Excerpt from Dictionary of the Holy Bible: For General Use in the Study of the Scriptures; With Engravings, Maps, and Tables The meaning of Biblical names of persons and places is given in ital ics where it can be determined but in many cases 1t ls conjectured from. A somewhat uncertain derivation. In proper names of Greek origin g before 5 or i is pronounced soft, as in Genesis. But in almost all Scripture names it should be pronounced hard, as in Gethsemane, Gihon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.