A dictionary of the . itsweb are made emblematic of a false hopeand of the schemes of wicked men. Job8:14; Isa. 59 : 5. Another word thus rendered in : 28 has been thought by some of thebest authorities to refer to the gecko, akind of lizard which is able to run onperpendicular walls, or even on an in-verted surface. See Ferret. But soskilfully does the spider use her feet inmaking her web and climbing upon itand upon walls that they may well betermed hands, and thus our present trans-lation is rendered very plausible. Thespiders spinning-organs serve as both SPI SPO hands and
A dictionary of the . itsweb are made emblematic of a false hopeand of the schemes of wicked men. Job8:14; Isa. 59 : 5. Another word thus rendered in : 28 has been thought by some of thebest authorities to refer to the gecko, akind of lizard which is able to run onperpendicular walls, or even on an in-verted surface. See Ferret. But soskilfully does the spider use her feet inmaking her web and climbing upon itand upon walls that they may well betermed hands, and thus our present trans-lation is rendered very plausible. Thespiders spinning-organs serve as both SPI SPO hands and eyes. Spiders are abundantin Palestine, as elsewhere in the world. SPIKENARD, an aromatic plantfrom which was made the costly oint-ment poured on Jesus head and 1 : 12; 4 : 13, 14; Mark 14 : 3 ;John 12 : 3. There is little questionthat the spikenard was the dried stemof an herb of the valerian family (Nar-dostachys jatamansi), which grows ex-clusively in India and was once veryprecious. If the penny {denarius) was. Spikenard (Nardostachys Jatamansi). equal to fifteen cents, the pound withwhich Mary anointed our Saviour wasvalued at a sum equal to forty-five dol-lars. This ointment was evidently en-closed, like other unguents or perfumes,in a slender-necked and closely-sealedflask or bottle of alabaster. It is notagreed whether breaking this box wasmerely opening the seal or was thefracture of the frail neck, but probablyit was the latter. SPIN, SPINNING. The nationsof antiquity placed great stress uponthis womanly occupation—indeed, it wasa necessary duty, since the preparationof the materials, no less than the mak-ing of the dress itself, fell upon thewomen. In the Bible there are onlytwo direct notices of the art, Ex. 35 :25, 26: Prov. 31 : 19: but, since it isspoken of as a matter of course, we inferthe custom was universal. Distaff-spin-ning was the mode, as is now the case in the East, wheel-spinning being ap-parently unknown. The Hebrew womenspun wool and fla
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