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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Sun-Dial
• Sun
Thompson Chain Reference
• Sun-Stroke
• Sun-Dial
• Sun, the
Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Sun (Worship?)
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Sun, the
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Sun
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• Sun
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Sun
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Sun
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Sun
• City of the Sun
• Chariots of the Sun
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Sun
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Sun
King James Dictionary
• Sun
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Sun-Dial
• Sun of Righteousness
• Sun
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• With the Fair Sun of Easter Morn
• See the Golden Sun Arise!
• Jesu, Salvation's Sun Divine
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Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Sun
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Sun
• Eclipse of The Sun
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Sun
• Sun
Wilson's Bible Types
• Sun
Webster Dictionary
• Sunning
• Sunned
• Sun-Struck
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Sun
• Sun Copying
• Sun Yat-Sen
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Chariots of the Sun
• Destruction, City of; Heliopolis; City of the Sun
• Horses of the Sun
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Chariots of the Sun.
• Sun
• Sun, Children of
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• City of the Sun
• Sun, the
• Sun-Worship
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Sun
• Sun, Blessing of the
• Sun, Rising and Setting of the
Lexicons
• ܡܰܥܪܒ݂ܳܐ
• ܫܶܡܫܳܐ
• ἥλιος
• אוֹר
• חַמָּה
• חֶרֶס חֶרֶס, , חַרְסָה
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The Bible recognizes that the sun exercises control over certain processes of life in the world, and it sees this as a sign that God created the world and continues to care for it (Genesis 1:14-18; Deuteronomy 33:13-14; Matthew 5:45). The sun is a symbol of permanency and endurance (Psalms 72:5; Psalms 72:17; Psalms 89:36), but it is not eternal. It is something God has created, and therefore it must not become an object of worship (Deuteronomy 4:19; Psalms 136:7-9; Ezekiel 8:16-18; Romans 1:18-23). The sun was darkened at the time of Jesus’ crucifixion, and will be darkened again at the time of his return to judge the world (Matthew 27:45; Mark 13:24-27).