{"query": "Easton: Queen", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_5e3796a10633", "title": "Easton: Queen", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "No explicit mention of queens is made till we read of the “queen of Sheba.” The wives of the kings of Israel are not so designated. In Ps. 45:9, the Hebrew for “queen” is not malkah, one actually ruli"}, {"id": "card_n_4a14f154615a", "title": "Easton: Sheba", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "An oath, seven. (1.) Heb. shebha, the son of Raamah (Gen. 10:7), whose descendants settled with those of Dedan on the Persian Gulf. (2.) Heb. id. A son of Joktan (Gen. 10:28), probably the founder of "}, {"id": "card_n_011ba7f6990b", "title": "Easton: Candace", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The queen of the Ethiopians whose “eunuch” or chamberlain was converted to Christianity by the instrumentality of Philip the evangelist (Acts 8:27). The country which she ruled was called by the Greek"}, {"id": "card_n_aefd11433a6f", "title": "Easton: Mordecai", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The son of Jair, of the tribe of Benjamin. It has been alleged that he was carried into captivity with Jeconiah, and hence that he must have been at least one hundred and twenty-nine years old in the "}, {"id": "card_c_e9e28897933d", "title": "Easton: Queen references Matthew", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references Matthew. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_c_7ba9eaf1eaf7", "title": "Easton: Queen cites Acts", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Acts 8:27 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_6bfeddda60a0", "title": "Easton: Queen cites 1 Kings", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites 1 Kings 11:19; 1 Kings 15:13 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_18b091ce3c60", "title": "Easton: Queen cites Luke", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites Luke 11:31 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_c2ea5e4883a8", "title": "Easton: Vashti", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Beautiful, the queen of Ahasuerus, who was deposed from her royal dignity because she refused to obey the king when he desired her to appear in the banqueting hall of Shushan the palace (Esther 1:10-1"}, {"id": "card_n_5c609bf3d004", "title": "Easton: Michaiah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) The queen-mother of King Abijah (2 Chr. 13:2). (See MAACAH [4]). (2.) One of those sent out by Jehoshaphat to instruct the people in the law (2 Chr. 17:7). (3.) 2 Kings 22:12. (4.) The son of Gem"}, {"id": "card_n_918cf8380e31", "title": "Easton: Ethiopian eunuch", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The chief officer or prime minister of state of Candace (q.v.), queen of Ethiopia. He was converted to Christianity through the instrumentality of Philip (Act 8:27). The northern portion of Ethiopia f"}, {"id": "card_c_ac68d080ba04", "title": "Easton: Queen references Candace", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Candace (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_2fe035d00f8b", "title": "Easton: Queen references Sheba", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Sheba (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_n_877ad302d9b2", "title": "Easton: Naphtuhim", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A Hamitic tribe descended from Mizraim (Gen. 10:13). Others identify this word with Napata, the name of the city and territory on the southern frontier of Mizraim, the modern Meroe, at the great bend "}, {"id": "card_n_234a24a21e38", "title": "Easton: Libnah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Transparency; whiteness. (1.) One of the stations of the Israelites in the wilderness (Num. 33:20, 21). (2.) One of the royal cities of the Canaanites taken by Joshua (Josh. 10:29-32; 12:15). It becam"}, {"id": "card_n_96bd38ccd836", "title": "Easton: Melons", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Only in Num. 11:5, the translation of the Hebrew abattihim, the LXX. and Vulgate pepones, Arabic britikh. Of this plant there are various kinds, the Egyptian melon, the Cucumus chate, which has been c"}, {"id": "card_n_cd6da3d389e4", "title": "Easton: Famine", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The first mentioned in Scripture was so grievous as to compel Abraham to go down to the land of Egypt (Gen. 26:1). Another is mentioned as having occurred in the days of Isaac, causing him to go to Ge"}, {"id": "card_n_96612e496850", "title": "Easton: Ashtoreth", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The moon goddess of the Phoenicians, representing the passive principle in nature, their principal female deity; frequently associated with the name of Baal, the sun-god, their chief male deity (Judg."}, {"id": "card_n_76e73075506e", "title": "Easton: Pharaoh’s daughters", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Three princesses are thus mentioned in Scripture: (1.) The princess who adopted the infant Moses (q.v.), Ex. 2:10. She is twice mentioned in the New Testament (Acts 7:21: Heb. 11:24). It would seem th"}, {"id": "card_n_61ce7eb8fcb6", "title": "Easton: Cake", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cakes made of wheat or barley were offered in the temple. They were salted, but unleavened (Ex. 29:2; Lev. 2:4). In idolatrous worship thin cakes or wafers were offered “to the queen of heaven” (Jer. "}]}