Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Land-Tenure in the Christian Era The way in which land has been held or owned during the nineteen hundred years which have seen in Europe the rise and establishment of the Church is a matter for historical inquiry. Strictly speaking, the way in which such ownership or tenure was not only legally arranged, but ethically … Continue reading “Land-Tenure in the Christian Era”

Land of Hus (Asitus in Jeremiah 25) The home of Job (Job 1), situated north of the Sabeans and west of Chaldea, near the great desert. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

land of Chanaan (Semitic: kana, to bow down; hence, lowlands) Term applied in a limited sense by biblical writers to the northern coast of modern Palestine, or Phenicia; or to the lowland of the Philistines on the southern coast. They identify it more generally with the whole of Western Palestine, including the mountainous districts occupied … Continue reading “land of Chanaan”

Land Of Canaan ( , according to some, from its being lew; see 2Ch 28:19; Job 40:12, among other passages in which the verb is used), a name denoting the country west of the Jordan and Dead Sea (Gen 13:12; Deu 11:30), and between those waters and the Mediterranean; specially opposed to the land of … Continue reading “Land Of Canaan”

Land-mark (, gebul’, or , gebulah’, usually rendered “border” or “coast”), a boundary-line as indicated by a stake, stone, or other monument (Deu 19:14; Deu 27:17; Pro 22:28; Pro 23:10; Job 24:2). It was the manifest intention of Jehovah, in bringing the Hebrews into Canaan, to make them a nation of agriculturists. For this purpose … Continue reading “Land-mark”

Land Laws See AGRARIAN LAWS. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Land Crocodile LAND CROCODILE (Lev 11:30 RV [Note: Revised Version.] ).See Chameleon and Lizard. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Land-Crocodile (Revised Version (British and American) land-croko-dl (, koah; Septuagint , chamaileon, Lev 11:30; the King James Version Chameleon): Koah is found only here, meaning an animal, the fifth in the list of unclean creeping … Continue reading “Land-Crocodile”

Land (represented by several Heb. and Gr. words: properly , e’rets, usually rendered “earth,” Gr. ; and , adamnah’, usually the “ground;” sometimes , sadeh’, elsewhere a “field,” Gr. ; also , a tract of land; etc.). This word in the Old Testament often denotes emphatically the country of the Israelites, at other times some … Continue reading “Land”

Lanckisch, Friedrich Von a German writer, was born at Leipsic, March 12, 1618. He studied at his native place, was magister of philosophy in 1640, and died October 22, 1669, a bookseller at Leipsic. He published Concordantice Germanico- Hebraico-Graecae (Leipsic, 1677, fol. often reprinted; best edition that of Reinmeccius, 1718). See Winer, Handbuch der theol. … Continue reading “Lanckisch, Friedrich Von”

Lanciano and Ortona (LANCIANENSIS ET ORTONENSIS). Lanciano is a small city in the province of Chieti, in the Abruzzi, Central Italy, between the Pescara and the Trigni, with a majestic view of Mount Maiella. It was the ancient Anxia, a city of the Frentani. Its beautiful cathedral, S. Maria del Ponte, so called because built … Continue reading “Lanciano and Ortona”