SABTECHA, _Sab´-te-kah_, that surrounds.
SA´DOC, just, justified.
SA´LAH, mission, dart; according to the Syriac, that spoils.
SALAMIS, _Sal´-la-mis_, shaken, tossed, beaten.
SALATHIEL, _Sal-ay´-the-el_, I have asked of God.
SA´LEM, complete, peace.
SA´LIM. See Shalim.
SAL´MON, peaceable, perfect, that rewards.
SALMONE, _Sal-mo´-ne_, peaceable.
SALOME, _Sa-lo´-me_. See Salmon.
SAMARIA, _Sa-may´-re-a_, his guard, prison, or diamond; in Hebrew,
_Shomeron_.
SAMAR´ITANS, people of Samaria.
SAM´LAH, raiment, his left hand, his name.
SA´MOS, full of gravel.
SAMOTHRACIA, _Sam-o-thray´-she-a_, an island so called because it was
peopled by Samians and Thracians.
SAM´SON, his sun; according to the Syriac, his service, here the second
time.
SAM´UEL, heard or asked of God.
SANBAL´LAT, bush or enemy in secret.
SAPH, _Saff_, rushes, end, threshold.
SAPHIR, _Saf´fir_ or _Say´-fir_, a city.
SAPPHIRA, _Saf-fy´-rah_, that tells, that writes books.
SA´RAH, lady, princess of the multitude.
SARAI, _Say´-ray_, my lady, my princess.
SAR´DIS, prince or song of joy, what remains; in Syriac, a pot or
kettle.
SAREP´TA, a goldsmith’s shop, where metals used to be melted and tried.
SAR´GON, who takes away protection, who takes away the garden;
according to the Syriac, nets, snares.
SA´RON. See Sharon.
SARSECHIM, _Sar-see´-kim_, master of the wardrobe, of the perfumes.
SARUCH, _Say´-ruk_, branch, layer, twining.
SA´TAN, contrary, adversary, an accuser.
SAUL, demanded, sepulchre, destroyer.
SCEVA, _See´-vah_, disposed, prepared.
SCYTHIAN, _Sith´-e-an_, tanner, leather-dresser.
SE´BA, drunkard, that surrounds; according to the Syriac, old man.
SE´BAT, twig, sceptre, tribe.
SE´CUNDUS, the second.
SE´GUB, fortified, raised.
SEIR, _See´-er_, hairy, demon, tempest, barley.
SE´LAH, a rock.
SELEUCIA, _Se-lew´-she-a_, beaten by waves, runs as a river.
SEMEI, _Sem´-me-i_, or _Se-mee´-i_, hearing, obeying.
SE´NEH, bush.
SE´NIR, a sleeping candle, a changing.
SENNACHERIB, _Sen-nak´-ke-rib_, bush of the destruction of the sword,
of drought.
SEPHAR, _See´-far_, a book, scribe; in Syriac, a haven.
SEPHARAD, _See-fay´-rad_, a book, descending, ruling.
SEPHARVAIM, _Sef-ar-vay´-im_, two books, two scribes.
SE´RAH, lady of scent, song, the morning.
SERAIAH, _Se-ra-i´-ah_ or _Se-ray´-yah_, prince of the Lord.
SERGIUS, _Ser´-je-us_, a net.
SE´RUG. See Saruch.
SETH, put, who puts.
SHAALBIM, _Shay-alb´-im_, that beholds the heart.
SHAARAIM, _Shay-a-ray´-im_, gates, valuation, hairs, barley, tempests,
demons.
SHAASHGAZ, _Shay-ash´-gaz_, he that presses the fleece.
SHADRACH, _Shay´-drak_, tender nipple, tender field.
SHA´LIM, fox, fist, path.
SHALISHA, _Shal´-e-shah_, three, the third, prince.
SHAL´LECHETH, a casting out.
SHAL´LUM, perfect, peaceable.
SHAL´MAN, peaceable, perfect, that rewards.
SHALMANEZER, _Shal-ma-nee´-zer_, peace tied, perfection and
retribution.
SHAM´GAR, named a stranger, he is here a stranger, surprise of the
stranger.
SHAM´HUTH, desolation, astonishment.
SHA´MIR, prison, bush, lees.
SHAM´MAH, loss, desolation, astonishment.
SHAMMUAH, _Sham´-mew-ah_, that is heard or obeyed.
SHAPHAN, _Shay´-fan_, a rabbit, wild rat, their lip.
SHAPHAT, _Shay´-fat_, a judge.
SHARAI, _Shar´-a-i_ or _Sha-ray´-i_, my lord, my song.
SHAREZER, _Shar-ee´-zer_, overseer of the treasury.
SHA´RON, his plain, field, song.
SHA´SHAK, a bag of linen, the sixth bag.
SHA´VEH, the plain, that makes equality.
SHEALTIEL, _She-al´-te-el_, I have asked of God.
SHEARIAH, _She-a-ry´-ah_, gate or tempest of the Lord.
SHE´AR-JA´SHUB, the remnant shall return.
SHE´BA, captivity, compassing about, repose, old age.
SHEBANIAH, _Sheb-a-ny´-ah_, the Lord that converts, that recals from
captivity, that understands.
SHEB´NA, who rests himself, who is now captive.
SHECHEM, _Shee´-kem_, portion, the back, shoulders.
SHEDEUR, _Shee´-de-ur_ or _Shed´-e-ur_, field, destroyer of fire.
SHE´LAH, that breaks, that undresses.
SHELEMIAH, _Shel-le-my´-ah_, God is my perfection, my happiness.
SHELEPH, _Shee´-lef_, who draws out.
SHEL´OMITH, my happiness, my recompense.
SHELUMIEL, _Shel-ew-my´-el_, happiness, retribution of God.
SHEM, name, renown, he that places.
SHEMAIAH, _She-ma-i´-ah_ or _Shem-ay´-yah_, that obeys the Lord.
SHEMARIAH, _Shem-a-ry´-ah_, God is my guard, diamond.
SHEMEBER, _Shem´-me-ber_, name of force, fame of the strong.
SHEMER, _Shee´-mer_, guardian, thorn.
SHEMIDA, _She-my´-dah_, name of knowledge, that puts knowledge, the
science of the heavens.
SHEMINITH, _Shem´-me-nith_, the eighth.
SHEMIRAMOTH, _She-mir´-ra-moth_, the height of the heavens, the
elevation of the name.
SHEN, tooth, change, he that sleeps.
SHENIR, _Shee´-nir_, lantern, light that sleeps, he that shows.
SHEPHATIAH, _Shef-a-ty´-ah_, the Lord that judges.
SHESHACH, _Shee´-shak_, bag of flax, the sixth bag.
SHESHBAZZAR, _Shesh-baz´-zar_, joy in tribulation, or of vintage.
SHETH. See Seth.
SHETHER-BOZNAI, _Shee´-ther-boz´-na-i_, that makes to rot and corrupt.
SHE´VA, vanity, elevation, fame, tumult.
SHIBBOLETH, _Shib´-bo-leth_, burden, ear of corn.
SHICRON, _Shy´-kron_, drunkenness, his wages.
SHIGGAION, _Shig-gay´-yon_, a song of trouble.
SHIGIONOTH, _Shig-gy´-on-oth_, mournful music.
SHILOAH, _Shy-lo´-ah_. See Siloah.
SHI´LOH, sent, the Apostle.
SHI´LOH, peace, abundance.
SHILONITE, _Shy´-lo-nyte_, of the city of Shiloh.
SHIMEAH, _Shim´-me-ah_, that hears, that obeys.
SHIMEI, _Shim´-me-i_, that hears, name of the heap, my reputation.
SHIMSHAI, _Shim´-shay_, my sun.
SHINAR, _Shy´-nar_, the watching of him that sleeps, change of the
city.
SHIPHRAH, _Shif´-rah_, handsome, trumpet, that does good.
SHI´SHAK, present of the bag, of the pot, of the thigh.
SHIT´TIM, that turn away, scourges, rods.
SHO´A, tyrants.
SHO´BAB, returned, turned back.
SHO´BACH, your bonds, your nets, his captivity; according to the
Syriac, a dove house.
SHOCHOH, _Sho´-koh_, defence, a bough.
SHOSHAN´NIM, lilies of the testimony.
SHU´AH, pit, humiliation, meditation.
SHU´AL, fox, hand, fist, traces, way.
SHU´HITE, a descendant of Shuah.
SHU´LAMITE, peaceable, perfect, that recompenses.
SHU´NAMITE, a native of Shunem.
SHU´NEM, their change, their sleep.
SHUR, wall, ox.
SHU´SHAN, lily, rose, joy.
SHU´THELAH, plant, verdure, moist pot.
SIB´MAH, conversion, captivity, old age, rest.
SICHEM, _Sy´-kem_. See Shechem.
SI´DON, hunting, fishing, venison.
SIGIONOTH, _Sig-gy´-o-noth_, according to variable tunes.
SI´HON, rooting out, conclusion.
SI´HOR, black, trouble, early in the morn.
SI´LAS, three, the third.
SILOAS, _Sil´-o-as_ or _Sy-lo´-as_, SILOAM, _Sil´-o-am_ or _Sy-lo´-am_,
sent, dart, branch.
SILOE, _Sil´-o-e_ or _Sy-lo´-e_, the same as Siloas.
SILVA´NUS, one who loves the woods.
SIM´EON, that hears or obeys.
SI´MON, that hears or obeys.
SIN, bush.
SINAI, _Sy´-nay_ or _Sy´-nay-i_, bush, according to the Syriac, enmity.
SI´NIM, the south country.
SI´ON, noise, tumult.
SI´RAH, turning aside, rebellion.
SIRION, _Sir´-re-on_, a breastplate, deliverance.
SISERA, _Sis´-se-rah_, that sees a horse or swallow.
SI´VAN, bush, thorn.
SMYR´NA, myrrh.
SO, a measure for grain or dry matters.
SO´COH, tents, tabernacles.
SO´DI, my secret.
SODOM, _Sod´-dom_, their secret, their lime, their cement.
SODOMITES, _Sod´-dom-ites_, inhabitants of Sodom.
SOL´OMON, peaceable, perfect, one who recompenses.
SOPATER, _So-pay´-ter_, who defends or saves his father.
SO´REK, hissing, a colour inclining to yellow.
SOSIPATER, _So-se-pay´-ter_. See Sopater.
SOSTHENES, _Sos´-the-nes_, a strong and powerful saviour.
SPAIN, rare, precious.
STACHYS, _Stay´-kis_, spike; from ϛάχυς.
STEPHANAS, _Stef´-fa-nas_, a crown, crowned.
STE´PHEN, _the same as_ Stephanas.
SUC´COTH, tents, tabernacles.
SUC´COTH-BE´NOTH, the tabernacles of young women.
SUK´KIIMS, covered, shadowed.
SUR, that withdraws or departs.
SUSAN´NA, a lily, a rose, joy.
SUSI, _Su´-sy_, horse, swallow, moth.
SYCHAR, _Sy´-kar_, the name of a city.
SYENE, _Sy-ee´-ne_, bush; according to the Syriac, enmity.
SYNTYCHE, _Sin´-te-ke_, that speaks or discourses.
SYRACUSE, _Sir´-ra-kewse_, that draws violently.
SYRIA, _Sir´-re-a_, in Hebrew, _Aram_, sublime, deceiving.
SYRIAC, SYRIAN, _Sir´-re-ak_, _Sir´-re-an_, of Syria.
SYRIANS, _Sir´-re-ans_, inhabitants of Syria.
SYRO-PHENICIAN, _Sy´-ro-fe-nish´-e-an_, purple, drawn to; from σύρω, _I
draw_, and φοῖνιξ, _red palm tree_.
TAANACH, _Tay´-a-nak_, or _Ta-ay´-nak_, who humbles or answers thee.
TAB´BATH, good, goodness.
TABEAL, _Tay´-be-al_ or _Tab-ee´-al_, good God.
TABEEL, _Tay´-be-el_ or _Tab-ee´-el_, the same as Tabeal.
TABERAH, _Tab´-e-rah_ or _Tab-ee´-rah_, burning.
TABITHA, _Tab´-e-tha_, in Syriac, clear sighted; she is also called
Dorcas, wild goat.
TA´BOR, choice; in Syriac, contrition.
TABRIMON, _Tab´-re-mon_, good promegranate.
TAD´MOR, palm tree, change.
TAHAPANES, _Ta-hap´-pa-nes_, secret temptation.
TAHPENES, _Tah´-pe-nes_, standard, flight.
TALITHA-CUMI, _Tal´-le-tha-kew´-my_, young woman, arise.
TALMAI, _Tal´-may_, my furrow, heap of waters.
TA´MAR, a palm, palm tree.
TAM´MUZ, abstruse, concealed.
TANHUMETH, _Tan-hew´-meth_ or _Tan´-hu-meth_, consolation, repentance.
TAPHATH, _Tay´-fath_, little girl.
TAR´PELITES, ravishers, wearied.
TAR´SHISH, contemplation of the marble.
TAR´SUS, winged, feathered.
TAR´TAK, chained, bound, shut up.
TAR´TAN, that searches the gift of the turtle.
TATNAI, _Tat´-nay_, that gives.
TE´BAH, murder, a cook.
TE´BETH, the Babylonish name of the tenth month of the Hebrews.
TE´KEL, weight.
TEKOA, _Te-ko´-ah_, sound of the trumpet.
TEL´ABID, a heap of new grain.
TEL-HARSA, _Tel-har´-sah_, heap, suspension of the plough or of the
head.
TE´LIETH, goodness.
TEL-MELAH, _Tel´-me-lah_ or _Tel-mee´-lah_, heap of salt or of
mariners.
TE´MA, admiration, perfection.
TE´MAN, the south, Africa.
TE´MANITE, an inhabitant of Teman.
TE´RAH, to breathe, to scent, to blow.
TERAPHIM, _Ter´-ra-fim_, an image, an idol.
TERTIUS, _Ter´-she-us_, the third.
TERTUL´LUS, a liar, an impostor.
TETRARCH, _Tet´-rark_ or _Tee´-trarck_, governor of a fourth part of a
kingdom.
THADDEUS, _Thad-dee´-us_, that praises.
THA´HASH, that makes haste, or keeps silence.
THA´MAH, that blots out or suppresses.
THA´MAR. See Tamar.
THAM´MUZ. See Tammuz.
THE´BEZ, muddy, silk.
THELASAR, _The-lass´-ar_, that unbinds and grants the suspension or
heap.
THEOPHILUS, _The-of´-fe-las_, a friend of God.
THESSALONICA, _Thes-sa-lo-ny´-kah_, victory against the Thessalians.
THEUDAS, _Thew´-das_, a false teacher.
THOMAS, _Tom´-mas_, a twin.
THUM´MIM, truth, perfection.
THYATIRA, _Thy-a-ty´-rah_, a sweet savour of labour or sacrifice of
contrition.
TIBERIAS, _Ti-bee´-re-as_, good vision.
TIBERIUS, _Ti-bee´-re-us_, son of Tiber.
TIB´NI, straw, understanding.
TI´DAL, that breaks the yoke.
TIGLATH-PILESER, _Tig´-lath-pi-lee´-zer_, that takes away captivity,
miraculous.
TIK´VAH, hope, a congregation.
TIMEUS, _Ti-mee´-us_, in Greek, perfect, honourable; in Hebrew,
admirable.
TIM´-NATH, image, enumeration.
TIMNATH-HERES, _Tim´-nath-hee´-res_, image of the dumb.
TI´MON, honourable.
TIMO´THEUS, honour of God, valued of God.
TIPHSAH, _Tif´-sah_, passage, passover.
TIRHAKAH, _Tir-hay´-kah_ or _Tir´-ha-kah_, inquirer, law made dull.
TIRSHATHA, _Tir-shay´-tha_, that overturns the foundation; in Syriac,
that beholds the time.
TIR´ZAH, benevolent, pleasant.
TISH´BITE, that makes captives, that dwells.
TI´TUS, honourable; from τίω, _I honour_.
TO´AH, a weapon.
TOB, good, goodness.
TOB-ADONIJAH, _Tob´-ad-o-ny´-jah_, my good God.
TOBI´AH, the Lord is good.
TOGAR´MAH, which is all bone, strong.
TO´HU, that lives or declares.
TOI, _To´-i_, who wanders.
TO´LA, worm, scarlet.
TO´LAD, nativity.
TOPHEL, _To´-fel_, ruin, folly, insipid.
TOPHET, _To´-fet_, a drum, betraying.
TRO´AS, penetrated.
TROGYLLIUM, _Tro-jil´-le-um_, a city in the isle of Samos.
TROPHIMUS, _Trof´-fe-mus_, well educated.
TRYPHENA, _Try-fee´-nah_, delicate.
TRYPHO´SA, thrice shining.
TU´BAL, the earth, confusion.
TU´BAL-CAI´N, worldly possession, jealous of confusion.
TYCHICUS, _Tik´-e-kus_, casual, happening.
TYRAN´NUS, a prince, one that reigns.
TYRE, TY´RUS, in Hebrew, _Sor_ or _Tzur_, strength.
UCAL, _Yew´-kal_, power, prevalency.
ULAI, _Yew´-la-i_ or _Yew-lay´_, strength.
ULAM, _Yew´-lam_, the porch, their strength.
UL´LA, elevation, holocaust, leaf.
UN´NI, poor, afflicted.
UPHAZ, _Yew´-faz_, gold of Phasis or Pison.
UR, fire, light.
URBA´NUS, civil, courteous.
URI, _Yew´-ry_, my light or fire.
URIAH, URIJAH, _Yew-ry´-ah_, _Yew-ry´-jah_, the Lord is my light or
fire.
URI´EL, God is my light or fire.
URIM and THUMMIM, _Yew´-rim_ and _Thum´-mim_, lights and perfection.
UZ, counsel; in Syriac, to fix.
UZ´ZAH, strength, a goat.
UZZEN-SHERAH, _Uz´-zen-shee´-rah_, ear of the flesh or of the parent.
UZ´ZI, my strength, my kid.
UZZI´AH, the strength of the Lord.
UZZI´EL, the strength of God.
UZZIELITES, _Uz-zy´-el-ites_, the posterity of Uzziel.
VASH´NI, the second.
VASH´TI, that drinks, thread.
VOPHSI, _Vof´-sy_, fragment, diminution.
ZAANA´NIM, movings.
ZA´BAD, a dowry.
ZAB´DI, portion, dowry.
ZACCHEUS, _Zak-kee´-us_, pure, justified.
ZACHARI´AH, memory of the Lord.
ZA´DOK, just, justified.
ZA´HAM, crime, impurity.
ZAIR, _Zay´-ir_, little, afflicted.
ZAL´MON, his shade, obscurity.
ZALMO´NAH, the shade, your image.
ZALMUN´NA, shadow, image.
ZAMZUM´MIMS, thinking, wickedness.
ZANO´AH, forgetfulness, this rest.
ZAPHNATH-PAANEAH, _Zaf´-nath-pay-a-nee´-ah_, one that discovers hidden
things; in the Egyptian tongue, a saviour of the world.
ZA´RAH, east, brightness.
ZAREPHATH, _Zar´-re-fath_, ambush of the mouth.
ZARE´TAN, tribulation, perplexity.
ZA´ZA, belonging to all; in Syriac, going back.
ZEBADI´AH, portion of the Lord.
ZE´BAH, victim, immolation.
ZEB´EDEE, abundant portion.
ZEBO´IM, deer, goats.
ZE´BUL, a habitation.
ZEB´ULUN, dwelling, habitation.
ZECHARI´AH. See Zachariah.
ZE´DAD, his side, his hunting.
ZEDEKI´AH, the Lord is my justice.
ZEEB, _Zee´-eb_, wolf.
ZE´LEK, the noise of him that licks or laps.
ZELOPHEHAD, _Ze-lo´-fe-ad_, the shade or tingling of fear.
ZELOTES, _Ze-lo´-tes_, jealous, full of zeal.
ZEL´ZAH, noontide.
ZE´NAS, living.
ZEPHANI´AH, the Lord is my secret, the mouth of the Lord.
ZEPHATH, _Zee´-fath_, which beholds, attends.
ZE´PHO, that sees and observes.
ZER, perplexity, tribulation, a rock.
ZE´RAH. See Zarah.
ZEREDAH, _Zer´-e-dah_ or _Ze-ree´-dah_, ambush.
ZE´RESH, misery, stranger.
ZE´ROR, root, that straitens, a stone.
ZERU´AH, leprous, hornet.
ZERUBBABEL, _Ze-rub´-ba-bel_, banished, a stranger at Babylon,
dispersion of confusion.
ZERUIAH, _Zer-ew-i´-ah_, pain, tribulation.
ZE´THAN, their olive.
ZE´THAR, he that examines or beholds.
ZI´BA, army, fight, strength, stag.
ZIB´EON, iniquity that dwells, the seventh.
ZIB´IAH, deer, goat, honourable and fine.
ZICHRI, _Zic´-ry_, that remembers, a male.
ZID´DIM, huntings; in Syriac, destructions.
ZI´DON, hunting, fishing, venison.
ZIDO´NIANS, inhabitants of Zidon.
ZIF, this, that; according to the Syriac, brightness.
ZIK´LAG, measure pressed down.
ZIL´LAH, shadow, which is roasted, the tingling of the ear.
ZIL´PAH, distillation, contempt of the mouth.
ZIM´RAN, song, singer, vine.
ZIM´RI, my field, my vine, my branch.
ZIN, buckler, coldness.
ZI´ON, a monument, sepulchre, turret.
ZI´OR, ship of him that watches, ship of the enemy.
ZIPH, _Ziff_, this mouth, mouthful.
ZIP´POR, bird, crown; according to the Syriac, early in the morning,
goat.
ZIP´PORAH, beauty, trumpet.
ZITH´RI, to hide, overturned.
ZIZ, flower, a lock of hair; according to the Syriac, wing, feather.
ZI´ZA. See Zaza.
ZO´AN, motion.
ZO´AR, little, small.
ZO´BAH, an army, a swelling.
ZO´HAR, white, shining, dryness.
ZOHE´LETH, that creeps or draws.
ZOPHAR, _Zo´-far_, rising early, crown; in Syriac, sparrow, goat.
ZO´RAH, leprosy, scab.
ZOROBABEL, _Zo-rob´-ba-bel_. See Zerubbabel.
ZUAR, _Zew´-ar_, small.
ZUPH, that observes, roof.
ZUR, stone, plan, form.
ZURI´EL, the rock or strength of God.
ZURISHADDAI, _Zew´-ry-shad´-da-i_, the Almighty is my rock, splendour,
beauty.
ZU´ZIMS, the posts of a door, splendour; in Syriac, departing, money;
in Chaldee, strong.
TABLES
OF
THE WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND MONEY,
MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE.
JEWISH WEIGHTS, REDUCED TO ENGLISH TROY WEIGHT.
lbs. ozs. pen. gr.
The Gerah, the twentieth part of a Shekel 0 0 0 12
The Bekah, half a Shekel 0 0 5 0
The Shekel 0 0 10 0
The Maneh, sixty Shekels 2 6 0 0
The Talent, fifty Maneh, or three thousand 125 0 0 0
Shekels
According to the bishop of Peterborough’s calculations, the Gerah is
nearly equal to 11 grains Troy; the Bekah, to about 4¾ pennyweights; and
the Shekel, to about 9⅛ pennyweights.
TABLES OF SCRIPTURE MEASURES OF LENGTH, REDUCED TO
ENGLISH MEASURE.
SHORT MEASURES.
│ English Inches.
│ feet.
│Digit 0 0.912
│ 4 Palm 0 3.684
│ 12 3 Span 0 10.944
│ 24 6 3 Cubit 1 9.888
│ 96 24 6 2 Fathom 7 3.552
│ 144 36 12 6 1.5 Ezekiel’s reed 10 11.328
│ 192 48 16 8 2 1.3 Arabian pole 14 7.104
│ 1920 480 160 80 20 13.3 10 Schœnus’s 145 11.04
│ meas’ng line
LONG MEASURES.
│ English Paces. Feet.
│ miles.
│Cubit 0 0 1.824
│ 400 Stadium or Furlong 0 145 4.6
│ 2000 5 Sabbath day’s journey 0 729 3.0
│ 4000 10 2 Eastern mile 1 403 1.0
│ 12000 30 6 3 Parasang 4 153 3.0
│ 96000 240 48 24 8 A day’s journey 33 172 4.0
⁂ 5 Feet=1 Pace; 1056=1 mile.
According to the bishop of Peterborough, a Parasang is equal to 4
miles, 116 paces.
FOR TABLES OF TIME SEE THE ARTICLES “MONTHS” AND “DAY.”
TABLES OF SCRIPTURE MEASURES OF CAPACITY.
MEASURES FOR LIQUIDS, REDUCED TO ENGLISH WINE MEASURE.
│ Gallons. Pints.
│Caph 0 0.625
│ 1.3 Log 0 0.833
│ 5.3 4 Cab 0 3.333
│ 16 12 3 Hin 1 2
│ 32 24 6 2 Seah 2 4
│ 96 72 18 6 3 Bath or Epha 7 4
│ 960 720 180 60 20 10 Chomer, Homer, 75 5
│ Kor, or Coros
The Omer was one-tenth of an Epha, and contained 6 pints; the Metretes
of Syria, translated in John ii, 6, “firkins,” 7⅛ pints; and the
eastern Cotyla, half a pint. This Cotyla, says the bishop of
Peterborough, contains just 10 ounces Averdupois of rain water; the
Omer, 100 ounces; the Epha, 1000; and the Chomer, 10,000 ounces. So
by these weights all these measures of capacity may be expeditiously
recovered to a near exactness.
MEASURES FOR THINGS DRY, REDUCED TO ENGLISH CORN MEASURE.
│ Pecks. Gals. Pints.
│Gachal 0 0 0.1416
│ 20 Cab 0 0 2.8333
│ 36 1.8 Omer or Gomer 0 0 5.1
│ 120 6 3.3 Seah 1 0 1
│ 360 18 10 3 Epha 3 0 3
│ 1800 90 50 15 5 Letech 16 0 0
│ 3600 180 100 30 10 2 Chomer Homer, &c. 32 0 0
TABLES OF MONEY.
JEWISH MONEY, REDUCED TO THE ENGLISH STANDARD.
│ £. s. d.
│ Gerah 0 0 1.3687
│ 10 Bekah 0 1 1.6875
│ 20 2 Shekel 0 2 3.375
│ 1200 120 50 Maneh, or Mina Hebraica 5 14 0.75
│ 60,000 6000 3000 60 Talent 342 3 9
Solidus Aureus, or Sextula, was worth 0 12 0.5
Siclus Aureus, or Gold Shekel 1 16 6
Talent of Gold 5475 0 0
The bishop of Peterborough makes the Mina Hebraica to contain 60
Shekels, and to weigh 27 oz. 7½ dwts.; which, at 5_s._ per ounce,
will amount to 6_l._ 16_s._ 10½_d._; and the Talent of Silver to
contain 50 Minæ, which, at 5_s._, will equal the amount in this
table, 342_l._ 3_s._ 9_d._
ROMAN MONEY, MENTIONED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, REDUCED TO THE
ENGLISH STANDARD.
£. s. d. far.
Mite (Assarium) 0 0 0 ¾
Farthing, (Quadrans,) about 0 0 0 1½
Penny, or Denarius (Silver) 0 0 7 3
Pound, or Mina 3 2 6 0
According to the bishop of Peterborough, the Roman Mite is one-third
of our farthing; Quadrans, three-fourths of a farthing; the
Assarium, a farthing and a half; and the Assis three farthings.
⁂ _In the preceding Tables, Silver is valued at 5s., and Gold at £4.
per ounce._
SINCE the publication, in 1727, of Dr. Arbuthnot’s “Tables of Ancient
Coins, Weights, and Measures,” that celebrated work has been
regarded by the best divines as the general standard on these
difficult subjects. More recently the bishop of Peterborough has
rendered good service to this part of Biblical antiquity by entering
into several nice and extensive calculations on the weights and
measures mentioned in the Bible, which have, with very few
exceptions, confirmed the previous investigations of Dr. Arbuthnot:
and as the axiom, “What is new in theology is false,” holds good
only in regard to the _doctrines_ of Scripture, and not to its
_statics_ and _numismatics_, no hesitation has been felt in
presenting the reader, under each of the preceding Tables, with some
of the most important of the results which the bishop has thus
obtained.
In the abstruse department of mensuration of superficies, the same
learned prelate has also ably demonstrated, that _the altar of
incense_, described in Exodus xxx, 2, as consisting of a cubit in
length, and a cubit in breadth, and yet “four-square,” contained
exactly one square cubit, that is, three English square feet, and
about forty-seven square inches;--that _the table of_ _shew bread_,
described in Exodus xxv, 23, as being two cubits long and one broad,
and rectangular, contained above six English square feet;--that _the
boards of the tabernacle_, described in Exodus xxvi, 16, as ten
cubits in length and a cubit and a half in breadth, and rectangular,
contained nearly fifty square feet of English measure;--that _the
mercy seat_, which Moses is directed to make “two cubits and a half
the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof,”
Exodus xxv, 17, contained twelve and a half square feet;--that _the
altar of incense_, which was directed to be “a cubit the length
thereof and a cubit the breadth thereof, and four square,” Exodus
xxx, 2, contained upward of three square feet;--that _the court of
the tabernacle_, the orders concerning which were, “The length of
the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every
where,” Exodus xxvii, 18, comprised upward of sixteen thousand six
hundred and thirty-four square feet, or in English land measure one
rood, twenty-one perches, and twenty-seven and a half feet;--and
that _the Levites’ glebe_, which is thus described in Numbers xxxv,
3–5: “The cities they shall have to dwell in: and the suburbs of
them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all
their beasts. And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give
unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward
a thousand cubits round about. And ye shall measure from without the
city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two
thousand cubits,” &c; “and the city shall be in the midst;”
contained three hundred and five acres, two roods, and one perch,
which was, for each of the four sides, seventy-six acres, one rood,
twenty perches, and eighty square feet.
Respecting the Egyptian _aroura_, which is sometimes mistranslated
“acre,” the bishop remarks, “Reflecting upon Moses’ measure by
cubits, and,” in the case of _the court of the tabernacle_, “finding
them to be precisely five thousand square cubits, I observed that
they were just half ten thousand, which I had observed from
Herodotus to be the area of the Egyptian _aroura_, by which their
land was as generally measured as ours is by acres and roods. I
called also to mind a passage in Manetho, an Egyptian priest, cited
by Josephus, in his first book against Apion, where he affirms, that
Manetho, in his history of the reign, wars, and expulsion of the
Pastors, (whom Africanus affirms to be Phenicians or Canaanites, and
Josephus vainly believed to be Jews,) wrote out of the public
records of Egypt, that these Pastors made at Abaris a very large and
strong encampment, that encompassed ten thousand _arouræ_,
sufficient to contain two hundred and forty thousand men, and long
to maintain their cattle. Hence it appears, that not only the
Egyptians, but also the Phenicians or Canaanites, that had dwelt
among them, and had reigned there during the time of six kings
successively, used this measure of land called _aroura_. Now this
was long before the time of Moses; for the beginning of Amosis or
Tethmosis, who expelled them out of Egypt, was very near the time of
Abraham’s death. Wherefore I believe that Moses, who was skilled in
all Egyptian learning, especially in surveying, did of choice make
_the court of the tabernacle_ to be just half an _aroura_, which was
a known measure to him and his people, and that divine authority
directed him so to do.” In another part of his work he reduces the
Egyptian _aroura_ into English measure, and finds it to be three
roods, two perches, and fifty-five and a quarter square feet.
THE END.
UNDER THE ARTICLE
APOSTLES’ CREED, for Creed, read _Confessions of Faith_.
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Transcriber’s Note
Minor lapses in punctuation, including missing full stops and
end-of-line hyphens, have been corrected with no further notice. In a
work this large, it is inevitable that some inconsistencies in format
will occur, which have been set right.
There are some variants of spelling which have, in general, been
retained, given the wide range of sources employed by the author. The
use of the diaeresis in words like ‘coöperate’ or ‘reëstablishment’ was
not followed where the prefix appeared hyphenated on a line break (e.g.
‘re-establishment’). These have been rendered here using the diaeresis.
A passage from Chardin, cited on p. 250, has an un-opened quotation, the
beginning of which has been placed as noted below, based on other
commentaries citing Chardin on Psalms 90.4.
Most internal references refer to the main topics, which are typically
in UPPERCASE characters, but on occasion refer to subtopics in mixed
SMALLCAP font, or, rarely, to keywords in paragraphs (e.g., allegory).
The main entry for MOAB was printed in a normal font, and so could be
easily missed. That has been corrected here to follow the conventional
printing.
The Alphabetical Table of Proper Names, at the end of the text, also
contains a number of internal references. These refer to other entries
in that table.
In the article for CRANE, the Hebrew שיש (marble) is given for ‘crane’,
from Jer. viii, 7. The word סיס, or ‘swift’ would seem to have been
meant. In the alphabetical index of names, a reference to ‘Siloah’ has
no obvious referent.
The article for REED directs the reader to an article for CANE, which is
not in the text.
The following issues should be noted, along with the resolutions. The
references in the first column are to the page, column, and line in the
original text.
7.2.39 who gave Golia[t]h’s sword Added.
47.1.58 Καὶ ἐν τῷ μέσω ἀυτου ὡς ὅρασις ἠλεκτρȣ ἐν μέσῳ Replaced.
[το͂ν/τοῦ] ϖυρὸς
90.2.69 has been much misrepresented[.] Added.
93.2.29 it is necessary, in order [] to his salvation _sic_:
obtain?
94.2.47 as it does [ ] this day _sic_: to?
101.1.9 are undoub[t]edly mentioned Added.
111.1.52 in the habit of refer[r]ing with approbation Added.
113.2.20 the arguments of St. A[u]gustine Added.
116.2 observed[,] some remains of these enclosures Removed.
137.2.60 the Prophet says[./,] ‘Of the oaks of Bashan Replaced.
139.1.20 [the rendering of an equivalent:][)]'> Parenthesis
added.
140.2.32 The following observations[./,] from Replaced.
143.1.42 exposed in the amp[h]itheatre to fight Added.
171.2.16 The word[,] is formed from the Gothic Removed.
160.1.25 the truth of the princ[i]pal facts Added.
185.1.8 “the Memphian” or Egyptian [“]boat is made Removed.
188.1.37 eso[r/t]etic, or concealed doctrine Replaced.
201.2.32 became permanently settled at the diet of Added.
Au[g]sburg
202.1.48 and those who are not, accepted.[’] Probable.
207.1.59 is directed again[s]t Canaan Added.
207.2.9 in his de[s]cendants Added.
214.1.31 with hair standing [a/o]n end on it Replaced.
217.2.23 for their perusal.[”] Removed.
224.1.20 like that of the pine.[”] Added.
236.1.7 who holds her balance[,/.] Replaced.
236.2.12 more substantial world[l]y benefits Added.
236.2.48 Here the Christ[ai/ia]n Transposed.
241.2.4 which was to be pe[r]formed Added.
244.1.13 which have no s[pu/up]port from the magistracy Transposed.
250.1.36 that [“]as the people of the east have no Added.
clocks
259.2.54 as it occurs in the [T/N]ew Testament Replaced.
268.2.9 whether they were gold or brass.[”] Added.
274.2.54 two birds are mentioned, the [שיש/סיס>] Replaced.
278.2.38 increases the p[io/oi] of the suffering Transposed.
285.1.19 Who call thee by thy name, am THE GOD OF Added.
ISRAEL.[”]>
303.2.32 ‘all sick people,[’] that were taken with Removed.
divers diseases
307.2.54 which occurs under the word, [סמפחת/מספחת], מס
Lev. xiii, 6–8, 29. transposed.
318.2.47 “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness Added.
thereof[”], Psalm xxiv, 1;
325.1.20 in his “Instit[ut]utes,” he confirmed Removed.
331.1.16 Volney’s account is suffic[i]ently descriptive Added.
333.2.25 placed by the Egy[p]tian task-masters Added.
336.1.24 as consisting in outward wor[l]dly Added.
institutions
337.2.12 all visible ack[n]owledgment of them Added.
343.2.31 reckon the dog a filt[h]y creature Added.
348.2.24 I am with you alway[s] Added.
350.2.29 They have eleven dioces[s]es Removed.
352.1.58 and they were pun[n]ished for their Removed.
presumption
356.2.31 answers to the artific[i]al conception Added.
372.1.15 can consisten[t]ly refuse to admit Added.
373.2.46 while the bride[./-]groom is with them? Replaced.
382.2.38 If, then, such was [s/t]he superstitious Replaced.
homage
382.2.45 “is Arabic, and signifies _the fly_ in Added.
general.[”]
394.1.17 in the amp[h]itheatre at Tiberias Added.
394.1.30 “They gave me ראש to eat[”]; Added.
415.1.50 the Egyptians, Prussians, Lithu[a]nians, Added.
Samogitians, &c.
416.1.38 to kill his b[r]other Jacob Added.
424.2.31 not a bunch of grapes left [of/for] those who Replaced/
came to glean.
438.2.31 church of the[-first / first-]born Transposed.
438.2.55 to make a t[py/yp]ical atonement Transposed.
442.2.23 the gifts of the Holy [C/G]host Replaced.
445.2.1 Hebron is now called El [H/K]halil; Replaced.
450.2.3 [Σ/Ἐ]ν τῶ ἄρχοντι τῶν δαιμονίων Replaced.
452.2.39 the only su[r]viving male Added.
462.2.41 [B/b]y the ‘testimony of the Spirit,’ I mean, Replaced.
469.2.25 A spacious bowl th[e]’ admiring patriarch Removed.
fills
474.1.47 “counterfeit,” signif[i]es also a profane Added.
wicked man
481.1.47 according to their origin[i]al institution Removed.
487.2.46 are built upon the foundati[a/o]n of the Replaced.
Apostles