. Jer 39:3, 2 Kgs 11:13.
Rab-saris
chief of the eunuchs
Rab-shakeh
cup-bearer of the prince
Rabbah
Or Rab’bath, great. (1.) “Rabbath of the children of Ammon,” the chief city of the Ammonites, among the eastern hills, some 20 miles east of the Jordan, on the southern of the two streams which unite…
Rabbath Of The Children Of Ammon
and Rabbath of the Ammonites, [See RABBATH]
Rabbath-ammon
RABBATH-AM'MON. Deut 3:11. See Rabbah.
Rabbath-moab
RAB'BATH-MO'AB. See Ar.
Rabbathmoab
[Ar]
Rabbi,
RAB'BI, a title of dignity, literally signifying "my master." It was given by the Jews to distinguish teachers of their Law, and frequently applied to our Lord by the disciples and the people. Matt 2…
Rabbith
(multitude) a town in the territory, perhaps on the boundary, of Issachar. (Joshua 18:20) only.
Rabboni.
RABBO'NI. John 20:16. See Rabbi.
Rabmag
Assyrian Rab-mugi, “chief physician,” “who was attached to the king (Jer. 39:3, 13), the title of one of Sennacherib’s officers sent with messages to Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:…