jerguer, jerquer (qu as k)

[English jergu(e); -er.] An officer of the customs whose duty it is to search ve els for unentered goods. Jěr'-i-chō, s . [Heb. Yericho, Yerecho, Yerichoh =place of fragrance, from ruach =to smell; Greek Yericho.] Scrip. Geog.: A city situated in the valley west of the Jordan, opposite to where the Israeli tes cro ed. Jericho-rose, s . Bot .: Anastatic a hierochuntica . It is not a rose but a crucifer. [ANASTATIC A.] IMG:content-0117.png:[blocks in formation] the prophet Jeremiah. [LAMENTATIONS.] Jěr-ě-mi-ah, s. [Heb. Yermeahu, Yirmeah = the appointed of the (Lord Gesenius ), or the Lord throws ( Carpzov and Hengstenberg ); Gr. Ieremias .] Script . Biography : The name of eight men mentioned in the Old Testament, the only very notable one being Jeremiah the prophet. He was of priestly descent, and born or resident at Anathoth, about three miles N. N. E. from Jerusalem. His father's name was Hilkiah. When called to the prophetic office, in the thirteenth year of King Josiah, B. C. 629 or 625, he calls himself a child. His prophetic life spanned the eleventh of King Zedekiah, about B. C. 588, a period of thirty-seven or forty-one years. Of intense nervous sensibility, gentle, and compas sionate, he seemed more naturally adapted for retirement and contemplation than for an active life, yet under the constraining sense of duty he faced hostile kings, nobles, or common people, suffered imprisonment more than once, and was at times in imminent danger of death. At that time Judah found itself between two powerful kingdoms, Babylon on the east and Egypt on the south. Josiah espoused the Babylonian alliance, and lost his life fighting against the Egyptians. Je Jeremiah also was on the Babylonian side, and, when Jerusalem was taken by Nebuchadnezzar, Jeremiah was treated with kindne by the conqueror, being offered the option of an honorable position in Babylon or permi ion to remain in his own land. Jeremiah elected to stay, and found Gedaliah appointed ruler by the Chaldeans. On the murder of that governor the a a ins and their sympathizers fled to Egypt, IMG:content-0118.png:[blocks in formation] Jērk-er, s . [Eng. jerk (1), v.; -er.] 1. One who jerks or moves with a jerk. 2. A chub found in the rivers of North America. *3. A beater.