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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ISLES OF THE GENTILES

(Genesis 10:5): the American Standard Revised Version "isles (margin "coast-lands") of the nations," said of the territories of the sons of Japheth. The reference is to the coasts of the Western Mediterranean, with their islands (compare "isles of the sea," Esther 10:1 Ezekiel 26:18, etc.).

See TABLE OF NATIONS.

GENTILES, ISLES OF THE

See ISLES OF THE GENTILES.

Library

In the Scilly Isles
... Chapter 5. Wesley Refused Sacraments at Epworth; Cornwall and the Scilly Isles;
Natural Amphitheater at Gwennap; Wesley in Danger In the Scilly Isles. ...
/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/in the scilly isles.htm

Psalm XCVII.
... 3. ..."The Lord is King, let the earth be glad: yea, let the multitude of the isles
be joyous" (ver.1). It is so indeed, because the word of God hath been ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm xcvii.htm

Ezekiel's Discourse
... up a lamentation for Tyre; and say unto Tyre, O thou that dwellest at the entry
of the sea, which art the merchant of the peoples unto many isles: thus saith ...
/.../various/select masterpieces of biblical literature/vii ezekiels discourse.htm

The Talmudic Girdle of the Land under the Second Temple, Taken Out ...
... "You see isles in the sea; and if a line were drawn from the mountains of Amana
to the river ... What isles? Let the authors of the maps well weigh these passages. ...
/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 2 the talmudic girdle.htm

The Saviour's Last Command.
... Let us suppose that all kindreds and people of the earth are assembled, and that
the inhabitants of Africa, Asia, the Isles of the Pacific and the wilds of ...
/.../dibble/thoughts on missions/chapter iv the saviours last.htm

The Journal of John Wesley
... Chapter 5. Wesley Refused Sacraments at Epworth; Cornwall and the Scilly Isles;
Natural Amphitheater at Gwennap; Wesley in Danger. ... In the Scilly Isles. ...
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The Life of Mr. John Scrimzeor.
... Andrews, Glasgow and the isles, and Mr. Walter Whiteford, they were dismissed at
that time; but were warned to compear again on the first of March. ...
/.../howie/biographia scoticana scots worthies/the life of mr john 4.htm

The World Compared to the Sea.
... Footnotes: [579] Literally, synagogues. [580] [The ports and happy havens beautifully
contrasted with rocks and shoals and barren or inhospitable isles.]. ...
/.../theophilus/theophilus to autolycus/chapter xiv the world compared to.htm

London Missionary Society.
... SOUTH SEA ISLANDS."The society commenced their labors among these isles by sending
out thirty-six missionaries, in 1796, who arrived safely, and commenced ...
/.../hayward/the book of religions/london missionary society.htm

Wesleyan or English Methodist Missionary Society.
... benighted land. MISSIONS IN THE SOUTH SEAS."These missions include the
Friendly Isles, New Zealand, New South Wales, &c. They ...
/.../hayward/the book of religions/wesleyan or english methodist missionary.htm

Thesaurus

Isles (32 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ISLES OF THE GENTILES. ... See TABLE OF NATIONS. GENTILES,
ISLES OF THE. See ISLES OF THE GENTILES. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Island (16 Occurrences)
... 27:6, 7). (see CHITTIM.) The shores of the Mediterranean are called the "islands
of the sea" (Isaiah 11:11), or the "isles of the Gentiles" (Genesis 10:5), and ...
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Isle (15 Occurrences)
... 1:7 Isaiah 23:1, 12 Jeremiah 2:10 Ezekiel 27:6 Daniel 11:30); to Elisha, perhaps
Carthage (Genesis 10:4 1 Chronicles 1:7 Ezekiel 27:7); to "isles of the nations ...
/i/isle.htm - 15k

Gentiles (150 Occurrences)
... On any reasonable reading of the narrative this is unnecessary. W. Ewing. ISLES
OF THE GENTILES. ... See TEMPLE. GENTILES, ISLES OF THE. See ISLES OF THE GENTILES. ...
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Kittites (2 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 2:10 For pass over to the isles of Kittim, and see; and send unto Kedar,
and consider diligently; and see if there hath been such a thing. (See JPS). ...
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Kittim (8 Occurrences)
... In its narrower sense Kittim appears simply to have stood for the island of
Cyprus-it is mentioned between Bashan (= Pal) and the isles of Elisha in Ezekiel ...
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Tyrus (18 Occurrences)
... Tyrus (18 Occurrences). Jeremiah 25:22 And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings
of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea, (KJV). ...
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Chittim (5 Occurrences)
... (KJV DBY WBS YLT). Jeremiah 2:10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and
send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing. ...
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Disturbed (30 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Ezekiel 26:18 Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yes,
the isles that are in the sea shall be disturbed at thy departure. (WBS). ...
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Affrighted (60 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 26:18 Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles
that are in the sea shall be dismayed at thy departure. (See JPS). ...
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Bible Concordance

Isles (32 Occurrences)

Genesis 10:5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Esther 10:1 And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Psalms 72:10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Psalms 97:1 The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Isaiah 11:11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the isles of the sea.
(WBS YLT)

Isaiah 13:22 And the wild beasts of the isles shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
(WBS)

Isaiah 24:15 Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Isaiah 40:15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Isaiah 41:1 Keep silence before me, O isles; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
(WBS YLT)

Isaiah 41:5 The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Isaiah 42:4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Isaiah 42:10 Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Isaiah 42:12 Let them give glory to the LORD, and declare his praise in the isles.
(WBS YLT)

Isaiah 42:15 I make waste mountains and hills, And all their herbs I dry up, And I have made rivers become isles, And ponds I dry up.
(YLT)

Isaiah 49:1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Isaiah 51:5 My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Isaiah 59:18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the isles he will repay recompense.
(WBS YLT)

Isaiah 60:9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Isaiah 66:19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Jeremiah 2:10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Jeremiah 25:22 And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea,
(KJV DBY WBS)

Jeremiah 31:10 Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Jeremiah 50:39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the isles, shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
(WBS)

Ezekiel 26:15 Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Ezekiel 26:18 Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Ezekiel 27:6 Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Ezekiel 27:7 Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Ezekiel 27:15 The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Ezekiel 27:35 All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Ezekiel 39:6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Daniel 11:18 After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Zephaniah 2:11 The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Subtopics

Isles

Isles of the Gentiles

Related Terms

Island (16 Occurrences)

Isle (15 Occurrences)

Gentiles (150 Occurrences)

Kittites (2 Occurrences)

Kittim (8 Occurrences)

Tyrus (18 Occurrences)

Chittim (5 Occurrences)

Disturbed (30 Occurrences)