Dreams
The Scripture declares that the influence of the Spirit of God upon the soul extends to its sleeping as well as its waking thoughts. But, in accordance with the principle enunciated by St. Paul in (1…
Dredge
(Job 24:6). See CORN.
Dregs
(Ps. 75:8; Isa. 51:17, 22), the lees of wine which settle at the bottom of the vessel.
Dress.
DRESS. See Clothes.
Drink
The drinks of the Hebrews were water, wine, “strong drink,” and vinegar. Their drinking vessels were the cup, goblet or “basin,” the “cruse” or pitcher, and the saucer. To drink water by measure (Eze…
Drink, Strong
(Heb. shekar’), an intoxicating liquor (Judg. 13:4; Luke 1:15; Isa. 5:11; Micah 2:11) distilled from corn, honey, or dates. The effects of the use of strong drink are referred to in Ps. 107:27; Isa. …
Drink-offering.
DRINK-OFFERING. See Offering.
Dromedary.
DROM'EDARY. Isa 60:6. A breed of the camel remarkable for its speed. Jer 2:20. It can travel from 60 to 90 miles or more in a day. The dromedary is taller and has longer limbs than other varieties of…
Dropping
DROPPING, A CONTIN'UAL The force of the comparison used in Prov 27:15 will be understood when it is borne in mind that Oriental houses have flat roofs made of mud. These naturally crack under the hea…
Dropping, A Continual
DROPPING, A CONTIN'UAL The force of the comparison used in Prov 27:15 will be understood when it is borne in mind that Oriental houses have flat roofs made of mud. These naturally crack under the hea…
Dropsy
Mentioned only in Luke 14:2. The man afflicted with it was cured by Christ on the Sabbath.
Dross
The impurities of silver separated from the one in the process of melting (Prov. 25:4; 26:23; Ps. 119:119). It is also used to denote the base metal itself, probably before it is smelted, in Isa. 1:2…
Drought.
DROUGHT. From the end of April to September in the land of Judaea is "the drought of summer." The grass is sometimes completely withered, Ps 102:4, and all the land and the creatures upon it suffer, …
Drown
(Ex. 15:4; Amos 8:8; Heb. 11:29). Drowning was a mode of capital punishment in use among the Syrians, and was known to the Jews in the time of our Lord. To this he alludes in Matt. 18:6.
Drunk
The first case of intoxication on record is that of Noah (Gen. 9:21). The sin of drunkenness is frequently and strongly condemned (Rom. 13:13; 1 Cor. 6:9, 10; Eph. 5:18; 1 Thess. 5:7, 8). The sin of …
Drunkenness
DRUNK'ENNESS. See Drunk, Wine.
Drusilla
Third and youngest daughter of Herod Agrippa I. (Acts 12:1-4, 20-23). Felix, the Roman procurator of Judea, induced her to leave her husband, Azizus, the king of Emesa, and become his wife. She was p…
Duke,
DUKE, in the English Bible, means only a chief or leader (an Oriental Sheikh), and must not be understood, in the modern sense, as a title of hereditary nobility. Gen 36:15-19.
Dulcimer.
DUL'CIMER. The instrument denoted by this word was, in the opinion of the best Bible scholars, as well as of the Rabbins, a bag-pipe like that in use at the present day among the peasants of north-we…
Dumah
Silence, (comp. Ps. 94:17), the fourth son of Ishmael; also the tribe descended from him; and hence also the region in Arabia which they inhabited (Gen. 25:14; 1 Chr. 1:30). There was also a town of …
Dumali
silence; resemblance
Dumb
From natural infirmity (Ex. 4:11); not knowing what to say (Prov. 31:8); unwillingness to speak (Ps. 39:9; Lev. 10:3). Christ repeatedly restored the dumb (Matt. 9:32, 33; Luke 11:14; Matt. 12:22) to…
Dung Gate
DUNG GATE. See Jerusalem (Gates of).
Dung-hill
To sit on a, was a sign of the deepest dejection (1 Sam. 2:8; Ps. 113:7; Lam. 4:5).
Dung.
DUNG. In many countries of the East wood is so scarce and dear as to be sold by weight. Hence animal excrements are used as fuel. Eze 4:12. It is a very common material for heating ovens, even among …
Dungeon
Different from the ordinary prison in being more severe as a place of punishment. Like the Roman inner prison (Acts 16:24), it consisted of a deep cell or cistern (Jer. 38:6). To be shut up in, a pun…
Dura,
DU'RA, the plain near Babylon where Nebuchadnezzar set up a golden image. Dan 3:1. Oppert identifies it with Duair, a little south-east of Babylon where the pedestal of a huge statue was discovered.
Dure
DURE, Matt 13:21, for "endure," "last." "During," which is still common, is the participle of the same verb.
Dust.
DUST. "To shake off the dust of one's feet" against another, Matt 10:14; Mark 6:11; Acts 13:51, was expressive of entire renunciation, because it conveyed the idea that "those against whom it was dir…
Dwarf
A lean or emaciated person (Lev. 21:20).