BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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GREEK · G4073
petra — rock
πέτρα, -ας, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for סֶלַע, צוּר ;] a rock, i.e. a mass of live rock as distinct from πέτρος, a detached stone or boulder : Mat.7:24-25 27:51, 60 Mrk.15:46, Luk.6:48 8:6, 13; of a hollow rock, a cave, Rev.6:15-16 (of. Isa.2:10, al.). Metaphorical, Mat.16:18 (on the meaning, see Hort, Eccl., 16 ff., but cf. also ICC, in l), 1Co.10:4; = πέτρος, Rom.9:33, 1Pe.2:8" (LXX) .† (AS)
14 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2023
hor — (Mount) Hor
§ Hor = "mountain" the mountain on which Aaron died; situated on the eastern side of the valley of Arabah, the highest of the whole range of sandstone mountains in Edom; on the eastern side is the ancient city of Petra
12 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4565
mis.tar — hiding
1) secret place, hiding place 1a) secret place 1b) hiding place 1b1) for protection 1b2) for perpetration of crime
10 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5032
ne.va.vot — Nebaioth
A man of the Arabs living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.13; son of: Ishmael (H3458); brother of: Kedar (H6938), Adbeel (H0110), Mibsam (H4017), Mishma (H4927), Dumah (H1746), Massa (H4854), Hadad (H2301), Tema (H8485), Jetur (H3195), Naphish (H5305), Kedemah (H6929) and Mahalath (H4258) § Nebaioth or Nebajoth = "heights" 1) a son of Ishmael 2) people descended from1 called the Nabateans with their capital at Petra
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5554
se.la — Sela
§ Sela = "the rock" a place in Edom perhaps an early name for 'Petra'
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7579
ephaptō — to attach to
1. to bind on or to , λύουσα ἢ ' φάπτουσα undoing or making fast , (Sophocles Tragicus); τοὖργον ὡς ἐφάψειεν τόδε that she had made fast (i. e. perpetrated) the deed, (Sophocles Tragicus):—;Pass., 3rd singular perfect and pluperfect ἐφῆπται, -το, is or was hung over one, impends over, is fixed as one's doom , with dative, Τρώεσσι κήδεe ἐφῆπται (Iliad by Homer) 2. Mid. to lay hold of, grasp, reach , with genitive, (Odyssey by Homer) 3. to lay hold of with the mind, attain to , Lat. assequi, with genitive, (Plato Philosophus) 4. in (Pindar) also with dative (like θιγγάνω, ψαύω); to apply oneself to. 5. (Herdotus Historicus) uses participle perfect passive with genitive, εἴδεος ἐπαμμένος possessed of a certain degree of beauty. 6. to follow, come next , (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Rock, Isa. 16:1, marg. (See SELA.)
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
