The Illustrated Bible Dictionary
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YARN Found — only in 1 Kings 10:28, 2 Chronicles 1:16. The Hebrews word mikveh, i.e., “a stringing together,” so rendered, …
YEAR Hebrews — shanah, meaning “repetition” or “revolution” (Genesis 1: 14; 5:3). Among the ancient Egyptians the year consis…
YESHEBIthe Hebrew — word rendered “inhabitants” in Joshua 17:7, but probably rather the name of the village Yeshepheh, probably Ya…
Yoke — (1.) Fitted on the neck of oxen for the purpose of binding to them the traces by which they might draw the plo…
Yoke-Fellow — (Phil. 4:3), one of the apostle’s fellow-labourers. Some have conjectured that Epaphroditus is meant. Wyckliff…