Linen, Linen cloth, fine Linen was “a fine linen cloth, an article of domestic manufacture” (Pro 31:24) used (a) as a garment or wrap, the “linen cloth” of Mar 14:51-52; (b) as shrouds or winding sheets, Mat 27:59; Mar 15:46, RV, “linen cloth,” for AV, “linen;” Luk 23:53 (ditto). In the Sept., Jdg 14:12, “(thirty) … Continue reading “Linen, Linen cloth, fine Linen”
Linen, Fine
Linen, Fine The word Shesh, thus translated in the Authorized Version, occurs twenty-eight times in Exodus, once in Genesis, once in Proverbs, and three times in Ezekiel. Considerable doubts have, however, always been entertained respecting the true meaning of the word; but it appears to us to signify hemp, which is a plant that in … Continue reading “Linen, Fine”
LINEN, Fine
LINEN, Fine See GARMENTS. Fuente: A Symbolical Dictionary
Linen
LINEN As is well known, is made of the fine fibers of flax, and was much used by the ancients. Four different words in Hebrew are translated in our Bible, “Linen,” “fine linen,” and “silk:” PISHTAH, Jdg 15:14 Eze 44:17,18 ; BAD, worn by the priests, Exo 28:42 39:28, and by king David, etc., 2Sa … Continue reading “Linen”
Linegar, John, D.D
Linegar, John, D.D an Irish prelate, was appointed to the see of Dublin in 1734, and held the office until 1739, without being molested in any way. The act of king William, “for disarming the, Papists,” was enforced, and this caused some disturbance. He died in 1756. See D’Alton, Memoirs of the Archbishops of Dublin, … Continue reading “Linegar, John, D.D”
Lineage
Lineage (, paternal descent, “kindred,” Act 3:25; “family,” Eph 3:15), a family or race (Luk 2:4). SEE GENEALOGY. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Lineage line-aj (, patria): Found only once in Luk 2:4 (the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) family), and signifying the line of paternal family descent. … Continue reading “Lineage”
Line, Saint Anne
Line, Saint Anne English martyr, d. 27 Feb., 1601. She was the daughter of William Heigham of Dunmow, Essex, a gentleman of means and an ardent Calvinist, and when she and her brother announced their intention of becoming Catholics both were disowned and disinherited. Anne married Roger Line, a convert like herself, and shortly after … Continue reading “Line, Saint Anne”
LINE OF JUDGMENT, THE DIVINE
LINE OF JUDGMENT, THE DIVINE 2Ki21:13; Isa 28:17; Isa 34:11; Lam 2:8; Amo 7:8 Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible
Line of Beauty
Line of Beauty Title given by Wm. Hogarth to an undulating line supposedly containing the essence of the graphically beautiful, and so regarded as both the cause and the criterion of beauty; particular lines and paintings become beautiful as and because they exhibit this line. According to Hogarth, such lines must express “symmetry, variety, uniformity, … Continue reading “Line of Beauty”
Line
Line (represented by the following terms in the original: , che’bel, a measuring-line, 2Sa 8:2; Amo 7:17; hence a portion as divided out by a line, Psa 16:6; elsewhere cord,” “portion,” etc. or , kav, a measuring-line, Isa 34:17; Eze 47:3; either for construction, Job 38:5; Isa 44:13; Jer 31:39; Zec 1:16, or for destruction, … Continue reading “Line”