FIG
- -  Common to Palestine: ...  Nu 13:23; De 8:8|
- -  To Egypt: ...  Ps 105:33|
- -  Employed as a remedy: ...  2Ki 20:7; Isa 38:21|
- -  Traffic in: ...  Ne 13:15|
- -  Dried and preserved: ...  1Sa 30:12|
- -  Cakes of, sent by Abigail to David: ...  1Sa 25:18-35|
- -  Aprons made of fig leaves, by Adam and Eve: ...  Ge 3:7|
 
 

FIG TREE
- -  In an allegory: ...  Jud 9:11|
- -  Jeremiah's parable of: ...  Jer 24:2,3|
- -  Barren, parable of: ...  Lu 13:6-9; 21:29-31|
- -  FIGURATIVE: ...  Mt 24:32; Re 6:13|
- -  Produces a rich sweet fruit: ...  Jud 9:11|
- -  Not found in desert places: ...  Nu 20:5|
- -  ABOUNDED IN
......  Egypt: ...  Ps 105:33|
......  Canaan: ...  Nu 13:23; De 8:8|
- -  Often grew wild: ...  Am 7:14|
- -  Sometimes planted in vineyards: ...  Lu 13:6|
- -  Propagated by the Jews: ...  Am 4:9|
- -  Required cultivation: ...  Lu 13:8|
- -  Fruit of, formed after winter: ...  So 2:11,13|
- -  Leaves of, put forth, a sign of the approach of summer: ...  Mt 24:32|
- -  Reasonableness of expecting fruit upon, when full of leaves: ...  Mr 11:13|
- -  FRUIT OF
......  Eaten fresh from the tree: ...  Mt 21:18,19|
......  Eaten dried in cakes: ...  1Sa 30:12|
......  Gathered and kept in baskets: ...  Jer 24:1|
......  First ripe esteemed: ...  Jer 24:2; Ho 9:10|
......  Used in the miraculous healing of Hezekiah: ...  2Ki 20:7; Isa 38:21|
......  Sold in the markets: ...  Ne 13:15|
......  Sent as presents: ...  1Sa 25:18; 1Ch 12:40|
- -  A species of, produced vile and worthless fruit: ...  Jer 29:17|
- -  Leaves of, used by Adam for covering: ...  Ge 3:7|
- -  Afforded a thick shade: ...  Joh 1:48,50|
- -  Often unfruitful: ...  Lu 13:7|
- -  Failure of, a great calamity: ...  Hab 3:17|
- -  THE JEWS PUNISHED BY
......  God's breaking down: ...  Ho 2:12|
......  Failure of fruit on: ...  Jer 8:13; Hag 2:19|
......  Enemies devouring fruit of: ...  Jer 5:17|
......  Barking and eating of, by locusts: ...  Joe 1:4,7,12; Am 4:9|
- -  ILLUSTRATIVE
......  (Barren,) of mere professors of religion: ...  Mt 21:19; Lu 13:6,7|
......  (Sitting under one's own,) of prosperity and peace: ...  1Ki 4:25; Mic 4:4|
- -  FRUIT OF, ILLUSTRATIVE
......  Of good works: ...  Mt 7:16|
......  (Good,) of saints: ...  Jer 24:2,3|
......  (Bad,) of wicked men: ...  Jer 24:2-8|
......  (First ripe,) of the fathers of the Jewish church: ...  Ho 9:10|
......  (Untimely and dropping,) of the wicked ripe for judgment: ...  Isa 34:4; Na 3:12; Re 6:13|
 
 

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FIGHT OF FAITH
- -  General scriptures concerning: ...  1Ti 6:12; 2Ti 4:7; Heb 10:32; 11:34|
- -  See: ...  2Ch 20:17|
 
 

FIGURE
- -  See FIGURATIVE under principal topics throughout the work
- -  See also ALLEGORY
- -  See PANTOMIME
- -  See PARABLES
- -  See SYMBOLS
- -  See TYPES
 
 

FILE
- -  Used for sharpening edged tools: ...  1Sa 13:21|
 
 

FINANCES
- -  Methods of raising money
- -  See TRIBUTE
- -  See TEMPLE
- -  See MONEY
 
 

FINE
- -  (A penalty): ...  Ex 22:1,4,7-9; Le 5:15,16; 6:5,6; Pr 6:30,31|
- -  See DAMAGES
 
 

FINGER
- -  Six on one hand: ...  2Sa 21:20|
 
 

FINGERBREADTH
- -  A unit of measurement: ...  Jer 52:21|
 
 

FIR TREE
- -  Wood of, used for building: ...  1Ki 6:15,34; So 1:17|
- -  Ships made of: ...  Eze 27:5|
- -  Instruments of music made of: ...  2Sa 6:5|
 
 

FIRE
- -  Can be increased in intensity: ...  Da 3:19,22|
- -  Though small, kindles a great matter: ...  Jas 3:5|
- -  THINGS CONNECTED WITH
......  Burning coals: ...  Pr 26:21|
......  Flame: ...  So 8:6; Isa 66:15|
......  Sparks: ...  Job 18:5; Isa 1:31|
......  Ashes: ...  1Ki 13:3; 2Pe 2:6|
......  Smoke: ...  Isa 34:10; Joe 2:30|
- -  Kept alive by fuel: ...  Pr 26:20; Isa 9:5|
- -  CHARACTERISED AS
......  Bright: ...  Eze 1:13|
......  Spreading: ...  Jas 3:5|
......  Enlightening: ...  Ps 78:14; 105:39|
......  Heating: ...  Mr 14:54|
......  Melting: ...  Ps 68:2; Isa 64:2|
......  Purifying: ...  Nu 31:23; 1Pe 1:7; Re 3:18|
......  Drying: ...  Job 15:30; Joe 1:20|
......  Consuming: ...  Jud 15:4,5; Ps 46:9; Isa 10:16,17|
......  Insatiable: ...  Pr 30:16|
- -  SACRED
......  Came from before the Lord: ...  Le 9:24|
......  Always burning on the altar: ...  Le 6:13|
......  All burn offerings consumed by: ...  Le 6:9,12|
......  Incense burned with: ...  Le 16:12; Nu 16:46|
......  Guilt of burning incense without: ...  Le 10:1|
......  Restored to the temple: ...  2Ch 7:1-3|
- -  Frequently employed as an instrument of divine vengeance: ...  Ps 97:3; Isa 47:14; 66:16|
- -  MIRACULOUS
......  In the burning bush: ...  Ex 3:2|
......  Plagued the Egyptians: ...  Ex 9:23,24|
......  Led the people of Israel in the desert: ...  Ex 13:22; 40:38|
......  On Mount Sinai at giving of law: ...  De 4:11,37|
......  Destroyed Nadab and Abihu: ...  Le 10:2|
......  Destroyed the people at Taberah: ...  Nu 11:1|
......  Consumed the company of Korah: ...  Nu 16:35|
......  Consumed the sacrifice of Gideon: ...  Jud 6:21|
......  Angel ascended in: ...  Jud 13:20|
......  Consumed the sacrifice of Elijah: ...  1Ki 18:38|
......  Destroyed the enemies of Elijah: ...  2Ki 1:10,12|
......  Elijah taken up in a chariot of: ...  2Ki 2:11|
- -  God appeared in: ...  Ex 3:2; 19:18|
- -  Christ shall appear in: ...  Da 7:10; 2Th 1:8|
- -  Punishment of the wicked shall be in: ...  Mt 13:42; 25:41|
- -  IN HOUSES
......  Lighted in the winter: ...  Jer 36:22|
......  Lighted in spring mornings: ...  Joh 18:18|
......  Not to be lighted on the Sabbath: ...  Ex 35:3|
......  Made of charcoal: ...  Joh 18:18|
......  Made of wood: ...  Ac 28:3|
- -  Injury from, to be made good by the person who kindled it: ...  Ex 22:6|
- -  ILLUSTRATIVE OF
......  God's protection: ...  Nu 9:16; Zec 2:5|
......  God's vengeance: ...  De 4:24; Heb 12:29|
......  Christ as judge: ...  Isa 10:17; Mal 3:2|
......  The Holy Spirit: ...  Isa 4:4; Ac 2:3|
......  The church destroying her enemies: ...  Ob 1:18|
......  The word of God: ...  Jer 5:14; 23:29|
......  Zeal of saints: ...  Ps 39:3; 119:139|
......  Zeal of angels: ...  Ps 104:4; Heb 1:7|
......  God's enemies: ...  Isa 10:17; Ob 1:18|
......  Lust: ...  Pr 6:27,28|
......  Wickedness: ...  Isa 9:18|
......  The tongue: ...  Pr 16:27; Jas 3:6|
......  The self-righteous: ...  Isa 65:5|
......  The hope of hypocrites: ...  Isa 50:11|
......  Persecution: ...  Lu 12:49-53|
......  Affliction: ...  Isa 43:2|
......  Judgments: ...  Jer 48:45; La 1:13; Eze 39:6|
- -  Used as a signal in war: ...  Jer 6:1|
- -  Furnaces of: ...  Da 3:6|
- -  Children caused to pass through: ...  2Ki 16:3; 17:17|
- -  Miracles connected with
......  Miraculously descends upon, and consumes, Abraham's sacrifice: ...  Ge 15:17|
......  David's sacrifice: ...  1Ch 21:26|
......  Elijah's sacrifice: ...  1Ki 18:38|
......  Solomon's sacrifice, at dedication of the temple: ...  2Ch 7:1|
- -  Display of, in the plagues of Egypt: ...  Ex 9:24|
- -  At Elijah's translation: ...  2Ki 2:11|
- -  Consumes the conspirators with Korah, Dathan, and Abiram: ...  Nu 16:35|
- -  The captains of fifties: ...  2Ki 1:9-12|
- -  Torture by: ...  Le 21:9; Jer 29:22; Eze 23:25,47; Da 3|
- -  Pillar of fire: ...  Ex 13:21,22; 14:19,24; 40:38; Nu 9:15-23|
- -  See CLOUD, PILLAR OF

- -  FIGURATIVE
......  Of inspiration: ...  Isa 6:6,7|
......  Spiritual power: ...  Ps 104:4; Jer 20:9; Mt 3:11; Lu 3:16|
......  Judgments: ...  De 4:24; 32:22; Isa 33:14; Jer 23:29; Am 1:4,7,10,12,14;  2:2; Mal 3:2; Lu 12:49; Re 20:9|
......  Of the destruction of the wicked: ...  Mt 13:42,50; 25:41; Mr 9:44; Re 9:2; 21:8|
......  EVERLASTING FIRE: ...  Isa 33:14; Mt 18:8; 25:41; Mr 9:44|
- -  A SYMBOL
......  Of God's presence: ...  Ge 15:17|
......  In the burning bush: ...  Ex 3:2|
......  On Sinai: ...  Ex 19:18|
......  Tongues of, on the apostles: ...  Ac 2:3|
......  See ARSON
 
 

FIREBRAND
- -  Used by Samson: ...  Jud 15:4|
- -  FIGURATIVE: ...  Pr 26:18; Am 4:11; Zec 3:2|
 
 

FIREPAN
- -  General scriptures concerning: ...  Ex 38:3; 2Ki 25:15|
 
 

FIRKIN
- -  About nine gallons: ...  Joh 2:6|
 
 

FIRMAMENT
- -  The expanse above the earth: ...  Ge 1:6-8,14-17,20; Ps 19:1; Da 12:3|
 
 
 

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FIRSTBORN
- -  Of man and beast, reserved to himself by God: ...  Ex 13:2,12-16; 22:29,30; 34:19,20; Le 27:26; Nu 3:13; 8:17,18; De 15:19-23; Ne 10:36|
- -  Redemption of: ...  Ex 13:13; 34:20; Le 27:27; Nu 3:40-51; 18:15-17|
- -  Levites taken instead of firstborn of the families of Israel: ...  Nu 3:12,40-45; 8:16-18|
- -  Of Egyptians killed: ...  Ex 11:5; 12:12,29; 13:15; Nu 33:4|
- -  Of idolaters, sacrificed: ...  Eze 20:26|
- -  BIRTHRIGHT OF THE
......  Authority over younger members of the household: ...  Ge 4:7|
......  A double portion of inheritance: ...  De 21:15-17|
......  Royal succession: ...  2Ch 21:3|
......  Honorable distinction of: ...  Ex 4:22; Ps 89:27; Jer 31:9; Ro 8:29; Col 1:15; Heb 1:6;  12:23; Re 1:5|
......  Sold by Esau: ...  Ge 25:29-34; 27:36; Ro 9:12,13; Heb 12:16|
......  Forfeited by Reuben: ...  Ge 49:3,4; 1Ch 5:1,2|
......  Set aside: that of Manasseh: ...  Ge 48:15-20; 1Ch 5:1|
......  Adonijah: ...  1Ki 2:15|
......  Hosah's son: ...  1Ch 26:10|
......  See BIRTHRIGHT
- -  Dedicated to commemorate the sparing of the first born of Israel: ...  Ex 13:15; Nu 3:13; 8:17|
- -  OF CLEAN BEASTS
......  Not to labour: ...  De 15:19|
......  Not shorn: ...  De 15:19|
......  Not taken from the dam for seven days: ...  Ex 22:30; Le 22:27|
......  Offered in sacrifice: ...  Nu 18:17|
......  Could not be a free-will offering: ...  Le 27:26|
......  Antiquity of offering: ...  Ge 4:4|
......  Flesh of, the priest's portion: ...  Nu 18:18|
- -  OF CLEAN BEASTS
......  To be redeemed: ...  Nu 18:15|
......  Law of redemption for: ...  Nu 18:16|
- -  Of the ass to be redeemed with lamb or its neck broken: ...  Ex 13:13; 34:20|
- -  OF ISRAEL
......  Tribe of Levi taken for: ...  Nu 3:12,40-43; 8:18|
......  To be redeemed: ...  Ex 34:20; Nu 18:15|
......  Price of redemption for: ...  Nu 3:46,47|
......  Price of, given to the priests: ...  Nu 3:48-51|
- -  Laws respecting, restored after the captivity: ...  Ne 10:36|
- -  Laws respecting, observed at Christ's birth: ...  Lu 2:22,23|
- -  The beginning of strength and excellency of power: ...  Ge 49:3; De 21:17|
- -  Precious and valuable: ...  Mic 6:7; Zec 12:10|
- -  Objects of special love: ...  Ge 25:28; Jer 31:9,20|
- -  PRIVILEGES OF
......  Precedence in the family: ...  Ge 48:13,14|
......  Authority over the younger children: ...  Ge 27:29; 1Sa 20:29|
......  Special blessing by the father: ...  Ge 27:4,35|
......  The father's title and power: ...  2Ch 21:3|
......  A double portion of inheritance: ...  De 21:17|
......  In case of death the next brother to raise up seed to: ...  De 25:5,6; Mt 22:24-28|
......  Not to be alienated by parents through caprice: ...  De 21:15,16|
......  Could be forfeited by misconduct: ...  Ge 49:3,4,8; 1Ch 5:1|
......  Could be sold: ...  Ge 25:31,33; Heb 12:16,17|
- -  INSTANCES OF SUPERSEDED
......  Cain: ...  Ge 4:4,5|
......  Japheth: ...  Ge 10:21|
......  Ishmael: ...  Ge 17:19-21|
......  Esau: ...  Ge 25:23; Ro 9:12,13|
......  Manasseh: ...  Ge 48:15-20|
......  Reuben, &c: ...  1Ch 5:1,2|
......  Aaron: ...  Ex 7:1,2; Nu 12:2,8|
......  David's brothers: ...  1Sa 16:6-12|
......  Adonijah: ...  1Ki 2:15,22|
- -  ILLUSTRATIVE OF
......  The dignity, &c of Christ: ...  Ps 89:27; Ro 8:29; Col 1:18|
......  The dignity, &c of the church: ...  Heb 12:23|
 
 

FIRST FRUITS
- -  First ripe of fruits, grain, oil, wine, and first of fleece, required as an offering: ...  Ex 22:29; Le 2:12-16; Nu 18:12; De 18:4; 2Ch 31:5; Ne 10:35,37,39; Pr 3:9; Jer 2:3; Ro 11:16|
- -  Offerings of, must be free from blemish: ...  Nu 18:12|
- -  Presented at the tabernacle: ...  Ex 22:29; 23:19; 34:26; De 26:3-10|
- -  Belonged to the priests: ...  Le 23:20; Nu 18:12,13; De 18:3-5|
- -  Freewill offerings of, given to the prophets: ...  2Ki 4:42|
- -  Wave offering of: ...  Le 23:10-14,17|
- -  As a heave offering: ...  Nu 15:20; Ne 10:37; Eze 44:30|
- -  To be offered as a thank-offering upon entrance into the Land
  of Promise: ...  De 26:3-10|
- -  To be brought to God's house: ...  Ex 34:26|
- -  DIFFERENT KINDS OF
......  Barley harvest: ...  Le 23:10-14|
......  Wheat harvest: ...  Ex 23:16; Le 23:16,17|
......  Wine and oil: ...  De 18:4|
......  Wool: ...  De 18:4|
......  Honey: ...  2Ch 31:5|
......  Fruit of new trees in fourth year: ...  Le 19:23,24|
......  All agricultural produce: ...  De 26:2|
- -  To be the very best of their kind: ...  Nu 18:12|
- -  Holy to the Lord: ...  Eze 48:14|
- -  God honoured by the offering of: ...  Pr 3:9|
- -  Offering of, consecrated the whole: ...  Ro 11:16|
- -  TO BE OFFERED
......  Without delay: ...  Ex 22:29|
......  In a basket: ...  De 26:2|
......  With thanksgiving: ...  De 26:3-10|
- -  Allotted to the priests: ...  Nu 18:12,13; Le 23:20; De 18:3-5|
- -  Law of, restored after the captivity: ...  Ne 10:35,37; 13:31|
- -  ILLUSTRATIVE OF
......  The Jewish church: ...  Jer 2:3|
......  First converts in any place: ...  Ro 16:5|
......  Church of Christ: ...  Jas 1:18; Re 14:4|
......  Resurrection of Christ: ...  1Co 15:20,23|
- -  FIGURATIVE: ...  Ro 8:23; 11:16; 1Co 15:20,23; Jas 1:18|
 
 

FIRSTLING
- -  See FIRSTBORN