{"query": "Easton: Altar", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_e4bfef18f9ff", "title": "Easton: Altar", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. mizbe’ah, from a word meaning “to slay”), any structure of earth (Ex. 20:24) or unwrought stone (20:25) on which sacrifices were offered. Altars were generally erected in conspicuous places (Gen"}, {"id": "card_n_d3ca682afeb7", "title": "Easton: High place", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "An eminence, natural or artificial, where worship by sacrifice or offerings was made (1 Kings 13:32; 2 Kings 17:29). The first altar after the Flood was built on a mountain (Gen. 8:20). Abraham also b"}, {"id": "card_n_e87676aeee29", "title": "Easton: Pan", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A vessel of metal or earthenware used in culinary operations; a cooking-pan or frying-pan frequently referred to in the Old Testament (Lev. 2:5; 6:21; Num. 11:8; 1 Sam. 2:14, etc.). The “ash-pans” men"}, {"id": "card_n_c5b224d84814", "title": "Easton: Fire", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) For sacred purposes. The sacrifices were consumed by fire (Gen. 8:20). The ever-burning fire on the altar was first kindled from heaven (Lev. 6:9, 13; 9:24), and afterwards rekindled at the dedic"}, {"id": "card_n_ad9dc748d311", "title": "Easton: Horn", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Trumpets were at first horns perforated at the tip, used for various purposes (Josh. 6:4, 5). Flasks or vessels were made of horn (1 Sam. 16:1, 13; 1 Kings 1:39). But the word is used also metaphorica"}, {"id": "card_n_10c1d0425f60", "title": "Easton: Ed", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Witness, a word not found in the original Hebrew, nor in the LXX. and Vulgate, but added by the translators in the Authorized Version, also in the Revised Version, of Josh. 22:34. The words are litera"}, {"id": "card_n_01a6eb80ed99", "title": "Easton: Urijah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The lord is my light. (1.) A high priest in the time of Ahaz (2 Kings 16:10-16), at whose bidding he constructed an idolatrous altar like one the king had seen at Damascus, to be set up instead of the"}, {"id": "card_n_ebea07e0d389", "title": "Easton: Censer", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The vessel in which incense was presented on “the golden altar” before the Lord in the temple (Ex. 30:1-9). The priest filled the censer with live coal from the sacred fire on the altar of burnt-offer"}, {"id": "card_n_6ae7b068ea27", "title": "Easton: Phinehas", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Mouth of brass, or from old Egypt, the negro. (1.) Son of Eleazar, the high priest (Ex. 6:25). While yet a youth he distinguished himself at Shittim by his zeal against the immorality into which the M"}, {"id": "card_n_f4a0f3c27fd3", "title": "Easton: Holy place", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "One of the two portions into which the tabernacle was divided (Ex. 26:31; 37:17-25; Heb. 9:2). It was 20 cubits long and 10 in height and breadth. It was illuminated by the golden candlestick, as it h"}, {"id": "card_n_b003bb46e6aa", "title": "Easton: Blood", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) As food, prohibited in Gen. 9:4, where the use of animal food is first allowed. Comp. Deut. 12:23; Lev. 3:17; 7:26; 17:10-14. The injunction to abstain from blood is renewed in the decree of the "}, {"id": "card_n_71b91a864610", "title": "Easton: Testimony", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Witness or evidence (2 Thess. 1:10). (2.) The Scriptures, as the revelation of God’s will (2 Kings 11:12; Ps. 19:7; 119:88; Isa. 8:16, 20). (3.) The altar raised by the Gadites and Reubenites (Jo"}, {"id": "card_c_0ef67e573e54", "title": "Easton: Altar references Romans", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references Romans. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_c_31ade1b629f8", "title": "Easton: Altar cites Ezra", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Ezra 3:3 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_2c8ff9de8e8c", "title": "Easton: Garlands", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Acts 14:13). In heathen sacrifices the victims were adorned with fillets and garlands made of wool, with leaves and flowers interwoven. The altar and the priests and attendants were also in like mann"}, {"id": "card_c_3cb33a603c79", "title": "Easton: Altar cites 2 Kings", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites 2 Kings 23:12; 2 Kings 16:14 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_7268afba4cd8", "title": "Easton: Altar cites Acts", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Acts 14:13; Acts 17:23 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_f0429a7c9e99", "title": "Easton: Altar cites 1 Kings", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites 1 Kings 8:22; 1 Kings 6:20 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_c6985b22cac0", "title": "Easton: Jehovah-nissi", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Jehovah my banner, the title given by Moses to the altar which he erected on the hill on the top of which he stood with uplifted hands while Israel prevailed over their enemies the Amalekites (Ex. 17:"}, {"id": "card_n_77bd738973a4", "title": "Easton: Mattan", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Gift. (1.) A priest of Baal, slain before his altar during the reformation under Jehoiada (2 Kings 11:18). (2.) The son of Eleazar, and father of Jacob, who was the father of Joseph, the husband of th"}]}