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Heathen

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Heathen in the Bible Dictionary

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

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.