Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

LEBANON White, a long chain of mountains on the north of Palestine, so named from the whitish limestone of which they are composed and in part perhaps from their snowy whiteness in winter. It consists of two main ridges running northeast and southwest, nearly parallel with each other and with the coast of the Mediterranean. … Continue reading “Lebanon”

Lebanah (Heb. Lebanah’ , the moon as being white, as in Son 6:10, etc.; Sept. in Ezr 2:45 ; Chaldaistically written Lebana’ , in most MSS. in Neh 7:48, Sept. Auth. Vers. Lebana; Vulg. in both passages Lebanaz), one of the Nethinim whose posterity returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. B.C. ante 536. Fuente: Cyclopedia of … Continue reading “Lebanah”

Lebana, Lebanah le-bana, leba-na (, lebhana’), (, lebhanah): Head of a family of returning exiles (Ezr 2:45; Neh 7:48; compare 1 Esdras 5:29). Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Lebana, Lebanah [Leba’na] [Leba’nah] Ancestor of some Nethinim who returned from exile. Ezr 2:45; Neh 7:48. Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary

Lebana (Neh 7:48). SEE LEBANAH. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Lebana Neh 7:48. LEBANAH, Ezr 2:45. Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary Lebana LEBANA (Neh 7:48) or LEBANAH (Ezr 2:45).The head of a family of returning exiles; called in 1Es 5:29 Labana. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Lebana Leb’ana. (white). One of the … Continue reading “Lebana”

Leb-Kamai LEB-KAMAI.In Jer 51:1 is a phrase in the midst of them which rise up against me (Heb. leb-qamai). This is generally recognized as being an example of the Kabbalistic rule of hermeneutics whereby a cipher word was obtained by taking the letters of the alphabet in the reverse order, the last for the first, … Continue reading “Leb-Kamai”

Leavitt, Joshua, D.D a Congregational minister, was born at Heath, Franklin County, Massachusetts, September 8, 1794. He graduated from Yale College in 1814, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1819. He soon secured a lucrative practice in his native town, and afterwards in Putney, Vermont, but left it to enter Yale Divinity … Continue reading “Leavitt, Joshua, D.D”

Leavitt, Jonathan, D.D a Congregational minister, was born at Cornish, N.H., October 21, 1800. He was educated at Kimball Union Academy, graduated from Amherst College in 1825, and was a member of Andlover Theological Seminary for two years. He was ordained an evangelist in 1828, and became a home missionary in Pendleton and Wilmington, S.C., … Continue reading “Leavitt, Jonathan, D.D”

Leaves See Tree of Life. Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church Leaves Leaves of a roll (Jer 36:23). Not distinct as in a book, but consecutive columns or spaces on the long roll, which is often rolled round a stick; delathot, “doors.” Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary Leaves LEAVES.The tree is often used in NT as … Continue reading “LEAVES”

Leavenworth, Kansas, diocese of Erected as the Vicariate Apostolic of Indian Territory East of the Rocky Mountains on 19 July 1850. Name changed to the Vicariate Apostolic of Kansas in 1857. Elevated to the diocese of Leavenworth on 22 May 1877, covering 12,524 square miles, a suffragan of Saint Louis. Name changed to the diocese … Continue reading “Leavenworth, Kansas, diocese of”

Leavenworth Diocese of Leavenworth (Leavenworthensis). Suffragan to St. Louis. When established, 22 May, 1877, it comprised the State of Kansas, U. S. A., with the Right Rev. Louis Mary Fink, O.S.B. as its first bishop. At his request, ten years later the Holy See divided the diocese into three: Wichita, Concordia, and Leavenworth. Leavenworth was … Continue reading “Leavenworth”