Desert (in the Bible) — Desert (in the Bible) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Desert (in the Bible) The Hebrew words translated in the Douay Version of the Bible by desert or wilderness , and usually rendered by the Vulgate desertum, solitude , or occasionally… … Catholic encyclopedia
Desert — 1) Heb. midbar, pasture ground; an open tract for pasturage; a common (Joel 2:22). The backside of the desert (Ex. 3:1) is the west of the desert, the region behind a man, as the east is the region in front. The same Hebrew word is rendered… … Easton's Bible Dictionary
Wilderness — 1) Heb. midhbar, denoting not a barren desert but a district or region suitable for pasturing sheep and cattle (Ps. 65:12; Isa. 42:11; Jer. 23:10; Joel 1:19; 2:22); an uncultivated place. This word is used of the wilderness of Beersheba (Gen.… … Easton's Bible Dictionary
1 Samuel 23 — 1 Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors. 2 Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite… … The King James version of the Bible
1 Samuel 26 — 1 And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon? 2 Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him,… … The King James version of the Bible
List of Biblical names — This is a list of names from the Bible, mainly taken from the 19th century public domain resource: : Hitchcock s New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible by Roswell D. Hitchcock, New York: A. J. Johnson, 1874, c1869.Each name is given with its … Wikipedia
Liste biblischer Personen/J — Diese Liste biblischer Personen führt Eigennamen von Personen auf, die in der Bibel vorkommen. Sie ist nach dem Alphabet auf mehrere Seiten aufgeteilt. Jene Bibelstellen sind angegeben, wo die Person zuerst genannt wird. Namen von Orten, Bergen,… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Peter Kiesewetter — (* 1. Mai 1945 in Marktheidenfeld) ist ein deutscher Komponist. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Ehrungen, Mitgliedschaften 3 Kompositionen (Auswahl) … Deutsch Wikipedia
David — Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam. 17:25. As to his personal appearance, we only … Easton's Bible Dictionary
Hachilah — The darksome hill, one of the peaks of the long ridge of el Kolah, running out of the Ziph plateau, on the south of Jeshimon (i.e., of the waste ), the district to which one looks down from the plateau of Ziph (1 Sam. 23:19). After his… … Easton's Bible Dictionary