BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6159
o.rev — Oreb
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.7.25 § Oreb = "raven" 1) one of the chieftains of the Midianite army defeated by Gideon 2) a rock east of the Jordan where Oreb and part of his army fell to the Ephraimites
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2722
cho.rev — Horeb
Horeb = "desert" another name for Mount Sinai from which God gave the law to Moses and the Israelites Another name of si.nay (סִינַי "Sinai" H5514G)
17 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8254
mantis — a clairvoyant
1. one who divines, a seer, prophet , (Homer), etc.:—;as feminine a prophetess , [variant datesTragica Adespota, (Thucydides) 2. metaphorically a diviner, foreboder , (Sophocles Tragicus) 3. a kind of grasshopper , (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Raven, a prince of Midian, who, being defeated by Gideon and put to straits, was slain along with Zeeb (Judg. 7:20-25). Many of the Midianites perished along with him (Ps. 83:9; Isa. 10:26).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
