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oaks (A-Z entry)
Powerful trees which grew extensively in OT times, and those on the plain of Sharon were comparable to the great forest of Lebanon ( ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Oases (A-Z entry)
See Western Desert .
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
oath (A-Z entry)
A sanction employed by religious and secular authorities to ensure that a person, especially a witness in court, shall tell the truth. Oaths were ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Oaths and Vows (A-Z entry)
The purpose of an oath in the biblical world was to assure the truth of a statement or the reliability of a promise. Persons ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Theology
Oaths and Vows (A-Z entry)
In biblical Israel, as in the ancient Near East as a whole, oaths were often taken in order to attest to the inviolability of ...
Source: Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Oaths and Vows (A-Z entry)
Oaths and vows are solemn statements by which a person confirms the veracity of a past action or statement, or swears to complete a ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Law
Obadiah (A-Z entry)
See Prophets .
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Ethics
Obadiah (A-Z entry)
See Book of the Twelve (Minor Prophets) .
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Theology
Obadiah (Chapters)
With only twenty‐one verses, the book of Obadiah is the shortest of the prophetic books. It consists of a series of short oracles against ...
Source: The Catholic Study Bible
Obadiah (Chapters)
Oracles against Edom Oracles of vengeance against Edom were common in the postexilic period. Compare the related utterances in Jeremiah 49, 7–22 . For ...
Source: The Catholic Study Bible; from chapter Obadiah
Obadiah (A-Z entry)
The book of Obadiah is the shortest in the Hebrew Bible, comprising only twenty-one verses. The brevity of the book requires discussion. Perhaps it ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
Obadiah, Book of (A-Z entry)
See Minor Prophets .
Source: Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Obadiah, book of (A-Z entry)
One of the Minor Prophecies in the OT, though nothing is known of the prophet himself. It is the shortest book in the OT; ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Obadiah, The Book of (A-Z entry)
This book of twenty‐one verses, the shortest in the Hebrew Bible, is formed of three distinct parts. Vv. 1–4 announce the Lord's decision to ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Obed (A-Z entry)
Father of Jesse and grandfather of David ( Ruth 4: 22 ); this otherwise undistinguished character is significant as an ancestor of Jesus ( ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Obedience (A-Z entry)
See Fidelity .
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Ethics
obedience (A-Z entry)
The verb ‘to obey’ translates the Hebrew ‘to hear’ (as Isa. 42: 24 ), or ‘to observe’ the commandments ( Exod. 16: 28 ). ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Obelisk (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
obelisk (A-Z entry)
a four‐sided stone shaft, usually tapered and topped with a pyramid, characteristic of ancient Egypt.
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Obelisk (A-Z entry)
a tall, narrow, four-sided single shaft of stone surmounted by a small pyramid (or pyramidion); the sides of the obelisk taper slightly as they ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
