Lectionary Calendar
Sunday, December 22nd, 2024
the Fourth Week of Advent
the Fourth Week of Advent
advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
Attention!
Tired of seeing ads while studying? Now you can enjoy an "Ads Free" version of the site for as little as 10¢ a day and support a great cause!
Click here to learn more!
Click here to learn more!
Bible Dictionaries
Spider
American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Search for…
or Resource Toolbox
Additional Links
A well-known insect, remarkable for the thread which it spins, and with which it forms a web of curious texture, but so frail that it is exposed to be broken and destroyed by the slightest accident. To the slenderness of this filmy workmanship Job compares the hope of the wicked, Job 8:14 . So also in Isaiah 59:5 , it is shown that the works of sinners are utterly inadequate to cover or protect them. In Proverbs 30:28 , it is said in our version that "the spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces;" but the Hebrew employs here a different word, which signifies, according to the best interpreters, a species of lizard frequent in Palestine.
Copyright Statement
These files are public domain and are a derivative of the topics are from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary published in 1859.
These files are public domain and are a derivative of the topics are from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary published in 1859.
Bibliography Information
Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Spider'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ats/s/spider.html. 1859.
Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Spider'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ats/s/spider.html. 1859.
