Fold.
FOLD. See Sheep.
Folly
FOL'LY, Gen 34:7, FOOL, Prov 15:5. These terms are used by the sacred writers sometimes to denote weakness of understanding, Ps 14:1; 1 Cor 1:27; 1 Cor 4:10 and sometimes sin or wickedness. Ps 38:5; …
Food.
FOOD. Gen 3:6. We may form some judgment of the ancient diet from what we know of that of the modern Orientals. Vegetable food is much more common than animal. Instead of butter, lard, and suet, they…
Foot
FOOT, WA'TERING WITH THE, a phrase used of Egypt in Deut 11:10, because the "Egyptians watered with the foot in two ways — by the tread-wheel working sets of pumps, and by means of artificial channel…
Foot, Watering With The,
FOOT, WA'TERING WITH THE, a phrase used of Egypt in Deut 11:10, because the "Egyptians watered with the foot in two ways — by the tread-wheel working sets of pumps, and by means of artificial channel…
Footman.
FOOT'MAN. The term sometimes means soldiers on foot or infantry. At other times it has special reference to the king's guard. 1 Sam 22:17. The word there translated "footman " is rendered "guard" in …
Footstool.
FOOT'STOOL. 2 Chr 9:18. Kings and other rulers sitting in state required a stool upon which to rest their feet. The divine glory, which resided symbolically in the holy place between the cherubim abo…
Forces
Of the Gentiles (Isa. 60:5, 11; R.V., “the wealth of the nations”) denotes the wealth of the heathen. The whole passage means that the wealth of the Gentile world should be consecrated to the service…
Ford,
FORD, a word frequently used to designate the crossing of any stream, but especially of the Jordan, as Josh 2:7; Jud 3:28; Jud 12:5-6; of the Jabbok, Gen 32:22; of the Arnon, Isa 16:2; of the Euphrat…
Forehead.
FORE'HEAD. Inasmuch as modest women kept the forehead covered with a veil, not to do so was indicative of shamelessness. Jer 3:3. Jewels for the forehead, Eze 16:12, were nose jewels, although at the…
Foreigner,
FOR'EIGNER, any one not of the genuine Hebrew stock. Ex 12:45; comp. Eph 2:12.
Foreknowledge
FOREKNOWL'EDGE, a peculiar and essential attribute of God, referring to his knowledge of the future and of future events. Acts 2:23; Acts 15:18. Believers are said to be "elect according to the forek…
Foreknowledge Of God
Acts 2:23; Rom. 8:29; 11:2; 1 Pet. 1:2), one of those high attributes essentially appertaining to him the full import of which we cannot comprehend. In the most absolute sense his knowledge is infini…
Forerunner.
FORERUN'NER. Heb 6:20. The term, as used of the entrance of our Saviour within the veil, refers to one who not only goes before to a particular place to make arrangements for his successors, but who …
Forest.
FOR'EST. 1 Sam 22:5. Several tracts of country were designated in this way; as, "the forest of Hareth," that of "Ephraim," "the wood of Ziph," etc. It is known that in the tenth century a.d. there wa…
Forgiveness
FORGIVE'NESS is an act of God toward man, and of man toward his fellow. To forgive sin is the exclusive prerogative of God, of whose law sin is the transgression. Ps 130:4. Our Lord, by virtue of his…
Forgiveness Of Sin
One of the constituent parts of justification. In pardoning sin, God absolves the sinner from the condemnation of the law, and that on account of the work of Christ, i.e., he removes the guilt of sin…
Forks
FORKS, mentioned in 1 Sam 13:21, were used, not in eating (for the Orientals eat without forks), but in taking the meat out of the vessels in which it was cooked, or else in husbandry. See Eat, Eatin…
Fornication.
FORNICA'TION. This word, as used by the sacred writers, denotes various acts of lewdness and incontinency; and it is also figuratively applied to idolatry, or the mingling of the pure worship of God …
Forswear
FORSWEAR'. See Oath.
Fortifications
[Fenced Cities CITIES]
Fortunatus,
FORTUNA'TUS, one of the three Corinthians, the others being Stephanus and Achaieus, who were at Ephesus when Paul wrote his first Epistle to the Corinthians, and who are mentioned in the postscript a…
Fountain Of The Virgin
The perennial source from which the Pool of Siloam (q.v.) is supplied, the waters flowing in a copious stream to it through a tunnel cut through the rock, the actual length of which is 1,750 feet. Th…
Fountain.
FOUNT'AIN. Springs of water are often mentioned in the Bible. Palestine, in contrast with Egypt, was a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths, Deut 8:7. Hundreds of fountains may be counted…
Fowl.
FOWL. See Bird.
Fowler
The arts of, referred to Ps. 91:3; 124:7; Prov. 6:5; Jer. 5:26; Hos. 9:8; Ezek. 17:20; Eccl. 9:12. Birds of all kinds abound in Palestine, and the capture of these for the table and for other uses fo…
Fox.
FOX. Neh 4:3. Under this term the jackal is included — indeed, most of the references seem to be to that animal. The Orientals at the present time do not distinguish in common language between the tw…
Frankincense
(Heb. lebonah; Gr. libanos, i.e., “white”), an odorous resin imported from Arabia (Isa. 60:6; Jer. 6:20), yet also growing in Palestine (Cant. 4:14). It was one of the ingredients in the perfume of t…
Frankly
FRANK'LY is used in Luke 7:42 in the sense of "freely."
Free-will Offering
A spontaneous gift (Ex. 35:29), a voluntary sacrifice (Lev. 22:23; Ezra 3:5), as opposed to one in consequence of a vow, or in expiation of some offence.