Fish-gate
FISH'-GATE, agate in Jerusalem. 2 Chr 33:14, etc. Dr. Barclay thinks it was near the "Fish-Pool." See Jerusalem.
Fish-hooks.
FISH'-HOOKS. Am 4:2; comp. Jer 16:16. The method of taking fish with hooks was doubtless known in the early ages of the world. Job 41:1. The spear was also used. Job 41:7. The usual way, however, was…
Fish-pools
(Cant. 7:4) should be simply “pools,” as in the Revised Version. The reservoirs near Heshbon (q.v.) were probably stocked with fish (2 Sam. 2:13; 4:12; Isa. 7:3; 22:9, 11).
Fish-pools Of Heshbon
FISH-POOLS OF HESH'BON, a mistranslation for "pools" simply. Song 7:4. There is no reference to fish. See Heshbon.
Fish.
FISH. The rapid multiplication of fish finds recognition in the root-meaning of their Hebrew name, "to increase." See also Gen 48:16, margin. They are mentioned in the first chapter of Genesis (Gen 1…
Fisher
Besides its literal sense (Luke 5:2), this word is also applied by our Lord to his disciples in a figurative sense (Matt. 4:19; Mark 1:17).
Fishing, The Art Of
Was prosecuted with great industry in the waters of Palestine. It was from the fishing-nets that Jesus called his disciples (Mark 1:16-20), and it was in a fishing-boat he rebuked the winds and the w…
Fitches,
FITCH'ES, a plant (Nigella sativa) of the buttercup family. Isa 28:25. Some species are cultivated in our Fennel Flower, or Fitches. (Nigella Sativa. After Carruthers.) flower-gardens under such name…
Flag.
FLAG. Probably used, as by us, somewhat indefinitely. Ex 2:3. If any special plant was intended, it may have been the edible rush or the flowering rush, both of which abound in Egypt, and the latter …
Flagon.
FLAG'ON. The Hebrew word so translated in 2 Sam 6:19; 1 Chr 16:3; Song 2:5; Hos 3:1 (cf. margin) means a "cake," ordinarily of compressed raisins. The last-quoted text shows that such cakes were offe…
Flame Of Fire
Is the chosen symbol of the holiness of God (Ex. 3:2; Rev. 2:18), as indicating “the intense, all-consuming operation of his holiness in relation to sin.”
Flax,
FLAX, a well-known plant, which furnishes the material of linen stuffs of every variety, Ex 9:31. It was produced of the best quality in Egypt, Isa 19:9, and was an article of extensive commerce. At …
Flea,
FLEA, a small insect mentioned as the most insignificant of creatures. 1 Sam 24:14; 1 Sam 26:20. Residents and travellers in warm climates are too well acquainted with it.
Fleece
The wool of a sheep, whether shorn off or still attached to the skin (Deut. 18:4; Job 31:20). The miracle of Gideon’s fleece (Judg. 6:37-40) consisted in the dew having fallen at one time on the flee…
Flesh
In the Old Testament denotes (1) a particular part of the body of man and animals (Gen. 2:21; 41:2; Ps. 102:5, marg.); (2) the whole body (Ps. 16:9); (3) all living things having flesh, and particula…
Flesh-hook
A many-pronged fork used in the sacrificial services (1 Sam. 2:13, 14; Ex. 27:3; 38:3) by the priest in drawing away the flesh. The fat of the sacrifice, together with the breast and shoulder (Lev. 7…
Flint,
FLINT, a hard and well-known stone very abundant in Palestine and adjacent districts, Ps 114:8. The figurative use of the word in Deut 32:13 represents the great abundance of oil, and in Isa 50:7 and…
Floats
FLOATS, rafts by which the timbers already fitted for the building might be floated to Joppa, and then carried overland to Jerusalem. 1 Kgs 5:9; 2 Chr 2:16.
Flock
FLOCK. See Sheep.
Flood,
FLOOD, one of the most remarkable events in the history of our world. It occurred 2500 years before the birth of Christ, and was a judgment upon the world for the great wickedness of its inhabitants,…
Floor.
FLOOR. See Threshing.
Flour
Grain reduced to the form of meal is spoken of in the time of Abraham (Gen. 18:6). As baking was a daily necessity, grain was also ground daily at the mills (Jer. 25:10). The flour mingled with water…
Flowers
Very few species of flowers are mentioned in the Bible although they abounded in Palestine. It has been calculated that in Western Syria and Palestine from two thousand to two thousand five hundred p…
Flute.
FLUTE. See Pipe.
Flux
FLUX, BLOODY, or dysentery, Acts 28:8.
Flux, Bloody,
FLUX, BLOODY, or dysentery, Acts 28:8.
Fly,
FLY, the name of a large tribe of insects, some of which are exceedingly annoying and destructive, Isa 7:18. They abound in Egypt and Palestine. One species, which is found by modern travellers in th…
Fly, Flies
The two following Hebrew terms denote flies of some kind:
Foam
(Hos. 10:7), the rendering of ketseph, which properly means twigs or splinters (as rendered in the LXX. and marg. R.V.). The expression in Hosea may therefore be read, “as a chip on the face of the w…
Fodder
Heb. belil, (Job 6:5), meaning properly a mixture or medley (Lat. farrago), “made up of various kinds of grain, as wheat, barley, vetches, and the like, all mixed together, and then sown or given to …