A Complete Christian Dictionary, Dictionary · Part JA – Part IC
J A.
Iaakan]
Tribulation, labour; or, violently taking away possession. A mans name, Deut. 10. 6.
Iaakobab]
A Supplanter, or deceiver; the heel, or the footstep. A Prince, 1 Chr. 4. 35, 38.
Iaala]
Ascending; a little Doe, or little Goat, Neh. 7. 8.
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The same. His children were Nethinims, Ezr. 2. 56.
Iaalam]
Hid; or, heir; or, little goat. The Son of …, Gen. 36. 5.
Iaanai]
Answering; afflicting, or making poor. Of the children of Gad, 1 Chr. 5. 12.
Iaareshiah, or Iaresiab]
A little bed; the bed of the Lord; or, the Lord hath taken away poverty. A chief Father of Ben amin, 1 …. 8. 27.
Iaare Oregim]
called also Jair, 1 Chr. 20. 5. The Father of Elhanan, 2 Sam. 21. 19. To the name Jair (as some would have it) Oregim was added, because the spear of the Gyant whom Elhanan slew, was like a Weavers-beam, as the word signifies. The which might have been probable, if the word Oregim had been added to Elhanan, who had slain this gyant, and not to Jair, who was his Father, and had his name before this battle was fought. Annot.
Iaasau]
Doing, or, my …. Of the Sons of Bani, Ezr. 10. 37.
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Gods work; or, the doing of God. A Mesobaite. One of David's …, 1 Chr. 11. 47.
Iaaszah]
A City, Josh. 21. 36.
Iaazaniah]
The nourishment; or the weapons of the Lord. The Son of a Maachathite, 2 King. 25. 23. The Son of Jeremiah, Jer. 35. 3. The Son of Shaphan, Ezek. 8. 11. The Son of Azur, Ibid. 11. 1.
Iaazer]
A helper, or aider. A City, Nunb. 21. 32.
Iaaziah]
The strength of the Lord. The Father of …, 1 Chr. 24. 26.
Iaaziel. or Jaziel]
The strength of God. One of the Porters, 1 Chr. 15. 18.
Iabal]
Falling away; bringing, or building; or, a check. The Son of Lamech, Gen. 4. 20.
Iabbok]
A making empty, a scattering; or a wrestling. A foord, Gen. 32. 22. or river, Deut. 2. 37.
Iabesh]
Draught; or consusioa, A City, 1 Sam. 11. 1. The Father of Shallum, 2 King. 15. 10.
Iabez]
…, sorrow, or grief. A City, 1 Chr. 2. 55. A mans name, so called, because his Mother bare him with sorrow, 1 Chr. 4. 9.
Iabin]
Understanding; or …. King of Hazor, Josh. 11. 1. King of Canaan, …. 4. 23.
Iabneel]
Gods building; or, understanding. A City, Josh. 15. 11.
Iabneh]
Building; or, understanding. A City, 2 Chr. 26. 6.
Iacban]
Wearing out, or pressing. One of the Children of Gad, 1 Chr. 5. 13.
Iachin]
Preparing; or, stability. The Son of Simeon, Gen. 46. 10. Of whom the family of the Jachinites, Numb. 26. 12. A pillar placed in the porch of the Temple, 1 King. 7. 21. or, he shall establish, marg. A Priest, 1 Chron. 9. 10.
Iacinct]
Hereof mention is made, Rev. 9. 17. & 21. 20. A precious stone, of a violet or purple colour, not unlike the Amathyst. It's neither too dark nor too bright, but of a mean between both; though it be very hard, yet therein the Adamant maketh an impression. According as is the air, cloudy or clear, so is its colour. It expels melancholy, comforts, makes us shun suspicions, strengtheneth the members and sinews, is good against drunkenness, hath a sweet savour, giveth a wholesome taste, and is good against poyson. The nearer it is in colour and substance unto the Saphire, it is so much the better. Hereof there are several kindes, but all precious and useful. If that were true which is written of it, that through it we become so acceptable, as we obtain such things as we ask, who would not sell all and buy one?
Iacinth]
;;A precious stone, called a Iacinth. One of those stones whereof is made the gate, which signifies Christ, the onelyonly way and dore unto life, by whom if any enter, he shall be safe. Rev. 21. 20. The eleventh a Jacinth.
Iacob]
A supplanter, or deceiver; the heel, or the sootstep. Gen. 25. 26. Hos. 12. 3.
;;The younger Son of Isaac, brother to Esau, the Father of the Patriarchs, called also Israel, Rom. 9. 13.
;;2. The whole posterity of Jacob, even the whole Nation of the Jews, and the Church of God consisting only of them till the death of Christ. Obad. 10. For thy cruelty against thy Brother Jacob. Rom. 11. 26, 14. Isa. 59. & 27. 6. & Isa. 14. 1. It signifieth such Jews as were held Captive in ….
3. The Son of Mattan, Mat. 1. 15.
… of Jacob]
;;A multitude of men coming of Jacob, not by … d scent, but by … … born from above; for Jacobs … … …, spiritual and carnal, Rom. 9. 8. …. 24. 6. … is the generation of Jacob, of them which seek God: this is … of the spiritual posterity. As Aaron is put for his posterity, the Aaronites, 1 …. 12. 27. & 27 12. Also David is put for his children, 1 …. 4. 31. So Gods people (the post rity of … ) are called both Jacob and Israel very often in Scripture. Jacob is a name of …, for he strove for the birth-right, but obtained it not when he took his … by the heel in the …, and thereupon was called Jacob, Gen. 25. 22, 26. But Israel is a name of power and …; … after he had wrestled with the Angel, behaved himself princely, wept, …, and prevailed; his name as thereby changed … Jacob to Israel, that is, a Prince and … with God, …. 32. 24, 26, 28. …. 12. 3, 4. Therefore is the name Israel given to all Gods people, … the Gentiles also, which have Jacobs …, …. 6. 16.
… of Jacob]
;;… and people which come of Jacob, to …, the …, Isa. 2. 5.
Psal 24. 6. O Jacob; o, O God of Jacob, marg.
Iada]
Knowing. The Son of …, 1 …. 2. 28.
Iadan]
His …; or, …. The Son of …. Ezr. 10. 43.
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Known. The Son of …, Nehem 12. 11.
Iadon]
A …, Neh. 3. 7.
Iael]
A little …, … …; or, ascending. The Wife of Heber, who … …, Judg. 4. 21.
Iagur]
A …; or, …; or, gathering together. A City, Josh. 15. 21.
Iah]
The …. The proper name of God, in respect of being or …, for he is of himself, Exod. 3. 14. giveth to all life, and breath, and all things, and in him we live, and move, and have our being, Act. 17. 25, 28. It is the same in effect with Jehovah, but more seldome used.
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Praising God; or, the … or light of God. The Father of Ziph, 1 Chr. 4. 16.
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The same. The Father of Azariah, 2 Chr. 29. 12.
Iahath]
Broken in pieces; or, …; or in the Syrian tongue, …. The Son of …, 1 Chr. 4. 2. The Son of …, Ibid. 6. 20. The Son of Shimei, Ibid. 23. 10. The Son of …, Ibid. 24. 22. A Levite, of the Sons of Merari, 2 Chron. 34. 12.
Iahaz]
Brawling, or …. A place, Deut. 2. 32.
Iahazah]
Scoldiag, or …; or, the end of the Lord. A City, Josh 13. 18.
Iahaziah]
The vision of the Lord. The Son of Tikuah, Ezr. 10. 15.
Iahaziel]
Seeing God. Os the Sons of …, 1 Chr. 23. 19. The Son of Zechariah, 2 Chro. 20. 14. The Father of Shecaniah, Ezr. 8. 5.
Iahoai]
The Father of Regem, 1 Chr. 2 47.
Iahdiel]
Gods unity, …; or, …; or, revenging. A famous man, 1 Chr. 5. 24.
Iahdo]
I alone, I one, his …, sharpn sse of wit; or, in the Syrian tongue, his …. The Son of Buz, 1 Chr. 5. 14.
Iahleel]
Waiting for God, … God, hope in God; or, be inning in God. The Son of …, Gen. 46. 14. Whence the …, Numb. 26. 26.
Iahmai]
Warm, or making warm. The Son of Tola, 1 Chr. 7. 2.
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A City, 1 Chr. 7. 78.
Iahzeel]
God hasteth; or, divideth. The Son of Naphthali, Gen. 46. 24. Whence the Jahzeelites, Numb. 26. 48.
Iahzerah]
The Son of Meshullam, 1 Chron. 9. 12.
Iahziel]
God hasteth; or, divideth. The Son of Naphthali, 1 Chr. 7. 13.
Iair]
…, lightened; a river; or, the running water of the river. The Son of …, Numb. 32. 41. A Judge, Judg. 10. 3. The Son of Segub, 1 Chr. 2. 22. The Father of … Ibid. 20. 5. The Father of …, Est. 2. 5. Hence Jairite, 2 Sam. 20. 6.
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The same with …. A ruler of the Synagogue, Mar. 5. 22.
Iakan]
The Son of Ezer, 1 Chr. 1. 42. called also …, Gen. 36. 31.
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The Father of Agur, Prov. 30. 1.
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Kising, confirming; or, …. One of the heads of the Fathers, 1 …. 8. 19. One to whom the twelfth lot befell, 1 Chr. 24. 12.
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…; or, murmuring. The … of Ezra, 1 Chr. 4. 17.
Iambres]
A rebell, bitter, changing, the sea, with poverty, or want. One that withstood Moses, 2 Tim. 3. 8.
Iames]
A supplanter, or maintainer. The Son of Zebedee, Mat. 10. 2. The Son of Alpheus, Ibid. 3. who wrote an Epistle, Jam. 1. 1.
Iamin]
Kight hand, or South wind s. The Son of Simeon, Gen. 46. 10. Of whom the Jamnites, Numb. 26. 12. The Son … Ram, 1 Chr. 2. 27. One that caused the people to under … the Law, Neh. 8. 7.
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Keigning; or, after the Syrian …, asking counsell. A Prince in his family, 1 Chr. 4. 34.
Iangling]
1 Tim. 1. 6. Vain …, foreign. Vain talking, an idle discourse or reasoning, differing nothing … old Wives …, which though long, yet are … … …, so that they themselves know not what they say, what they would be at. Leigh. Cr. Sac.
Ianna]
Answering, … to speak, …, humbled; or, poor. The Father of Melchi, Luk. 3. 24.
Iannes]
The same. One of Pharaoh's Inchanters, 2 Tim. 3. 8.
Iannes]
As Jannes and Jambres withstood …, 2 Tim. 3. 8. These names are not to be met with in the story of the Old …, but are taken out of other Records of the Jews (as divers other things mentioned in the New Testament touching Moses, Act. 7. 22, 23, 25.) being the name of the chief Magicians, who did the miracles before Pharaoh, Exod. 7. In those Records they are named Johanne and Mamre, Janis and Jambres, Johanne and Mambre, Jane and Mamre, … and Jambres, John and Ambrose, … and Jambros. And among the … in Pliny, there is talk of Moses Jannes, and Cabala (or as other Copies read Jotape) which he mentions as Jews that used Magick. They are said to be skill'd in the holy things among the …, inferiour to none in the art of Magick, and the Priests above Memphis. They are in an Arabick Manuscript named Deiannes Jambarus and Suradas, and that God destroyed them with Pharaoh and his Hoste in the red Sea. To these Saint Paul here very fitly compares the …, and their chief Founder Simon (and Menander and others after him) being a known Sorcerer, and resisting the truth by lying wonders, as those Magicians did. And of him we finde that sullfilled in the event, which is here foretold, vers. 9. that he should meet with the like fate, and discovery, that those Magicians met with, for having undertaken to fly, he was carryed up in the air by a Chariot of the Devils, but was thrown down from alost to a notorious infamous death. Dr. Ham. Annot. a.
Ianoah]
A City, 2 King. 15. 29.
Ianohah]
Resting, …; or, deriving. A City, Josh. 16. 6.
Ianum]
Sleeping. A City, Josh. 15. 53.
Iapheth]
Enlarged, fair, enticing, perswading. The Son of Noah, Gen. 5. 32.
Iaphia]
Making see, appearing, or lightening. King of Lachish, Josh. 10. 3. The Son of David, 2 Sam. 5. 15. A City, Josh. 19. 12.
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Delivered; or, banished. The Son of Heber, 1 Chr. 7. 32.
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The same. A place, Josh. 16. 3.
Iapho]
Fairnesse, or …. The name of a City, Josh. 19. 46. called Joppa, Act. 10. 5, 8.
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A wood, honey-combe, making bare, powring out; or, watching diligently. The Son of Ahaz, 1 Chron. 9. 42.
Iareb]
A revenger. King of Ashur, Hos. 5. 13.
Iared]
Ruling; or, coming down. The Father of Enoch, Gen. 5. 18 Luk. 3. 37.
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The moon, table; or, a sweet smell. An Aegyptian, servant to Sheshan, 1 Chron. 2. 34.
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Fighting, chiding, …; or, …. The Son of …, 1 Chr. 4. 24. A Priest, Ezr. 10. 18.
Iarmuth]
Fearing death, or … death, or throwing down death. A City, …. 21 29.
Iaroah]
Making a sweet smell, breathing, the moon, or the monethmonth. The Son of …, 1 Chr. 5. 14.
Iashem]
…, or sleeping. The Father of …, 2 Sam. 23. 32.
Iasher]
Righteous. Josh. 10. 13. 2 Sam. 1. 18.
Iasher]
Josh. 10. 13. & 2 Sam. 1. 18. or the upright, marg.
Iashobeam]
The people sitting, the controversie of the people; or, the captivity of the …. One of …'s Worthies, 2 …. 11. 11. The Son of Za diel, 1 Chr. 27. 2.
Iashub]
A returning, a controversie; or, a dwelling place. The Son of Issachar, 1 Chr. 7. 1. Of whom the Jashubites, Numb. 26. 24. The Son of …, Ezr. 10. 29.
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The name of a place, 1 Chron. 4. 22.
Iasiel]
A valiant man, 1 Chr. 11. 47.
Iason]
Healing. A mans name, Act. 17. 5. Pauls Kinsman, Rom. 16. 21.
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A precious stone, mentioned Exod. 28. 20. & 39. 13. Ezek. 28. 13. Rev. 4. 3. & 21. 11, 18, 19. It asswa. geth the feaver, helpeth the …, said to preserve a man safe amidst dangers, helpeth a woman in travell, cooleth the inward heat, … luxury, purgeth the filth of the eyes; and being beat into powder, and given in milk, healeth old …. This is a stone of great worth and glory, of which are many sorts, of … colours; some green, some azure, some particoloured and spotted. This last stone for the youngest … is the first foundation in the heavenly …, Rev. 21. 19. The glory of this Jasper shined in Benjamia's Tribe, when the Temple of … was there builded in Jerusalem, Deut. 33. 12. Josh. 8. 11, 28. and in particular persons, as Ehud, (Judg. 3.) Moraecai, and Esther, but chiefly in Paul the Apostle, who was of this Tribe, Rom. 11. 1. Aynsworth on Exod. 28. 20.
Iasper stone]
;;A most renowned and noble Jewel, (… the Mother-pearl) both for antiquity and variety. For there … divers …; one kinde is here mentioned like unto Chrystal most cleer, and of a through and most pure light, which cannot be darkned and obscured by any other colour.
;;2. The bright glory of God shining in his Church, being now more exactly … from all filth of mans inventions, than ever before. Rev. 21. 11. Her … was like a stone most precious, as a Jasper stone, cleer as Crystall.
;;3. The exceeding glory … majesty which God … himself, and in … incommunicable to any creature. Rev. 4. 3. And he that sate, was to look upon, like a Jasper stone. Some Interpreters … by these three precious stones, Jasper, …, and …, the mysterie of the three Persons in one … God-head to be resembled, and in some sort opened. The Father fountain of Deity, shadowed by Jasper (which is Mater Gemmarum) most ancient, and of greatest variety. The Son (who was made flesh for us) signified by the Sardine, which is of a … colour; therefore called Carneoll. The Spirit by the Rain-bow, or Emera'd, which is for beauty and pleasure, most delightfull; to note the unexpressible sweetnesse of the holy Spirit; such then is God; one in Essence, three in Persons.
He compareth not this light of that Church to any light in heaven or earth; for the Sun is sometimes darkened by Clouds, and … our eyes, if we look too wistly on it: The Moon and Stars lose their light, when the Sun appeareth, and our Made-lights decay. But it is compared to a Jasper, which is not darkened by Clouds, neither doth hurt, our eyes; but the more we look on it, the more it pleaseth us; neither doth it leave shining when the Sun …, nor doth the brightnesse of it go out at any time. Annot.
Iathniel]
The gift of God. The Son of Meshelemiah, 1 Chr. 26. 2.
Iattir]
A remnant; or, excellent. A City, Josh. 21. 14.
Iavan]
Making sad. The Son of Japhet, Gen. 10. 2. Crecia, Isa. 66. 19.
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A weapon, … … as … judgement on the guilty Zimri and Cozbi, Numb. 25. 6. And Saul would have … … David, 1 Sam. 20. 33.
Iaw]
put for the jaw of man, Psal. 22. 15. of beast, Judg. 15. 19. of fish, Job 41. 2. …, sor the means of holding, Job 29. 17.
Iaws]
… 29 17. Heb. the jaw-teeth, or the grinders, marg.
Iaw bone of an Asse]
Judg. 15. 16. By this weak means, and contemptible instrument, through Gods Almighty power and …, Samson … a thousand of his and his peoples enemies, and laid their dead bodies on heaps one upon another. Annot.
By the Jaw-teeth of the wicked, which are as kaives, may be understood their … …, Prov. 30. 14.
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The Keeper of a Prison, Act. 16. 23.
Iazar]
An aid, or helper. A City, 2 Sam. 24. 5.
Iazer]
The …. A land, Numb. 32. 1. A City, Josh. 21. 39.
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The strength of God. A Levite of the second degree, 1 Chr. 15. 18.
Iaziz]
…; or, in the Syrian tongue, a departing. One of Davids Officers, 1 Chr. 27. 3 …
I B.
Ibhar]
Chosen. One of David's Sons, 2 Sam. 5. 15.
Ibleam]
The ancient of the people; or, the … decreasing; or, clipping them. A …, …. 17 11.
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The building of the Lord; or, the understanding of the Lord; or, a … … …. The Son of …, 1 Chr. 9. 8.
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The same. The … of …, Ibid.
Ibri]
Passing over, being …; or, being with young. The Son of Merari, 1 Chr. 24 27.
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The Father of a …, or the target or weapons of a Father; or, the Father of …. A Judge, Judg. 12. 7, 8, 9.
I C.
Ichabod]
Where is glory; or, no glory; or, woe unto glory. The Son of …, 1 Sam. 4. 21.
Iconium]
Coming; A City of Cilicia, or …, Acts 13. 51.