{"query": "Easton: By-word", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_c7680c4f3115", "title": "Easton: Bulwarks", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Mural towers, bastions, were introduced by king Uzziah (2 Chr. 26:15; Zeph. 1:16; Ps. 48:13; Isa. 26:1). There are five Hebrew words so rendered in the Authorized Version, but the same word is also va", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_9472ccf3448e", "title": "Easton: Immanuel", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "God with us. In the Old Testament it occurs only in Isa. 7:14 and 8:8. Most Christian interpreters have regarded these words as directly and exclusively a prophecy of our Saviour, an interpretation bo", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_830c3a1d75fe", "title": "Easton: Chapiter", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The ornamental head or capital of a pillar. Three Hebrew words are so rendered. (1.) Cothereth (1 Kings 7:16; 2 Kings 25:17; 2 Chr. 4:12), meaning a “diadem” or “crown.” (2.) Tzepheth (2 Chr. 3:15). (", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_8d2d50f4e4b3", "title": "Easton: Mene", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Dan. 5:25, 26), numbered, one of the words of the mysterious inscription written “upon the plaister of the wall” in Belshazzar’s palace at Babylon. The writing was explained by Daniel. (See BELSHAZZA", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_9d4e7f29ce89", "title": "Easton: Orphans", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Lam. 5:3), i.e., desolate and without protectors. The word occurs only here. In John 14:18 the word there rendered “comfortless” (R.V., “desolate;” marg., “orphans”) properly means “orphans.” The sam", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_ec34a31766b5", "title": "Easton: Villages", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Judg. 5:7, 11). The Hebrew word thus rendered (perazon) means habitations in the open country, unwalled villages (Deut. 3:5; 1 Sam. 6:18). Others, however, following the LXX. and the Vulgate versions", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_50d049c966c5", "title": "Easton: Elephant", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Not found in Scripture except indirectly in the original Greek word (elephantinos) translated “of ivory” in Rev. 18:12, and in the Hebrew word (shenhabim, meaning “elephant’s tooth”) rendered “ivory” ", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_4706b36ccb5b", "title": "Easton: Cellar", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A subterranean vault (1 Chr. 27:28), a storehouse. The word is also used to denote the treasury of the temple (1 Kings 7:51) and of the king (14:26). The Hebrew word is rendered “garner” in Joel 1:17,", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_30877bf741a7", "title": "Easton: Witch", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Occurs only in Ex. 22:18, as the rendering of mekhashshepheh, the feminine form of the word, meaning “enchantress” (R.V., “sorceress”), and in Deut. 18:10, as the rendering of mekhashshepheth, the mas", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_72a54afcd69b", "title": "Easton: Tortoise", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. tsabh). Ranked among the unclean animals (Lev. 11:29). Land tortoises are common in Syria. The LXX. renders the word by “land crocodile.” The word, however, more probably denotes a lizard, calle", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_97a3fad61eff", "title": "Easton: Shophan", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Hidden, or hollow, a town east of Jordan (Num. 32:35), built by the children of Gad. This word should probably be joined with the word preceding it in this passage, Atroth-Shophan, as in the Revised V", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_8db09f984529", "title": "Easton: Inkhorn", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Hebrew word so rendered means simply a round vessel or cup for containing ink, which was generally worn by writers in the girdle (Ezek. 9:2, 3, 11). The word “inkhorn” was used by the translators,", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_a1b3dba28226", "title": "Easton: Kettle", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A large pot for cooking. The same Hebrew word (dud, “boiling”) is rendered also “pot” (Ps. 81:6), “caldron” (2 Chr. 35:13), “basket” (Jer. 24:2). It was used for preparing the peace-offerings (1 Sam. ", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_c_0ea1ba622fc7", "title": "Easton: Zeeb ↔ Easton: Word of God", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Both belong to dictionary · easton_concept_u_z — a structural sibling link restored from 1.0's nesting (re-verified same section live). Connects the map so no card is left orphaned.", "authority_tier": "engine_derived", "source": "1.0 nesting harvest — 2026-07-11", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_37a1c0cd5363", "title": "Easton: Doleful creatures", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(occurring only Isa. 13:21. Heb. ochim, i.e., “shrieks;” hence “howling animals”), a general name for screech owls (howlets), which occupy the desolate palaces of Babylon. Some render the word “hyaena", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_46b0184d7dd3", "title": "Easton: Stater", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Greek word rendered “piece of money” (Matt. 17:27, A.V.; and “shekel” in R.V.). It was equal to two didrachmas (“tribute money,” 17:24), or four drachmas, and to about 2s. 6d. of our money. (See SHEKE", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_80f078bfa309", "title": "Easton: Belly", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The seat of the carnal affections (Titus 1:12; Phil. 3:19; Rom. 16:18). The word is used symbolically for the heart (Prov. 18:8; 20:27; 22:18, marg.). The “belly of hell” signifies the grave or underw", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_92ba365e1fc6", "title": "Easton: Servitor", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Occurs only in 2 Kings 4:43, Authorized Version (R.V., “servant”). The Hebrew word there rendered “servitor” is elsewhere rendered “minister,” “servant” (Ex. 24:13; 33:11). Probably Gehazi, the person", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_9b0bb1e08e75", "title": "Easton: Backbite", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "In Ps. 15:3, the rendering of a word which means to run about tattling, calumniating; in Prov. 25:23, secret talebearing or slandering; in Rom. 1:30 and 2 Cor. 12:20, evil-speaking, maliciously defami", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_45a9ed6771ea", "title": "Easton: Artillery", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "1 Sam. 20:40, (Heb. keli, meaning “apparatus;” here meaning collectively any missile weapons, as arrows and lances. In Revised Version, “weapons”). This word is derived from the Latin artillaria = equ", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}]}