{"query": "Easton: Plague", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_1987410ceae9", "title": "Easton: Plague", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A “stroke” of affliction, or disease. Sent as a divine chastisement (Num. 11:33; 14:37; 16:46-49; 2 Sam. 24:21). Painful afflictions or diseases, (Lev. 13:3, 5, 30; 1 Kings 8:37), or severe calamity ("}, {"id": "card_n_b12a9d234109", "title": "Easton: Lice", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. kinnim), the creatures employed in the third plague sent upon Egypt (Ex. 8:16-18). They were miraculously produced from the dust of the land. “The entomologists Kirby and Spence place these minu"}, {"id": "card_n_348ffb4b52e7", "title": "Easton: Fly", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Heb. zebub, (Eccl. 10:1; Isa. 7:18). This fly was so grievous a pest that the Phoenicians invoked against it the aid of their god Baal-zebub (q.v.). The prophet Isaiah (7:18) alludes to some poisonous"}, {"id": "card_c_908170a727f9", "title": "Easton: Plague references Hebrews", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references Hebrews. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_c_bc8656f5b8e0", "title": "Easton: Plague cites 1 Kings", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites 1 Kings 8:37 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_fc9c83c500f3", "title": "Easton: Plague cites Mark", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Mark 5:29 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_4fbff481c462", "title": "Easton: Plague cites Luke", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites Luke 7:21 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_c7a02853d567", "title": "Easton: Blains", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Occurs only in connection with the sixth plague of Egypt (Ex. 9:9, 10). In Deut. 28:27, 35, it is called “the botch of Egypt.” It seems to have been the fearful disease of black leprosy, a kind of ele"}, {"id": "card_n_f670822db41c", "title": "Easton: Murrain", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Heb. deber, “destruction,” a “great mortality”, the fifth plague that fell upon the Egyptians (Ex. 9:3). It was some distemper that resulted in the sudden and widespread death of the cattle. It was co"}, {"id": "card_n_33acf48d1c8e", "title": "Easton: Baal-zebub", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Fly-lord, the god of the Philistines at Ekron (2 Kings 1:2, 3, 16). This name was given to the god because he was supposed to be able to avert the plague of flies which in that region was to be feared"}, {"id": "card_c_d93475a52942", "title": "Easton: Plague references Egypt", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Egypt (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_c_8884c1fd69c6", "title": "Easton: Plague references Goshen", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Goshen (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_c_33b976eb37af", "title": "Easton: Plague references Nile", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Nile (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_a78bba90ed90", "title": "Easton: Ammiel", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "People of God. (1.) One of the twelve spies sent by Moses to search the land of Canaan (Num. 13:12). He was one of the ten who perished by the plague for their unfavourable report (Num. 14:37). (2.) T"}, {"id": "card_n_e64d86f2233c", "title": "Easton: Flax", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. pishtah, i.e., “peeled”, in allusion to the fact that the stalks of flax when dried were first split or peeled before being steeped in water for the purpose of destroying the pulp). This plant w"}, {"id": "card_n_b9afe43cf871", "title": "Easton: Joel, Book of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Joel was probably a resident in Judah, as his commission was to that people. He makes frequent mention of Judah and Jerusalem (1:14; 2:1, 15, 32; 3:1, 12, 17, 20, 21). He probably flourished in the re"}, {"id": "card_n_66a391ecb6ba", "title": "Easton: Abomination", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "This word is used, (1.) To express the idea that the Egyptians considered themselves as defiled when they ate with strangers (Gen. 43:32). The Jews subsequently followed the same practice, holding it "}, {"id": "card_n_a6b36aac2b04", "title": "Easton: Athens", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The capital of Attica, the most celebrated city of the ancient world, the seat of Greek literature and art during the golden period of Grecian history. Its inhabitants were fond of novelty (Acts 17:21"}, {"id": "card_n_6ae7b068ea27", "title": "Easton: Phinehas", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Mouth of brass, or from old Egypt, the negro. (1.) Son of Eleazar, the high priest (Ex. 6:25). While yet a youth he distinguished himself at Shittim by his zeal against the immorality into which the M"}, {"id": "card_n_8658e42c6d01", "title": "Easton: Darkness", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The plague (the ninth) of darkness in Egypt (Ex. 10:21) is described as darkness “which may be felt.” It covered “all the land of Egypt,” so that “they saw not one another.” It did not extend to the l"}]}