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Heathen
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Heathen in the Bible Dictionary
- (Under this heading are grouped all who are not embraced under the Abrahamic covenant)
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Cast out of Canaan
Lev 18:24, 25; Ps 44:2
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Their land given to Israel
Ps 78:55; 105:44; 135:12; 136:21, 22; Isa 54:1–3
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Excluded from the temple
Lam 1:10
- Wicked practices of
- See Idolatry
- Divine revelations given to
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Abimelech
Gen 20:3–7
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Pharaoh
Gen 41:1–28
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Balaam
Num 22
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Nebuchadnezzar
Dan 4:1–18
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Belshazzar
Dan 5:5, 24–29
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Cyrus
2 Chr 36:23; Ezra 1:1–4
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The Magi (wise men from the east)
Matt 2:1–11
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The centurion at Capernaum
Matt 8:5–13; Luke 7:2–9
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Cornelius
Acts 10:1–7
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Pious people among
Isa 65:5; Acts 10:35
- Instances of
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Melchizedek
Gen 14:18–20
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Abimelech
Gen 20
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Balaam
Num 22
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Jethro
Ex 18
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Cyrus
Ezra 1:1–3
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Eliphaz
Job 4
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Bildad
Job 8
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Zophar
Job 11
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Elihu
Job 32
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Nebuchadnezzar, after his restoration
Dan 4
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The Ninevites
Jonah 3:5–10
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The Magi (the wise men from the east)
Matt 2:1–12
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The centurion at Capernaum
Matt 8:5–13; Luke 7:2–9
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The centurion at Caesarea
Acts 10
- See Gentiles
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.