A Complete Christian Dictionary, Dictionary · Part ES – Part ET
E S.
Esar-haddon]
Binding cheerfulness. The Son of …, Isa. 37. 38.
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Doing, or working; for that when he was born he came out, not as a tender infant, but as one grown, and hairy all over like an hairy garment. Gen. 25. 25. The Son of Isaac, Ibid.
Escape]
signifieth, To … away, or be gone. Gen. 19. 17. To get out of danger, Judg. 3. 26. To … ones self from the oppression of another, by one mean or other; Deut. 23. 15. To be freed, or go forth, 1 Sam. 14. 41. mar. To remove or retire ones self, … …. 27. 1. To deliver ones self, 2 Sam. 20. 7. marg. To get away, 2 King. 10. 24. Not to be punished, Ezek. 17. 15. To be freed from, Joel 2. 3. To be rid of, 2 Pet. 2. 18, To avoid, Mat. 23. 33. Rom. 2. 3. 1 Thess. 5. 3. Heb. 2. 3.
Escape]
2 King. 23. 18. To … alone, See marg. 2 Chr. 36. 20. Them that had escaped, Heb. the remainder, marg. Psal. 141. 10. Heb. … over, marg. Job 11. 20. They shall not escape, …. flight shall … from them, marg. 2 Chr. 20. 24. None escaped, Heb. … was not an …, marg. 2 Pet. 2. 18. Clean escaped, or … a little, or for a while, as some read, marg.
Escape or …]
;;signifieth a company or … that escapeth danger, Gen. 45. 7. Isa. 10. 20.
Escape]
I would hasten … escape. Psal. 55. 8. I would spend my eyasion, hasten my deliverance. Aynsw.
Escape]
Heb. 2. 3. How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation? How shall we avoid, be freed from, not draw upon our selves the vengeance of God? Certainly with great difficulty, for the careless neglect of the Gospel … down damnation. Jones.
Eschew]
1 Pet. 3. 11. To avoid, so the word foreign, is rendred, Rom. 16. 17. To go out of the way, Rom. 3. 12.
Esek]
Contention. A Well, Gen. 26. 20. marg.
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The fire of the Ruler. The Son of Saul, 1 Chr. 8. 33.
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I … of the …. One of the children of Dishon, Gen. 36. 26.
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Grapes, or a cluster. One confederate with Abram. Gen. 14. 13. Also the name of a River or Valley in the land of …, Numb. 13. 24. Deut. 1. 24.
Eshean]
Held up. A City, Josh. 15. 52.
Esheh]
Violence or force. The Father of Ulam, 1 Chr. 8. 39.
Eskalnnites]
Josh. 13. 3. The inhabitants of Ashkelon, a City of the …, 2 Sam. 1. 10.
Eshtaoi]
A strong woman. A City, Josh. 19. 41. Whence I …, strong women. A people, 1 Chron. 2. 53.
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1 Chr. 2. 53. The inhabitants of Eshtaol in the Tribe of …, …. 15. 33. Annot.
Eshtemoa]
A womans …. A City, Josh. 21. 14. Also the Son of …, 1 Chr. 4. 17.
Eshton]
The Father of Bethrapha, 1 Chron. 4. 12.
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Hard by me; or my Prince. The Father of Nahum, Luk. 3. 25.
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See ….
Especially]
foreign, chiefly, principally, most of all, …. 26. 3. Gal. 6. 10. 1 Tim. 5. 17.
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To see, Gen. 42. 27. …. To view or search …, Josh. 14. 7. Espyed for them, Ezek. 20. 6. that is, appointed it … them by my decree, as the most excellent above all other Countreys; and for the conquest of which I had prepared all things in my secret counsel, as into which I had marched before mine Ark, to give them a secure entrance into it. Nomb. 10. 33. Annot.
Espouse]
Taken properly for a man to betroth one whom he intendeth to …, Mat. 1. 18.
Spiritually, for the espousals of God and his people, Jer. 2. 2. and of Christ and his Church, in the type of Solomon and his …, Cant. 3. 11. Unto him Gods Ministers through the word of the Gospel, espouse true Converts, 2 Cor. 11. 2.
Espouse]
Mary was espoused to Joseph. Mat. 1. 18. God would have them to be espoused for the honour and safety of Christ in his infancy, and the credit and comfort of his Mother.
Jerome giveth three reasons;
1. That by the Genealogy of Joseph, of whose kindred Mary was, Maries pedegree might also be shewed.
2. Lest according to Moses Law, she should have been stoned by the people as an Adulteress.
3. That fleeing into Aegypt, she might have the comfort of a Keeper, rather then an Husband. The two first seem probable. Annot.
Espoused you to one husband, 2 Cor. 11. 2. The Greek word foreign, signifieth either, I have fitted and prepared you, or I have espoused you; and the Apostle seemeth to allude to, Hos. 2. 19. The Husband is Christ, Mat. 25. 6. The Virgin Bride, the Church of Corinth, in regard of her faith yet unspotted. The contract is made in this life, but the Marriage celebrated in the life to come, Apoc. 19. 7. Annot.
Espousals]
Jerem. 2. 2. The love of thine Espousals. The word here used is no where else found, but cometh from a term that signifieth a Spouse, or a Bride, vers. 32. The love that I bare and shewed unto thee, when I entred into a solemn Covenant with thee, and so espoused thee to my self, Exod. 19. 5, 6, 8. & 24. 7 8. Deut. 4. 20, 23, 34. & 5. 2. & 26. 15, 16, 17. & 29, 10 — 15. & 31. 31, 32. Ezek. 16. 8, 60. Hos. 2. 19, 20. Annot.
Espousals]
Cant. 3. 11. See Day of marriage.
Esrom]
The arrows of joyes; or, division of a Song. The Son of Pharez, Mat. 1. 3. See Hezron.
Establish]
signifieth, To settle, 1 King. 9. 5. To make or cause to be, Deut. 28. 9. & 29. 13. To make good, accomplish, perform, 1 Sam. 1. 23. To make firm, Prov. 8. 28. To confirm, Rom. 1. 11. To make good for continuance, Ezek. 16. 62. To order steadily, Psal. 40. 2. To appoint, rear, or set up, Psal. 78. 5. To found, Ibid. 69. marg. To uphold, Prov. 20. 18. To stand, Isa. 32. 8. marg. To prepare, Isa. 16. 5. marg. Gen. 41. 32. marg. To direct and make prosperous, Psal. 90. 17. To make to continue, Psal. 7. 9. To approve of, give its due, Rom. 3. 31. To set up, Rom. 10. 3. To strengthen, 1 Thess. 3. 2. To confirm or ratifie, Heb. 10. 9. As Kings are to establish their throne by righteousness, Prov. 16. 12. so must men their purposes by many counsellers, Prov. 15. 22. Their thoughts by committing their work to the Lord, Prov. 16. 3. Their houses by wisdome and understanding, Prov. 24. 3. Their heart by trusting in the Lord, Psal. 112. 7, 8. Their enterprises, by believing the Lord and his promises, 2 Chr. 20. 20. See Stablish.
To establish the earth]
;;Or laid the … thereof, to create the earth in a firm and stable condition, Heb. 1. 10.
;;2. To settle a thing that it may be perpetual, Heb. 10. 9.
Heb. 13. 9. It is a good thing that the heart be established with grace, not with meats, that is, It is a good and happy thing to have the heart truly setled in a state of regeneration, and not to be taken up with frivolous disquisitions, concerning the choice or cleanness, and uncleanness of meats. Hall.
To place … and fixed confidence in Christ, rather then in meats. Pareus.
Grace that is, either with the doctrine of grace, or else with those graces which are wrought in the soul by the Preaching of the Word, or doctrine of grace; as faith, love, &c. Annot.
Established]
Gen. 4. 32. or Prepared, marg. 2 Chr. 25. 3. Heb. confirmed, marg. Psal. 78. 69. Heb. sounded, marg. Psal. 101. 7. Tarry in my sight. See marg.
Establishment]
2 Chr. 32. 1. or, the truth or faithfulness. In the former reading it implyeth Hezekiah's constancy about the service of God, even till he had established all according to the Law. In the latter reading it pointeth at Hezekiah's truth and faithfulness in what he did. Some apply this phrase to the faithfulness of the Pen-man of that History, … things as they were indeed. Annot.
Estate]
Order, condition, manner, or degrees, Eccl. 3. 18. Annot. Kingdom, Dan. 11. 20. Annot. Place, and stead, …. 38. Annot.
First estate, Jude v. 6. or Principality, marg.
Low estate, Luk. 1. 48. Mean condition.
Your estate, Col. 4. 8. The state of their souls and consciences, and the working of the means upon them. Byfield on the place.
Chief estates, Mar. 6. 21. Such as were in office, place, and dignity above others.
Esteem]
is all one with, To honour, account, think well of, hold in reputation, highly prize, as the godly do of Gods Word, Psal. 119. 103, 127. The reproach of Christ, Heb. 11. 26. Gods Ministers, Phil. 2. 29. Gal. 4. 14. But the wicked esteem lightly of God, 2 Sam. 2. 30. Christ, Isa. 53. 6. Gods Word, Psal. 50. 17, His people, Lam. 4. 2. The poor, 1 Sam. 18. 23. Esteem of such things as are an abomination in the sight of God, Luke 16. 16.
Esteem]
To hide, or lay up, Job 23. 12. marg.
Esthaol]
Josh. 15. 33. See ….
Esther]
Secret or hidden, made Queen in stead of Vashti, Est. 2. 7.
Estimate]
To value, and set a price upon, Levit. 27. 14.
Estimation]
Valuation, Lev. 5. 15. Aynsw. The price set, and worth of a thing, Numb. 18. 16.
Estranged from me]
Job 19. 13. They take no more care of me, then if they had never known me. Annot.
The wicked are estranged from the womb, Psal. 58. 3. An hyperbolical expression of inveterate and incorrigible wickedness, as if it were born with them. Annot.
Nor estranged from their lusts, Psal. 78. 30. that is, (as the Greek explaineth it) they were not deprived, their desired meat was not taken away from them, as Numb. 11. 33. Or, it may be understood of their affections and lusts, not yet changed. Aynsw.
Estranged this place, Jer. 19. 4. or strangely abused, as the words seem to be taken, Deut. 32. 27.
E T.
Etam]
Their bird. A Rock, Judg. 15. 8. A City, 1 Chr. 4. 32. A mans name, 1 Chr. 4. 3.
Eternal]
Appyed to Persons, and Things.
Persons; as God, the Father, Son, and holy Ghost, being without beginning, and ending, Deut. 33. 27. 1 Tim. 1. 17. Heb. 9. 14.
Things;
1. Which have neither beginning nor ending, as his Power, Rom. 1. 20. and Purpose, Ephes. 3. 11.
2. Which had a beginning, but shall have no end, as eternal damnation, Mar. 3. 29. Excellency, Isa. 60. 15. …, Jude v. 7. Glory, 1 Pet. 5. 10. 2 Tim. 2. 10. An house in the heavens; 2 Cor. 5. 1. Judgement, Heb. 6. 2. Inheritance, Heb. 9. 15. Life, 1 Tim. 6. 12, 19. Tit. 1. 2. Redemption, Heb. 9. 12. Salvation, Heb. 5. 9. Things which are not seen, 2 …. 4. 18. Weight of glory, 2 Cor. 4. 17. ….
Eternal King]
The King of worlds, or ages, which liveth for ever, 1 Tim. 1. 17. See Everlasting.
Eternity]
Isa. 57. 15. That … its Eternity, as 1 Tim. 6. 16. Who alone hath …. Who alone is truely …, without beginning or ending, Psal. 90. 2. ….
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Great, strong. A place where the Israelites pitched, Numb. 33. 6.
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Strength. An …, 1 King. 4. 31. The Son of Zimmah, 1 Chr. 6. 42. The Son of Kishi, Ibid. 44.
Ethanim]
Strong, or valiant. The seventh monethmonth, being a part of September and October, 1 King. 8. 2.
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Unto an image. The King of the Zidonians, 1 King. 16. 31.
Ether]
Talk. A City, …. 15. 42.
Ethiopia]
Whose face is burnt, of foreign. In Hebrew it its Cush, which signifieth black, or blackness. In many places of Scripture wherein Ethiopia is mentioned, not the further Ethiopia is meant, but a Countrey in Arabia neer unto Egypt, the Red-Sea, and Palestina, as Gen. 2. 13. 2 King. 19. 9. Isa. 20. 3, &c.
Ethiopians]
came of Cush, the Son of …, Gen. 10. 6. Blackness clave so unto their skin, that it could not be taken away, or changed, Jer. 13. 23. They were … for their Merchandizing, Isa. 45. 14. They were skilful Warriours, Exek. 38. 5. were a … Nation, Amos 9. 7. very numerous, 2 Chr. 14. 9. careless, Ezek. 30. 9. Their conversion is foretold (as some think) Psal. 68. 32. & 72. 10. & 87. 4. & Zeph. 3. 10. Whereof Ebed-melech, and the Ethiopian Eunuch, Act. 8. 27. were the first fruits. ….
In Numb. 12. 1. Moses his Wife is tearmed a Cushite, or Ethiopian; who seemeth to be no other then Zipporah the Midianitesse, whom Moses had marryed, Exod. 2. 16. 22. for the Midianites dwelt in Cush his land, and therefore were called Cushites, or …; and it may be also because they were tawny coloured like them. Aynsw.
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A gift. The Son of …, 1 Chr. 4. 7.
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Strong, or giving; or, of an asse. The Son of Zerah, 1 Chr. 6. 41.