{"query": "Easton: Gideon", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_86cd9a1e1fce", "title": "Easton: Gideon", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Called also Jerubbaal (Judg. 6:29, 32), was the first of the judges whose history is circumstantially narrated (Judg. 6-8). His calling is the commencement of the second period in the history of the j"}, {"id": "card_c_m_4fef625bee84", "title": "Easton: Gideon shares a section with Easton: Foam", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Gideon shares a section with Easton: Foam."}, {"id": "card_c_m_643e21317ff1", "title": "Easton: Gideon shares a section with Easton: Heathen", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Gideon shares a section with Easton: Heathen."}, {"id": "card_n_93218c103111", "title": "Easton: Ophrah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A fawn. 1 Chr. 4:14. (1.) A city of Benjamin (Josh. 18:23); probably identical with Ephron (2 Chr. 13:19) and Ephraim (John 11:54). (2.) “Of the Abi-ezrites.” A city of Manasseh, 6 miles south-west of"}, {"id": "card_n_edf79a6e0295", "title": "Easton: Zebah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Man-killer, or sacrifice, one of the two kings who led the vast host of the Midianites who invaded the land of Israel, and over whom Gideon gained a great and decisive victory (Judg. 8). Zebah and Zal"}, {"id": "card_n_c948b5cb5d5b", "title": "Easton: Penuel", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Face of God, a place not far from Succoth, on the east of the Jordan and north of the river Jabbok. It is also called “Peniel.” Here Jacob wrestled (Gen. 32:24-32) “with a man” (“the angel”, Hos. 12:4"}, {"id": "card_n_29b06212e953", "title": "Easton: Judges, Book of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Is so called because it contains the history of the deliverance and government of Israel by the men who bore the title of the “judges.” The book of Ruth originally formed part of this book, but about "}, {"id": "card_n_a930c67f4b13", "title": "Easton: Succoth", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Booths. (1.) The first encampment of the Israelites after leaving Ramesses (Ex. 12:37); the civil name of Pithom (q.v.). (2.) A city on the east of Jordan, identified with Tell Dar’ala, a high mound, "}, {"id": "card_n_3e50197bfc30", "title": "Easton: Jether", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Surplus; excellence. (1.) Father-in-law of Moses (Ex. 4:18 marg.), called elsewhere Jethro (q.v.). (2.) The oldest of Gideon’s seventy sons (Judg. 8:20). (3.) The father of Amasa, David’s general (1 K"}, {"id": "card_n_93723810b32c", "title": "Easton: Karkor", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Foundation, a place in the open desert wastes on the east of Jordan (Judg. 8:10), not far beyond Succoth and Penuel, to the south. Here Gideon overtook and routed a fugitive band of Midianites under Z"}, {"id": "card_n_cad0d491b8cc", "title": "Easton: Harod", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Palpitation, a fountain near which Gideon and his army encamped on the morning of the day when they encountered and routed the Midianites (Judg. 7). It was south of the hill Moreh. The present ‘Ain Ja"}, {"id": "card_n_0042d98a8e3f", "title": "Easton: Fleece", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "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 fleec"}, {"id": "card_n_6108e3dffd03", "title": "Easton: Moreh, the Hill of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Probably identical with “little Hermon,” the modern Jebel ed-Duhy, or perhaps one of the lower spurs of this mountain. It is a gray ridge parallel to Gilboa on the north; and between the two lay the b"}, {"id": "card_n_b64df635f4b8", "title": "Easton: Abieezer", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Father of help; i.e., “helpful.” (1.) The second of the three sons of Hammoleketh, the sister of Gilead. He was the grandson of Manasseh (1 Chr. 7:18). From his family Gideon sprang (Josh. 17:2; comp."}, {"id": "card_n_71a3251b2048", "title": "Easton: Joash", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Whom Jehovah bestowed. (1.) A contracted form of Jehoash, the father of Gideon (Judg. 6:11, 29; 8:13, 29, 32). (2.) One of the Benjamite archers who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:3). (3.) One of K"}, {"id": "card_n_cb30ab57b893", "title": "Easton: Zeeb", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The wolf, one of the two leaders of the great Midianite host which invaded Israel and was utterly routed by Gideon. The division of that host, which attempted to escape across the Jordan, under Oreb a"}, {"id": "card_n_dba47df6ef26", "title": "Easton: Sword", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Of the Hebrew was pointed, sometimes two-edged, was worn in a sheath, and suspended from the girdle (Ex. 32:27; 1 Sam. 31:4; 1 Chr. 21:27; Ps. 149:6: Prov. 5:4; Ezek. 16:40; 21:3-5). It is a symbol of"}, {"id": "card_n_f652e440cae5", "title": "Easton: Baal-berith", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Covenant lord, the name of the god worshipped in Shechem after the death of Gideon (Judg. 8:33; 9:4). In 9:46 he is called simply “the god Berith.” The name denotes the god of the covenant into which "}, {"id": "card_n_541fcee86805", "title": "Easton: Beth-barah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "House of crossing, a place south of the scene of Gideon’s victory (Judg. 7:24). It was probably the chief ford of the Jordan in that district, and may have been that by which Jacob crossed when he ret"}, {"id": "card_n_a5e15c482039", "title": "Easton: Lapping", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Of water like a dog, i.e., by putting the hand filled with water to the mouth. The dog drinks by shaping the end of his long thin tongue into the form of a spoon, thus rapidly lifting up water, which "}]}