{"query": "Easton: Allegory", "count": 10, "results": [{"id": "card_n_87480a2f4984", "title": "Easton: Allegory", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Used only in Gal. 4:24, where the apostle refers to the history of Isaac the free-born, and Ishmael the slave-born, and makes use of it allegorically. Every parable is an allegory. Nathan (2 Sam. 12:1"}, {"id": "card_c_84ed883cf1c5", "title": "Easton: Allegory references Psalms", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references Psalms. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_n_8c5c06a352cc", "title": "Easton: Riddle", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. hodah). The oldest and, strictly speaking, the only example of a riddle was that propounded by Samson (Judg. 14:12-18). The parabolic prophecy in Ezek. 17:2-18 is there called a “riddle.” It was"}, {"id": "card_c_a9d77001df35", "title": "Easton: Allegory references David", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions David (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_c_778e29421bdf", "title": "Easton: Allegory references Egypt", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Egypt (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_c_4fe76ab4ffd0", "title": "Easton: Allegory references Isaac", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Isaac (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_c_d1179ccff4ca", "title": "Easton: Allegory references Ishmael", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Ishmael (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_n_9ef1dbcbe76c", "title": "Easton: Sarah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Princess, the wife and at the same time the half-sister of Abraham (Gen. 11:29; 20:12). This name was given to her at the time that it was announced to Abraham that she should be the mother of the pro"}, {"id": "card_n_c84135483b63", "title": "Easton: Parable", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Gr. parabole), a placing beside; a comparison; equivalent to the Heb. mashal, a similitude. In the Old Testament this is used to denote (1) a proverb (1 Sam. 10:12; 24:13; 2 Chr. 7:20), (2) a prophet"}, {"id": "card_n_6910542fd807", "title": "Easton: Jonah, Book of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "This book professes to give an account of what actually took place in the experience of the prophet. Some critics have sought to interpret the book as a parable or allegory, and not as a history. They"}]}