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DESIRE

  • Spiritual
    Deuteronomy 4:29; Psalm 9:1; 17:1; 22:26; 24:6; 25:5, 15; 27:8, 14; 33:20; 37:4, 7, 34:10; 9, 34; 39:12; 40:1, 8; 42:1-11; 51:1-17; 62:1; 63:1, 8; 68:28; 69:3, 32; 70:4; 81:10; 86:11, 84:2; 12, 16; 94:19; 105:4; 118:17; 119:2, 10, 20, 40, 77, 88, 116, 117, 122, 133, 149, 156; 123:1, 2; 130:5, 6; 143:5, 6; Proverbs 2:3-5; 8:17, 34; Isaiah 8:17, 19; 26:8, 9; 55:1, 40:31; 2, 6; Lamentations 3:25, Jeremiah 29:13; 26, 41; Hosea 10:12; Habakkuk 3:2; Matthew 5:6; Luke 6:21; 10:42; John 12:20, 21; Philippians 3:12-14; Hebrews 11:6


DESPAIR


DESPONDENCY (DEPRESSED, DEPRESSION)

  • General references
    Numbers 17:12, 13; Deuteronomy 28:65-67; Job 3:1-26; 17:13-16; Psalm 31:22; 77:7-9; Proverbs 13:12; Isaiah 2:19; Jeremiah 2:25; 8:20; 18:12; Lamentations 3:1-21; 5:22; Hosea 10:8; Jonah 2:2-4; Micah 7:1-7; Matthew 24:30; Luke 13:27, 28; 23:29, 30; Revelation 6:14-17; 9:5, 6

  • See AFFLICTION ,  RESIGNATION ,  SORROW ,  SUFFERING

DESPONDENCY

  • Instances of:

    • Cain, when God pronounced judgment upon him for the murder of Abel
      Genesis 4:13, 14

    • Hagar, when cast out of the household of Abraham on account of the jealousy of Sarah
      Genesis 21:15, 16

    • Moses:

      • When sent on his mission to the Israelites
        Exodus 4:1, 10, 13; 6:12

      • At the Red Sea
        Exodus 14:15

      • When the people craved for meat
        Numbers 11:15

    • The Israelites, on account of the cruel oppressions of the Egyptians
      Exodus 6:9

    • Elijah, when he fled from Jezebel to the wilderness and sat under juniper tree and wanted to die
      1Kings 19:4

    • Jonah after he had preached to the Ninevites
      Jonah 4:3, 8

    • The sailors with Paul
      Acts 27:20

    • Job
      Job 3:1-26, 17:13-16

    • Jeremiah
      Lamentations 3:1-21, 5:22


DESPOTISM


DETECTIVES

  • General references
    Luke 20:20

  • See SPIES


DEUEL

  • Also called REUEL, captain of the tribe of Dan
    Numbers 1:14; 2:14; 7:42; 10:20


DEVIL


DEVOTION


DEW

  • A merciful providence
    Deuteronomy 33:13

  • Forms imperceptibly
    2Samuel 17:12

  • In the night
    Job 29:19

  • From the clouds
    Proverbs 3:20

  • Called the dew of heaven
    Daniel 4:15

  • Absence of
    1Kings 17:1

  • Miraculous profusion and absence of
    Judges 6:36-40

  • Figurative
    Psalm 110:3; Isaiah 26:19; Hosea 6:4; 13:3; 14:5


DIADEM

  • General references
    Ezekiel 21:26


DIAL

  • A contrivance for indicating time by the sun's rays
    2Kings 20:11; Isaiah 38:8


DIAMOND

  • One of the jewels in the breastplate
    Exodus 28:18; 39:11; Jeremiah 17:1; Ezekiel 28:13


DIANA

  • Goddess of the Ephesians
    Acts 19:24, 27, 28, 35


DIBLAIM

  • Father of Hosea's wife
    Hosea 1:3


DIBLATH

  • An unknown place
    Ezekiel 6:14


DIBON

  • Also called DIBON-GAD and DIMON

    • A city on the northern banks of the Arnon
      Numbers 21:30

    • Israelites encamp at
      Numbers 33:45

    • Allotted to Gad and Reuben
      Numbers 32:3, 34; Joshua 13:9, 17

    • Taken by Moab
      Isaiah 15:2, 9; Jeremiah 48:18, 22

  • A city in the tribe of Judah
    Nehemiah 11:25

    • Probably identical with DIMINAH
      Joshua 15:22


DIBRI

  • Father of Shelomith
    Leviticus 24:11


DIDYMUS TWIN

  • Surname of Thomas
    John 11:16


DIKLAH

  • Son of Joktan, and name of a district inhabited by his descendants
    Genesis 10:27


DILEAN

  • A city of Judah
    Joshua 15:38


DILIGENCE

  • Jesus an example of
    Mark 1:35; Luke 2:49

  • Required by God in:

    • Seeking him
      1Chronicles 22:19; Hebrews 11:6

    • Obeying him
      Deuteronomy 6:17; 11:13

    • Listening to him
      Isaiah 55:2

    • Striving after perfection
      Philippians 3:13, 14

    • Cultivating proper behaviors of a true Christian
      2Peter 1:5

    • Keeping the soul
      Deuteronomy 4:9

    • Keeping the heart
      Proverbs 4:23

    • Labors of love
      Hebrews 6:10-12

    • Following every good work
      1Timothy 3:10

    • Guarding against defilement
      Hebrews 12:15

    • Seeking to be found spotless
      2Peter 3:14

    • Making our calling sure
      2Peter 1:10

    • Self-examination
      Psalm 77:6

    • Lawful business
      Proverbs 27:23; Ecclesiastes 9:10

    • Preserving the faith through teaching
      2Timothy 4:2; Jude 1:3

    • Instructing children
      Deuteronomy 6:7; 11:19

    • Discharging official duties
      Deuteronomy 19:18

  • Saints should abound in
    2Corinthians 8:7

  • Required in the service of God
    John 9:4; Galatians 6:9

  • Is not in vain
    1Corinthians 15:58

  • Preserves from evil
    Exodus 15:26

  • Leads to assured hope
    Hebrews 6:11

  • God rewards
    Deuteronomy 11:14; Hebrews 11:6

  • In temporal matters leads to:

    • Favor
      Proverbs 11:27

    • Prosperity
      Proverbs 10:4; 13:4

    • Honor
      Proverbs 12:24; 22:29

  • Figurative
    Proverbs 6:6-8

  • Exemplified:

    • Ruth
      Ruth 2:17

    • Hezekiah
      2Chronicles 31:21

    • Nehemiah and his helpers
      Nehemiah 4:6

    • Psalmist
      Psalm 119:60

    • Apostles
      Acts 5:42

    • Apollos
      Acts 18:25

    • Titus
      2Corinthians 8:22

    • Paul
      1Thessalonians 2:9

    • Onesiphorus
      2Timothy 1:17

    • See INDUSTRY,   ZEAL,  IDLENESS,  SLOTHFULNESS


DIMNAH

  • A Levitical city of Zebulun
    Joshua 21:35


DIMON


DIMONAH


DINAH

  • Daughter of Jacob and Leah
    Genesis 30:21

  • Ravishment of
    Genesis 34


DINHABAH

  • A city of Edom
    Genesis 36:32; 1Chronicles 1:43


DINNER

  • Eaten at noon
    Genesis 43:16

  • See FEASTS


DIONYSIUS

  • A convert of Paul
    Acts 17:34


DIOTREPHES

  • A false teacher
    3John 1:9


DIPLOMACY

  • General references
    1Corinthians 9:20-23

  • Instances of:

    • Of Abimelech
      Genesis 21:22, 23; 26:26-31

    • The Gibeonites, in securing a treaty with the Israelites through deception
      Joshua 9:3-16

    • Of Jephthah, with the king of Moab, unsuccessful
      Judges 11:12-28

    • Of Abigail
      1Samuel 25:23-31

    • Of Hiram, to secure the good will of David
      2Samuel 5:11

    • Of Toi, to promote the friendship of David
      2Samuel 8:10

    • David, in sending Hushai Absalom's court
      2Samuel 15:32-37; 16:15-19; 17:1-14

    • The wise woman of Abel
      2Samuel 20:16-22

    • Absalom winning the people
      2Samuel 15:2-6

    • Solomon, in his alliance with
      Hiram 9:10-14, 1Kings 5:1-12; 26, 27; 10:11

    • By intermarriage with other nations
      1Kings 1:1-5

    • Ambassadors from Ben-hadad to Ahab
      1Kings 20:31-34

    • Jehoash purchases peace from Hazael
      2Kings 12:18

    • Ahaz purchases assistance from the king of Assyria
      2Kings 16:7-9

    • Rab-shakeh, in trying to induce Jerusalem to capitulate by bombastic harangue
      2Kings 18:17-37; 19:1-13; Isaiah 36:11-22

    • Sanballat, in prevent the rebuilding of Jerusalem by Nehemiah
      Nehemiah 6

    • The people of Tyre and Sidon, in securing the favor of Herod Agrippa I
      Acts 12:20-22

    • Paul, in arraying the Pharisees and Sadducees against each other at his trial
      Acts 23:6-10

  • Ecclesiastical:

    • Paul, in circumcising Timothy
      Acts 16:3

    • Paul, in performing certain temple services to placate Jewish believers
      Acts 21:20-25; Galatians 6:12

  • Corrupt practices in the officers of Nebuchadnezzars court to secure the destruction of Daniel
    Daniel 6:4-15


DISBELIEF


DISCIPLE

  • A name given to the followers of any teacher.

  • Of John the Baptist
    Matthew 9:14

  • Of Jesus
    Matthew 10:1; 20:17; Acts 9:26; 14:2; 21:4

  • The seventy sent forth
    Luke 10:1

  • First called Christians at Antioch
    Acts 11:26

  • See APOSTLES,  RIGHTEOUS


DISCIPLESHIP

  • Tests of
    Luke 14:26, Matthew 10:32-39; 27, 33; John 21:15-19

  • See COMMANDMENTS


DISCIPLINE

  • Of armies, for disobedience of orders
    Joshua 7:10-26; Judges 21:5-12


DISCONTENTMENT


DISCOURAGEMENT


DISEASE

  • Sent from God
    Leviticus 14:34

    • As judgments
      Psalm 107:17; Isaiah 3:17

    • Instances of:

      • Upon the Egyptians

      • Upon Nabal
        1Samuel 25:38

      • Upon David's child
        2Samuel 12:15

      • Upon Gehazi
        2Kings 5:27

      • Upon Jeroboam
        2Chronicles 13:20

      • Upon Jehoram
        2Chronicles 21:12-19

      • Upon Uzziah
        2Chronicles 26:17-20

  • Threatened as judgments
    Leviticus 26:16; 28:22, 27, Deuteronomy 7:15; 28, 35; 29:22

  • Healing of:

    • From God
      Exodus 15:26; 23:25; Deuteronomy 7:15; 2Chronicles 16:12; Psalm 103:3; 107:20

    • In answer to prayer:

      • Of Hezekiah
        2Kings 20:1-11; Isaiah 38:1-8

      • Of David
        Psalm 21:4; 116:8

  • Miraculous healing of:

    • A sign to accompany the preaching of the word
      Mark 16:18

    • See MIRACLES

  • Physicians employed for
    2Chronicles 16:12; Jeremiah 8:22; Matthew 9:12; Mark 5:26; Luke 4:23

  • Remedies used:

    • General references
      Proverbs 17:22; 20:30; Isaiah 38:21; Jeremiah 30:13; 46:11

    • Poultices
      2Kings 20:7

    • Ointments
      Isaiah 1:6; Jeremiah 8:22

    • Emulsions
      Luke 10:34

  • Treatment of fractures
    Ezekiel 30:21

  • Figurative
    Psalm 38:7; Isaiah 1:6; Jeremiah 30:12


DISHAN

  • Son of Seir
    Genesis 36:21, 30; 1Chronicles 1:38


DISHON

  • Son of Seir
    Genesis 36:21, 30; 1Chronicles 1:38

  • Grandson of Seir
    Genesis 36:25; 1Chronicles 1:41


DISHONESTY

  • General scriptures
    Leviticus 6:2-7; 19:13, 35-36; Deuteronomy 25:13-16; Job 24:2-11; Psalm 37:21; 50:18; 62:10; Proverbs 3:27, 28; 20:10, 14, 11:1; 17, 23; Isaiah 32:7; Jeremiah 7:8-10; 9:4-6, 8; 22:13; Ezekiel 22:29; Hosea 4:1, 2; 12:7; Amos 3:10; 8:5; Micah 6:10, 11; Nahum 3:1; Zephaniah 1:9; Zechariah 5:3, 4; Luke 16:1-8; 1Thessalonians 4:6; James 5:4

  • Instances of:

    • Abimelech's servants confiscate a well
      Genesis 21:25; 26:15-22

    • Jacob obtains his brother's birthright by an unjust advantage
      Genesis 25:29-33

    • Jacob steals his father's blessing
      Genesis 27:6-29

    • Jacob gains from Laban's flocks by skillful manipulation
      Genesis 30:31-43

    • Rebekah's craftiness in Jacob's behalf
      Genesis 27:6-17

    • Laban's treatment of Jacob
      Genesis 29:21-30; 31:36-42

    • Rachel steals the household gods
      Genesis 31:19

    • Simeon and Levi deceive the Shechemites
      Genesis 34:15-31

    • Achan hides the wedge of gold and the Babylonian garment
      Joshua 7:11-26

    • Micah steals one-thousand one-hundred pieces of silver
      Judges 17:2

    • Micah's priest steals his images
      Judges 18:14-21

    • Joab's guile in securing Absalom's return
      2Samuel 14:2-20

    • Ahab confiscates Naboth's vineyard
      1Kings 21:2-16

    • Judas' hypocritical sympathy for the poor
      John 12:6

    • See DIPLOMACY,  HYPOCRISY,  INJUSTICE,  TREASON


DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD

  • Denunciations against
    Numbers 14:11, 12, 22-24; 32:8-13; Deuteronomy 18:19; 28:15-68; Leviticus 26:14-46

  • Instances of:

    • Of Adam and Eve, eating the forbidden fruit
      Genesis 3:6-11

    • Of Lot, in refusing to go to the mountain, as commanded by the angels
      Genesis 19:19, 20

    • Of Lot's wife, in looking back upon Sodom
      Genesis 19:26

    • Of Moses:

      • In making excuses when commissioned to deliver lsrael
        Exodus 4:13, 14

      • When he struck the rock
        Numbers 20:11, 23, 24

    • Of Aaron, at the hitting of the rock by Moses
      Numbers 20:23, 24

    • Of Pharaoh, in refusing to let the people of Israel
      go 7:13, Exodus 5:2; 8:15, 22, 23; 19, 32; 9:12, 34; 10:20, 27; 11:10; 14:8

    • Of the children of Israel:

      • In gathering excessive quantities of manna
        Exodus 16:19, 20

      • In refusing to enter the promised land
        Deuteronomy 1:26; with Numbers 14:1-10; Joshua 5:6; Psalm 106:24, 25

    • Of Nadab and Abihu, in offering strange fire
      Leviticus 10:1, 2

    • Of Balaam, in accompanying the messengers from Balak
      Numbers 22:22

    • Of Achan, in hiding the wedge of gold and the Babylonian garment
      Joshua 7:15-26

    • Of Saul:

      • In offering a sacrifice
        1Samuel 13:13

      • In sparing Agag and the spoils of the
        Amalekites 1Samuel 15; 28:18

    • Of David, in his adultery, and in arranging for the death of Uriah
      2Samuel 12:9

    • Of Solomon, in building places for idolatrous worship
      1Kings 11:7-10

    • Of the prophet of Judah, in not keeping the commandment to deliver his message to Jeroboam without
      delay 1Kings 13

    • Of a man of Israel, who refused to strike the prophet
      1Kings 20:35, 36

    • Of Ahab, in suffering the king of Assyria to escape out of his hands
      1Kings 20:42

    • Of priests, in not performing their functions after the due order
      1Chronicles 15:13

    • Of the people of Judah
      Jeremiah 43:7

    • Of the people of Judah, in going to live in Egypt contrary to divine command
      Jeremiah 44:12-14

    • Of Jonah, in refusing to deliver the message to the Ninevites
      Jonah 1

    • Of the blind men Jesus healed, and ordered them not to proclaim their healing
      Matthew 9:30, 31

    • Of the leper whom Jesus healed, and ordered him not to proclaim the fact
      Mark 1:45

    • Of Paul, in going to Jerusalem contrary to repeated warnings
      Acts 21:4, 10-14


DISPERSION

  • Of the descendants of Noah
    Genesis 10

  • After building the tower of Babel
    Genesis 11:1-9; Deuteronomy 32:8

  • Of the Jews, foretold
    Jeremiah 16:15; 24:9; John 7:35


DISPUTE


DISSEMBLING

  • Instances of :


DISSENSION

  • In congregations
    1Corinthians 1:10-13; 3:3, 4; 11:18, 19


DISSIPATION


DISTAFF

  • General references
    Proverbs 31:19


DITCH

  • Figurative
    Proverbs 23:27


DIVINATION


DIVINITY OF CHRIST


DIVORCE

  • General references
    Exodus 21:7-11; Deuteronomy 21:10-14; 24:1-4; Ezra 10:1-16; Nehemiah 13:23-30; Jeremiah 3:1; Micah 2:9; Malachi 2:14-16; Matthew 5:31, 32; 19:3-12; Mark 10:2; Luke 16:18; 1Corinthians 7:10-17

  • Disobedience of the wife to the husband, a sufficient cause for, in the Persian empire
    Esther 1:10-22

  • Figurative
    Isaiah 50:1; 54:4; Jeremiah 3:8


DOCTOR

  • A teacher, or master
    Matthew 8:19; Luke 2:46; 5:17; Acts 5:34; 1Timothy 1:7

  • See PHYSICIAN,  DISEASE


DOCTRINES

  • General references
    John 7:16, 17

  • Guidelines set forth from the leaders in Jerusalem
    Acts 15:6-29

  • False

    • General references
      Matthew 5:19; 15:9, 13; 1Corinthians 3:1-4, Romans 16:17, 18; 11, 21; 11:18, 19; 2Corinthians 2:17; 11:3, 4; Galatians 1:6-8; Colossians 2:4, Ephesians 4:14; 8, 18-23; 1Timothy 1:3, 4, 6, 7, 19; 6:3-5, 4:1-3, 7; 20, 21; 2Timothy 2:14, 16-18; 3:6-9, 13; Titus 1:10, 4:3; 11, 14; 3:10, 11; Hebrews 13:9; 2Peter 2:1-22; 1John 4:3; 2John 1:7-9; Jude 1:4-11

    • See MINISTERS, FALSE,  SCHISM, TEACHERS, FALSE


DODAI


DODANIM

  • Descendants of Noah
    Genesis 10:4

  • Called RODANIM
    1Chronicles 1:7


DODAVAH

  • A prophet
    2Chronicles 20:37


DODO

  • A descendant of Issachar
    Judges 10:1

  • One of David's heroes
    2Samuel 23:9; 1Chronicles 11:12

  • Called DODAI
    1Chronicles 27:4

  • A Bethlehemite
    2Samuel 23:24; 1Chronicles 11:26


DOEG

  • An Edomite, present when Ahimelech helped David
    1Samuel 21:7; Psalm 52

  • Murdered eighty-five priests
    1Samuel 22:18, 19


DOER

  • Of the word
    Matthew 7:21; 12:50; Luke 11:28; Romans 2:13-15; 2Corinthians 8:11; James 1:22-27; 4:11

  • See HEARERS


DOG

  • Price of, not to be brought into the sanctuary
    Deuteronomy 23:18

  • Shepherd dogs
    Job 30:1

  • Habits of:

    • Licking blood
      1Kings 21:19; 22:38

    • Licking sores
      Luke 16:21

    • Returns to eat his own vomit
      Proverbs 26:11; 2Peter 2:22

    • Lapping of
      Judges 7:5

    • Dumb and sleeping
      Isaiah 56:10, 11

  • Greyhound
    Proverbs 30:31

  • Epithet of contempt
    1Samuel 17:43; 24:14; 2Samuel 3:8; 9:8; 16:9; 2Kings 8:13; Isaiah 56:10, 11; Matthew 15:26

  • Figurative
    Philippians 3:2; Revelation 22:15


DOGMATISM


DOMICILE

  • Rights of
    Deuteronomy 24:10, 11


DOMINION OF MAN


DONATIONS


DOOR

  • Posts of, sprinkled with the blood of the paschal lamb
    Exodus 12:22

  • The law to be written on
    Deuteronomy 11:20

  • Hinges for
    Proverbs 26:14

  • Made of gold
    1Kings 7:50

  • Doors of the temple made of two leaves, cherubim and flowers carved upon, covered with gold
    1Kings 6:31-35

  • Figurative:

    • Door of hope
      Hosea 2:15

    • Of opportunity
      1Corinthians 16:9; Revelation 3:8

    • Closed
      Matthew 25:10; Luke 13:25; Revelation 3:7


DOORKEEPERS

  • Of the temple
    2Kings 25:18

  • Of palaces
    John 18:17


DOPHKAH

  • Camping place of the Israelites
    Numbers 33:12


DOR

  • A town and district of Palestine
    Joshua 11:2

  • Conquered by Joshua
    Joshua 12:23; 1Kings 4:11

  • Allotted to the tribe of Manasseh, although it was situated in the territory of the tribe of Asher
    Joshua 17:11; Judges 1:27


DORCAS

  • Also called TABITHA, a pious woman of Joppa
    Acts 9:36-42


DOTHAN

  • A district and town in Palestine
    Genesis 37:17

  • Syrian army made blind at
    2Kings 6:13-19


DOUBTING

  • General references
    Job 4:3-6; 9:16-23; 23:15-17; 30:20, 21; Psalm 22:2; 31:22; 42:5, 6; 49:5; 73:13-17; 77:3, 7-9; Proverbs 24:10; Isaiah 40:27, 28; 49:14, 15; 50:2; Jeremiah 8:18; 15:18; Lamentations 3:8, 45:3; 17, 18; 5:20; Hosea 10:3; Matthew 8:26; 14:31; 17:17; Mark 4:38, 40; 9:19; Luke 8:25; 9:40; 1Peter 1:6

  • Exemplified
    Genesis 12:12, 13; 15:8; 18:12-14; 19:30; 20:2, 11; 26:7; Exodus 3:11; 4:1, 10, 13; 5:22, 23; 6:12; 14:10-12, 15; Numbers 11:21, 22; Judges 6:13, 15; 1Samuel 16:1, 2; 17:11, 24; 22:3, 4; 1Kings 18:7-14; 19:13-18; 2Kings 13:18, 19; Jeremiah 1:6; 32:24, 25; Matthew 8:23-27; 11:2, 3; 14:29-31; 17:14-21; 28:17; Mark 9:14-29; 16:10, 11; John 14:8-11; Acts 9:13, 14

  • See COWARDICE,   MURMURING


DOUGH

  • First of, offered to God
    Numbers 15:19-21; Nehemiah 10:37

  • Kneaded
    Jeremiah 7:18; Hosea 7:4

  • Part of, for priest
    Ezekiel 44:30

  • See BREAD,  OVEN


DOVE, TURTLE

  • Sent out from the ark by Noah
    Genesis 8:8-11

  • Domesticated
    Isaiah 60:8

  • Nests of
    Jeremiah 48:28

  • Harmlessness of, typical of Christ's gentleness
    Matthew 10:16

  • Sacrificial uses of
    Genesis 15:9

  • Prescribed for purification

    • Of women
      Leviticus 12:6, 8; Luke 2:24

    • Of Nazarites
      Numbers 6:10

    • Of lepers
      Leviticus 14:22

  • Burnt offering of
    Leviticus 1:14-17

  • Trespass offering of, for the impecunious
    Leviticus 5:7-10; 12:8

  • Sin offering, for those who touched any dead body
    Numbers 6:10

  • Market for, in the temple
    Matthew 21:12; John 2:14

  • Symbolic of the Holy Spirit
    Matthew 3:16; Luke 3:22; John 1:32

  • See PIGEON


DOWRY

  • General references
    Exodus 22:16, 17; Ruth 4:3-9

  • See WOMEN


DOXOLOGY


DRAGON

  • A poisonous serpent
    Deuteronomy 32:33

  • A serpent or the desert
    Psalm 91:13; Isaiah 34:13; Jeremiah 9:11; 51:37; Malachi 1:3

  • Of the sea
    Psalm 74:13; Isaiah 27:1

  • A wolf
    Micah 1:8

  • Interpreted as whale, in
    Genesis 1:21; Job 7:12

  • Serpent
    Exodus 7:9

  • A term applied to Pharaoh
    Isaiah 51:9

  • A term applied to Satan
    Revelation 20:2

  • Symbolic
    Ezekiel 29:3; 32:2; Revelation 12; 13; 16:13


DRAM

  • Also called DRACHM. A Persian coin of differently estimated value.
    1Chronicles 29:7; Ezra 2:69; 8:27; Nehemiah 7:70-72


DRAMA


DRAWING

  • Of pictures on tile
    Ezekiel 4:1


DREAM

  • Evanescent
    Job 20:8

  • Vanity of
    Ecclesiastes 5:3, 7

  • Instances of

    • Of Abimelech, concerning Sarah
      Genesis 20:3

    • Jacob:

      • Concerning the ladder
        Genesis 28:12

      • The ring-straked cattle
        Genesis 31:10-13

      • Concerning his going down into Egypt
        Genesis 46:2

    • Laban, concerning Jacob
      Genesis 31:24

    • Joseph, concerning the sheaves
      Genesis 37:5-10

    • Midianite concerning the cake of barley
      Judges 7:13

    • Solomon, concerning his choice of wisdom
      1Kings 3:3-15

    • Eliphaz, of a spirit speaking to him
      Job 4:12-21

    • Daniel, concerning the four beasts
      Daniel 7

    • Joseph:

      • Concerning Mary's innocence
        Matthew 1:20, 21

      • Concerning the flight into Egypt
        Matthew 2:13

      • Concerning the return into Palestine
        Matthew 2:19-22

    • Pilate's wife, concerning Jesus
      Matthew 27:19

    • Cornelius vision, concerning Peter
      Acts 10:3-6

    • Peter's vision of the ceremonially unclean creatures
      Acts 10:10-16

    • Paul's vision:

      • Of the man in Macedonia, crying, "Come over into Macedonia,"
        Acts 16:9

      • Relating to his going to Rome
        Acts 23:11

      • Concerning the shipwreck, and the safety of all on board
        Acts 28:23, 24

  • Revelations by:

    • General references
      Numbers 12:6; Jeremiah 23:28; Joel 2:28; Acts 2:17

    • The dreams of the butler and baker
      Genesis 40:8-23

    • The dreams of Pharaoh
      Genesis 41:1-36

  • Interpreted by:

    • Joseph
      Genesis 40:12, 13, 18, 19; 41:25-32

    • Daniel
      Daniel 2:16-23, 28-30; 4

  • Delusive
    Isaiah 29:7, 8

  • False prophets pretended to receive revelations through
    Deuteronomy 13:1-5; Jeremiah 23:25-32; 27:9; 29:8; Zechariah 10:2


DRESS

DRESS is listed on a separate page.


DRINK, INTOXICATING


DRINK OFFERING


DRIVING

  • Rapid, by Jehu
    2Kings 9:20


DROMEDARY

  • General references
    1Kings 4:28; Esther 8:10; Isaiah 60:6


DROPSY

  • General references
    Luke 14:2


DROSS

  • Figurative
    Psalm 119:119; Proverbs 25:4; 26:23; Isaiah 1:22; Ezekiel 22:18, 19


DROUGHT

  • General references
    Genesis 31:40; 1Kings 17:18; Jeremiah 14:1-6

  • Sent by God as a judgment
    Deuteronomy 28:23, 24; 1Kings 8:35; 2Chronicles 6:26; 7:13; Hosea 13:15

  • See FAMINE,  METEOROLOGY,  RAIN

  • Figurative
    Psalm 32:4; Isaiah 44:3


DRUNKARD

  • General references
    Deuteronomy 21:20, 21; Psalm 69:12; Proverbs 23:21; Isaiah 28:1, 3; Joel 1:5; Nahum 1:10; 1Corinthians 5:11; 6:9, 10

  • See DRUNKENNESS


DRUNKENNESS

  • General references
    Deuteronomy 21:20, 21; 29:19-21; 1Samuel 1:14; Psalm 69:12; Proverbs 20:1; 21:17; 23:20, 21, 29-35; Isaiah 5:11, 31:4-7; 12, 22; 19:14; 24:9, 11; 28:1, 3, 7, 8; 56:12; Jeremiah 25:27; Hosea 4:11; 7:5, 14; Joel 1:5; 3:3; Amos 2:8, 12; 6:1, 6; Micah 2:11; Nahum 1:10; Habakkuk 2:15-17; Matthew 24:49; Luke 12:45; 21:34; Romans 13:13; Galatians 5:19-21; Ephesians 5:18; 1Thessalonians 5:7, 8

  • Figurative
    Psalm 73:10; 75:8; Isaiah 28:8; 51:17, 21-23; 63:6; Jeremiah 25:15, 16, 27, 28; 51:7-9; Lamentations 3:15; Ezekiel 23:31-34; Habakkuk 2:15, 16

  • Instances of:

    • Noah
      Genesis 9:21

    • Lot
      Genesis 19:33

    • Nabal
      1Samuel 25:36

    • Uriah
      2Samuel 11:13

    • Elah
      1Kings 16:9

    • Benhadad and his thirty-two confederate kings
      1Kings 20:16

    • Ahasuerus
      Esther 1:10, 11

    • Belshazzar
      Daniel 5:1-6

  • Falsely accused of

    • Hannah
      1Samuel 1:12-16

    • Jesus
      Matthew 11:19

    • The Apostles
      Acts 2:13-15


DRUSILLA

  • Wife of Felix
    Acts 24:24


DUKE

  • Title of the princes of Edom
    Genesis 36:15-43; Exodus 15:15; 1Chronicles 1:51-54

  • Title of the princes of the Midianites
    Joshua 13:21


DULCIMER


DUMAH

  • Son of Ishmael
    Genesis 25:14; 1Chronicles 1:30; Isaiah 21:11, 12

  • A city of Canaan assigned to Judah
    Joshua 15:52


DUMB

  • Stricken of God
    Exodus 4:11; Luke 1:20, 64

  • Miraculous healing of, by Jesus
    Matthew 9:32, 33; 12:22; 15:30, 31; 9:17, Mark 7:37; 25, 26

  • See DEAFNESS


DUNGEON

  • In prisons
    Jeremiah 38:6; Lamentations 3:53

  • See PRISONS


DURA

  • Plain of
    Daniel 3:1


DUST

  • Man made from
    Genesis 2:7; 3:19; 23; Ecclesiastes 3:20

  • Casting of, in anger
    2Samuel 16:13

  • Shaking from feet
    Matthew 10:14; Acts 13:51

  • Put on the head in mourning
    Joshua 7:6; 1Samuel 4:12; 2Samuel 1:2; 15:30; Job 2:12; 42:6


DUTY

  • Of man to God
    Deuteronomy 6:5; 10:12, 13; 11:1; 30:15-20; Joshua 22:5; 23:11; Psalm 31:23; Proverbs 23:26; Matthew 4:10; 12:50; 22:21, 36-40; Luke 17:10; 21:3, 4; John 4:34; 6:38; 14:15, 21; 15:14; Acts 4:19, 20; 5:29; Jude 1:21


DUTY TAX

  • Tribute a tax levied on foreign commerce by Solomon
    1Kings 10:15


DWARFS

  • Forbidden to be priests
    Leviticus 21:20


DYEING

  • General references
    Exodus 25:5; 26:14; Isaiah 63:1; Ezekiel 23:15


DYING


DYSENTERY

  • General references
    Acts 28:8


DYSPEPSIA

  • Of Timothy
    1Timothy 5:23


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