Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Nethanel NETHANEL.1. The prince of Issachar (Num 1:8; Num 2:5; Num 7:18; Num 7:23; Num 10:15). 2. One of Davids brothers (1Ch 2:14). 3. A priest in the time of David (1Ch 15:24). 4. A Levite (1Ch 24:6). 5. One of Obed-edoms sons (1Ch 26:4). 6. A prince sent by Jehoshaphat to teach in the … Continue reading “Nethanel”

Nethaneel (Heb. Nethanel’, , given of God; Sept. ), the name of ten Hebrews. SEE NATHANIEL. 1. A son of Zuar and phylarch of Issachar at the time of the exode (Num 1:8; Num 2:5; Num 7:18; Num 7:28; Num 10:15). B.C. 1657. 2. The fourth son of Jesse, and brother of king David (1Ch … Continue reading “Nethaneel”

Netchaef, Innocent a Russian prelate and writer, was born in 1722, and was educated for the Church; and, after filling various offices of distinction, was made archbishop of Pskof and of Riga. He died at St. Petersburg, January 24, 1799. Netchaef is known as the author of several Sermons, published by the holy synod in … Continue reading “Netchaef, Innocent”

Netaim NETAIM.A place situated probably in the Shephlah of Judah. See Gederah. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Netaim nata-im, neta-im, ne-taim , netam; Codex Vaticanus , Azaem; Codex Alexandrinus , Ataem): In 1Ch 4:23 the King James Version reads those that dwell among plants and hedges, the Revised Version (British and American) the inhabitants … Continue reading “Netaim”

Net-work Isa 19:9 margin reads ‘white works:’ it is any woven work full of holes. In the brazen altar there was a grate of net-work made of brass. Exo 27:4; Exo 38:4; and in the temple there was net-work of brass along with checker work and chain work, as ornaments on the chapiters of the … Continue reading “Net-work”

Net There are in Scripture several words denoting different kinds of nets, and this, with the frequency of images derived from them, shows that nets were much in use among the Hebrews for fishing, hunting, and fowling. Indeed, for the two latter purposes nets were used to an extent of which now, since the invention … Continue reading “Net”

Nestorius, bishop of Side Nestorius (1), St. (Nestor), the first known bp. of Side in Pamphylia Prima (Le Quien, i. 997), a martyr in the Decian persecution, a.d. 250. He was arrested by the local Irenarch, required to sacrifice, and on refusing dispatched in charge of two lictors to the court of the president Pollio, … Continue reading “Nestorius, bishop of Side”

Nestorius and Nestorianism I. THE HERESIARCH Nestorius, who gave his name to the Nestorian heresy, was born at Germanicia, in Syria Euphoratensis (date unknown); died in the Thebaid, Egypt, c. 451. He was living as a priest and monk in the monastery of Euprepius near the walls, when he was chosen by the Emperor Theodosius … Continue reading “Nestorius and Nestorianism”

Nestorius Nestorius, Patriarch of Constantinople (5th century), while combating the Arians, came to accept the view that in Christ the two natures stand for two personalities which are united in one moral person. This doctrine had previously been prevalent in the School of Antioch where it was held by Diodorus of Tarsus and Theodore of … Continue reading “Nestorius”

NESTORIANS The followers of Nestorius, the bishop of Constantinople, who lived in the fifth century. They believed that in Christ there were not only two natures, but two persons; of which the one was divine, even the eternal word; and the other, which was human, was the man Jesus: that these two persons had only … Continue reading “Nestorians”