Lectionary Calendar
Sunday, May 19th, 2024
Pentacost
Attention!
We are taking food to Ukrainians still living near the front lines. You can help by getting your church involved.
Click to donate today!

Bible Dictionaries
Familiar

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Prev Entry
Fallow-Deer
Next Entry
Family
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links

FAMILIAR . The expression ‘familiar spirit’ was taken into the AV [Note: Authorized Version.] from the Geneva Version, as the trans. of Heb. ’obh . See Magic, etc. The word is also used as a subst. in Jeremiah 20:10 ‘All my familiars watched for my halting’ (RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘familiar friends,’ Heb. ‘men of my place’).

Bibliography Information
Hastings, James. Entry for 'Familiar'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​f/familiar.html. 1909.
 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile