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Gilead, mount, account of the region so called,
Give, used in Heb. for set, appoint, constitute,
Giving up the ghost, phrase explained,
Glory, used sometimes for the tongue,

used occasionally as synonymous with riches,
Go, or walk, used in the sense of constantly increase,
God, the import of the title both in Heb. and Eng.,
in what sense frequently affixed to other words,

Going childless, phrase explained,

I. 240

Going down, how attributed to God,

I. 296

Going down into the grave mourning, what meant by it,

II. 237

Hebrew, whether the original language, and whence the name de-

Host of the heavens and earth, what meant by the phrase,

I. 45

Ishmael, the import of his name, and the prediction respecting him
considered,

Israel, import and application of the name,

Jacob, import of the name,

J.

I. 262-266

II. 173

II. 63

his conduct vindicated in reference to the Egyptian priests,

II. 366

Keturah, at what time she was married to Abraham,

Kissing, a token of subjection,

Knowing, applied to God in the sense of making known,

II. 410

II. 129

I. 272

II. 186

II. 53

II. 284

II. 12

I. 56

Ladder, Jacob's vision of the, considered,

Last days, import of the phrase,

Knowledge, implies practical feeling and experimental sense,

L.

Lad, in what sense term used in the scriptures,

II. 12

II. 106

II. 385

Laughing, by what motives prompted in Abraham and Sarah, I. 279, 290

Liberality, large professions of, common among the Orientals,

Lighting off from a camel, as a mark of respect to a superior,

II. 52

Lighting upon a place, how far the idea of chance involved in the
expression,

Looking behind, what implied in the command given to Lot,

Magicians, of Egypt, what class of men to be understood by the

term,

II. 273

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Mahanaim, what the origin and import of the name,

Man, Adam, import of the name,

Mandrakes, what plant probably intended by,
Mark, set upon Cain, phrase explained,

Marriages, how negotiated in the East,

Marry, used in the sense of betroth,

Melchizedek, view of his person and character,
Mesopotamia, geographical account of,

Ministering to one, what implied by the expression,
Mocking, how affirmed of Ishmael,

Moriah, land of, what region intended thereby,
Mountain, often equivalent to a mountainous region,
Moving creature, true import of original term,
Mules, account of Anah's finding in the wilderness,

N.

Nakedness of the land, what meant by the phrase,
Naming a name upon one, what meant by it,
Nations, how said to be blessed in Abraham's seed,

Nimrod, import of his name, and his general character consid-
ered,

Noah, import of his name and various events of his history,

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his cursing of Canaan considered,

his predictions respecting Shem and Japheth explained,
which of his sons the eldest,

Nomade tribes, how they become settled cultivators,
Nuptial benediction, form of among the ancient Hebrews,
Nurses, highly valued and honored among the eastern nations,

II. 74

II. 50

II. 50

Opening of the eyes, of our first parents in consequence of sin, I. 76, 78

his conduct in taking Sarah from her husband considered,

I. 205

Pillar of salt, what meant by the expression,

I. 328

Pottage, what kind of food meant by term,

II. 66

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

Prophet, original import of the term,

I. 340

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

by it,

II. 32

R.

Rachel's grave, state of in modern times,

II. 207

Rainbow, appointed a sign of the covenant with Noah,

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

I. 289

Respect, shewn by parents to children in the East,

II. 152

Reuben, how the excellency of dignity and of power,

II. 387

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

I. 210

Riding upon camels, particulars in respect to

II. 151

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

II. 7

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

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

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

II. 241

Sitting in the gate, import of the expression,

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

Sister, in what sense the term used by the Hebrews,
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. 315-328

II. 313
I. 116

II. 177

I. 204

I. 204

I. 302

II. 242

I. 229

I.

236 II. 212

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,

Stuff and goods, distinction between,