{"query": "Easton: Writing", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_b5ad3d476485", "title": "Easton: Writing", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The art of writing must have been known in the time of the early Pharaohs. Moses is commanded “to write for a memorial in a book” (Ex. 17:14) a record of the attack of Amalek. Frequent mention is afte"}, {"id": "card_n_38e4cd414e5d", "title": "Easton: Book", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "This word has a comprehensive meaning in Scripture. In the Old Testament it is the rendering of the Hebrew word sepher, which properly means a “writing,” and then a “volume” (Ex. 17:14; Deut. 28:58; 2"}, {"id": "card_c_0c8bd1629344", "title": "Easton: Writing references Hebrews", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references Hebrews. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_c_b318c82708da", "title": "Easton: Writing references Exodus", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references Exodus. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_n_8d2d50f4e4b3", "title": "Easton: Mene", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Dan. 5:25, 26), numbered, one of the words of the mysterious inscription written “upon the plaister of the wall” in Belshazzar’s palace at Babylon. The writing was explained by Daniel. (See BELSHAZZA"}, {"id": "card_c_b4b5d48f10ba", "title": "Easton: Writing cites 1 Kings", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites 1 Kings 21:8 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_27983bcbd797", "title": "Easton: Writing cites 2 Kings", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites 2 Kings 10:1 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_b8c17175ca72", "title": "Easton: Leather", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A girdle of, worn by Elijah (2 Kings 1:8) and John the Baptist (Matt. 3:4). Leather was employed both for clothing (Num. 31:20; Heb. 11:37) and for writing upon. The trade of a tanner is mentioned (Ac"}, {"id": "card_n_cd47c460640c", "title": "Easton: Letter", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "In Rom. 2:27, 29 means the outward form. The “oldness of the letter” (7:6) is a phrase which denotes the old way of literal outward obedience to the law as a system of mere external rules of conduct. "}, {"id": "card_n_823cd1eea651", "title": "Easton: Door-posts", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Jews were commanded to write the divine name on the posts (mezuzoth’) of their doors (Deut. 6:9). The Jews, misunderstanding this injunction, adopted the custom of writing on a slip of parchment t"}, {"id": "card_c_ea04316727da", "title": "Easton: Writing references Amalek", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Amalek (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_c_0e8b5377b258", "title": "Easton: Writing references Canaan", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Canaan (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_c_b3163b2837ae", "title": "Easton: Writing references David", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions David (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_c_60453f8c9f86", "title": "Easton: Writing references Debir", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Debir (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_7899d89d2427", "title": "Easton: Writing references Edom", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Edom (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_7ea4820b69c5", "title": "Easton: Writing 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_b14cb7df42c9", "title": "Easton: Writing 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_c_562335b6245f", "title": "Easton: Writing references Rameses", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Rameses (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_ee84cb33910a", "title": "Easton: Achmetha", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Ezra 6:2), called Ecbatana by classical writers, the capital of northern Media. Here was the palace which was the residence of the old Median monarchs, and of Cyrus and Cambyses. In the time of Ezra,"}, {"id": "card_n_9775ad62bc60", "title": "Easton: Kirjath-sepher", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "City of books, Josh. 15:15; same as Kirjath-sannah (q.v.), now represented by the valley of ed-Dhaberiyeh, south-west of Hebron. The name of this town is an evidence that the Canaanites were acquainte"}]}