. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . The Hebrew and A. V. inGen. viii. 7 read the raven went forth to and fro[from the ark] until the waters were dried up;but the LXX., Vulgate, and Syriac represent theraven as not returning until the water was driedfrom off the earth. The subject of Elijahs sus-tenance at the brook Cherith by means of ravens (1K. xvii. 4, 6) has given occasion to much fancifulspeculation. It has been attempted to show thatthe orebim ( ravens ) were the people of Orbo, asmall town near Cherith. Others have found in theravens merely merchants; while Michaelis has at-temp
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . The Hebrew and A. V. inGen. viii. 7 read the raven went forth to and fro[from the ark] until the waters were dried up;but the LXX., Vulgate, and Syriac represent theraven as not returning until the water was driedfrom off the earth. The subject of Elijahs sus-tenance at the brook Cherith by means of ravens (1K. xvii. 4, 6) has given occasion to much fancifulspeculation. It has been attempted to show thatthe orebim ( ravens ) were the people of Orbo, asmall town near Cherith. Others have found in theravens merely merchants; while Michaelis has at-tempted to show that Elijah merely plundered theravens nests of hares and other game ! To the factof the raven being a common bird in Palestine, andto its habit of flying restlessly about in constantsearch for food to satisfy its voracious appetite, may REC 917 perhaps be traced the reason for its being selectedby our Lord and the inspired writers as the specialobject of Gods providing care (Job xxxviii. 41 ; 9; Lit. xii. 24).. European Raven (Corcui Corax).—(Fbn.) Razis (Gr. fr. Heb. = consumption, destruction, ora tumult, crowd ? W. L. Alexander, in Kitto), oneof the elders of Jerusalem, who killed himself un-der peculiarly terrible circumstances, that he mightnot fall into the hands of the wicked (2 Mc. ). In dying he is reported to have expressedhis faith in a resurrection (ver. 46). This act ofsuicide, which was wholly alien to the spirit of theJewish law and people, has been rightly urged byProtestant writers as an argument against the in-spiration of 2 Maccabees (so Mr. Westcott). Razor* Besides other usages, the practice ofshaving the head after the completion of a vow,must have created among the Jews a necessity forthe special trade of a barber (Num. vi. 9, 18, ; Lev. xiv. 8; Judg. xiii. 5; Is. vii. 20; Ez. v. 1;Acts xviii. 18). The instruments of his work wereprobably, as in modern times, the razor, the basin,the mirror, and perhaps also t
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