A Complete Christian Dictionary, Dictionary · Part EP – Part EQ
E P.
Epaphras]
…. A man by whom the Collossions received the Gospel, Col. 1. 7.
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Fair or pleasant. One whom Paul sent unto the …, Phil. 2. 25.
Epenetus]
Lauda …, or worthy praise. One that first embraced the Gospel in Asia, Rom. 16. 5.
E… …]
Weary.
1. A measure, containing three Sata; that is, half a bushel and a pottle, Exod. 16. 36.
2. A Countrey, Isa. 60. 6.
3. The proper names of Midian's Son, Gen. 25. 4. Caleb's …, 1 Chr. 2. 46. The Son of Jahdai, Ibid. 47.
To yeeld an Ephah and a Bath]
;;Such great scarcity of … in fields and vineyards, as he which soweth shall not reap the … part of his seed. Isa. 5. 10. Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yeeld one Bath, and the seed of an Homer shall yeeld an ….
Ephai]
Weary, tired. A …, Jer. 48. 8.
Ephar]
Dust. The Son of …, 1 Chr. 1. 33.
Epher]
Dust, or lead. A Manassite, 1 Chr. 5. 24.
Ephesus]
Desirable. The Metropolis of the lesser Asia, Act. 18. 19. … the inhabitants were termed Ephesians, Act. 19. 35.
Ephez-dammim]
The coast of Dammim, 1 Sam. 17. 1. marg.
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Judging, or praying. The Son of Zabad, 1 Chr. 2. 37.
Ephod]
An ornament. One of the High-priests garments, Exod. 28. 3. which was of gold, Exod. 39. 2. There was also an Ephod of Linnen, 1 Sam. 2. 18. … was for the Priests, 1 Sam. 14. 3. Also the name of the Father of …, Num. 34. 23.
Ephatha]
Be opened, Mar. 7. 34. It's of a Syriack word, and cometh from the root foreign.
Ephraim]
;;Fruitful or increasing. The second Son of Joseph, Gen. 41. 52. Preferred before Manasseh his elder Brother, Gen. 48. 20. Taken also for the Tribe of Ephraim, Numb. 2. 18. as for the ten Tribes, whereof Ephraim was the mightiest, Hos. 6. 4. And for a City, Josh. 11. 54.
Ephraimites]
Such as were descended of Ephraim, and of his Tribe, Judg. 12. 5, 6.
Ephratah]
…, or felicity, The name of a City, Ruth 4. 11. where … dwelt, 1 Sam. 1. 1. and Davids Father, 1 Sam. 17. 12. Called Ephrath, Gen. 48. 7. Also, the Son of …, 1 Chr. 4. 4.
Ephrath]
The same. The Wife of Caleb, 1 Chron. 2. 19.
Ephrathite]
1 Sam. 1. 1. Not in respect of his linage and kindred, for he was a Levite, descended from Kohath, unto whose families certain Cities in the Tribe of … were alotted, Josh. 21. 20. but because he had his birth, education, and habitation in Mount Ephraim. Annot. 1 Sam. 17. 12. … is so called, not because he was of the Tribe of …, but because he was born at Bethleem. …, which City and the Countrey adjoyning to …, was … called Ephrath, Gen. 35. 19. …. 1 King. 11. 26. Jero … so called, as being of the Tribe of …, chap. 12. 25. Annot.
Ephron]
Dust. The Son of …, Gen. 33. 6. Also a place, or City, Josh. 15. 9. … …, 2. Chron. 13. 19.
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A sect of …, Act. 17. 18. So called from …, (which signifieth a companion or helper) who was born in …, lived in the time of Alexander the Great, … Lagus, and …, and held, that the world came of the … in the Sun, the souls die with their bodies, there is no providence, and that pleasure is the chiefest good, mans happiness consisting therein.
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;;A Letter sent from one to another, about common affairs. 2 Sam. 11. 14. David sent an Epistle to … by ….
;;2. Those holy writings of the Apostles, sent unto the Churches for their instruction in godliness. Col. 4. 16. When this Epistle is read of you.
;;3. … thing which doth represent and tell forth the minde of another. Thus the holy Scriptures may be called Gods Epistles.
;;4. That which giveth a good witness and commendation (as an Epistle) 2 Cor. 3. 2, 3. Ye are our Epistle, and the Epistle of Christ. The conversion of the idolatrous and … … unto the faith of Christ, did more witness and commend the divine power of Christ, and vocation of Paul, then any commendatory Epistle could possibly doe.
;;Or, a person or persons converted by the Spirit, Word, and Minister of God, to the service of God; that as he did read the will of God in his Word, so all men may in his life and conversation, being now godly, read his conversion; and so the Word and Will of God written in large letters.;;
A Writing or Letter sent either from one person to another, Act. 23. 25. or from one unto divers, Jam. 1. 1. or from two unto one, Philem. 1. or from divers unto a great number, Act. 15. 23. They are either lawful, as for Recommendation, 2 King. 5. 5. Congratulation, Isa. 39. 1. Information, Act. 15. 23. Approbation, 1 Cor. 16. 3. Humiliation, 2 Cor. 7. 8. Reconciliation, Philem. 19. Unlawful, as that of David unto Joah, 2 Sam. 11. 14. … unto …, 2 King. 19. 14. The adversaries of Judah unto Artaxerxes, Ezr. 4. 9.
Ye are our Epistle, 2 Cor. 3. 2. that is, your conversion doth more commend the divine power of Christ, and justifie my calling, then by a commendatory Epistle could be done.
E Q.
Equal]
Referred,
1. to God importing his equity, justice, and righteousness. Psal. 17. 2. Ezek. 18. 2.
2. To Christ, who in essence, nature, majesty, glory, goodness, wisdom, &c. is equall with God, Phil. 2. 6. Whom for having said, that God was his Father, and so making himself equal with God, the … sought to kill, Joh. 5. 18.
3. To Man, in respect of conversation, or familiarity, Psal. 55. 13. In respect of condition of life, Luk. 20. 36. In respect of wages, Mat. 20. 12. In respect of age or years, Gal. 1. 14. In respect of his actions, Col. 4. 1.
Equal]
Est. 3. 8. for profit. See Text and marg. … equal, Psal. 55. 13. Heb. according to my …, marg.
Equal with God]
;;The self-same God, of the same substance, power and glory. Phil. 2. 6. He thought … no robbery to be equall with God.
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;;A due proportion, while the abundance and superfluity of the rich, is applyed to the relief of the poor. 2 Cor. 8. 18. There may be equality.
Equally]
Exod. 36. 22. See Distant.
Equity]
is in God, Psal. 93. 9. & 99. 4. was to be in Christ, …. 11. 4. was in Levi, Mal. 2. 9. is to be in Man, Eccles. 2. 21. Wrought by receiving the Word, Prov. 1. 3. & 2. 1, 9. Perverted by the Princes of the house of Israel, Mic. 3. 9. Rejected by the Jews, Isa. 59. 14. … made against Princes standing for it, Prov. 17. 26.