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JEW - JONAH

JEW (praising). (1) A physical descendent of problem of human suffering. [See Canon, Revelation.]
Abraham; a son of the nation Israel by birth (Ac. 2:5; JOBAB (a father’s desire). Ge. 10:29.
22:3; Ro. 1:16; 3:1). (2) A Jew who truly believes in JOCHEBED (glory of God). Ex. 6:20.
God (Ro. 2:29). [See Israel, Pharisee, Zionism.] JOED (ornament of God). Ne. 11:7.
JEWRY. The land of Judaea (Da. 5:13; Jn. 7:1). JOEL (the Lord God). 1 Sa. 8:2.
JEZANIAH (the Lord hears). Je. 40:8. JOELAH (removing the oak, God helps). 1 Ch. 12:7.
JEZEBEL (place of habitation). King Ahab’s wicked
wife who brought Baal worship from the Phoenician JOEZER (help of God). 1 Ch. 12:6.
kingdom of Sidon (1 Ki. 16:31-32; 18:4-13; 19:1-2; JOGBEHAH (he shall be exalted). Nu. 32:35.
21:5-25; 2 Ki. 9:7-37). Jezebel also refers to a female JOGLI (he shall be revealed). Nu. 34:22.
teacher who caused trouble in the church of Thyatira JOHA (haste, revived of God). 1 Ch. 8:16.
(Re. 2:20). Jezebel is possibly used figuratively in this JOHANAN (merciful, gift of God). 2 Ki. 25:23.
passage to describe the effort false teachers in Thyatira JOHN - APOSTLE (gift of God). An apostle and the
to associate Christians with idols and fornication. This author of the Gospel of John, the Epistles of John, and
was Jezebel’s sin in the O.T. [See Ahab, Idolatry.] Revelation (Mt. 4:21; 10:2; 17:1; Mk. 1:19, 29; 5:37;
JEZER (shape, imagination). Ge. 46:24. 9:2; 10:35, 41; 13:3; Lk. 5:10; 6:14; 8:51; 9:28, 49, 54;
JEZIAH (God sprinkles). Ezr. 10:25. 22:8; Ac. 1:13; 3:1-11; 4:13, 19; 8:14; Ga. 2:9; Re. 1:1,
JEZIEL (God unites). 1 Ch. 12:3. 4, 9; 21:2; 22:8). Also called “the disciple whom Jesus
JEZLIAH (God delivers). 1 Ch. 8:18. loved” (Jn. 13:23; 19:26; 20:2; 21:7, 20-24). [See
JEZOAR (he shall shine). 1 Ch. 4:7. Apostle.]
JOHN THE BAPTIST (gift of God). The forerunner of
JEZRAHIAH (God will shine). Ne. 12:42. Christ who announced His coming to Israel (Lk. 1:5-25,
JEZREEL (God sows). Jos. 17:16; Ju. 6:33; 1 Sa. 56-58; 3:1-14; 7:24-28; Mt. 3:13-17; 11:7-14; 14:6-12;
29:1; 2 Ki. 9:10,30-35; 10:1-11. Mk. 1:9-10; Jn. 1:24- 42; Ac. 1:5; 18:25). The book of
JIBSAM (fragrant, pleasant). 1 Ch. 7:2. Malachi foretold that Elijah would come to earth before
JIDLAPH (tearful). Ge. 22:22. the judgments of God would fall (Mal. 3:5). John the
JIMNAH, JIMNA (prosperity). Nu. 26:44. Baptist came in the spirit and power of Elijah, but the
JIPHTAH (he opened). Jos. 15:43. prophecy of Malachi will still be fulfilled literally before
JIPHTHAHEL (God will open). Jos. 19:14. Christ’s return (Lk. 1:13-17; Re. 11:3-6).
JOAB (the Lord our father). King David’s JOIADA (God has known). Ne. 12:10.
commander-in-chief (2 Sa. 3:20 - 2 Ki. 2:34; 1 Ch. 11:4 JOIAKIM (God makes to stand still). Ne. 12:10.
- 27:34). JOIARIB (the increasing of God). Ezr. 8:16.
JOAHAZ (God has taken). 2 Ch. 34:8. JOINED HARD TO. Adjoining; connected to the next
JOANNA (the gracious gift of God). Lk. 3:27. house (Ac. 18:7).
JOASH (bestowed of the Lord). (1) King of Judah (2 JOKDEAM (crookedness). Jos. 15:56.
Ki. 12:19-20; 2 Ch. 24:1-27). (2) King of the northern JOKIM (God makes to stand still). 1 Ch. 4:22.
tribes (2 Ki. 13:9-13). JOKMEAM (congregation). 1 Ch. 6:68.
JOATHAM (God showed himself wholly). Mt. 1:9. JOKNEAM (lamentation). Jos. 12:22.
JOB (persecuted). The book of Job is one of the JOKSHAN (fowling, difficult). Ge. 25:2.
oldest books of the Bible, perhaps the oldest. While we JOKTAN (he is diminished, contention). Ge. 10:25.
do not know the exact time of Job’s life, there are some JOKTHEEL (reward of God, veneration). Jos. 15:38.
clear hints given in the text. It was written after the
Flood (Job 22:15-16). We also know that it was written JONADAB (God gave freely). Je. 35:6.
before the Mosaic law because Job offered his own JONAH, JONAS, JONA (dove). The prophet who
sacrifices instead of going to the tabernacle or the prophesied to Ninevah (2 Ki. 14:25; Jonah 1:1). Jonas is
temple (Job 1:5). That Job was an historical man is the Greek form of the Hebrew name Jonah (Mt. 12:39,
proven by the fact that he is referred to by the prophet 40, 41; 16:4; Lk. 11:29, 30, 32). Christ used Jonah’s
Ezekiel (Eze. 14:14, 20) and by the apostle James (Ja. experience in the whale’s belly to typify His death,
5:11). Job knew about the Saviour and His coming to burial, and resurrection. Modernists claim that Jonah is
earth in the last days (Job 19:25), resurrection (Job a fable, but Jesus Christ said Jonah was a literal man
19:25-27), heaven (Job 16:19), and many other who was swallowed by a literal fish. The Bible says,
important truths. The book is a divine treatise on the

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