{"query": "Easton: Letter", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_cd47c460640c", "title": "Easton: Letter", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "In Rom. 2:27, 29 means the outward form. The “oldness of the letter” (7:6) is a phrase which denotes the old way of literal outward obedience to the law as a system of mere external rules of conduct. "}, {"id": "card_n_6298b9eb4a15", "title": "Easton: Philippians, Epistle to", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Was written by Paul during the two years when he was “in bonds” in Rome (Phil. 1:7-13), probably early in the year A.D. 62 or in the end of 61. The Philippians had sent Epaphroditus, their messenger, "}, {"id": "card_n_9db57be7f60a", "title": "Easton: Corinthians, First Epistle to the", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Was written from Ephesus (1 Cor. 16:8) about the time of the Passover in the third year of the apostle’s sojourn there (Acts 19:10; 20:31), and when he had formed the purpose to visit Macedonia, and t"}, {"id": "card_n_969c25359f8c", "title": "Easton: Colossae", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Or Colosse, a city of Phrygia, on the Lycus, which is a tributary of the Maeander. It was about 12 miles above Laodicea, and near the great road from Ephesus to the Euphrates, and was consequently of "}, {"id": "card_n_85ad16419414", "title": "Easton: Lachish", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Impregnable, a royal Canaanitish city in the Shephelah, or maritime plain of Palestine (Josh. 10:3, 5; 12:11). It was taken and destroyed by the Israelites (Josh. 10:31-33). It afterwards became, unde"}, {"id": "card_n_b85b00d05fcb", "title": "Easton: Corinthians, Second Epistle to the", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Shortly after writing his first letter to the Corinthians, Paul left Ephesus, where intense excitement had been aroused against him, the evidence of his great success, and proceeded to Macedonia. Purs"}, {"id": "card_n_5daed6c3700e", "title": "Easton: Philemon, Epistle to", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Was written from Rome at the same time as the epistles to the Colossians and Ephesians, and was sent also by Onesimus. It was addressed to Philemon and the members of his family. It was written for th"}, {"id": "card_n_aa52cee81e3f", "title": "Easton: Deaconess", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Rom. 16:1, 3, 12; Phil. 4:2, 3; 1 Tim. 3:11; 5:9, 10; Titus 2:3, 4). In these passages it is evident that females were then engaged in various Christian ministrations. Pliny makes mention of them also"}, {"id": "card_n_59ac60caaf69", "title": "Easton: Epaphroditus", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Fair, graceful; belonging to Aphrodite or Venus the messenger who came from Phillipi to the apostle when he was a prisoner at Rome (Phil. 2:25-30; 4:10-18). Paul mentions him in words of esteem and af"}, {"id": "card_n_63b4471be6ed", "title": "Easton: Elasah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "God made. (1.) One of the descendants of Judah, of the family of Hezron (1 Chr. 2:39, “Eleasah”). (2.) A descendant of king Saul (1 Chr. 8:37; 9:43). (3.) The son of Shaphan, one of the two who were s"}, {"id": "card_n_e9bbff750f8b", "title": "Easton: Lysias, Claudius", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The chief captain (chiliarch) who commanded the Roman troops in Jerusalem, and sent Paul under guard to the procurator Felix at Caesarea (Acts 21:31-38; 22:24-30). His letter to his superior officer i"}, {"id": "card_n_62f678fe448f", "title": "Easton: Achaichus", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1 Cor. 16:17), one of the members of the church of Corinth who, with Fortunatus and Stephanas, visited Paul while he was at Ephesus, for the purpose of consulting him on the affairs of the church. Th"}, {"id": "card_n_53c58898fc80", "title": "Easton: A", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet, as Omega is the last. These letters occur in the text of Rev. 1:8, 11; 21:6; 22:13, and are represented by “Alpha” and “Omega” respectively (omitted in R"}, {"id": "card_n_7179909561dd", "title": "Easton: Sheshach", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Jer. 25:26), supposed to be equivalent to Babel (Babylon), according to a secret (cabalistic) mode of writing among the Jews of unknown antiquity, which consisted in substituting the last letter of t"}, {"id": "card_n_d7a79e60c458", "title": "Easton: Asaph", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Convener, or collector. (1.) A Levite; one of the leaders of David’s choir (1 Chr. 6:39). Psalms 50 and 73-83 inclusive are attributed to him. He is mentioned along with David as skilled in music, and"}, {"id": "card_n_a2becb691a05", "title": "Easton: Gemariah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Jehovah has made perfect. (1.) The son of Shaphan, and one of the Levites of the temple in the time of Jehoiakim (Jer. 36:10; 2 Kings 22:12). Baruch read aloud to the people from Gemariah’s chamber, a"}, {"id": "card_n_46c6c78b17ec", "title": "Easton: Sergius Paulus", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A “prudent man” (R.V., “man of understanding”), the deputy (R.V., “proconsul”) of Cyprus (Acts 13:6-13). He became a convert to Christianity under Paul, who visited this island on his first mission to"}, {"id": "card_n_24ac6d8f5a49", "title": "Easton: Zaanaim", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Wanderings; the unloading of tents, so called probably from the fact of nomads in tents encamping amid the cities and villages of that region, a place in the north-west of Lake Merom, near Kedesh, in "}, {"id": "card_n_a29a0c47b9e4", "title": "Easton: Timothy, First Epistle to", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Paul in this epistle speaks of himself as having left Ephesus for Macedonia (1:3), and hence not Laodicea, as mentioned in the subscription; but probably Philippi, or some other city in that region, w"}, {"id": "card_n_c4d5bb49da3c", "title": "Easton: Naaman", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Pleasantness, a Syrian, the commander of the armies of Benhadad II. in the time of Joram, king of Israel. He was afflicted with leprosy; and when the little Hebrew slave-girl that waited on his wife t"}]}