{"query": "Easton: Night-hawk", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_f4ef05c141d7", "title": "Easton: Night-hawk", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. tahmas) occurs only in the list of unclean birds (Lev. 11:16; Deut. 14:15). This was supposed to be the night-jar (Caprimulgus), allied to the swifts. The Hebrew word is derived from a root mean"}, {"id": "card_n_a5f58c425c64", "title": "Easton: Hawk", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. netz, a word expressive of strong and rapid flight, and hence appropriate to the hawk). It is an unclean bird (Lev. 11:16; Deut. 14:15). It is common in Syria and surrounding countries. The Hebr"}, {"id": "card_n_39d02442bb0b", "title": "Easton: Dew", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "“There is no dew properly so called in Palestine, for there is no moisture in the hot summer air to be chilled into dew-drops by the coldness of the night. From May till October rain is unknown, the s"}, {"id": "card_c_ee8bb63adf80", "title": "Easton: Hawk 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_122680f3a7ed", "title": "Easton: Belshazzar", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Bel protect the king!, the last of the kings of Babylon (Dan. 5:1). He was the son of Nabonidus by Nitocris, who was the daughter of Nebuchadnezzar and the widow of Nergal-sharezer. When still young h"}, {"id": "card_n_75af0c11301a", "title": "Easton: Chios", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Mentioned in Acts 20:15, an island in the Aegean Sea, about 5 miles distant from the mainland, having a roadstead, in the shelter of which Paul and his companions anchored for a night when on his thir"}, {"id": "card_n_5fb8a74c966d", "title": "Easton: Coos", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(written Cos in the R.V.), a small island, one of the Sporades in the Aegean Sea, in the north-west of Rhodes, off the coast of Caria. Paul on his return from his third missionary journey, passed the "}, {"id": "card_n_dfb5c4cc0e5e", "title": "Easton: Quaternion", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A band of four soldiers. Peter was committed by Herod to the custody of four quaternions, i.e., one quaternion for each watch of the night (Acts 12:4). Thus every precaution was taken against his esca"}, {"id": "card_n_005c2bd21bae", "title": "Easton: Mitylene", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The chief city of the island of Lesbos, on its east coast, in the AEgean Sea. Paul, during his third missionary journey, touched at this place on his way from Corinth to Judea (Acts 20:14), and here t"}, {"id": "card_n_240684b92c40", "title": "Easton: Arcturus", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Bear-keeper, the name given by the ancients to the brightest star in the constellation Bootes. In the Authorized Version (Job 9:9; 38:32) it is the rendering of the Hebrew word ’ash, which probably de"}, {"id": "card_n_e840eaf1280d", "title": "Easton: Theft", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Punished by restitution, the proportions of which are noted in 2 Sam. 12:6. If the thief could not pay the fine, he was to be sold to a Hebrew master till he could pay (Ex. 22:1-4). A night-thief migh"}, {"id": "card_n_6e02b63ee88d", "title": "Easton: Winnow", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Corn was winnowed, (1.) By being thrown up by a shovel against the wind. As a rule this was done in the evening or during the night, when the west wind from the sea was blowing, which was a moderate b"}, {"id": "card_n_45e6069fc61a", "title": "Easton: Antipatris", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A city built by Herod the Great, and called by this name in honour of his father, Antipater. It lay between Caesarea and Lydda, two miles inland, on the great Roman road from Caesarea to Jerusalem. To"}, {"id": "card_n_1c706d2e6aba", "title": "Easton: Debtor", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Various regulations as to the relation between debtor and creditor are laid down in the Scriptures. (1.) The debtor was to deliver up as a pledge to the creditor what he could most easily dispense wit"}, {"id": "card_n_aa41e36b297b", "title": "Easton: Castle", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A military fortress (1 Chr. 11:7), also probably a kind of tower used by the priests for making known anything discovered at a distance (1 Chr. 6:54). Castles are also mentioned (Gen. 25:16) as a kind"}, {"id": "card_n_2aea9bb1c84c", "title": "Easton: Cock-crowing", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "In our Lord’s time the Jews had adopted the Greek and Roman division of the night into four watches, each consisting of three hours, the first beginning at six o’clock in the evening (Luke 12:38; Matt"}, {"id": "card_n_7e99fc7b335a", "title": "Easton: Nicodemus", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The people is victor, a Pharisee and a member of the Sanhedrin. He is first noticed as visiting Jesus by night (John 3:1-21) for the purpose of learning more of his doctrines, which our Lord then unfo"}, {"id": "card_n_bba8da4d6545", "title": "Easton: Dream", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "God has frequently made use of dreams in communicating his will to men. The most remarkable instances of this are recorded in the history of Jacob (Gen. 28:12; 31:10), Laban (31:24), Joseph (37:9-11),"}, {"id": "card_n_5d27fdb63e74", "title": "Easton: Bed", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. mittah), for rest at night (Ex. 8:3; 1 Sam. 19:13, 15, 16, etc.); during sickness (Gen. 47:31; 48:2; 49:33, etc.); as a sofa for rest (1 Sam. 28:23; Amos 3:12). Another Hebrew word (er’es) so re"}, {"id": "card_n_5cd84c6f3b70", "title": "Easton: Mandrakes", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Hebrew dudaim; i.e., “love-plants”, occurs only in Gen. 30:14-16 and Cant. 7:13. Many interpretations have been given of this word dudaim. It has been rendered “violets,” “Lilies,” “jasmines,” “truffl"}]}