A dictionary of the . ough fiery serpents, and the sim-ple remedy of a brazen serpent erectedon a pole. Comp. John 3 : 14, 15. are concerned with Balaam. Inch. 32 the land east, of the Jordan is as-signed to Reuben and Gad, and in ch. 33a list is given of the various stations inthe wilderness. NUN {fash), the father of Joshua, : 11; also called 2sTon. 1 Chr. 7 : 27,618 NURSE. The position was one ofmuch importance and honor. Rebek-ahs nurse accompanied her mistressto Canaan, and was buried with muchmourning at Allon-bachuth. Gen. 24 :59 : 35 : 8. The tenderness of a nur
A dictionary of the . ough fiery serpents, and the sim-ple remedy of a brazen serpent erectedon a pole. Comp. John 3 : 14, 15. are concerned with Balaam. Inch. 32 the land east, of the Jordan is as-signed to Reuben and Gad, and in ch. 33a list is given of the various stations inthe wilderness. NUN {fash), the father of Joshua, : 11; also called 2sTon. 1 Chr. 7 : 27,618 NURSE. The position was one ofmuch importance and honor. Rebek-ahs nurse accompanied her mistressto Canaan, and was buried with muchmourning at Allon-bachuth. Gen. 24 :59 : 35 : 8. The tenderness of a nursei is not infrequently referred to. Isa. 49 :23; 1 Thess. 2 : 7. NUTS. Those mentioned in 43 : 11 are doubtless pistachio-nuts,i which were produced in Syria, but notj in Egypt. The pistachio tree (PistaciaJ vera) resembles the sumac, to whose fam-| ily it belongs. It is still cultivated inj the Levant, and produces thin-shellednuts resembling almonds, but smaller and with a green meat tasting like that1 of the Pistachio-Nuts. Another word translated nuts in Cant. 6:11 denotes what are known in our markets as English walnuts, pro- l duced by a noble tree {Juglana reyin) which is everywhere cultivated in the , East. NYMPHAS (bridegroom), a mem-. ber of the church of Laodicaea. 4 : 15. OAK OAT O. OAKS (strong is the meaning of mostof the six Hebrew words thus rendered).In the following passages, at least, theword probably denotes the terebinth, orthe elm of Hos. 4 : 13, see Teil Tree :Gen. 35 : 4, 8; Jud. 6 : 11, 19; 2 : 9, 10, 14 ; 1 Kgs. 13 : 14 ; 1 Chr. 10 :12; Isa. 1 : 30; Eze. 6 : 13. In otherinstances oak* may denote any strongflourishing tree, Am. 2 : 9, or a grove ofsuch trees. Botanists find three species of thistree in Palestine. One of the most uni-versal and characteristic bushes of thecountry is the prickly evergreen-oak(Quercus pseudo-cocci/era), which has aleaf like the holly, but smaller. Thisoak now rarely exceeds 12 feet in height,bu
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