Desolation, Abomination Of
(Matt. 24:15; Mark 13:14; comp. Luke 21:20), is interpreted of the eagles, the standards of the Roman army, which were an abomination to the Jews. These standards, rising over the site of the temple,…
Destroyer
(Ex. 12:23), the agent employed in the killing of the first-born; the destroying angel or messenger of God. (Comp. 2 Kings 19:35; 2 Sam. 24:15, 16; Ps. 78:49; Acts 12:23.)
Destruction
In Job 26:6, 28:22 (Heb. abaddon) is sheol, the realm of the dead.
Destruction, City Of
(Isa. 19:18; Heb. Ir-ha-Heres, “city of overthrow,” because of the evidence it would present of the overthrow of heathenism), the ideal title of On or Heliopolis (q.v.).
Deuel
DEU'EL (imitation of God), the father of the prince of Gad in the wilderness. Num 1:14; Num 7:42; Num 10:20. But in Num 2:14 he is called Reuel.
Deuel, Or Deuel
(invocation of God), father of Eliasaph, the “captain” of the tribe of Gad at the time of the numbering of the people at Sinai. (Numbers 1:14; 7:42,47; 10:20) (B.C. 1491.) The same man is mentioned a…
Deuter-onomy
DEU'TER-ON'OMY, or THE SECOND LAW (so called from its repeating the Law), is the fifth book of the Bible, and (except the last chapter) was evidently written by Moses. Deut 1:5, comp. with Deut 34:1;…
Deuteronomy
In all the Hebrew manuscripts the Pentateuch (q.v.) forms one roll or volume divided into larger and smaller sections called parshioth_ and _sedarim. It is not easy to say when it was divided into fi…
Devil
(Gr. diabolos), a slanderer, the arch-enemy of man’s spiritual interest (Job 1:6; Rev. 2:10; Zech. 3:1). He is called also “the accuser of the brethen” (Rev. 12:10). In Lev. 17:7 the word “devil” is …
Devotions
DEVO'TIONS. In Acts 17:23 we should read "your objects of devotion" instead of "your devotions," because in King James's day the word denoted the objects, and not the acts, of worship.
Dew,
DEW, a dense vapor which falls on the earth during the night, and which in Judaea was so copious as in a great measure to supply the absence of showers. It thus became a beautiful emblem of spiritual…
Diadem.
DI'ADEM. See Crown.
Diagram Of The Kings
DIAGRAM OF THE KINGS. — The design of the foregoing table of the kings of Israel and Judah is to represent to the eye the order in which the kings reigned, and the dates and relative duration of thei…
Dial,
DI'AL, an instrument employed to measure time, or to determine the apparent progress of the sun by the shadow which the gnomon, or point in the centre of a graduated arc, casts. The "dial of Ahaz" is…
Diamond.
DI'AMOND. Ex 28:18; Eze 28:13. "There is no trace of evidence that the ancients ever acquired the skill to engrave on the diamond, or even that they were acquainted with the stone." — Canon Cook. The…
Diana,
DIA'NA, a heathen goddess of great celebrity, whose worship was attended with peculiar splendor and magnificence at Ephesus, her guardian city. Acts 19:28. Her magnificent temple in that city was ran…
Diblaim
Doubled cakes, the mother of Gomer, who was Hosea’s wife (Hos. 1:3).
Diblath.
DIB'LATH. Eze 6:14. It has been identified with the modern ruin Dibl. See Riblah.
Diblathaim.
DIBLATHA'IM. See Almon-DIBLATHAIM.
Dibon
Pining; wasting. (1.) A city in Moab (Num. 21:30); called also Dibon-gad (33:45), because it was built by Gad and Dimon (Isa. 15:9). It has been identified with the modern Diban, about 3 miles north …
Dibon-gad
great understanding; abundance of sons
Dibongan
[Dibon]
Dibri
a Danite, father of Shelomith. (Leviticus 24:11)
Dibzahab
Dizahab, where much gold is
Didrachmon
[Money; Shekel]
Didymus.
DID'YMUS. See Thomas.
Diklah
(palm grove). (Genesis 10:27; 1 Chronicles 1:21) a son of Joktan, whose settlements, in common with those of the other sons of Joktan, must be looked for in Arabia. It is thought that Diklah is a par…
Dilean
(gourd), one of the cities in the lowlands of Judah. (Joshua 15:38) It has not been identified with certainty.
Dimnah,
DIM'NAH, a Levitical city in Zebulon, Josh 21:35; same as Rimmon. 1 Chr 6:77; now Rummdach.
Dimon
(river bed), The waters of, some streams on the east of the Dead Sea, in the land of Moab, against which Isaiah uttered denunciation. (Isaiah 15:9) Gesenius conjectures that the two names Dimon and D…