Eagle (Hebrew: nesher; Arabic: niss’r, “to tear with the beak” ) Eagles are found in all parts of the world, and there are several species in Palestine. 1. Imperial. 2. Short-toed. 3. Golden. 4. Spotted. 5. White-tailed. 6. Bonelli’s eagle. 7. Gier eagle, or Egyptian vulture, and others. The nesher is not an eagle, but a griffon-vulture, which is found in all hot countries of the old world. It measures nearly five feet; eight feet extent of wing. The allusion in Matthew ( Matthew 24:28), “wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together,” refers to vultures, because eagles do not gather more than two or three, while vultures assemble in large flocks. Its bare head is alluded to in Micah 1:16. Job mentions its strong eye-sight and wing ( Job 39:27-30). “The cliffs are perforated with caves at all heights, wholly inaccessible to man, the secure resting place of hundreds of noble griffons.” (Tristram, Land of Israel.) This gorge was the one Josephus describes near Arbela as inhabited by robbers, who were dislodged with great labor and hard fighting. The god , specially worshiped by Sennacherib, the Assyrian, was a vulture-headed figure, with wings. Ezekiel and John use this vulture as one of the heads in their symbolic figure ( Ezekiel 10:14; Revelation 4:6). Its longevity is alluded to in <19A305> Psalm 103:5. “Thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s,” (nesher ). One was kept in Vienna 104 years. They are always in sight in the East, every day in the year. Its care for its young is twice used as an example of God’s fatherly care ( Deuteronomy 32:11; Exodus 19:4). The gier eagle ( Leviticus 11:18), called in Hebrew and Arabic rachah , and is the modern Pharaoh’s Hen, or Egyptian Vulture. It is migratory in Palestine, and ranges from Asia Minor to the Cape of Good Hope. The dayah is probably a kite ( Leviticus 11:14), of which four kinds are known in Palestine. ( ). The golden eagle lives in pairs only, and requires a wide range of country, five pairs occupying as much as twenty miles. It is smaller than the Griffon, and not so strong. The short-toed eagle is strong, heavy, and handsome, about two feet long, dark brown, and marked with black spots. There are twice as many of these as of all the other eagles put together in Palestine.

Eanes (1 Esdras 9:21 ). , and . Ear (“to plow” ) ( Deuteronomy 21:4; Isaiah 30:24. ) Earnest (Hebrew: arabon ), a pledge, security ( Genesis 38:17,18,20. Proverbs 17:18).

Earrings (Hebrew: nezem ). Ear-rings were made of gold, silver, brass or bronze, and glass, and in a great variety of forms, and varying in size from half an inch to three inches across. The nose ring is peculiar to the East, and is mentioned in Genesis ( Genesis 24:47), where Abraham’s servant gave one to Rebekah. Except the nose ring men wear nearly all of these ornaments among oriental nations, and have from remote antiquity, as appears on the monuments in Egypt and Assyria. Rings were especially used for purposes of superstition and idolatry. The ring of ABRAXAS is an instance of superstitious use, as adopted by Christian Gnostics, and the museums of Europe and America furnish a great many other curious specimens of similar designs. Rings, coins and medals are hung in strings around the neck, by the sides of the face, and across the forehead sewed to the edge of the tarbush ( ). Some ear-rings in the East are very large; two or even three inches across, and are loaded with pearls, precious stones, or glass. Earth (Hebrew: erets, Greek: Ge ). Land and water, the whole visible surface of the globe. The Hebrew writers often used the term as we now use it, if meaning a local and limited space ( James 5:17; Leviticus 4:25), and especially in the account of the crucifixion, where the darkness may have been over all the land of Israel, but probably, not over all the globe ( Matthew 27:45; Luke 23:44). Earthquakes Earthquakes have been frequent in all ages in Palestine, and their ravages may be traced at Aleppo (1616, 1812), Antioch (1737), Laodicea, Beirut, Sidon, Tyre, Safed, and Tiberias (1837). One is mentioned in the time of King Uzziah ( Zechariah 14:5): another in 31 B.C., when a great part of Jerusalem was destroyed and 10,000 persons killed. Josephus speaks of one about the time of the crucifixion (Antiquities ix. 10, 4), when a large rock fell from Olivet.

East (Hebrew: kedem ) (“before” or “in front” ) By the east was often meant sun-rise. The Jews used to designate the lands lying east and northeast of Palestine ( Genesis 25:6).

Easter ( Acts 12:4 ). Eastgate ( Nehemiah 3:29 ). A gate of Jerusalem.

Eating Ebal Mountain north of Shechem ( Deuteronomy 11:29). Moses charged the Israelites to put the blessing upon Mount Gerizim, and the curse upon Mount Ebal. Both mountains are now terraced and cultivated, from bottom to top, by fine gardens. Ebal is 2700 feet high; Gerizim is 2,600 above the sea, and about 1,000 above Shechem. The valley is about 600 feet wide.

Ebed (Hebrew, “servant” ) 1. Father of Gaal ( Judges 9:26; 28:30; 31:35). 2. Son of Jonathan ( Ezra 8:6); Obeth in First Esdras.

Ebedmelech Ethiopian eunuch of Zedekiah, who released the prophet Jeremiah from prison, and was therefore saved when Jerusalem was taken ( Jeremiah 38:7, ff).

Ebeh (Hebrew: ebeh ) — reed, bulrushes, papyrus ( Job 9:26). Boats or skiffs made of papyrus — light and swift.

Eben-Ezel (stone of departure ). ( 1 Samuel 20:19 ).

Ebenezer (“stone of help” ) Set up by Samuel between Mizpeh and Shem ( 1 Samuel 7:12). Site lost. Eber (“beyond” ), . 1. Son of Salah, great-grandson of Shem; from whom the Hebrews were named. 2. Son of Elpaal, a Benjamite ( 1 Chronicles 8:12). 3. A priest of Amok under Joiakim ( Nehemiah 12:20). Ebiasaph (Hebrew: Abiasaph ). A Levite ( 1 Chronicles 6:23). The prophet Samuel and Heman the singer descended from him. .

Ebony True Ebony is a native of the coast of Malabar and of Ceylon. The tree is large. The stem is nine feet in circumference, and shoots up, before it branches, to 29 feet in height. The branches are stiff, irregular and numerous. This elegant plant furnishes valuable materials for inlaying; its fine-grained wood being sometimes black, gray, or green.

Ebronah Near Ezion-geber.

Ecanus One of the five swift scribes who assisted Esdras (2 Esdras 14:24) 2.

Ecbatana ( Ezra 6:2). Two cities of this name. 1. Capital of north Media. Atropatene of Strabo. The 7-walled town of Herodotus, and said to have been the capital of Cyrus. Where the roll was found which proved to Darius that Cyrus had really made a decree allowing the Jews to rebuild their temple. Ruins the most massive and antique, now called Takht-i-Suleiman, are on a conical hill 150 feet above the plain, enclosing 2,400 by 1,200 feet. An artificial lake, 300 feet across, is filled with clear, sweet water. The walls of the Temple were colored tints — black, white, orange, blue, scarlet, silver and gold, in the order of the days dedicated to the planets. It was an important city as late as the 13th century, called Gaza, Gazaca, Cauzaca, by Greeks and Romans, and Shiz by Orientals. 2. The southern city, capital of Greater Media, is now called Hamadan, and is one of the great cities of Persia, with 20,000 inhabitants. It was the summer residence of the Persian kings from Darius downward. It was occupied by Alexander. The Jews say it was the residence of Ahasuerus, and show the tombs of Esther and Mordecai near it. See the picture on page 6 of the book.

Ecclesiasticus .

Eclipse of the Sun Supposed to be alluded to in Amos 8:8,9; Micah 3:6; Zechariah 14:6; Jeremiah 15:9.

Ed (Hebrew: “witness”), ( Joshua 22:34).

Edar (“flock-tower”) Where Jacob first pitched his tent after the death of Rachel ( Genesis 35:21). Near Bethlehem. Eder? There is a Jewish tradition that the Messiah is to be born there.

Eddias (1 Esdras 9:26). . Eden (“garden of God”) The idea of a paradise of purity and happiness is found in all natrons and in every religion. The location of the garden is lost. Dr. Robinson proposed as the site of Eden the ruin called Jusieh el Kadimeh, in the valley of the Orontes, 30 miles north of Baalbek, 3 miles southeast of Riblah. A fortress in it was 396 feet square, having towers at the corners, houses and streets are traced among the ruins over a space of 2 1/2 miles. Much material has been carried away to build a new town of Jusieh, 1 mile northwest, toward Riblah. Ptolemy, Strabo and Pliny mention Paradisus in this same district. It is now dreary and barren, and water is found only in cisterns. 2. Beit-Jenn (the house of Paradise), southwest of Damascus, on the eastern slope of Hermon, near Mejdel, on a branch of the Pharpar. 3. Ezekiel 24:23. In Assyria, with Haran, Canneh and Sheba, trading with Tyre. Supposed to be Aden. 4. Beth Eden. A country residence of the kings of Damascus (Amos 1:5). Near the cedars of Lebanon is a village of Ehden but it is not identified with any historical event.

Edna (Hebrew: “pleasure”) Wife of Raguel (Tobit 7:2; 8:14,16). Edom ( Mark 3:8). The name of Esau, ( Genesis 25:29-34). The country settled by Esau’s descendants. The ruddy hue of the mountains may have given the name Edom, which is red in the original. The ancient name was Mount Seir. Seir means “rugged”. On the East side of West Arabah, from Elath on the south to Moab on the North, at the brook Zered ( Deuteronomy 2:13,14,18), about 100 miles long by miles wide. The whole country is wild, rugged, and full of deep glens, but is also very fertile on the terraces; while the desert on each side is barren. The people dwelt amid the rocky heights, in caves and houses perched on dizzy crags, like eagles in their nests, living by their swords ( Genesis 27:40; Jeremiah 49:16); yet, as Isaac promised, this land possessed “the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven” ( Genesis 27:39). The ancient capital was Bozrah. Sela (Petra) was the stronghold, and Eziongeber its seaport, where Solomon built a fleet ( 2 Samuel 8:14; Kings 9:26). The crusaders built a fortress 12 miles north of Petra, on Mons. Regalis, now a ruin, called Shobek. The people were always idolaters ( 2 Chronicles 25:14; Josephus, Antiquities xv. 17, sec. 9). The rock temples and dwellings of Edom were cut in a soft rock; were large, airy, well lighted and dry, and a safe protection against robbers.

Edomites Descendants of Edom ( Genesis 36:1 ff.). .

Edrei 1. Bashan, one of its two capitals, the residence of Og ( Deuteronomy 1:4). In Hanasseh ( Joshua 13:12,31). Two modern places claim this ancient name: (1) Edhra, at the southwest angle of the Lejah, and (2) Dera, in the open plain of the Hauran, 14 miles south of the former. The ruins of Edhra are extensive and important above any other of the region; on a rocky projection from the Lejah, 3 miles in circuit, raised 30 feet above the plain, which is wide and of unequalled fertility. The walls, roofs and doors are of a dark stone. There were many public buildings. 2. Naphtali, 3 miles south of Kedesh ( Joshua 19:37). Education The Jews were strictly charged in the law to educate their children ( Deuteronomy 4:9), but probably only in moral and religious discipline. The exceptions were those who were intended for priestly or civil office, as in the cases of Moses, Paul, Ezra, Daniel. There were schools of prophets (singers?) one of which, kept by Samuel, David attended. The sect of Essenes instructed children. Eglah (Hebrew: “a heifer”) Wife of David at Hebron ( 2 Samuel 3:5; 1 Chronicles 3:3). . Eclaim (“2 pounds”) ( Isaiah 15:8). Moab. Lost.

Eglon Judah, in the Shefelah ( Joshua 15:39; 10:3-5). Now Ajlan, a shapeless mass of ruins, 10 miles southwest of Beit Jibkin, on the road to Gaza, from which it is 13 miles. Name of a very fat king of Philistia ( Judges 3:14).

Egypt It would be interesting and valuable if we could give here a full account of all the monuments which confirm Scripture, found in Egypt; but as that would fill a large volume, we must admit only a few illustrations, referring the student to the larger works. Concerning Abraham, we find that the account of his visit to Egypt is confirmed by many facts which may be compared with the history, laws and customs of the country as found in Wilkinson, Lane, and other writers. The principal points illustrated by evidence derived from Egypt are: 1. That Egypt was then a rich, powerful, and civilized nation. 2. The lower part, or Delta, was dry. 3. Its kings were called Pharaoh. 4. Slavery was an institution. 5. There was a famine in Canaan and an abundance in Egypt. 6. Abraham’s wife, Sarah, was fair and did not wear a veil. 7. Pharaoh wished to place Sarah in his harem. 8. Abraham was well received as a shepherd. 9. He had sheep, oxen, asses, men and maid servants, and camels. 10. Abraham accepted Pharaoh’s gifts because he dared not refuse them, for the custom of the time then, as well as now, makes the refusal of a present an insult. Joseph was sold to the Ishmaelites for a household servant; was bought by Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh; made an overseer in the king’s house; was tempted by Potiphar’s wife; thrown in prison interpreted the king’s dream; was elevated to office; was invested with a ring and robes of office, a gold chain; had his name changed to an Egyptian one; and was married to Asenath, daughter to a priest of On. The ring of Suphis, here engraved, was found on a mummy in the necropolis of Sakkara, near Memphis, is of pure gold, massive, and is now in the Abbott Egyptian Museum of the Historical Society, New York. The mummy was entirely cased in pure gold, every limb, even to the tinkers’ ends, being wrapped separately, and the whole was inscribed with hieroglyphics. Joseph was embalmed and put in a coffin ( Genesis 50:26). The mummy cased in gold is of the age of Thothmes III, the Pharaoh who reigned in the time of Joseph, whose signet was found attached to a chain of gold, around his neck. The seal turns on a swivel, and so has two tablets, which are engraved. The whole is of very pure gold. Pharaoh made Joseph a ruler over all the land of Egypt, and called him (“preserver of the world”) ( Genesis 41:37-45.) The seal bears the name of Pharaoh, and also the title “Paaneah.” (These, with the chain, are now in the Leyden Museum.) “He made him to ride in the second chariot” ( Genesis 41:43). “Now there arose up a new king over Egypt wlnch knew not Joseph,” and there was a period of bondage in which the Jews were held until the time of Moses and the Exodus. The monuments show us the taskmaster and his men, the several kinds of work, punishment by the bastinado, etc. The picture on p. 43 in the book, is in the tomb of Roschere, at Thebes. Rosellini (See his great work on Egypt, in the Astor Library) says: “Of the laborers, some are bringing clay in vessels; some mingling the straw with it; others taking the bricks out of the moulds and arranging them in order for burning; others carrying away the burnt bricks: all are different from the three overseers at the right-hand end of the picture (a fourth is sitting), in complexion, physiognomy and beard. The original is in colors and the figures are very large. The inscription at the top is translated, “Captives brought by his majesty to build the temple of the great God.” The question has been asked. “Had the Jews the skill requisite to make a golden image of a calf, such as they made in Sinai?” As proof that they had, we offer the pictures on the monuments, showing men actually, at work at the furnaces, “the refiner’s fire,” weighing, etc. The “calf” they made was an image of the Egyptian god Apis, which was a live bull, kept at Memphis; and they had probably, while slaves, made many images of him for use in all parts of the country. Selections might be made showing workers in nearly every industry known in the East, but the student will be better satisfied with the larger works; and we have given enough here to point the argument, that the Scriptures are true. Long after the Exodus, “Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem” ( 2 Chronicles 12:2), and on one of the walls in a temple at Karnac there is a picture of 63 prisoners, each one representing a city, tribe, or nation, and among them is a “king of the country of Judah.” The names of Beth-horon, Megiddo, Mahanaim, and other cities in Palestine, are there, on shields. There are 84 names of persons or places of Canaan on the monuments at Abu Simbel, Thebes, and other ruins in Egypt, written in hieroglyphics. ( ) The word mizraim (the two Egypts) in the Hebrew Scriptures is translated Egypt in many passages ( Ezekiel 29:10, etc.), Misr is “red mud” in Arabic. The name on the monuments is “kem” (“black”). Upper Egypt extended from the cataracts to Memphis, and was called ; and Lower Egypt from Memphis to the sea called the . Upper Egypt was also called ( Isaiah 11:11). Land of Ham ( <19A523> Psalm 105:23). The sign for Upper Egypt was a bent reed, and for Lower Egypt a bee ( Isaiah 2:18).

Ehi (Hebrew: “connection” ), a Benjamite chief ( Genesis 46:21 ). .

Ehud (Hebrew: “union, powerful” ) 1. Son of Bilhan ( Zechariah 7:10; 8:6). 2. Son of Gera, tribe of Benjamin ( Judges 3:15, ff), the second Judge of the Israelites (B.C. 1336), called “a deliverer”.

Eker (Hebrew: “transplanted” ) Descendant of Judah ( 1 Chronicles 2:27).

Ekrebel ( Judges 7:18 ), A village 7 miles south east of Nablus. Ekron (Hebrew: “eradication” ) A royal city in the north of Philistia ( Joshua 13:3), now , built on the accumulated rubbish of past ages. The deity worshiped was Baal-zebub. Ekron was the last place to which the Ark was carried before its return to Israel.

Ekronites People of Ekron ( Joshua 13:3).

Elah ( 1 ) (valley of Terebinth ). Where David slew Goliath ( 1 Samuel 17:2,19; 21:9).

Elah ( 2 ) (“strength” ), (Hebrew: terebinth or oak ). 1. Son of Baasha, king of Israel ( 1 Kings 16:8-14) 2. Father of Hoshea ( 2 Kings 15:30).

Elah ( 3 ) 1. Duke of Edom ( Genesis 36:41). 2. Father of Shimei ( 1 Kings 4:18). 3. Son of Caleb ( 1 Chronicles 4:15). 4. Son of Uzzi, a Benjamite chief ( 1 Chronicles 9:8).

Elahdah (Hebrew: elada ), (“whom God adorns” ) A descendant of Ephraim ( 1 Chronicles 7:20).

Elam Oldest son of Shem ( Genesis 10:22). The country peopled by his descendants was along the Ulai, and its capital was Shushan, one of the most powerful and magnificent cities of antiquity. The name is found in the ancient inscriptions. Also called Nuvaki. Extended from the Persian Gulf to Assyria on the north, to the Zagron mountains on the east, and the Tigris on the west. In the time of Abram, the king of Elam was one of the most powerful in Asia ( Jeremiah 49:34-39). The people were idolaters, and their images are found in the ruins. Elamites were at the Pentecostal feast ( Acts 2:9).

Elamites They were the original inhabitants of ( Genesis 10:22; Ezra 4:9).

Elasah (“God-created” ) 1. A priest of Pashur ( Ezra 10:22). 2. Son of Shaphan. Sent on a mission by king Zedekiah to Babylon. ( Jeremiah 31:3).

Elath Idumaea, on the east gulf of the Red Sea. First named in Deuteronomy 2:8; and the reference in 1 Kings 9:26, shows that Elath was more ancient than Ezion-gaber. King Solomon built a navy here. A fort is kept garrisoned here now, called Akaba, for the benefit of the pilgrims to Mecca.

Elbethel (“God of Bethel” ) The place where God appeared to Jacob when he was fleeing from Esau ( Genesis 35:7).

Elcia ( Judges 8:1).

Eldaah (Hebrew: “whom God called” ) ( Genesis 25:4 ). Son of Midian.

Eldad (“whom God loves” ) and . Two of the seventy Elders who had the gift of prophesy ( Numbers 11:16,26). Elder (Hebrew: zaken, Greek: “presbyter” ) An old man. A title of honor and respect given to persons in authority ( Genesis 24:2; 50:7), as stewards or as master workmen. The elder was a political officer among the Hebrews, Moabites, and Egyptians ( Numbers 22:7). The office is the keystone of the political system among the modern Syrians, who use the nameSHEIKH, which means old man, for the chief or head of the tribe. Moses adopted the idea and regulated its use by laws ( Exodus 3:16; 4:29). Their authority was almost unlimited, within the law and customs ( Joshua 9:18). They became judges or magistrates in Canaan, in the local towns, sitting in the gates ( Deuteronomy 19:12). They are called the Senate in 1 Macc. 12:6. . The office of elder in the Christian church was adopted from the Jewish custom.

Elead (“whom God applauds” ) A decendant of Ephraim ( 1 Chronicles 7:21). .

Elealeh (“God’s height” ) East of the Jordan River, on the plateau of Moab,1 mile northeast of Heshbon, on the summit of a conical hill. Was once strongly fortified; and there are ruins of walls, cisterns, etc. Rebuilt by Reuben ( Numbers 32:37).

Eleasa Near Azotus (1 Macc. 9:15).

Eleasah (Hebrew: elasah ) 1. Son of Helez of Judah ( 1 Chronicles 2:39). 2. Son of Rapha ( 1 Chronicles 8:37; 9:43). Eleazar (Hebrew: “whom God helps” ) 1. Son of Aaron ( Leviticus 10:1ff.). Eleazar was chief over the Levites ( Numbers 3:32). 2. Son of Abinadab ( 1 Samuel 7:1). 3. Son of Dodo the Ahohite; one of the three chiefs of David’s army ( Samuel 23:9ff). 4. A Levite, son of Mohli ( 1 Chronicles 23:21,22). 5. A priest ( Nehemiah 12:42). 6. A decendant of Parosh; an Israelite ( Ezra 10:25). 7. Son of Phinehas ( Ezra 8:33). 8. Elizzer (1 Esdras 8:43). 9. Avaran (1 Macc. 2:5). 10. A distinguished scribe of great age, who was a martyr in the time of Antiochus Epiphanes (2 Macc. 6:18,31). 11. Father of Jason (1 Macc. 8:18). 12. Son of Eliud ( Matthew 1:15). Elect (“chosen, selected” ) Election. The designation of persons to office ( Acts 9:15); of people or nations to the enjoyment of peculiar privileges ( Deuteronomy 7:6-8) and of a definite number of persons to eternal life ( 2 Thessalonians 2:13). This subject belongs to the mysteries of God and cannot be so clearly stated as to leave no uncertainty in the mind. The position is: that God does and will save a number of persons, and He does this according to a plan which He formed before the world was made and He has never, and never will change that plan ( Ephesians 1:4; 2 Timothy 1:9); their election is of free grace and love, and not for any good in the person ( Ephesians 1:5); the redemption of Christ is included in the great plan. This plan enters into our destiny as a controlling element; as, it may be said by analogy, the patriotic determination of Washington resulted in the independence of our country; and the plans of a father determines where his family shall reside, the college his son shall attend, and the studies he shall pursue.

El-Elohe-Israel (“Almighty, God of Israel” ) Name of the altar that Jacob built facing Shechem ( Genesis 33:19,20).

Eleph (“ox” ) Benj. ( Joshua 18:18).

Elephants (Hebrew: Shen-Habbim ).

Elephants were used in warfare (1 Macc. 1:17, 3:34). .

Eleutheropolis On the east border of the plain of Philistia, at the foot of the hills of Judaea, south Palestine, 25 miles southwest from Jerusalem. Not mentioned in Scripture, but was an important city in the early Christian ages, when its name was Betogabra, House of Bread. Eusebius mentions it as the seat of a bishop, and reckons distances to other cities from it as a center. The ruins are still shown of a fine chapel, and of a fort built by the Crusaders, feet square, in the 12th century. Now Beit Jibrin, having 50 or more houses. The great attractions here are the caverns, or houses cut in the solid rocks. Rooms 100 feet or more in length, with smooth and ornamented walls, and lofty, arched roofs; some 40 to 70 feet by 60 feet high; most of them lighted by openings in the roof, and connected by doorways. Jerome says they were built by Idumaeans.

Eleutherus River in Syria (1 Macc. 11:7; 12:30). Strabo says it divided Syria from Phoenicia. Now the Nahr el Kebir, Great River; rising in Lebanon, passing through the entrance to Hamath ( Numbers 34:8), emptying into the Great Sea 18 miles north of Tripolis.

Elhanan (“God-endowed” ) 1. A great warrior in David’s time ( 2 Samuel 23:24). Son of Dodo, one of David’s thirty men. 2. Son of Jair (or Jaor). Eli (“height” ) A high priest descended from Aaron ( 1 Kings 2:27; 2 Samuel 8:17). Eli Eli Lama Sabachthani — wherefore hast thou forsaken me? — words uttered by Christ on the cross ( Matthew 27:46; Psalm 22). Eliab (“God is father” ) 1. Son of Helon ( Numbers 1:9). 2. Son of Phallu Numbers 26:8,9). 3. One of David’s brothers, son of Jesse ( 1 Chronicles 2:13). 4. A Levite, porter and musician ( 1 Chronicles 15:18,20). 5. A Gadite leader in David’s time ( 1 Chronicles 12:9). 6. Son of Nohath ( 1 Chronicles 6:27). 7. Son of Nathanael ( Judges 8:1).

Eliada (“whom God knows or cares for” ) 1. Son of David ( 2 Samuel 5:16). 2. A Benjamite who led 200,000 men to the army of Jehoshaphat ( Chronicles 17:17).

Eliadah (Hebrew: eliada ). Father of Rezon ( 1 Kings 11:23 ). (1 Esdras 9:28) — .

Eliah (Hebrew: Elijah ). 1. Son of Jeroham ( 1 Chronicles 8:29). 2. Son of Elam ( Ezra 10:26).

Eliaba (“whom God hides” ) One of David’s thirty men ( 2 Samuel 22:32).

Eliakim (“whom God has set up” ) 1. Son of Hilkiah I ( 2 Kings 18:26,37); he was a prefect in the king’s house ( Isaiah 22:20). 2. The original name of Jehoiakim, king of Judah ( 2 Kings 22:34). 3. A priest who assisted at the dedication of the new wall of Jerusalem ( Nehemiah 12:41). 4. Son of Abiud, and father of Azor ( Matthew 1:13). 5. Son of Melea ( Luke 3:30,31).

Eliam (“God’s people”) 1. Father of Bathsheba ( 2 Samuel 1:3). 2. Son of Ahithophel ( 2 Samuel 23:34). Elias .

Eliasaph (“whom God has added” ) 1. Son of Deuel ( Numbers 1:14). 2. Son of Lael ( Numbers 3:24).

Eliashib (“God restores” ) 1. A priest in David’s time ( 1 Chronicles 24:12). 2. Son of Elioenai ( 1 Chronicles 3:24). 3. High priest at Jerusalem ( Nehemiah 3:1,20,21). 4. A singer ( Ezra 10:24). 5. Son of Zattu ( Ezra 10:27). 6. Son of Bani ( Ezra 10:36).

Eliathah (“God comes” ) Son of Hernan ( 1 Chronicles 25:4,27).

Elidad Son of Chislon; a prince who assisted in the division of the land of Canaan ( Numbers 34:21).

Eliel (“God is strength” ) A common name among the Hebrews, but nothing of any note is known of anyone bearing it ( 1 Chronicles 8:20; 2:46).

Elienai Son of Shimhi ( 1 Chronicles 8:20). Elioenai, a chief.

Eliezer (“God helps” ) 1. Steward of Abraham’s house ( Genesis 15:5). 2. Son of Moses and Zipporah ( Exodus 18:4). 3. Son of Becher ( 1 Chronicles 7:8). 4. Priest in David’s reign ( 1 Chronicles 15:24). 5. Son of Zichri ( 1 Chronicles 27:16). 6. Son of Dodavah ( 2 Chronicles 20:37). 7. A chief Israelite — a learned assistant to Ezra ( Ezra 8:16). 8, 9, and 10. Priests ( Ezra 10:18,23,31). 11. Son of Jorim ( Luke 3:29).

Elihoenai Son of Zerahiah, who, with 260 men, returned from the captivity with Ezra ( Ezra 8:4).

Elihoreph (“God rewards” ) Son of Shisha, scribe of Solomon.

Elihu (“Jehovah” ) 1. Son of Barachel ( Genesis 22:21). 2. Son of Tohu ( 1 Samuel 1:1). 3. ( 1 Chronicles 27:18). “Of the brethren of David.” 4. Captain of the thousands of Manasseh ( 1 Chronicles 12:20). A Levite ( 1 Chronicles 26:7). Elijah (Hebrew: eliahu “God-Jah, El-Jehovah” ) On his first appearance he is simply denominated “Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead” ( 1 Kings 17:1). It is supposed that Thisbe, in Galilee, was the birthplace of Elijah, but there no proof. Such points were left in doubt that he might be known and thought of simply as the great prophet reformer. In this light alone he appears in the sacred history. His one grand object was to awaken Israel to the conviction that Jehovah, Jehovah alone is God. The period of Israelite history at which Elijah appeared was one that emphatically called for the living exhibition of this great truth. It was that period of Ahab’s apostasy, when, through the influence and example of his wife Jezebel he formally introduced the worship of other gods into Israel. In the language of the sacred historian. “It seemed a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat; he took the daughter of Ethbaal to wife, and served Baal, and worshiped him. He reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, in Samaria” ( 1 Kings 16:31). He did not rest, like his predecessors, with the corrupt worship of Jehovah under the form of a calf, but brought in the worship of the Tyrian Baal, with its usual accompaniment of the Asherah pollutions — the rites of the Syrian Venus. Hence he enters on the work assigned him as the special servant of Jehovah, and in his name announces what shall absolutely come to pass, confident that there is no power in heaven or earth capable of reversing the word. And Ehijah said unto Ahab, “As Jehovah, God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word” ( <111701> Kings 17:1). After the utterance of a word by which the genial influences of heaven were to be laid under arrest for a series of years, it became necessary that a hiding place should be provided for Elijah, that he might escape from the violence of those in high places, and from the importunities of others, who might try to prevail upon his pity. Such a hiding-place was found for him to the east — beyond the limits of the kingdom of Israel — beside the brook Cherith, that flowed into the Jordan. There he found not only water from the brook, but also supplies of bread and flesh, morning and evening, ministered at God’s command by ravens. The brook Cherith, however, in course of time dried up, and another place of refuge had to be provided for the prophet. This was found in the house of a poor widow, with an only son — and she not in the land of Israel, but at Zarephath (Sarepta), in the territory of Zidon, the native region of the infamous Jezebel ( 1 Kings 17:9). Brought by divine direction to the place and to the woman, he found her near the gate of the city, gathering a few sticks to prepare her last meal, that she and her son might thereafter die. In the confidence of faith he bids her go and bake the bread as she intended, but in the first instance to bring a portion of it, with a little water, to him, demanding such faith from her as he himself exercised toward God. And he added, as the ground for her belief and his own demand, “For thus saith Jehovah, God of Israel, the barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail till the day that Jehovah sendeth rain on the earth.” On the occasion of a severe illness befalling her son, she said to Elijah in a petulant tone, “What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? Art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?” Josephus does not understand that the child died. Jewish tradition says that this boy afterward became a servant to the prophet, and also the prophet Jonah. This seems to imply that she looked upon him as the occasion of her calamity, and that it would have been better for her had she not known him. However she graciously overlooked what might be wrong in it; as it was, the calamity proved a heavy trial to Elijah, and with holy freedom he laid it before God, and said, “O Jehovah, my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son? I pray thee, let this child’s soul come into him again.” The child began to breathe, and presently was delivered alive to his mother. She said, “Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and the word of Jehovah in thy mouth is truth.” It was in the third year of Elijah’s sojourn with the widow, that the Lord came to him, announcing the near prospect of rain, and bid him go and show himself to Ahab ( 1 Kings 18:1). Returning to King Ahab, he procured the great assembly at Mount Carmel, where God “answered by fire,” and the prophets of Baal were destroyed. ( ) Now the long terrible drought was broken, and a plentiful rain descended at the prophet’s prayer. He fled from the fury of Jezebel, first to Beersheba where he left his servant (Jonah), and went on alone into the wilderness (of Sinai. — Dr. Crosby), where he wished for death. “It is enough, Lord, let me die, for I am not better than my fathers.” (The oratorio of Elijah, by Mendelssohn, is a beautiful and effective commentary on this part of the prophet’s life.) Here the prophet saw the Lord pass by, in answer to his complaint. The wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks of Sinai; then an earthquake; and after that a fire, burning in the constant blaze of lightning. These were symbols of the angry frame of mind that the prophet had. Then, after a profound stillness, there came a small voice, soft and gentle. This was Jehovah’s method of winning men — not by exbibitions of terrible power. The persecutions of Ahab and Jezebel, the shaughter of Baal’s priests, had nothing of God in them; but he was to be found as truly worshiped by the few who had not bowed the knee to Baal. These commands were given him: — To return to the wilderness of Damascus and at a proper time annoint Hazael, king of Syria, Jehu, king of Israel, and Elisha as his suceessor. Elisha was appointed by having Elijah’s cloak (of coarse camel hair, or wool) cast on him, when, from that time “He poured water on the hands of Elijah,” that is, served him daily. Six years after he denounces Ahab and Jezebel for their crime against Naboth, in taking his vineyard. He foretells the death of Ahaziah, the king. The warning letter to Jehoram is by a later hand, of the same school. Two bands of guards having been sent by Ahab to arrest him, he calls down fire from heaven on their heads. Soon after that he crossed the Jordan with Elisha “on dry ground,” and was separated from him by fire and carried away by a wind “into heaven.” Elisha asked for the first born’s double portion, as the oldest follower of Elijah. His whole life as a prophet was one of trial and conflict. The Jews, in the time of Jesus, expected Elijah to reappear, and Jesus alludes to the belief ( Matthew 11:14), explaining the fulfilment as in John the Baptist. Elijah (Elias in Greek) became a name for any or all true prophets, as David for the king, Abraham or Israel for the Hebrews.

Elim (“tree” ) Had twelve fountains (not wells), and a palm grove, being a kind of desert paradise ( Exodus 15:27). Wady Ghurundel has now several fine fountains, supplying a perennial stream, and has more trees, shrubs, and bushes than any other spot in the desert. Here the plain ends and the mountain begins.

Elimelech (“God is King” ) The Bethlehemitc husband of Noomi; the father of Mahlon and Chilion. in the .

Elioenai (“eyes turned to El-God” ) 1. Benjamite, and head of a family ( 1 Chronicles 7:8). 2. Simeonite, and head of a family ( 1 Chronicles 4:36). 3. Korhite Levite, and doorkeeper in the Temple of Solomon ( Chronicles 26:3). Two before and two others after the captivity, were not noted.

Eliphal (“judged by El” ) Son of Ur ( 1 Chronicles 11:35).

Eliphalet 1. Son of David. The last of 13, born in Jerusalem ( 2 Samuel 5:16). 2. One of David’s 30 heroes. 3. A Benjamite. Eliphaz (“God for strength” ) 1. Son of Esau, and father of Teman ( Genesis 36:10). 2. Chief of the three friends of Job, called the Temanite ( Job 2:11). in the .

Eliphelet (“God distinguishes” ) 1. Son of David ( 1 Chronicles 3:6). . 2. 1. - 3. Son of ( 2 Samuel 23:34). in Chronicles 11. 4. Son of Eshek, and of Saul through Jonathan ( 1 Chronicles 8:39). 5. One of the Bene-Adonikam who returned with Ezra ( Ezra 8:13). 6. One of the Bene-Hashum in Ezra’s time ( Ezra 10:33). Elisabeth (“fullness of God” ) 1. Wife of Zacharias, and mother of John the Baptist ( Luke 1:5,42), and cousin to Mary, the mother of Jesus. 2. The wife of Aaron ( Exodus 6:23).

Eliseus The name of Elisha in the Apocrypha and the New Testament ( Luke 4:27). Elisha ( 1 ) (“God for Salvation” ) Son of Shaphat, and a native of Abel-Meholah, where Elijah found him, whose pupil and successor he was from B.C. 903 to 838 ( 1 Kings 19:16). He was with Elijah when he divided the Jordan River, and was carried away by a whirlwind and chariot of fire. Elijah’s mission was to show that El was the God of Israel — Elisha to show that God should also be the salvation of his people. Beneficent working and kindly blessing were Elisha’s chief work. His first act was to heal the bitter waters of Jericho. Following this were: the anathema on the young lads who mocked at God’s prophet; refusing to prophesy for Jehoram the son of Ahab, “the son of a murderer,” he did so to Jehoshaphat, giving them counsel which secured victory; he multiplied the widow’s pot of oil; restored the Shunemite’s son; cured the poisoned pottage; he multiplies a scant supply (twenty barley loaves and some roasted grain) to enough for 100 men; cured Naaman’s leprosy; Gehazi lies, and is cursed with leprosy; restored the ax lost in the Jordan River; showed a host of spiritual warriors to his servant, and struck blind the whole Syrian army, but he saved them from destruction by the Jews, caused the king to feed and send them away; he predicts plenty and the death of the king; the king restores her land to the Shunemite; predicts the death of king Ben-hadad, and the succession of Hazael; anoints Jehu king over Israel; the incident of the smiting with the bundles of arrows. Even after death he restored the dead to life. Elisha is seen to resemble Christ in his miracles, and in his loving, gentle, character. He had no successor. The Greek church honors Elisha as a saint, on June 14. Elisha ( 2 ) (“firm bond” ) Son of Javan ( Genesis 10:4), who named the “Isles of Elisha,” which traded with Tyre ( Ezekiel 27:7). is from the same source. , ancient Greece.

Elishama (“God hears” ) 1. Prince in Ephraim ( Numbers 1:10). 2. Son of David ( 2 Samuel 5:16). 3. Son of David, also called ( 1 Chronicles 3:6). 4. Of Judah, son of Jekamiah ( 1 Chronicles 2:41), and father of Nethaniah, grandfather of Ishmael of the Captivity ( 2 Kings 25:25); in some editions. 5. Scribe to Jehoiakim ( Jeremiah 36:12). 6. Priest to Jehoshaphat, and sent to teach ( 2 Chronicles 17:8).

Elishaphat (“God judges” ) Captain of “hundreds,” in the service of Jehoiada ( 2 Chronicles 23:1).

Elisheba (“God of the oath” ) Daughter of Amminadab, of Judah, wife of Aaron: same as Elisabeth ( Exodus 6:23; Numbers 1:7). Her marriage to Aaron united the royal and priestly tribes, Judah and Levi.

Elishua (“El is salvation” ) David’s son, born at Jerusalem ( 2 Samuel 5:15). in 1 Chronicles 3:6.

Eliu Ancestor of Judith (Judith 8:1), of Simeon.

Eliud (“Jews’ God” ) Son of Achim ( Matthew 1:15). From Abina.

Elizaphan (“God protects” ) 1. Son of Uzziel, a Levite ( Exodus 6:22). The family are mentioned in the times of David and Hezckiah. 2. Son of Parnach, appointed by Moses, from Zebulon, to assist in dividing the land ( Numbers 34:25).

Elizur (“God the rock” ) Son of Shedeur, of Reuben ( Numbers 1:5).

Elkanah (“El creates” ) 1. Son of Korah ( Exodus 6:24). Several generations of Korah’s sons are given in 1 Chronicles 6:22, etc. 2. Son of Joel, in the same line as 1 ( 1 Chronicles 6:25,36). 3. Another, in the line of Ahimoth, or Mahath ( 1 Chronicles 6:26,35). 4. A Kohathite Levite, in the line of Heman. Son of Jeroham, and father of Samuel the prophet ( 1 Samuel 1:1, etc.). He lived in Mount Ephraim or Ramath and attended yearly meeting for worship and sacrifice at Shiloh. He was rich enough to give three bullocks when Samuel was presented at the house of the Lord. 5. A Levite living in Netopha ( 1 Samuel 9:16). 6. Door-keeper in David’s time, for the Ark (15:23). 7. Joined David at Ziklag (12:6). 8. The second in command in the house of Ahaz, killed by Zichri ( Chronicles 28:7).

Elkosh (“El’s power” ) Birthplace of Nahum ( Nahum 1:1). There is a place so named in Assyria (34 miles north of Mosul), and modern Jews and the resident Aramaic Christians show a tomb of Nahum there. Jerome says the place was in Galilee, where there is now a traditional tomb of the prophet at kefr tanchum, near Tiberias.

Elkoshite From Elkosh.

Ellasar ( <011401>Genesis 14:1 ). . The country and kingdom of Arioch in the days of Abraham.

Elm Error for oak (Hebrew: alah ), in Hosea 4:13.

Elmodam Son of Er, in Joseph’s line ( Luke 3:28). Almodad in Genesis 10:26.

Elnaam (“El his delight” ) Father of Jeribai and Joshaviah, two of David’s guard ( 1 Chronicles 11:46).

Elnathan (“whom El gave” ) 1. Maternal grandfather of Jehoiachin ( 2 Kings 24:8). 2. Three Levites of this name in Ezra’s time ( Ezra 8:16). In 1 Esdras 8:44, etc., the names are and Elnathan was sent by the king into Egypt to bring back the fugitive Urijah ( Jeremiah 26:20); and he was present at the burning of Jeremiah’s roll, protesting against the act. .

Elohim A plural word in Hebrew, meaning the true God. .

Eloi When applied to pagan idols, it means gods. My God ( Mark 15:34).

Elon (Hebrew: allon, an oak ). 1. Father of Esau’s wife Adah, a Hittite ( Genesis 26:34). 2. Founder of the Elonites ( Genesis 46:14). 3. Judge for ten years ( Judges 12:11); from the tribe of Zebulon. (“oak”). Dan ( Joshua 19:43). Same place as (oak of the house of grace). Dan ( 1 Kings 4:9). Lost.

Elpaal (“El, his reward” ) Son of Hushim, a Benjamite, and founder of a family ( 1 Chronicles 8:12).

Elparan Terebinth of Paran ( Genesis 14:6).

Eltekeh (“El fearing” ) Place in Dan ( Joshua 19:44). Levitical.

Eltekon (“God its foundation” ) In Judah,4 miles from Hebron ( Joshua 15:59). Lost.

Eltolad (“El’s kindred” ) In Judah, near Beersheba (Josh 15:30). Wilton thinks it was in Wady Lussan, 60 miles south of Gaza. Rowland places it in Wady Saiud, 40 miles southeast of Gaza.

Elul Name of the sixth Hebrew month.

Eluzai (“God my praise” ) Soldier who joined David at Ziklag ( 1 Chronicles 12:5).

Elymais . City in Persia, containing a very rich temple, in which were many trophies deposited by Alexander the Great (1 Macc. 6:1). Antiochus Epiphanes failed to capture it (Antiquities xii. 9, section 1). In Tobit 2:10, Elymais is the name of a province.

Elyaemans Elamites (Judith 1:6). .

Elymas (Arabic: “wise” ) Arabic name of Barjesus ( Acts 13:6), the sorcerer. The Orientals called fortune-tellers by their true names, sorcerers, imposters.

Elzabad (“given by El” ) 1. Warrior from Gad, who joined David in the wilderness ( 1 Chronicles 12:12). 2. A Korhite Levite, son of Shemaiah ( 1 Chronicles 26:7), a doorkeeper in the Temple.

Elziphan (“protected by El” ) Cousin to Moses, and son of Uzzlel ( Exodus 6:22). He was one of the two bearers of Nadab and Abihu ( Leviticus 10:4). .

Embalming (em-ba-ming ). Preserving by spices, gums, etc., dead bodies from decay. Two instances are mentioned in the Old Testament: Jacob’s and Joseph’s bodies ( Genesis 1:2,26). The soft parts of the interior were removed, and spices, gums, etc., filled in their stead and the whole was then steeped for 70 days in natron (petroleum or asphaltum), after which the body was carefully wrapped in strips of linen, dipped in gum, and delivered to the friends, who put it in the coffin, which was of wood carved and painted, or of stone, sculptured. The whole art was carefully guarded by strict laws. The body could only be cut by an authorized person, with a stone knife (see ). Embalming was not practiced by the Hebrews. Asa was laid in a bed of spices ( 2 Chronicles 16:14), and Jesus had a hundred pound weight of spices placed in the tomb ( John 19:39,40). The Egyptians practiced the art because of their belief in the doctrine of transmigration of souls. (See Pettigrew’s History of Egyptian Mummies).

Embroidery (Hebrew: roken ), ( Exodus 35:35 ). Needlework. Two kinds of extra fine cloth was made, one by the roken of various colors and figures, called rikmah, and the other by the chosheb (cunning workmen), into which gold or other metallic threads are woven, besides the usual colors, both of which were made in the loom. The needle was used where the figure was wanted on one side only of the cloth. Wilkinson says that “Many of the Egyptian stuffs presented various patterns, worked in colors by the loom, independent of those produced by the dyeing or the printing process, and so richly composed that they vied with the cloths embroidered by the needle.” The art was known in Assyria also, as the sculptures show. Ezekiel mentions embroidered work as the production of Egypt and Assyria, imported by way of Tyre ( Ezekiel 27:7,23,24). . Emerald (Hebrew: nopek ). A precious stone in the 2nd row in the breastplate of the high priest ( Exodus 28:18).

Emerods Some kind of tumors which afflicted the Philistines, because of their lack of respect for the ark of the covenant ( 1 Samuel 5:6).

Emim (Hebrew, “terrors” ) Moabite name for a race of giants or strong men, on the east of the Dead Sea ( Genesis 14:5; Deuteronomy 2:10). Emmanuel ( Matthew 1:23).

Emmaus 1. Now called Kuriet El Enab, 7 1/2 miles west of Jerusalem. Josephus mentions it (Wars vii. 6, 9). Jerome mistook Nicopolis, the present Amwas, for this place, a proof of how early some scripture localities of the New Testament times were lost. 2. In the plain of Philistia; fortified by Bacchides (Antiquities xiii. 1,3; Macc. 9:50). Destroyed A.D. 4, by the Romans. Rebuilt A.D. 220, and called Nicopolis. 3. A village on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, south of Tiberias, the same as Hammath (hot baths).

Emmor ( Acts 7:16).

En Hebrew for “fountain”. The word means “an eye”. .

Enajim . An open place ( Genesis 38:11,21), in the gate of Enam.

Enam (double spring ). Judah, in the Shefelah ( Joshua 15:34). The residence of Tamar. ( Genesis 38:14).

Enan (“having eyes or fountains” ) Ahiram Ben Enan was a chief of the tribe of Naphtali, at Sinai ( Numbers 1:15).

Encampment (Hebrew: mahaneh ). The camp of the Lord’s host, with the Lord himself symbolically resident among them. The whole camp was a sacred place, and all impurities both actual and ceremonial must go outside of its limits ( Deuteronomy 23:14). Criminals were also executed outside, as also of the cities. It was managed and guarded in a military style, with sentinels, etc. . The modern Bedouins now camp in any fit place, near water, if possible. The Sheikh marks his place by his spear standing in front of his tent. The walled cities were fortified camps.

Enchantments Several Hebrew words are so translated: 1. latiym ( Exodus 7:11); secret arts. 2. ceshaphiym ( 2 Kings 9:22); witchcrafts, sorceries, in Isaiah 47:9, meaning muttered spells. 3. lahash ( Ecclesiastes 10:11); ear-rings, amulets in Isaiah 3:20. Used in the charming of serpents. 4. nahash ( Numbers 23:23), augury, omen. 5. heber , spell. , .

Endor (“spring of Dor” ) In Issacher, but belonging to Manasseh ( Joshua 17:11). The great victory over Sisera and Jabin ( Psalm 83:9,10). Saul visited the witch ( 1 Samuel 28:7). Now a little village at the north of Jebel Duhy, Little Hermon. The rocks around are full of caves.

Eneas A paralytic healed by Peter at Lydda ( Acts 9:33,34).

Eneglaim (“spring of two heifers” ) On the shore of the Dead Sea. Lost. ( Ezekiel 47:10).

Engannim (“spring of gardens” ) 1. Judah, In the Shefelah near Zanoah ( Joshua 15:34). 2. Issachar ( Joshua 19:21; Leviticus 21:29). Now Jenin, at the head of the plain of Esdraelon (Josephus, Antiquities xx. 6, sec. 1). The spring and orchards are still famous.

Engedi (“spring of the kid” ) In the wilderness of Judah, on the west shore of the Dead Sea ( Joshua 15:62). (“the pruning of the palms”) was its original name, from its palm-groves ( 2 Chronicles 20:2; Ecclesiastes 24:14; Josephus, Antiquities ix. 1, sec. 2). A rich plain half a mile square, gently sloping up from the water to the base of the mountains, watered by a fountain a mile from the sea, up a ravine 400 feet above the level plain; the water is sweet and warm (81 degrees F.). Ruins of the ancient city are scattered over the hills and plain. The soil is rich and fertile, and the variety of trees even now produced gives evidence of its ancient fruitfulness. The vineyards mentioned in Song of Solomon 1:14, are still represented by fine vines. Its history is 4,000 years but may be told in a few words. The Amorites dwelt here ( Genesis 14:7; 2 Chronicles 20:2). David cut off the skirt of Saul’s robe in a cave at Engedi ( 1 Samuel 24:1-4). The early hermits of Palestine, the Essenes, had their chief seat at Engedi, and not far from there is the convent of Mar Saba (Saint Saba), in the gorge of Kidron.

Engine In military affairs, machines for throwing things, first mentioned of Uzziah’s time ( 2 Chronicles 26:15). They were: 1. “balista”, cross-bows, for arrows or stones, and “catapulta”, the same, much larger, 2. the “battering ram”, for breaking walls ( Ezekiel 4:2).

Engraver (Hebrew: harash, in Exodus 28:11, etc. ). Any worker in wood, stone, or metal. The work was cutting names or devices on rings or seals; as on the high priest’s dress, breast-plate, etc. The art was known among all ancient nations, as evidences from the ruins prove. Many beautiful specimens of engravings on rings, etc., are preserved in the museums of Europe and in the Abbott Egyptian Museum, New York.

Enhaddah (“swift spring” ) In Issachar, near ( Joshua 19:21).

Enhakkore (“string of the crier” ) The spring which came forth in answer to the call of Samson ( Judges 15:19). .

Enhazor (“spring of the village” ), Naph., a fenced city.