{"query": "Easton: Rain", "count": 16, "results": [{"id": "card_n_6b1770d0f70d", "title": "Easton: Rain", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "There are three Hebrew words used to denote the rains of different seasons, (1.) Yoreh (Hos. 6:3), or moreh (Joel 2:23), denoting the former or the early rain. (2.) Melqosh, the “latter rain” (Prov. 1"}, {"id": "card_n_60a78689f6ad", "title": "Easton: Agriculture", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Tilling the ground (Gen. 2:15; 4:2, 3, 12) and rearing cattle were the chief employments in ancient times. The Egyptians excelled in agriculture. And after the Israelites entered into the possession o"}, {"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_8f29edf0bd41", "title": "Easton: Rain cites Joel", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Joel 2:23 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_860f1048ba8b", "title": "Easton: Rain cites Ezra", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Ezra 10:9 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_90191220465e", "title": "Easton: Hail", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Frozen rain-drops; one of the plagues of Egypt (Ex. 9:23). It is mentioned by Haggai as a divine judgment (Hag. 2:17). A hail-storm destroyed the army of the Amorites when they fought against Joshua ("}, {"id": "card_c_af571042bd17", "title": "Easton: Rain 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_0e76aa995db1", "title": "Easton: Brimstone", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "An inflammable mineral substance found in quantities on the shores of the Dead Sea. The cities of the plain were destroyed by a rain of fire and brimstone (Gen. 19:24, 25). In Isa. 34:9 allusion is ma"}, {"id": "card_n_38bdc502efb4", "title": "Easton: Rainbow", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Caused by the reflection and refraction of the rays of the sun shining on falling rain. It was appointed as a witness of the divine faithfulness (Gen. 9:12-17). It existed indeed before, but it was th"}, {"id": "card_n_c980616834e1", "title": "Easton: Cistern", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The rendering of a Hebrew word bor, which means a receptacle for water conveyed to it; distinguished from beer, which denotes a place where water rises on the spot (Jer. 2:13; Prov. 5:15; Isa. 36:16),"}, {"id": "card_n_9a7e8f93dacb", "title": "Easton: Thunder", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Often referred to in Scripture (Job 40:9; Ps. 77:18; 104:7). James and John were called by our Lord “sons of thunder” (Mark 3:17). In Job 39:19, instead of “thunder,” as in the Authorized Version, the"}, {"id": "card_n_a12b65778fd0", "title": "Easton: Dust", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Storms of sand and dust sometimes overtake Eastern travellers. They are very dreadful, many perishing under them. Jehovah threatens to bring on the land of Israel, as a punishment for forsaking him, a"}, {"id": "card_n_4d9d0f7086f4", "title": "Easton: Firmament", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "From the Vulgate firmamentum, which is used as the translation of the Hebrew raki’a. This word means simply “expansion.” It denotes the space or expanse like an arch appearing immediately above us. Th"}, {"id": "card_n_18d743c6e0d7", "title": "Easton: Cloud", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Hebrew so rendered means “a covering,” because clouds cover the sky. The word is used as a symbol of the Divine presence, as indicating the splendour of that glory which it conceals (Ex. 16:10; 33"}, {"id": "card_n_9433c15082d9", "title": "Easton: River", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Heb. ‘aphik, properly the channel or ravine that holds water (2 Sam. 22:16), translated “brook,” “river,” “stream,” but not necessarily a perennial stream (Ezek. 6:3; 31:12; 32:6; 34:13). (2.) He"}, {"id": "card_n_a3f4ed09ea98", "title": "Easton: Fountain", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. ‘ain; i.e., “eye” of the water desert), a natural source of living water. Palestine was a “land of brooks of water, of fountains, and depths that spring out of valleys and hills” (Deut. 8:7; 11:"}]}