{"query": "Easton: Christs, False", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_640aea8d9e59", "title": "Easton: Christs, False", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Our Lord warned his disciples that they would arise (Matt. 24:24). It is said that no fewer than twenty-four persons have at different times appeared (the last in 1682) pretending to be the Messiah of"}, {"id": "card_n_7fd6ffc3e974", "title": "Easton: Antichrist", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Against Christ, or an opposition Christ, a rival Christ. The word is used only by the apostle John. Referring to false teachers, he says (1 John 2:18, 22; 4:3; 2 John 1:7), “Even now are there many an"}, {"id": "card_c_5b4461aec7b6", "title": "Easton: Christs, False references Matthew", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references Matthew. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_n_925184919906", "title": "Easton: Shemaiah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Whom Jehovah heard. (1.) A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:22-24). (2.) Neh. 3:29. (3.) A Simeonite (1 Chr. 4:37). (4.) A priest (Neh. 12:42). (5.) A Levite (1 Chr. 9:16). (6.) 1 Chr. 9:1"}, {"id": "card_n_7be317a88092", "title": "Easton: Azur and Azzur", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Helper. (1.) The father of Hananiah, a false prophet (Jer. 28:1). (2.) The father of Jaazaniah (Ezek. 11:1). (3.) One of those who sealed the covenant with Jehovah on the return from Babylon (Neh. 10:"}, {"id": "card_n_6277625c7696", "title": "Easton: Witness", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "More than one witness was required in criminal cases (Deut. 17:6; 19:15). They were the first to execute the sentence on the condemned (Deut. 13:9; 17:7; 1 Kings 21:13; Matt. 27:1; Acts 7:57, 58). Fal"}, {"id": "card_n_a2acded6ff36", "title": "Easton: Noadiah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Meeting with the Lord. (1.) A Levite who returned from Babylon (Ezra 8:33). (2.) A false prophetess who assisted Tobiah and Sanballat against the Jews (Neh. 6:14). Being bribed by them, she tried to s"}, {"id": "card_n_c8cb62e4a2e0", "title": "Easton: John, Second Epistle of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Is addressed to “the elect lady,” and closes with the words, “The children of thy elect sister greet thee;” but some would read instead of “lady” the proper name Kyria. Of the thirteen verses composin"}, {"id": "card_n_52375ff2a980", "title": "Easton: Nicolaitanes", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The church at Ephesus (Rev. 2:6) is commended for hating the “deeds” of the Nicolaitanes, and the church of Pergamos is blamed for having them who hold their “doctrines” (15). They were seemingly a cl"}, {"id": "card_n_7fb9b5482777", "title": "Easton: Chaff", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The refuse of winnowed corn. It was usually burned (Ex. 15:7; Isa. 5:24; Matt. 3:12). This word sometimes, however, means dried grass or hay (Isa. 5:24; 33:11). Chaff is used as a figure of abortive w"}, {"id": "card_n_e09878be59a1", "title": "Easton: Sun", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. shemesh), first mentioned along with the moon as the two great luminaries of heaven (Gen. 1:14-18). By their motions and influence they were intended to mark and divide times and seasons. The wo"}, {"id": "card_n_955a46b899a0", "title": "Easton: Hananiah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Jehovah has given. (1.) A chief of the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:24). (2.) One of the sons of Heman (1 Chr. 25:4, 23). (3.) One of Uzziah’s military officers (2 Chr. 26:11). (4.) Grandfather of the "}, {"id": "card_n_824eef0ad995", "title": "Easton: Arrows", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "At first made of reeds, and then of wood tipped with iron. Arrows are sometimes figuratively put for lightning (Deut. 32:23, 42; Ps. 7:13; 18:14; 144:6; Zech. 9:14). They were used in war as well as i"}, {"id": "card_n_fd162961907a", "title": "Easton: Fable", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Applied in the New Testament to the traditions and speculations, “cunningly devised fables”, of the Jews on religious questions (1 Tim. 1:4; 4:7; 2 Tim. 4:4; Titus 1:14; 2 Pet. 1:16). In such passages"}, {"id": "card_n_5b45f35a874d", "title": "Easton: Potiphar", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Dedicated to Ra; i.e., to the sun-god, the Egyptian to whom the Ishmaelites sold Joseph (Gen. 39:1). He was “captain of the guard”, i.e., chief, probably, of the state police, who, while they formed p"}, {"id": "card_n_06dc06d97fd1", "title": "Easton: Accuser", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Satan is styled the “accuser of the brethren” (Rev. 12:10. Comp. Job 1:6; Zech. 3:1), as seeking to uphold his influence among men by bringing false charges against Christians, with the view of weaken"}, {"id": "card_n_bdfac0c21a9e", "title": "Easton: Ephah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Gloom. (1.) One of the five sons of Midian, and grandson of Abraham (Gen. 25:4). The city of Ephah, to which he gave his name, is mentioned Isa. 60:6, 7. This city, with its surrounding territory, for"}, {"id": "card_n_17c6a378ab82", "title": "Easton: Corban", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A Hebrew word adopted into the Greek of the New Testament and left untranslated. It occurs only once (Mark 7:11). It means a gift or offering consecrated to God. Anything over which this word was once"}, {"id": "card_n_ff60f2d34629", "title": "Easton: Maaseiah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The work of Jehovah. (1.) One of the Levites whom David appointed as porter for the ark (1 Chr. 15:18, 20). (2.) One of the “captains of hundreds” associated with Jehoiada in restoring king Jehoash to"}, {"id": "card_n_479f60c858a7", "title": "Easton: Dog", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Frequently mentioned both in the Old and New Testaments. Dogs were used by the Hebrews as a watch for their houses (Isa. 56:10), and for guarding their flocks (Job 30:1). There were also then as now t"}]}