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Smith's Bible Dictionary
•The editions of Beta and Elzevir .—The Greek text of Beta (dedicated to Queen Elizabeth) was
printed by H. Stephens in 1565 and a second edition in 1576; but the chief edition was the third,
printed in 1582, which contained readings from Codez Bezae and Codex Clarontontanus . The
literal sense of the apostolic, writings must be gained in the same way as the literal sense of any
other writings-by the fullest use of every appliance of scholarship, and the most complete confidence
in the necessary and absolute connection of words and thoughts. No variation of phrase, no
peculiarity of idiom, no change of tense, no change of order, can be neglected. The truth lies in
the whole expression, and no one can presume to set aside any part as trivial or indifferent. The
importance of investigating most patiently and most faithfully the literal meaning of the sacred
text must be felt with tenfold force when it is remembered that the literal sense is the outward
embodiment of a spiritual sense, which lies beneath and quickens every part of Holy Scripture,
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Neziah
(pre-eminent). The descendants of Neziah were among the Nethinim who returned with
Zerubbabel, (Ezra 2:54; Nehemiah 7:56) (B.C.536.)
Nezib
(garrison, pillar), a city of Judah, (Joshua 15:43) only, in the district of the Shefelah or lowland,
one of the same group with Keilah and Mareshah. To Eusebius and Jerome it was evidently known.
They place it on the road between Eleutheropolis and Hebron, seven or nine miles from the former,
and there it still stands under the almost identical name of Beit Nusib or Chirbeh Nasib .
Nibhaz
(the barker), a deity of the Avites, introduced by them into Samaria in the time of Shalmaneser.
(2 Kings 17:31) The rabbins derived the name from a Hebrew root nabach, “to bark,” and hence
assigned to it the figure of a dog, or a dog-headed man. The Egyptians worshipped the dog. Some
indications of this worship have been found in Syria, a colossal figure of a dog having formerly
stood at a point between Berytus and Tripolis.
Nibshan
(soft soil) one of the six cities of Judah, (Joshua 15:62) which were in the district of the Midbar
(Authorized Version “wilderness”).
Nicanor
(conqueror).
•Son of Patroclus, 2 Macc. 8:9, a general who was engaged in the Jewish wars under Antiochus
Epiphanes and Demetrius I. 1 Macc. 3:38; 4; 7:26,49. (B.C. 160.)
•One of the first seven deacons. Acts 6:5.
Nicodemus
(conqueror of the people), a Pharisee, a ruler of the Jews and a teacher of Israel, (John 3:1,10)
whose secret visit to our Lord was the occasion of the discourse recorded only by St. John. In
Nicodemus a noble candor and a simple love of truth shine out in the midst of hesitation and fear
of man. He finally became a follower of Christ, and came with Joseph of Arimathaea to take down
and embalm the body of Jesus.
Nicolaitans
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William Smith