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.

• Laban

  White.

• Lachish

  Impregnable, a royal Canaanitish city in the Shephelah, or maritime plain of Palestine (Josh.

• Ladder

  Occurs only once, in the account of Jacob's vision (Gen.

• Laish

  A lion.

• Lama

  (Matt.

• Lamb

  (1.) Heb.

• Lamech

  The strikerdown;

• Lamentation

  (Heb.

• Lamentations, Book of

  Called in the Hebrew canon 'Ekhah, meaning "How," being the formula for the commencement of a song of wailing.

• Lamp

  (1.) That part of the candle-sticks of the tabernacle and the temple which bore the light (Ex.

• Landmark

  A boundary line indicated by a stone, stake, etc.

• Laodicea

  The city of this name mentioned in Scripture lay on the confines of Phrygia and Lydia, about 40 miles east of Ephesus (Rev.

• Laodicea, Epistle from

  (Col.

• Lapidoth

  Torches.

• Lapping

  Of water like a dog, i.e., by putting the hand filled with water to the mouth.

• Lapwing

  The name of an unclean bird, mentioned only in Lev.

• Lasaea

  A city in the island of Crete (Acts 27:8).

• Lasha

  Fissure, a place apparently east of the Dead Sea (Gen.

• Latchet

  A thong (Acts 22:25), cord, or strap fastening the sandal on the foot (Isa.

• Latin

  The vernacular language of the ancient Romans (John 19:20).

• Lattice

  (1.) Heb.

• Laver

  (Heb.

• Law

  A rule of action.

• Law of Moses

  Is the whole body of the Mosaic legislation (1 Kings 2:3;

• Lawyer

  Among the Jews, was one versed in the laws of Moses, which he expounded in the schools and synagogues (Matt.

• Lazarus

  An abbreviation of Eleazar, whom God helps.

• Leaf

  Of a tree.

• League

  A treaty or confederacy.

• Leah

  Weary, the eldest daughter of Laban, and sister of Rachel (Gen.

• Leannoth

  For answering;

• Leasing

  (Ps.

• Leather

  A girdle of, worn by Elijah (2 Kings 1:8) and John the Baptist (Matt.

• Leaven

  (1.) Heb.

• Lebanon

  White, "the white mountain of Syria," is the loftiest and most celebrated mountain range in Syria.

• Lebbaeus

  Courageous, a surname of Judas (Jude), one of the twelve (Matt.

• Lebonah

  Frankincense, a town near Shiloh, on the north side of Bethel (Judg.

• Leek

  (Heb.

• Lees

  (Heb.

• Left hand

  Among the Hebrews, denoted the north (Job 23:9;

• Left-handed

  (Judg.

• Legion

  A regiment of the Roman army, the number of men composing which differed at different times.

• Lehi

  A jawbone, a place in the tribe of Judah where Samson achieved a victory over the Philistines (Judg.

• Lemuel

  Dedicated to God, a king whom his mother instructed (Prov.

• Lentiles

  (Heb.

• Leopard

  (Heb.

• Leprosy

  (Heb.

• Letter

  In Rom.

• Leummim

  Peoples;

• Levi

  Adhesion.

• Leviathan

  A transliterated Hebrew word (livyathan), meaning "twisted," "coiled." In Job 3:8, Revised Version, and marg.

• Levirate Law

  From Latin levir, "a husband's brother," the name of an ancient custom ordained by Moses, by which, when an Israelite died without issue, hi

• Levite

  A descendant of the tribe of Levi (Ex.

• Leviticus

  The third book of the Pentateuch;

• Levy

  (1 Kings 4:6, R.V.;

• Lewdness

  (Acts 18:14), villany or wickedness, not lewdness in the modern sense of the word.

• Libertine

  Found only Acts 6:9, one who once had been a slave, but who had been set at liberty, or the child of such a person.

• Libnah

  Transparency;

• Libni

  White, one of the two sons of Gershon, the son of Levi (Ex.

• Libya

  The country of the Ludim (Gen.

• Lice

  (Heb.

• Lie

  An intentional violation of the truth.

• Lieutenant

  (only in A.V.

• Life

  Generally of physical life (Gen.

• Light

  The offspring of the divine command (Gen.

• Lightning

  Frequently referred to by the sacred writers (Nah.

• Lign-aloes

  (only in pl., Heb.

• Ligure

  (Heb.

• Lily

  The Hebrew name shushan or shoshan, i.e., "whiteness", was used as the general name of several plants common to Syria, such as the tulip, ir

• Lime

  The Hebrew word so rendered means "boiling" or "effervescing." From Isa.

• Linen

  (1.) Heb., pishet, pishtah, denotes "flax," of which linen is made (Isa.

• Linen-yarn

  (See [358]YARN.)

• Lines

  Were used for measuring and dividing land;

• Lintel

  (1.) Heb.

• Lions

  The most powerful of all carnivorous animals.

• Lip

  Besides its literal sense (Isa.

• Litter

  (Heb.

• Liver

  (Heb.

• Living creatures

  As represented by Ezekiel (1-10) and John (Rev.

• Lizard

  Only in Lev.

• Lo-ammi

  Not my people, a symbolical name given by God's command to Hosea's second son in token of Jehovah's rejection of his people (Hos.

• Loan

  The Mosaic law required that when an Israelite needed to borrow, what he asked was to be freely lent to him, and no interest was to be charg

• Lock

  The Hebrews usually secured their doors by bars of wood or iron (Isa.

• Locust

  There are ten Hebrew words used in Scripture to signify locust.

• Lo-debar

  No pasture, (2 Sam.

• Lodge

  A shed for a watchman in a garden (Isa.

• Log

  The smallest measure for liquids used by the Hebrews (Lev.

• Lois

  The maternal grandmother of Timothy.

• Loop

  A knotted "eye" of cord, corresponding to the "taches" or knobs in the edges of the curtains of the tabernacle, for joining them into a cont

• Lord

  There are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.

• Lord's day

  Only once, in Rev.

• Lord's Prayer

  The name given to the only form of prayer Christ taught his disciples (Matt.

• Lord's Supper

  (1 Cor.

• Lo-ruhamah

  Not pitied, the name of the prophet Hosea's first daughter, a type of Jehovah's temporary rejection of his people (Hos.

• Lot

  (Heb.

• Lotan

  Coverer, one of the sons of Seir, the Horite (Gen.

• Love

  This word seems to require explanation only in the case of its use by our Lord in his interview with "Simon, the son of Jonas," after his re

• Lubims

  The inhabitants of a thirsty or scorched land;

• Lucas

  A friend and companion of Paul during his imprisonment at Rome;

• Lucifer

  Brilliant star, a title given to the king of Babylon (Isa.

• Lucius

  Of Cyrene, a Christian teacher at Antioch (Acts 13:1), and Paul's kinsman (Rom.

• Lucre

  From the Lat.

• Lud

  (1.) The fourth son of Shem (Gen.

• Ludim

  Probably the same as Lud (2) (comp.

• Luhith

  Made of boards, a Moabitish place between Zoar and Horonaim (Isa.

• Luke

  The evangelist, was a Gentile.

• Luke, Gospel according to

  Was written by Luke.

• Lunatic

  Probably the same as epileptic, the symptoms of which disease were supposed to be more aggravated as the moon increased.

• Lust

  Sinful longing;

• Luz

  A nut-bearing tree, the almond.

• Lycaonia

  An inland province of Asia Minor, on the west of Cappadocia and the south of Galatia.

• Lycia

  A wolf, a province in the south-west of Asia Minor, opposite the island of Rhodes.

• Lydda

  A town in the tribe of Ephraim, mentioned only in the New Testament (Acts 9:32, 35, 38) as the scene of Peter's miracle in healing the paral

• Lydia

  (1.) Ezek.

• Lysanias

  Tetrarch of Abilene (Luke 3:1), on the eastern slope of Anti-Lebanon, near the city of Damascus.

• Lysias, Claudius

  The chief captain (chiliarch) who commanded the Roman troops in Jerusalem, and sent Paul under guard to the procurator Felix at Caesarea (Ac

• Lystra

  A town of Lycaonia, in Asia Minor, in a wild district and among a rude population.