{"query": "Easton: Brother", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_31c4df0ae514", "title": "Easton: Levirate Law", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "From Latin levir, “a husband’s brother,” the name of an ancient custom ordained by Moses, by which, when an Israelite died without issue, his surviving brother was required to marry the widow, so as t"}, {"id": "card_n_020761375870", "title": "Easton: Elhanan", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Whom God has graciously bestowed. (1.) A warrior of the time of David famed for his exploits. In the Authorized Version (2 Sam. 21:19) it is recorded that “Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Bethlehem"}, {"id": "card_n_7ccceb024537", "title": "Easton: Ahijah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Brother (i.e., “friend”) of Jehovah. (1.) One of the sons of Bela (1 Chr. 8:7, R.V.). In A.V. called “Ahiah.” (2.) One of the five sons of Jerahmeel, who was great-grandson of Judah (1 Chr. 2:25). (3."}, {"id": "card_n_d1a91f3a0612", "title": "Easton: Peter", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Originally called Simon (=Simeon, i.e., “hearing”), a very common Jewish name in the New Testament. He was the son of Jona (Matt. 16:17). His mother is nowhere named in Scripture. He had a younger bro"}, {"id": "card_n_ecb95b517f49", "title": "Easton: Ahihud", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Brother (i.e., “friend”) of union. (1.) A son of Bela, the son of Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:7). (2.) Name different in Hebrew, meaning brother of Judah. Chief of the tribe of Asher; one of those appointed by"}, {"id": "card_n_2d3fa06b39e9", "title": "Easton: Manaen", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Consoler, a Christian teacher at Antioch. Nothing else is known of him beyond what is stated in Acts 13:1, where he is spoken of as having been brought up with (Gr. syntrophos; rendered in R.V. “foste"}, {"id": "card_n_260540cf3899", "title": "Easton: Kenaz", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Hunter. (1.) One of the sons of Eliphaz, the son of Esau. He became the chief of an Edomitish tribe (Gen. 36:11, 15, 42). (2.) Caleb’s younger brother, and father of Othniel (Josh. 15:17), whose famil"}, {"id": "card_n_b42234543200", "title": "Easton: Ephraim", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Double fruitfulness (“for God had made him fruitful in the land of his affliction”). The second son of Joseph, born in Egypt (Gen. 41:52; 46:20). The first incident recorded regarding him is his being"}, {"id": "card_n_6ad984990288", "title": "Easton: Shem", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A name; renown, the first mentioned of the sons of Noah (Gen. 5:32; 6:10). He was probably the eldest of Noah’s sons. The words “brother of Japheth the elder” in Gen. 10:21 are more correctly rendered"}, {"id": "card_n_ef77668566cf", "title": "Easton: Nahor", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Snorting. (1.) The father of Terah, who was the father of Abraham (Gen. 11:22-25; Luke 3:34). (2.) A son of Terah, and elder brother of Abraham (Gen. 11:26, 27; Josh. 24:2, R.V.). He married Milcah, t"}, {"id": "card_n_987b6375e5b0", "title": "Easton: Brother", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) In the natural and common sense (Matt. 1:2; Luke 3:1, 19). (2.) A near relation, a cousin (Gen. 13:8; 14:16; Matt. 12:46; John 7:3; Acts 1:14; Gal. 1:19). (3.) Simply a fellow-countryman (Matt. 5"}, {"id": "card_n_da1bdffc042b", "title": "Easton: Abihu", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Father of Him; i.e., “worshipper of God”, the second of the sons of Aaron (Ex. 6:23; Num. 3:2; 26:60; 1 Chr. 6:3). Along with his three brothers he was consecrated to the priest’s office (Ex. 28:1). W"}, {"id": "card_n_3518360ca86c", "title": "Easton: James", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) The son of Zebedee and Salome; an elder brother of John the apostle. He was one of the twelve. He was by trade a fisherman, in partnership with Peter (Matt. 20:20; 27:56). With John and Peter he "}, {"id": "card_n_3b6b2af72c47", "title": "Easton: Esau", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Hairy, Rebekah’s first-born twin son (Gen. 25:25). The name of Edom, “red”, was also given to him from his conduct in connection with the red lentil “pottage” for which he sold his birthright (30, 31)"}, {"id": "card_n_b0e6a21fe450", "title": "Easton: Jehoram", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Jehovah-exalted. (1.) Son of Toi, king of Hamath, sent by his father to congratulate David on the occasion of his victory over Hadadezer (2 Sam. 8:10). (2.) A Levite of the family of Gershom (1 Chr. 2"}, {"id": "card_n_74d76e72e21a", "title": "Easton: Esarhaddon", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Assur has given a brother, successor of Sennacherib (2 Kings 19:37; Isa. 37:38). He ascended the throne about B.C. 681. Nothing further is recorded of him in Scripture, except that he settled certain "}, {"id": "card_n_5a4b51460cae", "title": "Easton: Andrew", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Manliness, a Greek name; one of the apostles of our Lord. He was of Bethsaida in Galilee (John 1:44), and was the brother of Simon Peter (Matt. 4:18; 10:2). On one occasion John the Baptist, whose dis"}, {"id": "card_n_2234dfddf44e", "title": "Easton: Aaron", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The eldest son of Amram and Jochebed, a daughter of Levi (Ex. 6:20). Some explain the name as meaning mountaineer, others mountain of strength, illuminator. He was born in Egypt three years before his"}, {"id": "card_n_0e9a1a53ebf7", "title": "Easton: Cain", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A possession; a spear. (1.) The first-born son of Adam and Eve (Gen. 4). He became a tiller of the ground, as his brother Abel followed the pursuits of pastoral life. He was “a sullen, self-willed, ha"}, {"id": "card_n_8fa579adfa24", "title": "Easton: Abel", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. Hebhel), a breath, or vanity, the second son of Adam and Eve. He was put to death by his brother Cain (Gen. 4:1-16). Guided by the instruction of their father, the two brothers were trained in t"}]}