{"query": "Easton: Syria", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_15cf1812afc8", "title": "Easton: Syria", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. Aram), the name in the Old Testament given to the whole country which lay to the north-east of Phoenicia, extending to beyond the Euphrates and the Tigris. Mesopotamia is called (Gen. 24:10; Deu"}, {"id": "card_n_f9f40f0265a5", "title": "Easton: Cyrenius", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Grecized form of Quirinus. His full name was Publius Sulpicius Quirinus. Recent historical investigation has proved that Quirinus was governor of Cilicia, which was annexed to Syria at the time of"}, {"id": "card_c_m_696ae621c22f", "title": "Easton: Reins shares a section with Easton: Syria", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Reins shares a section with Easton: Syria."}, {"id": "card_c_m_40cfac0496c0", "title": "Easton: Raven shares a section with Easton: Syria", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Raven shares a section with Easton: Syria."}, {"id": "card_n_5e1dc6d0bfeb", "title": "Easton: Ben-hadad", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The standing title of the Syrian kings, meaning “the son of Hadad.” (See HADADEZER.) (1.) The king of Syria whom Asa, king of Judah, employed to invade Israel (1 Kings 15:18). (2.) Son of the precedin"}, {"id": "card_c_m_a2bedbc4eaf3", "title": "Easton: Syria cites Romans", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Syria cites Romans."}, {"id": "card_src_book_63731", "title": "Syria, the Desert & the Sown — Gertrude Lowthian Bell", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Syria, the Desert & the Sown, by Gertrude Lowthian Bell. Subjects: Palestine -- Description and travel; Syria -- Description and travel; Syria -- Social life and customs; Palestine -- Social life and "}, {"id": "card_n_872b89e55a65", "title": "Easton: Lebanon", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "White, “the white mountain of Syria,” is the loftiest and most celebrated mountain range in Syria. It is a branch running southward from the Caucasus, and at its lower end forking into two parallel ra"}, {"id": "card_src_book_70035", "title": "Syria, the land of Lebanon — Lewis Gaston Leary", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Syria, the land of Lebanon, by Lewis Gaston Leary. Subjects: Syria -- Description and travel. Read the full text (public domain): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70035"}, {"id": "card_src_book_44122", "title": "Silver Chimes in Syria: Glimpses of a Missionary's Experiences — William S. Nelson", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Silver Chimes in Syria: Glimpses of a Missionary's Experiences, by William S. Nelson. Subjects: Missions -- Syria. Read the full text (public domain): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44122"}, {"id": "card_src_book_19378", "title": "Oriental Encounters: Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 — Marmaduke William Pickthall", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Oriental Encounters: Palestine and Syria, 1894-6, by Marmaduke William Pickthall. Subjects: Palestine -- Description and travel; Syria -- Description and travel. Read the full text (public domain): ht"}, {"id": "card_src_book_71363", "title": "The Holy Land and Syria — Frank G. (Frank George) Carpenter", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Holy Land and Syria, by Frank G. (Frank George) Carpenter. Subjects: Palestine -- Description and travel; Syria -- Description and travel. Read the full text (public domain): https://www.gutenberg"}, {"id": "card_src_book_8884", "title": "Travels in Syria and the Holy Land — John Lewis Burckhardt", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Travels in Syria and the Holy Land, by John Lewis Burckhardt. Subjects: Palestine -- Description and travel; Syria -- Description and travel. Read the full text (public domain): https://www.gutenberg."}, {"id": "card_src_book_60615", "title": "A Ride through Syria to Damascus and Baalbec, and ascent of Mount Hermon — Edward Abram", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A Ride through Syria to Damascus and Baalbec, and ascent of Mount Hermon, by Edward Abram. Subjects: Syria -- Description and travel. Read the full text (public domain): https://www.gutenberg.org/eboo"}, {"id": "card_src_lex_g4947", "title": "G4947 — Συρία (Suria): Syria", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Συρία (Suria), Strong's G4947: Syria. Συρία , -'ιό, ή Syria : Mat.4:24 , Luk.2:2 , Act.15:23, 41 18:18 20:3 21:3 , Gal.1:21 .† (AS)"}, {"id": "card_n_ef469bafedb3", "title": "Easton: Taxing", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Luke 2:2; R.V., “enrolment”), “when Cyrenius was governor of Syria,” is simply a census of the people, or an enrolment of them with a view to their taxation. The decree for the enrolment was the occa"}, {"id": "card_n_b42d7b947328", "title": "Easton: Aram", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The son of Shem (Gen. 10:22); according to Gen. 22:21, a grandson of Nahor. In Matt. 1:3, 4, and Luke 3:33, this word is the Greek form of Ram, the father of Amminadab (1 Chr. 2:10). The word means hi"}, {"id": "card_n_b9d1c313dce6", "title": "Easton: Hare", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. ‘arnebeth) was prohibited as food according to the Mosaic law (Lev. 11:6; Deut. 14:7), “because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof.” The habit of this animal is to grind its teeth and"}, {"id": "card_n_89b77586ed79", "title": "Easton: Mesopotamia", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The country between the two rivers (Heb. Aram-naharaim; i.e., “Syria of the two rivers”), the name given by the Greeks and Romans to the region between the Euphrates and the Tigris (Gen. 24:10; Deut. "}, {"id": "card_src_book_53498", "title": "The War in Syria, Volume 1 (of 2) — Charles Napier", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The War in Syria, Volume 1 (of 2), by Charles Napier. Subjects: Turkey -- History -- 1829-1878; Egypt -- History -- Mohammed Ali, 1805-1849; Syria -- History. 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