{"query": "Easton: Affection", "count": 15, "results": [{"id": "card_n_90881c2d14e1", "title": "Easton: Affection", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Feeling or emotion. Mention is made of “vile affections” (Rom. 1:26) and “inordinate affection” (Col. 3:5). Christians are exhorted to set their affections on things above (Col. 3:2). There is a disti"}, {"id": "card_n_c106342b45b4", "title": "Easton: Godliness", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The whole of practical piety (1 Tim. 4:8; 2 Pet. 1:6). “It supposes knowledge, veneration, affection, dependence, submission, gratitude, and obedience.” In 1 Tim. 3:16 it denotes the substance of reve"}, {"id": "card_n_59ac60caaf69", "title": "Easton: Epaphroditus", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Fair, graceful; belonging to Aphrodite or Venus the messenger who came from Phillipi to the apostle when he was a prisoner at Rome (Phil. 2:25-30; 4:10-18). Paul mentions him in words of esteem and af"}, {"id": "card_n_360664a0ce97", "title": "Easton: Abba", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "This Syriac or Chaldee word is found three times in the New Testament (Mark 14:36; Rom. 8:15; Gal. 4:6), and in each case is followed by its Greek equivalent, which is translated “father.” It is a ter"}, {"id": "card_n_1ad06120c75b", "title": "Easton: Kiss", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Of affection (Gen. 27:26, 27; 29:13; Luke 7:38, 45); reconciliation (Gen. 33:4; 2 Sam. 14:33); leave-taking (Gen. 31:28, 55; Ruth 1:14; 2 Sam. 19:39); homage (Ps. 2:12; 1 Sam. 10:1); spoken of as betw"}, {"id": "card_n_2665d2ef6526", "title": "Easton: Fellowship", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) With God, consisting in the knowledge of his will (Job 22:21; John 17:3); agreement with his designs (Amos 3:2); mutual affection (Rom. 8: 38, 39); enjoyment of his presence (Ps. 4:6); conformity"}, {"id": "card_n_c84effbaf92f", "title": "Easton: Cutting", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The flesh in various ways was an idolatrous practice, a part of idol-worship (Deut. 14:1; 1 Kings 18:28). The Israelites were commanded not to imitate this practice (Lev. 19:28; 21:5; Deut. 14:1). The"}, {"id": "card_n_519f69d3f0c1", "title": "Easton: Gier eagle", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Heb. raham = “parental affection,” Lev. 11:18; Deut. 14:17; R.V., “vulture”), a species of vulture living entirely on carrion. “It is about the size of a raven; has an almost triangular, bald, and wri"}, {"id": "card_n_987b6375e5b0", "title": "Easton: Brother", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) In the natural and common sense (Matt. 1:2; Luke 3:1, 19). (2.) A near relation, a cousin (Gen. 13:8; 14:16; Matt. 12:46; John 7:3; Acts 1:14; Gal. 1:19). (3.) Simply a fellow-countryman (Matt. 5"}, {"id": "card_n_3d4cd9cfdc02", "title": "Easton: Rachel", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Ewe, “the daughter”, “the somewhat petulant, peevish, and self-willed though beautiful younger daughter” of Laban, and one of Jacob’s wives (Gen. 29:6, 28). He served Laban fourteen years for her, so "}, {"id": "card_n_653f254f3655", "title": "Easton: Dove", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "In their wild state doves generally build their nests in the clefts of rocks, but when domesticated “dove-cots” are prepared for them (Cant. 2:14; Jer. 48:28; Isa. 60:8). The dove was placed on the st"}, {"id": "card_n_1e2a6d9b6b70", "title": "Easton: Michal", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Rivulet, or who as God?, the younger of Saul’s two daughters by his wife Ahinoam (1 Sam. 14:49, 50). “Attracted by the graces of his person and the gallantry of his conduct, she fell in love with Davi"}, {"id": "card_n_db66dd83a191", "title": "Easton: Jonathan", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Whom Jehovah gave, the name of fifteen or more persons that are mentioned in Scripture. The chief of these are, (1.) A Levite descended from Gershom (Judg. 18:30). His history is recorded in 17:7-13 a"}, {"id": "card_n_f0e884ecf38d", "title": "Easton: Stork", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Heb. hasidah, meaning “kindness,” indicating thus the character of the bird, which is noted for its affection for its young. It is in the list of birds forbidden to be eaten by the Levitical law (Lev."}, {"id": "card_n_2133c346ee9b", "title": "Easton: Love", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "This word seems to require explanation only in the case of its use by our Lord in his interview with “Simon, the son of Jonas,” after his resurrection (John 21:16, 17). When our Lord says, “Lovest tho"}]}