. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . &c.; Gr. usually peird) isoften used in the Scriptures in its ordinary sense(Num. xx. 8 if.; Judg. vi. 21, &c); also becauserocks were used for fortresses or strongholds (Etam,the Rock; Rimmon,the Rock; Sela, &c), the worddenotes a place of security, and figuratively a ref-uge, defence, or protection (Ps. xviii. 2, 31, 46, , &cA Peter; Stone. * Rod (Heb. holer or choter, matteh, maikel, shebet;Gr. r/iabdos) = a branch, shoot, or stick, such asmay be used for a whip (Prov. xiv. 3; Jer. i. 11,&c); also a shepherds staff (Ex. iv. 2 ft*., &c), thesc
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . &c.; Gr. usually peird) isoften used in the Scriptures in its ordinary sense(Num. xx. 8 if.; Judg. vi. 21, &c); also becauserocks were used for fortresses or strongholds (Etam,the Rock; Rimmon,the Rock; Sela, &c), the worddenotes a place of security, and figuratively a ref-uge, defence, or protection (Ps. xviii. 2, 31, 46, , &cA Peter; Stone. * Rod (Heb. holer or choter, matteh, maikel, shebet;Gr. r/iabdos) = a branch, shoot, or stick, such asmay be used for a whip (Prov. xiv. 3; Jer. i. 11,&c); also a shepherds staff (Ex. iv. 2 ft*., &c), thesceptre or authority of a ruler or king (Ps. ex. 2;Rev. ii. 27, &c), an instrument for punishment orcorrection (Prov. x. 13; 1 Cor. iv. 21, &c), &; Moses; Punishments; Sceptre; Scourging;Shepherd. * Roda-nim, or Bo-d,i niai (1 Chr. i. 7 margin). DoDANIM. Roe, Rocbnck, the A. V. translation of—1. (masc), tsebiyAk (fern.). There seems to belittle or no doubt that the Hebrew word, which oc-. Ariel Gazelle (Gazella Arabica). curs frequently in the 0. T., denotes some speciesof antelope, probably the Gazella Dorcas, a nativeof Egypt and North Africa, or the Gazella Arabicaof Syria or Arabia, which appears to be a varietyonly of the Dorcas (so Mr. Houghton). The gazellewas allowed as food (Deut. xii. 15, 22, &c); it wasvery fleet of foot (2 Sara. ii. 18; 1 Chr. xii. 8); itwas hunted (Is. xiii. 14; Prov. vi. 5); it was cele-brated for its loveliness (Cant. ii. 9, 17, viii. 14). The gazelle is found in Egypt, Barbary, and Syria.—2. Heb. yauldk (Prov. v. 19 only) = the femaleof the wild or mountain goat, Ges. * Rogel (Heb. a fuller, Ges.) (1 K. i. 9 margin).En-rogel. Rogc-liin (Heb. fullers1 place, Ges.), the residenceof Barzillai the Gileadite (2 Sam. xvii. 27, xix. 31)in the highlands E. of the Jordan; site unknown. Rohgah (Heb. outcry, Ges.), an Asherite chief,.ofthe sons of Shamer (1 Chr. vii. 34). Roi-mns (fr. Gr.) = Rehum 1 (1 Esd. v. 8). Roll (Heb. and Chal. meg
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