{"query": "Easton: Heaven", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_d4c92e7f154f", "title": "Easton: Heaven", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Definitions. The phrase “heaven and earth” is used to indicate the whole universe (Gen. 1:1; Jer. 23:24; Acts 17:24). According to the Jewish notion there were three heavens, (a) The firmament, a"}, {"id": "card_n_79d96d4ce644", "title": "Easton: Circuit", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The apparent diurnal revolution of the sun round the earth (Ps. 19:6), and the changes of the wind (Eccl. 1:6). In Job 22:14, “in the circuit of heaven” (R.V. marg., “on the vault of heaven”) means th"}, {"id": "card_n_c5b224d84814", "title": "Easton: Fire", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) For sacred purposes. The sacrifices were consumed by fire (Gen. 8:20). The ever-burning fire on the altar was first kindled from heaven (Lev. 6:9, 13; 9:24), and afterwards rekindled at the dedic"}, {"id": "card_n_05e4265f7048", "title": "Easton: Astronomy", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Hebrews were devout students of the wonders of the starry firmanent (Amos 5:8; Ps. 19). In the Book of Job, which is the oldest book of the Bible in all probability, the constellations are disting"}, {"id": "card_c_50d8fff391bf", "title": "Easton: Heaven references Matthew", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references Matthew. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_c_ac8c79d73d8b", "title": "Easton: Heaven cites Acts", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Acts 17:24 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_ab0582ac501f", "title": "Easton: Footstool", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Connected with a throne (2 Chr. 9:18). Jehovah symbolically dwelt in the holy place between the cherubim above the ark of the covenant. The ark was his footstool (1 Chr. 28:2; Ps. 99:5; 132:7). And as"}, {"id": "card_c_f9224b034b08", "title": "Easton: Heaven cites 1 Kings", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites 1 Kings 8:27; 1 Kings 8:35 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_a935740068e2", "title": "Easton: Heaven cites Job", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Job 37:18; Job 35:5 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_0d5ab482d611", "title": "Easton: Heaven cites James", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites James 2:5 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_1ae2113509df", "title": "Easton: Heaven cites 1 John", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites 1 John 3:2 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_4423868bc762", "title": "Easton: Heaven cites John", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites John 14:2 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_df6ca5561d8a", "title": "Easton: Heaven cites Luke", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites Luke 23:43; Luke 16:22; Luke 20:36 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_0777592512bd", "title": "Easton: Zarephath", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Smelting-shop, “a workshop for the refining and smelting of metals”, a small Phoenician town, now Surafend, about a mile from the coast, almost midway on the road between Tyre and Sidon. Here Elijah s"}, {"id": "card_n_e045f88f1abc", "title": "Easton: Kingdom of God", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Matt. 6:33; Mark 1:14, 15; Luke 4:43) = “kingdom of Christ” (Matt. 13:41; 20:21) = “kingdom of Christ and of God” (Eph. 5:5) = “kingdom of David” (Mark 11:10) = “the kingdom” (Matt. 8:12; 13:19) = “k"}, {"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_20d2ff57421a", "title": "Easton: Mount of the congregation", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Only in Isa. 14:13, a mythic mountain of the Babylonians, regarded by them as the seat of the gods. It was situated in the far north, and in Babylonian inscriptions is described as a mountain called I"}, {"id": "card_c_68f999fe7abc", "title": "Easton: Heaven references Abraham", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Abraham (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_c2b134c7c5d6", "title": "Easton: Heaven references Isaac", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Isaac (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_efb3e5b5687c", "title": "Easton: Heaven 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."}]}