Ezek. vi, 5. And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.

Ezek. xxxvii, 1, 3-5, 11. The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones. And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest. Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. Thus saith the Lord GOD unto

these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: Then said he unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.

Ezek. xxxix, 15. And the pasgers that pass through the and, when any seeth a man's bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon-gog.

Amos ii, 1. Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof;because be burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime.

Amos vi, 10. And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? And he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.

Matth. xxiii, 27. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees. hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within fall of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman,

brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.

Heb. iv, 12. For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow.....

SKIN.

Exod. xxii. 27. For that is his

covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.

Job xvi, 15. I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

between plea and plea, and be tween stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thon arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose.

1 Kings xviii, 28. And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon the n.

Ps. lviii, 10. The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the venge

ance: he shall wash his feet in the

blood of the wicked.

Ps. Ixxii, 14. He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

are

Job xxx, 17. My bones pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.

Isa. xlviii, 4. Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew.

sinews upon yon, and will bring Ezek. xxxvii, 6, 8. And I will lay up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you. and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.

BLOOD.

Gen. iv, 10. And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy

unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live. Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.

Ezek. xxxviii, 22. And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, aud upon the many people that rain, and great hailstones, fire, are with him, an overflowing and brimstone.

Zeph. 1, 17. And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.

Luke xxii. 20. Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.

Acts xvii, 26. And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation.

sisted unto blood, striving against Heb. xii, 4. Ye have not yet resin.

Rev. xiv, 20. And the winepress blood came out of the winepress, was trodden without the city, and even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

OFTEN USED IN CONNECTION
WITH MURDER.
Gen. ix, 6. Whoso sheddeth

man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

Lev. xvii, 4. And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people.

Num. XXXV, 33. So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land; and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

Deut. xix, 10. That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

1 Sam. xxv, 26. Now therefore. my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

2 Sam. iii, 28. And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abuer the son of Ner.

2 Sam. iv. 11. How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

2 Sam. xvi, 7, 8. And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial: The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalon thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man.

2 Sam. xx. 12. And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.

2 Kings ill, 22, 23. They rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood: And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.

Job xvl, 18. O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.

Ps. ix, 12. When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.

Ps. lxxix, 3, 10. Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them. Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.

Prov. i, 11, 16. If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause. For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

Jer. ii, 34. Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.

esses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.

Ezek. xxxvi, 18. Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it.

Hosea i, 4. And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.

Matth. xxiii, 35. That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

Matth. xxvii, 6. And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.

Ezek. xvi, 38. And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.

Ezek. xviii, 13. Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.

Ezek. xxii, 3, 4, 6. Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself. Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries. Behold, the princes or Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.

Ezek. xxiii, 37, 45. That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them. And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulter

Acts v, 28. Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jernsalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood

upon us.

Rev. vi, 10. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our Llood on them that dwell on the earth.

Rev. xvi, 6. For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

Rev. xviii, 24. And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

INNOCENT BLOOD.
(See under Law.)

PARTS AND ORGANS.
HEAD.

Gen. xlix, 26. The blessings of thy father shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.

Judges iv, 21. Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground.

1 Kings xx, 31. And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.

2 Kings ix, 35. And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her

hands.

Cant. 11, 6. His left hand is under my head, and his right hand

doth embrace me.

Cant. v, 2, 11. For my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night. His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.

Cant. vil, 5. Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair

of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.

Jer. ii, 37. Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.

Matth. v, 36. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or

black.

Matth. xxvii, 30, 33. And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull.

1 Cor. xi, 4, 10. Every man praying or prophesying. having his head covered, dishonoureth his

head. For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.

OFTEN STANDS FOR PERSON OR LIFE.

Gen. xl, 20. And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

Josh. il, 19. And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head.

Judges vili, 28. Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their And the country heads no more. was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.

Judges ix, 57. And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.

1 Sam. xxv, 39. And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD that

hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, evil: for the LORD hath returned and hath kept his servant from the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head.

....

1 Sam. xxvill, 2. And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever.

2 Sam. 1, 16. And David said unto him. Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain

the LORD's anointed.

2 Sam. iii, 29. Let it [the blood of Abner] rest on the head of Joab.

2 Chron. vi, 23. Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head.

Ezra ix, 6..... Our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up into the

heavens.

Neh. iv, 4. Hear, O our God; for we are despised:' and turn their reproach upon their own head and give them for a prey in the land of captivity.

Esther ix, 25. But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

Job x, 15. If I be wicked, wou unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head.

F's. iii, 3. O LORD, my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.

Ps. vii, 16. His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

Ps. xxvii, 6. And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me.

Ps. xxxviii, 4. For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

Ps. lxvi, 12. Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads. . .

Ps. Ixxxiil, 2.. hate thee have lifted head.

They that up the Ps. cx, 7. He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.

Ps. cxl, 9. As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

the head of the just: but violence Prov. x, 6. Blessings are upon covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Isa. li, 11. Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head.

Jer. xxiii, 19. Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in a grievous whirlfury, even wind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.

Ezek. xi, 21. But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things

and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.

Dan. i, 10. And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.

Joel iii, 4. Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Pales tine? will ye render me a recom pence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I turn your recompence upon your own head.

Luke xxi, 28. And when these

things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads for your redemption draweth nigh.

Acts xvill, 6. And when they

opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.

THE NATURAL SYMBOL OF CHIEF OR GOVERNOR.

Exod. xviii, 25. And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and

rulers of tens.

Num. i, 16. These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in

Israel.

Num. xvii, 3. And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.

Num. xxv, 15. And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people,and of a chief house in Midian.

Deut. xxviii, 13. And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do

them.

Josh. xxii, 14, 21. And with him ten princes, of each chief house, a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel. Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thou

sands of Israel.

2 Chron. xxviii, 12. Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war.

Ps cx, 6. He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.

Isa. ix, 15. The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

Jer. xxii, 6. For thus saith the LORD unto the king's house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not in

habited.

Hosea 1, 11. Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

Micah iii, 1. And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?

Hab. iii, 13, 14. Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked,

Gen. xliii, 28. And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.

Exod. iv, 31. And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

Exod. xxxiv, 8. And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.

1 Chron. xxix, 20. And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.

2 Chron. xx, 18. And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the Lord.

2 Chron. xxix, 30. Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.

John xix, 30. When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

WAS COVERED OR HAD DUST, EARTH, OR ASHES PUT UPON IT IN TOKEN OF MOURNING

Josh. vil, 6. And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth

upon his face before the ark of

ed for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their

officers.

1 Sam. xv, 17. And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king

over Israel?

2 Sam. xxii, 44. Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.

1 Chron. xxix, 11. Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingtom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.

to the neck. Selah.

Thou didst

strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.

1 Cor. xi, 3. But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

Col. ii, 10. And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power.

THE HEAD WAS BOWED IN
TOKEN OF REVERENCE
TO GOD OR RESPECT
TO MAN.

Gen. xxiv, 26. And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.

dust upon their heads. and the elders of Israel, and put

2 Sam. 1, 2. It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a Iman came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeis

ance.

2 Sam. xv, 30. And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the peop lo that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up weeping as they went up.

Esther vi, 12. And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.

Job i!, 12. And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept, and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.

Jer. xiv, 3. And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded and covered their heads.

Amos il, 7. That pant after the

dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek.

over.

Ps. civ, 15. And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.

P3. cxli, 5. Let the righteous emite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

Eccles. ix, 8. Let thy garments be always white, and let thy head lack no ointment.

Matth. vi, 17. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face.

Mark xiv, 3. And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.

Luke vii, 46. My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.

HAIR.

ITS NATURAL. COVERING OF | wonldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest not one hair of thy son fall to the As the LORD liveth, there shall they destroy my son. And he said,

whose hair is fallen off his head, Lev. xiii, 40. And the man he is bald; yet is he clean.

Judges xvi, 22. Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.

2 Sam. xiv, 26. And when he polled his head,, (for it was at every year's end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight.

Era ix, 3. And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.

Ps. xl, 12. For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to hairs of mine head: therefore my look up; they are more than the heart faileth me.

Ps. Ixviii, 21. But God shall and the hairy scalp of such an wound the head of his enemies, one as goeth on still in his tres

passes.

Jer. vii. 29. Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.

of your head are all numbered. Matth. x, 30. But the very hairs

Luke vii, 38. And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

1 Cor. xi, 14, 15. Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.

earth.

said, If he will shew himself a 1 Kings 1, 52. And Solomon worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.

Luke xxi, 18 But there shall not an hair of your head perish.

Acts xxvii, 34. Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for shall not an hair fall from the this is for your health: for there head of any of you.

HOARY HAIR THE MARK OF AGE AND VENERABLE

APPEARANCE.

Gen. xlii, 38. And he said, My son shall not go down with you; left alone: if mischief befall him for his brother is dead, and he is by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

before the hoary head, and honour Lev. xix, 32. Thon shalt rise up tuy God: I am the LORD. the face of the old man, and fear

Deut. xxxii, 25. The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also, with the man of gray hairs.

1 Sam. xii, 2. And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.

Job xv, 10. With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.

old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not.....

Ps. lxxi, 18. Now also when I am

Dan. vii, 9. I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure

wool..

Hosea vii, 9. Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.

Rev. 1, 14. His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire.