{"query": "Easton: Birth-day", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_18556a9035c6", "title": "Easton: Birth-day", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The observance of birth-days was common in early times (Job 1:4, 13, 18). They were specially celebrated in the land of Egypt (Gen. 40:20). There is no recorded instance in Scripture of the celebratio"}, {"id": "card_n_c380d5c3c362", "title": "Easton: Birth", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "As soon as a child was born it was washed, and rubbed with salt (Ezek. 16:4), and then swathed with bandages (Job 38:9; Luke 2:7, 12). A Hebrew mother remained forty days in seclusion after the birth "}, {"id": "card_n_9c24074fe17d", "title": "Easton: Day", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Jews reckoned the day from sunset to sunset (Lev. 23:32). It was originally divided into three parts (Ps. 55:17). “The heat of the day” (1 Sam. 11:11; Neh. 7:3) was at our nine o’clock, and “the c"}, {"id": "card_n_bd8404b052c2", "title": "Easton: Nativity of Christ", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The birth of our Lord took place at the time and place predicted by the prophets (Gen. 49:10; Isa. 7:14; Jer. 31:15; Micah 5:2; Hag. 2:6-9; Dan. 9:24, 25). Joseph and Mary were providentially led to g"}, {"id": "card_src_word_calendar_method_of_birth_control", "title": "calendar method of birth control", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "calendar method of birth control: (noun) natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 "}, {"id": "card_src_word_rhythm_method_of_birth_control", "title": "rhythm method of birth control", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "rhythm method of birth control: (noun) natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 th"}, {"id": "card_src_word_commonwealth_day", "title": "commonwealth day", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "commonwealth day: (noun) British, anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth — syn: Empire day, May 24"}, {"id": "card_src_word_empire_day", "title": "empire day", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "empire day: (noun) British, anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth — syn: Commonwealth Day, May 24"}, {"id": "card_c_2e600f6b7fe3", "title": "Easton: Birth-day ↔ Easton: Feast", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Both cite job 1:4 — a shared-scripture cross-reference computed in 1.0 and re-verified live in both cards."}, {"id": "card_n_ea1eb2bf8a62", "title": "Easton: Hour", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "First found in Dan. 3:6; 4:19, 33;5:5. It is the rendering of the Chaldee shaah, meaning a “moment,” a “look.” It is used in the New Testament frequently to denote some determinate season (Matt. 8:13;"}, {"id": "card_src_word_christmas_day", "title": "christmas day", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "christmas day: (noun) a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland — syn: Christmas, Xmas, Dec 25"}, {"id": "card_n_39fb74a3b5b2", "title": "Easton: Pentecost", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "I.e., “fiftieth”, found only in the New Testament (Acts 2:1; 20:16; 1 Cor. 16:8). The festival so named is first spoken of in Ex. 23:16 as “the feast of harvest,” and again in Ex. 34:22 as “the day of"}, {"id": "card_n_db6466823b72", "title": "Easton: Atonement, Day of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The great annual day of humiliation and expiation for the sins of the nation, “the fast” (Acts 27:9), and the only one commanded in the law of Moses. The mode of its observance is described in Lev. 16"}, {"id": "card_src_word_naked_as_the_day_one_was_born", "title": "naked as the day one was born", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "naked as the day one was born: (adjective) as naked as at birth — syn: mother-naked, naked as the day you were born, in one's birthday suit, in your birthday suit"}, {"id": "card_src_word_naked_as_the_day_you_were_born", "title": "naked as the day you were born", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "naked as the day you were born: (adjective) as naked as at birth — syn: mother-naked, naked as the day one was born, in one's birthday suit, in your birthday suit"}, {"id": "card_c_3415be2aa19e", "title": "Easton: Birth-day references Matthew", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references Matthew. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_c_d361abbe0941", "title": "Easton: Birth-day references John", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references John. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_c_dbb61fbfd7d2", "title": "Easton: Birth-day cites Job", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Job 1:4 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_b0fbbec3a8f1", "title": "Easton: Lord’s day", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Only once, in Rev. 1:10, was in the early Christian ages used to denote the first day of the week, which commemorated the Lord’s resurrection. There is every reason to conclude that John thus used the"}, {"id": "card_n_114f779f9d18", "title": "Easton: Thessalonica", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A large and populous city on the Thermaic bay. It was the capital of one of the four Roman districts of Macedonia, and was ruled by a praetor. It was named after Thessalonica, the wife of Cassander, w"}]}