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  • DabbeshethDabbesheth (camel's hump) (Нав. Нав XIX, 11) — a city on the boundary of the tribe of Zebulun.
  • DaberathDaberath (to pasture, to drive to pasture, hence a pasture, enclosure) (Нав. Нав XIX, 12) — at first gl
  • DacubiDacubi. See (II Ездр. 2Ездр V, 28). In I Ездр. 1Ездр II, 42 the name reads: Akkub.
  • DagonDagon (some think this word derives from dagan — corn, others from dag — large fish)
  • DalanDalan. See (II Ездр. 2Ездр V, 37). The same name in I Ездр. 1Ездр II, 60 reads Delaiah, and in Неем. VI
  • DalmanuthaDalmanutha (Мар. Мк VIII, 10) — the name of a village near Magdala, as is evident from a comparison of
  • DalmatiaDalmatia (II Тим. 2Тим IV, 10) — a mountainous region on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea; formerl
  • DalphonDalphon (a Persian word) (Есф. Эсф X, 7) — the second of the ten sons of Haman, put to death by the Jew
  • DamarisDamaris (young heifer) (Деян. Деян XVII, 34) — an Athenian woman converted to Christ by the holy Apostl
  • DamascusDamascus (from Serbian: place of activity, bustle) (Быт. Быт XV, 2) — the capital of ancient Syria, for
  • Dan (city)Dan (city) (Быт. Быт XIV, 14, Нав. Нав XIX, 47, Суд. Суд XVIII, 29) — the city of Dan was rebuilt from
  • Dan (merchant city)Dan (city) (Иез. Иез XXXVII, 19) traded with Tyre and Joppa, dealing in iron, cassia, and fragrant cala
  • Dan (patriarch)Dan (judge). He was so named because Rachel at his birth said: God hath judged me, and hath also he
  • Dan-jaanDan-jaan (II Цар. 2Цар XXIV, 6) is mentioned only in the cited passage. It lay between Gilead and Sidon
  • DanielDaniel (judge of God, that is, one who reveals God's will):
  • DannahDannah (low country) (Нав. Нав XV, 49) — a city in the mountains of the tribe of Judah. Its precise loc
  • DaphneDaphne (laurel tree) (II Мак. 2Мак IV, 33) — a celebrated grove and shrine of Apollo and Artemis near S
  • DaraDara (pearl of wisdom) (I Пар. 1Пар II, 6) — one of the sons of Zerah.
  • DardaDarda (pearl of wisdom) (III Цар. 3Цар IV, 31) — a sage, contemporary with Solomon. He is mentioned amo
  • DaricsDarics. A Persian oval gold coin, bearing on it the image of the king in a crown, kneeling and holding
  • DariusDarius (Persian: king, sovereign; on ancient monuments: Dariavush) — the name of several kings mentione
  • DarkonDarkon (bearer) (I Ездр. 1Ездр II, 56, Неем. Неем VII, 58) — a servant of Solomon; his descendants retu
  • DathanDathan (spring) (Числ. Чис XVI, 1–26, Втор. Втор XI, 6, Пс. Пс CV, 17) — a Reubenite, son of Eliab, who
  • DathemaDathema (I Мак. 1Мак V, 9) — a fortress in Gilead in which Jews persecuted by the pagans took refuge in
  • DavidDavid (beloved) (I Цар. 1Цар XVI, 13) — was the youngest son of Jesse, of the tribe of Judah, great-gra
  • DayDay (see Biblical Chronology). Holy Scripture mentions various hours of the day, namely:
  • Day of AtonementDay of Atonement (Лев. Лев XVI, 2–34, Лев XXIII, 26–32) — the tenth day of the seventh month (by our re
  • DeaconDeacon (a Greek word meaning: servant) (Флп. Флп I, 1, I Тим. 1Тим III, 8–12) — so called because the d
  • DeaconessDeaconess. The institution of deaconesses goes back to Apostolic times: I commend unto you Phebe ou
  • DebirDebir, or Kirjath-sepher, otherwise Kirjath-sannah (Нав. Нав X, 38, 39, Нав XI, 21, Суд. Суд I, 14; I П
  • Debir (king)Debir (scribe) (Нав. Нав X, 3) — the name of the king of Eglon, hanged by Joshua together with four oth
  • DeborahDeborah (bee) — the names of two women:
  • Deborah (grandmother of Tobit)Deborah (bee) (Тов. Тов I, 8) — the grandmother of Tobit, in whose home he was raised and to whose infl
  • DecapolisDecapolis (Мф. Мф IV, 25, Мар. Мк V, 20) — generally described as a region of the half-tribe of Manasse
  • DedanDedan (low-lying) — the names of two localities:
  • DehavitesDehavites (in Syriac: the wise) (I Ездр. 1Ездр IV, 9) — the name of a people who originally lived in th
  • DelaiahDelaiah (the Lord is deliverer) — the name of the following five persons:
  • DelilahDelilah (wretched, poor, miserable) (Суд. Суд XVI, 4) — a Philistine woman of loose morals, living in t
  • DelosDelos (I Мак. 1Мак XV, 23) — the smallest of the Cyclades islands in the Aegean Sea, considered by myth
  • DemonDemon (Тов. Тов VI, 8) — an evil spirit by which Sara, daughter of Raguel, who lived in Ecbatana of Med
  • Demon, demonsDemon, demons — evil spirits who serve the devil and together with him constitute the kingdom of darkne
  • Demoniac, demoniacsDemoniac, demoniacs (Мф. Мф IV, 24, Мар. Мк 1, 23, Лук. Лк VI, 35, Иоан. Ин X, 20, 21 и др.) — persons
  • DemophonDemophon (II Мак. 2Мак XII, 2) — a Syrian military commander in Palestine under Antiochus Eupator V.
  • DerbeDerbe (meaning of the word unknown) (Деян. Деян XX, 4) — a city in Lycaonia, Asia Minor. Its exact loca
  • DesanDesan. See (II Ездр. 2Ездр 31). In the parallel passages I Ездр. 1Ездр II, 48 and Неем. Неем VII, 50 th
  • DessauDessau (II Мак. 2Мак XIV, 16) — the site of a battle in Judea between Judas Maccabeus and Nicanor, gene
  • DeuteronomyDeuteronomy . See Moses , Pentateuch of Moses.
  • DevilDevil (from the Greek: slanderer, deceiver) — evil angels are called devils on account of their cunning
  • DiamondDiamond (adamant) (Исх. Исх XXVIII, 18, Иез. Иез III, 9) — the third precious stone in the second row of the stones of t
  • DianaDiana. See Artemis.
  • DiblaimDiblaim (softness and pleasantness of the taste of fruits) (Осии Ос I, 3) — the name of the father or m
  • DibriDibri (my word) (Лев. Лев XXIV, 14):
  • Dishes, Cups, FlagonsDishes, cups, flagons, and the like (deep cups, vessels with flat bottoms and low rims) (Исх. Исх XXV,
  • DivinationDivination (Иез. Иез XII, 24, Иез XIII, 6, Ис. Ис VIII, 10; Иер. Иер XXIX, 8, Лев. Лев XIX, 26; Числ. Ч
  • Diviner, SoothsayerDiviner, soothsayer (Втор. Втор XVIII, 10) — a person who guesses or foretells the future. In the cited
  • DoveDove (Быт. Быт VIII, 9) — a clean bird by Mosaic law, frequently mentioned in Holy Scripture. In the wi
  • Drink OfferingDrink offering (Числ. Чис XV, 5, Чис XXVIII, 7, 8, 10 и пр. IV Цар. 4Цар XVI, 13) — an Old Testament ri
  • DuraDura (circle, circumference) (Дан. Дан III, 1) — a broad plain in the land of Babylon on which Nebuchad
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