{"query": "Easton: Parable", "count": 18, "results": [{"id": "card_n_60896b51388e", "title": "Easton: Proverb", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A trite maxim; a similitude; a parable. The Hebrew word thus rendered (mashal) has a wide signification. It comes from a root meaning “to be like,” “parable.” Rendered “proverb” in Isa. 14:4; Hab. 2:6"}, {"id": "card_n_c84135483b63", "title": "Easton: Parable", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Gr. parabole), a placing beside; a comparison; equivalent to the Heb. mashal, a similitude. In the Old Testament this is used to denote (1) a proverb (1 Sam. 10:12; 24:13; 2 Chr. 7:20), (2) a prophet"}, {"id": "card_c_e49e48a07e5a", "title": "Easton: Parable references Matthew", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references Matthew. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_c_c2e61c5ff378", "title": "Easton: Parable cites John", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites John 10:1 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_a8cc66b56fee", "title": "Easton: Parable cites Mark", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Mark 7:17; Mark 3:23; Mark 4:11 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_6439c0276f42", "title": "Easton: Parable cites Luke", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites Luke 4:23; Luke 5:36; Luke 8:9 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_1c45e31cfa76", "title": "Easton: Bride", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Frequently used in the ordinary sense (Isa. 49:18; 61:10, etc.). The relation between Christ and his church is set forth under the figure of that between a bridegroom and bride (John 3:29). The church"}, {"id": "card_n_f20ec40cc2e8", "title": "Easton: By-word", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Hebrew millah (Job 30:9), a word or speech, and hence object of talk; Hebrew mashal (Ps. 44:14), a proverb or parable. When it denotes a sharp word of derision, as in Deut. 28:37, 1 Kings 9:7, 2 Chr. "}, {"id": "card_n_4a98ab3212d9", "title": "Easton: Talent", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Of silver contained 3,000 shekels (Ex. 38:25, 26), and was equal to 94 3/7 lbs. avoirdupois. The Greek talent, however, as in the LXX., was only 82 1/4 lbs. It was in the form of a circular mass, as t"}, {"id": "card_n_b404d561cf9e", "title": "Easton: Lazarus", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "An abbreviation of Eleazar, whom God helps. (1.) The brother of Mary and Martha of Bethany. He was raised from the dead after he had lain four days in the tomb (John 11:1-44). This miracle so excited "}, {"id": "card_n_87480a2f4984", "title": "Easton: Allegory", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Used only in Gal. 4:24, where the apostle refers to the history of Isaac the free-born, and Ishmael the slave-born, and makes use of it allegorically. Every parable is an allegory. Nathan (2 Sam. 12:1"}, {"id": "card_n_fd162961907a", "title": "Easton: Fable", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Applied in the New Testament to the traditions and speculations, “cunningly devised fables”, of the Jews on religious questions (1 Tim. 1:4; 4:7; 2 Tim. 4:4; Titus 1:14; 2 Pet. 1:16). In such passages"}, {"id": "card_n_da34ceadcc86", "title": "Easton: Adummim", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The red ones, a place apparently on the road between Jericho and Jerusalem, “on the south side of the torrent” Wady Kelt, looking toward Gilgal, mentioned Josh. 15:7; 18:17. It was nearly half-way bet"}, {"id": "card_n_6acc64eb6306", "title": "Easton: Zacchaeus", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Pure, a superintendant of customs; a chief tax-gather (publicanus) at Jericho (Luke 19:1-10). “The collection of customs at Jericho, which at this time produced and exported a considerable quantity of"}, {"id": "card_n_c860098c7eae", "title": "Easton: Olive-tree", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Is frequently mentioned in Scripture. The dove from the ark brought an olive-branch to Noah (Gen. 8:11). It is mentioned among the most notable trees of Palestine, where it was cultivated long before "}, {"id": "card_n_cb99a5550d3e", "title": "Easton: Jotham", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Jehovah is perfect. (1.) The youngest of Gideon’s seventy sons. He escaped when the rest were put to death by the order of Abimelech (Judg. 9:5). When “the citizens of Shechem and the whole house of M"}, {"id": "card_n_6910542fd807", "title": "Easton: Jonah, Book of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "This book professes to give an account of what actually took place in the experience of the prophet. Some critics have sought to interpret the book as a parable or allegory, and not as a history. They"}, {"id": "card_n_d6c43e1e28c4", "title": "Easton: Husk", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "In Num. 6:4 (Heb. zag) it means the “skin” of a grape. In 2 Kings 4:42 (Heb. tsiqlon) it means a “sack” for grain, as rendered in the Revised Version. In Luke 15:16, in the parable of the Prodigal Son"}]}