BUTLER
properly a servant in charge of the wine (Gen. 40:1;41:9). The Hebrew word, _mashkeh_, thus translated is rendered also (plural) "cup-bearers" (1-Kings 10:5; 2-Chr 9:4). Nehemiah (1:11) was cup-bearer to king Artaxerxes. It was a position of great responsibility and honour in royal households.......
BUTTER
(Heb. hemah), curdled milk (Gen. 18:8; Judg. 5:25; 2-Sam 17:29), or butter in the form of the skim of hot milk or cream, called by the Arabs kaimak, a semi-fluid (Job 20:17;29:6; Deut. 32:14). The words of Prov. 30:33 have been rendered by some "the pressure [not churning] of milk bringeth forth cheese."......
SACKBUT
(Chald. sabkha; Gr. sambuke), a Syrian stringed instrument resembling a harp (Dan. 3:5, Dan. 3: 7, 10, 15); not the modern sackbut, which is a wind instrument. ......
TRIBUTE
a tax imposed by a king on his subjects (2-Sam 20:24; 1-Kings 4:6; Rom. 13:6). In Matt. 17:24 the word denotes the temple rate (the "didrachma," the "half-shekel," as rendered by the R.V.) which was required to be paid for the support of the temple by every Jew above twenty years of age (Exo 30:12; 2-Kings 12:4; 2-Chr 24:6, 2-Chr 24: 9). It was not a civil but a religious tax. In Matt. 22:17, Ma......
FAIR HAVENS
a harbour in the south of Crete, some 5 miles to the east of which was the town of Lasea (Acts 27:8). Here the ship of Alexandria in which Paul and his companions sailed was detained a considerable time waiting for a favourable wind. Contrary to Paul's advice, the master of the ship determined to prosecute the voyage, as the harbour was deemed incommodious for wintering in (9-12). The result was t......
HAVEN
a harbour (Psa 107:30; Acts 27:12). The most famous on the coast of Palestine was that of Tyre (Ezek. 27:3). That of Crete, called "Fair Havens," is mentioned Acts 27:8.......
SHAVEH, VALLEY OF
valley of the plain the ancient name of the "king's dale" (q.v.), or Kidron, on the north side of Jerusalem (Gen. 14:17).......
SHAVEH-KIRIATHAIM
plain of Kirja-thaim where Chedorlaomer defeated the Emims, the original inhabitants (Gen. 14:5). Now Kureiyat, north of Dibon, in the land of Moab.......