{"query": "Easton: Festivals, Religious", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_a13975ce6129", "title": "Easton: Festivals, Religious", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "There were daily (Lev. 23), weekly, monthly, and yearly festivals, and great stress was laid on the regular observance of them in every particular (Num. 28:1-8; Ex. 29:38-42; Lev. 6:8-23; Ex. 30:7-9; "}, {"id": "card_n_83d8636f0551", "title": "Easton: Feast", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "As a mark of hospitality (Gen. 19:3; 2 Sam. 3:20; 2 Kings 6:23); on occasions of domestic joy (Luke 15:23; Gen. 21:8); on birthdays (Gen. 40:20; Job 1:4; Matt. 14:6); and on the occasion of a marriage"}, {"id": "card_c_6cfba1fe463d", "title": "Easton: Festivals, Religious cites Esther", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Esther 9:24 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_b4a6956ac7a2", "title": "Easton: Festivals, Religious cites Luke", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites Luke 2:41 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_fec8510f8cb2", "title": "Easton: Festivals, Religious cites John", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites John 10:22; John 5:1 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_af411d1ea6cb", "title": "Easton: Chiefs of Asia", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "“Asiarchs,” the title given to certain wealthy persons annually appointed to preside over the religious festivals and games in the various cities of proconsular Asia (Acts 19:31). Some of these offici"}, {"id": "card_c_c30b223c229c", "title": "Easton: Festivals, Religious references Jerusalem", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Jerusalem (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_039689e154f1", "title": "Easton: Festivals, Religious references Judas", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Judas (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_59d70f4698f2", "title": "Easton: Festivals, Religious references Lydda", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Lydda (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_6142eab6b7da", "title": "Easton: Festivals, Religious references Sabbath", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Sabbath (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_n_f844c3f86bdb", "title": "Easton: Asia", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Is used to denote Proconsular Asia, a Roman province which embraced the western parts of Asia Minor, and of which Ephesus was the capital, in Acts 2:9; 6:9; 16:6; 19:10, 22; 20:4, 16, 18, etc., and pr"}, {"id": "card_n_06e8b4faec9b", "title": "Easton: Trumpets", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Were of a great variety of forms, and were made of divers materials. Some were made of silver (Num. 10:2), and were used only by the priests in announcing the approach of festivals and in giving signa"}, {"id": "card_n_b560cfdfff5a", "title": "Easton: Passover", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The name given to the chief of the three great historical annual festivals of the Jews. It was kept in remembrance of the Lord’s passing over the houses of the Israelites (Ex. 12:13) when the first bo"}, {"id": "card_n_d5aa0bbe6827", "title": "Easton: Elements", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "In its primary sense, as denoting the first principles or constituents of things, it is used in 2 Pet. 3:10: “The elements shall be dissolved.” In a secondary sense it denotes the first principles of "}, {"id": "card_n_5e582a850645", "title": "Easton: Perfumes", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Were used in religious worship, and for personal and domestic enjoyment (Ex. 30:35-37; Prov. 7:17; Cant. 3:6; Isa. 57:9); and also in embalming the dead, and in other funeral ceremonies (Mark 14:8; Lu"}, {"id": "card_n_81e6e1bee08e", "title": "Easton: Husbandman", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "One whose business it is to cultivate the ground. It was one of the first occupations, and was esteemed most honourable (Gen. 9:20; 26:12, 14; 37:7, etc.). All the Hebrews, except those engaged in rel"}, {"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_8b344e295909", "title": "Easton: Hermas", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Mercury, a Roman Christian to whom Paul sends greetings (Rom. 16: 14). Some suppose him to have been the author of the celebrated religious romance called The Shepherd, but it is very probable that th"}, {"id": "card_n_bc2b9a3178f7", "title": "Easton: Sect", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Gr. hairesis, usually rendered “heresy”, Acts 24:14; 1 Chr. 11:19; Gal. 5:20, etc.), meaning properly “a choice,” then “a chosen manner of life,” and then “a religious party,” as the “sect” of the Sa"}, {"id": "card_n_663e36151935", "title": "Easton: Degrees, Song of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Song of steps, a title given to each of these fifteen psalms, 120-134 inclusive. The probable origin of this name is the circumstance that these psalms came to be sung by the people on the ascents or "}]}