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Yarn Encyclopedia — yarn. See LINEN ; SPINNING ; WEAVING .…

YARN Found Dictionary — only in 1 Kings 10:28, 2 Chronicles 1:16. The Hebrews word mikveh, i.e., “a stringing together,” so rendered, rather signifies a host, or company, or a string of horses. …

Yea Encyclopedia — ya. 1. In the Old Testament: ('aph, "also," "moreover," "yea" ( 1Sa 21:5 the King James Version; 1Sa 24:11 , etc.), gam, "also," "likewise," "moreover," "yea" ( 2Ki 2:3 ;…

Year Encyclopedia — yer (shanah, Aramaic shenah, "a return" (of the sun), like the Greek eniautos; yamim, "days," is also used for "year," and the Greek hemerai, corresponds to it ( Jos 13:1…

YEAR Hebrews Dictionary — shanah, meaning “repetition” or “revolution” (Genesis 1: 14; 5:3). Among the ancient Egyptians the year consisted of twelve months of thirty days each, with five days add…

Years, Seventy Encyclopedia — See SEVENTY YEARS .…

Yellow Encyclopedia — yel'-o. See COLORS .…

YESHEBIthe Hebrew Dictionary — word rendered “inhabitants” in Joshua 17:7, but probably rather the name of the village Yeshepheh, probably Yassuf, 8 miles south of Shechem.…

Yodh Encyclopedia — yod "y": The 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet; transliterated in this Encyclopedia as "y". It came also to be used for the number 10. See JOB, and for name, etc., see A…

Yoke Dictionary & Encyclopedia — (1.) Fitted on the neck of oxen for the purpose of binding to them the traces by which they might draw the plough, etc. (Numbers 19:2; Deuteronomy 21:3). It was a curved …

Yoke-Fellow Dictionary & Encyclopedia — (Phil. 4:3), one of the apostle’s fellow-labourers. Some have conjectured that Epaphroditus is meant. Wyckliffe renders the phrase “the german felowe”, i.e., “thee, germa…

Young; Men, Young Women Encyclopedia — yung, (bachur, na`ar; neanias, neaniskos): "Young man" is generally in the Old Testament the translation of bachur, from bachar, "to prove," "to choose," and of na`ar (li…