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The names Hinnom and Ben-hinnom in the Bible The name Ben-hinnom belongs to a notorious valley close toJerusalem— more specifically, by the entrance of what later would be called theשער החרסות(sha'arhaharsit), which means Hairy Itch, Horrible Engraving, Deaf Goa...
of the name is Linos (Old Greek). The name was borne in Greek mythology by three sons of Apollo, the most famous of whom taught music to Hercules. It was also known as the personification of lamentation, associated with 'ailinon', the ritual refrain of a dirge in the 'Linus song' ...
Nounקינה(qina) denotes a kind of sad poem; a dirge or lamentation, which both had to be fabricated and could, presumably, pierce a person's soul like a spear (which is an obvious Biblical figure of speech; see Luke 2:35). The denominative verbקונן(qonen) means...
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Dragon DRAGON drag'-un (tannin, plural tannim, tannoth; drakon): Tannin and the plural tanninim occur 14 times, and in English Versions of the Bible are variously rendered "dragon," "whale," "serpent" or "sea-monster"; but Lamentations 4:3, ...
What’s Bred in the Bone, novel by Robertson Davies, published in 1985 as the second volume of his so-called Cornish trilogy. The other books in the trilogy are The Rebel Angels (1981) and The Lyre of Orpheus (1988). Two angels narrate this story about t
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871 –Spent the morning in bewailing the hard fate which bereft us of our cook – a Maltese, who for some time had officiated in that capacity, having gone out one morning, and left us, as a legacy, the delightful intimation, that ...
Smith's Bible Dictionary1884 The spot in the valley of Megiddo where the battle was fought was near the town of Hadad-rimmon; hence the lamentation for the death of Josiah was called "the lamentation of Hadad-rimmon in the valley of Megiddo," which was so great and so long continued, th...
worshipers had been put to death. Under the circumstances the Prophet Elijah was compelled to leave the country and he remained lodged in a cave at the foot of Mt. Sinai for several years. The lamentation that he made to Allah, on this occasion, has been related in the Bible, in ...
A pious man came in lamentation to the great Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer. His son had forsaken the religion of his people and the man was grief-stricken. “What shall I do, Rabbi?” cried the father. “Do you love your son?” the Rabbi asked. “Of course I do,” said the man. “...