{"query": "Easton: Birth", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_c380d5c3c362", "title": "Easton: Birth", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "As soon as a child was born it was washed, and rubbed with salt (Ezek. 16:4), and then swathed with bandages (Job 38:9; Luke 2:7, 12). A Hebrew mother remained forty days in seclusion after the birth "}, {"id": "card_n_18556a9035c6", "title": "Easton: Birth-day", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The observance of birth-days was common in early times (Job 1:4, 13, 18). They were specially celebrated in the land of Egypt (Gen. 40:20). There is no recorded instance in Scripture of the celebratio"}, {"id": "card_n_ab437ef6a525", "title": "Easton: John the Baptist", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The “forerunner of our Lord.” We have but fragmentary and imperfect accounts of him in the Gospels. He was of priestly descent. His father, Zacharias, was a priest of the course of Abia (1 Chr. 24:10)"}, {"id": "card_n_8ef7418cf050", "title": "Easton: Arimathea", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A “city of the Jews” (Luke 23:51), the birth-place of Joseph in whose sepulchre our Lord was laid (Matt. 27:57, 60; John 19:38). It is probably the same place as Ramathaim in Ephraim, and the birth-pl"}, {"id": "card_n_f9f40f0265a5", "title": "Easton: Cyrenius", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Grecized form of Quirinus. His full name was Publius Sulpicius Quirinus. Recent historical investigation has proved that Quirinus was governor of Cilicia, which was annexed to Syria at the time of"}, {"id": "card_n_bd8404b052c2", "title": "Easton: Nativity of Christ", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The birth of our Lord took place at the time and place predicted by the prophets (Gen. 49:10; Isa. 7:14; Jer. 31:15; Micah 5:2; Hag. 2:6-9; Dan. 9:24, 25). Joseph and Mary were providentially led to g"}, {"id": "card_n_2acf4e5828ab", "title": "Easton: Ruth The Book of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Was originally a part of the Book of Judges, but it now forms one of the twenty-four separate books of the Hebrew Bible. The history it contains refers to a period perhaps about one hundred and twenty"}, {"id": "card_n_12032d50c8df", "title": "Easton: Birthright", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) This word denotes the special privileges and advantages belonging to the first-born son among the Jews. He became the priest of the family. Thus Reuben was the first-born of the patriarchs, and s"}, {"id": "card_n_cc1a489c9c38", "title": "Easton: Benjamin", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Son of my right hand. (1.) The younger son of Jacob by Rachel (Gen. 35:18). His birth took place at Ephrath, on the road between Bethel and Bethlehem, at a short distance from the latter place. His mo"}, {"id": "card_n_4a3a557c7164", "title": "Easton: Bethlehem", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "House of bread. (1.) A city in the “hill country” of Judah. It was originally called Ephrath (Gen. 35:16, 19; 48:7; Ruth 4:11). It was also called Beth-lehem Ephratah (Micah 5:2), Beth-lehem-judah (1 "}, {"id": "card_c_3415be2aa19e", "title": "Easton: Birth-day references Matthew", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references Matthew. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_c_d361abbe0941", "title": "Easton: Birth-day references John", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references John. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_c_9e03f0d8a5da", "title": "Easton: Birth cites Job", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Job 38:9 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_dbb61fbfd7d2", "title": "Easton: Birth-day cites Job", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Job 1:4 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_6949a5536e69", "title": "Easton: Barber", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Found only once, in Ezek. 5:1, where reference is made to the Jewish custom of shaving the head as a sign of mourning. The Nazarites were untouched by the razor from their birth (Num. 6:5). Comp. Judg"}, {"id": "card_c_8ff0b54da833", "title": "Easton: Birth cites Titus", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites Titus 3:5 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_7927cf8b7e10", "title": "Easton: Stars", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The eleven stars (Gen. 37:9); the seven (Amos 5:8); wandering (Jude 1:13); seen in the east at the birth of Christ, probably some luminous meteors miraculously formed for this specific purpose (Matt. "}, {"id": "card_c_703a03bfc97c", "title": "Easton: Birth cites Luke", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites Luke 2:7; Luke 2:22 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_c4482bb86f1c", "title": "Easton: Birth cites John", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites John 16:21; John 3:3 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_b3d9d4a61d4e", "title": "Easton: Baal-meon", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Lord of dwelling, a town of Reuben (Num. 32:38), called also Beth-meon (Jer. 48:23) and Beth-baal-meon (Josh. 13:17). It is supposed to have been the birth-place of Elisha. It is identified with the m"}]}