{"query": "Easton: Peculiar", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_e7562c8e1fb6", "title": "Easton: Peculiar", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "As used in the phrase “peculiar people” in 1 Pet. 2:9, is derived from the Lat. peculium, and denotes, as rendered in the Revised Version (“a people for God’s own possession”), a special possession or"}, {"id": "card_n_5284f333a082", "title": "Easton: High priest", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Aaron was the first who was solemnly set apart to this office (Ex. 29:7; 30:23; Lev. 8:12). He wore a peculiar dress, which on his death passed to his successor in office (Ex. 29:29, 30). Besides thos"}, {"id": "card_n_0adb91e94e63", "title": "Easton: Meekness", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A calm temper of mind, not easily provoked (James 3:13). Peculiar promises are made to the meek (Matt. 5:5; Isa. 66:2). The cultivation of this spirit is enjoined (Col. 3:12; 1 Tim. 6:11; Zeph. 2:3), "}, {"id": "card_n_eda5117447df", "title": "Easton: First-born, Sanctification of the", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A peculiar sanctity was attached to the first-born both of man and of cattle. God claimed that the first-born males of man and of animals should be consecrated to him, the one as a priest (Ex. 19:22, "}, {"id": "card_n_aa64616387f0", "title": "Easton: Gentiles", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb., usually in plural, goyim), meaning in general all nations except the Jews. In course of time, as the Jews began more and more to pride themselves on their peculiar privileges, it acquired unple"}, {"id": "card_n_b000f8f0e0a7", "title": "Easton: Blind", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Blind beggars are frequently mentioned (Matt. 9:27; 12:22; 20:30; John 5:3). The blind are to be treated with compassion (Lev. 19:14; Deut. 27:18). Blindness was sometimes a punishment for disobedienc"}, {"id": "card_n_f7abb82560c7", "title": "Easton: Coming of Christ", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1) with reference to his first advent “in the fulness of the time” (1 John 5:20; 2 John 1:7), or (2) with reference to his coming again the second time at the last day (Acts 1:11; 3:20, 21; 1 Thess. "}, {"id": "card_n_d186ec88bbd9", "title": "Easton: Forgiveness of sin", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "One of the constituent parts of justification. In pardoning sin, God absolves the sinner from the condemnation of the law, and that on account of the work of Christ, i.e., he removes the guilt of sin,"}, {"id": "card_n_c7251c03c56f", "title": "Easton: Hosea", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Salvation, the son of Beeri, and author of the book of prophecies bearing his name. He belonged to the kingdom of Israel. “His Israelitish origin is attested by the peculiar, rough, Aramaizing diction"}, {"id": "card_n_663e36151935", "title": "Easton: Degrees, Song of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Song of steps, a title given to each of these fifteen psalms, 120-134 inclusive. The probable origin of this name is the circumstance that these psalms came to be sung by the people on the ascents or "}, {"id": "card_n_94d35c03990a", "title": "Easton: Holy Ghost", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The third Person of the adorable Trinity. His personality is proved (1) from the fact that the attributes of personality, as intelligence and volition, are ascribed to him (John 14:17, 26; 15:26; 1 Co"}, {"id": "card_n_b42903c8426d", "title": "Easton: Adoption", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The giving to any one the name and place and privileges of a son who is not a son by birth. (1.) Natural. Thus Pharaoh’s daughter adopted Moses (Ex. 2:10), and Mordecai Esther (Esther 2:7). (2.) Natio"}, {"id": "card_n_bbcf7a23b420", "title": "Easton: Camphire", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. copher), mentioned in Cant. 1:14 (R.V., “henna-flowers”); 4:13 (R.V., “henna”), is the al-henna of the Arabs, a native of Egypt, producing clusters of small white and yellow odoriferous flowers,"}, {"id": "card_n_014bdc606e4d", "title": "Easton: Shibboleth", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "River, or an ear of corn. The tribes living on the east of Jordan, separated from their brethren on the west by the deep ravines and the rapid river, gradually came to adopt peculiar customs, and from"}, {"id": "card_n_bf566768d509", "title": "Easton: Sabbath", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. verb shabbath, meaning “to rest from labour”), the day of rest. It is first mentioned as having been instituted in Paradise, when man was in innocence (Gen. 2:2). “The sabbath was made for man,”"}, {"id": "card_n_927d56598d47", "title": "Easton: Balm", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Contracted from Bal’sam, a general name for many oily or resinous substances which flow or trickle from certain trees or plants when an incision is made through the bark. (1.) This word occurs in the "}, {"id": "card_n_d7f0ac8ec14a", "title": "Easton: Samuel", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Heard of God. The peculiar circumstances connected with his birth are recorded in 1 Sam. 1:20. Hannah, one of the two wives of Elkanah, who came up to Shiloh to worship before the Lord, earnestly pray"}, {"id": "card_n_4f1d626f71c5", "title": "Easton: Judge", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. shophet, pl. shophetim), properly a magistrate or ruler, rather than one who judges in the sense of trying a cause. This is the name given to those rulers who presided over the affairs of the Is"}, {"id": "card_n_8f0a85097bdc", "title": "Easton: Turtle, Turtle-dove", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Its peculiar peaceful and gentle habit its often referred to in Scripture. A pair was offered in sacrifice by Mary at her purification (Luke 2:24). The pigeon and the turtle-dove were the only birds p"}, {"id": "card_n_97056886d636", "title": "Easton: Gourd", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Jonah’s gourd (Jonah 4:6-10), bearing the Hebrew name kikayon (found only here), was probably the kiki of the Egyptians, the croton. This is the castor-oil plant, a species of ricinus, the palma "}]}