Dict: smith - FIR

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FIR - F>@ - kjv@Isaiah:14:8; kjv@Ezekiel:27:5) etc. As the term "cedar" is in all probability applicable to more than one tree, so also "fir" in the Authorized Version represents probably one or other of the following trees: Pinus sylvestris , or Scotch fir; Larch; Cupressus sempervirens , or cypress, all which are at this day found in the Lebanon. The wood of the fir was used for ship-building, kjv@Ezekiel:27:5) for musical instruments, (2 Samuel kjv@6:5) for beams and rafters of houses, (Kings:5:8-10; kjv@2Chronicles:2:8) It was a tall evergreen tree of vigorous growth.

FIRE - F>@ - is represented as the symbol of Jehovah’s presence and the instrument of his power, in the way either of approval or of destruction. kjv@Exodus:3:2 kjv@Exodus:14:19) etc. There could not be a better symbol for Jehovah than this of fire, it being immaterial, mysterious, but visible, warming, cheering, comforting, but also terrible and consuming. Parallel with this application of fire and with its symbolical meaning are to be noted the similar use for sacrificial purposes and the respect paid to it, or to the heavenly bodies as symbols of deity, which prevailed among so many nations of antiquity, and of which the traces are not even now extinct; e.g. the Sabean and Magian systems of worship. kjv@Isaiah:27:9) Fire for sacred purposes obtained elsewhere than from the altar was called "strange fire," and for the use of such Nadab and Abihu were punished with death by fire from God. kjv@Leviticus:10:1-2; kjv@Numbers:3:4 kjv@Numbers:26:61)

FIREPAN - F>@ - one of the vessels of the temple service. kjv@Exodus:27:3 kjv@Exodus:38:3; kjv@2Kings:25:15; kjv@Jeremiah:52:19) The same word is elsewhere rendered "snuff-dish," kjv@Exodus:25:38 kjv@Exodus:37:23; kjv@Numbers:4:9) and "censer." kjv@Leviticus:10:1 kjv@Leviticus:16:12; kjv@Numbers:16:6) ff. There appear, therefore, to have been two articles so called: one, like a chafing-dish, to carry live coals for the purpose of burning incense; another, like a snuffer-dish, to be used in trimming the lamps, in order to carry the snuffers and convey away the snuff.

FIRKIN - F>@ - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND MEASURES

FIRMAMENT - F>@ - In Scripture the word denotes an expanse, a wide extent; for such is the signification of the Hebrew word. The original, therefore, does not convey the sense of solidity, but of stretching, extension; the great arch of expanse over our heads, in which are placed the atmosphere and the clouds, and in which the stars appear to be placed, and are really seen.
Webster.

FIRSTBORN - F>@ - Under the law, in memory of the exodus (when the first-born of the Egyptians were slain), the eldest son was regarded as devoted to God, and was in very case to be redeemed by an offering not exceeding five shekels, within one month from birth. If he died before the expiration of thirty days, the Jewish doctors held the father excused, but liable to the payment if he outlived that time. kjv@Exodus:13:12-15-16; kjv@Leviticus:27:6) The eldest son received a double portion of the father’s inheritance, (21:17) but not of the mother’s. Under the monarchy the eldest son usually, but no always, as appears in the case of Solomon, succeeded his father in the kingdom. (Kings:1:30; kjv@2:22) The male first-born of animals was also devoted to God. kjv@Exodus:13:2 kjv@Exodus:13:12-13 kjv@Exodus:22:29 kjv@Exodus:34:19 -20) Unclean animals were to be redeemed with the addition of one-fifth of the value, or else put to death; or, if not redeemed, to be sold, and the price given to the priests. kjv@Leviticus:27:13 kjv@Leviticus:27:27-28)

FIRSTFRUITS - F>@ - The law ordered in general that the first of all ripe fruits and of liquors, or, as it is twice expressed, the first of first-fruits, should be offered in God’s house. kjv@Exodus:22:29 kjv@Exodus:23:19 kjv@Exodus:34:27 ) It was an act of allegiance to God as the giver of all. No exact quantity was commanded, but it was left to the spiritual and moral sense of each individual. On the morrow after the passover sabbath, i.e. on the 16th of Nisan, a sheaf of new corn was to be brought to the priest and waved before the altar, in acknowledgment of the gift of fruitfulness. kjv@Leviticus:2:12 kjv@Leviticus:23:5-6 kjv@Leviticus:23:10-12) At the expiration of seven weeks from this time, i.e. at the feast of pentecost, an oblation was to be made from the new flour, which were to be waved in like manner with the passover sheaf. kjv@Exodus:34:22; kjv@Leviticus:23:15-17; kjv@Numbers:28:26) The feast of ingathering, i.e. the feast of tabernacles, in the seventh month, was itself an acknowledgment of the fruits of the harvest. kjv@Exodus:23:16 kjv@Exodus:34:22; kjv@Leviticus:23:39) These four sorts of offerings were national. Besides them, the two following were of an individual kind. A cake of the first dough that was baked was to be offered as a heave-offering. kjv@Numbers:15:19-21) The first-fruits of the land were to be brought in a basket to the holy place of God’s choice, and there presented to the priest, who was to set the basket down before the altar. (26:2-11) The offerings were the perquisite of the priests. kjv@Numbers:18:11 kjv@Numbers:18:4) Nehemiah, at the return from captivity, took pains to reorganize the offerings of first-fruits of both kinds, and to appoint places to receive them. kjv@Nehemiah:10:35-37 kjv@Nehemiah:12:44) An offering of first-fruits is mentioned as an acceptable one to the prophet Elisha. ( kjv@2Kings:4:42)