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Flies

Flies fliz. See FLY.

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Flies fliz.

See FLY.

Related meanings

Fly; Flies

Fly; Flies fli fliz `arobh (Exo 8:21, Psa 78:45, Psa 105:31; Septuagint kunomuia; "dog-fly"), zebhubh (Ecc 10:1, Isa 7:18; Septuagint muiai, "flies"); compare ba`al-zebhubh, "Baal-zebub" (2Ki 1:2 ff), and beel...

Sand Flies

Sand Flies sand'-fliz (kinnim (Ex 8:16 margin; /RAPC Wis 19:10 margin)): English Versions of the Bible "lice." See FLEA; GNAT, INSECTS, LICE.

Fable

Fable fa'-b'-l (muthos): (1) Primitive man conceives of the objects around him as possessing his own characteristics. Consequently in his stories, beasts, trees, rocks, etc., think, talk and act exactly as if...

Face

Face fas: In Hebrew the translation of three expressions: (1) panim (2) `ayin, literally, "eye" and (3) 'aph, literally, "nose," "nostril," already noted under the word COUNTENANCE, which see. The first and se...

Fact

Fact Lit. "a deed." The word occurs only in the heading of the chapter, 2Ki 10 the King James Version, "Jehu excuseth the fact by the prophecy of Elijah," and in 2Macc 4:36, with reference to the murder of Oni...

Fade

Fade fad (nabhel; maraino): "To fade" is in the Old Testament the translation of nabhel, "to droop or wither," figuratively, "to fade," or "pass way" (Psa 18:45, Isa 1:30, Isa 24:4, Isa 28:1, Isa 28:4, Isa 40:...

Fail

Fail fal (kalah, karath; ekleipo): "Fail" is both intransitive, "to fall short," "be wanting," and trans, "to be wanting to." Of the many words translated "fail" in the Old Testament, kalah is the most frequen...

Fain

Fain fan (advb.): Occurs twice in English Versions of the Bible, in the sense of "gladly": (1) in Job 27:22 as the rendering of barach, "to flee with haste" (from anything), "He would fain flee out of his hand...

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