Jehoiachin (20 Occurrences)
... Jehoiachin, who seems to have been a kind of hostage prisoner for his people, was
released from prison, honored above all the other kings in similar case, and ...
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Daniel (74 Occurrences)
... In Babylonian this name was probably Belu-lita-sharri-usur, which means "O Bel,
protect thou the hostage of the king," a most appropriate name for one in the ...
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Hostage
... any kind, on the performance of which the person is to be released. Int.
Standard Bible Encyclopedia. HOSTAGE. hos'-taj. See WAR. ...
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Great (10383 Occurrences)
... Philip had been for some years a hostage in Thebes: while there he had learned to
appreciate the changes introduced into military discipline and tactics by ...
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Epiphanes
... Seleucus IV, had been murdered by Heliodorus. As a boy Antiochus lived at Rome
as a hostage. The Pergamene monarchs, Eumenes and Attalus ...
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Demetrius (3 Occurrences)
... Philopator). He was sent as a boy to Rome, by his father, to serve as a hostage,
and remained there quietly during his father's life. ...
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Maccabaeus
... known as Antiochus Epiphanes ("the Illustrious"), a typical eastern ruler of
considerable practical ability, but whose early training while a hostage at Rome ...
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Pledge (55 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A person who undertook, or became responsible, for another; a bail; a surety;
a hostage. 3. (n.) A hypothecation without transfer of possession. ...
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Borrow (10 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To receive; to take; to derive. 6. (n.) Something deposited as security;
a pledge; a surety; a hostage. 7. (n.) The act of borrowing. ...
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