{"query": "Easton: Leather", "count": 17, "results": [{"id": "card_n_b8c17175ca72", "title": "Easton: Leather", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A girdle of, worn by Elijah (2 Kings 1:8) and John the Baptist (Matt. 3:4). Leather was employed both for clothing (Num. 31:20; Heb. 11:37) and for writing upon. The trade of a tanner is mentioned (Ac"}, {"id": "card_c_a663c982262a", "title": "Easton: Leather references John", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references John. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_c_ec6eddf8fea3", "title": "Easton: Leather references Matthew", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references Matthew. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_c_5784425c3b53", "title": "Easton: Leather cites 2 Kings", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites 2 Kings 1:8 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_419505247bf2", "title": "Easton: Leather cites Acts", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Acts 9:43 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_d708024500de", "title": "Easton: Sandals", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Mentioned only in Mark 6:9 and Acts 12:8. The sandal was simply a sole, made of wood or palm-bark, fastened to the foot by leathern straps. Sandals were also made of seal-skin (Ezek. 16:10; lit. tahas"}, {"id": "card_c_cc6cd037d66a", "title": "Easton: Leather references Egypt", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Egypt (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_11b0ae6ff140", "title": "Easton: Leather references Elijah", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Elijah (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_03ea86d64afe", "title": "Easton: Leather references John the Baptist", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions John the Baptist (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_3f3e93a90ba2", "title": "Easton: Tables", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Mark 7:4) means banqueting-couches or benches, on which the Jews reclined when at meals. This custom, along with the use of raised tables like ours, was introduced among the Jews after the Captivity."}, {"id": "card_n_edbac7fbb97c", "title": "Easton: Buckler", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) A portable shield (2 Sam. 22:31; 1 Chr. 5:18). (2.) A shield surrounding the person; the targe or round form; used once figuratively (Ps. 91:4). (3.) A large shield protecting the whole body (Ps."}, {"id": "card_n_18d0b29ebe2e", "title": "Easton: Girdle", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Heb. hagor, a girdle of any kind worn by soldiers (1 Sam. 18:4; 2 Sam. 20:8; 1 Kings 2:5; 2 Kings 3:21) or women (Isa. 3:24). (2.) Heb. ‘ezor, something “bound,” worn by prophets (2 Kings 1:8; Je"}, {"id": "card_n_c86811dc2d02", "title": "Easton: Phylacteries", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Gr. phulakteria; i.e., “defences” or “protections”), called by modern Jews tephillin (i.e., “prayers”) are mentioned only in Matt. 23:5. They consisted of strips of parchment on which were inscribed "}, {"id": "card_n_d6b233804fb3", "title": "Easton: Anoint", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The practice of anointing with perfumed oil was common among the Hebrews. (1.) The act of anointing was significant of consecration to a holy or sacred use; hence the anointing of the high priest (Ex."}, {"id": "card_n_505b6804bcca", "title": "Easton: Mantle", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Heb. ‘addereth, a large over-garment. This word is used of Elijah’s mantle (1 Kings 19:13, 19; 2 Kings 2:8, 13, etc.), which was probably a sheepskin. It appears to have been his only garment, a "}, {"id": "card_n_1bc67167e30c", "title": "Easton: Badger", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "This word is found in Ex. 25:5; 26:14; 35:7, 23; 36:19; 39:34; Num. 4:6, etc. The tabernacle was covered with badgers’ skins; the shoes of women were also made of them (Ezek. 16:10). Our translators s"}, {"id": "card_n_281cbc3b9afe", "title": "Easton: Frontlets", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Occurs only in Ex. 13:16; Deut. 6:8, and 11:18. The meaning of the injunction to the Israelites, with regard to the statues and precepts given them, that they should “bind them for a sign upon their h"}]}