{"query": "Easton: Branch", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_4e8b942c6618", "title": "Easton: Branch", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A symbol of kings descended from royal ancestors (Ezek. 17:3, 10; Dan. 11:7); of prosperity (Job 8:16); of the Messiah, a branch out of the root of the stem of Jesse (Isa. 11:1), the “beautiful branch"}, {"id": "card_n_74603c751200", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_11_vii: A branch cut off from the continuity of that which was next unto it, must nee...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A branch cut off from the continuity of that which was next unto it, must needs be cut off from the whole tree: so a man that is divided from another man, is divided from the whole society. A branch i"}, {"id": "card_n_a2d4265d581b", "title": "John 15", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "1. “I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.\n2. Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.\n3. You are alr"}, {"id": "card_n_b77bacae5909", "title": "Easton: Pi-beseth", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Ezek. 30:17), supposed to mean. “a cat,” or a deity in the form of a cat, worshipped by the Egyptians. It was called by the Greeks Bubastis. The hieroglyphic name is “Pe-bast”, i.e., the house of Bas"}, {"id": "card_n_31774f6110f5", "title": "Easton: Nazarene", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "This epithet (Gr. Nazaraios) is applied to Christ only once (Matt. 2:23). In all other cases the word is rendered “of Nazareth” (Mark 1:24; 10:47; 14:67, etc.). When this Greek designation was at firs"}, {"id": "card_n_b3eb866eaaf2", "title": "Easton: Philistines", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Gen. 10:14, R.V.; but in A.V., “Philistim”), a tribe allied to the Phoenicians. They were a branch of the primitive race which spread over the whole district of the Lebanon and the valley of the Jord"}, {"id": "card_n_23056c195769", "title": "Carve a Willow Whistle", "shelf": "maker", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "From a fresh-cut springtime willow branch, carve a working whistle. The bark slips off in spring sap — that's the trick."}, {"id": "card_c_7b693786f283", "title": "Easton: Branch cites Job", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Job 8:16 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_34f6a124d7cf", "title": "Easton: Branch cites John", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites John 15:5 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_250b46e425dd", "title": "Easton: Wise men", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Mentioned in Dan. 2:12 included three classes, (1) astrologers, (2) Chaldeans, and (3) soothsayers. The word in the original (hakamim) probably means “medicine men. In Chaldea medicine was only a bran"}, {"id": "card_n_afcb9fb49fac", "title": "Easton: Ulai", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Eulaus of the Greeks; a river of Susiana. It was probably the eastern branch of the Choasper (Kerkhan), which divided into two branches some 20 miles above the city of Susa. Hence Daniel (8:2, 16)"}, {"id": "card_n_e33b56815429", "title": "Easton: Horites", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cave-men, a race of Troglodytes who dwelt in the limestone caves which abounded in Edom. Their ancestor was “Seir,” who probably gave his name to the district where he lived. They were a branch of the"}, {"id": "card_c_e27778757800", "title": "Easton: Branch references Babylon", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Babylon (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_8ec1b4d81068", "title": "Easton: Branch references Dan", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Dan (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_2bb5f02b0e18", "title": "Easton: Branch references Jehoiakim", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Jehoiakim (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_af9c15a81db5", "title": "Easton: Branch references Jesse", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Jesse (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_1b68a9df3e0a", "title": "Easton: Girgashite", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Dwelling in clayey soil, the descendants of the fifth son of Canaan (Gen. 10:16), one of the original tribes inhabiting the land of Canaan before the time of the Israelites (Gen. 15:21; Deut. 7:1). Th"}, {"id": "card_n_495901d61730", "title": "Easton: Korahites", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "That portion of the Kohathites that descended from Korah. (1.) They were an important branch of the singers of the Kohathite division (2 Chr. 20:19). There are eleven psalms (42-49; 84; 85; 87; 88) de"}, {"id": "card_n_3d590879bda3", "title": "Easton: Hivites", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "One of the original tribes scattered over Palestine, from Hermon to Gibeon in the south. The name is interpreted as “midlanders” or “villagers” (Gen. 10:17; 1 Chr. 1:15). They were probably a branch o"}, {"id": "card_n_1dd30499be9a", "title": "Easton: River of Egypt", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Heb. nahar mitsraim, denotes in Gen. 15:18 the Nile, or its eastern branch (2 Chr. 9:26). (2.) In Num. 34:5 (R.V., “brook of Egypt”) the Hebrew word is nahal, denoting a stream flowing rapidly in"}]}