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.

• Kabzeel

  Gathering of God, a city in the extreme south of Judah, near to Idumaea (Josh.

• Kadesh

  Holy, or Kadesh-Barnea, sacred desert of wandering, a place on the south-eastern border of Palestine, about 165 miles from Horeb.

• Kadesh

  The sacred city of the Hittites, on the left bank of the Orontes, about 4 miles south of the Lake of Homs.

• Kadmiel

  Before God;

• Kadmonites

  Orientals, the name of a Canaanitish tribe which inhabited the north-eastern part of Palestine in the time of Abraham (Gen.

• Kanah

  Reedy;

• Kareah

  Bald, the father of Johanan and Jonathan, who for a time were loyal to Gedaliah, the Babylonian governor of Jerusalem (Jer.

• Karkaa

  A floor;

• Karkor

  Foundation, a place in the open desert wastes on the east of Jordan (Judg.

• Kartah

  City, a town in the tribe of Zebulun assigned to the Levites of the family of Merari (Josh.

• Kartan

  Double city, a town of Naphali, assigned to the Gershonite Levites, and one of the cities of refuge (Josh.

• Kattath

  (Josh.

• Kedar

  Dark-skinned, the second son of Ishmael (Gen.

• Kedemah

  Eastward, the last-named of the sons of Ishmael (Gen.

• Kedemoth

  Beginnings;

• Kedesh

  Sanctuary.

• Kedron

  The valley, now quite narrow, between the Mount of Olives and Mount Moriah.

• Kehelathah

  Assembly, one of the stations of the Israelites in the desert (Num.

• Keilah

  Citadel, a city in the lowlands of Judah (Josh.

• Kelita

  Dwarf, a Levite who assisted Ezra in expounding the law to the people (Neh.

• Kemuel

  Helper of God, or assembly of God.

• Kenath

  Possession, a city of Gilead.

• Kenaz

  Hunter.

• Kenites

  Smiths, the name of a tribe inhabiting the desert lying between southern Palestine and the mountains of Sinai.

• Kenizzite

  (1.) The name of a tribe referred to in the covenant God made with Abraham (Gen.

• Kerchief

  Mentioned only Ezek.

• Keren-happuch

  Horn of the face-paint = cosmetic-box, the name of Job's third daughter (Job.

• Kerioth

  Cities.

• Kesitah

  (Gen.

• Kettle

  A large pot for cooking.

• Keturah

  Incense, the wife of Abraham, whom he married probably after Sarah's death (Gen.

• Key

  Frequently mentioned in Scripture.

• Kezia

  Cassia, the name of Job's second daughter (42:14), born after prosperity had returned to him.

• Keziz

  Abrupt;

• Kibroth-hattaavah

  The graves of the longing or of lust, one of the stations of the Israelites in the wilderness.

• Kibzaim

  Two heaps, a city of Ephraim, assigned to the Kohathite Levites, and appointed as a city of refuge (Josh.

• Kid

  The young of the goat.

• Kidron

  = Kedron = Cedron, turbid, the winter torrent which flows through the Valley of Jehoshaphat, on the eastern side of Jerusalem, between the c

• Kinah

  An elegy, a city in the extreme south of Judah (Josh.

• Kine

  (Heb.

• King

  Is in Scripture very generally used to denote one invested with authority, whether extensive or limited.

• Kingdom of God

  (Matt.

• Kingly office of Christ

  One of the three special relations in which Christ stands to his people.

• King's dale

  Mentioned only in Gen.

• Kings, The Books of

  The two books of Kings formed originally but one book in the Hebrew Scriptures.

• Kinsman

  Heb.

• Kir

  A wall or fortress, a place to which Tiglath-pileser carried the Syrians captive after he had taken the city of Damascus (2 Kings 16:9;

• Kir-haraseth

  Built fortress, a city and fortress of Moab, the modern Kerak, a small town on the brow of a steep hill about 6 miles from Rabbath-Moab and

• Kirjath

  City, a city belonging to Benjamin (Josh.

• Kirjathaim

  Two cities;

• Kirjath-arba

  City of Arba, the original name of Hebron (q.v.), so called from the name of its founder, one of the Anakim (Gen.

• Kirjath-huzoth

  City of streets, Num.

• Kirjath-jearim

  City of jaars;

• Kirjath-sannah

  City of the sannah;

• Kirjath-sepher

  City of books, Josh.

• Kir of Moab

  Isa.

• Kish

  A bow.

• Kishion

  Hardness, a city of Issachar assigned to the Gershonite Levites (Josh.

• Kishon

  Winding, a winter torrent of Central Palestine, which rises about the roots of Tabor and Gilboa, and passing in a northerly direction throug

• Kiss

  Of affection (Gen.

• Kite

  An unclean and keen-sighted bird of prey (Lev.

• Kithlish

  A man's wall, a town in the plain of Judah (Josh.

• Kitron

  Knotty, a city of Zebulun (Judg.

• Kittim

  (Gen.

• Knead

  To prepare dough in the process of baking (Gen.

• Kneading-trough

  The vessel in which the dough, after being mixed and leavened, was left to swell or ferment (Ex.

• Knife

  (1.) Heb.

• Knock

  "Though Orientals are very jealous of their privacy, they never knock when about to enter your room, but walk in without warning or ceremony

• Knop

  Some architectural ornament.

• Koa

  He-camel, occurs only in Ezek.

• Kohath

  Assembly, the second son of Levi, and father of Amram (Gen.

• Kohathites

  The descendants of Kohath.

• Korah

  Ice, hail.

• Korahites

  That portion of the Kohathites that descended from Korah.

• Kore

  Partridge.

• Korhites

  A Levitical family descended from Korah (Ex.

• Koz

  Thorn.