Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Left (Verb) * For LEFT (Verb) see LEAVE Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Left (Hand) 1Ch 12:2 (c) This figure is used to illustrate the unusual care with which these men equipped themselves to serve their king. The lesson for us is that we should cultivate those talents in which we do not naturally excel, and make our obscure gifts as useful as our natural talents. Ecc 10:2 … Continue reading “Left (Hand)”

Left (Adjective) is used (a) of the “left” hand, in Mat 6:3, the word “hand” being understood; in connection with the armor of righteousness, in 2Co 6:7, “(on the right hand and) on the left,” lit., “(of the weapons … the right and) the left;” (b) in the phrase “on the left,” formed by ex … Continue reading “Left (Adjective)”

Left (prop. , seml. a primitive word; Gr. ‘, lit. well-named, i.e. lucky, by euphemism for ptar , as opposed to , , the right). The left hand, like the Latin laevus, was esteemed of ill omen, hence the term sinister as equivalent to unfortunate. This was especially the case among the superstitious Greeks and … Continue reading “Left”

Lefebvre, Camille Apostle of the Acadians, born Saint Philippe, Quebec, 1831; died Saint Joseph, New Brunswick, 1895. He entered the Congregation of the Holy Cross, and was appointed to the Acadian parish of Memramcook, New Brunswick, 1864. He began the erection of Saint Joseph’s College. He was the principal agency, because of his indomitable energy … Continue reading “Lefebvre, Camille”

Leeser, Isaac a noted Jewish theologian and religious writer, was born at Neukirch, in Westphalia, in 1806. In 1825 he emigrated to America, and became in 1829 rabbi of the principal synagogue of Philadelphia. This position he resigned in 1850, and died in that city in 1868. Leeser was a superior scholar and preacher, and … Continue reading “Leeser, Isaac”

LEES Or dregs, the refuse and sediment of wine. Wines that have been allowed to stand a long time on the lees, thereby acquire a superior color and flavor. Hence such wines are used as a symbol of gospel blessings, Isa 25:6 ; also of a nation or community that, from long quiet and prosperity, … Continue reading “Lees”

Leeks chazir, literally, grass. The leek is green, and grasslike in its form of leaf. The allium porrum, the Welshman’s national emblem, worn on David’s day. The poor in Egypt eat them raw with bread, and as sauce to roast meat. So Num 11:5, “we remember the leek,” etc. Hengstenberg suggests that clover-like grass is … Continue reading “LEEKS”

LEEK A bulbous vegetable resembling the onion. The Hebrews complained in the wilderness, that manna grew insipid to them; they longed for the leeks and onions of Egypt, Num 11:5 . Hassel-quist says the karrat, or leek, is surely one of those after which the Israelites pined; for is has been cultivated in Egypt from … Continue reading “Leek”

Leeds, George, D.D a Protestant Episcopal clergyman, was born at Newburyport, Mass., in 1816. He graduated from Amherst College in 1835, and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1839, served successively at Utica, N.Y., Salem, Massachusetts (1853-60), St. Peter’s, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Grace Church, Baltimore, Maryland, and died in Philadelphia, April 15, 1885. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, … Continue reading “Leeds, George, D.D”