-Created by God Genesis 1:16; Job 26:13; Psalms 8:3; 33:6; 136:7, 9; Amos 5:8

-Differ in splendor 1Corinthians 15:41

-Worship of, forbidden Deuteronomy 4:19

-Worshiped 2Kings 17:16; 21:3; 23:5; Jeremiah 19:13; Amos 5:26; Zephaniah 1:5; Acts 7:42, 43

-Constellations of Isaiah 13:10

-Orion Job 9:9; Amos 5:8

-Serpent Job 26:13

-Planets 2Kings 23:5

-The Morning Star Job 38:7; Revelation 2:28; 22:16

-The moon .See MOON

-Darkening of Job 9:7; Ecclesiastes 12:2; Isaiah 13:10; 34:4; Joel 2:10; 3:15; Revelation 8:11, 12

-Comets Jude 1:13

-Falling of Daniel 8:10; Matthew 24:29; Mark 13:25; Revelation 6:13; 8:10; 9:1; 12:4

-FIGURATIVE .Of the deliverer Numbers 24:17 .Seven stars of the seven congregations Revelation 1:16, 20 .Crown of twelve stars Revelation 12:1

-See CHURCH and STATE

-See GOVERNMENT

-Wisdom in Proverbs 28:2

-School in Daniel 1:3-5

-Skilled in -INSTANCES OF .Joseph Genesis 47:15-26 .Samuel 1Samuel 11:12-15 .Nathan 1Kings 1:11-14 .Jeroboam 1Kings 12:26-33
.Daniel .See DANIEL
.See GOVERNMENT
.See KINGS
.See RULERS

-Used as weapons Matthew 26:47; Mark 14:43

-SYMBOLICAL Zechariah 11:7-14

-See DECISION

-See PERSEVERANCE

-See STABILITY

-See THEFT

-Bows of 2Samuel 22:35; Job 20:24; Psalms 18:34

-Strength of Jeremiah 15:12

-In each of the above references, the R. V. renders the translation as "brass."

-A Christian in Corinth, whose household Paul baptized 1Corinthians 1:16; 16:15, 17

-(A Christian martyr) -Appointed one of the committee of seven to oversee the daily ministration Acts 6:3, 5, 6

-Faith and power of Acts 6:5, 8-10

-False charges against Acts 6:11-15

-Defense of Acts 7

-Stoned Acts 7:54-60; 8:1; 22:20

-Burial of Acts 8:2

-Gentle and forgiving spirit of Acts 7:59, 60

-(Of women) -See BARRENNESS

-General scriptures concerning Genesis 15:2; 43:19; 1Chronicles 28:1; Luke 8:3

-FIGURATIVE .The faithful steward described Luke 12:35-38, 42 .The unfaithful, described Luke 16:1-8 .See the parable .Of the pounds Luke 19:12-27 .Of the talents Matthew 25:14-30 .Must be faithful 1Corinthians 4:1, 2; Titus 1:7; 1Peter 4:10

-Used as cymbals Ezekiel 37:16

-See IMPENITENT

-See OBDURACY

-Feet fastened in, as a punishment Job 13:27; 33:11; Proverbs 7:22

-In prisons Jeremiah 20:2; Acts 16:24

-(A Greek philosophy, inculcating doctrines of severe morality, self-denials, and inconvenience) -Scripture analogies to .John the Baptist wore camel's hair and subsisted on locusts and wild honey Matthew 3:4 .Came "neither eating nor drinking," Matthew 11:18; Luke 7:33

-Jesus requires self-denial and "crosses," Matthew 10:38, 39; 16:24; Mark 8:34, 35; Luke 9:23-26; 14:27

-The subordination of natural affection Matthew 10:37; Luke 14:26

-Paul teaches .That the "law of the mind" is at war with the "law of the members," Romans 7:23 with Romans 7:14-24 .That the body must be kept under subjection 1Corinthians 9:27 .Celibacy 1Corinthians 7:1-9, 25, 26, 32, 33, 39, 40

-School of, at Athens Acts 17:18

-See ASCETICISM

-See STOICISM

-See ASCETICISM

-An article of dress Isaiah 3:24

-Commandments engraved upon Exodus 24:12; 31:18; 34:1-4; Deuteronomy 4:13; 5:22; 9:9-11; 10:1-3

-The law of Moses written upon Joshua 8:32

-Houses built of Isaiah 9:10; Amos 5:11

-Temple built of 1Kings 5:17, 18; 7:9-12; Matthew 24:2; Luke 19:44; 21:5, 6

-Prepared in the quarries 1Kings 6:7

-Hewn (cut) Exodus 34:1; Deuteronomy 10:1; 1Kings 5:17; 6:36; 7:9; 2Kings 12:12; 22:6; 1Chronicles 22:2; 2Chronicles 34:11; Lamentations 3:9

-Sawed 1Kings 7:9

-Hewers (stone-cutters) of 1Kings 5:18; 2Kings 12:12; 1Chronicles 22:15

-City walls built of Nehemiah 4:3

-Memorial pillars of Genesis 28:18-22; 31:45-52; Joshua 4:2-9, 20-24; 24:25; 1Samuel 7:12

-Great, as landmarks (Some Hebrew mss. have "Abel") 1Samuel 6:18

-Ezel 1Samuel 20:19

-Zoheleth 1Kings 1:9

-Thrown upon accursed ground 2Kings 3:19, 25

-Used .In building altars Joshua 8:31 .For weighing (margin) Leviticus 19:36 .For closing graves Matthew 27:60; Mark 15:46; 16:3

-Tombs hewn in Matthew 27:60; Mark 15:46; 16:3

-Idols made of Deuteronomy 4:28; 28:36, 64; 29:17; 2Kings 19:18; Isaiah 37:19; Ezekiel 20:32

-Great, in Solomon's temple 1Kings 5:17, 18; 7:9-12

-Magnificent, in Herod the Great's temple Mark 13:1

-Skill in throwing Judges 20:16; 1Chronicles 12:2

-See SLINGS

-See ADAMANT

-See CHALCEDONY

-See MARBLE

-See ONYX

-See PILLARS

-See PRECIOUS below

-FIGURATIVE Genesis 49:24; Zechariah 3:9 .Of temptation, "Stone of Stumbling," Isaiah 8:14; Romans 9:33; 1Peter 2:8 .Of Christ, "a Tested Stone," "a Precious Stone," "a Sure Foundation," Isaiah 28:16 .Of Christ's rejection, the rejected Conerstone Psalms 118:22; Matthew 21:42-44; Mark 12:10; Luke 20:17, 18; Acts 4:11; 1Peter 2:4 .The True Foundation Isaiah 28:16; Matthew 16:18; 1Corinthians 3:11; Ephesians 2:20; Revelation 21:14 .Of Christ, the Water of Life 1Corinthians 10:4 .Of the impenitent heart Ezekiel 36:26 .Of the witness of the Spirit, the white stone Revelation 2:17

-SYMBOLICAL .Of the kingdom of Christ Daniel 2:34, 45

-PRECIOUS .In the breastplate and ephod Exodus 28:9-21; 39:6-14 .Voluntary offerings of, by the Israelites for the breastplate and ephod Exodus 35:27 .Exported from Sheba 1Kings 10:2, 10; 2Chronicles 9:9, 10; Ezekiel 27:22 .Ophir 1Kings 10:11 .Partial catalogue of Ezekiel 28:13 .Seen in the foundation of the New Jerusalem in John's apocalyptic vision Revelation 21:19, 20 .In the crowns of kings 2Samuel 12:30; 1Chronicles 20:2

-FIGURATIVE Isaiah 54:11, 12
.See AGATE
.See AMETHYST
.See BERYL
.See CARBUNCLE
.See CHRYSOLYTE
.See CHRYSOPRASUS
.See CORAL
.See CRYSTAL
.See DIAMOND
.See EMERALD
.See JACINTH
.See JASPER
.See LIGURE
.See RUBY
.See SAPPHIRE
.See SARDIUS
.See SARDONYX
.See TOPAZ