Bible Encyclopedias

Ar`temis
In the Greek mythology the daughter of Zeus and Leto, twin sister of Apollo, born in the Isle of Delos, and one of the great divinities of the Greeks;

Asafoe`tida
a fetid inspissated sap from an indian umbelliferous tree, used in medicine.

A`riel
in shakespeare's "tempest," a spirit of the air whom prospero finds imprisoned by sycorax in the cleft of a pine-tree, and liberates on condition of her serving him for a season, which she willingly engages to do, and does.

Banyan
the indian fig; a tree whose branches, bending to the ground, take root and form new stocks, till they cover a large area and become a forest.

Barère
French revolutionary, a member of the States-General, the National Assembly of France, and the Convention; voted in the Convention for the execution

Ba`obab
a large african tropical tree, remarkable for the girth of its trunk, the thickness of its branches, and their expansion; its leaves and seeds are used in medicine.

Benzoin
a fragrant concrete resinous juice flowing from a styrax-tree of sumatra, used as a cosmetic, and burned as incense.

Buddha, Gautama
Or he founder of Buddhism about the 5th century B.C., born a Hindu, of an intensely contemplative nature, the son of a king, who did everything in

Christopher, St.
(the Christ-Bearer), according to Christian legend a giant of great stature and strength, who, after serving the devil for a time, gave himself up to

Desmoulins, Camille
One of the most striking figures in the French Revolution, born at Guise, in Picardy; studied for the bar in the same college with Robespierre, but never

Druids
A sacred order of learned men under a chief called the Archdruid, among the ancient Celtic nations, particularly of Gaul and Britain, who, from their

Dryads
nymphs of forest trees, which were conceived of as born with the tree they were attached to and dying along with it; they had their abode in wooded mountains away from men; held their revels among themselves, but broke them off at the approach of a human footstep.

Fall, the
The first transgression of divine law on the part of man, conceived of as involving the whole human race in the guilt of it, and represented as consisting

Finisterre
he most westerly department of France, washed on the N. by the English Channel, and on the S. and W. by the Atlantic; has a rugged and broken coast-line,

Gutta-Percha
the inspissated juice of a tree found in the malay archipelago.

Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich
An eminent German biologist, born at Potsdam; carried through his medical studies at Berlin and Vienna; early evinced an enthusiasm for zoology, and,

Hamadryad
a wood-nymph identified with a particular tree that was born with it and that died with it.

India-Rubber, Caoutchouc
Or s a product of the milky juices of several tropical and sub-tropical plants found in the West Indies, Central and South America, West Africa, and

Indianapolis
capital of indiana, on the white ford river, in the centre of the state; a fine city, with wide, tree-lined streets, large iron, brass, and textile manufactures, and canned-meat industry; is a great railroad centre.