Excerpt from Bible Dictionary: Containing a Definition of the Most Important Words and Phrases in the Holy Scriptures; To Which Is Added a Brief Compendium of Our Saviour's History, and That of His Apostles and Evangelists With these impressions, we have labored to introduce the present volume before the public; and it is hoped that each one will, candidly com pare its contents with what is recorded in the Scriptures of truth, and judge righteous judgment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.