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Ithrite
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ith'-rit (yithri, "excellence," "preeminence"): A family in Israel, whose home was Kiriath-jearim (1 Chronicles 2:53). Among the 37 heroes of David, two are mentioned who belonged to this family, Ira and Gareb (2 Samuel 23:38; 1 Chronicles 11:40).
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Bondage
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bon'-daj: Used in two senses in Scripture, a literal and a metaphorical sense. (1) In the former sense it refers (a) to the condition of the Hebrews ('abhodhah) in Egypt (Exodus 1:14 the King James Version; Exodus 2:23 and often) which is frequently called "the house...
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pi'-thon: Occurs only in Acts 16:16, where the Revised Version (British and American) reads, "a certain maid having a spirit of divination (margin "a spirit, a Python") met us." Puthon, or Putho, is the oldest name of Delphi (or the country about Delphi), in which...
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Seba
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se'-ba (cebha'; Saba (Genesis 10:7; 1 Chronicles 1:9); Greek ibid., but Codex Vaticanus has (Saban): 1. Forms of Name, and Parentage of Seba: The first son of Cush, his brothers being Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtecha. In Psalms 72:10 and Isaiah 43:3 (where...