English Dictionary: Eryngium maritimum | by the DICT Development Group |
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Eariness \Ear"i*ness\, n. [Scotch ery or eiry affected with fear.] Fear or timidity, especially of something supernatural. [Written also {eiryness}.] The sense of eariness, as twilight came on. --De Quincey. | |
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Ear \Ear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Earing}.] To take in with the ears; to hear. [Sportive] [bd]I eared her language.[b8] --Two Noble Kinsmen. | |
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Earing \Ear"ing\, n. (Naut.) (a) A line used to fasten the upper corners of a sail to the yard or gaff; -- also called {head earing}. (b) A line for hauling the reef cringle to the yard; -- also called reef earing. (c) A line fastening the corners of an awning to the rigging or stanchions. | |
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Earing \Ear"ing\, n. Coming into ear, as corn. | |
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Earing \Ear"ing\, n. A plowing of land. [Archaic] Neither earing nor harvest. --Gen. xlv. 6. | |
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Earnest \Ear"nest\, n. [AS. eornost, eornest; akin to OHG. ernust, G. ernst; cf. Icel. orrosta battle, perh. akin to Gr. [?] to excite, L. oriri to rise.] Seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness. Take heed that this jest do not one day turn to earnest. --Sir P. Sidney. And given in earnest what I begged in jest. --Shak. {In earnest}, serious; seriously; not in jest; earnestly. | |
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Earnest \Ear"nest\, a. 1. Ardent in the pursuit of an object; eager to obtain or do; zealous with sincerity; with hearty endeavor; heartfelt; fervent; hearty; -- used in a good sense; as, earnest prayers. An earnest advocate to plead for him. --Shak. 2. Intent; fixed closely; as, earnest attention. 3. Serious; important. [Obs.] They whom earnest lets do often hinder. --Hooker. Syn: Eager; warm; zealous; ardent; animated; importunate; fervent; sincere; serious; hearty; urgent. See {Eager}. | |
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Earnest \Ear"nest\, v. t. To use in earnest. [R.] To earnest them [our arms] with men. --Pastor Fido (1602). | |
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Earnest \Ear"nest\, n. [Prob. corrupted fr. F. arrhes, L. arra, arrha, arrhabo, Gr. 'arrabw`n, of Semitic origin, cf. Heb. [emac]r[be]v[omac]n; or perh. fr. W. ernes, akin to Gael. earlas, perh. fr. L. arra. Cf. {Arles}, {Earles penny}.] 1. Something given, or a part paid beforehand, as a pledge; pledge; handsel; a token of what is to come. Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. --2 Cor. i. 22. And from his coffers Received the golden earnest of our death. --Shak. 2. (Law) Something of value given by the buyer to the seller, by way of token or pledge, to bind the bargain and prove the sale. --Kent. Ayliffe. Benjamin. {Earnest money} (Law), money paid as earnest, to bind a bargain or to ratify and prove a sale. Syn: {Earnest}, {Pledge}. Usage: These words are here compared as used in their figurative sense. Earnest is not so strong as pledge. An earnest, like first fruits, gives assurance, or at least a high probability, that more is coming of the same kind; a pledge, like money deposited, affords security and ground of reliance for the future. Washington gave earnest of his talent as commander by saving his troops after Braddock's defeat; his fortitude and that of his soldiers during the winter at Valley Forge might rightly be considered a pledge of their ultimate triumph. | |
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Earnest \Ear"nest\, n. [Prob. corrupted fr. F. arrhes, L. arra, arrha, arrhabo, Gr. 'arrabw`n, of Semitic origin, cf. Heb. [emac]r[be]v[omac]n; or perh. fr. W. ernes, akin to Gael. earlas, perh. fr. L. arra. Cf. {Arles}, {Earles penny}.] 1. Something given, or a part paid beforehand, as a pledge; pledge; handsel; a token of what is to come. Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. --2 Cor. i. 22. And from his coffers Received the golden earnest of our death. --Shak. 2. (Law) Something of value given by the buyer to the seller, by way of token or pledge, to bind the bargain and prove the sale. --Kent. Ayliffe. Benjamin. {Earnest money} (Law), money paid as earnest, to bind a bargain or to ratify and prove a sale. Syn: {Earnest}, {Pledge}. Usage: These words are here compared as used in their figurative sense. Earnest is not so strong as pledge. An earnest, like first fruits, gives assurance, or at least a high probability, that more is coming of the same kind; a pledge, like money deposited, affords security and ground of reliance for the future. Washington gave earnest of his talent as commander by saving his troops after Braddock's defeat; his fortitude and that of his soldiers during the winter at Valley Forge might rightly be considered a pledge of their ultimate triumph. | |
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Earnestful \Ear"nest*ful\, a. Serious. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Earnestly \Ear"nest*ly\, adv. In an earnest manner. | |
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Earnestness \Ear"nest*ness\, n. The state or quality of being earnest; intentness; anxiety. An honest earnestness in the young man's manner. --W. Irving. | |
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Earring \Ear"ring`\, n. An ornament consisting of a ring passed through the lobe of the ear, with or without a pendant. | |
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Eirenic \Ei*ren"ic\, a. Pacific. See {Irenic}. | |
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Eariness \Ear"i*ness\, n. [Scotch ery or eiry affected with fear.] Fear or timidity, especially of something supernatural. [Written also {eiryness}.] The sense of eariness, as twilight came on. --De Quincey. | |
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Sucker \Suck"er\ (s[ucr]k"[etil]r), n. 1. One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere to other bodies. 2. A suckling; a sucking animal. --Beau. & Fl. 3. The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a pump basket. --Boyle. 4. A pipe through which anything is drawn. 5. A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; -- used by children as a plaything. 6. (Bot.) A shoot from the roots or lower part of the stem of a plant; -- so called, perhaps, from diverting nourishment from the body of the plant. 7. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of North American fresh-water cyprinoid fishes of the family {Catostomid[91]}; so called because the lips are protrusile. The flesh is coarse, and they are of little value as food. The most common species of the Eastern United States are the northern sucker ({Catostomus Commersoni}), the white sucker ({C. teres}), the hog sucker ({C. nigricans}), and the chub, or sweet sucker ({Erimyzon sucetta}). Some of the large Western species are called {buffalo fish}, {red horse}, {black horse}, and {suckerel}. (b) The remora. (c) The lumpfish. (d) The hagfish, or myxine. (e) A California food fish ({Menticirrus undulatus}) closely allied to the kingfish (a); -- called also {bagre}. 8. A parasite; a sponger. See def. 6, above. They who constantly converse with men far above their estates shall reap shame and loss thereby; if thou payest nothing, they will count thee a sucker, no branch. --Fuller. 9. A hard drinker; a soaker. [Slang] 10. A greenhorn; one easily gulled. [Slang, U.S.] 11. A nickname applied to a native of Illinois. [U. S.] {Carp sucker}, {Cherry sucker}, etc. See under {Carp}, {Cherry}, etc. {Sucker fish}. See {Sucking fish}, under {Sucking}. {Sucker rod}, a pump rod. See under {Pump}. {Sucker tube} (Zo[94]l.), one of the external ambulacral tubes of an echinoderm, -- usually terminated by a sucker and used for locomotion. Called also {sucker foot}. See {Spatangoid}. | |
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Chub \Chub\, n. [This word seems to signify a large or thick fish. Cf. Sw. kubb a short and thick piece of wood, and perh. F. chabot chub.] (Zo[94]l.) A species to fresh-water fish of the {Cyprinid[91]} or Carp family. The common European species is {Leuciscus cephalus}; the cheven. In America the name is applied to various fishes of the same family, of the genera {Semotilus}, {Squalius}, {Ceratichthys}, etc., and locally to several very different fishes, as the {tautog}, {black bass}, etc. {Chub mackerel} (Zo[94]l.), a species of mackerel ({Scomber colias}) in some years found in abundance on the Atlantic coast, but absent in others; -- called also {bull mackerel}, {thimble-eye}, and {big-eye mackerel}. {Chub sucker} (Zo[94]l.), a fresh-water fish of the United States ({Erimyzon sucetta}); -- called also {creekfish}. | |
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Erinaceous \Er`i*na"ceous\, a. [L. erinaceus hedgehog.] (Zo[94]l.) Of the Hedgehog family; like, or characteristic of, a hedgehog. | |
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Hedgehog \Hedge"hog`\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) A small European insectivore ({Erinaceus Europ[91]us}), and other allied species of Asia and Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll itself into a ball so as to present the spines outwardly in every direction. It is nocturnal in its habits, feeding chiefly upon insects. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The Canadian porcupine.[U.S] 3. (Bot.) A species of {Medicago} ({M. intertexta}), the pods of which are armed with short spines; -- popularly so called. --Loudon. 4. A form of dredging machine. --Knight. {Hedgehog caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), the hairy larv[91] of several species of bombycid moths, as of the Isabella moth. It curls up like a hedgehog when disturbed. See {Woolly bear}, and {Isabella moth}. {Hedgehog fish} (Zo[94]l.), any spinose plectognath fish, esp. of the genus {Diodon}; the porcupine fish. {Hedgehog grass} (Bot.), a grass with spiny involucres, growing on sandy shores; burgrass ({Cenchrus tribuloides}). {Hedgehog rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of several West Indian rodents, allied to the porcupines, but with ratlike tails, and few quills, or only stiff bristles. The hedgehog rats belong to {Capromys}, {Plagiodon}, and allied genera. {Hedgehog shell} (Zo[94]l.), any spinose, marine, univalve shell of the genus {Murex}. {Hedgehog thistle} (Bot.), a plant of the Cactus family, globular in form, and covered with spines ({Echinocactus}). {Sea hedgehog}. See {Diodon}. | |
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Eringo \E*rin"go\, n. The sea holly. See {Eryngo}. | |
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Erinys \E*rin"ys\, n.; pl. {Erinyes}. [L., fr. Gr. [?].] (Class. Myth.) An avenging deity; one of the Furies; sometimes, conscience personified. [Written also {Erinnys}.] | |
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Erinys \E*rin"ys\, n.; pl. {Erinyes}. [L., fr. Gr. [?].] (Class. Myth.) An avenging deity; one of the Furies; sometimes, conscience personified. [Written also {Erinnys}.] | |
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Erinys \E*rin"ys\, n.; pl. {Erinyes}. [L., fr. Gr. [?].] (Class. Myth.) An avenging deity; one of the Furies; sometimes, conscience personified. [Written also {Erinnys}.] | |
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Ernest \Er"nest\, n. See {Earnest}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Ernestful \Er"nest*ful\, a. [See {Earnest}, a.] Serious. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Errancy \Er"ran*cy\, n. [L. errantia.] A wandering; state of being in error. | |
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Err \Err\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Erred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Erring} (?; 277, 85).] [F. errer, L. errare; akin to G. irren, OHG. irran, v. t., irr[?]n, v. i., OS. irrien, Sw. irra, Dan. irre, Goth, a[a1]rzjan to lead astray, airzise astray.] 1. To wander; to roam; to stray. [Archaic] [bd]Why wilt thou err from me?[b8] --Keble. What seemeth to you, if there were to a man an hundred sheep and one of them hath erred. --Wyclif (Matt. xviii. 12). 2. To deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed at. [bd]My jealous aim might err.[b8] --Shak. 3. To miss intellectual truth; to fall into error; to mistake in judgment or opinion; to be mistaken. The man may err in his judgment of circumstances. --Tillotson. 4. To deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin. Do they not err that devise evil? --Prov. xiv. 22. 5. To offend, as by erring. | |
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Erroneous \Er*ro"ne*ous\, a. [L. erroneus, fr. errare to err. See {Err}.] 1. Wandering; straying; deviating from the right course; -- hence, irregular; unnatural. [Obs.] [bd]Erroneous circulation.[b8] --Arbuthnot. Stopped much of the erroneous light, which otherwise would have disturbed the vision. --Sir I. Newman. 2. Misleading; misled; mistaking. [Obs.] An erroneous conscience commands us to do what we ought to omit. --Jer. Taylor. 3. Containing error; not conformed to truth or justice; incorrect; false; mistaken; as, an erroneous doctrine; erroneous opinion, observation, deduction, view, etc. -- {Er*ro"ne*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Er*ro"ne*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Erroneous \Er*ro"ne*ous\, a. [L. erroneus, fr. errare to err. See {Err}.] 1. Wandering; straying; deviating from the right course; -- hence, irregular; unnatural. [Obs.] [bd]Erroneous circulation.[b8] --Arbuthnot. Stopped much of the erroneous light, which otherwise would have disturbed the vision. --Sir I. Newman. 2. Misleading; misled; mistaking. [Obs.] An erroneous conscience commands us to do what we ought to omit. --Jer. Taylor. 3. Containing error; not conformed to truth or justice; incorrect; false; mistaken; as, an erroneous doctrine; erroneous opinion, observation, deduction, view, etc. -- {Er*ro"ne*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Er*ro"ne*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Erroneous \Er*ro"ne*ous\, a. [L. erroneus, fr. errare to err. See {Err}.] 1. Wandering; straying; deviating from the right course; -- hence, irregular; unnatural. [Obs.] [bd]Erroneous circulation.[b8] --Arbuthnot. Stopped much of the erroneous light, which otherwise would have disturbed the vision. --Sir I. Newman. 2. Misleading; misled; mistaking. [Obs.] An erroneous conscience commands us to do what we ought to omit. --Jer. Taylor. 3. Containing error; not conformed to truth or justice; incorrect; false; mistaken; as, an erroneous doctrine; erroneous opinion, observation, deduction, view, etc. -- {Er*ro"ne*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Er*ro"ne*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Snakeroot \Snake"root`\, n. (Bot.) Any one of several plants of different genera and species, most of which are (or were formerly) reputed to be efficacious as remedies for the bites of serpents; also, the roots of any of these. Note: The Virginia snakeroot is {Aristolochia Serpentaria}; black snakeroot is {Sanicula}, esp. {S. Marilandica}, also {Cimicifuga racemosa}; Seneca snakeroot is {Polygala Senega}; button snakeroot is {Liatris}, also {Eryngium}; white snakeroot is {Eupatorium ageratoides}. The name is also applied to some others besides these. | |
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Fitweed \Fit"weed`\, n. (Bot.) A plant ({Eryngium f[d2]tidum}) supposed to be a remedy for fits. | |
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Sea holly \Sea" hol"ly\ (Bot.) An evergeen seashore plant ({Eryngium maritimum}). See {Eryngium}. | |
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d8Eryngium \[d8]E*ryn"gi*um\ ([esl]*r[icr]n"j[icr]*[ucr]m), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'hry`ggion, dim. of 'h`ryggos eryngo; cf. L. eryngion, erynge.] (Bot.) A genus of umbelliferous plants somewhat like thistles in appearance. {Eryngium maritimum}, or sea holly, has been highly esteemed as an aphrodisiac, the roots being formerly candied. | |
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{Ground rattlesnake} (Zo[94]l.), a small rattlesnake ({Caudisona, [or] Sistrurus, miliaria}) of the Southern United States, having a small rattle. It has nine large scales on its head. {Rattlesnake fern} (Bot.), a common American fern ({Botrychium Virginianum}) having a triangular decompound frond and a long-stalked panicle of spore cases rising from the middle of the frond. {Rattlesnake grass} (Bot.), a handsome American grass ({Glyceria Canadensis}) with an ample panicle of rather large ovate spikelets, each one composed of imbricated parts and slightly resembling the rattle of the rattlesnake. Sometimes called {quaking grass}. {Rattlesnake plantain} (Bot.), See under {Plantain}. {Rattlesnake root} (Bot.), a name given to certain American species of the composite genus {Prenanthes} ({P. alba} and {P. serpentaria}), formerly asserted to cure the bite of the rattlesnake. Calling also {lion's foot}, {gall of the earth}, and {white lettuce}. {Rattlesnake's master} (Bot.) (a) A species of Agave ({Agave Virginica}) growing in the Southern United States. (b) An umbelliferous plant ({Eryngium yucc[91]folium}) with large bristly-fringed linear leaves. (c) A composite plant, the blazing star ({Liatris squarrosa}). {Rattlesnake weed} (Bot.), a plant of the composite genus {Hieracium} ({H. venosum}); -- probably so named from its spotted leaves. See also {Snakeroot}. | |
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Eryngo \E*ryn"go\, n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Eryngium. | |
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Sulphur \Sul"phur\, n. [L., better sulfur: cf. F. soufre.] 1. (Chem.) A nonmetallic element occurring naturally in large quantities, either combined as in the sulphides (as pyrites) and sulphates (as gypsum), or native in volcanic regions, in vast beds mixed with gypsum and various earthy materials, from which it is melted out. Symbol S. Atomic weight 32. The specific gravity of ordinary octohedral sulphur is 2.05; of prismatic sulphur, 1.96. Note: It is purified by distillation, and is obtained as a lemon-yellow powder (by sublimation), called flour, or flowers, of sulphur, or in cast sticks called roll sulphur, or brimstone. It burns with a blue flame and a peculiar suffocating odor. It is an ingredient of gunpowder, is used on friction matches, and in medicine (as a laxative and insecticide), but its chief use is in the manufacture of sulphuric acid. Sulphur can be obtained in two crystalline modifications, in orthorhombic octahedra, or in monoclinic prisms, the former of which is the more stable at ordinary temperatures. Sulphur is the type, in its chemical relations, of a group of elements, including selenium and tellurium, called collectively the sulphur group, or family. In many respects sulphur resembles oxygen. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of yellow or orange butterflies of the subfamily {Pierin[91]}; as, the clouded sulphur ({Eurymus, [or] Colias, philodice}), which is the common yellow butterfly of the Eastern United States. {Amorphous sulphur} (Chem.), an elastic variety of sulphur of a resinous appearance, obtained by pouring melted sulphur into water. On standing, it passes back into a brittle crystalline modification. {Liver of sulphur}. (Old Chem.) See {Hepar}. {Sulphur acid}. (Chem.) See {Sulphacid}. {Sulphur alcohol}. (Chem.) See {Mercaptan}. {Sulphur auratum} [L.] (Old Chem.), a golden yellow powder, consisting of antimonic sulphide, {Sb2S5}, -- formerly a famous nostrum. {Sulphur base} (Chem.), an alkaline sulphide capable of acting as a base in the formation of sulphur salts according to the old dual theory of salts. [Archaic] {Sulphur dioxide} (Chem.), a colorless gas, {SO2}, of a pungent, suffocating odor, produced by the burning of sulphur. It is employed chiefly in the production of sulphuric acid, and as a reagent in bleaching; -- called also {sulphurous anhydride}, and formerly {sulphurous acid}. {Sulphur ether} (Chem.), a sulphide of hydrocarbon radicals, formed like the ordinary ethers, which are oxides, but with sulphur in the place of oxygen. {Sulphur salt} (Chem.), a salt of a sulphacid; a sulphosalt. {Sulphur showers}, showers of yellow pollen, resembling sulphur in appearance, often carried from pine forests by the wind to a great distance. {Sulphur trioxide} (Chem.), a white crystalline solid, {SO3}, obtained by oxidation of sulphur dioxide. It dissolves in water with a hissing noise and the production of heat, forming sulphuric acid, and is employed as a dehydrating agent. Called also {sulphuric anhydride}, and formerly {sulphuric acid}. {Sulphur whale}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sulphur-bottom}. {Vegetable sulphur} (Bot.), lycopodium powder. See under {Lycopodium}. | |
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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Earing an Old English word (from the Latin aro, I plough), meaning "ploughing." It is used in the Authorized Version in Gen. 45:6; Ex. 34:21; 1 Sam. 8:12; Deut. 21:4; Isa. 30:24; but the Revised Version has rendered the original in these places by the ordinary word to plough or till. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Earnest The Spirit is the earnest of the believer's destined inheritance (2 Cor. 1:22; 5:5; Eph. 1:14). The word thus rendered is the same as that rendered "pledge" in Gen. 38:17-20; "indeed, the Hebrew word has simply passed into the Greek and Latin languages, probably through commercial dealings with the Phoenicians, the great trading people of ancient days. Originally it meant no more than a pledge; but in common usage it came to denote that particular kind of pledge which is a part of the full price of an article paid in advance; and as it is joined with the figure of a seal when applied to the Spirit, it seems to be used by Paul in this specific sense." The Spirit's gracious presence and working in believers is a foretaste to them of the blessedness of heaven. God is graciously pleased to give not only pledges but foretastes of future blessedness. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Earrings rings properly for the ear (Gen. 35:4; Num. 31:50; Ezek. 16:12). In Gen. 24:47 the word means a nose-jewel, and is so rendered in the Revised Version. In Isa. 3:20 the Authorized Version has "ear-rings," and the Revised Version "amulets," which more correctly represents the original word (lehashim), which means incantations; charms, thus remedies against enchantment, worn either suspended from the neck or in the ears of females. Ear-rings were ornaments used by both sexes (Ex. 32:2). |