Raphael to come to his aid in human form. With the angel's guidance, Tobit's son Tobias travels to the village of Ecbatana and meets a woman named Sarah. Sarah had similarly prayed for death because she was haunted by a powerful demon Asmodeus, who would kill any potential male suitors....
4. a conventional representation of any of these beings, depicted in human form with wings 5. informal a person, esp a woman, who is kind, pure, or beautiful 6. (Theatre) informal an investor in a venture, esp a backer of a theatrical production 7. (Currencies) Also called: angel-nob...
(a phrase often interpreted to mean angels) "saw that the daughters of men" (that is, human women) "were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose." The offspring of these unions were the Nephilim, a mysterious term often translated as "giants" but defined in the Bible as "...
Thus the Bible certainly sanctions the idea of certain angels being in charge of special districts (cf. Dan., x, and above), This belief persists in a debased form in the Arab notion of Genii, or Jinns, who haunt particular spots. A reference to it is perhaps to be found in Gen.,...
1.BibleAn angelic being who was cast from heaven as punishment for his rebellious pride. Lucifer is traditionally identified with Satan. 2.The planet Venus in its appearance as the morning star. Also calledPhosphorus. 3.luciferA friction match. ...
Angel n : a spiritual being that is believed to be much more powerful than a human. Angels are composed of ethereal matter, thus allowing them to take on whichever physical form best suits their immediate needs. In Christian, Muslim, Jewish and other theologies an angel can be one who ...
As to their outward appearance, it is evident that they bore the human form, and could at times be mistaken for men (Eze 9:2;Ge 18:2,16). There is no hint that they ever appeared in female form. The conception of angels as winged beings, so familiar in Christian art, finds no su...
not the angel, entreating Jacob to let him go, as Jarchi and Kimchi, and so some Christian interpreters; who think that an angel in human form may be said to weep, as well as to eat and drink; and the rather, since this angel was not the conqueror, but the conquered; and since ...
Which, as it was perhaps the last place where the people were numbered, it was the last to which the plague came: this angel appeared in an human form, standing "between the earth and the heaven"; in the midst of the heaven, in the air, right over Jerusalem: "having a drawn sword...
• Grade 1: The most minor form in which the inverted nipple is easily coaxed out with minimal manipulation. Once out, the nipple maintains its projection fairly well, but usually reverts to its inverted state after a short period of time. In general, this anatomy is well suited to pierc...