Eagle
The eagle in Scripture represents a powerful bird known for speed, strength, high nests, keen sight, and soaring flight. The biblical term may sometimes include large vultures, and the bird is used both literally and symbolically.
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EANES
Eanes is a name in 1 Esdras. The Revised Version identifies it as Manes, with Harim given as a marginal equivalent.
Ear
The ear is the physical organ of hearing and is often used figuratively for attention and spiritual understanding. To hear God means to receive His word obediently, while hardened or uncircumcised ears picture resistance to truth.
Earing
Earing is an old word meaning plowing or tilling the ground. It occurs in older English Bible translations where newer translations generally use “plowing.”
EARLY
Early usually refers to dawn or the first part of the day, but may also describe the beginning of a season or something done speedily. Scripture frequently presents early morning as a fitting time for prayer.
Earnest
An earnest is a pledge or advance portion that guarantees a promised future possession. The Holy Spirit is called the earnest of believers’ inheritance, assuring them of the full redemption and heavenly blessing to come.
EARRING
Earrings were ornamental pendants worn by men and women in the ancient Near East. They could be made of gold and precious stones and may sometimes have served as amulets.
Earrings
Earrings were ornaments worn by women and men, commonly made of gold. In some biblical contexts they were associated with charms or idolatrous objects and were surrendered when Jacob’s household put away its foreign gods.
Earth
Earth may mean the soil or ground, the inhabited world, a particular land, or the planet created by God. Scripture contrasts the earth with the heavens and sometimes uses earthly things figuratively in contrast with heavenly realities.
EARTH, CORNERS OF THE
The corners or ends of the earth are biblical expressions for its farthest borders or extremities in the four directions. They describe the extent of the inhabited land, not literal corners.
EARTH, VAULT, OF THE
The vault of the earth refers to a firmly founded structure, usually understood as the arched heavens above the earth. The expression emphasizes stability more than precise shape.
EARTHEN VESSELS
Earthen vessels were clay containers used for cooking, boiling, preserving documents, and carrying food. Scripture also uses them as symbols of human frailty and of destruction.
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