{"query": "Easton: Mortar", "count": 6, "results": [{"id": "card_n_ccf0128fe8b3", "title": "Easton: Mortar", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. homer), cement of lime and sand (Gen. 11:3; Ex. 1:14); also potter’s clay (Isa. 41:25; Nah. 3:14). Also Heb. ‘aphar, usually rendered “dust,” clay or mud used for cement in building (Lev. 14:42,"}, {"id": "card_n_75a1a4a1abf4", "title": "Easton: Maktesh", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Mortar, a place in or near Jerusalem inhabited by silver merchants (Zeph. 1:11). It has been conjectured that it was the “Phoenician quarter” of the city, where the traders of that nation resided, aft"}, {"id": "card_n_90191220465e", "title": "Easton: Hail", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Frozen rain-drops; one of the plagues of Egypt (Ex. 9:23). It is mentioned by Haggai as a divine judgment (Hag. 2:17). A hail-storm destroyed the army of the Amorites when they fought against Joshua ("}, {"id": "card_c_6dbe76ffd679", "title": "Easton: Mortar references Palestine", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Palestine (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_48d59fad564c", "title": "Easton: Clay", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "This word is used of sediment found in pits or in streets (Isa. 57:20; Jer. 38:60), of dust mixed with spittle (John 9:6), and of potter’s clay (Isa. 41:25; Nah. 3:14; Jer. 18:1-6; Rom. 9:21). Clay wa"}, {"id": "card_n_700fed0286e8", "title": "Easton: Manna", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Heb. man-hu, “What is that?” the name given by the Israelites to the food miraculously supplied to them during their wanderings in the wilderness (Ex. 16:15-35). The name is commonly taken as derived "}]}