{"query": "Easton: Rest", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_2636603434d0", "title": "Easton: Rest", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Gr. katapausis, equivalent to the Hebrew word noah (Heb. 4:1). (2.) Gr. anapausis, “rest from weariness” (Matt. 11:28). (3.) Gr. anesis, “relaxation” (2 Thess. 1:7). (4.) Gr. sabbatismos, a Sabba"}, {"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_5d27fdb63e74", "title": "Easton: Bed", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. mittah), for rest at night (Ex. 8:3; 1 Sam. 19:13, 15, 16, etc.); during sickness (Gen. 47:31; 48:2; 49:33, etc.); as a sofa for rest (1 Sam. 28:23; Amos 3:12). Another Hebrew word (er’es) so re"}, {"id": "card_n_29b06212e953", "title": "Easton: Judges, Book of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Is so called because it contains the history of the deliverance and government of Israel by the men who bore the title of the “judges.” The book of Ruth originally formed part of this book, but about "}, {"id": "card_n_835d77020c67", "title": "Easton: Noah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Rest, (Heb. Noah) the grandson of Methuselah (Gen. 5:25-29), who was for two hundred and fifty years contemporary with Adam, and the son of Lamech, who was about fifty years old at the time of Adam’s "}, {"id": "card_n_f3e3761a01a0", "title": "Easton: Nahath", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Rest. (1.) One of the four sons of Reuel, the son of Esau (Gen. 36:13, 17). (2.) A Kohathite Levite (1 Chr. 6:26). (3.) A Levite, one of the overseers of the sacred offerings of the temple (2 Chr. 31:"}, {"id": "card_c_96edbf76a9a8", "title": "Easton: Rest references Matthew", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references Matthew. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_n_f549b7951bef", "title": "Easton: Paradise", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A Persian word (pardes), properly meaning a “pleasure-ground” or “park” or “king’s garden.” (See EDEN.) It came in course of time to be used as a name for the world of happiness and rest hereafter (Lu"}, {"id": "card_n_913ac4257c2d", "title": "Easton: Janoah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Or Jano’hah, rest. (1.) A town on the north-eastern border of Ephraim, in the Jordan valley (Josh. 16:6, 7). Identified with the modern Yanun, 8 miles south-east of Nablus. (2.) A town of Northern Pal"}, {"id": "card_n_a8b6a3000654", "title": "Easton: Week", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "From the beginning, time was divided into weeks, each consisting of six days of working and one of rest (Gen. 2:2, 3; 7:10; 8:10, 12; 29:28). The references to this division of days becomes afterwards"}, {"id": "card_n_8b7bcab57e12", "title": "Easton: Fold", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "An enclosure for flocks to rest together (Isa. 13:20). Sheep-folds are mentioned Num. 32:16, 24, 36; 2 Sam. 7:8; Zeph. 2:6; John 10:1, etc. It was prophesied of the cities of Ammon (Ezek. 25:5), Aroer"}, {"id": "card_n_0877c288ee71", "title": "Easton: Abraham’s bosom", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Luke 16:22, 23) refers to the custom of reclining on couches at table, which was prevalent among the Jews, an arrangement which brought the head of one person almost into the bosom of the one who sat"}, {"id": "card_n_b30300d9d543", "title": "Easton: Covering of the eyes", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Occurs only in Gen. 20:16. In the Revised Version the rendering is “it (i.e., Abimelech’s present of 1,000 pieces of silver to Abraham) is for thee a covering of the eyes.” This has been regarded as a"}, {"id": "card_c_9ad8001dcffa", "title": "Easton: Rest references Sabbath", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Sabbath (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_975638af6bad", "title": "Easton: Eldad", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Whom God has loved, one of the seventy elders whom Moses appointed (Num. 11:26, 27) to administer justice among the people. He, with Medad, prophesied in the camp instead of going with the rest to the"}, {"id": "card_n_f22999b78afb", "title": "Easton: Dinah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Judged; vindicated, daughter of Jacob by Leah, and sister of Simeon and Levi (Gen. 30:21). She was seduced by Shechem, the son of Hamor, the Hivite chief, when Jacob’s camp was in the neighbourhood of"}, {"id": "card_n_c86266734a83", "title": "Easton: Habitation", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "God is the habitation of his people, who find rest and safety in him (Ps. 71:3; 91:9). Justice and judgment are the habitation of God’s throne (Ps. 89:14, Heb. mekhon, “foundation”), because all his a"}, {"id": "card_n_fe0d952a8a14", "title": "Easton: Contentment", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A state of mind in which one’s desires are confined to his lot whatever it may be (1 Tim. 6:6; 2 Cor. 9:8). It is opposed to envy (James 3:16), avarice (Heb. 13:5), ambition (Prov. 13:10), anxiety (Ma"}, {"id": "card_n_eda54da35e9b", "title": "Easton: Heir", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Under the patriarchs the property of a father was divided among the sons of his legitimate wives (Gen. 21:10; 24:36; 25:5), the eldest son getting a larger portion than the rest. The Mosaic law made s"}, {"id": "card_n_1e708238853c", "title": "Easton: Wandering", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Of the Israelites in the wilderness in consequence of their rebellious fears to enter the Promised Land (Num. 14:26-35). They wandered for forty years before they were permitted to cross the Jordan (J"}]}