{"query": "Easton: Example", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_fe4e1b58a8bb", "title": "Easton: Example", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Of Christ (1 Pet. 2:21; John 13:15); of pastors to their flocks (Phil. 3:17; 2 Thess. 3:9; 1 Tim. 4:12; 1 Pet. 5:3); of the Jews as a warning (Heb. 4:11); of the prophets as suffering affliction (Jame"}, {"id": "card_n_9a8d22adb8b7", "title": "Easton: Meni", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Isa. 65:11, marg. (A.V., “that number;” R.V., “destiny”), probably an idol which the captive Israelites worshipped after the example of the Babylonians. It may have been a symbol of destiny. LXX., tuc"}, {"id": "card_c_aa0f1f09485d", "title": "Easton: Example cites James", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites James 5:10 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_b3fcd6307bf7", "title": "Easton: Example cites John", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites John 13:15 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_a5988ad0bc47", "title": "Easton: Evil-speaking", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Is expressly forbidden (Titus 3:2; James 4:11), and severe punishments are denounced against it (1 Cor. 5:11; 6:10). It is spoken of also with abhorrence (Ps. 15:3; Prov. 18:6, 7), and is foreign to t"}, {"id": "card_n_3dd7aa5595a0", "title": "Easton: Disciple", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A scholar, sometimes applied to the followers of John the Baptist (Matt. 9:14), and of the Pharisees (22:16), but principally to the followers of Christ. A disciple of Christ is one who (1) believes h"}, {"id": "card_n_8c5c06a352cc", "title": "Easton: Riddle", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. hodah). The oldest and, strictly speaking, the only example of a riddle was that propounded by Samson (Judg. 14:12-18). The parabolic prophecy in Ezek. 17:2-18 is there called a “riddle.” It was"}, {"id": "card_n_91a860fa326a", "title": "Easton: Sceptre", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. shebet = Gr. skeptron), properly a staff or rod. As a symbol of authority, the use of the sceptre originated in the idea that the ruler was as a shepherd of his people (Gen. 49:10; Num. 24:17; P"}, {"id": "card_n_746b5c85ed2b", "title": "Easton: Lamentation", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. qinah), an elegy or dirge. The first example of this form of poetry is the lament of David over Saul and Jonathan (2 Sam. 1:17-27). It was a frequent accompaniment of mourning (Amos 8:10). In 2 "}, {"id": "card_n_9a1484141190", "title": "Easton: Candle", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Heb. ner, Job 18:6; 29:3; Ps. 18:28; Prov. 24:20, in all which places the Revised Version and margin of Authorized Version have “lamp,” by which the word is elsewhere frequently rendered. The Hebrew w"}, {"id": "card_n_c42716e1ec96", "title": "Easton: Humiliation of Christ", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Phil. 2:8), seen in (1) his birth (Gal. 4:4; Luke 2:7; John 1:46; Heb. 2:9), (2) his circumstances, (3) his reputation (Isa. 53; Matt. 26:59, 67; Ps. 22:6; Matt. 26:68), (4) his soul (Ps. 22:1; Matt."}, {"id": "card_n_48a033f3c946", "title": "Easton: Type", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Occurs only once in Scripture (1 Cor. 10:11, A.V. marg.). The Greek word tupos is rendered “print” (John 20:25), “figure” (Acts 7:43; Rom. 5:14), “fashion” (Acts 7:44), “manner” (Acts 23:25), “form” ("}, {"id": "card_n_7021e41a3c90", "title": "Easton: Host", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "An entertainer (Rom. 16:23); a tavern-keeper, the keeper of a caravansary (Luke 10:35). In warfare, a troop or military force. This consisted at first only of infantry. Solomon afterwards added cavalr"}, {"id": "card_n_f658e3e5bc23", "title": "Easton: Adjuration", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A solemn appeal whereby one person imposes on another the obligation of speaking or acting as if under an oath (1 Sam. 14:24; Josh. 6:26; 1 Kings 22:16). We have in the New Testament a striking exampl"}, {"id": "card_n_a3c1a1d9ca6e", "title": "Easton: Humility", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A prominent Christian grace (Rom. 12:3; 15:17, 18; 1 Cor. 3:5-7; 2 Cor. 3:5; Phil. 4:11-13). It is a state of mind well pleasing to God (1 Pet. 3:4); it preserves the soul in tranquillity (Ps. 69:32, "}, {"id": "card_n_e7e1ce623223", "title": "Easton: Lamech", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The strikerdown; the wild man. (1.) The fifth in descent from Cain. He was the first to violate the primeval ordinance of marriage (Gen. 4:18-24). His address to his two wives, Adah and Zillah (4:23, "}, {"id": "card_n_e65b94c3605a", "title": "Easton: Job", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Persecuted, an Arabian patriarch who resided in the land of Uz (q.v.). While living in the midst of great prosperity, he was suddenly overwhelmed by a series of sore trials that fell upon him. Amid al"}, {"id": "card_n_550bc6970481", "title": "Easton: Purification", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The process by which a person unclean, according to the Levitical law, and thereby cut off from the sanctuary and the festivals, was restored to the enjoyment of all these privileges. The great annual"}, {"id": "card_n_e9292420e0de", "title": "Easton: Scribes", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Anciently held various important offices in the public affairs of the nation. The Hebrew word so rendered (sopher) is first used to designate the holder of some military office (Judg. 5:14; A.V., “pen"}, {"id": "card_n_c929193bbe24", "title": "Easton: Ablution", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Or washing, was practised, (1.) When a person was initiated into a higher state: e.g., when Aaron and his sons were set apart to the priest’s office, they were washed with water previous to their inve"}]}