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02400
 2400 idou {id-oo'}

 second person singular imperative middle voice of 1492;
    TDNT - omitted,omitted; particle

 AV  - behold (181)
     - lo (29)
     - see (3) [213]
 1) behold, see, lo
02401-900512-1439
 2401 Idoumaia {id-oo-mah'-yah}

 of Hebrew origin [123]; TDNT - omitted,omitted; n pr loc

 AV  - Idumaea (1)
 1) Edom meaning "red" was given to Esau, the first-born son of
   Isaac and twin brother of Jacob, when he sold his birthright
   to the latter for a meal of lentil pottage. The country which
   the Lord subsequently gave to Esau was hence called "the
   country of Edom" Gen. 32:3, and his descendants were called
   Edomites. Edom was called Mount Seir and Idumea also. Edom was
   wholly a mountainous country. It embraced the narrow
   mountainous tract (about a 100 miles long and 20 miles wide)
   extending along the eastern side of the Arabah from the north
   end of the Gulf of Elath to near the southern end of the Dead
   Sea. The ancient capital of Edom was Bozrah (Buseireh). Sela
   (Petra) appears to have been the principal stronghold in the
   days of Amaziah (B.C. 838) 2 Ki. 14:7. Elath and Ezion-geber
   were the seaports. 2 Sam. 8:14, 1 Ki. 9:26.
02402
 2402 hidros {hid-roce'}

 a strengthened form of a primary idos (sweat);
    TDNT - omitted,omitted; n m

 AV  - sweat (1)
 1) sweat
02403
 2403 Iezabel {ee-ed-zab-ale'}

 of Hebrew origin [348]; TDNT - omitted,348; n pr f

 AV  - Jezebel (1)
 1) Jezebel meaning "chaste" was the wife of Ahab, king of
   Israel. (B.C. 883). She was a Phoenician princess, daughter of
   Ethbaal king of the Zidonians. In her hands her husband became
   a mere puppet. The first effect of her influence was the
   immediate establishment of the Phoenician worship on a grand
   scale in the court of Ahab. At her table, no less than 450
   prophets of Baal and 400 of Astarte. The prophets of God were
   attacked by her orders and put to the sword. At last the
   people, at the instigation of Elijah, rose against her
   ministers and slaughtered them at the foot of Mount Carmel.
   When she found her husband cast down by his disappointment at
   being thwarted by Naboth, she wrote a warrant in Ahab's name,
   and sealed it with his seal. To her, and not to Ahab was sent
   the announcement that the royal wishes were accomplished, and
   on her accordingly fell the prophet's curse, as well as on her
   husband; the curse fulfilled so literally by Jehu, whose
   chariot-horses trampled out her life. The body was left in
   that open space called in modern eastern language "the
   mounds", where offal is thrown from the city walls.
02404-900512-1439
 2404 Hierapolis {hee-er-ap'-ol-is}

 from 2413 and 4172; TDNT - omitted,omitted; n pr loc

 AV  - Hierapolis (1)
 1) Hierapolis meaning "holy city", is a city of Phrygia,
   situated above the junction of the rivers Lycus and Maeander,
   near Colosse and Laodicea. The church was probably founded by
   Epaphus.
02405
 2405 hierateia {hee-er-at-i'-ah}

 from 2407; TDNT - 3:221,349; n f

 AV  - priest's office (1)
     - office of the priesthood (1) [2]
 1) the priesthood, the office of a priest
02406
 2406 hierateuma {hee-er-at'-yoo-mah}

 from 2407; TDNT - 3:221,349; n n

 AV  - priesthood (2)
   1a) the office of a priest
   1b) the order or body of priests
02407
 2407 hierateuo {hee-er-at-yoo'-o}

 prolongation from 2409; TDNT - 3:221,349; vb

 AV  - execute the priest's office (1)
 1) to be a priest, discharge the office of a priest, to be
   busied in sacred duties
02408
 2408 Ieremias {hee-er-em-ee'-as}

 of Hebrew origin [3414]; TDNT - omitted,omitted; n pr m

 AV  - Jeremias (1)
     - Jeremy (2) [3]
 1) Jeremiah meaning "whom Jehovah has appointed", was the son of
   Hilkiah of the priests that were in Anathoth. He was called
   very young (B.C. 626) to the prophetic office, and prophesied
   42 years. He probably died in Egypt.
02409
 2409 hiereus {hee-er-yooce'}

 from 2413; TDNT - 3:221,349; n m

 AV  - priest (31)
     - high priest (1) [32]
 1) a priest; one who offers sacrifices and in general in busied
   with sacred rites
   1a) referring to priests of Gentiles or the Jews,
   1b) metaphorically, of Christians, because, purified by the
     blood of Christ and brought into close intercourse with God,
     they devote their life to him alone and to Christ.
02410-900512-1439
 2410 Hiericho {hee-er-ee-kho'}

 of Hebrew origin [3405]; TDNT - omitted,omitted; n pr loc

 AV  - Jericho (7)
 1) Jericho meaning "place of fragrance" a city of high
   antiquity, situated in a plain traversed by the Jordan, and
   exactly over against where that river was crossed by the
   Israelites under Joshua. It is five miles west of the Jordan
   and seven miles north of the Dead Sea. It had a king. Its
   walls were so considerable that houses were built upon them.
   The spoil that was found in it betokened its affluence.
   Jericho is first mentioned as the city to which the two spies
   were sent by Joshua from Shittim. It was bestowed by him upon
   the tribe of Benjamin and from this time a long interval
   elapses before Jericho appears on the scene. Its second
   foundation under Heil the Bethelite is recorded in 1Ki. 16:34.
   Once rebuilt, Jericho rose again slowly into consequence. In
   its immediate vicinity the sons of the prophets sought
   retirement from the world; Elisha healed the spring of the
   waters; and over against it, beyond Jordan, Elijah went up by
   a whirlwind to heaven. In its plains Zedekiah fell into the
   hands of the Chaldeans. In the return under Zerubbabel the
   "children of Jericho" numbered 345. Under Herod the Great it
   again became an important place. He fortified it and built a
   number of new palaces which he named after his friends. If he
   did not make Jericho his habitual residence, he at last
   retired thither to die, and it was in the amphitheatre of
   Jericho that the news of his death was announced to the
   assembled soldiers and people by Salome. Soon afterward the
   palace was burnt and the town plundered by one Simon, slave to
   Herod; but Archelaus rebuilt the former sumptuously, and
   founded a new town on the plain, that bore his own name; and,
   most important of all diverted water from a village called
   Naera to irrigate the plain which he had planted with palms.
   Thus Jericho was once more "city of the palms" when our Lord
   visited it. The city was destroyed by Vespasian.
02411-900512-1440
 2411 hieron {hee-er-on'}

 neuter of 2413; TDNT - 3:221,349; n n

 AV  - temple (71)
 1) a sacred place, temple; used of the temple of Artemis at
   Ephesus and of the temple at Jerusalem. The temple of
   Jerusalem consisted of the whole of the sacred enclosure,
   embracing the entire aggregate of buildings, balconies,
   porticos, courts (that is that of the men of Israel, that of
   the women, and that of the priests), belonging to the temple;
   the latter designates the sacred edifice properly so called,
   consisting of two parts, the "sanctuary" or "Holy Place"
   (which no one except the priests was allowed to enter), and
   the "Holy of Holies" or "the most holy place" (which was
   entered only on the great day of atonement by the high priest
   alone). Also there were the courts where Jesus or the
   apostles taught or encountered adversaries, and the like, "in
   the temple"; also the courts of the temple, of the Gentiles,
   out of which Jesus drove the buyers and sellers and the money
   changers, court of the women.
02412
 2412 hieroprepes {hee-er-op-rep-ace'}

 from 2413 and the same as 4241; TDNT - 3:221,349; adj

 AV  - as becometh holiness (1)
 1) befitting men, places, actions or sacred things to God;
   reverent
02413
 2413 hieros {hee-er-os'}

 of uncertain affinity; TDNT - 3:221,349; adj

 AV  - holy (2)
 1) sacred, consecrated to the deity, pertaining to God; sacred
   Scriptures, because inspired by God, treating of divine things
   and therefore to be devoutly revered.
02414-900629-1929
 2414 Hierosoluma {hee-er-os-ol'-oo-mah}

 of Hebrew origin [3389]; TDNT - omitted,1028; n pr loc

 AV  - Jerusalem (59)
 1) Jerusalem, denoting either the city itself or the inhabitants
 2) "the Jerusalem that now is", with its present religious
   institutions, i.e. the Mosaic system, so designated from its
   primary external location
 3) "Jerusalem that now is above", that is existing in heaven,
   according to the pattern of which the earthly Jerusalem was
   supposed to be built; metaph. "the City of God founded by
   Christ", now wearing the form of the church, but after
   Christ's return to put on the form of the perfected Messianic
   kingdom.
 4) "the heavenly Jerusalem", that is the heavenly abode of God,
   Christ, the angels, saints of the Old and New Testament
   periods and those Christians that are alive at Christ's
   return.
 5) "the New Jerusalem", a splendid visible city to be let down
   from heaven after the renovation of the world, the future
   abode of the blessed.
02415
 2415 Hierosolumites {hee-er-os-ol-oo-mee'-tace}

 from 2414; TDNT - 3:221,1028; n m

 AV  - of Jerusalem (2)
 1) a citizen or inhabitant of Jerusalem
02416
 2416 hierosuleo {hee-er-os-ool-eh'-o}

 from 2417; TDNT - 3:221,349; vb

 AV  - commit sacrilege (1)
 1) to commit sacrilege, to rob a temple: in Rom. 2:22, where the
   meaning is, "thou who abhorrest idols and their contamination,
   doest yet not hesitate to plunder their shrines"
02417
 2417 hierosulos {hee-er-os'-oo-los}

 from 2411 and 4813; TDNT - 3:221,349; n m

 AV  - robber of the churches (1)
 1) guilty of sacrilege
02418
 2418 hierourgeo {hee-er-oorg-eh'-o}

 from a compound of 2411 and the base of 2041; TDNT - 3:221,349; vb

 AV  - minister (1)
 1) to minister in the manner of a priest, minister in priestly
   service; of those who defend the sanctity of the law by
   undergoing a violent death; of the preaching of the gospel
02419
 2419 Hierousalem {hee-er-oo-sal-ame'}

 of Hebrew origin [3389]; TDNT - omitted,1028; n pr loc

 AV  - Jerusalem (83)
 1) Jerusalem, denoting either the city itself or the inhabitants
 2) "the Jerusalem that now is", with its present religious
   institutions, i.e. the Mosaic system, so designated from its
   primary external location
 3) "Jerusalem that is above", that is existing in heaven,
   according to the pattern of which the earthly Jerusalem was
   supposed to be built; metaph. "the City of God founded by
   Christ", now wearing the form of the church, but after
   Christ's return to put on the form of the perfected Messianic
   kingdom.
 4) "the heavenly Jerusalem", that is the heavenly abode of God,
   Christ, the angels, saints of the Old and New Testament
   periods and those Christians that are alive at Christ's
   return.
 5) "the New Jerusalem", a splendid visible city to be let down
   from heaven after the renovation of the world, the future
   abode of the blessed.
02420
 2420 hierosune {hee-er-o-soo'-nay}

 from 2413; TDNT - 3:221,349; n f

 AV  - priesthood (4)
 1) priesthood, the priestly office
02421-900512-1440
 2421 Iessai {es-es-sah'-ee}

 of Hebrew origin [3448]; TDNT - omitted,omitted; n pr m

 AV  - Jesse (5)
 1) Jesse meaning "wealthy" was the father of David, the son of
   Obed, who was the fruit of the union of Boaz and the Moabitess
   Ruth. His great- grandmother was Rahab the Canaanite, of
   Jericho. His wealth seemed to consist of a flock of sheep and
   goats, which were under the care of David. After David's
   rupture with Saul he took his father and his mother into the
   country of Moab and deposited them with the king, and there
   they disappear from our view in the records of scripture.
   (B.C. 1068-61) Who the wife of Jesse was we are not told.
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 2422 Iephthae {ee-ef-thah'-eh}

 of Hebrew origin [3316]; TDNT - omitted,omitted; n pr m

 AV  - Jephthae (1)
 1) Jephthah meaning "whom God sets free", a judge about B.C.
   1143-1137. His history is contained in Judges 11:1-12:8, He
   was a Gileadite, son of Gilead and a concubine. Driven by the
   legitimate sons from his father's inheritance, he went to Tob
   and became the head of a company of freebooters in a debatable
   land probably belonging to Ammon. 2 Sam. 10:6. (This land was
   east of the Jordan and southeast of Gilead, and bordered on
   the desert of Arabia.) His fame as a bold and successful
   captain was carried back to his native Gilead; and when the
   time was ripe for throwing off the yoke of Ammon, Jephthah
   consented to become the captain of the Gileadite bands, on the
   condition, solemnly ratified before the Lord in Mizeh, that in
   the event of his success against Ammon he should still remain
   as their acknowledged head. Vowing a vow to his God, that he
   would offer up as a burnt offering whatsoever should come out
   to meet him if successful, he went forth to battle. The
   Ammonites were routed with a great slaughter; but as the
   conqueror returned to Mizpeh there came out to meet him his
   daughter, his only child, with timbrels and dancing. The
   father is heart-stricken; but the maiden asks only for a
   respite of two months in which to prepare for death. When that
   time is ended she returned to her father, who "did with her
   according to his vow". The tribe of Ephraim challenged
   Jephthah's right to go to war as he had done, without their
   concurrence, against Ammon. He first defeated them, then
   intercepted the fugitives at the fords of Jordan, and there
   put forty-two thousand men to the sword. He judged Israel six
   years and died. It is generally conjectured that his
   jurisdiction was limited to the transjordanic region. That the
   daughter of Jephthah was offered up to God in sacrifice is a
   conclusion which seems impossible to avoid. (But there is no
   word of approval, as if such a sacrifice was acceptable to
   God. Josephus well states that "the sacrifice was neither
   sanctioned by the Mosaic law nor acceptable to God." The vow
   and the fulfilment were the mistaken conceptions of a rude
   chieftain, not acts pleasing to God.)
02423
 2423 Iechonias {ee-ekh-on-ee'-as}

 of Hebrew origin [3204]; TDNT - omitted,omitted; n pr m

 AV  - Jechonias (2)
 1) Jechoniah or Jehoiachin meaning "whom Jehovah establishes"
   was the son of Jehoiakim, and for three months and ten days
   king of Judah. (B.C. 597.) At his accession Jerusalem was
   quite defenceless, and unable to offer any resistance to the
   army which Nebuchadnezzar sent to besiege it. 2 Ki. 24:10. In
   a very short time Jehoiachin surrendered at discretion; and he
   and the queen-mother, and all his servants, captains and
   officers, came out and gave themselves up to Nebuchadnezzar
   who carried them, with the harem and the eunuchs, to Babylon.
   Jer. 29:2, Eze. 17:12, 19:9. There he remained a prisoner,
   actually in prison and wearing prison garments, for thirty-six
   years, viz., till the death of Nebuchadnezzar, when
   Evilmerodach, succeeding to the throne of Babylon, brought him
   out of prison, and made him sit at his own table. The time of
   his death is uncertain.
02424
 2424 Iesous {ee-ay-sooce'}

 of Hebrew origin [3091]; TDNT - 3:284,360; n pr m

 AV  - Jesus (972)
     - Jesus (Joshua) (2)
     - Jesus (Justus) (1) [975]
 1) Joshua meaning "Jehovah is salvation", was the famous captain
   of the Israelites, Moses' successor: Acts 7:45, Heb. 4:8
 2) Jesus, son of Eliezer, one of the ancestors of Christ: Luke
   3:29
 3) Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind: Mt. 1:21,25 Lk
   1:31, Lk 2:21
 4) Jesus Barabbas meaning "son of a father or master". He was
   the captive robber whom the Jews begged Pilate to release
   instead of Christ.
 5) Jesus, surnamed Justus, a Jewish Christian, an associate with
   Paul in the preaching of the gospel: Col. 4:11
02425
 2425 hikanos {hik-an-os'}

 from hiko [hikano or hikneomai, akin to 2240] (to arrive);
    TDNT - 3:293,361; adj

 AV  - many (11)
     - much (6)
     - worthy (5)
     - long (4)
     - sufficient (3)
     - misc. (12) [41]
 1) sufficient
   1a) many enough, enough
   1b) sufficient in ability, i.e. meet, fit
02426
 2426 hikanotes {hik-an-ot'-ace}

 from 2425; TDNT - 3:293,361; n f

 AV  - sufficiency (1)
 1) sufficient, ability or competency to do a thing
02427
 2427 hikanoo {hik-an-o'-o}

 from 2425; TDNT - 3:293,361; vb

 AV  - make able (1)
     - make meet (1) [2]
 1) to make sufficient, render fit; to equip one with adequate
   power to perform duties of one
02428-900512-1441
 2428 hiketeria {hik-et-ay-ree'-ah}

 from a derivative of the base of 2425 (through the idea of
    approaching for a favour); TDNT - 3:296,362; n f

 AV  - supplication (1)
 1) an olive branch; for suppliants approached the one whose aid
   they would implore holding an olive branch entwined with white
   wool and fillets, to signify that they came as suppliants
 2) supplication
02429
 2429 hikmas {hik-mas'}

 of uncert affinity; TDNT - omitted,omitted; n f

 AV  - moisture (1)
 1) moisture
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 2430 Ikonion {ee-kon'-ee-on}

 perhaps from 1504; TDNT - omitted,omitted; n pr loc

 AV  - Iconium (6)
 1) Iconium meaning "little image" is the modern city of Konieh,
   and was the capital of Lycaonia, in Asia Minor. It was a large
   and rich city, 120 miles north from the Mediterranean Sea, at
   the foot of the Taurus mountains, and on the great line of
   communication between Ephesus and the western coast of the
   peninsula on one side, and Tarsus, Antioch and the Euphrates
   on the other. Iconium was a well chosen place for missionary
   operations. Paul's first visit here was on his first circuit,
   in company with Barnabas; and on this occasion he approached
   it from Antioch in Pisidia, which lay to the west. The modern
   Konieh is between two and three miles in circumference, and
   contains over 30,000 inhabitants. It contains manufactories of
   carpets and leather.
02431
 2431 hilaros {hil-ar-os'}

 from the same as 2436; TDNT - 3:297,362; adj

 AV  - cheerful (1)
 1) cheerful, joyous, prompt to do anything
02432
 2432 hilarotes {hil-ar-ot'-ace}

 from 2431; TDNT - 3:297,362; n f

 AV  - cheerfulness (1)
 1) cheerfulness, readiness of mind
02433
 2433 hilaskomai {hil-as'-kom-ahee}

 middle voice from the same as 2436; TDNT - 3:300,362; vb

 AV  - be merciful (1)
     - make reconciliation (1) [2]
 1) to render one's self, to appease, conciliate to one's self;
   to become propitious, be placated or appeased; to be
   propitious, be gracious, be merciful
 2) to expiate, make propitiation for
02434
 2434 hilasmos {hil-as-mos'}

 a primitive root; TDNT - 3:300,362; n m

 AV  - propitiation (2)
 1) an appeasing, propitiating
 2) the means of appeasing, a propitiation
02435
 2435 hilasterion {hil-as-tay'-ree-on}

 neuter of a derivative of 2433; TDNT - 3:300,362; n n

 AV  - propitiation (1)
     - mercyseat (1) [2]
 1) relating to an appeasing or expiating, having placating or
   expiating force, expiatory; a means of appeasing or expiating,
   a propitiation
   1a) used of the cover of the ark of the covenant in the Holy
     of Holies, which was sprinkled with the blood of the
     expiatory victim on the annual day of atonement (this rite
     signifying that the life of the people, the loss of which
     they had merited by their sins, was offered to God in the
     blood as the life of the victim, and that God by this
     ceremony was appeased and their sins expiated); hence the
     lid of expiation, the propitiatory
   1b) an expiatory sacrifice, a peculiar victim
02436
 2436 hileos {hil'-eh-oce}

 perhaps from the alternate form of 138; TDNT - 3:300,362; adj

 AV  - be it far (1)
     - merciful (1) [2]
 1) propitious, merciful
02437
 2437 Illurikon {il-loo-ree-kon'}

 neuter of an adjective from a name of uncertain derivation;
    TDNT - omitted,omitted; n pr loc

 AV  - Illyricum (1)
 1) Illyricum meaning "the lyric band" was an extensive district
   lying along the eastern coast of the Adriatic, from the
   boundary of Italy on the north to Epirus on the south, and
   contiguous to Moesia and Macedonia on the east.
02438
 2438 himas {hee-mas'}

 perhaps from the same as 260; TDNT - omitted,omitted; n m

 AV  - latchet (3)
     - thong (1) [4]
 1) a thong of leather, a strap; in the NT of the thongs with
   which captives or criminals were either bound or beaten; of
   the thongs or ties by which sandals were fastened to the feet
02439
 2439 himatizo {him-at-id'-zo}

 from 2440; TDNT - omitted,omitted; vb

 AV  - clothe (2)
 1) to clothe
02440
 2440 himation {him-at'-ee-on}

 neuter of a presumed derivative of ennumi (to put on);
    TDNT - omitted,omitted; n n

 AV  - garment (30)
     - raiment (12)
     - clothes (12)
     - cloke (2)
     - robe (2)
     - vesture (2)
     - apparel (1) [61]
 1) a garment (of any sort); garments, i.e. the cloak or mantle
   and the tunic
 2) the upper garment, the cloak or mantle
02441
 2441 himatismos {him-at-is-mos'}

 from 2439; TDNT - omitted,omitted; n m

 AV  - vesture (2)
     - apparel (2)
     - raiment (1)
     - array (1) [6]
 1) clothing, apparel
02442
 2442 himeiromai {him-i'-rom-ahee}

 middle voice from himeros (a yearning, of uncertain affinity);
    TDNT - omitted,omitted; vb

 AV  - be affectionately desirous (1)
 1) to desire, long for, especially the longing of love
02443-900512-1442
 2443 hina {hin'-ah}

 probably from the same as the former part of 1438 (through the
    demonstrative idea, compare 3588); TDNT - 3:323,366; conj

 AV  - that (536)
     - to (69)
     - lest (43)
     - for to (8)
     - not translated (1)
     - misc (8) [665]
 1) that, in order that, so that
02444
 2444 hinati {hin-at-ee'}

 from 2443 and 5101; TDNT - omitted,omitted; conj

 AV  - why (5)
     - wherefore (1) [6]
 1) for what purpose, wherefore, why
02445
 2445 Ioppe {ee-op'-pay}

 of Hebrew origin [3305]; TDNT - omitted,omitted; n pr loc

 AV  - Joppa (10)
 1) Joppa or Japho meaning "beautiful" is now Jaffa, the town on
   the southwest coast of Palestine, in a portion of Dan. Jos.
   19:46. Having a harbour attached to it -- though always, as
   still, a dangerous one -- it became the port to Jerusalem in
   the days of Solomon, and has been ever since. Here Jonah "took
   ship to flee from his Maker". Here on the house-top of Simon
   the tanner, "by the seaside" Peter had his vision of
   tolerance. The existing town contains 4000 inhabitants.
02446-900512-1443
 2446 Iordanes {ee-or-dan'-ace}

 of Hebrew origin [3383]; TDNT - omitted,921; n pr loc

 AV  - Jordan (15)
 1) Jordan meaning "the descender", the one river of Palestine,
   has its course of little more than 200 miles, from the roots
   of Anti-Lebanon to the head of the Dead Sea. (136 miles in a
   straight line) It is the river of the "great plain" of
   Palestine -- the "descender" if not the "river of God" in the
   book of the Psalms, at least that of his chosen people
   throughout their history. There were fords over against
   Jericho, to which point the men of Jericho pursued the spies.
   Higher up were the fords or passages of Bethbarah, where
   Gideon lay in wait for the Midianites, and where the men of
   Gilead slew the Ephraimites. These fords undoubtedly witnessed
   the first recorded passage of the Jordan in the Old Testament.
   Gen. 32:10. Jordan was crossed, over against Jericho, by
   Joshua. From their vicinity to Jerusalem the lower fords were
   much used. David, it is probable, passed over them in one
   instance to fight the Syrians. 2 Sam. 10:17, 17:22. Thus there
   were two customary places at which the Jordan was fordable;
   and it must have been at one of these, if not at both, that
   baptism was afterward administered by John and by the
   disciples of Jesus. Where our Lord was baptised is not stated
   expressly, but it was probably at the upper ford. These fords
   were rendered so much more precious in those days from two
   circumstances. First, it does not appear that there were then
   any bridges thrown over or boats regularly established on the
   Jordan; and secondly, because "Jordan overflowed all his banks
   all the time harvest." Jos 3:15. The channel or bed of the
   river became brimful, so that the level of the water and of
   the banks was then the same. (Dr. Salah Merrill, in his book
   "Galilee in the Time of Christ" (1881), says, "Near Tarichaea,
   just below the point where the Jordan leaves the lake of
   Galilee, there was in Christ's time a splendid bridge across
   the river, supported by ten piers.) The last feature which
   remains to be noticed in the scriptural account of Jordan is
   its frequent mention as a boundary: "over Jordan", or "the
   other side", or "beyond Jordan" were expressions as familiar
   to the Israelites as "across the water". In one sense indeed,
   that is, in so far as it the eastern boundary of the land of
   Canaan, it was the eastern boundary of the promised land. Nu.
   34.12. The Jordan rises from several sources near Panium and
   passes through the lakes of Merom and Gennesaret. The two
   principal features in its course are its descent and its
   windings. From its fountain heads to the Dead Sea it rushes
   down on continuous inclined plane, only broken by a series of
   rapids or precipitous falls. Between the Lake of Gennesaret
   and the Dead Sea there are 27 rapids. The depression of the
   Lake of Gennesaret below the level of the Mediterranean is 653
   feet, and that of the Dead Sea 1316 feet. The whole descent
   from its source to the Dead Sea is 3000 feet. Its width varies
   from 45 to 180 feet, and it is from 3 to 12 feet deep. Its
   sinuosity is not so remarkable in the upper part of its
   course. The only tributaries to the Jordan below Gennesaret
   are Yarmuk (Hieromax) and the Zerka (Jabbok). Not a single
   city ever crowned the banks of the Jordan, Still Bethshan and
   Jericho to the west, Gerasa, Pella and Gadara to the east of it
   were important cities, and caused a good deal of traffic
   between the two opposite banks.
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 2447 ios {ee-os'}

 perhaps from eimi (to go) or hiemi (to send); TDNT - 3:334,368; n m

 AV  - poison (2)
     - rust (1) [3]
 1) poison (of animals): poison of asps is under their lips,
   spoken of men given to reviling and calumniating and thereby
   injuring others
 2) rust
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 2448 Iouda {ee-oo-dah'}

 of Hebrew origin [3063 or perhaps 3194]; TDNT - omitted,omitted;
    n pr loc

 AV  - Juda (1)
 1) Judah meaning "he shall be praised", was the fourth son of the
   patriarch Jacob.
 2) the tribe that were the offspring of Judah
 3) the region occupied by the tribe, also a city of the tribe of
   Judah, conjectured to be Hebron, which was a city assigned to
   the priests and located in the hill country, and the native
   place of John the Baptist according to Jewish tradition.
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 2449 Ioudaia {ee-oo-dah'-yah}

 feminine of 2453 (with 1093 implied); TDNT - omitted,372; n pr loc

 AV  - Judaea (42)
     - Jewry (2) [44]
 1) Judaea meaning "he shall be praised", was the fourth son of
   Jacob and the fourth of Leah. (B.C. after 1753) Of Judah's
   personal character more traits are preserved than any other of
   the patriarchs, with the exception of Joseph, whose life he in
   conjunction with Reuben saved. During the second visit to
   Egypt for corn it was Judah who undertook to be responsible
   for Benjamin, and when through Joseph's artifice, the brothers
   were brought back to the palace, he is again the leader and
   spokesman of the band. So too it is Judah who sent before
   Jacob to smooth the way for him in the land of Goshen. This
   ascendency over his brethren is reflected in the last words
   addressed to him by his father. The families of Judah occupy a
   position among the tribes similar to that which their
   progenitor had taken among the patriarchs. The numbers of the
   tribe at the census at Sinai were 74,600. On the borders of the
   promised land they were 76,500. The boundaries and contents of
   the territory allotted to Judah are narrated at great length,
   and with greater detail than the others. Jos. 15:20-63. The
   northern boundary, for the most part coincident with the south
   boundary of Benjamin, began at the mouth of the Jordan and
   ended west at Jabneel on the coast of the Mediterranean, four
   miles south of Joppa. On the east the Dead Sea, and on the
   west the Mediterranean, formed the boundaries. The southern
   line is hard to determine, since it is denoted by places,
   many of which have not been identified. It left the Dead Sea
   at its extreme south end, and joined the Mediterranean at the
   Wadi el-Arish. This territory is in average length about 45
   miles, and in average breadth about 50.
 2) in a broader sense referring to all Palestine.