. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . ; Judg. ix. 6). There are in Scrip-ture many memorable trees: e. g. Allon-bachuth(Gen. xxxv. 8), the tamarisk in Gibeah (1 6 ; see above), the oak in Shechem (Josh,xxiv. 26) under which the law was set up, thepalm-tree of Deborah (Judg. iv. 5), &c. This ob-servation of particular trees was among theheathen extended to a regular worship of them. Gnard, the A. V. translation of—1. Heb. andChal. tabbdh or labbdch, originally = a cook; andas butchering fell to the lot of the cook in East-ern countries, it gained the secondary sense ofexecutione
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . ; Judg. ix. 6). There are in Scrip-ture many memorable trees: e. g. Allon-bachuth(Gen. xxxv. 8), the tamarisk in Gibeah (1 6 ; see above), the oak in Shechem (Josh,xxiv. 26) under which the law was set up, thepalm-tree of Deborah (Judg. iv. 5), &c. This ob-servation of particular trees was among theheathen extended to a regular worship of them. Gnard, the A. V. translation of—1. Heb. andChal. tabbdh or labbdch, originally = a cook; andas butchering fell to the lot of the cook in East-ern countries, it gained the secondary sense ofexecutioner, and is applied to the body-guard ofthe kings of Egypt (Gen. xxxvii. 36) and Babylon(2 K. xxv. 8 ff.; Jer. xxxix. 9 ff., xl. 1 fF.; Dan. ).—2. Heb. rdts, properly = a runner, theordinary term employed for the attendants of theJewish kings, whose office it was to run before Fiirst, &c, suppose the meaning probably passedfrom the special to the general, thus = any largetree, and collectively trees, a wood, grove. (See also. Two forms of the Assyrian Sacred Tree. From Bas-reliefs, BritishMuseum.—(Fbn.) Plain 7.)—In the religions of the ancient heathenworld, groves play a prominent part. In the oldtimes altars only were erected to the gods. It was the chariot (2 Sam. xv. 1; 1 ; A. V. torun in both), and to form a military guard (1Sam. xxii. IV, A. V. footmen ; 2 K. x. 25, xi. 6;2 Chr. xii. 10). (Epistle ; Footman 2 ; Post II.)—3. Heb. mishmereth and mishmai; properly = theact of watching, but occasionally transferred to thepersons who kept watch (Neh. iv. 22, watch in iv. 9, vii. 3, xii. 9; Job vii. 12). Army ; Captain. Gndgo-dah (Heb. thunder? Ges.; incision, cleft,Fii.) (Deut. x. 1). Hor-hagidgad. Gnesf. Hospitality. Gnllotll (Heb. pi. of gulldh = fountains, A. V. springs ), a Heb. term used to denote the springsadded by Caleb to the S. land in the neighborhoodof Debir, which formed the .dowry of his daughterAchsah (Josh. xv. 19 ; Judg. i. 15). The spri
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