{"query": "Easton: Curse", "count": 17, "results": [{"id": "card_n_0ebb7aaff738", "title": "Easton: Curse", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Denounced by God against the serpent (Gen. 3:14), and against Cain (4:11). These divine maledictions carried their effect with them. Prophetical curses were sometimes pronounced by holy men (Gen. 9:25"}, {"id": "card_n_11b2739cba83", "title": "Easton: Balaam", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Lord of the people; foreigner or glutton, as interpreted by others, the son of Beor, was a man of some rank among the Midianites (Num. 31:8; comp. 16). He resided at Pethor (Deut. 23:4), in Mesopotami"}, {"id": "card_c_6b8e7bfc4bac", "title": "Easton: Curse cites Job", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Job 2:9 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_637c0b4d3fb9", "title": "Easton: Balak", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Empty; spoiler, a son of Zippor, and king of the Moabites (Num. 22:2, 4). From fear of the Israelites, who were encamped near the confines of his territory, he applied to Balaam (q.v.) to curse them; "}, {"id": "card_n_d0290052e720", "title": "Easton: Zophim, Field of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Field of watchers, a place in Moab on the range of Pisgah (Num. 23:14). To this place Balak brought Balaam, that he might from thence curse the children of Israel. Balaam could only speak the word of "}, {"id": "card_c_14af6e3ee417", "title": "Easton: Curse references Cain", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Cain (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_dfa19fcf2980", "title": "Easton: Meroz", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A plain in the north of Palestine, the inhabitants of which were severely condemned because they came not to help Barak against Sisera (Judg. 5:23: comp. 21:8-10; 1 Sam. 11:7). It has been identified "}, {"id": "card_n_62d5231b0fea", "title": "Easton: Hophni", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Pugilist or client, one of the two sons of Eli, the high priest (1 Sam. 1:3; 2:34), who, because he was “very old,” resigned to them the active duties of his office. By their scandalous conduct they b"}, {"id": "card_n_a126c48afb2b", "title": "Easton: Hemlock", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Heb. rosh (Hos. 10:4; rendered “gall” in Deut. 29:18; 32:32; Ps. 69:21; Jer. 9:15; 23:15; “poison,” Job 20:16; “venom,” Deut. 32:33). “Rosh is the name of some poisonous plant which grows quickly"}, {"id": "card_n_0d8566b1a5d6", "title": "Easton: Peor", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Opening. (1.) A mountain peak (Num. 23:28) to which Balak led Balaam as a last effort to induce him to pronounce a curse upon Israel. When he looked on the tribes encamped in the acacia groves below h"}, {"id": "card_n_c4309b89f781", "title": "Easton: Ham", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Warm, hot, and hence the south; also an Egyptian word meaning “black”, the youngest son of Noah (Gen. 5:32; comp. 9:22, 24). The curse pronounced by Noah against Ham, properly against Canaan his fourt"}, {"id": "card_n_8a486647a653", "title": "Easton: Charmer", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "One who practises serpent-charming (Ps. 58:5; Jer. 8:17; Eccl. 10:11). It was an early and universal opinion that the most venomous reptiles could be made harmless by certain charms or by sweet sounds"}, {"id": "card_n_dd654f861c02", "title": "Easton: Canaan", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) The fourth son of Ham (Gen. 10:6). His descendants were under a curse in consequence of the transgression of his father (9:22-27). His eldest son, Zidon, was the father of the Sidonians and Phoen"}, {"id": "card_n_3e92bb4efc83", "title": "Easton: Ammonite", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The usual name of the descendants of Ammon, the son of Lot (Gen. 19:38). From the very beginning (Deut. 2:16-20) of their history till they are lost sight of (Judg. 5:2), this tribe is closely associa"}, {"id": "card_n_361dc3c83c89", "title": "Easton: Serpent", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. nahash; Gr. ophis), frequently noticed in Scripture. More than forty species are found in Syria and Arabia. The poisonous character of the serpent is alluded to in Jacob’s blessing on Dan (Gen. "}, {"id": "card_n_5b2f31bc921b", "title": "Easton: Crucifixion", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A common mode of punishment among heathen nations in early times. It is not certain whether it was known among the ancient Jews; probably it was not. The modes of capital punishment according to the M"}, {"id": "card_n_cbfd1b6bddc9", "title": "Easton: Midianite", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "An Arabian tribe descended from Midian. They inhabited principally the desert north of the peninsula of Arabia. The peninsula of Sinai was the pasture-ground for their flocks. They were virtually the "}]}