Bible Dictionary
Explore biblical people, places, events, objects, ideas, and other terms. Search the dictionary directly, browse alphabetically, or narrow the list by category or Testament.
Frog
Sin & Judgment - Both
A frog is an amphibious animal mentioned chiefly in the plague God sent upon Egypt. In Revelation, frogs symbolize unclean spirits proceeding from the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet.
FRONTIER
Places & Geography - Old Testament
A frontier is a boundary or outer limit. The biblical word occurs in Ezekiel in the plural, with the sense of borders or surrounding quarters.
Frontlets
Jewish Life & Customs - Old Testament
Frontlets were signs worn on the forehead, based on commands to keep God’s words continually before the people. In later Jewish practice the term referred especially to phylacteries containing written passages of the Law.
Frontlets, Or Phylacteries
Jewish Life & Customs - Both
Phylacteries, or frontlets, were small leather cases containing passages from the Law and worn on the arm or forehead. Jesus criticized the Pharisees for enlarging these displays as part of their outward religious pretension.
Frost
Agriculture & Daily Life - Old Testament
Frost is frozen moisture forming a white covering on the ground and vegetation, especially on cold nights in elevated regions. Scripture presents frost and hoarfrost as signs of God’s power and as part of the hardships of life in the land.
Fruit
Christian Life - Both
Fruit may mean the produce of fields, vineyards, and trees, as well as children or offspring. Figuratively, it can describe the results of conduct, praise, righteousness, and the gracious character produced by the Holy Spirit.
Frying-pan
Agriculture & Daily Life - Old Testament
A frying-pan was a vessel used in preparing food or offerings. The biblical term may refer more broadly to a shallow pan or pot used for cooking meat or meal.
Fuel
Agriculture & Daily Life - Both
Fuel was any combustible material used to feed a fire, including wood, charcoal, thorns, dried plants, and animal dung. Scripture uses such materials in descriptions of household needs, cooking, and judgment by fire.
Fugitive
Government & Society - Old Testament
A fugitive is one who flees from danger, bondage, punishment, or military defeat, or who wanders without settled rest. The term is applied to fugitives, refugees, deserters, and those escaping oppression.
FULFIL
Scripture - Both
To fulfill means to fill up, complete, accomplish, carry out, or bring to its intended realization. The New Testament often uses it for the completion of prophetic Scripture in Christ.
Fuller
Agriculture & Daily Life - Both
A fuller cleansed, bleached, and prepared cloth, using water and alkaline substances such as soap or plant ash. Fullers worked outside cities because the process required space and could produce offensive odors.
Fuller’s field
Places & Geography - Old Testament
The Fuller’s Field was an area near Jerusalem, beside a highway and near the upper pool, where fullers washed and dried cloth. It is mentioned in accounts of Assyrian threats against the city.
Fuller’s soap
Agriculture & Daily Life - Old Testament
Fuller’s soap was an alkaline cleansing substance used to wash and whiten cloth. It was made from materials such as plant ash and served as an image of thorough cleansing and purification.
Fullers Field, The
Places & Geography - Old Testament
The Fuller’s Field was a place near Jerusalem where cloth workers carried out their trade. It lay close enough to the city walls for people there to hear messages spoken from the field.
FULLNESS
Jesus Christ - New Testament
Fullness means that which fills, completeness, or the total measure of something. In the New Testament it especially describes the fullness of God dwelling in Christ and the blessings believers receive through Him.
Fulness
Jesus Christ - New Testament
“Fulness” may describe the appointed time when God sent the Messiah, the abundant grace found in Christ, and the complete divine nature dwelling in Him. It may also describe the church as the fulness of Christ, His body under His headship.
Funeral
Jewish Life & Customs - Both
Funeral customs in the Bible centered on washing, wrapping, and burying the dead, usually on the day of death. Burial was regarded as an important duty, and a meal was often held afterward.
Funerals
Jewish Life & Customs - Both
Funerals in biblical times included customary acts of mourning and the burial of the dead. See also Burial and Sepulchres.
Furlong
Measures & Money - New Testament
A furlong, or stadion, was an ancient Greek measure of distance equal to about 607 English feet, somewhat shorter than the modern English furlong.
Furnace
Objects & Symbols - Both
A furnace was used for baking, smelting, refining, or burning materials. Scripture also uses the furnace figuratively for severe affliction, punishment, and the final judgment of the impenitent.
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