jef fersonia

[Named after Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States; born April 2,1743; died July 4, 1826.] Bot.: A genus of Berberidaceae. The only known species, Jefferson i a diphylla , is the Rheumatism root of this country. jejunely jef-fer-son-ite, s . [Named by Keating and Vanuxem after Jefferson; suff. -ite ( Min . ) (q.v.).] Min.: A greenish-black mineral. occurring in large crystals, with the angles mostly rounded, as if corroded. Specific gravity, 3:36. It is a variety of augite (q. v.), containing lime, iron, manganese, and zinc. Found in New Jersey. Jef-frě-In-ite, 8. [JEWREINOWITE.] Jěg, s . [Etym. doubtful.] A templet or gauge, one of several, for verifying shapes of parts in gun and gun-stock making. *Jeg gět, s . [Perhaps a corruption of Fr. gigot .] A kind of sausage. Je-had, s . [JIHAD.] Jě-hô-vah, s. [Heb. Yehovah (Def.); Gr. Iaō , Ieuō , laou , Ala , labe .] Scrip.: The most sacred of the names given in the Old Testament to the Supreme Being, regarded also as the God specially of the Jewish people. So holy was the name deemed that the Jews were afraid to allow it to escape their lips, and therefore took means intentionally to mispronounce it by altering its vowel points to those of Adonai, or, when the two occur together, of Elohim, le sacred names for God. This superstitious practice arose from their having misinterpreted such pa ages as Deut. xxviii. 58; Lev. xxiv. 11, 15, 16; Exod. xx. 7. What the real vowel points, and consequently the proper pronunciation, should be is now doubtful. Many critics contend for Heb. Yahveh , some for Yahvah , and some for Yahavoh . . It is generally derived from havah , an old form of haiah Heis. The import of the name is explained in Exod. iii. 14, “I am that I am," or "I am," thus predicating self existence or existence in a sense in which it can be applied to no created being. In Exod. vi. 3 we read that God appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob by the name of God Almighty, but was not known to them by the name Jehovah. The meaning may have been that the patriarchs did not properly realize the depth of meaning in the name, for the word occurs in Gen. xiv. 22, xxvi. 22, xxviii. 16. Elohim stands for God as the creator and ruler of the universe (Gen. i. 1); Jehovali as a being stand ing in the most intimate relation to the Jewish people as their theocratic ruler and God (Psalm cxxxv. 4), as supreme above all gods (verse 5), the First and the Last (Isa. xli. 4), nay the only true God (xliv. 5,8). In studying these pa ages, be it observed that where there the word Jehovah our translators have spelled Lord with capital letters. It has been suggested that the Jehovah was of Phoenician origin, and that it made way among the Israeli tes slowly to the age of Samuel, and then with greater rapidity. Movers connects it with the Phoenician Iao =the Sun-god in the several seasons, and especially in autumn, as well as with the Chaldean lao the Intelligent light. Jě-hō-vist, s. [Eng., ., Jehov(ah); -ist.] Biblical criticism : *1. One who maintained that no alteration had been made in the vowel points of Jehovah. (Opposed to the Adonists, who held that the vowel points of Jehovah are those of Adonai.) [JEHOVAH.] 2. The writer of the Pent a teuch, ., who habitually used the name Jehovah as distinguished from the El, hist, who employed the term Elohim. [ELOHIST, EXODUS, GENESIS.] Colenso recognizes two Jehovists in the book of Genesis. "And accordingly I have given reasons for concluding that Genesis xiv, belongs to a Jehovistic writer (the second Jehovist )."- Colenso : Pent a teuch , pt. iii., p. 6. Jě-hō-vist'-Ic, a. [Eng., ., Jehovist ; -ic.] Bib . criticism: A term used regarding portions of the Pent a teuch in which the name of God habitually employed is Jehovah (q. v.). [ELOHIST.] For extract, see JEHOVIST. jë-hū, s . [From the name of Jehu, son of Nimshi; see 2 Kings ix. 20.] A coachman, a driver; onefond of driving. ( Slang .) Jeis-tie-cor, jus-ti-coat, s. [Fr. juste au close to the body.] A jacket or waistcoat without sleeves. "To see a gold-laced jeistiecor in the Ha' garden so late at e'en."-Scott: Rob Roy , ch. vi. jě-june', a. [ Lat.jejunus =fasting, hungry, dry, barren.] *1. Poor, thin, weak; wanting in substance. "Gold is the only substance which hath nothing in it volatile; the melting showeth that it is not jejune, or scarce in spirit."- Bacon . 2. Bare, meager, dry; devoid of interest or life. (Applied especially to literary productions.) "Till farce itself, most mournfully jejune , Calls for the kind a istance of a tune." Cowper: Retirement, 711. jě-june-ly, adv. [English jejune; -ly.] In a jejune, dry, barren, or meager manner. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine, gō, pot, IMG:content-0116.png:[blocks in formation] as JEJUNENESS (q. v.). "Pray extend your Spartan jejunity to the length of a competent letter." -Bentley: Letters, p. 261.