Calmet's Great Dictionary of the Holy Bible: Scripture illustrated, by means of natural science ... in two parts ... I, An expository index .. II, Inquiries and discussions ... conducted principally by the editor of Calmet's dictionarySamuel Etheridge, 1814 |
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... seen from the sun . IV . The places of the Nodes , intersections , of the planetary orbits , with the orbit of the earth . V. A specimen of the contradictory orbits of com- ets whose courses are not circular . 1. In the centre of the ...
... seen from the sun . IV . The places of the Nodes , intersections , of the planetary orbits , with the orbit of the earth . V. A specimen of the contradictory orbits of com- ets whose courses are not circular . 1. In the centre of the ...
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... seen from any station he appears among the firmament stars which compose that sign . N.B. The degrees of the signs are reckoned from sign to sign , each containing thirty degrees and not from any specific point , continued throughout ...
... seen from any station he appears among the firmament stars which compose that sign . N.B. The degrees of the signs are reckoned from sign to sign , each containing thirty degrees and not from any specific point , continued throughout ...
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... seen , universally heard , conveyed intelligence of the proper hour , to every one who exercised a due attention , to every one over the face of the whole earth : This is the use now made of the aspects of the satellites of Jupiter ...
... seen , universally heard , conveyed intelligence of the proper hour , to every one who exercised a due attention , to every one over the face of the whole earth : This is the use now made of the aspects of the satellites of Jupiter ...
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... seen insects and birds fly in the air , and fishes swim in the seas ; it remains that the solid earth should be peopled also , and then the whole habitable globe is occupied . This is the work of the sixth day . The legs and wings of ...
... seen insects and birds fly in the air , and fishes swim in the seas ; it remains that the solid earth should be peopled also , and then the whole habitable globe is occupied . This is the work of the sixth day . The legs and wings of ...
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... seen constructed occasionally in a square form , five or six times as long as broad , and always fixed to the earth by means of the uprights inserted into the ground , you have seen placed many uprights , and these have been faced ...
... seen constructed occasionally in a square form , five or six times as long as broad , and always fixed to the earth by means of the uprights inserted into the ground , you have seen placed many uprights , and these have been faced ...
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2dly 3dly 4thly Aleppo ancient animal appears Arabia Arabs Assyria Babylon bird Cairo called camel Chaldee chap CHAPTER colour creature cubit David deity denote described desert doubt earth East Egypt Egyptians Exod feet fish fruit Greek ground head Hebrew Holy horns horses idea inches inhabitants insects Isai Israel Israelites Jebusites Jerusalem Jews Josephus Judea kind king land lion locust Lord manner means mentioned Moses mount mount Sion mountains nature Noah observe onager passage perhaps Persian person plant plate probably prophet Psalm refer remark rendered rock sacred says Scheuzer Scripture seems seen Sepulchre serpent Shem shews side signifies Sion Solomon species spikenard stones Strabo suppose Syria temple teraphim thing thou Tiberias tion translation Travels tree ture VERSE Vulgate walls whole wild wood word writer
Popular passages
Page 343 - Thus saith the Lord ; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord ; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
Page 497 - I spake openly to the world ; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple- whither the Jews always resort ; and in secret have I said nothing. 21 Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said.
Page 445 - Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
Page 463 - And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot : and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
Page 492 - And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
Page 436 - For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land...
Page 497 - In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing.
Page 482 - And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the Lord: and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
Page 456 - Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee : be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee : cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
Page 429 - Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.