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JABBOK
@ brook of, one of the eastern tributaries of the Jordan- kjv@Numbers:21:24; kjv@Deuteronomy:2:37; kjv@Deuteronomy:3:16
JABESH
- GILEAD @ a town east of the Jordan- kjv@Judges:21:8; kjv@1Samuel:11:1; kjv@1Samuel:31:11; kjv@2Samuel:2:4; kjv@2Samuel:21:12
JACOB @ (Supplanter), son of Isaac
(1) General References to- kjv@Genesis:25:26,34; kjv@Genesis:27:6,30; kjv@Genesis:28:1; kjv@Genesis:29:1,18; kjv@Genesis:30:25; kjv@Genesis:31:3; kjv@Genesis:32:9,30 kjv@Genesis:33:10,17; kjv@Genesis:35:1; kjv@Genesis:36:6; kjv@Genesis:37:3; kjv@Genesis:42:1; kjv@Genesis:43:11; kjv@Genesis:45:26; kjv@Genesis:46:5 kjv@Genesis:47:9; kjv@Genesis:48:2; kjv@Genesis:49:33; kjv@Genesis:50:13
(2) Summary of his Character Naturally, crafty- Genesis:25:3133 Deceptive Genesis:27:18-29 Reaped the result of his own sin- kjv@Genesis:27:42,43 Became Religious- kjv@Genesis:28:10,20,21 Affectionate- kjv@Genesis:29:18 Industrious- kjv@Genesis:31:40 Prayerful- Genesis:32:9-12,24-30 Disciplined by affliction- kjv@Genesis:37:28; kjv@Genesis:42:36 A man of faith- kjv@Hebrews:11:21
JAEL @ wife of Heber- kjv@Judges:4:17; kjv@Judges:5:6,24
JAIR @
(1) Son of Manasseh- kjv@Numbers:32:41; kjv@Deuteronomy:3:14
(2) A Judge- kjv@Judges:10:3 Judges of Israel
(2), ISRAEL
- THE JEWS
JAIRUS @ ruler of a synagogue, whose child Christ raised to life- kjv@Matthew:9:18; kjv@Mark:5:22
JAMES @ (a) An Apostle, son of Zebedee, brother of John- kjv@Matthew:4:21; kjv@Matthew:10:2; kjv@Matthew:17:1; kjv@Mark:1:19; kjv@Mark:3:17; kjv@Mark:5:37; kjv@Mark:9:2; kjv@Mark:10:35; kjv@Mark:14:33 kjv@Luke:5:10; kjv@Luke:6:14; kjv@Luke:8:51; kjv@Acts:1:13; kjv@Acts:12:2 (b) An Apostle, son of Alphaeus- kjv@Matthew:10:3; kjv@Mark:3:18; kjv@Luke:6:15; kjv@Acts:1:13; kjv@Acts:21:18; kjv@1Corinthians:15:7 kjv@Galatians:1:19; kjv@Galatians:2:9 (c) "The Lord's Brother" (authorities differ as to the existence and identity of this character)- kjv@Matthew:13:55; kjv@Mark:6:3; kjv@Galatians:1:19 Characteristics of, Slow to accept Christ- kjv@John:7:5 After the resurrection joined the disciples- kjv@Acts:1:14 Possibly was won by the appearance of the Lord after his resurrection- kjv@1Corinthians:15:7 Regarded by many as one of the leaders of the church at Jerusalem- kjv@Acts:15:13; kjv@Acts:21:18 Also author of the epistle of James (?)- kjv@James:1:1
JAPHETH @ son of Noah- kjv@Genesis:5:32; kjv@Genesis:6:10; kjv@Genesis:7:13; kjv@Genesis:9:18; kjv@Genesis:10:2; kjv@1Chronicles:1:5
JASHER, BOOK OF @ kjv@Joshua:10:13; kjv@2Samuel:1:18
JASON @ a disciple of Paul's- kjv@Acts:17:5 -, a kinsman of Paul- kjv@Romans:16:21
JAVELIN OR DART @ kjv@Numbers:25:7; kjv@1Samuel:18:10
JAZER @ a city of Gilead- kjv@Numbers:21:32; kjv@Numbers:32:1; kjv@Joshua:13:25; kjv@Joshua:21:39
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JAAKAN
- J>@ - (he shall surround), the same as Jakan, the forefather of Bene
- Jaakan. (10:6)
JAAKOBAH
- J>@ - (supplanter), one of the princes of the families of Simeon. ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:36) (B.C. about 710.)
JAALA
- J>@ - (wild she-goat). Bene
- Jaala were among the descendants of "Solomon’s slaves" who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. kjv@Nehemiah:7:58) (B.C. before 536.) The name also occurs as Ja-alah.
JAALAH
- J>@ - (wild goat). kjv@Ezra:2:56)
JAALAM
- J>@ - (whom God hides), a son of Esau, kjv@Genesis:36:5 kjv@Genesis:36:14,18) comp. 1Chr 1:35 And a head of a tribe of Edom. (B.C. 1790.).
JAANAI
- J>@ - (whom Jehovah answers), a chief man in the tribe of Gad. ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:12)
JAAREOREGIM
- J>@ - (forests of the weavers), (2 Samuel 21:19) a Bethlehemite, and the father of Elhanan who slew Goliath. In the parallel passage, ( kjv@1Chronicles:20:5) Jair is found instead of Jaare, and Oregim is omitted. (B.C. 1063.)
JAASAU
- J>@ - (whom Jehovah made), one of the Bene
- Bani who had married a foreign wife. kjv@Ezra:10:37) (B.C. 459.)
JAASIEL
- J>@ - (whom God comforts), son of the great Abner. ( kjv@1Chronicles:27:21) (B.C. 1046-1014.)
JAAZANIAH
- J>@ - (whom Jehovah hears). One of the captains of the forces who accompanied Hohanan ben
- Kareah to pay his respects to Gedaliah at Mizpah, ( kjv@2Kings:25:23) and who appears afterwards to have assisted in recovering Ishmael’s prey from his clutches. Comp. kjv@Jeremiah:41:11 kjv@Jeremiah:43:4-5) (B.C. 587.) Son of Shaphan. kjv@Ezekiel:8:11) It is possible that he is identical with Son of Azur; one of the princes of the people against whom Ezekiel was directed to prophesy. kjv@Ezekiel:11:1) (B.C. 593.) A Rechabite, son of Jeremiah. kjv@Jeremiah:35:3) (B.C. 606.)
JAAZER, OR JAZER
- J>@ - (Jehovah helps), a town on the east of Jordan, in or near to Gilead. kjv@Numbers:32:1-3; kjv@1Chronicles:26:31) We first hear of it in possession of the Amorites, and as taken by Israel after Heshbon, and on their way from thence to Bashan. kjv@Numbers:21:32) It seems to have given its name to a district of dependent or "daughter" towns, kjv@Numbers:21:32) Authorized Version "villages," 1 Macc. kjv@5:8, the "land of Jazer." kjv@Numbers:32:1)
JAAZIAH
- J>@ - (whom Jehovah comforts), apparently a third son, or a descendant, or Merari the Levite. ( kjv@1Chronicles:24:26-27) (B.C. before 1014).
JAAZIEL
- J>@ - (whom Jehovah comforts), one of the Levites appointed by David to perform the musical service before the ark. ( kjv@1Chronicles:15:18) (B.C. 1014).
JABAL
- J>@ - (stream), the son of Lamech and Adah, kjv@Genesis:4:20) and brother of Jubal. He is described as the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle.
JABBOK
- J>@ - (emptying), a stream which intersects the mountain range of Gilead, comp. kjv@Joshua:12:2 kjv@Joshua:12:5) and falls into the Jordan on the east about midway between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea. It was anciently the border of the children of Ammon. kjv@Numbers:21:24 kjv@Numbers:2:37 kjv@Numbers:3:16 ) It was on the south bank of the Jabbok that the interview took place between Jacob and Esau, kjv@Genesis:32:22) and this river afterward became, toward its western part, the boundary between the kingdoms of Sihon and Og. kjv@Joshua:12:2 kjv@Joshua:12:5) Its modern name is Wady Zurka .
JABESH
- J>@ - (dry). Father of Shallum, the fifteenth king of Israel. ( kjv@2Kings:15:10 kjv@2Kings:15:13-14) Jabesh-gilead, or Jabesh in the territory of Gilead. In its widest sense Gilead included the half tribe of Manasseh, ( kjv@1Chronicles:27:21) as well as the tribes of Gad and Reuben, kjv@Numbers:32:1-42) east of the Jordan; and of the cities of Gilead, Jabesh was the chief. It is first mentioned in kjv@Judges:21:8-14) Being attacked subsequently by Nahash the Ammonite, it gave Saul an opportunity of displaying his prowess in its defence. ( kjv@1Samuel:11:1-15) Eusebius places it beyond the Jordan, six miles from Pella on the mountain road to Gerasa; where its name is probably preserved in the Wady Yabes.
JABEZ
- J>@ - (sorrow). Apparently a place at which the families of the scribes resided who belonged to the families of the Kenites. ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:55) The name occurs again in the genealogies of Judah, ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:9-10) in a passage of remarkable detail inserted in a genealogy again connected with Bethlehem. ver. 4.
JABIN
- J>@ - (whom God observes). King of Hazor, who organized a confederacy of the northern princes against the Israelites. kjv@Joshua:11:1-3) Joshua surprised the allied forces by the waters of Merom, ver. 7, and utterly routed them. (B.C. 1448.) During the ensuing wars Joshua again attacked Jabin, and burnt his city. kjv@Joshua:11:1-14) A king of Hazor, whose general, Sisera, was defeated by Barak. kjv@Judges:4:2 kjv@Judges:4:13) (B.C. 1316.)
JABNEEL
- J>@ - (building of God). One of the points on the northern boundary of Judah, not quite at the sea, though near it. kjv@Joshua:15:11) There is no sign, however, of its ever having been occupied by Judah. Josephus attributes it to the Danites. There was a constant struggle going on between that tribe and the Philistines for the possession of all the places in the lowland plains, and it is not surprising that the next time we meet with Jabneel it should be in the hands of the latter. ( kjv@2Chronicles:26:6) Uzziah dispossessed them of it and demolished its fortifications. Called also JABNEH. At the time of the fall of Jerusalem, Jabneh was one of the most populous places of Judea. The modern village of Yebna , more accurately Ibna , stands about two miles from the sea, on a slight eminence just south of the Nahr Rubin . One of the landmarks on the boundary of Naphtali, kjv@Joshua:19:33) in upper Galilee.
JABNEH
- J>@ - (building of God), ( kjv@2Chronicles:26:6) JABNEEL
JACHAN
- J>@ - (affliction), one of seven chief men of the tribe of Gad. ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:13)
JACHIN
- J>@ - (he shall establish). One of the two pillars which were set up "in the porch," (Kings:7:21) or before the temple. ( kjv@2Chronicles:3:17) of Solomon. BOAZ Fourth son of Simeon, kjv@Genesis:46:10; kjv@Exodus:6:15) founder of the family of the Jachinites. kjv@Numbers:26:12) Head of the twenty-first course of priests in the time of David. ( kjv@1Chronicles:9:10 kjv@1Chronicles:24:17; kjv@Nehemiah:11:10)
JACINTH
- J>@ - a precious stone, forming one of the foundations of the walls of the new Jerusalem. kjv@Revelation:21:20) Called hyacinth in the Revised Version. This is simply a different English rendering of the same Greek original. It is probably identical with the lighure of kjv@Exodus:28:19) The Jacinth or hyacinth is a red variety of zircon, which is found in square prisms of a white, gray, red, reddish-brown, yellow or pale-green color. The expression in kjv@Revelation:9:17) "of jacinth," is descriptive simply of a dark-purple color.
JACOB
- J>@ - (supplanter), the second son of Isaac and Rebekah. He was born with Esau, probably at the well of Lahai-roi, about B.C. 1837. His history is related in the latter half of the book of Genesis. He bought the birthright from his brother Esau, and afterward acquired the blessing intended for Esau, by practicing a well-known deceit on Isaac. (Jacob did not obtain the blessing because of his deceit, but in spite of it. That which was promised he would have received in some good way; but Jacob and his mother, distrusting God’s promise, sought the promised blessing in a wrong way, and received with it trouble and sorrow.
ED.) Jacob, in his 78th year, was sent from the family home to avoid his brother, and to seek a wife among his kindred in Padan-aram. As he passed through Bethel, God appeared to him. After the lapse of twenty-one years he returned from Padan-aram with two wives, two concubines, eleven sons and a daughter, and large property. He escaped from the angry pursuit of Laban, from a meeting with Esau, and from the vengeance of the Canaanites provoked by the murder of Shechem; and in each of these three emergencies he was aided and strengthened by the interposition of God, and in sign of the grace won by a night of wrestling with God his name was changed at Jabbok into Israel. Deborah and Rachel died before he reached Hebron; Joseph, the favorite son of Jacob, was sold into Egypt eleven years before the death of Isaac; and Jacob had probably exceeded his 130th year when he went tither. He was presented to Pharaoh, and dwelt for seventeen years in Rameses and Goshen, and died in his 147th year. His body was embalmed, carried with great care and pomp into the land of Canaan, and deposited with his fathers, and his wife Leah, in the cave of Machpelah. The example of Jacob is quoted by the first and the last of the minor prophets. Besides the frequent mention of his name in conjunction with the names of the other two patriarchs, there are distinct references to the events in the life of Jacob in four books of the New Testament - kjv@John:1:51 kjv@John:4:5 kjv@John:4:12; kjv@Acts:7:12 kjv@Acts:7:16 kjv@Romans:9:11-13; kjv@Hebrews:11:21 kjv@Hebrews:12:16)
JACOBS WELL
- J>@ - a deep spring in the vicinity of Shechem (called Sychar in Christ’s time and Nablus at the present day). It was probably dug by Jacob whose name it bears. On the curb of the well Jesus sat and discoursed with the Samaritan woman. kjv@John:4:5-26) It is situated about half a mile southeast of Nablus, at the foot of Mount Gerizim. It is about nine feet in diameter and 75 feet deep. At some seasons it is dry; at others it contains a few feet of water.
JADA
- J>@ - (wise), son of Onam and brother of Shammai, in the genealogy of the sons of Jerahmeel by his wife Atarah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:28 kjv@1Chronicles:2:32) (B.C. after 1445.)
JADAU
- J>@ - (loving), one of the Bene
- Nebo who had taken a foreign wife. kjv@Ezra:10:43) (B.C. 459.)
JADDUA
- J>@ - (known). Son and successor in the high priesthood of Jonathan or Johanan. He is the last of the high priests mentioned in the Old Testament, and probably altogether the latest name in the canon. kjv@Nehemiah:12:11-22) (B.C. 406-332.) One of the chief of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. kjv@Nehemiah:10:21) (B.C. 410.)
JADON
- J>@ - (judge), the Meronothite, who assisted to repair the wall of Jerusalem. kjv@Nehemiah:3:7) (B.C. 446.)
JAEL
- J>@ - (mountain goat), the wife of Heber the Kenite. (B.C. 1316.) In the headlong rout which followed the defeat of the Canaanites by Barak, at Megiddo on the plain of Esdraelon, Sisera, their general, fled to the tent of the Kenite chieftainess, at Kedesh in Naphtali, four miles northwest of Lake Merom. He accepted Jael’s invitation to enter, and she flung a mantle over him as he lay wearily on the floor. When thirst prevented sleep, and he asked for water, she brought him buttermilk in her choicest vessel. At last, with a feeling of perfect security, he feel into a deep sleep. Then it was that Jael took one of the great wooden pins which fastened down the cords of the tent, and with one terrible blow with a mallet dashed it through Sisera’s temples deep into the earth. kjv@Judges:5:27) She then waited to meet the pursuing Barak, and led him into her tent that she might in his presence claim the glory of the deed! Many have supposed that by this act she fulfilled the saying of Deborah, kjv@Judges:4:9) and hence they have supposed that Jael was actuated by some divine and hidden influence. But the Bible gives no hint of such an inspiration.
JAGUR
- J>@ - (lodging),a town of Judah, one of those farthest to the south, on the frontier of Edom. kjv@Joshua:15:21)
JAH
- J>@ - (Jehovah), the abbreviated form of Jehovah, used only in poetry. It occurs frequently in the Hebrew, but with a single exception, kjv@Psalms:68:4) is rendered "Lord" in the Authorized Version. The identity of Jah and Jehovah is strongly marked in two passages of Isaiah
kjv@Isaiah:12:2 kjv@Isaiah:26:4) JEHOVAH.
JAHATH
- J>@ - (union). Son of Libni, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. ( kjv@1Chronicles:6:20) (B.C. after 1706.) Head of a later house in the family of Gershom, being the eldest son of Shimei, the son of Laadan. ( kjv@1Chronicles:23:10-11) A man in the genealogy of Judah, ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:2) son of Reaiah ben
- Shobal. A Levite, son of Shelomoth. ( kjv@1Chronicles:24:22) A Merarite Levite in the reign of Josiah. ( kjv@2Chronicles:34:12) (B.C. 623.)
JAHAZ, ALSO JAHAZA, JAHAZAH AND JUHZAH
- J>@ - (trodden down). Under these four forms is given in the Authorized Version the name of a place which in the Hebrew appears as Yahats and Yahtsah . At Jahaz the decisive battle was fought between the children of Israel and Sihon king of the Amorites. kjv@Numbers:21:23 kjv@Numbers:2:32; kjv@Judges:11:20) It was in the allotment of Reuben. kjv@Joshua:13:18) Like many others relating to the places east of the Dead Sea, the question of its site must await further research.
JAHAZA
- J>@ - (trodden down). kjv@Joshua:13:18) JAHAZ, ALSO JAHAZA, JAHAZAH AND JUHZAH
JAHAZAH
- J>@ - (trodden down). kjv@Joshua:21:36; kjv@Jeremiah:48:21) JAHAZ, ALSO JAHAZA, JAHAZAH AND JUHZAH
JAHNZIAH
- J>@ - (whom Jehovah watches over), son of Tikvah, apparently a priest. kjv@Ezra:10:15)
JAHAZIEL
- J>@ - (whom God watches over) One of the heroes of Benjamin who joined David at Ziklag. ( kjv@1Chronicles:12:4) (B.C. 1055.) A priest in the reign of David. ( kjv@1Chronicles:16:6) A Kohathite Levite, third son of Hebron. ( kjv@1Chronicles:23:19 kjv@1Chronicles:24:23) Son of Zechariah, a Levite of the Bene
- Asaph in the reign of Jehoshaphat. ( kjv@2Chronicles:20:14) (B.C. 896.) The "son of Jahaziel" was the chief of the Bene
- Shecaniah who returned from Babylon with Ezra. kjv@Ezra:8:5) (B.C. before 459.)
JAHDAI
- J>@ - (whom Jehovah directs), a man who appears to be thrust abruptly into the genealogy of Caleb, as the father of six sons. ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:47)
JAHDIEL
- J>@ - (whom Jehovah makes joyful), a chieftain of Manasseh on the east of Jordan. ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:24) (B.C. 320.)
JAHDO
- J>@ - (united), a Gadite, ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:14) son of Buz and father of Jeshishai.
JAHLEEL
- J>@ - (hoping in Jehovah), the third of the three sons of Zebulun, kjv@Genesis:46:14; kjv@Numbers:26:26) founder of the family of Jahleelites. (B.C. 1706.)
JAHMAI
- J>@ - (whom Jehovah guards), a man of Issachar, one of the heads of the house of Tolah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:2) (B.C. 1491)
JAHZAH
- J>@ - (trodden down). ( kjv@1Chronicles:6:78) JAHAZ, ALSO JAHAZA, JAHAZAH AND JUHZAH
JAHZEEL
- J>@ - (whom God allots), the first of the four sons of Naphtali, kjv@Genesis:46:24) founder of the family of the Jahzeelites. kjv@Numbers:26:48) (B.C. 1306.)
JAHZERAH
- J>@ - (whom God leads back), a priest of the house of Immer. ( kjv@1Chronicles:9:12)
JAHZIEL
- J>@ - (whom God allots), the same as JAHZEEL. ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:13)
JAIR
- J>@ - (enlightener). A man who on his father’s side was descended from Judah, and on his mother’s from Manasseh. (B.C. 1451.) During, the conquest he took the whole of the tract of Argob (3:14) and in addition possessed himself of some nomad villages in Gilead, which he called after his own name Havoth
- Jair. kjv@Numbers:32:41; kjv@1Chronicles:2:23) JAIR THE GILEADITE, who judged Israel for two-and-twenty years. kjv@Judges:10:3-5) (B.C. 1160.) He had thirty sons, and possessed thirty cities in the land of Gilead, which like those of their namesakes were called Havoth-jair. A Benjamite, son of Kish and father of Mordecai. kjv@Esther:2:5) (B.C. before 598.) The father of Elhanan, one of the heroes of David’s army. ( kjv@1Chronicles:20:6)
JAIRITE
- J>@ - (descendant of Jair). The IRA THE JAIRITE was a priest (Authorized Version "chief ruler") to David (2 Samuel 20:26)
JAIRUS
- J>@ - (whom God enlightens). A ruler of a synagogue, probably in some town near the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. kjv@Matthew:9:18; kjv@Mark:5:22; kjv@Luke:8:41) (A.D. 28.) kjv@Esther:11:2) JAIR, 3
JAKAN
- J>@ - (sagacious), son of Ezer the Horite. ( kjv@1Chronicles:1:42) The same as JAAKANJAAKAN. And see AKAN
JAKEH
- J>@ - (pious). PROVERBS, BOOK OF, BOOK OF
JAKIM
- J>@ - (whom God sets up). Head of the twelfth course of priests in the reign of David. ( kjv@1Chronicles:24:12) (B.C. 1014.) A Benjamite, one of the Bene
- Shimhi. ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:19) (B.C. 588.)
JALON
- J>@ - (abiding), one of the sons of Ezra. ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:17)
JAMBRES
- J>@ - JANNES AND JAMBRES
JAMES
- J>@ - (the Greek form of Jacob, supplanter). James the son of Zebedee, one of the twelve apostles. He was elder brother of the evangelist John. His mother’s name was Salome. We first hear of him in A.D. 27, kjv@Mark:1:20) when at the call of the Master he left all, and became, one and forever, his disciple, in the spring of 28. kjv@Matthew:10:2; kjv@Mark:3:14; kjv@Luke:6:13; kjv@Acts:1:13) It would seem to have been at the time of the appointment of the twelve apostles that the name of Boanerges was given to the sons of Zebedee. The "sons of thunder" had a burning and impetuous spirit, which twice exhibits itself. kjv@Mark:10:37; kjv@Luke:9:54) On the night before the crucifixion James was present at the agony in the garden. On the day of the ascension he is mentioned as persevering with the rest of the apostles and disciples, in prayer. kjv@Acts:1:13) Shortly before the day of the Passover, in the year 44, he was put to death by Herod Agrippa I. kjv@Acts:12:1-2) James the son of Alpheus, one of the twelve apostles. kjv@Matthew:10:3) Whether or not this James is to be identified with James the Less, the son of Alphaeus, the brother of our Lord, is one of the most difficult questions in the gospel history. By comparing kjv@Matthew:27:56) and kjv@Mark:15:40 with kjv@John:19:25 We find that the Virgin Mary had a sister named, like herself, Mary, who was the wife of Clopas or Alpheus (varieties of the same name), and who had two sons, James the Less and Joses. By referring to kjv@Matthew:13:55) and kjv@Mark:6:3 We find that a James the Less and Joses, with two other brethren called Jude and Simon, and at least three sisters, were sisters with the Virgin Mary at Nazareth by referring to kjv@Luke:6:16) and kjv@Acts:1:13 We find that there were two brethren named James and Jude among the apostles. It would certainly be natural to think that we had here but one family of four brothers and three or more sisters, the children of Clopas and Mary, nephews and nieces of the Virgin Mary. There are difficulties however, in the way of this conclusion into which we cannot here enter; but in reply to the objection that the four brethren in kjv@Matthew:13:55) are described as the brothers of Jesus, not as his cousins, it must be recollected that adelphoi, which is here translated "brethren," may also signify cousins.
JAMES THE LESS
- J>@ - called the Less because younger or smaller in stature than James the son of Zebedee. He was the son of Alpheus or Clopas and brother of our Lord (see above); was called to the apostolate, together with his younger brother Jude, in the spring of the year 28. At some time in the forty days that intervened between the resurrection and the ascension the Lord appeared to him. ( kjv@1Corinthians:15:7) Ten years after we find James on a level with Peter, and with him deciding on the admission of St. Paul into fellowship with the Church at Jerusalem; and from henceforth we always find him equal, or in his own department superior, to the very chiefest apostles, Peter, John and Paul. kjv@Acts:9:27; kjv@Galatians:1:18-19) This pre-eminence is evident throughout the after history of the apostles, whether we read it in the Acts, in the epistles or in ecclesiastical writers. kjv@Acts:12:17 kjv@Acts:15:13 kjv@Acts:15:19 kjv@Acts:21:18 ; kjv@Galatians:2:9) According to tradition, James was thrown down from the temple by the scribes and Pharisees; he was then stoned, and his brains dashed out with a fuller’s club.
JAMES, THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF
- J>@ - The author of this epistle was in all probability James the son of Alphaeus, and our Lord’s brother It was written from Jerusalem, which St. James does not seem to have ever left. It was probably written about A.D. 62, during the interval between Paul’s two imprisonments. Its main object is not to teach doctrine, but to improve morality. St. James is the moral teacher of the New Testament. He wrote for the Jewish Christians, whether in Jerusalem or abroad, to warn them against the sins to which as Jews they were most liable, and to console and exhort them under the sufferings to which as Christians they were most exposed.
JAMIN
- J>@ - (right hand). Second son of Simeon, kjv@Genesis:46:10; Exod kjv@6:15; 1Chr 4:24 Founder of the family of the Jaminites. kjv@Numbers:26:12) (B.C. 1706.) A man of Judah, second son of Ram the Jerahmeelite. ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:27) One of the Levites who expounded the law to the people. kjv@Nehemiah:8:7) (B.C. 410.)
JAMLECH
- J>@ - (whom God makes king), one of the chief men of the tribe of Simeon. ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:34)
JAMNIN
- J>@ - JABNEEL
JANNA
- J>@ - (flourishing), son of Joseph, and father of Melchi, in the genealogy of Christ. kjv@Luke:3:24) In the Revised Version written JANNAI.
JANNES
- J>@ - and Jam’bres , the names of two Egyptian magicians who opposed Moses. Exod kjv@7:9-13; 2Timothy:3:8-9. (B.C. 1492.)
JANOAH
- J>@ - (rest), a place apparently in the north of Galilee, or the "land of Naphtali,"
one of those taken by Tiglath-pileser in his first incursion into Palestine. ( kjv@2Kings:15:29) No trace of it appears elsewhere.
JANOHAH
- J>@ - (rest), a place on the boundary of Ephraim kjv@Joshua:16:6-7) east of Neapolis. A little less than twelve miles from Nablus and about southeast in direction, two miles from Akrabeh is the village of Yanun , doubtless identical with the ancient Janohah.
JANUM
- J>@ - (slumber), a town of Judah in the mountain district, apparently not far from Hebron. kjv@Joshua:15:53)
JAPHETH
- J>@ - (enlargement), one of the three sons of Noah. The descendants of Japheth occupied the "isles of the Gentiles," kjv@Genesis:10:5)
i.e. the coast lands of the Mediterranean Sea in Europe and Asia Minor
whence they spread northward over the whole continent of Europe and a considerable portion of Asia.
JAPHIA
- J>@ - (splended) The boundary of Zebulun ascended from Daberath to Japhia, and thence passed to Gath-hepher. kjv@Joshua:19:12) Yafa , two miles south of Nazareth. ,is not unlikely to be identical with Japhin.
JAPHIA
- J>@ - (splendid). King of Lachish at the time of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelites. kjv@Joshua:10:3) (B.C. 1450.) One of the sons of David born to him in Jerusalem. (2 Samuel kjv@5:15; 1Chronicles:3:7 kjv@1Chronicles:14:6) (B.C. 1046.)
JAPHLET
- J>@ - (whom God delivers) a descendant of Asher through Beriah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:32-33)
JAPHLELI
- J>@ - (the Japhletite). The boundary of the "Japhletite" is one of the landmarks on the south boundary line of Ephraim. kjv@Joshua:16:3)
JAPHO
- J>@ - (beauty). kjv@John:19:46) The Hebrew form for the better-known JOPPA, OR JAPHO. ( kjv@2Chronicles:2:16; kjv@Ezra:3:7; kjv@Jonah:1:3) In its modern garb it is Yafa .
JARAH
- J>@ - (honey), a descendant of Saul; son of Micah and great-grandson of Mephibosheth. ( kjv@1Chronicles:9:42) comp. 1Chr 9:40
JAREB
- J>@ - (adversary) is to be explained either as the proper name of a country or person, as a noun in apposition, or as a verb from a root, rub , "to contend plead." All these senses are represented in the Authorized Version and the marginal readings, kjv@Hosea:5:13 kjv@Hosea:10:6) and the east preferable has been inserted in the text. Jareb is most probably the name of some city of Assyria or another name of the country itself.
JARED
- J>@ - (descent), one of the antediluvian patriarchs, and further of Enoch kjv@Genesis:5:15-16-18-20; kjv@Luke:3:37) In the lists of Chronicles the name is given in the Authorized Version JERED.
JARESIAH
- J>@ - (whom Jehovah nourishes),a Benjamite, one of the Bene
- Jehoram. ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:17)
JARHA
- J>@ - the Egyptian servant of Sheshan, about the time of Eli, to whom his master gave his daughter and heir in marriage; ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:34-35) (B.C. before 1491.)
JARIB
- J>@ - (adversary). Named in the list of ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:24) only, as a son of Simeon. Perhaps the same as JACHIN. kjv@Genesis:46; Exod 6; Numb 26. One of the "chief men" who accompanied Ezra on his journey from Babylon to Jerusalem. kjv@Ezra:8:16) (B.C. 469.) A priest of the house of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, who had married a foreign wife, and was compelled by Ezra to put her away. kjv@Ezra:10:18) (B.C. 459.) 1 Macc. 14:29. A contraction or corruption of the name JOARIB. ch. kjv@2:1.
JARIMOTH
- J>@ - (heights). 1 Esd. kjv@9:28. JEREMOTH
JARMUTH
- J>@ - (high). A town in the low country of Judah. kjv@Joshua:16:35) Its king, Piram, was one of the five who conspired. to punish Gibeon for having made alliance with Israel, kjv@Joshua:10:3-5) and who were routed at Beth-horon and put to death by Joshua at Makkedah. ver. 33. Its site is probably the modern Yarmuk . A city of Issachar allotted with its suburbs to the Gershonite Levites. kjv@Joshua:21:29)
JAROAH
- J>@ - (moon), a chief man of the tribe of Gad ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:14)
JASHEN
- J>@ - (sleeping). Bene
- Jashen
"sons of Jashen"
are named in the catalogue of the heroes of David’s guard in (2 Samuel 23:32) (B.C. 1046.)
JASHER
- J>@ - (upright),Book of ("the book of the upright"), alluded to in two passages only of the Old Testament. kjv@Joshua:10:13) and 2Sam 1:18 It was probably written in verse; and it has been conjectured that it was a collection of ancient records of honored men or noble deeds. It is wholly lost.
JASHOBEAM
- J>@ - (to whom the people turn), named first among the chief of the mighty men of David. ( kjv@1Chronicles:11:11) (B.C. 1046.) He came to David at Ziklag. His distinguishing exploit was that he slew 300 (or 800,) (2 Samuel 23:8) men at one time.
JASHUB
- J>@ - (he turns). The third son of Issachar, and founder of the family of the Jashubites. Numbers:26;24; kjv@1Chronicles:7:1) (B.C. 1706.) One of the sons of Bani, who had to put away his foreign wife. kjv@Ezra:10:29) (B.C. 459.)
JASHUBILEHEM
- J>@ - (turner back for food), a person or a place named among the descendants of Shelah, the son of Judah by Bath-shua the Canaanitess. ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:22)
JASIEL
- J>@ - (whom God made), the last named on the list of David’s heroes in ( kjv@1Chronicles:11:47)
JASON
- J>@ - (one who will heal), called the Thessalonian, entertained Paul and Silas, and was in consequence attacked by the Jewish mob. kjv@Acts:17:5-6-7-9) (A.D. 48.) He is probably the same as the Jason mentioned in kjv@Romans:16:21) It is conjectured that Jason and Secundus, kjv@Acts:20:4) were the same.
JASPER
- J>@ - a precious stone frequently noticed in Scripture. It was the last of the twelve inserted in the high priest’s breastplate, kjv@Exodus:28:20 kjv@Exodus:39:13) and the first of the twelve used in the foundations of the new Jerusalem. kjv@Revelation:21:19) The characteristics of the stone as far as they are specified in Scripture, kjv@Revelation:21:11) are that it "was most precious," and "like crystal;" we may also infer from kjv@Revelation:4:3) that it was a stone of brilliant and transparent light. The stone which we name "jasper" does not accord with this description. There can be no doubt that the diamond would more adequately answer to the description in the book of Revelation.
JATHNIEL
- J>@ - (whom God gives), a Korhite Levite, the fourth of the family of Meshelemiah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:26:2) (B.C. 1014.)
JATTIR
- J>@ - (pre-eminent), a town of Judah in the mountain districts, kjv@Joshua:15:48) one of the group containing Socho, Eshtemoa, etc.
See also kjv@Joshua:21:14; kjv@1Samuel:30:27; kjv@1Chronicles:6:57) By Robinson it is identified with ’Attir , six miles north of Molada and ten miles south of Hebron.
JAVAN
- J>@ - (clay). A son of Japheth. kjv@Genesis:10:2-4) Javan was regarded as the representative of the Greek race. The name was probably introduced into Asia by the Phoenicians, to whom the Ionians were naturally better known than any other of the Hellenic races, on account of their commercial activity and the high prosperity of their towns on the western coast of Asia Minor. A town in the souther part of Arabia (Yemen), whither the Phoenicians traded. kjv@Ezekiel:27:19)
JAVELIN
- J>@ - ARMS, ARMOR
JAZER
- J>@ - (Jehovah helps). JAAZER, OR JAZER
JAZIZ
- J>@ - (whom God moves), a Hagarite who had charge of the flocks of King David. ( kjv@1Chronicles:27:31) (B.C. 1046.)
JAKAMEAN
- J>@ - (who gathers the people together), a Levite in the time of King David; fourth of the sons of Hebron, the son of Kohath. ( kjv@1Chronicles:23:19 kjv@1Chronicles:24:23) (B.C. 1014.)
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Jaakan @ he twists, one of the sons of Ezer, the son of Seir the Horite ( kjv@1Chronicles:1:42).
Jaakobah @ heel-catcher, a form of the name Jacob, one of the descendants of Simeon ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:36).
Jaala @ a wild she-goat, one of the Nethinim, whose descendants returned from the Captivity kjv@Nehemiah:7:58).
Jaalam @ concealer, the second of Esau's three sons by Aholibamah kjv@Genesis:36:5 kjv@Genesis:36:14).
Jaanai @ mourner, one of the chief Gadites ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:12).
Jaare-oregim @ forests of the weavers, a Bethlehemite ( kjv@2Samuel:21:19), and the father of Elhanan, who slew Goliath. In kjv@1Chronicles:20:5 called JAIR.
Jaasau @ fabricator, an Israelite who renounced his Gentile wife after the Return kjv@Ezra:10:37).
Jaasiel @ made by God, one of David's body-guard, the son of Abner ( kjv@1Chronicles:27:21), called Jasiel in kjv@1Chronicles:11:47.
Jaaz-aniah @ heard by Jehovah.
(1.) The son of Jeremiah, and one of the chief Rechabites kjv@Jeremiah:35:3).
(2.) The son of Shaphan kjv@Ezekiel:8:11).
(3.) The son of Azur, one of the twenty-five men seen by Ezekiel (11:1) at the east gate of the temple.
(4.) A Maachathite ( kjv@2Kings:25:23; kjv@Jeremiah:40:8 kjv@Jeremiah:42:1). He is also called Azariah kjv@Jeremiah:43:2).
Jaazer @ he (God) helps, a city of the Amorites on the east of Jordan, and assigned, with neighbouring places in Gilead, to Gad kjv@Numbers:32:1-35; kjv@Joshua:13:25). It was allotted to the Merarite Levites (21:39). In David's time it was occupied by the Hebronites, i.e., the descendants of Kohath ( kjv@1Chronicles:26:31). It is mentioned in the "burdens" proclaimed over Moab kjv@Isaiah:16:8-9; kjv@Jeremiah:48:32). Its site is marked by the modern ruin called Sar or Seir, about 10 miles west of Amman, and 12 from Heshbon. "The vineyards that once covered the hill-sides are gone; and the wild Bedawin from the eastern desert make cultivation of any kind impossible."
Jaaziah @ comforted by Jehovah, a descendant of Merari the Levite ( kjv@1Chronicles:24:26-27).
Jaaziel @ comforted by God, a Levitical musician ( kjv@1Chronicles:15:18).
Jabal @ a stream, a descendant of Cain, and brother of Jubal; "the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle" kjv@Genesis:4:20). This description indicates that he led a wandering life.
Jabbok @ a pouring out, or a wrestling, one of the streams on the east of Jordan, into which it falls about midway between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea, or about 45 miles below the Sea of Galilee. It rises on the eastern side of the mountains of Gilead, and runs a course of about 65 miles in a wild and deep ravine. It was the boundary between the territory of the Ammonites and that of Og, king of Bashan kjv@Joshua:12:1-5; kjv@Numbers:21:24); also between the tribe of Reuben and the half tribe of Manasseh (21:24; kjv@Deuteronomy:3:16). In its course westward across the plains it passes more than once underground. "The scenery along its banks is probably the most picturesque in Palestine; and the ruins of town and village and fortress which stud the surrounding mountain-side render the country as interesting as it is beautiful." This river is now called the Zerka, or blue river.
Jabesh @ dry.
(1.) For Jabesh
- Gilead ( kjv@1Samuel:11:3 kjv@1Samuel:11:9-10).
(2.) The father of Shallum ( kjv@2Kings:15:10 kjv@2Kings:15:13, 14), who usurped the throne of Israel on the death of Zachariah.
Jabesh
- Gilead @ a town on the east of Jordan, on the top of one of the green hills of Gilead, within the limits of the half tribe of Manasseh, and in full view of Beth-shan. It is first mentioned in connection with the vengeance taken on its inhabitants because they had refused to come up to Mizpeh to take part with Israel against the tribe of Benjamin kjv@Judges:21:8-14). After the battles at Gibeah, that tribe was almost extinguished, only six hundred men remaining. An expedition went against Jabesh
- Gilead, the whole of whose inhabitants were put to the sword, except four hundred maidens, whom they brought as prisoners and sent to "proclaim peace" to the Benjamites who had fled to the crag Rimmon. These captives were given to them as wives, that the tribe might be saved from extinction Judges:21). This city was afterwards taken by Nahash, king of the Ammonites, but was delivered by Saul, the newly-elected king of Israel. In gratitude for this deliverance, forty years after this, the men of Jabesh
- Gilead took down the bodies of Saul and of his three sons from the walls of Beth-shan, and after burning them, buried the bones under a tree near the city ( kjv@1Samuel:31:11-13). David thanked them for this act of piety ( kjv@2Samuel:2:4-6), and afterwards transferred the remains to the royal sepulchre (21:14). It is identified with the ruins of ed
- Deir, about 6 miles south of Pella, on the north of the Wady Yabis.
Jabez @ affiction.
(1.) A descendant of Judah, of whom it is recorded that "God granted him that which he requested" ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:9-10).
(2.) A place inhabited by several families of the scribes ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:55).
Jabin @ discerner; the wise.
(1.) A king of Hazor, at the time of the entrance of Israel into Canaan kjv@Joshua:11:1-14), whose overthrow and that of the northern chief with whom he had entered into a confederacy against Joshua was the crowning act in the conquest of the land (11:21-23; comp. 14:6-15). This great battle, fought at Lake Merom, was the last of Joshua's battles of which we have any record. Here for the first time the Israelites encountered the iron chariots and horses of the Canaanites.
(2.) Another king of Hazor, called "the king of Canaan," who overpowered the Israelites of the north one hundred and sixty years after Joshua's death, and for twenty years held them in painful subjection. The whole population were paralyzed with fear, and gave way to hopeless despondency kjv@Judges:5:6-11), till Deborah and Barak aroused the national spirit, and gathering together ten thousand men, gained a great and decisive victory over Jabin in the plain of Esdraelon kjv@Judges:4:10-16; comp. kjv@Psalms:83:9). This was the first great victory Israel had gained since the days of Joshua. They never needed to fight another battle with the Canaanites kjv@Judges:5:31).
Jabneel @ built by God.
(1.) A town in the north boundary of Judah kjv@Joshua:15:11), called afterwards by the Greeks Jamnia, the modern Yebna, 11 miles south of Jaffa. After the fall of Jerusalem (A.D. 70), it became one of the most populous cities of Judea, and the seat of a celebrated school.
(2.) A town on the border of Naphtali kjv@Joshua:19:33). Its later name was Kefr Yemmah, "the village by the sea," on the south shore of Lake Merom.
Jabneh @ building, ( kjv@2Chronicals:26:6), identical with Jabneel kjv@Joshua:15:11).
Jachan @ mourner, one of the chief Gadite "brothers" in Bashan ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:13).
Jachin @ firm.
(1.) The fourth son of Simeon kjv@Genesis:46:10), called also Jarib ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:24).
(2.) The head of one of the courses (the twenty-first) of priests ( kjv@1Chronicles:24:17).
(3.) One of the priests who returned from the Exile ( kjv@1Chronicles:9:10).
Jachin and Boaz @ the names of two brazen columns set up in Solomon's temple (kjvKings:7:15-22). Each was eighteen cubits high and twelve in circumference kjv@Jeremiah:52:21-23; kjvKings:7:17-21). They had doubtless a symbolical import.
Jacinth @ properly a flower of a reddish blue or deep purple (hyacinth), and hence a precious stone of that colour kjv@Revelation:21:20). It has been supposed to designate the same stone as the ligure (Heb. leshem) mentioned in kjv@Exodus:28:19 as the first stone of the third row in the high priest's breast-plate. In kjv@Revelation:9:17 the word is simply descriptive of colour.
Jacob @ one who follows on another's heels; supplanter, kjv@Genesis:25:26 kjv@Genesis:27:36; kjv@Hosea:12:2-4), the second born of the twin sons of Isaac by Rebekah. He was born probably at Lahai-roi, when his father was fifty-nine and Abraham one hundred and fifty-nine years old. Like his father, he was of a quiet and gentle disposition, and when he grew up followed the life of a shepherd, while his brother Esau became an enterprising hunter. His dealing with Esau, however, showed much mean selfishness and cunning kjv@Genesis:25:29-34). When Isaac was about 160 years of age, Jacob and his mother conspired to deceive the aged patriarch Genesis:27), with the view of procuring the transfer of the birthright to himself. The birthright secured to him who possessed it
(1) superior rank in his family kjv@Genesis:49:3);
(2) a double portion of the paternal inheritance kjv@Deuteronomy:21:17);
(3) the priestly office in the family kjv@Numbers:8:17-19); and
(4) the promise of the Seed in which all nations of the earth were to be blessed kjv@Genesis:22:18). Soon after his acquisition of his father's blessing Genesis:27), Jacob became conscious of his guilt; and afraid of the anger of Esau, at the suggestion of Rebekah Isaac sent him away to Haran, 400 miles or more, to find a wife among his cousins, the family of Laban, the Syrian
(28). There he met with Rachel
(29). Laban would not consent to give him his daughter in marriage till he had served seven years; but to Jacob these years "seemed but a few days, for the love he had to her." But when the seven years were expired, Laban craftily deceived Jacob, and gave him his daughter Leah. Other seven years of service had to be completed probably before he obtained the beloved Rachel. But "life-long sorrow, disgrace, and trials, in the retributive providence of God, followed as a consequence of this double union." At the close of the fourteen years of service, Jacob desired to return to his parents, but at the entreaty of Laban he tarried yet six years with him, tending his flocks (31:41). He then set out with his family and property "to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan" Genesis:31). Laban was angry when he heard that Jacob had set out on his journey, and pursued after him, overtaking him in seven days. The meeting was of a painful kind. After much recrimination and reproach directed against Jacob, Laban is at length pacified, and taking an affectionate farewell of his daughters, returns to his home in Padanaram. And now all connection of the Israelites with Mesopotamia is at an end. Soon after parting with Laban he is met by a company of angels, as if to greet him on his return and welcome him back to the Land of Promise (32:1-2). He called the name of the place Mahanaim, i.e., "the double camp," probably his own camp and that of the angels. The vision of angels was the counterpart of that he had formerly seen at Bethel, when, twenty years before, the weary, solitary traveller, on his way to Padan-aram, saw the angels of God ascending and descending on the ladder whose top reached to heaven (28:12). He now hears with dismay of the approach of his brother Esau with a band of 400 men to meet him. In great agony of mind he prepares for the worst. He feels that he must now depend only on God, and he betakes himself to him in earnest prayer, and sends on before him a munificent present to Esau, "a present to my lord Esau from thy servant Jacob." Jacob's family were then transported across the Jabbok; but he himself remained behind, spending the night in communion with God. While thus engaged, there appeared one in the form of a man who wrestled with him. In this mysterious contest Jacob prevailed, and as a memorial of it his name was changed to Israel (wrestler with God); and the place where this occured he called Peniel, "for", said he, "I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved" (32:25-31). After this anxious night, Jacob went on his way, halting, mysteriously weakened by the conflict, but strong in the assurance of the divine favour. Esau came forth and met him; but his spirit of revenge was appeased, and the brothers met as friends, and during the remainder of their lives they maintained friendly relations. After a brief sojourn at Succoth, Jacob moved forward and pitched his tent near Shechem (q.v.), 33:18; but at length, under divine directions, he moved to Bethel, where he made an altar unto God (35:6-7), and where God appeared to him and renewed the Abrahamic covenant. While journeying from Bethel to Ephrath (the Canaanitish name of Bethlehem), Rachel died in giving birth to her second son Benjamin (35:16-20), fifteen or sixteen years after the birth of Joseph. He then reached the old family residence at Mamre, to wait on the dying bed of his father Isaac. The complete reconciliation between Esau and Jacob was shown by their uniting in the burial of the patriarch (35:27-29). Jacob was soon after this deeply grieved by the loss of his beloved son Joseph through the jealousy of his brothers (37:33). Then follows the story of the famine, and the successive goings down into Egypt to buy corn
(42), which led to the discovery of the long-lost Joseph, and the patriarch's going down with all his household, numbering about seventy souls kjv@Exodus:1:5; kjv@Deuteronomy:10:22; kjv@Acts:7:14), to sojourn in the land of Goshen. Here Jacob, "after being strangely tossed about on a very rough ocean, found at last a tranquil harbour, where all the best affections of his nature were gently exercised and largely unfolded" Genesis:48). At length the end of his checkered course draws nigh, and he summons his sons to his bedside that he may bless them. Among his last words he repeats the story of Rachel's death, although forty years had passed away since that event took place, as tenderly as if it had happened only yesterday; and when "he had made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost" (49:33). His body was embalmed and carried with great pomp into the land of Canaan, and buried beside his wife Leah in the cave of Machpelah, according to his dying charge. There, probably, his embalmed body remains to this day (50:1-13). (
See HEBRON.) The history of Jacob is referred to by the prophets Hosea (12:3-4, 12) and Malachi (1:2). In kjv@Micah:1:5 the name is a poetic synonym for Israel, the kingdom of the ten tribes. There are, besides the mention of his name along with those of the other patriarchs, distinct references to events of his life in Paul's epistles kjv@Romans:9:11-13; kjv@Hebrews:12:16 kjv@Hebrews:11:21).
See references to his vision at Bethel and his possession of land at Shechem in kjv@John:1:51 kjv@John:4:5 kjv@John:4:12; also to the famine which was the occasion of his going down into Egypt in kjv@Acts:7:12 (
See LUZ ; BETHEL.)
Jacob's Well @ kjv@John:4:5-6). This is one of the few sites in Palestine about which there is no dispute. It was dug by Jacob, and hence its name, in the "parcel of ground" which he purchased from the sons of Hamor kjv@Genesis:33:19). It still exists, but although after copious rains it contains a little water, it is now usually quite dry. It is at the entrance to the valley between Ebal and Gerizim, about 2 miles south-east of Shechem. It is about 9 feet in diameter and about 75 feet in depth, though in ancient times it was no doubt much deeper, probably twice as deep. The digging of such a well must have been a very laborious and costly undertaking. "Unfortunately, the well of Jacob has not escaped that misplaced religious veneration which cannot be satisfied with leaving the object of it as it is, but must build over it a shrine to protect and make it sacred. A series of buildings of various styles, and of different ages, have cumbered the ground, choked up the well, and disfigured the natural beauty and simplicity of the spot. At present the rubbish in the well has been cleared out; but there is still a domed structure over it, and you gaze down the shaft cut in the living rock and see at a depth of 70 feet the surface of the water glimmering with a pale blue light in the darkness, while you notice how the limestone blocks that form its curb have been worn smooth, or else furrowed by the ropes of centuries" (Hugh Macmillan). At the entrance of the enclosure round the well is planted in the ground one of the wooden poles that hold the telegraph wires between Jerusalem and Haifa.
Jaddua @ known.
(1.) One of the chiefs who subscribed the covenant kjv@Nehemiah:10:21).
(2.) The last high priest mentioned in the Old Testament kjv@Nehemiah:12:11-22), sons of Jonathan.
Jadon @ judge, a Meronothite who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem kjv@Nehemiah:3:7).
Jael @ mountain-goat, the wife of Heber the Kenite kjv@Judges:4:17-22). When the Canaanites were defeated by Barak, Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, fled and sought refuge with the friendly tribe of Heber, beneath the oaks of Zaanaim. As he drew near, Jael invited him to enter her tent. He did so, and as he lay wearied on the floor he fell into a deep sleep. She then took in her left hand one of the great wooden pins ("nail") which fastened down the cords of the tent, and in her right hand the mallet, or "hammer," used for driving it into the ground, and stealthily approaching her sleeping guest, with one well-directed blow drove the nail through his temples into the earth kjv@Judges:5:27). She then led Barak, who was in pursuit, into her tent, and boastfully showed him what she had done. (
See SISERA; DEBORAH.)
Jagur @ place of sojourn, a city on the southern border of Judah kjv@Joshua:15:21).
Jah @ a contraction for Jehovah kjv@Psalms:68:4).
Jahath @ union.
(1.) A son of Shimei, and grandson of Gershom ( kjv@1Chronicles:23:10).
(2.) One of the sons of Shelomoth, of the family of Kohath ( kjv@1Chronicles:24:22).
(3.) A Levite of the family of Merari, one of the overseers of the repairs of the temple under Josiah ( kjv@2Chronicals:34:12).
Jahaz @ trodden down (called also Jahaza, kjv@Joshua:13:18; Jahazah, 21:36; Jahzah, kjv@1Chronicles:6:78), a town where Sihon was defeated, in the borders of Moab and in the land of the Ammonites beyond Jordan, and north of the river Arnon kjv@Numbers:21:23; kjv@Deuteronomy:2:32). It was situated in the tribe of Reuben, and was assigned to the Merarite Levites kjv@Joshua:13:18 kjv@Joshua:21:36). Here was fought the decisive battle in which Sihon (q.v.) was completely routed, and his territory (the modern Belka) came into the possession of Israel. This town is mentioned in the denunciations of the prophets against Moab kjv@Isaiah:15:4; kjv@Jeremiah:48:34).
Jahaziel @ beheld by God.
(1.) The third son of Hebron ( kjv@1Chronicles:23:19).
(2.) A Benjamite chief who joined David at Ziklag ( kjv@1Chronicles:12:4).
(3.) A priest who accompanied the removal of the ark to Jerusalem ( kjv@1Chronicles:16:6).
(4.) The son of Zechariah, a Levite of the family of Asaph ( kjv@2Chronicals:20:14-17). He encouraged Jehoshaphat against the Moabites and Ammonites.
Jahdai @ grasper, a descendant of Caleb, of the family of Hezron ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:47).
Jahzeel @ allotted by God, the first of the sons of Naphtali kjv@Genesis:46:24).
Jahzerah @ returner, the son of Meshullam, and father of Adiel ( kjv@1Chronicles:9:12).
Jailer @ (of Philippi), kjv@Acts:16:23. The conversion of the Roman jailer, a man belonging to a class "insensible as a rule and hardened by habit, and also disposed to despise the Jews, who were the bearers of the message of the gospel," is one of those cases which illustrate its universality and power.
Jair @ enlightener.
(1.) The son of Segub. He was brought up with his mother in Gilead, where he had possessions ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:22). He distinguished himself in an expedition against Bashan, and settled in the part of Argob on the borders of Gilead. The small towns taken by him there are called Havoth-jair, i.e., "Jair's villages" kjv@Numbers:32:41; kjv@Deuteronomy:3:14; kjv@Joshua:13:30).
(2.) The eighth judge of Israel, which he ruled for twenty-two years. His opulence is described in kjv@Judges:10:3-5. He had thirty sons, each riding on "ass colts." They had possession of thirty of the sixty cities (kjvKings:4:13; kjv@1Chronicles:2:23) which formed the ancient Havoth-jair.
(3.) A Benjamite, the father of Mordecai, Esther's uncle kjv@Esther:2:5).
(4.) The father of Elhanan, who slew Lahmi, the brother of Goliath ( kjv@1Chronicles:20:5).
Jairus @ a ruler of the synagogue at Capernaum, whose only daughter Jesus restored to life kjv@Mark:5:22; kjv@Luke:8:41). Entering into the chamber of death, accompanied by Peter and James and John and the father and mother of the maiden, he went forward to the bed whereon the corpse lay, and said, Talitha cumi, i.e., "Maid, arise," and immediately the spirit of the maiden came to her again, and she arose straightway; and "at once to strengthen that life which had come back to her, and to prove that she was indeed no ghost, but had returned to the realities of a mortal existence, he commanded to give her something to eat" kjv@Mark:5:43).
Jakeh @ pious, the father of Agur kjv@Proverbs:30:1). Nothing is known of him.
Jakim @ establisher.
(1.) Chief of the twelfth priestly order ( kjv@1Chronicles:24:12).
(2.) A Benjamite ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:19).
(3.) Margin in kjv@Matthew:1:11 means Jehoiakim.
Jalon @ lodger, the last of the four sons of Ezra, of the tribe of Judah ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:17).
Jambres @ one of those who opposed Moses in Egypt ( kjv@2Timothy:3:8). (
See JANNES.)
James @
(1.) The son of Zebedee and Salome; an elder brother of John the apostle. He was one of the twelve. He was by trade a fisherman, in partnership with Peter kjv@Matthew:20:20 kjv@Matthew:27:56). With John and Peter he was present at the transfiguration kjv@Matthew:17:1; kjv@Mark:9:2), at the raising of Jairus's daughter kjv@Mark:5:37-43), and in the garden with our Lord (14:33). Because, probably, of their boldness and energy, he and John were called Boanerges, i.e., "sons of thunder." He was the first martyr among the apostles, having been beheaded by King Herod Agrippa kjv@Acts:12:1-2), A.D. 44. (Comp. kjv@Matthew:4:21 kjv@Matthew:20:20-23).
(2.) The son of Alphaeus, or Cleopas, "the brother" or near kinsman or cousin of our Lord kjv@Galatians:1:18-19), called James "the Less," or "the Little," probably because he was of low stature. He is mentioned along with the other apostles kjv@Matthew:10:3; kjv@Mark:3:18; kjv@Luke:6:15). He had a separate interview with our Lord after his resurrection ( kjv@1Corinthians:15:7), and is mentioned as one of the apostles of the circumcision kjv@Acts:1:13). He appears to have occupied the position of head of the Church at Jerusalem, where he presided at the council held to consider the case of the Gentiles kjv@Acts:12:17 kjv@Acts:15:13-29: 21:18-24). This James was the author of the epistle which bears his name.
James, Epistle of @
(1.) Author of, was James the Less, the Lord's brother, one of the twelve apostles. He was one of the three pillars of the Church kjv@Galatians:2:9).
(2.) It was addressed to the Jews of the dispersion, "the twelve tribes scattered abroad."
(3.) The place and time of the writing of the epistle were Jerusalem, where James was residing, and, from internal evidence, the period between Paul's two imprisonments at Rome, probably about A.D. 62.
(4.) The object of the writer was to enforce the practical duties of the Christian life. "The Jewish vices against which he warns them are, formalism, which made the service of God consist in washings and outward ceremonies, whereas he reminds them (1:27) that it consists rather in active love and purity; fanaticism, which, under the cloak of religious zeal, was tearing Jerusalem in pieces (1:20); fatalism, which threw its sins on God (1:13); meanness, which crouched before the rich (2:2); falsehood, which had made words and oaths play-things (3:2-12); partisanship (3:14); evil speaking (4:11); boasting (4:16); oppression (5:4). The great lesson which he teaches them as Christians is patience, patience in trial (1:2), patience in good works (1:22-25), patience under provocation (3:17), patience under oppression (5:7), patience under persecution (5:10); and the ground of their patience is that the coming of the Lord draweth nigh, which is to right all wrong (5:8)." "Justification by works," which James contends for, is justification before man, the justification of our profession of faith by a consistent life. Paul contends for the doctrine of "justification by faith;" but that is justification before God, a being regarded and accepted as just by virtue of the righteousness of Christ, which is received by faith.
Jannes @ one of the Egyptians who "withstood Moses" ( kjv@2Timothy:3:8).
Janoah @ or Jano'hah, rest.
(1.) A town on the north-eastern border of Ephraim, in the Jordan valley kjv@Joshua:16:6-7). Identified with the modern Yanun, 8 miles south-east of Nablus.
(2.) A town of Northern Palestine, within the boundaries of Naphtali. It was taken by the king of Assyria ( kjv@2Kings:15:29).
Janum @ slumber, a town in the mountains of Judah kjv@Joshua:15:53).
Japheth @ wide spreading: "God shall enlarge Japheth" (Heb. Yaphat Elohim le
- Yephet, kjv@Genesis:9:27. Some, however, derive the name from yaphah, "to be beautiful;" hence white), one of the sons of Noah, mentioned last in order kjv@Genesis:5:32 kjv@Genesis:6:10 kjv@Genesis:7:13 ), perhaps first by birth (10:21; comp. 9:24). He and his wife were two of the eight saved in the ark ( kjv@1Peter:3:20). He was the progenitor of many tribes inhabiting the east of Europe and the north of Asia kjv@Genesis:10:2-5). An act of filial piety (9:20-27) was the occasion of Noah's prophecy of the extension of his posterity. After the Flood the earth was re-peopled by the descendants of Noah, "the sons of Japheth" kjv@Genesis:10:2), "the sons of Ham"
(6), and "the sons of Shem"
(22). It is important to notice that modern ethnological science, reasoning from a careful analysis of facts, has arrived at the conclusion that there is a three-fold division of the human family, corresponding in a remarkable way with the great ethnological chapter of the book of Genesis
(10). The three great races thus distinguished are called the Semitic, Aryan, and Turanian (Allophylian). "Setting aside the cases where the ethnic names employed are of doubtful application, it cannot reasonably be questioned that the author of Genesis:10 has in his account of the sons of Japheth classed together the Cymry or Celts (Gomer), the Medes (Madai), and the Ionians or Greeks (Javan), thereby anticipating what has become known in modern times as the 'Indo
- European Theory,' or the essential unity of the Aryan (Asiatic) race with the principal races of Europe, indicated by the Celts and the Ionians. Nor can it be doubted that he has thrown together under the one head of 'children of Shem' the Assyrians (Asshur), the Syrians (Aram), the Hebrews (Eber), and the Joktanian Arabs (Joktan), four of the principal races which modern ethnology recognizes under the heading of 'Semitic.' Again, under the heading of 'sons of Ham,' the author has arranged 'Cush', i.e., the Ethiopians; 'Mizraim,' the people of Egypt; 'Sheba and Dedan,' or certain of the Southern Arabs; and 'Nimrod,' or the ancient people of Babylon, four races between which the latest linguistic researches have established a close affinity" (Rawlinson's Hist. Illustrations).
Japhia @ splendid.
(1.) The king of Lachish, who joined in the confederacy against Joshua kjv@Joshua:10:3), and was defeated and slain. In one of the Amarna tablets he speaks of himself as king of Gezer. Called also Horam kjv@Joshua:10:33).
(2.) One of the sons of David ( kjv@2Samuel:5:15), born in Jerusalem.
(3.) A town in the southern boundary of Zebulum kjv@Joshua:19:12); now Yafa, 2 miles south-west of Nazareth.
Japho @ beauty, a sea-port in Dan kjv@Joshua:19:46); called Joppa (q.v.) in kjv@2Chronicals:2:16; kjv@Ezra:3:7; kjv@Jonah:1:3; and in New Testament.
Jared @ descent.
(1.) The fourth antediluvian patriarch in descent from Seth kjv@Genesis:5:15-20; kjv@Luke:3:37), the father of Enoch; called Jered in kjv@1Chronicles:1:2.
(2.) A son of Ezra probably ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:18).
Jarib @ an adversary.
(1.) A son of Simeon ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:24).
(2.) One of the chiefs sent by Ezra to bring up the priests to Jerusalem kjv@Ezra:8:16).
(3.) kjv@Ezra:10:18.
Jarmuth @ height.
(1.) A town in the plain of Judah kjv@Joshua:15:35), originally the residence of one of the Canaanitish kings (10:3-5, 23). It has been identified with the modern Yarmuk, a village about 7 miles north-east of Beit
- Jibrin.
(2.) A Levitical city of the tribe of Issachar kjv@Joshua:21:29), supposed by some to be the Ramah of Samuel ( kjv@1Samuel:19:22).
Jashen @ sleeping, called also Hashem ( kjv@1Chronicles:11:34); a person, several of whose sons were in David's body-guard ( kjv@2Samuel:23:32).
Jasher @ upright. "The Book of Jasher," rendered in the LXX. "the Book of the Upright One," by the Vulgate "the Book of Just Ones," was probably a kind of national sacred song-book, a collection of songs in praise of the heroes of Israel, a "book of golden deeds," a national anthology. We have only two specimens from the book,
(1) the words of Joshua which he spake to the Lord at the crisis of the battle of Beth-horon kjv@Joshua:10:12-13); and
(2) "the Song of the Bow," that beautiful and touching mournful elegy which David composed on the occasion of the death of Saul and Jonathan ( kjv@2Samuel:1:18-27).
Jashobeam @ dweller among the people; or to whom the people turn, the Hachmonite ( kjv@1Chronicles:11:11), one of David's chief heroes who joined him at Ziklag (12:6). He was the first of the three who broke through the host of the Philistines to fetch water to David from the well of Bethlehem ( kjv@2Samuel:23:13-17). He is also called Adino the Eznite
(8).
Jashub @ returner.
(1.) The third of Issachar's four sons ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:1); called also Job kjv@Genesis:46:13).
(2.) kjv@Ezra:10:29.
Jason @ he that will cure, the host of Paul and Silas in Thessalonica. The Jews assaulted his house in order to seize Paul, but failing to find him, they dragged Jason before the ruler of the city kjv@Acts:17:5-9). He was apparently one of the kinsmen of Paul kjv@Romans:16:21), and accompanied him from Thessalonica to Corinth.
Jasper @ (Heb. yashpheh, "glittering"), a gem of various colours, one of the twelve inserted in the high priest's breast-plate kjv@Exodus:28:20). It is named in the building of the New Jerusalem kjv@Revelation:21:18-19). It was "most precious," "clear as crystal" (21:11). It was emblematic of the glory of God (4:3).
Jattir @ pre-eminent, a city in the mountains of Judah kjv@Joshua:15:48 kjv@Joshua:21:14).
Javan @
(1.) The fourth "son" of Japheth kjv@Genesis:10:2), whose descendants settled in Greece, i.e., Ionia, which bears the name of Javan in Hebrew. Alexander the Great is called the "king of Javan" (rendered "Grecia," kjv@Daniel:8:21 kjv@Daniel:10:20; comp. 11:2; kjv@Zechariah:9:13). This word was universally used by the nations of the East as the generic name of the Greek race.
(2.) A town or district of Arabia Felix, from which the Syrians obtained iron, cassia, and calamus kjv@Ezekiel:27:19).
Javelin @
(1.) Heb. hanith, a lance, from its flexibility ( kjv@1Samuel:18:10-11 kjv@1Samuel:19:9-10 kjv@1Samuel:20:33 ).
(2.) Heb. romah, a lance for heavy-armed troops, so called from its piercing kjv@Numbers:25:7). (
See ARMS.)
Jaw-bone @ of an ass afforded Samson a weapon for the great slaughter of the Philistines kjv@Judges:15:15), in which he slew a thousand men. In verse 19 the Authorized Version reads, "God clave a hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout." This is a mis-translation of the words. The rendering should be as in the Revised Version, "God clave the hollow place that is in Lehi," etc., Lehi (q.v.) being the name of the hill where this conflict was waged, possibly so called because it was in shape like a jaw-bone.
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JAAKAN @
- Also called AKAN and JAKAN
- Son of Ezer kjv@Genesis:36:27; kjv@Deuteronomy:10:6; kjv@1Chronicles:1:42
JAAKOBAH @
- Descendant of Simeon kjv@1Chronicles:4:36
JAALA @
- Also called JAALAH
- One of the servants of Solomon returned from exile kjv@Ezra:2:56; kjv@Nehemiah:7:58
JAALAM @
- Son of Esau kjv@Genesis:36:5 kjv@Genesis:36:14, 18; kjv@1Chronicles:1:35
JAANAI @
- A Gadite chief kjv@1Chronicles:5:12
JAARE
- OREGIM @
- Father of Elhanan kjv@2Samuel:21:19
JAASAU @
- Of the family of Bani kjv@Ezra:10:37
JAASIEL @
- Son of Abner kjv@1Chronicles:27:21
JAAZANIAH @
-1. Also called Jezaniah .A captain who joined Gedaliah at Mizpah kjv@2Kings:25:23; kjv@Jeremiah:40:8; kjv@Jeremiah:42:1
-2. A Rechabite kjv@Jeremiah:35:3
-3. An idolatrous zealot kjv@Ezekiel:8:11
-4. A wicked prince of Judah kjv@Ezekiel:11:1-13
JAAZER @
- Also called JAZER
- A Levitical city of refuge in Gilead, allotted to Gad, and given to the Levites kjv@Ezekiel:32:1 kjv@Ezekiel:32:Numbers:21:32; 3, 35; kjv@Joshua:13:25; kjv@Joshua:21:39
JAAZIAH @
- A descendant of Merari kjv@1Chronicles:24:26-27
JAAZIEL @
- A Levite musician kjv@1Chronicles:15:18
JABAL @
- Son of Lamech
- A shepherd kjv@Genesis:4:20
JABBOK @
- A stream on the east of the Jordan River, the northern boundary of the possessions of the Ammonites kjv@Numbers:21:24; kjv@Judges:11:13
- Of the Reubenites and the Gadites kjv@Joshua:12:2; kjv@Deuteronomy:3:16
- The northern boundary of the Amorites kjv@Judges:11:22
JABESH
- GILEAD @
- A city east of the Jordan River kjv@Judges:21:8-15
- Beseiged by the Ammonites kjv@1Samuel:11:1-11
- Saul and his sons buried at kjv@1Samuel:31:11-13; kjv@1Chronicles:10:11-12; kjv@2Samuel:2:4
- Bones of Saul and his sons removed from, by David, and buried at Zelah kjv@2Samuel:21:12-14
JABEZ @
-1. A city of the tribe of Judah kjv@1Chronicles:2:55
-2. The head of a family kjv@1Chronicles:4:9-10
JABIN @
- Names of two kings of Hazor kjv@Judges:4:2 kjv@Judges:4:7, 17, kjv@Joshua:11:1-14; 23, 24; kjv@Psalms:83:9
JABNEEL @
-1. A city in the territory of the tribe of Judah kjv@Joshua:15:11
-2. A city of the tribe of Naphtali kjv@Joshua:19:33
JABNEH @
- A Philistine city kjv@2Chronicles:26:6
JACHAN @
- A Gadite kjv@1Chronicles:5:13
JACHIN @
-1. Son of Simeon kjv@Genesis:46:10; kjv@Exodus:6:15; kjv@Numbers:26:12 .Called JARIB kjv@1Chronicles:4:24
-2. Name of a pillar kjv@1Kings:7:21; kjv@2Chronicles:3:17 .
See BOAZ
-3. A priest, who returned from the exile to Jerusalem kjv@1Chronicles:9:10; kjv@Nehemiah:11:10
-4. A priest, head of one of the shifts of priests kjv@1Chronicles:24:17
JACINTH @
- A precious stone kjv@Revelation:9:17; kjv@Revelation:21:20
JACKAL @
- A carnivorous animal kjv@Malachi:1:3
JACOB @
- Son of Isaac, and the twin brother of Esau kjv@Genesis:25:24-26; kjv@Joshua:24:4; kjv@1Chronicles:1:34; kjv@Acts:7:8
- Ancestor of Jesus kjv@Matthew:1:2
- Given in answer to prayer kjv@Genesis:25:21
- Obtains Esau's birthright for just one bowl of stew kjv@Genesis:25:29-34; kjv@Hebrews:12:16
- Fradulently obtains his father's blessing kjv@Genesis:27:1-29; kjv@Hebrews:11:20
- Esau seeks to kill, escapes to Padan-aram kjv@Genesis:27:41-46; kjv@Genesis:28:1-5; kjv@Hosea:12:12
- His vision of the ladder kjv@Genesis:28:10-22
- God confirms the covenant of Abraham to kjv@Genesis:28:13-22; kjv@Genesis:35:9-15; kjv@1Chronicles:16:13-18
- Sojourns in Haran with his uncle, Laban kjv@Genesis:29:30; kjv@Hosea:12:12
- Serves fourteen years for Leah and Rachel kjv@Genesis:29:15-30; kjv@Hosea:12:12
- Sharp practice of, with the flocks and herds of Laban kjv@Genesis:30:32-43
- Dissatisfied with Laban's treatment and returns to the land of Canaan Genesis:31
- Dreads to meet Esau; sends him presents; wrestles with an angel Genesis:32
- Reconciliation of, with Esau kjv@Genesis:33:4
- Journeys to Succoth kjv@Genesis:33:17
- Journeys to Shalem, where he purchase a parcel of ground from Hamor and erects an altar kjv@Genesis:33:18-20
- His daughter, Dinah, is raped Genesis:34
- Returns to Beth-el, where he builds an altar, and erects and dedicates a pillar kjv@Genesis:35:1-7
- Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, dies, and is buried at Beth-el kjv@Genesis:35:8
- Erects a monument at Rachel's grave kjv@Genesis:35:20
- The incest of his son, Reuben, with his concubine, Bilhah kjv@Genesis:35:22
- List of the names of his twelve sons kjv@Genesis:35:23-26
- Returns to Arbah, the city of his father kjv@Genesis:35:27
- Lives in the land of Canaan kjv@Genesis:37:1
- His partiality for his son, Joseph, and the consequent jealousy of his other sons kjv@Genesis:37:3-4
- Joseph's prophetic dream concerning kjv@Genesis:37:9-11
- His grief over the loss of Joseph kjv@Genesis:37:34-35
- Sends to Egypt to buy corn (grain) kjv@Genesis:42:1-2; kjv@Genesis:43:1-14
- His grief over the detention of Simeon and the demand for Benjamin to be taken into Egypt kjv@Genesis:42:36
- His love for Benjamin kjv@Genesis:43:14; kjv@Genesis:44:29
- Hears that Joseph is still alive kjv@Genesis:45:26-28
- Moves to Egypt kjv@Genesis:46:1-7; kjv@1Samuel:12:8; kjv@Psalms:105:23; kjv@Acts:7:14-15
- The list of his children and grandchildren who went down into Egypt kjv@Genesis:46:8-27
- Meets Joseph kjv@Genesis:46:28-34
- Pharaoh receives him, and is blessed by Jacob kjv@Genesis:47:1-10
- The land of Goshen assigned to kjv@Genesis:47:11-12 kjv@Genesis:47:27
- Lives in Egypt for seventeen years kjv@Genesis:47:28
- Exacts a promise from Joseph to bury him with his forefathers kjv@Genesis:47:29-31
- His benediction upon Joseph and his two sons kjv@Genesis:48:15-22
- Gives the land of the Amorites to Joseph kjv@Genesis:48:22; kjv@John:4:5
- His final prophetic benedictions upon his sons .Upon Reuben kjv@Genesis:49:3-4 .Simeon and Levi kjv@Genesis:49:5-7 .Judah kjv@Genesis:49:8-12 .Zebulun kjv@Genesis:49:13 .Issachar kjv@Genesis:49:14-15 .Dan kjv@Genesis:49:16-18 .Gad kjv@Genesis:49:19 .Asher kjv@Genesis:49:20 .Naphtali kjv@Genesis:49:21 .Joseph kjv@Genesis:49:22-26 .Benjamin kjv@Genesis:49:27
- Charges his sons to bury him in the field of Machpelah kjv@Genesis:49:29-30
- Death of kjv@Genesis:49:33
- Body of, embalmed kjv@Genesis:50:2 -40 Days mourning for kjv@Genesis:50:3
- Burial of kjv@Genesis:50:4-13
- Descendants of kjv@Genesis:29:31-35; kjv@Genesis:30:1-24; kjv@Genesis:35:18 kjv@Genesis:35:22-26 kjv@Genesis:46:8-27; kjv@Exodus:1:1-5; kjv@1Chronicles:2:9
- Prophecies concerning himself and his descendants kjv@Genesis:25:23; kjv@Genesis:27:28-29; kjv@Genesis:28:10-15; kjv@Genesis:31:3; kjv@Genesis:35:9-13; kjv@Genesis:46:3; kjv@Deuteronomy:1:8; kjv@Psalms:105:10-11
- His wealth kjv@Genesis:36:6-7
- The well of kjv@John:4:5-30
JAEL @
- Wife of Heber, and the one who killed Sisera kjv@Judges:4:17-22; kjv@Judges:5:6 kjv@Judges:5:24
JAGUR @
- A town of Judah kjv@Joshua:15:21
JAHATH @
- Name of four Levites kjv@1Chronicles:4:2; kjv@1Chronicles:23:10-11; kjv@1Chronicles:24:22; kjv@2Chronicles:34:12
JAHAZ @
- Also called JAHAZA, JAHAZAH, and JAHZAH
- A Levitical city in Reuben, taken from the Moabites kjv@Joshua:13:18; kjv@Joshua:21:36; kjv@Isaiah:15:4; kjv@Jeremiah:48:21
- Sihon defeated at kjv@Numbers:21:23; kjv@Deuteronomy:2:32; kjv@Judges:11:20
JAHAZIAH @
- A returned exile kjv@Ezra:10:15
JAHAZIEL @
-1. A disaffected Israelite who joined David at Ziklag kjv@1Chronicles:12:4
-2. A priest kjv@1Chronicles:16:6
-3. Son of Hebron kjv@1Chronicles:23:19; kjv@1Chronicles:24:23
-4. A Levite and a prophet kjv@2Chronicles:20:14
-5. A chief, or the father of a chief, among the exiles, who returned from Babylon kjv@Ezra:8:5
JAHDAI @
- A descendant of Caleb kjv@1Chronicles:2:47
JAHDIEL @
- Head of a family of the tribe of Manasseh kjv@1Chronicles:5:24
JAHDO @
- Son of Buz kjv@1Chronicles:5:14
JAHLEEL @
- Son of Zebulun kjv@Genesis:46:14; kjv@Numbers:26:26
JAHMAI @
- Son of Tola kjv@1Chronicles:7:2
JAHZAH @
- A city of the tribe of Reuben kjv@1Chronicles:6:78
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See JAHAZ
JAHZEEL @
- Also called JAHZIEL
- A son of Naphtali kjv@Genesis:46:24; kjv@Numbers:26:48; kjv@1Chronicles:7:13
JAHZERAH @
- A priest kjv@1Chronicles:9:12
JAHZIEL @
- General scriptures concerning kjv@1Chronicles:7:13
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See JAHZEEL
JAILER (JAILOR) @
- Of Philippi, converted kjv@Acts:16:27-34
JAIR @
-1. Son of Manasseh. Founder of twenty-three cities in Gilead kjv@Numbers:32:41; kjv@Deuteronomy:3:14; kjv@Joshua:13:30; kjv@1Kings:4:13; kjv@1Chronicles:2:22-23
-2. A judge of Israel kjv@Judges:10:3-5
-3. A Benjamite kjv@Esther:2:5
-4. Father of Elhanan kjv@1Chronicles:20:5
JAIRUS @
- A ruler of the synagogue in Capernaum kjv@Matthew:9:18
- Daughter of, restored to life kjv@Matthew:9:18 kjv@Matthew:9:23-26 kjv@Mark:5:22-43; kjv@Luke:8:41-56
JAKAN @
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See JAAKAN
JAKEH @
- Father of Agur kjv@Proverbs:30:1
JAKIM @
-1. A Benjamite kjv@1Chronicles:8:19
-2. Head of a priestly division in the tabernacle service kjv@1Chronicles:24:12
JALON @
- Son of Ezra:1Chronicles:4:17
JAMBRES @
- An Egyptian magician kjv@Exodus:7:11; kjv@2Timothy:3:8
JAMES @
-1. An apostle. Son of Zebedee and Salome kjv@Matthew:4:21; kjv@Matthew:27:56; kjv@Mark:15:40; kjv@Mark:16:1 .Brother of John and a fisherman kjv@Luke:5:10 .Called to be an apostle kjv@Matthew:4:21-22; kjv@Matthew:10:2; kjv@Mark:1:19-20; kjv@Luke:6:14; kjv@Acts:1:13 .Surnamed Boanerges by Jesus kjv@Mark:3:17 -(An intimate companion of Jesus, and present with him) .At the great catch of fish kjv@Luke:5:10 .At the healing of Peter's mother-in-law kjv@Mark:1:29 .At the raising of the daughter of Jairus kjv@Mark:5:37; kjv@Luke:8:51 .At the transfiguration of Jesus kjv@Matthew:17:1; kjv@Mark:9:2; kjv@Luke:9:28 .In Gethsemane kjv@Matthew:26:37; kjv@Mark:14:33 .Asks Jesus concerning his second coming kjv@Mark:13:3 .Bigotry of kjv@Luke:9:54 .Civil ambitions of kjv@Matthew:20:20-23; kjv@Mark:10:35-41 .Present at Lake Tiberias when Jesus revealed himself to the disciples after his resurrection kjv@John:21:2; kjv@1Corinthians:15:7 .Martyred kjv@Acts:12:2
-2. An apostle .Son of Alphaeus kjv@Matthew:10:3; kjv@Mark:3:18; kjv@Luke:6:15; kjv@Acts:1:13; kjv@Acts:12:17 .Brother of Jesus kjv@Matthew:13:55; kjv@Matthew:27:56; kjv@Mark:6:3; kjv@Luke:24:10; kjv@Galatians:1:19; kjv@Galatians:2:9 kjv@Galatians:2:12 .The brother of Judas kjv@Luke:6:16; kjv@Jude:1:1 .The brother of Joses kjv@Mark:15:40 .Witness of Christ's resurrection kjv@1Corinthians:15:7 .Addresses the gathering at Jerusalem in favor of liberty for the Gentile converts kjv@Acts:15:13-21 .Disciples sent by, to Antioch kjv@Galatians:2:12 .Hears of the success attending Paul's ministry kjv@Acts:21:18-19 .Epistle of kjv@James:1:1
-3. Brother of Jesus kjv@Matthew:13:55; kjv@Mark:6:3; kjv@Galatians:1:19
JAMIN @
-1. Son of Simeon kjv@Genesis:46:10; kjv@Exodus:6:15; kjv@Numbers:26:12; kjv@1Chronicles:4:24
-2. Descendant of Hezron kjv@1Chronicles:2:27
-3. A priest who expounded the law to the exiles who returned to Jerusalem kjv@Nehemiah:8:7
JAMLECH @
- Descendant of Simeon kjv@1Chronicles:4:34
JANNA @
- Ancestor of Joseph kjv@Luke:3:24
JANNES @
- An Egyptian magician kjv@Exodus:7:11; kjv@2Timothy:3:8
JANOAH @
- A city of the tribe of Naphtali kjv@2Kings:15:29
JANOHAH @
- A city on the border of the tribe of Ephraim kjv@Joshua:16:6-7
JANUM @
- A city of the tribe of Judah kjv@Joshua:15:53
JAPHETH @
- Son of Noah kjv@Genesis:5:32; kjv@Genesis:6:10; kjv@Genesis:9:18; kjv@Genesis:10:21
- His life preserved at the time of the great flood kjv@Genesis:7:13; kjv@Genesis:9:18
- Prudence of, on the occasion of Noah's drunkenness kjv@Genesis:9:23 kjv@Genesis:9:27
- Descendants of kjv@Genesis:10:2-5; kjv@1Chronicles:1:5-7
JAPHIA @
-1. King of Lachish kjv@Joshua:10:3
-2. A town of Zebulun kjv@Joshua:19:12
-3. A son of David kjv@2Samuel:5:15; kjv@1Chronicles:3:7; kjv@1Chronicles:14:6
JAPHLET @
- Grandson of Beriah kjv@1Chronicles:7:33
JAPHLETI @
- A place whose location is unknown kjv@Joshua:16:3
JAPHO @
- A city of the tribe of Dan kjv@Joshua:19:46
JARAH @
- Son of Ahaz kjv@1Chronicles:9:42
JAREB @
- King of Asshur kjv@Hosea:5:13; kjv@Hosea:10:6
JARED @
-1. Also called JERED .A descendant of Seth kjv@Genesis:5:15-16 kjv@Genesis:5:18 kjv@Genesis:5:19 kjv@Genesis:5:20; kjv@1Chronicles:1:2
-2. An ancestor of Jesus kjv@Luke:3:37
JARESIAH @
- Son of Jeroham kjv@1Chronicles:8:27
JARHA @
- An Egyptian 1Chronicles:2
JARIB @
-1. Son of Simeon kjv@1Chronicles:4:24
-2. A chief among the captivity kjv@Ezra:8:16
-3. A priest who married an idolatrous wife kjv@Ezra:10:18
JARMUTH @
-1. A city in the territory of the tribe of Judah kjv@Joshua:10:3-5 kjv@Joshua:10:23; kjv@Joshua:12:11; kjv@Joshua:15:35; kjv@Nehemiah:11:29
-2. A Levitical city in Issachar kjv@Joshua:21:29
JAROAH @
- A descendant of Gad kjv@1Chronicles:5:14
JASHEN @
- Father of one of David's heroes kjv@2Samuel:23:32
JASHOBEAM @
-1. One of David's warriors kjv@2Samuel:23:8; kjv@1Chronicles:11:11; kjv@1Chronicles:27:2
-2. A Korhite Levite kjv@1Chronicles:12:6
JASHUB @
-1. Son of Issachar kjv@Numbers:26:24; kjv@1Chronicles:7:1 .Called JOB in kjv@Genesis:46:13
-2. Of the family of Bani kjv@Ezra:10:29
JASHUBI
- LEHEM @
- A descendant of Shelah kjv@1Chronicles:4:22
JASIEL @
- One of David's warriors kjv@1Chronicles:11:47
JASON @
- A Christian at Thessalonica kjv@Acts:17:5-6 kjv@Acts:17:7 kjv@Acts:17:9
- Probably Paul's kinsman, mentioned in kjv@Romans:16:21
JASPER @
- A precious stone, set in the high priest's breastplate kjv@Exodus:28:20; kjv@Exodus:39:13
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