Possessor of heaven and earth, how this title applied to God,

I. 235

Predatory warfare, of the Arabs described,

I. 223

Present, what implied by not receiving one in the East,

II. 182

Putting the hand under the thigh, in taking an oath, what meant

by it,

II. 32

R.

Rachel's
's grave, state of in modern times,

II. 207

Rainbow, appointed a sign of the covenant with Noah,

I. 157

Return, in what peculiar sense the term used in scripture,

. I. 289

Respect, shewn by parents to children in the East,

II. 152

Riding upon camels, particulars in respect to

Rolling one's self upon another, import of the phrase,
Ruins, of ancient Babylon,

Reuben, how the excellency of dignity and of power,

Rich, how the epithet to be understood in reference to Abraham,

Rising up, peculiar sense of the term in the scriptures,

Rulers over cattle, phrase explained,

II. 357

S.

Say, used in the sense of willing, purposing, decreeing,

Sending away with songs and mirth, usual in the East,

II. 148

Setting the eyes upon one, what meant by the expression,
Setting one's face to go, what implied by the phrase,

II. 330

II. 146

Seven, peculiar use of the number,

I. 46 II. 180

Seven ewe lambs, why employed in taking an oath,

I. 363

Seven years' service of Jacob with Laban, how to be understood,

II. 120

Shepherds, in the East accountable for their flocks,

Sheep-shearing, a season of festivity among the Israelites,

why an abomination to the Egyptians,

II. 241

II. 153

II: 353

Shekel, origin and import of the term,

I. 344

Shiloh, its import as a title of the Messiah,

II. 400

Sister, in what sense the term used by the Hebrews,

Sitting in the gate, import of the expression,

Shoe-latchet, what meant by term,

Sinew which shrank, what it was and how forbidden to be eaten,

Abraham's conduct in calling Sarah so considered,

Sitting in an open place, how spoken of Tamar,
Slaves, called servants in the scriptures,

their condition in the East,

Sodom and Gomorrah, destruction of considered,

I. 229 II. 212

Song of the land, import of the phrase as applied to fruits,
Sons of God and daughters of men, what two classes meant by,
Soul, used in the sense of person,

I. 237

II. 177

I. 204

I. 204

I. 302

II. 242

I. 229

also in the sense of will, desire,

II. 24

Spirit, the Lord's, striving with man, what implied in the phrase,
Spirit of God, in what sense the phrase used by Pharaoh,
Speaking good or bad to one, what meant by,

I. 117

II. 283

II. 147

Stealing the heart, the phrase how used in the scriptures,

Straw and provender, how prepared for horses in the East,

Ten times, definite for an indefinite number of times,
Tender-eyed, epithet how applied to Leah,

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II. 140

II. 120

II. 64

II. 185

I. 212

II. 144

Tree, used as a noun of multitude,

Trees of life, and of knowledge of good and evil, what meant by,

U.

Unstable as water, how affirmed of Reuben,

Ur of the Chaldees, modern name of,

I. 236

II. 114

II. 74

I. 228

II. 143

I. 57

I. 55, 56

II. 388
I. 188

V.

Vegetable diet, originally appointed for man,

Veils, Oriental customs in respect to wearing,

Venison, in what sense term used,

Vision, of God, how made to ancient patriarchs and prophets,

Visit, how spoken of God's dispensations,

Vows, under what circumstances to be made,

Voice of the Lord, what meant by the phrase,

W.

I. 42

II. 32

II. 66

I. 239

I. 346

I. 79

II. 112

Walking, used in the sense of increasing,

I. 79

Washing the feet, a common act of civility performed for guests,

I. 284

Waters, of the deluge, how assuaged by the wind,

I. 139

Water, how drawn and carried by females in the East,

Wilderness, of the East, how described by travellers,
Windows of heaven, term explained,

I. 355-356

I. 135

With young, phrase how used in the scriptures,
Women, employed as keepers of sheep in the East,
Word and thing, expressed in Heb. by common term,
Works, of God, how very good,

Worship, used for civil reverence and homage,

II. 184

II. 117

1. 238

I. 43

I. 283

Y.

Young man, what sense often attached to the phrase,

I. 238

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