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Wedding (Hastings' Dictionary)

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898–1904)· Public Domain

See Marriage. WEEDS, as tr. of I'o suph, Jon 2" W, refers to sea weeds. Tlie Red Sea was called "i'D'c:, because of the numbers of them in its waters (see SUPH). Tlie weeds (xop'^oi) of .Sir 40"' mean the same as our indefinite English term weeds.

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Wedding

Wedding See MARRIAGE. ⇒See a list of verses on WEDDING in the Bible. ⇒See the definition of wedding in the KJV Dictionary ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.

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References

Orr, J. (ed.) (1915) The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Chicago: Howard-Severance Company. [Public Domain]
Easton, M.G. (1893) Easton's Bible Dictionary. 3rd edn. Thomas Nelson. [Public Domain]
Nave, O.J. (1897) Nave's Topical Bible. Topical Bible Publishing Co.. [Public Domain]
Hastings, J. (ed.) (1909) A Dictionary of the Bible. Edinburgh: T&T Clark. [Public Domain]
Smith, W. (ed.) (1884) Smith's Bible Dictionary. London: John Murray. [Public Domain]
Fausset, A.R. (1878) Fausset's Bible Dictionary. [Public Domain]A Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopaedia

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