Reference

Bible dictionary

3,964 entries on the people, places and words of the Bible, each linked to the passages it cites.

M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 3rd edition (1897). Public domain; text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. A nineteenth-century Protestant reference: its dates, archaeology and judgements reflect the scholarship of its time and are not Imago Dei's editorial position.

• Gaal

  Loathing, the son of Ebed, in whom the Shechemites "placed their confidence" when they became discontented with Abimelech.

• Gaash

  A shaking, a hill, on the north side of which Joshua was buried (Josh.

• Gabbatha

  Gab Baitha, i.e., "the ridge of the house" = "the temple-mound," on a part of which the fortress of Antonia was built.

• Gabriel

  Champion of God, used as a proper name to designate the angel who was sent to Daniel (8:16) to explain the vision of the ram and the he-goat

• Gad

  Fortune;

• Gadara

  The capital of the Roman province of Peraea.

• Gadarenes

  The inhabitants of Gadara, in Revised Version "Gerasenes" (Mark 5:1;

• Gaddi

  Fortunate, the representative of the tribe of Manasseh among the twelve "spies" sent by Moses to spy the land (Num.

• Gaddiel

  Fortune (i.e., sent) of God, the representative of the tribe of Zebulum among the twelve spies (Num.

• Gahar

  Lurking-place, one of the chief of the Nethinim, whose descendants returned to Jerusalem under Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:47).

• Gaius

  (1.) A Macedonian, Paul's fellow-traveller, and his host at Corinth when he wrote his Epistle to the Romans (16:23).

• Galatia

  Has been called the "Gallia" of the East, Roman writers calling its inhabitants Galli.

• Galatians, Epistle to

  The genuineness of this epistle is not called in question.

• Galbanum

  Heb.

• Galeed

  Heap of witness, the name of the pile of stones erected by Jacob and Laban to mark the league of friendship into which they entered with eac

• Galilean

  An inhabitant or native of Galilee.

• Galilee

  Circuit.

• Galilee, Sea of

  (Matt.

• Gall

  (1) Heb.

• Gallery

  (1.) Heb.

• Gallim

  Heaps, (1 Sam.

• Gallio

  The elder brother of Seneca the philosopher, who was tutor and for some time minister of the emperor Nero.

• Gallows

  Heb.

• Gamaliel

  Reward of God.

• Games

  (1.) Of children (Zech.

• Gammadim

  (Ezek.

• Gamul

  Weaned the leader of one of the priestly courses (1 Chr.

• Gap

  A rent or opening in a wall (Ezek.

• Gardens

  Mentioned in Scripture, of Eden (Gen.

• Gareb

  Scabby;

• Garlands

  (Acts 14:13).

• Garlic

  (Heb.

• Garner

  (1.) Heb.

• Garnish

  Overlay with stones (2 Chr.

• Garrison

  (1.) Heb.

• Gate

  (1.) Of cities, as of Jerusalem (Jer.

• Gath

  A wine-vat, one of the five royal cities of the Philistines (Josh.

• Gath-hepher

  Wine-press of the well, a town of Lower Galilee, about 5 miles from Nazareth;

• Gath-rimmon

  Press of the pomegranate.

• Gaulanitis

  A name derived from "Golan" (q.v.), one of the cities of refuge in the territory of Manasseh (Josh.

• Gaza

  Called also Azzah, which is its Hebrew name (Deut.

• Geba

  The hill, (2 Sam.

• Gebal

  A line (or natural boundary, as a mountain range).

• Gebalites

  (1 Kings 5:18 R.V., in A.V.

• Geber

  A valiant man, (1 Kings 4:19), one of Solomon's purveyors, having jurisdiction over a part of Gilead, comprising all the kingdom of Sihon an

• Gebim

  Cisterns, (rendered "pits," Jer.

• Gedaliah

  Made great by Jehovah.

• Geder

  A walled place, (Josh.

• Gederah

  The fortress;

• Gederathite

  An epithet applied to Josabad, one of David's warriors at Ziklag (1 Chr.

• Gedor

  A wall.

• Gehazi

  Valley of vision, Elisha's trusted servant (2 Kings 4:31;

• Gehenna

  (originally Ge bene Hinnom;

• Geliloth

  Circles;

• Gemariah

  Jehovah has made perfect.

• Generation

  Gen.

• Genesis

  The five books of Moses were collectively called the Pentateuch, a word of Greek origin meaning "the five-fold book." The Jews called them t

• Gennesaret

  A garden of riches.

• Gentiles

  (Heb., usually in plural, goyim), meaning in general all nations except the Jews.

• Genubath

  Theft, the son of Hadad, of the Edomitish royal family.

• Gera

  Grain.

• Gerah

  A bean, probably of the carob tree, the smallest weight, and also the smallest piece of money, among the Hebrews, equal to the twentieth par

• Gerar

  A region;

• Gergesa

  =Gerasa, identified with the modern Khersa, "over against Galilee," close to the lake.

• Gerizim

  A mountain of Samaria, about 3,000 feet above the Mediterranean.

• Gershom

  Expulsion.

• Gershon

  =Ger'shom expulsion, the eldest of Levi's three sons (Gen.

• Geshem

  Or Gashmu, firmness, probably chief of the Arabs south of Palestine, one of the enemies of the Jews after the return from Babylon (Neh.

• Geshur

  Bridge, the name of a district or principality of Syria near Gilead, between Mount Hermon and the Lake of Tiberias (2 Sam.

• Geshurites

  (1.) The inhabitants of Geshur.

• Gethsemane

  Oil-press, the name of an olive-yard at the foot of the Mount of Olives, to which Jesus was wont to retire (Luke 22:39) with his disciples,

• Gezer

  A precipice, an ancient royal Canaanitish city (Josh.

• Ghost

  An old Saxon word equivalent to soul or spirit.

• Giants

  (1.) Heb.

• Gibbethon

  A height, a city of the Philistines in the territory of Dan, given to the Kohathites (Josh.

• Gibeah

  A hill or hill-town, "of Benjamin" (1 Sam.

• Gibeah-haaraloth

  (Josh.

• Gibeah of Judah

  (Josh.

• Gibeah of Phinehas

  (Josh.

• Gibeon

  Hill-city, "one of the royal cities, greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty" (Josh.

• Gideon

  Called also Jerubbaal (Judg.

• Gier eagle

  Heb.

• Gift

  (1.) An gratuity (Prov.

• Gifts, spiritual

  (Gr.

• Gihon

  A stream.

• Gilboa

  Boiling spring, a mountain range, now Jebel Fukua', memorable as the scene of Saul's disastrous defeat by the Philistines.

• Gilead

  Hill of testimony, (Gen.

• Gilead, Balm of

  The region of Gilead abounded in spices and aromatic gums, which were exported to Egypt and Tyre (Gen.

• Gilgal

  Rolling.

• Giloh

  Exile, a city in the south-west part of the hill-country of Judah (Josh.

• Gimzo

  A place fertile in sycamores, a city in the plain of Judah, the villages of which were seized by the Philistines (2 Chr.

• Gin

  A trap.

• Girdle

  (1.) Heb.

• Girgashite

  Dwelling in clayey soil, the descendants of the fifth son of Canaan (Gen.

• Gittah-hepher

  (Josh.

• Gittaim

  Two wine-presses, (2 Sam.

• Gittite

  A native of the Philistine city of Gath (Josh.

• Gittith

  A stringed instrument of music.

• Gizonite

  A name given to Hashem, an inhabitant of Gizoh, a place somewhere in the mountains of Judah (1 Chr.

• Glass

  Was known to the Egyptians at a very early period of their national history, at least B.C.

• Glean

  The corners of fields were not to be reaped, and the sheaf accidentally left behind was not to be fetched away, according to the law of Mose

• Glede

  An Old English name for the common kite, mentioned only in Deut.

• Glorify

  (1.) To make glorious, or cause so to appear (John 12:28;

• Glory

  (Heb.

• Glutton

  (Deut.

• Gnash

  Heb.

• Gnat

  Only in Matt.

• Goad

  (Heb.

• Goat

  (1.) Heb.

• Goath

  A lowing, a place near Jerusalem, mentioned only in Jer.

• Gob

  A pit, a place mentioned in 2 Sam.

• Goblet

  A laver or trough for washing garments.

• God

  (A.S.

• Godhead

  (Acts 17:29;

• Godliness

  The whole of practical piety (1 Tim.

• Goel

  In Hebrew the participle of the verb gaal, "to redeem." It is rendered in the Authorized Version "kinsman," Num.

• Gog

  (1.) A Reubenite (1 Chr.

• Golan

  Exile, a city of Bashan (Deut.

• Gold

  (1.) Heb.

• Golden calf

  (Ex.

• Goldsmith

  (Neh.

• Golgotha

  The common name of the spot where Jesus was crucified.

• Goliath

  Great.

• Gomer

  Complete;

• Gomorrah

  Submersion, one of the five cities of the plain of Siddim (q.v.) which were destroyed by fire (Gen.

• Goodly trees

  Boughs of, were to be carried in festive procession on the first day of the feast of Tabernacles (Lev.

• Goodness

  In man is not a mere passive quality, but the deliberate preference of right to wrong, the firm and persistent resistance of all moral evil,

• Goodness of God

  A perfection of his character which he exercises towards his creatures according to their various circumstances and relations (Ps.

• Gopher

  A tree from the wood of which Noah was directed to build the ark (Gen.

• Goshen

  (1.) A district in Egypt where Jacob and his family settled, and in which they remained till the Exodus (Gen.

• Gospel

  A word of Anglo-Saxon origin, and meaning "God's spell", i.e., word of God, or rather, according to others, "good spell", i.e., good news.

• Gospels

  The central fact of Christian preaching was the intelligence that the Saviour had come into the world (Matt.

• Gourd

  (1.) Jonah's gourd (Jonah 4:6-10), bearing the Hebrew name kikayon (found only here), was probably the kiki of the Egyptians, the croton.

• Government of God

  See [250]PROVIDENCE.

• Governments

  (1 Cor.

• Governor

  (1.) Heb.

• Gozan

  A region in Central Asia to which the Israelites were carried away captive (2 Kings 17:6;

• Grace

  (1.) Of form or person (Prov.

• Grace, means of

  An expression not used in Scripture, but employed (1) to denote those institutions ordained by God to be the ordinary channels of grace to t

• Graft

  The process of inoculating fruit-trees (Rom.

• Grain

  Used, in Amos 9:9, of a small stone or kernel;

• Grape

  The fruit of the vine, which was extensively cultivated in Palestine.

• Grass

  (1.) Heb.

• Grasshopper

  Belongs to the class of neuropterous insects called Gryllidae.

• Grate

  A network of brass for the bottom of the great altar of sacrifice (Ex.

• Grave

  Among the ancient Hebrews graves were outside of cities in the open field (Luke 7:12;

• Graven image

  Deut.

• Graving

  (1.) Heb.

• Greaves

  Only in 1 Sam.

• Grecians

  Hellenists, Greek-Jews;

• Greece

  Orginally consisted of the four provinces of Macedonia, Epirus, Achaia, and Peleponnesus.

• Greek

  Found only in the New Testament, where a distinction is observed between "Greek" and "Grecian" (q.v.).

• Greyhound

  (Prov.

• Grind

  (Ex.

• Grizzled

  Party-coloured, as goats (Gen.

• Grove

  (1.) Heb.

• Guard

  (1.) Heb.

• Guest-chamber

  The spare room on the upper floor of an Eastern dwelling (Mark 14:14;

• Gur

  A whelp, a place near Ibleam where Jehu's servants overtook and mortally wounded king Ahaziah (2 Kings 9:27);

• Gur-baal

  Sojourn of Baal, a place in Arabia (2 Chr.

• Gutter

  Heb.