Bible Names, Places, Numbers, Symbols, and Types
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If a name or place has more than one meaning attached to it, or has more than one individual or place attached to it, each variant will be list as follows (2) (3), etc.
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| Eagle | Type of Wisdom; Type of Bible |
Earth |
Type of Human society, social order |
| Earthquake | Type of Revolution |
| Eat | Type of Absorb; Type of Coming into harmony with covenant |
| Eber | The Region Beyond, One From Beyond, He Who Passed Over; One That Passes; Anger; The father of Peleg and the son of Shelah, son of Arpachshad, third son of Shem (Genesis 10:24); Shem was the father "of all the familes of Eber." Eber was the father of Joktan, ancestor of the Arabs, and of Peleg, ancestor of the Hebrews. (Genesis 10:22, 25-30; 11: 18-26); Eber designates the region where the people descended from Arphaxad lived the longest, indicating the district of Arrapachitis on the upper Zab, in the neighborhood of Assyria. (Numbers 25:24) (2) A chief of the Gadites (1 Chronicles 5:13); (3) A son of Elpaal of the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 8:12); (4) A son of Shashak of the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 8:22); (5) A chief of Levi, out of the family of Amok when Joiakim was high priest in post-exilic Israel (Nehemiah 12:20). |
| Eden | Pleasure, Park; Probably somewhere in Armenia in the highlands W. of Mt. Ararat; 500 ft. above sea level; four rivers emerged from it, Euphrates (Parat, Fruitful), Tigris (Hiddekel-Keen, Frivolity, flows S. into the Persian Gulf) , Pishon (Shaking Region) and Gihon (Gusher, not known today); (2) a place that supplied the luxury goods of Tyre, S.W. of Mesopotamian; (3) Beth-Eden “house of pleasure” this was the country residence of the Kings of Damascus. |
| Edom | Type of Christendom |
Edomites |
Today’s Arabs (Esau); present day Southern Jordan (territory of Mt. Seir); S end of the Dead Sea; Southward to Agaba on the Red Sea; |
| Egypt | Land of Ham, Double Distressed, Temple of Ptah (from the Greek word Aiguptos, form the Egyptian Hwt-Ptah); Egypt was settled by the descendents of Mizraim son of Ham; The Egyptians called the land Keme (Black Land); Type of World or the Western World |
Eight |
Represents the resurrection (Jesus was resurrected on the 8th day (the day after the Sabbath); Rite of circumcision on the 8th Day, indicates the Saints bear the mark of the Cov. With God (Col. 2:11); height in cubits for furniture (except laver and candlestick) = 8 (Ark 1.5 +; Incense Altar 2.0 +; Table of showbread 1.5+; Altar of burnt offerings 3.0= 8 |
Eight (82) |
x(or 64) Represents the first resurrection of saints to the Divine Nature |
| Eighteen hundred and seventy eight (1878) | Israel gains statehood in 1948 (1878+70=1948) Luke 21 (Fig tree) 70 years=a generation; Psalm 90:10=a day (life) is 70 years (See 1878, 1897, 1917, 1948, 1921,1923) |
| Eighteen hundred and ninety seven (1897) | Israel gets Jerusalem (Six Day War) (1897+70=1967)Luke 21 (Fig tree) 70 years=a generation; Psalm 90:10=a day (life) is 70 year (See 1878, 1897, 1917, 1948, 1921,1923) |
Eight Hundred and Ten (810) |
Interior cubit capacity of the Most Holy = 810 cubit cubits |
| Elam | Hiden; Son of Shem, ancestor of the Persians; (2) A region named first mentioned in the War of Four Against Five Kings (Genesis 14:1); (3) A Persian Province (also called Elymais) (Jeremiah 49:36, Isaiah 21:2, Ezra 4:9); (4) A Korahite gatekeeper (1 Chronicles 26:3); (5) A member of the tribe of Benjamin; (6) A signer of the covenant in Nehemiah 10:14; (7) The father of Shecaniah, son of Jehiel who admitted Israel's guilt in marrying foreign women (Ezra 10:2) (8) Two heads of families that came back from exile (Ezra 2:7 and 2:31); (9) A priest present at the dedication of the wall in Jerusalem (Nehemiah 12:42). |
| Elisha | God is Salvation, God Supports; The prophet who succeeded the prophet Elijah (1 Kings 19:16); |
| Elishah | God Supports, God is My Salvation; Son of Javan. Grandson of Japheth; (2) Area somewhere in Greece (Ezekiel 27:7) |
| Ellasar | Rebellious God, Onto Rebellion, Revolting from God; The territory of king Arioch of Ellasar, Location unknown but probably in the vicinity of Babylonia and Elymais. (Genesis 14:1). |
| Emites | Terrors; From Emmi; Rephaim; occupied the country beyond the Jordan, in the territory of Moab; Defeated by Chedorlaomer and allies in Shaveh-Kiriathaim. |
| Enoch | Dedicated; eldest son of Cain, (2) city the first Enoch named after himself; (3) Son of Jared and father of Methuselah; 7th in line from Adam; he walked with God (praise only used for Enoch and Noah), taken by God was no more from ayin (nothing or nought), He was 365 when taken, hidden in the grave, picture of the Church; Ancestor of Jesus; He died in faith (Heb. 4:13) |
| Enosh | Mortal, Man, Weak but Social Individual; Same as Enos, Son of Seth, Ancestor of Jesus |
| Erech | Lengh; A city founded by Nimrod (Genesis 10:10; Archevites may have resided there (Ezra 4:9) |
Euphrates |
That makes fruitful; called in the bible “the river”; Longest, largest river in W Asia; Rises from 2 sources in Armenian Mts and flows into the Persian Gulf; 1780 miles; 2/3rds navigable; Babylon stood on its banks; Type people who support Babylon |
| Eve | Life; Wife of Adam |