{"query": "Easton: Well", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_29770913899b", "title": "Easton: Jacob’s Well", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(John 4:5, 6). This is one of the few sites in Palestine about which there is no dispute. It was dug by Jacob, and hence its name, in the “parcel of ground” which he purchased from the sons of Hamor ("}, {"id": "card_n_860c6cffa6b5", "title": "Easton: Beer-lahai-roi", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "I.e., “the well of him that liveth and seeth me,” or, as some render it, “the well of the vision of life”, the well where the Lord met with Hagar (Gen. 16:7-14). Isaac dwelt beside this well (24:62; 2"}, {"id": "card_n_69941284339e", "title": "Easton: Beersheba", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Well of the oath, or well of seven, a well dug by Abraham, and so named because he and Abimelech here entered into a compact (Gen. 21:31). On re-opening it, Isaac gave it the same name (Gen. 26:31-33)"}, {"id": "card_n_e8bfbb5d765d", "title": "Easton: Beer", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Well. (1.) A place where a well was dug by the direction of Moses, at the forty-fourth station of the Hebrews in their wanderings (Num. 21:16-18) in the wilderness of Moab. (See WELL.) (2.) A town in "}, {"id": "card_n_16ea7b0e8a39", "title": "Easton: Decrees of God", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "“The decrees of God are his eternal, unchangeable, holy, wise, and sovereign purpose, comprehending at once all things that ever were or will be in their causes, conditions, successions, and relations"}, {"id": "card_n_c5dfe91c133f", "title": "Easton: Phicol", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Great, the chief captain of the army of Abimelech, the Philistine king of Gerar. He entered into an alliance with Abraham with reference to a certain well which, from this circumstance, was called Bee"}, {"id": "card_n_d4231bd62152", "title": "Easton: Well", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. beer), to be distinguished from a fountain (Heb. ‘ain). A “beer” was a deep shaft, bored far under the rocky surface by the art of man, which contained water which percolated through the strata "}, {"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_f0e884ecf38d", "title": "Easton: Stork", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Heb. hasidah, meaning “kindness,” indicating thus the character of the bird, which is noted for its affection for its young. It is in the list of birds forbidden to be eaten by the Levitical law (Lev."}, {"id": "card_n_7d6cabe3b790", "title": "Easton: Hepher", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A well or stream. (1.) A royal city of the Canaanites taken by Joshua (12:17). (2.) The youngest son of Gilead (Num. 26:32; 27:1). (3.) The second son of Asher (1 Chr. 4:6). (4.) One of David’s heroes"}, {"id": "card_n_30fd654bdec4", "title": "Easton: Spring", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. ‘ain, “the bright open source, the eye of the landscape”). To be carefully distinguished from “well” (q.v.). “Springs” mentioned in Josh. 10:40 (Heb. ‘ashdoth) should rather be “declivities” or "}, {"id": "card_n_1e60316b2b83", "title": "Easton: Left-handed", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Judg. 3:15; 20:16), one unable to use the right hand skilfully, and who therefore uses the left; and also one who uses the left as well as the right, ambidexter. Such a condition of the hands is due "}, {"id": "card_n_f4ca4e01c4e4", "title": "Easton: Mnason", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Reminding, or remembrancer, a Christian of Jerusalem with whom Paul lodged (Acts 21:16). He was apparently a native of Cyprus, like Barnabas (11:19, 20), and was well known to the Christians of Caesar"}, {"id": "card_n_24cf493dc8b4", "title": "Easton: Sychar", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Liar or drunkard (see Isa. 28:1, 7), has been from the time of the Crusaders usually identified with Sychem or Shechem (John 4:5). It has now, however, as the result of recent explorations, been ident"}, {"id": "card_c_e88ab114473f", "title": "Easton: Jacob’s Well cites John", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites John 4:5 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_a7c004504bb5", "title": "Easton: Epaenetus", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Commendable, a Christian at Rome to whom Paul sent his salutation (Rom. 16:5). He is spoken of as “the first fruits of Achaia” (R.V., “of Asia”, i.e., of proconsular Asia, which is probably the correc"}, {"id": "card_n_8bb6c5745299", "title": "Easton: Gath-hepher", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Wine-press of the well, a town of Lower Galilee, about 5 miles from Nazareth; the birthplace of Jonah (2 Kings 14:25); the same as Gittah-hepher (Josh. 19:13). It has been identified with the modern e"}, {"id": "card_n_9cd847459194", "title": "Easton: Carve", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The arts of engraving and carving were much practised among the Jews. They were practised in connection with the construction of the tabernacle and the temple (Ex. 31:2, 5; 35:33; 1 Kings 6:18, 35; Ps"}, {"id": "card_n_0cbb44e099ef", "title": "Easton: Gedor", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A wall. (1.) A city in the mountains or hill country of Judah (Josh. 15:58), identified with Jedar, between Jerusalem and Hebron. (2.) 1 Chr. 4:39, the Gederah of Josh. 15:36, or the well-known Gerar,"}, {"id": "card_n_d1b2d9bd24c0", "title": "Easton: Goel", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "In Hebrew the participle of the verb gaal, “to redeem.” It is rendered in the Authorized Version “kinsman,” Num. 5:8; Ruth 3:12; 4:1, 6, 8; “redeemer,” Job 19:25; “avenger,” Num. 35:12; Deut. 19:6, et"}]}