A Complete Christian Dictionary, Dictionary · Part ED – Part EH
E D.
Ed]
Witness. The name of an …, Josh, 22. 24.
Edar]
A flock. A place, Gen. 35. 21.
Eden]
;;Either pleasure; then it is a Noun appellative: or the name of a place and Region (wherein stood …) called so upon the great delights and pleasures which abounded in Edea. Gen. 2. 8. Eastward in Eden. Hereof is mention in Scripture, 2 King. 10. 12. & Isa. 37. 12. …. 21. 24. & 28. 13. where Eden is tearmed the garden of God: Also, Gen. 4. 15. & 13. 10. & Isa. …. 3. which plainly sheweth, that sithence Eden is the proper name of a Region in …, of Chaldea and other Regions … upon it, (as Nod, Gen. 16.) It is plain therefore that they are deceived which imagine Paradise situate in Eden, to be the whole world, or in the air, under the Equinoctial zone or circle; or to contain Armenia, Syria, …, and Assyria in it: or restrain it to a fruitful field in Babylon, or confine it to Syria only: whereas how Paradise and the Region of Eden were bounded, cannot certainly by any stories sacred or profane, be understood, as Paraeus thinketh. … it is, that Moses writeth of Eden as a place in his time … known of him and the Jews, and in Gen. 2. doth by some floods and other circumstances, describe and determine it. Eastward it was, but how large, whether yet defaced wholly, or when, as it is no matter of faith, so no certainty to be had, but with much uncertainty; August. Praestat … de occultis, quam … de incertis.
It's also the proper name of a man, the Son of …, 2 Chr. 29. 12.
Eder]
A stock. The Son of Mushi, 1 Chr. 23. 23. Also the name of a City, Josh. 15. 21.
Edge]
Taken for, The border or uttermost limits or bounds, Exod. 13. 20. Numb. 33. 6, 37. The piercing, cutting, and dividing power of Gods Word, Heb. 4. 12. Rev. …. 16. & 2. 12.
Edge]
Ezek. 43. 13. Heb. lip, marg. Spoken of the Sword, Gen. 34. 26.
Set on edge, Jer. 31. 29, 30. made dull, …, as the Original word signifieth.
Set on edge, Jer. 31. 29. or grown blunt, dul. Heb. properly shall, or should … blunt. Dutch Transl. and Annot.
Edification]
;;Either the action of one, who seeketh by instruction to build up others in godliness, or the event and fruit of such an action, Eph. 4. 12, 16.
For the edification of the body of Christ, 1 Tim. 1. 4. Also all our Christian duties which we owe to our Brethren, 2 Cor 12. 19.
Edifie]
;;To build, or to make an house.
;;2. To do all manner of duties, either to bring our neighbour unto Christ; or if he be wonne, that he may grow from faith to faith; for the faithful they are Gods house and building, his Temple and stones of the new Jerusalem; and the furthering of these in Christianity, is edifying and building of them up. 1 Thess. 5. 11. Edifie one another. Rom. 15. 2. …. 4. 12. A Metaphor.
Figuratively, it's put for, To instruct, 1 Cor. 8. 1. Make up perfection as a building, Jude 20. … the weak in faith, 1 Cor. 10. 23. Emboldon, 1 Cor. 8. 10. marg. To build up others in godliness is the end of prophesying, 1 Cor. 14. 3. … effect is accordingly wrought thereby, Ibid. 4. To this end we must seek to excel in … gifts, Ibid. 12. Yea, in every thing to aim hereat, Ibid. 26. Which however all things do not, 1 Cor. 10. 23. Yet charity doth, 1 Cor. 8. 1. The authority committed to Gods Ministers doth, 2 Cor. 10. 8. …. 4. 12. Christian communication doth, Ibid. 29. Fables and endless genealogies do not, 1 Tim. 1. 4.
Edifying]
1 Cor. 14. 5. Hereby he understandeth confirmation of faith, and instruction of the ignorant. Annot.
For the edifying]
Ephes. 4. 12. the … up. D. Transl.
Rather then edifying]
1 Tim. 1. 4. then … of God, that is, edification which is according to God. Others read, … of God, as 1 Cor. 4. 1. D. Transl. and Annot.
Edom]
;;Earthly …, or red.;;
;;1. The colour of red, in the Hebrew tongue, Gen. 29. 25.;;
;;2. The name of … for two causes, Gen. 25. 30. & 36. 1.;;
;;3. The Posterity of Esau, with the …, Amos 1. 11.;;
;;4. The King of Edom, Numb. 20. 18.;;
;;5. The Countrey inhabited by the posterity of Esau, Psal. 137. 7. Ezck. 25. 13.;;
;;6. The whole world or earth over which the Apostles (the feet and shoes of Christ) should go to preach. Psal. 60. & 108 6. compare it with Rom. 10. 15. Mat. 28. 9. St. Augustine.;;
;;7. A City in …, Josh. 3. 16.;;
Edomites]
…. 36. 9, 43. Heb. Edom. The posterity of Esau, who was called Edom Gen. 25. 30.
…]
The … of strength or might. A City, Josh. 13. 31.
Eduth]
Psal. 60. & 80. the Title; that is, the testimony, which here either belongeth to the musick now unknown unto us, or meaneth the Psalm to be a Testimony of Davids faith and thankfulness; or to be sung by the Priests before the Ark of God in the Sanctuary; which Ark and Tables of the Covenant in it, was called the Testimony, Exod 40. 5, 20. Aynsw.
A Testimony or …; An excellent Testimonial of the faith of … … in …. The Chaldee applyeth it to them that sate in the Synedrioh that studied in the Testimony of the Law. Idem. on Psalm 80. 1.
The most probable … is, that Shushan Eduth, was the beginning of some known …. Annot.
A …; wherein the Psalmist intreateth God for freedom … of those miseries, which by his desertion had befallen him. Annot. on Psal. 80. the Title.
A Testimony, or …, or declaration of faith in Gods gracicus promises, during the heavy pressure of his Church. D. Annot. on the same.
E F.
Effect]
is all one with, Bring to passe, 2 Chr. 7. 11. and may also be taken for the end, or work, or fruit, Isa. 32. 17.
Of no effect]
;;That which is void, frustrate, fruitless, idle, and vain, having lost its force and efficiency, Gal. 4. 4. Rem. 3. 31. Gal. 2. 21. Rom. 6. 6. In all these places, one word is used in the Greek Text.
Effedual]
Wrought, 2 Cor. 1. 6. marg. Operative in producing good works, Philem. 6. Successeful, prospercus, 1 Cor. 16. 9.
Effectually]
Wrought effectually, Gal. 2. 8. foreign. … working, foreign 1 Thess. 2. 13. The word … such a working which hath … to the … forth the being of that which it worketh: Such a working that notes the most lively activity that can be; an actuall and effectuall force. Leigh Crit. Sac.
Effeminate]
One that is …, addicted unto strange and filthy …, 1 Cor. 6. 9.
Effeminate]
1 Cor. 6. 9. foreign Mat. 11. 8. Luk. 7. 25. They that wear soft apparel, foreign. The Apostle transferreth it to the minde, (where it's taken in an evill part) for the apparel (often) shews the … o the minde. Leigh Crit. Sac.
E G.
Egge]
The use of it is for food, Luk. 11. 12. The kinds mentioned in Scripture, are of the Fowle, Deut. 22. 6. The Ostrich, Job 39. 13, 14. The …, Jer. 17. 11. Also of the Cockatrice, Isa. 59. 6. As … that are left are soon gathered, so the Assyrian boasted, that he had gathered all the earth, Isa. 10. 14.
Eglah]
A calf, or chariot. The Wife of David, 2 Sam. 3. 5. & 1 Chron. 3. 3.
Eglaim]
Drops of the Sea. A place, Isa. 15. 8.
Eglon]
A calf, or chariot. A City, Josh. 10. 3. Also a King of …, Judg. 3. 12.
Egypt]
…, or …. A Countrey, Gen. 12. 11. The … of that Countrey, Psal. 105. 38. That great City, the seat of Antichrist, which spiritually is so called, Rev. 11. 8.
Egypt]
;;Rome, together with … jurisdiction, which in St. John's time did reach … Jerusalem, where … Pilate was Deputy to Caesar, the Emperor of Rome; which is likened to Egypt, in respect of Idolatry, and the bondage wherewith she held Gods people, most cruelly enthralled, Rev. 11. 8. Which spiritually is called Egypt.
As Rome is for her pride and filthiness called …, and for her Sorcery and Witchcraft Palylon, so for her Idelatry and cruelty Egypt, as if the wickedness of them all were … in her. Leighs Annot.
Egyptians]
The people of Aegypt, Gen. 12. 12, 14. & 41. 55, 56. & 43. 32.
E H.
Ehi]
My Brother. The Son of Benjamin, Genes. 46. 21.
Ehud]
Praising. A Judge, Judg. 3. 15.