Bible Dictionary
Explore biblical people, places, events, objects, ideas, and other terms. Search the dictionary directly, browse alphabetically, or narrow the list by category or Testament.
FEATHERS
Objects & Symbols - Both
Feathers or plumage are the covering and wing adornment of birds. Scripture uses them literally and also pictures God’s protective care as shelter beneath His wings.
FEEBLE KNEES
Christian Life - Both
“Feeble knees” describes physical weakness, fear, grief, exhaustion, or loss of courage. Hebrews uses the image exhortationally, calling believers to strengthen themselves in faithful perseverance.
FEEBLE-MINDED
Christian Life - New Testament
Feeble-minded in the older biblical translation means fainthearted or weak in purpose, not intellectual disability. Believers are instructed to encourage and support such persons patiently.
FEELING
Christian Life - Both
Feeling may mean touching, perceiving, understanding, experiencing pain, or sharing another’s suffering. Scripture also describes sinners who become callous and lose moral sensitivity through hardened hearts.
FEIGN
Sin & Judgment - Both
To feign is to invent, pretend, disguise, or act deceptively. Scripture condemns feigned words, false appearances, insincere obedience, and pretending to possess righteousness or madness.
Felix
People & Groups - New Testament
Felix was a Roman procurator of Judea before whom Paul appeared. He kept Paul imprisoned for two years, hoping for money, and was succeeded by Porcius Festus.
Fellowship
Christian Life - Both
Fellowship is shared relationship and participation with God and with other believers. It includes knowing God’s will, enjoying His presence, sharing worship and service, bearing one another’s burdens, and sharing spiritual and practical blessings.
FEMALE
Jewish Life & Customs - Both
Female is the biblical designation for the sex corresponding to male. Scripture presents women as accountable persons made by God, and the New Testament emphasizes the unity of male and female in Christ.
Fence
Agriculture & Daily Life - Both
A fence was a wall or rough stone construction used to protect vineyards, gardens, sheepfolds, and other property. In biblical language, related terms may also describe walls or fortified defenses around cities.
Fenced cities
Places & Geography - Old Testament
Fenced cities were fortified settlements protected by one or more walls, towers, parapets, and defended gates. Such cities were common in the land encountered by the Israelites and could resist attack for long periods.
Ferret
Agriculture & Daily Life - Old Testament
“Ferret” is the Authorized Version’s rendering of an uncertain Hebrew term in the list of unclean creeping things. Later translations commonly render it “gecko,” though “shrew-mouse” and other identifications have also been proposed.
Ferry boat
Agriculture & Daily Life - Old Testament
A ferry boat was a boat, raft, or similar vessel used to carry people across a river. Men of Judah provided such a means of crossing for King David.
FERVENT
Christian Life - Both
Fervent means burning, earnest, intense, or wholehearted. Scripture applies it to spiritual zeal, prayer, love, and devotion that are expressed with determined energy.
Festivals
Festivals & Holy Days - Old Testament
Festivals are appointed religious times observed by Israel under the law. They included regular weekly, monthly, yearly, and major sacred observances centered on worship and offerings.
Festivals, Religious
Festivals & Holy Days - Both
Religious festivals in Scripture included the Sabbath, the feasts of Passover, Weeks, and Tabernacles, the Day of Atonement, and other appointed observances. They ordered Israel’s worship, remembered God’s acts, and reinforced the people’s unity before Him.
Festus, Porcius
People & Groups - New Testament
Porcius Festus succeeded Felix as Roman procurator of Judea. He heard Paul’s defense before Herod Agrippa and Bernice, but sent Paul to Rome after Paul appealed to Caesar.
FETCH
Other - Both
To fetch generally means to bring, take, or obtain something. In some expressions it means to lead someone out, call for a person, or make a circuit or turn.
Fetters
Objects & Symbols - Both
Fetters were restraints placed around the feet, usually made of brass or iron and commonly used in pairs. They were used to confine prisoners and captives.
Fever
Other - Both
Fever is a burning heat and a general term for diseases marked by elevated body temperature. Scripture mentions fevers in both the Old and New Testaments, including the great fever suffered by Peter’s mother-in-law.
Field
Agriculture & Daily Life - Both
A field was cultivated or pasture land, generally unenclosed and often contrasted with a vineyard, garden, wilderness, or walled settlement. Fields could also refer broadly to woodland, mountain land, or the open country.
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