Dagger
DAG'GER, a short sword, usually made with a double edge, and suspended from the girdle. Jud 3:16, Jud 3:21-22. See Arms.
Dagon
Little fish; diminutive from dag = a fish, the fish-god; the national god of the Philistines (Judg. 16:23). This idol had the body of a fish with the head and hands of a man. It was an Assyrio-Babylo…
Dagon’s House
(1 Sam. 5:2), or Beth-dagon, as elsewhere rendered (Josh. 15: 41; 19:27), was the sanctuary or temple of Dagon. The Beth-dagon of Josh. 15:41 was one of the cities of the tribe of Judah, in the lowla…
Daily Sacrifice
(Dan. 8:12; 11:31; 12:11), a burnt offering of two lambs of a year old, which were daily sacrificed in the name of the whole Israelitish people upon the great altar, the first at dawn of day, and the…
Dalaiah
(freed by Jehovah) a descendant of the royal family of Judah. (1 Chronicles 3:24)
Dale
DALE, THE KING'S. Gen 14:17; 2 Sam 18:18. Probably in the valley of Jehoshaphat, near Jerusalem.
Dale, The Kings.
DALE, THE KING'S. Gen 14:17; 2 Sam 18:18. Probably in the valley of Jehoshaphat, near Jerusalem.
Dale, The King’s
The name of a valley, the alternative for “the valley of Shaveh” (q.v.), near the Dead Sea, where the king of Sodom met Abraham (Gen. 14:17). Some have identified it with the southern part of the val…
Dalmanutha,
DALMANU'THA, a town on the Sea of Galilee, near Magdala, Mark 8:10; Matt 15:39; probably at 'Ain-el-Barideh, on the west side of the sea, 2 miles from Tiberias, where are ruins.
Dalmatia,
DALMA'TIA, a mountainous district on the east of the Adriatic Sea; visited by Titus. 2 Tim 4:10.
Dalphon
(swift), the second of the ten sons of Hamam (Esther 9:7) (B.C. 610.)
Damaris
A heifer, an Athenian woman converted to Christianity under the preaching of Paul (Acts 17:34). Some have supposed that she may have been the wife of Dionysius the Areopagite.
Damascus,
DAMAS'CUS, the most ancient and famous city of Syria, 133 miles north-east of Jerusalem, at the base of Anti-Lebanon mountains. It is on a fertile plain 30 miles in diameter, with mountains on three …
Damnation.
DAMNA'TION. This term, in common use, denotes the endless perdition of the ungodly. Matt 23:3; Mark 3:29; John 5:28-29; 2 Pet 2:3. But when the Bible was translated the word was used where "condemnat…
Dan-jaan.
DAN-JA'AN. 2 Sam 24:6. Probably Danian, a ruin north of Achzib.
Dan.
DAN. The territory in Canaan allotted to Dan was on the sea-coast, west of Benjamin and between Ephraim and Judah. It embraced a broad plain, 14 miles long, near the sea. The Amorites kept them from …
Dance.
DANCE. The Jewish dances were generally expressions of joy and gratitude, sometimes in honor of a conqueror, Jud 11:34; 1 Sam 18:6-7, and sometimes on domestic occasions. Jer 31:4, 2 Kgs 11:13; Luke …
Daniel
God is my judge, or judge of God. (1.) David’s second son, “born unto him in Hebron, of Abigail the Carmelitess” (1 Chr. 3:1). He is called also Chileab (2 Sam. 3:3). (2.) One of the four great proph…
Daniel, Apocryphal Additions To
The Greek translations of Daniel contain several pieces which are not found int he original text. The most important are contained in the Apocrypha of the English Bible under the titles of The Son of…
Daniel, Book Of.
DANIEL, BOOK OF. It consists of two distinct parts. Historical, chs. Dan 1-6, containing the interesting narrative given in the preceding section, and with it an account of the attempted burning of S…
Daniel, The Book Of
stands at the head of a series of writings in which the deepest thoughts of the Jewish people found expression after their close of the prophetic era. Daniel is composed partly in the vernacular Aram…
Danites, The
The descendants of Dan and the members of his tribe. (Judges 13:2; 18:1,11; 1 Chronicles 12:35)
Danjaan
(Danian, i.e. belonging to Dan). (2 Samuel 24:6) Probably the same as Dan.
Dannah,
DAN'NAH, a city in the mountains of Judah. Josh 15:49. Conder identifies it with modern Jahud, about 8 miles north-west of Hebron.
Dara,
DA'RA, contr. form of DAR'DA (pearl of wisdom), one whom Solomon outrivalled in wisdom. 1 Kgs 4:31; 1 Chr 2:6.
Darah
generation; house of the shepherd or of the companion
Darda
Pearl of wisdom, one of the four who were noted for their wisdom, but whom Solomon excelled (1 Kings 4:31).
Daric,
DAR'IC, the name of a Persian gold coin, which is translated "dram" in 1 Chr 29:7; Ezr 2:69; Ezr 8:27; Neh 7:70-72. The name comes from the Persian word dara, "a king." like the English sovereign. It…
Darius
The holder or supporter, the name of several Persian kings. (1.) Darius the Mede (Dan. 11:1), “the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes” (9:1). On the death of Belshazzar the Chaldean he “recei…
Darkness.
DARK'NESS. The darkness which constituted one of the plagues of Egypt might "be felt." Ex 10:21. This may have been occasioned by a thick, heavy vapor, or other sensible change in the atmosphere, whi…