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.
Fuel
Agriculture & Daily Life - Both
Fuel was any combustible material used to feed a fire, including wood, charcoal, thorns, dried plants, and animal dung. Scripture uses such materials in descriptions of household needs, cooking, and judgment by fire.
Fugitive
Government & Society - Old Testament
A fugitive is one who flees from danger, bondage, punishment, or military defeat, or who wanders without settled rest. The term is applied to fugitives, refugees, deserters, and those escaping oppression.
FULFIL
Scripture - Both
To fulfill means to fill up, complete, accomplish, carry out, or bring to its intended realization. The New Testament often uses it for the completion of prophetic Scripture in Christ.
Fuller
Agriculture & Daily Life - Both
A fuller cleansed, bleached, and prepared cloth, using water and alkaline substances such as soap or plant ash. Fullers worked outside cities because the process required space and could produce offensive odors.
Fuller’s field
Places & Geography - Old Testament
The Fuller’s Field was an area near Jerusalem, beside a highway and near the upper pool, where fullers washed and dried cloth. It is mentioned in accounts of Assyrian threats against the city.
Fuller’s soap
Agriculture & Daily Life - Old Testament
Fuller’s soap was an alkaline cleansing substance used to wash and whiten cloth. It was made from materials such as plant ash and served as an image of thorough cleansing and purification.
Fullers Field, The
Places & Geography - Old Testament
The Fuller’s Field was a place near Jerusalem where cloth workers carried out their trade. It lay close enough to the city walls for people there to hear messages spoken from the field.
FULLNESS
Jesus Christ - New Testament
Fullness means that which fills, completeness, or the total measure of something. In the New Testament it especially describes the fullness of God dwelling in Christ and the blessings believers receive through Him.
Fulness
Jesus Christ - New Testament
“Fulness” may describe the appointed time when God sent the Messiah, the abundant grace found in Christ, and the complete divine nature dwelling in Him. It may also describe the church as the fulness of Christ, His body under His headship.
Funeral
Jewish Life & Customs - Both
Funeral customs in the Bible centered on washing, wrapping, and burying the dead, usually on the day of death. Burial was regarded as an important duty, and a meal was often held afterward.
Funerals
Jewish Life & Customs - Both
Funerals in biblical times included customary acts of mourning and the burial of the dead. See also Burial and Sepulchres.
Furlong
Measures & Money - New Testament
A furlong, or stadion, was an ancient Greek measure of distance equal to about 607 English feet, somewhat shorter than the modern English furlong.
Furnace
Objects & Symbols - Both
A furnace was used for baking, smelting, refining, or burning materials. Scripture also uses the furnace figuratively for severe affliction, punishment, and the final judgment of the impenitent.
FURNITURE
Temple & Tabernacle - Both
Furniture may mean household goods, vessels, equipment, or sacred furnishings. The tabernacle’s furniture included the altar, laver, table, lampstand, incense altar, ark, and mercy-seat.
Furrow
Agriculture & Daily Life - Both
A furrow is an opening or ridge in ground made by a plough. Biblical writers use furrows in descriptions of cultivated fields and sometimes as figures of suffering or oppression.
Fury
Sin & Judgment - Both
When attributed to God, fury is figurative language for His righteous anger expressed in afflictive judgments. The term may also refer to violent anger or revenge.
Gaal
People & Groups - Old Testament
Gaal, son of Ebed, led the men of Shechem in a revolt against Abimelech during the period of the judges. Abimelech defeated him, and Gaal fled from Shechem.
Gaash
Places & Geography - Old Testament
Gaash was a hill in the hill-country of Ephraim, near the burial place of Joshua. The watercourses of Gaash were also associated with Hiddai, one of David’s mighty men.
Gaba
Places & Geography - Old Testament
Gaba is another form of Geba, the name of a place in the territory of Benjamin.
Gabatha
People & Groups - Inter-testament
Gabatha was a eunuch mentioned in the Greek additions to Esther, where he is associated with Mordecai’s account of a plot against the king.
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