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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 (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 (A-Z entry)
See Book of the Twelve (Minor Prophets) .
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Theology
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
