{"query": "Easton: Augustus band", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_aa9dfb83a686", "title": "Easton: Augustus band", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Acts 27:1.: literally, of Sebaste, the Greek form of Augusta, the name given to Caesarea in honour of Augustus Caesar). Probably this “band” or cohort consisted of Samaritan soldiers belonging to Cae"}, {"id": "card_c_b65b413ddd9c", "title": "Easton: Augustus band cites Acts", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Acts 27:1 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_8388cc42df21", "title": "Easton: Augustus band references Caesarea", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Caesarea (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_fa79f8a935af", "title": "Easton: Augustus", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The cognomen of the first Roman emperor, C. Julius Caesar Octavianus, during whose reign Christ was born (Luke 2:1). His decree that “all the world should be taxed” was the divinely ordered occasion o"}, {"id": "card_n_18d0b29ebe2e", "title": "Easton: Girdle", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Heb. hagor, a girdle of any kind worn by soldiers (1 Sam. 18:4; 2 Sam. 20:8; 1 Kings 2:5; 2 Kings 3:21) or women (Isa. 3:24). (2.) Heb. ‘ezor, something “bound,” worn by prophets (2 Kings 1:8; Je"}, {"id": "card_n_31cca21741a0", "title": "Easton: Caesarea", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Palestinae), a city on the shore of the Mediterranean, on the great road from Tyre to Egypt, about 70 miles northwest of Jerusalem, at the northern extremity of the plain of Sharon. It was built by H"}, {"id": "card_n_720b8c854ff6", "title": "Easton: Army", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Israelites marched out of Egypt in military order (Ex. 13:18, “harnessed;” marg., “five in a rank”). Each tribe formed a battalion, with its own banner and leader (Num. 2:2; 10:14). In war the arm"}, {"id": "card_c_fb4cef51a235", "title": "Easton: Augustus cites Micah", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites Micah 5:2 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_52e6c628a18b", "title": "Easton: Augustus cites Luke", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites Luke 2:1; Luke 3:1 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_12f6b7ff2716", "title": "Easton: Eliada", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Whom God cares for. (1.) One of David’s sons born after his establishment in Jerusalem (2 Sam. 5:16). (2.) A mighty man of war, a Benjamite (2 Chr. 17:17). (3.) An Aramite of Zobah, captain of a marau"}, {"id": "card_n_da4b14b78cbe", "title": "Easton: Husband", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "I.e., the “house-band,” connecting and keeping together the whole family. A man when betrothed was esteemed from that time a husband (Matt. 1:16, 20; Luke 2:5). A recently married man was exempt from "}, {"id": "card_n_7949507ff631", "title": "Easton: Beth-aram", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "House of the height; i.e., “mountain-house”, one of the towns of Gad, 3 miles east of Jordan, opposite Jericho (Josh. 13:27). Probably the same as Beth-haran in Num. 32:36. It was called by king Herod"}, {"id": "card_n_93723810b32c", "title": "Easton: Karkor", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Foundation, a place in the open desert wastes on the east of Jordan (Judg. 8:10), not far beyond Succoth and Penuel, to the south. Here Gideon overtook and routed a fugitive band of Midianites under Z"}, {"id": "card_c_3345190ede4d", "title": "Easton: Augustus references Bethlehem", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Bethlehem (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_d8ef640d40a7", "title": "Easton: Augustus references Jesus", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Jesus (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_n_56dbbf5c1e92", "title": "Easton: Nicopolis", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "City of victory, where Paul intended to winter (Titus 3:12). There were several cities of this name. The one here referred to was most probably that in Epirus, which was built by Augustus Caesar to co"}, {"id": "card_n_9bf7ce2fdd05", "title": "Easton: Caesar", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The title assumed by the Roman emperors after Julius Caesar. In the New Testament this title is given to various emperors as sovereigns of Judaea without their accompanying distinctive proper names (J"}, {"id": "card_n_dfb5c4cc0e5e", "title": "Easton: Quaternion", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A band of four soldiers. Peter was committed by Herod to the custody of four quaternions, i.e., one quaternion for each watch of the night (Acts 12:4). Thus every precaution was taken against his esca"}, {"id": "card_n_ae904ac2c172", "title": "Easton: Tiberius Caesar", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "I.e., as known in Roman history, Tiberius Claudius Nero, only mentioned in Luke 3:1. He was the stepson of Augustus, whom he succeeded on the throne, A.D. 14. He was noted for his vicious and infamous"}, {"id": "card_n_54701340dfa0", "title": "Easton: Ittai", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Near; timely; or, with the Lord. (1.) A Benjamite, one of David’s thirty heroes (2 Sam. 23:29). (2.) A native of Gath, a Philistine, who had apparently the command of the six hundred heroes who formed"}]}